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3901	In Kalarippayattu training, the stage of fighting with wooden weapons is called	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Stick combat and Kalarippayattu	Medium
3902	Thang-ta of Manipur is a combat art mainly using	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Stick combat and Kalarippayattu	Medium
3903	A student starts with kicks and flexibility drills, then sticks, then swords and finally bare-hand techniques…	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Stick combat and Kalarippayattu	Hard
3904	In the Mahabharata, Bhima kills the Magadha king Jarasandha in	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Primary texts on martial arts	Easy
3905	Marma, in Indian tradition, refers to	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Primary texts on martial arts	Easy
3906	According to the Sushruta Samhita, the number of marmas in the human body is	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Primary texts on martial arts	Medium
3907	The Mallapurana is associated with which community of wrestlers?	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Primary texts on martial arts	Medium
3908	A text describes wrestlers' diet, seasonal training and rules for bouts. What does this tell historians about…	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Primary texts on martial arts	Hard
3909	Malayalam belongs to which language family?	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Languages of India	Easy
3910	How many languages are listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution?	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Languages of India	Easy
3911	Santali and Mundari belong to the	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Languages of India	Medium
3912	Most modern Indian scripts, such as Devanagari, Tamil and Kannada, developed from	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Languages of India	Medium
3913	A linguist finds that a language of Meghalaya shares its family with Santali, not with nearby Bodo. Which lan…	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Languages of India	Hard
3914	Which Vedanga deals with metre?	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Study of language in India	Easy
3915	The oldest surviving grammar of the Tamil language is the	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Study of language in India	Easy
3916	The "three sages" (munitraya) of Sanskrit grammar are	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Study of language in India	Medium
3917	Panini's Ashtadhyayi is so named because it consists of	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Study of language in India	Medium
3918	A scholar needs to explain the origin of an obscure Vedic word. Which discipline and text would help most?	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Study of language in India	Hard
3919	The consonant "p" belongs to which place of articulation?	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Phonetics and grammar	Easy
3920	Sounds produced with a strong puff of breath, such as kh and gh, are called	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Phonetics and grammar	Easy
3921	In "He cut the fruit with a knife", the knife is the instrument. In Panini's terms this karaka is	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Phonetics and grammar	Medium
3922	Which consonant is voiced and aspirated in the dental group?	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Phonetics and grammar	Medium
3923	Why did Panini use pratyaharas such as "ac" derived from the Shiva Sutras?	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Phonetics and grammar	Hard
3924	How many syllables does a Gayatri verse of three lines with eight syllables each contain?	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Prosody	Easy
3925	In matra counting, a guru (heavy) syllable counts as	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Prosody	Easy
3926	Using only light and heavy syllables, how many different patterns are possible for a line of 4 syllables?	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Prosody	Medium
3927	The common shloka of the epics is a form of which metre?	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Prosody	Medium
3928	Pingala groups syllables in threes, each light or heavy. How many such groups are possible, and why?	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Prosody	Hard
3929	Yaska's Nirukta divides words into how many classes?	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Primary texts on language	Easy
3930	The theory of sphota, which treats meaning as grasped as a whole, is most closely associated with	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Primary texts on language	Easy
3931	According to the Paniniya Shiksha, how many places of articulation are there?	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Primary texts on language	Medium
3932	In Patanjali's story, Brihaspati teaches Indra word by word for a thousand divine years without finishing. Wh…	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Primary texts on language	Medium
3933	A teacher says that a sentence like "bring the cow" is understood as a single meaningful whole rather than as…	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Primary texts on language	Hard
3934	Harappan bricks generally followed which ratio of length : breadth : thickness?	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Harappan technologies	Easy
3935	The Great Bath at Mohenjo-daro was made watertight partly by using	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Harappan technologies	Easy
3936	If a Harappan brick is 7 cm thick, what length would you expect if it follows the standard ratio?	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Harappan technologies	Medium
3937	The bronze "dancing girl" from Mohenjo-daro was made by which technique?	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Harappan technologies	Medium
3938	Harappan weights doubled in the series 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32. What is the total of all six weights?	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Harappan technologies	Hard
3939	Fine, glossy, mirror-like black pottery of about 700–200 BCE is called	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Pottery and glass	Easy
3940	The Sanskrit word for glass is	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Pottery and glass	Easy
3941	Painted Grey Ware is mostly associated with	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Pottery and glass	Medium
3942	An archaeologist finds pottery decorated with rows of tiny marks made by a toothed wheel at a coastal site ne…	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Pottery and glass	Medium
3943	Which combination of materials was basic to traditional glass making?	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Pottery and glass	Hard
3944	The Grand Anicut across the Kaveri is traditionally attributed to	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Water management	Easy
3945	Kuhls, channels that divert water from streams to fields, are a traditional system of	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Water management	Easy
3946	According to the Junagadh inscription, what did Rudradaman I do to the Sudarshana lake?	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Water management	Medium
3947	A desert village collects rainwater from a prepared catchment into a covered underground pit for drinking. Th…	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Water management	Medium
3948	Which sequence correctly traces the history of the Sudarshana lake?	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Water management	Hard
3949	Kalamkari textiles are made by	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Textiles and writing technology	Easy
3950	Birch bark used as a writing material in ancient India is called	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Textiles and writing technology	Easy