Question : Which Chinese traveller visited India during the reign of Harshavardhana?
Option 1: Hiuen Tsang
Option 2: I-Tsing
Option 3: Fa-Hien
Option 4: Ibn Battuta
Correct Answer: Hiuen Tsang
Solution : The correct option is Hiuen Tsang.
During Emperor Harsha's reign, the Chinese explorer Hiuen Tsang (Xuanzang) visited India. He returned to China and penned a detailed account of India during Harsha's reign in his work "Si-yu-ki," which translates as "Record of the Western Countries."
Hiuen Tsang visited India in the 7th century AD and documented his extensive travels and observations in his work Records of the Western World, or Great Tang Records on the Western Regions. It is a significant historical source for understanding India during that period.
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Question : During the reign of which of the following rulers did Hiuen Tsang, a Chinese traveller, come to India?
Option 1: Chandragupta II
Option 2: Samudragupta
Option 3: Ashoka
Option 4: Harshavardhana
Question : Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
In ancient times, Hieun Tsang, a Chinese traveller came to India during the (1)______ of King Harsha. He praised the Indians (2)______ 'people with pure moral principles’. In 2014, India (3)______ 85th in the corruption perception index of the Transparency International. What (4)______ downfall! Isn’t it ironical that we Indians (5)______ by the ideals of honesty and integrity, self-denial and (6)______ but in practice willingly resort to the (7) ______ forms of corruption to promote our interests? The (8)______ of corruption is eating into the (9) ______ of our society and we have become helpless (10)______ of our own degradation.
Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank no. 1.
Option 1: authoritative
Option 2: reign
Option 3: command
Option 4: vigour
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank no.4.
Option 1: a
Option 2: the
Option 3: some
Option 4: any
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank no. 3.
Option 1: ranked
Option 2: piled
Option 3: graded
Option 4: stacked
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank no. 2.
Option 1: as
Option 2: by
Option 3: like
Option 4: such
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