BRILLIANCE: 2017

Friday 10 February 2017

Vedic Period

Vedic Period : The Aryans

The Aryans were semi=nomadic people

Entered India probably through the Khyber Pass (Hindukush Mountains) around 1500 BC.

Early Vedic or Rigvedic Period

Political Organisation

Monarchial form. Tribe was known as Jan and its king as Rajan.

Family was the basic unit of society. The family was patriarchal in nature.

» The Samiti was the National Assembly of the people while the Sabha was Council of Elders.

Social n Social structure was patriarchal.

Women had a high place in society and were co-workers and co-partners in the life with their husbands.

» Caste system was not hereditary, but was based on one’s own profession.

Economy ” Aryans followed a mixed economy~pastoral and agriculturalin which cattle played a predominant part.

Standard unit of exchange was cow. At the same time coins were also there.

Script:

» The script is pictographic, not deciphered.

End/Decay

» Invasion of the Aryans, recurrent floods, social breakup of Harappans, earthquakeS, major ecological Changes etc. are listed as possible causes.

Religion

» The Aryans personified the natural forces and looked upon them as living beings.

» The most important divinity was Indra who played the role of warlord (breaker of forts purandar).

Indus Valley

Indus Valley

1. Indus Civilisation is one of the four earlieSt civilisation of the world along with the civilisation of Mesopotamia (Tigris and Eugphrates), Egypt (Nile) and China (Hwang Ho).

2 The civilisation forms part of the proto-history of india and belongs to the Bronze age.

3.The most accepted period is 2500-1700 BC (by Carbon-14 dating)

4.Dayaram Sahni first discovered Harappa in 1921.
RD Bannerjee discovered Mohenjodaro in 1922.

Geographical Extent

Covered parts of Punjab, Sindh, Baluchistan, Gujarat, Rajasthan and some parts of Western UP.

Major sites in Pakistan are Harappa (on Ravi in Western Punjab), Mohenjodaro (on Indus), Chanhu-Daro (Sindh), etc. In India, major sites are Lothal, Rangpur and Surkotda (Gujarat), Kalibangan
(Rajasthan), Banwani (Hissar), and Alamgirpur (Western UPTown Planning

Town- Planing

Elaborate town-planning. It follows the grid system. Roads well out, dividing the town into large rectangular blocks.

Used burnt bricks of good quality. It Good drainage system.

In Mohenjodaro, a big public bath (Great Bath) measuring 12 m by 7 m and 2.4 m deep, has been found.

Agriculture

» Grew wheat, barley, rai, peas, sesamum, mustard, rice

(in Lothal), cotton (first to produce cotton), dates, melon, etc.

Used wooden ploughs.

Art: and Graft;

The Harappan Culture belongs to the Bronze Age. in Potter’s wheel was in use.

Bronze image of the famous dancing girl (identified as devadasi) has been found at Mohenjodaro. Economic Life

» Barter system was there. 16 was the unit of measurement.

an seals (made of steatite, had design on one side) and other material has been found at Mesopotamia.

Religious Life .

main object of worship was the Mother Goddess.

phallus (lingam) and yoni worship was also prevalent.

Many trees (pipal), animals (bull), birds (dove, pigeon) and stones were worshipped,

Thursday 9 February 2017

Ancient India

The Stone Age : Pre History

1: The fossils of the early human being have not beet found in india, but in Africa about 2.6 million years back. So, it appears that lndia was settled later than Africa.

2. The recent reported artefacis from Bart in Maharashtra suggest the appearance of human beings in india around 1.4 million years ago.

3. The early man in india used tools of stone roughly dressed by crude clipping. This period is therefore. known as the StoncAge, which has been divided into “the Palaeolithic or Old Stone Age (5 lakh 9000 BC) The Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age (9000-4000 BC) ' The Neolithic or New Stone Age (4000-1000 BC)

4. it seems that Palaeolithic men belonged to the Negnto race. Homo sapiens first appeared in the last of this phase.

5.Palaeolithic men were hunters and food gatherers. They had no knowledge of agriculture. lire or pottery. they used tools of unpolished, undressed rough stones and lrved in cave rock shelters They are also called Quartzite men

6. The mesolithic people lived on hunting. fishing and food-gathering. At a later stage they also domesticated animals.

7. The characteristics tools of the Mesolithic Age are microliths, pointed cresconic blades. scrapers, etc, made up of stones.

8. Mamgari: in Madhya Pradesh and Bagor in Rajasthan pmvrde the earliest evrdence for the domestication of animals.

8.The people of Palaeolithic and Mesolithic ages practictsed painting, Bhimbctkn in Madhya Pradesh is a striking site of Pre-historic painting.

9.The people of Neolithic age used tools and implements of polished stone. They particularly used stone axes.

10.it is interesting that in Bumhom domestic dogs were buried With their masters in their graves.

The neoliihic settleis were the earliest farming communities. They produced ragi and horse-gram (kulaihi). Neolithic Sites in Allahabad district are noted for the cultivation of rice in the SlKll’i millenium BC. They domesticated cattle. sheeps and goats. They wove cotton and wool to make cloths.

11.Hand made pottery and use ot‘ potter wheel first appears during the neolithic age.

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Brilliance PSC Quiz..

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Sunday 5 February 2017

Brilliance PSC Quiz..

Question 1:

How many languages and dialects are spoken by people all over the world?

Question 2:

Approximately, how many people speak Chinese language?

Question 3:

The language with the richest vocabulary is:

Question 4:

English Language have more than ?? words:

Question 5:

The oldest Indian language is:

Question 6:

Which book has been printed in the maximum number of languages and these scripts?

Question 7:

The only religious book ever printed in a shorthand scripts is:

Question 8:

The oldest printed work in the world, which dates back to AD 868 is:

Question 9:

The largest book, the super book, is ?? and weight is ??

Question 10:

Les Hommes de bonne volonté is the:

Question 11:

The author of the play/book ?Ratnawali? is:

Question 12:

Which of the following in the book/play written by Maithili Sharan Gupt?

Question 13:

The book ?Satyartha Prakash? was written by:

Question 14:

The play/book ?Shakuntala? was written by.?

Question 15:

Which of the following is the author of Song of India,?:

Question 16:

The author of the book ?Time machine? is:

Question 17:

Which of the following book was written by Tulsidas:

Question 18:

The book ?Vish Vriksha? was written by:

Question 19:

The book ?We Indians? was written by:

Question 20:

Which of he following is he author of play/book ?Yashodhara?:

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Thursday 26 January 2017

Brilliance PSC Quiz..

Question 1:

Name the Indian who has won silver medal in 2015 Korea Open Badminton Tournament?

Question 2:

Ladakh Festival is celebrated at which of the following state?

Question 3:

How much fund has been allotted for the National Integrated Power Development Scheme?

Question 4:

Name the Indian Cricketer who has received the honorary life membership by the Cricket Club of India?

Question 5:

Which of the following country has recently adopted new constitution to make the country’s transition to a secular and democratic republic?

Question 6:

Who is the winner of 2015 Singapore Grand Prix of Formula One?

Question 7:

Who is the current President of Nepal?

Question 8:

Who is the winner of Jnangarima Manad Alankaran Award of Bharatiya Jnanpith?

Question 9:

Who is the author of “Hollywood Wives”?

Question 10:

International Day of Peace was observed on 21st September 2015. What is its theme for the year 2015?

Question 11:

What will be the India’s GDP growth forecast for the current financial year as per recent Asian Development Bank forecast?

Question 12:

Who has been appointed as the New Managing Director of Harley Davidson India?

Question 13:

Which country has declared, Cow as their National Animal?

Question 14:

What is the name of the India’s Fast Patrol Vessel which has been commissioned in the naval dockyard in Mumbai?