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It is a ritual practised among Jains. It means to fast till death.

Chandragupta II defeated the satrapas of Gujarat who were ruling it for more than three centuries and earned the title ‘Vikramaditya’.

1. He began the chalukya vikrama era – in 1076 C.E 

2. He suppressed the revolt of the Hoysala king vishnuvardhana 

3. He had established contact with the srilanka an king vijayabahu.

1. The early region of Amoghavarsha had to face many obstacles. 

2. He was not interested in feauds and desired peace. 

3. He got rid of enemity be developing martial relation with the gangas and pallavas. 

4. Since he was peace having king, he had or give up some territories in the north 

5. Arab traveller sulaiman, has praised Amoghavarsha has one of the four powerful emperors of the world.

1. Jagajyothi Basaveshwara devoted his life to spreading the values of the veerashaiva sect to the common people. 

2. Soft advice, harsh critism, strict warning. 

3. Surrendering oneself to shiva. 

4. He established anubhava mantappa in 1162 CE. 

5. He wrote many popular vachanas.

Vishnugupta or Kautilya or Chanakya trained Chandragupta in the skills of warfare and helped him to establish an army. He later became the prime minister of Chandragupta Maurya.

Rajyavardhanavarma and Rajyashree.

Chandragupta Maurya.

Krishna, Dantidurga, Govinda – II, Dhruva Govinda – III, Amogavarsha.

1. The kingship among the Rashtrakutas was heridity. 

2. There used to be council of ministers to assist the king example : Mahasandhivigrahi. 

3. For the purpose of administative continence the kingdom was divided into Rashtra, vishaya, Nadu & grama. 

4. The leader of grama was called gramati (or) prabhagaovanda. He was the leader of village. 

5. There used to be an official called Nadagavubda in nadus.

Pataliputra.

Arthashastra.

The Kalinga war is an important stage in the life of Ashoka, the great. Ashoka declared war on Kalinga during the eight year ofhis rule. About one lakh people lost their lives and another lakh were injured. Another one and a half lakh soldiers were held as prisoners of war. Ashoka was deeply disturbed by the immense destruction of human life in the war. He resolved to. not wage wars in future. We chose the path of Dharma in place of war.

He accepted Buddhism and spread the messages of Buddhism all over his empire and also many other countries. He encouraged his subjects to repsect their parents, elders and to have compassion, truthfulness and to be generous. He also appointed ‘Dharmamaha Mantras’ to preach good conduct to his subjects. They were also responsible for the welfare of orphans, widows and old people.

1. Pataliputra 

2. Harisena 

3. Samudra Gupta 

4. Vishakadutta 

5. Kalidasa

King Rajendra I (1014-1044 AD) raised the Chola empire to the pinnacle of glory’. In this context the given headlines are explained as under: 

(a) His main Conquests: About 1017 AD, he annexed the whole of Sri Lanka. He organised the Pandya and Kerala territories and the Island of Sri Lanka into regular provinces of his empire. His armies marched through the northern region as far as the Ganga Valley. He overpowered Orissa and a portion of Eastern Bengal. To commemorate this event, he adopted the title of Gangaikonda and built a new Capital called Gangaikonda-Cholapuram, identified with Gangakundapuram. In 1025 AD, he despatched a naval expedition for the conquest of king Shailendra’s territories of Java and Sumatra. 

(b) His attainments as a Great Builder: Rajendra I got constructed an artificial lake, near his new Capital. Its embankments were more than 25 kms. in length. It was filled with water from the Kolerun and Vellar rivers. He also constructed a splendid temple at Gangaikonda-Cholapuram. Its huge lingam (a symbol of generative power) of solid granite is very impressive.

Aihole describes the victories of Pulakesin II

Shivaii proclaimed himself the ‘Emperor of Maratha’ state in 1674

(a) Kirtivarman I

(c) Climatologist

Correct option is A) Carnatic

Correct Answer is: (b) 3

Correct Answer is: (c) Clouds

(d) increase of creatures

B) Sangeetha Sarwaswam

(D) Prakasam

(c) Thermometer

(d) Water – flow

Temperature, atmospheric pressure, humidity, clouds, rainfall, winds, etc. are considered as the elements of season and climate.

Season is the sum of short – term conditions of weather in context of the components of weather (like: temperature, atmospheric pressure, winds, humidity, rainfall, clouds) in a particular duration of time at a place.

According to Monkhouse, “Climate, infact, involves the details of the long-term seasonal conditions of a particular place.”

Greeks tried to classify the climate of the world for the first time. On the basis of temperature, they classified the world into three zones: 

1. Torrid zone

2. Temperate zone 

3. Frigid zone.

• The continent was rich in diamonds, gold, and copper.
• It was also rich in fertile land, timber, and forests.
• Later the Portuguese captured them and sold them as slaves.
• Cheap human labour was the need of the Europeans.
• This increased the demand for African slaves and helped them to expand the slave trade.

(b) it was rich in diamonds, gold, and copper

Correct option: (d) of all of the above reasons

 A group of closely related classes is called phylum. In the Plant Kingdom; the term phylum has been replaced with division. For example; pisces, amphibia, reptilia, aves and mammalia belong to the Phylum Chordata. 

 The group of closely related orders is called class. For example; orders Primata and Carnivora belong to the class Mammalia.

A group of closely related genera is called a family. For example; potato and chili belong the family Solanaceae. Similarly, the genus Panthera and the genus Felis belong to the family Felidae.

A group of closely related families is called order. For example; Convolvulaceae and Solanaceae are plant families which belong to the order Polymoniales. Similarly, Felidae and Concidae belong the order Carnivora.

A group of closely related species is called genus. Example; Lion (Panthera leo), leopard (Panthera pardus) and tiger (Panthera tigris) are members of the genus Panthera. Similarly, potato, tomato and brinjal belong to the genus Solanum. 

Nicholas Copernicus, John Kepler, Galileo, Sir Isaac Newton, William Harvey, John Guttenberg.

Sir Isaac Newton and Galileo.

Desert plants have strong roots so they can penetrate deep into the soil in search of water.

Desert plants have green stem because green stem performs photosynthesis in the absence of leaves.

Leonardo da Vinci and Michael Angelo.

The Last Judgment, Day and Night, Birth of Adam.

1. Desert plants have thorns because in deserts, due to scarcity of water these plants are either leafless or their leaves are like small needles or modified into thorns.

2. They lose very little water by evaporation due to little surface area. This helps plants to survive in desert.

Some aquatic plants have air spaces in stems because air spaces help the plants to float on water.

 A pair of two contrasting characters is called key. While identifying a particular species or any other taxon; we need to select one of the characters and reject another. For example; presence or absence of notochord indicates if the animal belongs to chordata or not.

The following are steps involved in classifying an organism

The organism has to be described for all its morphological and other characteristics

Based on its characteristics; it is identified for its similarities or differences to any known group or taxon

It is then placed in a known taxon based on its similar characters

If it is different from the ones already described anywhere in the world, it is placed in a new group and then named.

If the organism has not been described before, it is given a new name; or its correct name is determined.