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  • Question 1
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    Mangalakavyas were auspicious poems written in Sanskrit dealing with __________.
    Solution
    Early Bengali literature may be divided into two categories one indebted to Sanskrit and the other independent of it. The first includes translations of the Sanskrit epics, the Mangalakavyas (literally auspicious poems, dealing with local deities) and bhakti literature such as the biographies of Chaitanyadeva, the leader of the Vaishnava bhakti movement.The second includes Nath literature such as the songs of Maynamati and Gopichandra, stories concerning the worship of Dharma Thakur, and fairytales, folk tales and ballads.
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    From the _______ centuries BCE, commercial ties began to develop between Bengal and Magadha (south Bihar).
    Solution
    Bengali is a language spoken mostly in the state of Bengal and by Bengalis. Bengali is now recognised as a language derived from Sanskrit, but early Sanskrit texts (mid-first millennium BCE) suggest that the people of Bengal did not speak Sanskritic languages. From the fourth-third centuries BCE, commercial ties began to develop between Bengal and Magadha (south Bihar), which may have led to the growing influence of Sanskrit.
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    From the sixteenth century, as people began to migrate eastwards in Bengal, they cleared forests and brought the land under _______ cultivation.
    Solution
    From the sixteenth century, people began to migrate in large numbers from the less fertile western Bengal to the forested and marshy areas of south-eastern Bengal. As they moved eastwards, they cleared forests and brought the land under rice cultivation. Gradually, local communities of fisher folk and shifting cultivators, often tribals, merged with the new communities of peasants
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    In the seventh century the _________ traveller Xuan Zang observed that languages related to Sanskrit were in use all over Bengal.
  • Question 5
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    Bengali is now recognised as a language derived from ___________.
    Solution
    Bengali is a langauge spoken mostly in Bengal and by Bengalis. Bengali is now recognised as a language derived from Sanskrit . Most languages India had their origin in Sanskrit
  • Question 6
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    The term, Pirs included ____________.
    Solution
    The early settlers in Eastern Bengal who migrated from the less fertile Western Bengal from 16th century onwards, sought some order and assurance in the unstable conditions of the new settlements. These were provided by community leaders, who also functioned as teachers and adjudicators and were sometimes ascribed with supernatural powers. People referred to them with affection and respect as pirs. This term included saints or Sufis and other religious personalities, daring colonisers and deified soldiers, various Hindu and Buddhist deities and even animistic spirits. The cult of pirs became very popular and their shrines can be found everywhere in Bengal.
  • Question 7
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    Bengal is a riverine plain and produces plenty of __________.
    Solution
    Traditional food habits are generally based on locally available items of food. Bengal is a riverine plain which produces plenty of rice and fish.
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    Pirs were ________ .
    Solution
    The early settlers in Eastern Bengal who migrated from the less fertile Western Bengal from 16th century on wards, sought some order and assurance in the unstable conditions of the new settlements. These were provided by community leaders, who also functioned as teachers and adjudicators and were sometimes ascribed with supernatural powers. People referred to them with affection and respect as pirs.
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    The most famous Chera ruler was _______.
    Solution
    The famous and important ruler of Cheras was Senguttuvan, who is the hero of a famous Tamil Epic Silapathikaram. Senguttuvan is best known for sending the first embassy to China from South India.
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    In which state, generally there is a small pond in the rear of the house, fish is reared for daily use in their meals?
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