CUET May 24 Shift 2 Answer Key 2023: Access English, General Test, Domain Subject Solutions PDF

Q. What were the grants of lands and royal income donated to Brahmins called?
Answer- Agrahara

Q. What were the duties of "Chandalas"?
Answer- They had to live outside the village, use discarded utensils, and wear clothes of the dead and ornaments of iron.

Q. Which of the following kings adopted the title of Devaputra?
Answer- Kanishka

Q. Who was the author of the book "Periplus of the Erythraean Sea"?
Answer- William H Schoff

Q. Which two scripts did James Prinsep decipher?
Answer- Kharosthi and Brahmi scripts

Q. Which ruler worked on the preservation of the Sanchi Stupa?
Answer- Sultan Jehan Begum

Q. Which metal did the Harappans not know about?
Answer- Iron

Q. Who wrote the Panchatantra? 
Answer- Vishnu Sharma

Q. Where is Sanchi Stupa located?
Answer- Madhya Pradesh

Q. Who wrote the book "The Story of Indian Archaeology 1784-1947"?
Answer- S.N. Roy

Q. Who was the first Sultan to introduce the system of branding horses?
Answer- Alauddin Khilji

Q. Under which Vijayanagara ruler's tenure, did Niccolò de' Conti visit India?
Answer- Dev Raya II

Q. Which Indian city transported cotton before Bombay? 
Answer- Kolkata

 Q. Who wrote the poem "Jhansi ki Rani"? 
Answer- Subhadra Kumari

Q. Who wrote the book "Badshah Nama"? 
Answer- Abdul Hamid Lahori

Q. What book did "Gulbadan Begum" write? 
Answer- Humayun-Nama

Q. What was the Sunset Law? 
Answer- The Permanent Settlement had the features that state demand was fixed at 89% of the rent and 11% was to be retained by the zamindar. The state demand could not be increased but payment should be made on the due date, before sunset, so it was also known as the 'Sunset Law'.

Q. Who was the King of Burdwan Estate during an auction? 
Answer- Mehtab Chand

Q. Who painted the "Relief of Lucknow"? 
Answer- Thomas Jones Barker

Q. Which deities did Alvars and Nayanars follow?
Answer- The Nayanars were devotees of Shiva while the Alvars were the devotees of Vishnu.

Q. When was Hampi declared a "UNESCO World Heritage Site"?
Answer- 1986

Q. What did Krishnadevaraya write about in his book 'Amuktamalyada'?
Answer- Kingship

Q. In which session Congress demanded 'Purna Swaraj'?
Answer- Lahore session on 26th December 1929

Q. What is the meaning of "Jagannath"?
Answer- Lord of the universe

Q. Which country did François Bernier come from?
Answer- France

Q. Who built Sudarshan Lake?
Answer- Pushyagupta