Please refer to Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings Class 12 History Important Questions with solutions provided below. These questions and answers have been provided for Class 12 History based on the latest syllabus and examination guidelines issued by CBSE, NCERT, and KVS. Students should learn these problem solutions as it will help them to gain more marks in examinations. We have provided Important Questions for Class 12 History for all chapters in your book. These Board exam questions have been designed by expert teachers of Standard 12.
Class 12 History Important Questions Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings
Very Short Answer Questions :
Question. What is Shaivism?
Answer: Shaivism- A tradition within which shiva was regarded as the chief god.
Question. Who did provide money for the preservation of the Stupa of Sanchi.
Answer: Shahjahan Begum
– Sultan Jahan Begum
Question. Were did he attain enlightment.
Answer: Bodh Gaya
Question. What is Tripitaka?
Answer: After Buddha’s Death his teachings were compiled by his disciples These compilations were known as Tripitaka.
Question. Write the name of any one Tripitika ?
Answer: Vinaya Pataka
– Sutta Pitaka
– Abhidhamma Pataka // Any One
Short Answer Questions :
Question. What is the Jaina philosophy on birth and rebirth?
Answer: According to Jainism the Cycle of Birth and Rebirth is shaped through karma.
– Asceticism and Penance are required to free oneself from this cycle.
– This can be achieved only by renouncing the world.
Question. What do you mean by the kutargarashala.
Answer: Teachers Travelled from Place to Place trying to convince one another as philosophy or the way they understand the world. Debates took place in the kuta rgarashala. Literally a hut with a pointed roof.
Question. Describe the unique features of the early temples.
Answer: The First Temples to House images of gods and goddesses were also being built.
– The early temples were a small square room called the garbhagriha.
– A Tall structure, known as the shikhara.
– Temple walls were after often decorated with sculpure.
Question. What do you understand of early Vedic Tradition?
Answer: Early Vedic tradition known from the Rig-Veda compiled between c. 1500 and 1000 B.C.E.
– The Rig-Veda consists of hymns in praise of a variety of deities, especially Agni, Indra, and soma.
