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1. 
Which of the following pairs are correctly matched? [1998]

I. Mrichchakatikam — Shudraka 
II. Buddhacharita — Vasuvandhu
III. Mudrarakshasha — Vishakhadatta 
IV. Harshacharita — Banabhatta 

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

2. 
Which one of the following pairs of composers in different languages and their works on the Mahabharata theme is correctly matched? [1997]

3. 
Which one of the following scripts of ancient India was written from right to left? [1997]

4. 
The famous dialogue between, Nachiketa and Yama is mentioned in the: [1997]

5. 
Milindapanho is in the form of a dialogue between the King Menander and the Buddhist monk: [1997]

6. 
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists: [1997]

List I (Author)

  1. Varahamihira
  2. Visakhadatta

III. Sudraka

  1. Bilhana

List II (Text)

  1. A) Prabandha Chintamani
  2. B) Mrichchakatikam
  3. C) Brhat-Samhita
  4. D) Devi Chandragupta
  5. E) Vikramankadevacharita

7. 
Prem Vatika, poems on the life of Krishna, was composed by: [1996]

8. 
The river most mentioned in early Vedic literature is: [1996]

9. 
The term apabhramsa was used in medieval Sanskrit texts to denote: [1996]

10. 
Which one of the following texts of ancient India allows divorce to a wife deserted by her husband? [1996]

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