History · Negotiating the Sources
UGC NET June 2023 History (Shift-II)
Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
Assertion (A): Statement I: In ancient India, the curtain at the back of the stage of a theatre was called Yavanika, a diminutive form of the same by which the Greeks were generally known in India.
Reason (R): Statement II: The earliest known dramas to have survived are the fragments of plays by Ashvaghosha preserved in manuscripts found in the desert sands of Central Asia.
ABoth Statement I and Statement II are correct ✓ Correct
BBoth Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
CStatement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
DStatement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct
Correct answer: (A) Both Statement I and Statement II are correct — Both statements are correct, so the answer is both correct.
Explanation
★Both statements are correct, so the answer is both correct.
★In ancient India the curtain at the back of the stage was called Yavanika.
★This was a diminutive form of the name by which the Greeks, the Yavanas, were generally known in India.
★The earliest known surviving dramas are the fragments of plays by Ashvaghosha.
★These fragments were preserved in manuscripts found in the desert sands of Central Asia.
★So both statements are correct.
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