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	04-Jun-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback CAT Question of the Day Answer the following based on the information given below: All through the millennia foreigners had entered India in waves of nomadic invaders or as small bands of displaced peoples seeking refuge. They were assimilated into the civilizations they encountered. They converted to the Hindu or Buddhist religion and adopted the culture of the subcontinent. This capacity to absorb peoples moving into the area owed much to both the strength and flexibility of India's civilizations and the fact that they enjoyed a higher level of material culture. Thus there were no fundamental challenges to the existing order. All of this changed with the arrival of the Muslims in the last years of the 7th century A.D. Hinduism was open, tolerant, and inclusive of widely varying forms of religious devotion - from idol worship to meditation - in search of union with the supernatural source of all creation. Islam was doctrinaire, proselytizing, and committed to the exclusive worship of a single, transcendent God. In contrast to the egalitarianism of Islam, which proclaimed all believers equal in the sight of God, Hindu beliefs did much to validate the caste hierarchy, which rested on the acceptance of inborn differences between individuals and groups and the widely varying levels of material wealth, status, and religious purity these differences produced. Thus, where the faith of the invading Muslims was religiously more rigid than that of the absorptive and adaptive Hindus, the caste-based social system of the great majority of the indigenous peoples was much more compartmentalized and closed than those of the Muslim invaders, with their emphasis on mobility and the community of believers. The passage supports which of the following inferences?  With the coming of the Muslims, the peoples of India encountered for the first time the influx of a civilization as sophisticated as their own.  With the coming of the Muslims India was confronted by a religious system that was in many ways the very opposite of their own. With the coming of Islam India's civilization for the first time faced fundamental challenges to their existing order.  Indian rulers had persistently failed to unite in the face of aggression from outsiders. OPTIONS     1) B and C   2) A, B and C   3) A and D   4) All of the above discuss | yesterday's solution | more questions Tip of the Day In Paragraph Summary and Paragraph Completion questions, first ascertain clearly the gist or the central idea of the paragraph. This will help eliminate options that do not resonate with the central theme. more tips Last year's Question of the day (03-Jun-12) For what value of a, (x2 – x + a) divides (x13 + x + 90)? OPTIONS     1) 1   2) 2   3) 3   4) 5 discuss TestFunda.com - LEARN with THE LEADER in Online MBA Test Prep Demo Lessons   |   Take a Demo Test   |   Buy Courses   |   Fun Learning Games   |   100-Percentilers About TestFunda.com - TestFunda is backed by www.ZeusLearning.com. 3 IIT-IIM graduates form the Management Team. - The 85+ member team has vast experience in MBA Coaching and Computer-Based Training and Testing. - For 12 years Zeus has created award-winning courseware for companies like Discovery Channel, Reader's Digest, Texas Instruments, Pearson Education. - The TestFunda Advisory Board comprises CEOs and MDs of international educational companies. About This Newsletter You received this email because you have registered with www.TestFunda.com. If you do not want to receive this email or want to sign up for other newsletters from TestFunda  click here. Please do not reply to this mail. Mails sent to this account will not be monitored. Post your comments and solutions under the Question of the Day forum. Problems getting this mail? To get this mail in your inbox, add noreply@testfunda.com to your contact list.       UNSUBSCRIBE / SUBSCRIBE | ABOUT | WHY TESTFUNDA | FAQ | PRIVACY | SUPPORT | CONTACT | DISCUSS   © Enabilon Learning Private Limited. All rights reserved