{"id":89716,"date":"2025-06-01T10:11:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T10:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=89716"},"modified":"2025-06-01T10:11:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T10:11:15","slug":"consider-the-following-statements-statement-i-the-rich-sculptural","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/consider-the-following-statements-statement-i-the-rich-sculptural\/","title":{"rendered":"Consider the following statements:\n \n Statement I: The rich sculptural"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Consider the following statements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Statement I: The rich sculptural tradition of Mathura is distinguished by its principal medium, the white spotted red sandstone<\/li>\n<li>Statement II: The white spotted red sandstone is locally available in Mathura region<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I&#8221; option2=&#8221;Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I&#8221; option3=&#8221;Statement I is true but Statement II is false&#8221; option4=&#8221;Statement I is false but Statement II is true&#8221; correct=&#8221;option1&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"psc-box-pyq-exam-year-detail\">\n<div class=\"pyq-exam\">\n<div class=\"psc-heading\">This question was previously asked in<\/div>\n<div class=\"psc-title line-ellipsis\">UPSC CAPF &#8211; 2014<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pyq-exam-psc-buttons\"><a href=\"\/pyq\/pyq-upsc-capf-2014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-pdf-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Download PDF<\/a><a href=\"\/pyq-upsc-capf-2014\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-attempt-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Attempt Online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"pyq-correct-answer\">\nBoth statements are individually true, and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-key-points\">\n&#8211; Statement I is true. The Mathura school of art, which flourished from the 1st to the 3rd centuries CE, is well known for its sculptures, primarily made from a distinctive red sandstone, often found with white spots. This material is a defining characteristic of the Mathura style.<br \/>\n&#8211; Statement II is true. The red sandstone used by the Mathura sculptors was readily available from quarries in the region surrounding Mathura, such as those at Sikri and Rupbas.<br \/>\n&#8211; Statement II directly explains why Statement I is true. The rich sculptural tradition of Mathura utilized white spotted red sandstone because this material was easily accessible locally. The availability of the raw material in the region directly influenced the characteristic medium of the sculptures produced there.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-additional-information\">\n&#8211; The Mathura school developed independently of the Gandhara school, although there was interaction between the two. While Gandhara art used grey schist or stucco, Mathura art used local red sandstone.<br \/>\n&#8211; The Mathura school produced sculptures of various deities, including Buddha, Bodhisattvas, Jina Tirthankaras, and Hindu deities like Vishnu and Shiva, as well as Yakshas and Yakshinis.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consider the following statements: Statement I: The rich sculptural tradition of Mathura is distinguished by its principal medium, the white spotted red sandstone Statement II: The white spotted red sandstone is locally available in Mathura region [amp_mcq option1=&#8221;Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I&#8221; option2=&#8221;Both the &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Consider the following statements:\n \n Statement I: The rich sculptural\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/consider-the-following-statements-statement-i-the-rich-sculptural\/#more-89716\">Detailed Solution<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Consider the following statements:<\/p>\n<p> Statement I: The rich sculptural<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1085],"tags":[1468,1168,1170],"class_list":["post-89716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc-capf","tag-1468","tag-ancient-history-of-india","tag-architecture-in-ancient-india","no-featured-image-padding"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v23.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Consider the following statements:  Statement I: The rich sculptural<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Both statements are individually true, and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I. - Statement I is true. The Mathura school of art, which flourished from the 1st to the 3rd centuries CE, is well known for its sculptures, primarily made from a distinctive red sandstone, often found with white spots. This material is a defining characteristic of the Mathura style. - Statement II is true. The red sandstone used by the Mathura sculptors was readily available from quarries in the region surrounding Mathura, such as those at Sikri and Rupbas. - Statement II directly explains why Statement I is true. The rich sculptural tradition of Mathura utilized white spotted red sandstone because this material was easily accessible locally. The availability of the raw material in the region directly influenced the characteristic medium of the sculptures produced there.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/consider-the-following-statements-statement-i-the-rich-sculptural\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Consider the following statements:  Statement I: The rich sculptural\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Both statements are individually true, and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I. - Statement I is true. The Mathura school of art, which flourished from the 1st to the 3rd centuries CE, is well known for its sculptures, primarily made from a distinctive red sandstone, often found with white spots. This material is a defining characteristic of the Mathura style. - Statement II is true. The red sandstone used by the Mathura sculptors was readily available from quarries in the region surrounding Mathura, such as those at Sikri and Rupbas. - Statement II directly explains why Statement I is true. The rich sculptural tradition of Mathura utilized white spotted red sandstone because this material was easily accessible locally. The availability of the raw material in the region directly influenced the characteristic medium of the sculptures produced there.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/consider-the-following-statements-statement-i-the-rich-sculptural\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MCQ and Quiz for Exams\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-01T10:11:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"rawan239\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"rawan239\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Consider the following statements:  Statement I: The rich sculptural","description":"Both statements are individually true, and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I. - Statement I is true. The Mathura school of art, which flourished from the 1st to the 3rd centuries CE, is well known for its sculptures, primarily made from a distinctive red sandstone, often found with white spots. This material is a defining characteristic of the Mathura style. - Statement II is true. The red sandstone used by the Mathura sculptors was readily available from quarries in the region surrounding Mathura, such as those at Sikri and Rupbas. - Statement II directly explains why Statement I is true. The rich sculptural tradition of Mathura utilized white spotted red sandstone because this material was easily accessible locally. The availability of the raw material in the region directly influenced the characteristic medium of the sculptures produced there.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/consider-the-following-statements-statement-i-the-rich-sculptural\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Consider the following statements:  Statement I: The rich sculptural","og_description":"Both statements are individually true, and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I. - Statement I is true. The Mathura school of art, which flourished from the 1st to the 3rd centuries CE, is well known for its sculptures, primarily made from a distinctive red sandstone, often found with white spots. This material is a defining characteristic of the Mathura style. - Statement II is true. The red sandstone used by the Mathura sculptors was readily available from quarries in the region surrounding Mathura, such as those at Sikri and Rupbas. - Statement II directly explains why Statement I is true. The rich sculptural tradition of Mathura utilized white spotted red sandstone because this material was easily accessible locally. The availability of the raw material in the region directly influenced the characteristic medium of the sculptures produced there.","og_url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/consider-the-following-statements-statement-i-the-rich-sculptural\/","og_site_name":"MCQ and Quiz for Exams","article_published_time":"2025-06-01T10:11:15+00:00","author":"rawan239","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"rawan239","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/consider-the-following-statements-statement-i-the-rich-sculptural\/","url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/consider-the-following-statements-statement-i-the-rich-sculptural\/","name":"Consider the following statements: Statement I: The rich sculptural","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-06-01T10:11:15+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-01T10:11:15+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#\/schema\/person\/5807dafeb27d2ec82344d6cbd6c3d209"},"description":"Both statements are individually true, and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I. - Statement I is true. The Mathura school of art, which flourished from the 1st to the 3rd centuries CE, is well known for its sculptures, primarily made from a distinctive red sandstone, often found with white spots. This material is a defining characteristic of the Mathura style. - Statement II is true. The red sandstone used by the Mathura sculptors was readily available from quarries in the region surrounding Mathura, such as those at Sikri and Rupbas. - Statement II directly explains why Statement I is true. The rich sculptural tradition of Mathura utilized white spotted red sandstone because this material was easily accessible locally. The availability of the raw material in the region directly influenced the characteristic medium of the sculptures produced there.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/consider-the-following-statements-statement-i-the-rich-sculptural\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/consider-the-following-statements-statement-i-the-rich-sculptural\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/consider-the-following-statements-statement-i-the-rich-sculptural\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"UPSC CAPF","item":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/category\/upsc-capf\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Consider the following statements: Statement I: The rich sculptural"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#website","url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/","name":"MCQ and Quiz for Exams","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#\/schema\/person\/5807dafeb27d2ec82344d6cbd6c3d209","name":"rawan239","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/761a7274f9cce048fa5b921221e7934820d74514df93ef195a9d22af0c1c9001?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/761a7274f9cce048fa5b921221e7934820d74514df93ef195a9d22af0c1c9001?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"rawan239"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com"],"url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/author\/rawan239\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89716\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}