Ancient times the whole mass of land of India was known as________.
A. Bharata
B. Sampoorna Bharat
C. Bharatavarsha
D. None of the above
Answer:C
Ancient times the whole mass of land of India was known as________.
A. Bharata B. Sampoorna Bharat C. Bharatavarsha D. None of the above
Explanation: In ancient times the whole mass of land, currently India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, was known as Bharatavarsha or Hindustan, the latter is derived from the name of the river Sindhu, pronounced by the westerners as Hindu or Indu. India gets its derivation from this. In our constitution it is called India, that is Bharata.