Q. Who was the patron king of Pataliputra Buddhist Council?

Correct Answer

Ashoka

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  • Q. In 1921, Mahatma Gandhi resolved to wear only a loin cloth to propagate home spun cotton to signify
    A)the ruin of India's handloom textiles
    B)the poverty of the Indian people
    C)his identification with the Indian people
    D)his resolve to wear tailored clothes only when India became independent
    Answer: his identification with the Indian people
  • Q. Which of the British Acts provided for the establishment of All India Federation at the centre ?
    A)The Government of India Act 1919.
    B)The Government of India Act 1935.
    C)Indian Independence act 1947
    D)The Registration act, 1908
    Answer: The Government of India Act 1935.
  • Q. The famous revolutionary song ‘Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil mei hai ‘ was composed by
    A)Khudiram Bose
    B)Bhagat Singh
    C)Chandrasekhar Azad
    D)Ramprasad Bismil
    Answer: Ramprasad Bismil
  • Q. The congress nationalist party was formed to act as a powerful pressure group within the congress by:
    A)Madan Mohan Malviya and M.S. Aney
    B)Madan Mohan Malviya and Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    C)Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    D)Annie Bessant and Md. Ali Jinha
    Answer: Madan Mohan Malviya and M.S. Aney
  • Q. When was the Trans-Siberian Railway completed?
    A)1882
    B)1872
    C)1890
    D)1916
    Answer: 1916
  • Q. Ajitnath Tirthankar was born on the eighth day of which Hindu month of shukl paksh?
    A)Chaitra
    B)Maagh
    C)Ashwin
    D)Jyestha
    Answer: Maagh
  • Q. The Qutub Minar was completed by the famous ruler
    A)Iltutmish
    B)Qutubuddin Aibak
    C)Firoz Shah Tughlaq
    D)Alauddin Khalji
    Answer: Iltutmish
  • Q. In which year, America joined the Second World War
    A)1940
    B)1939
    C)1941
    D)1942
    Answer: 1941
  • Q. Where was the Ottonian dynasty established?
    A)Germany
    B)Denmark
    C)Iceland
    D)Scandinavia
    Answer: Germany
  • Q. Which one of the following works deals with the history of Kashmir?
    A)Harshacharita
    B)Gaudavaho
    C)Rajatarangini
    D)Vikramankadevacharita
    Answer: Rajatarangini
  • Q. The revolt of 1857 had its beginning in
    A)Plassey
    B)Meerut
    C)Madras
    D)Bombay
    Answer: Meerut
  • Q. The famous poet Kalidasa lived in the court of
    A)Chandragupta-II
    B)Chandragupta
    C)Samudragupta
    D)Kumaragupta
    Answer: Chandragupta-II
  • Q. Bishandas a famous portrait painter resided in the court of?
    A)Humayun
    B)Babur
    C)Jahangir
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Jahangir
  • Q. What was the main objective of the Wahabi movement which during 1852-70 was particularly active in the Punjab, Bengal, Bihar and the NWFP?
    A)To overthrow the Sikhs in the Punjab and the British in Bengal and to restore Muslim power in India
    B)To oust the British from India
    C)To eradicate religious corruption from Muslim society
    D)To organise the Muslims into a nationalist community
    Answer: To overthrow the Sikhs in the Punjab and the British in Bengal and to restore Muslim power in India
  • Q. Who had set up the Anti-Untouchability League for the eradication of the evil of untouchability?
    A)Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
    B)Jagjivan Ram
    C)Acharya Kripalani
    D)Mahatma Gandhi
    Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
  • Q. Which of the following was the prime objective of M.K Gandhi’s Salt Satyagraha?
    A)Economic relief to the common people
    B)Complete Independence for India
    C)Repeal of salt laws
    D)Curtailment of the Government's powers
    Answer: Repeal of salt laws
  • Q. Narayana Guru was the son of__________
    A)Krishnan Vaidyan
    B)Madan Asan
    C)Kummampilli Raman Pillai Asan
    D)Kumaran
    Answer: Madan Asan
  • Q. The declaration that Democracy is a Government ‘of the people, by the pebple’ was made by
    A)Winston Churchill
    B)George Washington
    C)Abraham Lincoln
    D)Theodore Roosevelt
    Answer: Abraham Lincoln
  • Q. Vivian Derozio had been associated with the __________ movement
    A)Back to the Vedas
    B)Swadeshi
    C)Young Bengal
    D)Young India
    Answer: Young Bengal
  • Q. Prithviraja-III (1168-1192) was a best known __________ruler
    A)Gahadavala
    B)Chauhan
    C)Chalukya
    D)Brahmana
    Answer: Chauhan

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