History Jainism And Buddhism

Q. The worship of images (of Buddha) in India began during the period

A
Sunga
B
Mauryan
C
Kushana
D
Gupta

Correct Answer

Kushana

More Questions on History

  • Q. Chandragupta Maurya with the help of Chanakya decided to overthrow the Nandas because
    A)the Nandas were low-born
    B)Chanakya had been humiliated by the Nandas
    C)the Nandas had accumulated a great deal of wealth by extortion and oppression of the people
    D)Chanakya wanted to restore the ideal of Kshatriya rule
    Answer: the Nandas had accumulated a great deal of wealth by extortion and oppression of the people
  • Q. __________, second President of The Theosophical Society from 1907 to 1933, was described as a ‘Diamond Soul’, for she had many brilliant facets to her character
    A)Krishnamohan Banerjee
    B)Annie Besant
    C)Hari Mohan
    D)Govind Chandra Sen
    Answer: Annie Besant
  • Q. Noor Jahan was wife of which Mughal Emperor?
    A)Aurangzeb
    B)Akbar
    C)Jahangir
    D)Shah Jahan
    Answer: Jahangir
  • Q. Under which tree Sumtinath Tirthankar received Kaivalya Gyan?
    A)Neem
    B)Devdar
    C)Priyangu
    D)Vat
    Answer: Priyangu
  • Q. During Akbar’s reign the Mahabharat was translated into Persian and is known as
    A)Razm Nama
    B)Iqbal Nama
    C)Akbar Nama
    D)Sakinat-ul-Auliya
    Answer: Razm Nama
  • Q. Name the poet who wrote “Prithviraj Raso”, a poem describing Prithviraj Chauhan’s life
    A)Chand Bardai
    B)Vir Siroja
    C)Meerja Umed
    D)Nur Fateh
    Answer: Chand Bardai
  • Q. When were Morley-Minto reforms taken place?
    A)1909
    B)1905
    C)1919
    D)1857
    Answer: 1909
  • 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. The ‘Hero of Plassey’ was
    A)Dupleix
    B)Warren Hastings
    C)Clive
    D)Shuja-ud-Daulah
    Answer: Clive
  • Q. What is meant by a ‘Pir’ in the Sufi tradition?
    A)The Guru of the Sufis
    B)The Supreme God
    C)The greatest of all Sufi saints
    D)The orthodox teacher who contests the Sufi beliefs
    Answer: The Guru of the Sufis
  • Q. Who wrote famous thesis entitled ‘South India in 1857: war of Independence’:
    A)K M Pannikar
    B)J K Hikki
    C)M G Ranade
    D)V.D. Savarkar
    Answer: V.D. Savarkar
  • Q. What does the Yajur Veda contain?
    A)Spells and charms
    B)Only hymns
    C)Hymns and rituals
    D)Commentaries on society
    Answer: Hymns and rituals
  • Q. When King George-V and Queen of India visited India, a magnificent Durbar was held at
    A)Delhi
    B)Calcutta
    C)Bombay
    D)Madras
    Answer: Delhi
  • Q. Humayun was born in the year
    A)1608
    B)1508
    C)1708
    D)1808
    Answer: 1508
  • Q. Subhash Chandra Bose formed Forward Block in :
    A)The Year 1939
    B)The Year 1935
    C)The Year 1937
    D)The Year 1942
    Answer: The Year 1939
  • Q. When was the last Bulgarian noble surrendered to the Byzantine Empire?
    A)927
    B)924
    C)1014
    D)1018
    Answer: 1018
  • Q. After reading Thomas Paine’s famous book __________Jyotirao was greatly influenced by his ideas
    A)Prince
    B)The Rights of Man
    C)Utopia
    D)Advaitha Deepika
    Answer: The Rights of Man
  • Q. The Rowlatt Act was passed in :
    A)1913
    B)1905
    C)1919
    D)1925
    Answer: 1919
  • Q. Whom did Mahatma Gandhi consider his political guru?
    A)Purushottam Das Tandon
    B)Shri Bharat Kumar
    C)Sir William Wedderburn
    D)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
    Answer: Gopal Krishna Gokhale
  • Q. Which of the following statements about the Guptas is NOT true?
    A)Kingship was hereditary and the throne always went to the eldest son
    B)They ruled mainly over parts of north and central India
    C)The judicial system was far more developed than in earlier times
    D)Land taxes increased and taxes on trade and commerce decreased
    Answer: Kingship was hereditary and the throne always went to the eldest son

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