Q. Who, among the following rulers, organised the Second Buddhist Council?

Correct Answer

Kalasoka

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    C)Fort St David
    D)Shantiniketan
    Answer: Fort william
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    B)Within the citadel at Mohenjodaro
    C)Near the river Ravi
    D)Beside the western gate of the city
    Answer: Near the river Ravi
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    A)carving
    B)monolithic structure
    C)polish
    D)uniformity of workmanship
    Answer: polish
  • Q. Which of the following leader given the term ‘insenate waste’ on the burning of the foreign clothes during the Non-Cooperation Movement?
    A)Motilal Nehru
    B)Lord Reading
    C)Rabindra Nath Tagore
    D)Mohammad Ali
    Answer: Rabindra Nath Tagore
  • Q. The European renaissance started from which country
    A)Franch
    B)England
    C)Italy
    D)Greece
    Answer: Italy
  • Q. The first truly revolutionary organisation in Bengal was
    A)Yugantar
    B)Anusilan Samiti
    C)Abhinava Bharata
    D)Abhinava Bharat Society
    Answer: Anusilan Samiti
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    A)1866
    B)1766
    C)1869
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    Answer: 1866
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  • Q. Mahatma Gandhi considered preconditions as necessary for a satyagrahi to fulfill namely :
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    B)Follow truth and cultivate fearlessness.
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    D)All of these
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  • Q. Assertion (A): In the beginning, only high caste Kshatriya communities adopted Jainism. Reason (R): Vardhaman Mahavira belonged to a well-known Kshatriya community
    A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    B)Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
    C)A is true but R is false
    D)A is false but R is true
    Answer: Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
  • Q. According to Gregory of Tours, which of the following was true about Clovis’s conversion?
    A)He began to consider conversion when his army was defeated by the Christian Alamanni
    B)He was forced to convert by the bishops
    C)He forced his army to be baptized after he was
    D)At the behest of his wife, the queen Clotilde
    Answer: At the behest of his wife, the queen Clotilde
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    A)Lala Hardayal
    B)Shyamiji Krishna Verma
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    Answer: Lala Hardayal
  • Q. The author of ‘A Nation in the Making’ was
    A)Mahatma Gandhi
    B)SN Banerjee
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    A)Jhansi
    B)Satara
    C)Avadh
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    Answer: Satara
  • Q. Who was the first historian to use tripartite periodisation?
    A)Coluccio Salutati
    B)Bernardo Rossellino
    C)Leonardo Bruni
    D)Lorenzo Valla
    Answer: Leonardo Bruni
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    A)Awadh
    B)Meerut
    C)Gwalior
    D)Rohilkhand
    Answer: Gwalior
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    A)Irwin
    B)Dyer
    C)Hunter
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    A)Guru Nanak
    B)Vallabhacharya
    C)Kabir
    D)Nimbarka
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    B)1890
    C)1895
    D)1899
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    B)Battle of Austerlitz
    C)Battle of Borodini
    D)Battle of Waterloo
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