History Mauryan Empire

Q. The monk who influenced Ashoka to embrace Buddhism was

A
Upagupta
B
Vishnu Gupta
C
Brahma Gupta
D
Brihadratha

Correct Answer

Upagupta

More Questions on History

  • Q. A new phase began in the Guru’s life in 1904. He decided to give up his wandering life and settle down in a place to continue his Sadhana (spiritual practice). He chose__________, twenty miles north of Thiruvananthapuram
    A)Sivagiri
    B)Karunagapally
    C)Kayamkulam
    D)Kannur
    Answer: Sivagiri
  • Q. The island of Bombay had been given to the British Prince Charles II as dowry by the
    A)Portuguese
    B)Dutch
    C)Danish
    D)French
    Answer: Portuguese
  • Q. Who said, The Congress is tottering to its fall and one of my greatest ambitions while in India is to assist it to a peaceful demise?
    A)Lord Curzon
    B)Lord Dufferin
    C)Lord Lansdowne
    D)Lord Elgin
    Answer: Lord Curzon
  • Q. Which religious reformer of Western India was known as ‘Lokhitwadi’?
    A)R. G. Bhandarkar
    B)Gopal Hari Deshmukh
    C)Mahadev Govind Ranade
    D)B. G. Tilak
    Answer: Gopal Hari Deshmukh
  • Q. Who wrote the book ‘Oliver Twist’
    A)Mark Twain
    B)William Shakespeare
    C)Charles Dickens
    D)Christopher Marlowe
    Answer: Charles Dickens
  • Q. Consider the following on the chronology of appointment of Viceroys I. Reading II. Irwin III. Wellingdon IV. Linlithgow
    A)III, II, IV, II
    B)I, II, III , IV
    C)IV, III, II, I
    D)II, IV, III, I
    Answer: I, II, III , IV
  • Q. Where did Mahatma Gandhi first apply his technique of Satyagraha?
    A)Noakhali
    B)Dandi
    C)England
    D)South Africa
    Answer: South Africa
  • Q. In order to study the position of education Indian constitutional commission was constituted in 1929 under the chairmanship of
    A)Phillip Reading
    B)Phillip Uartog
    C)Uartog Reading
    D)None of these
    Answer: Phillip Uartog
  • Q. What was the charge against Bal Gangadhar Tilak, for which he was sentenced to six years transportation in July 1908?
    A)for insiting violence during the Surat session of the INC
    B)for being the chief exponent of the cult of extremism
    C)for seditious writings in his paper Kesari
    D)for being instrumental in the murder of the British Plaque commissioner in Poona.
    Answer: for seditious writings in his paper Kesari
  • Q. The Indian tricolour was unfurled for the first time by Jawaharlal Nehru
    A)On the bank of Ravi at Lahore in 1929
    B)At the ramparts of the red ford in 1947
    C)When India became a democratic republic in 1950
    D)When The Government of India Act was passed in 1935
    Answer: On the bank of Ravi at Lahore in 1929
  • Q. With which of the following was Annie Besant Associated?
    A)Arya Samaj
    B)Ramakrishna Mission
    C)ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness)
    D)Theosophical Society
    Answer: Theosophical Society
  • Q. Who wrote Dasa Sloki, which deals with three realities (tri-tattava) –Brahma (Krishna), soul (Chit) and matter (Achit)?
    A)Ramanuja
    B)Nimbarka
    C)Madhva
    D)Vallabhacharya
    Answer: Nimbarka
  • Q. Which of the following principle propagated by Aligarh school which helped in bringing reforms in Muslims? I. Intolerance to other religions and religious texts II. Quran was the only authoritative work for Islam and all others are secondary. Therefore said belief in only Islam III. Incorporate modern western thought
    A)Both I and II
    B)Only I
    C)Both II and III
    D)All the above
    Answer: Both II and III
  • Q. Paramahamsa Mandali primarily aimed at breaking caste rules was founded in which of the following places
    A)Kerala
    B)Maharashtra
    C)Tamil Nadu
    D)Gujarat
    Answer: Maharashtra
  • Q. Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding the Vedic literature available for reconstructing the ancient Indian history? I. Vedic literature, mainly the four Vedas i.e. Rig, Yajur, Sama and Atharva Vedas, are entirely in a different language, which can be called the Vedic language. II. The vocabulary of Vedic literature contains a wide range of meaning and at times different in grammatical usages
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I & II
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Both I & II
  • Q. Which one of the following was not a characteristic of society in Mauryan times?
    A)Rigidity of Caste
    B)Slavery
    C)Prostitution
    D)Widow remarriage
    Answer: Widow remarriage
  • Q. Who was the first Governor General of Bengal?
    A)William Bentinck
    B)Robert Clive
    C)Warren Hasting
    D)Col. Sanders
    Answer: Warren Hasting
  • Q. When did Greco-Persian Wars end?
    A)449 BC
    B)460 BC
    C)447 BC
    D)424 BC
    Answer: 449 BC
  • Q. Who was the author of United States Declaration of Independence
    A)George Washington
    B)Thomas Jefferson
    C)Abraham Lincoln
    D)Benjamin Franklin
    Answer: Thomas Jefferson
  • Q. What was the greatest contribution of Ishwar Chand Vidyasagar in the social reforms in India?
    A)Help in the abolition of Sati Pratha
    B)He ensured the widow's marriage and girl's education
    C)Established the Brahma Samaj
    D)He adopted 100 villages to relocate them from Andhra Pradesh to Bengal for better life
    Answer: He ensured the widow's marriage and girl's education

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