History Mauryan Empire

Q. Who started the Saka Era which is still used by the Government of India?

A
Vikramaditya
B
Kanishka
C
Samudra Gupta
D
Ashoka

Correct Answer

Kanishka

More Questions on History

  • Q. The Sayyid dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate is called so because__________?
    A)Its founder and his successors belonged to the Sayyid tribe of eastern Turkistan
    B)Its founder and his successors adopted the title Sayyid
    C)Its founder and his successors were descendant of the prophet Muhammad
    D)Its founder was a scholar of Islamic theology
    Answer: Its founder and his successors were descendant of the prophet Muhammad
  • Q. Hamza-nama paintings were produced during the reign of?
    A)Akbar
    B)Humayun
    C)Jahangir
    D)Shahjahan
    Answer: Akbar
  • Q. Consider the following statement (s) related to the Zeb-un-nisa I. Zeb-un-nisa chose to live voluntarily with Shah Jahan and later was awarded great honour by Aurangzeb. II. Zeb-un-nisa was the sister of Shah Jahan.
    A)Both I and II are incorrect
    B)Both I and II are correct
    C)Only I is correct
    D)Only II is correct
    Answer: Only I is correct
  • Q. Who was famously known as the Tuti-e-Hindustan?
    A)Nakhshabi
    B)Utbi
    C)Amir Khusarau
    D)Tansen
    Answer: Amir Khusarau
  • Q. An emigre (a person or thing who/which has emigrated) communist journal brought out by M N Roy was
    A)The Worker
    B)Anushilan
    C)Kisan Sabha
    D)Vanguard
    Answer: Vanguard
  • Q. The first General Secretary of the Indian National Congress was
    A)A.O. Hume
    B)Dadabhai Naoroji
    C)Ferozshah Mehta
    D)Badruddin Tayyabji
    Answer: A.O. Hume
  • Q. The song ‘Jana-Gana-Mana’ composed by Rabindra Nath Tagore was first published in January 1912 under the title of
    A)Rashtra Jagriti
    B)Jay He
    C)Bharat Vidhata
    D)Matribhoomi
    Answer: Bharat Vidhata
  • Q. The famous Jain centre in South India is situated at
    A)Madurai
    B)Rameshvaram
    C)Kanchi
    D)Shravanbelgola
    Answer: Shravanbelgola
  • Q. According to __________ the mutiny was a purely military outbreak
    A)VASmith
    B)VD Sarkar
    C)Sir John Lawrence
    D)Roberts
    Answer: Sir John Lawrence
  • Q. The last Mauryan king was
    A)Ashoka
    B)Pushyamitra Sunga
    C)Harsha
    D)Brihadratha
    Answer: Brihadratha
  • Q. First Sino-Japanese War was fought in the year
    A)1894
    B)1848
    C)1901
    D)1896
    Answer: 1894
  • Q. The Marathas were defeated in Panipat because
    A)The Marathas were not equal to Afghans in strength
    B)The Marathas did not fight bravely
    C)The Maratha army was short of food supplies
    D)The Marathas were considered alien by the local population
    Answer: The Marathas were not equal to Afghans in strength
  • Q. Marcopolo is known for
    A)Travelling to China, India and Asia
    B)Discovering Greenland
    C)Travelling round the Cape of Good Hope
    D)Discovering Canada
    Answer: Travelling to China, India and Asia
  • Q. Which of the following statement is correct about South-Indian Literature?
    A)Tamil is the oldest with literature dating back to early centuries of Christian era. This developed during the three Sangams(assemblies of poets and writers) held during different times
    B)In Southern India, the ancient Indian writings were written in four Dravidian languages which developed their own script and literature, these are, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada,Malayalam
    C)Both A & B
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Both A & B
  • Q. Qutub Minar, as we find at present, was finally re-built by
    A)Alauddin Khalji
    B)Balban
    C)Sikandar Lodi
    D)Firoz Tughlaq
    Answer: Firoz Tughlaq
  • Q. Jathi Nirnayam is the work of __________
    A)C. Kesavan
    B)Sree Narayana Guru
    C)Nataraja Guru
    D)T. K. Madhavan
    Answer: Sree Narayana Guru
  • Q. Who called the revolt of 1857 as a war between barbarism and civilization?
    A)T. R. Holmes
    B)V A Smith
    C)J K Hikki
    D)Sir Ahmed Khan
    Answer: T. R. Holmes
  • Q. The Alipore conspiracy case was launched against the revolutionary activities of
    A)Abhinava Bharat
    B)Anusilan Samiti
    C)Abhinava Bharat Society
    D)Ghadar Party of India
    Answer: Anusilan Samiti
  • Q. Assuming the title of Alamgir, Aurangzeb crowned himself as Emperor on July 21, 1658 at
    A)Aurangabad
    B)Agra
    C)Fatehpur Sikri
    D)Delhi
    Answer: Delhi
  • Q. The origins of Indian music could be traced to
    A)Yajurvedic Samhita
    B)Rigvedic Samhita
    C)Samavedic Samhita
    D)Atharvavedic Samhita
    Answer: Samavedic Samhita

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