History Jainism And Buddhism

Q. Ashoka’s prime claim to greatness lay in

A
The promotion of people's welfare by him
B
His extensive conquests
C
His marathon army
D
His exclusive patronage of Buddhism

Correct Answer

The promotion of people's welfare by him

More Questions on History

  • Q. Name the ruler whose reign was a witness to both Vardhaman Mahavira and the Buddha preaching their respective doctrines?
    A)Bimbisara
    B)Udayin
    C)Ajatashatru
    D)Harshvardhana
    Answer: Bimbisara
  • Q. The Virupaksha Temple was built by the
    A)Pallavas
    B)Chalukyas
    C)Kakatiyas
    D)Satavahans
    Answer: Chalukyas
  • Q. The programme of Swadeshi and Boycott against the partition of Bengal was visualised by
    A)BC Pal
    B)Surendra Nath Bennerjee
    C)Aurobindo Ghose
    D)Rash Behari Bose
    Answer: Aurobindo Ghose
  • Q. Who said that the congress is tottering to its fall, and one of my great ambitions, while in India, is to assist it to a peaceful demise?
    A)Lord Dufferin
    B)Lord Curzon
    C)Lord Minto
    D)None of these
    Answer: Lord Curzon
  • Q. The President of the Congress Sessions of 1898 and 1902 was
    A)Tilak
    B)Hume
    C)Dadabhai Naoroji
    D)S. N. Banerjee
    Answer: S. N. Banerjee
  • Q. The greatest Kushana ruler whose contribution to Buddhism was even greater than that of Ashoka, was
    A)Kanishka I
    B)Kadphises
    C)Vasishka
    D)Huvishka
    Answer: Kanishka I
  • Q. On September 20, 1932 Mahatma Gandhi began a fast unto death in Yervada jail against
    A)Violation of the Gandhi - Irwin Pact
    B)British repression of the Satyagrahis
    C)Communal award of Ramsay MacDonald
    D)Communal Roits in Calcutta
    Answer: Communal award of Ramsay MacDonald
  • Q. As per the Act of 1919 which of the following statements was not correct?
    A)Responsible Government would be realised only by the progressive stages.
    B)British India must remain an integral part of the British Empire.
    C)Provincial subjects were classified into Reserved subjects and Transferred subjects.
    D)The salary of the Secretary of State for India was not to be paid by Parliament.
    Answer: The salary of the Secretary of State for India was not to be paid by Parliament.
  • Q. Lytton held an Imperial Durbar at Delhi in 1877 to announce __________ as the Empress of India at a time when a large part of the country was in the grip of a severe famine
    A)Queen Victoria
    B)Queen Elizabeth
    C)Queen Anne
    D)Queen Marie
    Answer: Queen Victoria
  • Q. Who said “Sir Saiyad was an ardent reformer and he wanted to reconcile modern scientific thought with religion by rationalistic interpretations and not by attacking basic belief. He was anxious to push new education. He was in no way communally separatist. Repeatedly he emphasized that religious differences should have no political and national significance”
    A)Jawaharlal Nehru
    B)Inder Kumar Gujral
    C)Mahatma Gandhi
    D)Mohammad Iqbal
    Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Q. Who took control of the kingdoms of Austrasia and Neustria in a coup of 753?
    A)Charles Martel
    B)Carloman
    C)Pepin of Herstal
    D)Pepin the Short
    Answer: Pepin the Short
  • Q. The issue on which the Civil disobedience movement of 1930 was launched was
    A)The proposed execution of Bhagat Singh
    B)Equal employment opportunities for Indians
    C)Salt monopoly exercised by the British Government
    D)Complete freedom
    Answer: Salt monopoly exercised by the British Government
  • Q. Which of the following writers did not have a profound influence on the thinking of Mahatma Gandhi?
    A)Thoreau
    B)Tolstoy
    C)Ruskin
    D)Marx
    Answer: Marx
  • 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. The Seven Years’ War (1756-1763) resulted in the defeat of the__________ forces
    A)British
    B)American
    C)French
    D)Russian
    Answer: French
  • Q. After receipt of Diksha, with which food Abhinandannath Tirthankar initiated first Parna?
    A)Kheer
    B)Milk
    C)Water
    D)Dahi
    Answer: Kheer
  • Q. During whose reign did Buddhism become the state religion?
    A)Skandagupta I
    B)Chandragupta Maurya
    C)Samudragupta
    D)Ashoka
    Answer: Ashoka
  • Q. The English established their first factory in Bengal in 1651 at __________
    A)Kassimbazar
    B)Hugli
    C)Patna
    D)Calcutta
    Answer: Hugli
  • Q. The majority of the moderate leaders of India’s freedom struggle may be traced to hail from
    A)Rural areas
    B)Bengal
    C)Urban areas
    D)Both rurals as well as urban parts
    Answer: Urban areas
  • Q. The Sufi Saint, contemporary of Prithviraj Chauhan, was
    A)Sheikh Salim Chisti
    B)Khwaja Muinuddin Chisti
    C)Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya
    D)Baba Farid
    Answer: Khwaja Muinuddin Chisti

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