Q. Ashoka’s prime claim to greatness lay in

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The promotion of people's welfare by him

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    A)Beginning of Byzantine through the end of the Roman Empire
    B)AD 300 - AD 1600
    C)Beginning of Early Christian through the 13th or 14th centuries
    D)End of the Roman Empire through the Byzantine period
    Answer: Beginning of Early Christian through the 13th or 14th centuries
  • Q. The Buddhist monk who spread Buddhism in Tibet was
    A)Ananda
    B)Nagarjuna
    C)Asanga
    D)Padmasambhava
    Answer: Padmasambhava
  • Q. When was the modern petroleum industry started?
    A)1829
    B)1808
    C)1846
    D)1898
    Answer: 1846
  • Q. Mein Kampf’ is the autobiography which political leader
    A)Benito Mussolini
    B)Joseph Stalin
    C)Winston Churchill
    D)Adolf Hitler
    Answer: Adolf Hitler
  • Q. Which of the following animals was not known to the people of Indus Valley Civilisation?
    A)Cow
    B)Horse
    C)Giraffe
    D)Elephant
    Answer: Giraffe
  • Q. Pazhassi Samarangal (Malayalam) was written by __________
    A)Bhattacharya Sabya
    B)K. K. N. Kurup
    C)K. K. Kusuman
    D)B. Sobhanan
    Answer: K. K. N. Kurup
  • Q. In which of the following movement did Mahatma Gandhi make the first use of Hunger Strike as a weapon?
    A)Rowlatt Satyagraha, 1919
    B)Non-Cooperation Movement, 1920-22
    C)Ahmedabad Strike, 1918
    D)Bardoli Satyagraha
    Answer: Ahmedabad Strike, 1918
  • 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 Bombay Association, the first political association in Bombay presidency was founded by __________ in 1852
    A)Pulinbehari Sarkar
    B)Dadabhai Naoroji
    C)Amaresh Chakravarty
    D)Prankrishna Parija
    Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
  • Q. Which was probably the most popular assembly in which even women enjoyed an equal status with men in the Early Vedic period?
    A)Samiti
    B)Sabha
    C)Gana
    D)Vidatha
    Answer: Vidatha
  • Q. A Royal Commission on the Public Service was appointed in the year
    A)1915
    B)1912
    C)1910
    D)1918
    Answer: 1912
  • Q. Concerning the caste system, __________said the following to Narayana Guru: “The casteHindus and the low caste-Hindus are both the sons of Hinduism. The caste-Hindu is the elder brother who shoulders responsibility, and he therefore exercises certain privileges. The low casteHindu is his younger brother who is to be cared for. If the elder brother turns out to be somewhat rough and aggressive that should not make the younger brother a runaway from his mother Hinduism.”
    A)Dadabhai Naoroji
    B)Chattambi Swamikal
    C)Tilak
    D)Mahatma Gandhi
    Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
  • Q. Who began the Achintayabhedabhedavada School of theology?
    A)Mirabai
    B)Chaitanya
    C)Tulsidas
    D)Surdas
    Answer: Chaitanya
  • Q. When the Governor-General was away from Bengal a Vice President appointed by __________ would act for him
    A)Parliament
    B)Crown
    C)Board of Control
    D)Governor-General
    Answer: Governor-General
  • Q. Who made the famous statement “Man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains.”
    A)Mirabeau
    B)John Locke
    C)Voltaire
    D)Jean Jacques Rousseau
    Answer: Jean Jacques Rousseau
  • Q. When were Jewish communities expelled from England?
    A)1306
    B)1290
    C)1492
    D)1453
    Answer: 1290
  • Q. Where was the first Buddhist Council held?
    A)Kashmir
    B)Vaishali
    C)Rajagriha
    D)Pataliputra
    Answer: Rajagriha
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    A)British
    B)Mughals
    C)French
    D)Dutch
    Answer: Mughals
  • Q. The designation ‘amil’ during Akbar’s reign denoted a
    A)Retail trader
    B)Policeman
    C)Postman
    D)Revenue official
    Answer: Revenue official
  • Q. The hero of the Kakori ‘Dacoity’ case was
    A)Bhagat Singh
    B)Ramprasad Bismil
    C)Batukeshwar Datta
    D)Barkatulla
    Answer: Ramprasad Bismil

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