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. After 1893, when complete ban was imposed on all commercial activities of the Company. India was left open to exploitation by
    A)Planters
    B)British officers in India
    C)British mercantile industrial capitalist class
    D)Zamindars and big landlords
    Answer: British mercantile industrial capitalist class
  • Q. Who called the 1857 revolt as ‘Student Farmer-Middle class Revolt’?
    A)Barun De
    B)Sumit Sarkar
    C)B A Saletore
    D)Dr. Amba Prasad
    Answer: Dr. Amba Prasad
  • Q. The peacock throne was constructed by the Mughal Emperor
    A)Shah Jahan
    B)Akbar
    C)Jahangir
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Shah Jahan
  • Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct about Panini’s great grammar the Ashtadhyayi?
    A)It was stated that with Panini the language attained its highest state of development and thereafter there was improvement only in its vocabulary
    B)It was most probably composed towards the 4th century BC
    C)Both A & B
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Both A & B
  • Q. First Indian Commander-in-Chief was
    A)Gen. K. M. Kariappa
    B)Gen. K. S. Thimayya
    C)S. H. F. J. Manekshaw
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Gen. K. M. Kariappa
  • Q. Sardar Patel brought all the Indian States into the Country’s unity
    A)By using armed forces
    B)By a bloody revolution
    C)By a bloodless revolution
    D)With the help of the English
    Answer: By a bloodless revolution
  • Q. Who was the patron of the 3rd Buddhist council?
    A)Ashoka
    B)Ajatashatru
    C)Kanishka
    D)Harsha
    Answer: Ashoka
  • Q. What did the Hunter Commission appointed by the Viceroy probe?
    A)Khilafat Agitation
    B)Bardoli Satyagraha
    C)Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
    D)Chauri Chaura incident
    Answer: Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
  • Q. Who had scrapped the partition of Bengal?
    A)Lord Mountbatten
    B)Lord Hardinge
    C)Lord Lytton
    D)Lord Wellesley
    Answer: Lord Hardinge
  • Q. The main contribution of Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar to education and in particular to women education are
    A)Charles wood dispatch on education, influenced it towards female education
    B)Break priestly monopoly of scriptural knowledge(Sanskrit) and opening to non-Brahmins
    C)Lady Hardinge medical college at Delhi
    D)Both A and B
    Answer: Both A and B
  • Q. Who had introduced the Indian Universities Act 1904?
    A)Lord Hardinge
    B)Lord Ripon
    C)Lord Curzon
    D)Lord Auckland
    Answer: Lord Curzon
  • Q. Khalsa Panth was created by Guru Gobind Singh in which year?
    A)1707
    B)1599
    C)1699
    D)1657
    Answer: 1699
  • Q. Jyotirao’s family belonged to __________ caste
    A)Thiyya
    B)Mali
    C)Pulaya
    D)Mahar
    Answer: Mali
  • Q. I. Nasir Jang II. Muzaffar Jang III. Anwaruddin IV. Chanda Sahib Which of the above ruler(s) is/are associated with the French during the course of the Carnatic wars?
    A)III & IV
    B)I & II
    C)II & III
    D)II & IV
    Answer: II & IV
  • Q. The Khilafat Movement was launched to protest against the humiliation of
    A)Aga Khan
    B)The Turkish Caliph
    C)Muhammad Ali Jinnah
    D)Abdul Kalam Azad
    Answer: The Turkish Caliph
  • Q. The Peshwaship was abolished by the British at the time of Peshwa
    A)Narayan Rao
    B)Raghunath Rao
    C)Madhav Rao-II
    D)Baji Rao-II
    Answer: Baji Rao-II
  • Q. Titu mir’s movement considered one of the Muslim reform movement mainly aimed at eradicating which of the following systems?
    A)Against Hindu landlords and British indigo planters
    B)Polygamy
    C)Easy divorce
    D)Working against Indian national movement
    Answer: Against Hindu landlords and British indigo planters
  • Q. The Rigvedic Aryans were governed by a
    A)Form of democracy
    B)Tribal republic
    C)Monarchical government
    D)Rule by elders
    Answer: Monarchical government
  • Q. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar organized a Bhishkrit Hitkari Sabha, (The Depressed Classes Institute) in :
    A)1920
    B)1924
    C)1916
    D)1911
    Answer: 1924
  • Q. Who brought the education available in the monasteries of Northumbria?
    A)Bede
    B)Alcuin
    C)Einhard
    D)Rabanus Maurus
    Answer: Alcuin

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