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. When did the British establish colonies in Australia?
    A)1840
    B)1788
    C)1872
    D)1814
    Answer: 1788
  • Q. What is meant by a ‘Pir’ in the Sufi tradition?
    A)The Guru of the Sufis
    B)The Supreme God
    C)The greatest of all Sufi saints
    D)The orthodox teacher who contests the Sufi beliefs
    Answer: The Guru of the Sufis
  • Q. Who defined the “Long Nineteenth Century”?
    A)Ernest Gallner
    B)Benedict Anderson
    C)Eric Hobsbawm
    D)Karl Marx
    Answer: Eric Hobsbawm
  • Q. Who gave the slogan DO OR DIE during the quit India movement in 1942?
    A)Subhash Chandra Bose
    B)Mahatma Gandhi
    C)Bhagat Singh
    D)Jawaharlal Nehru
    Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
  • Q. Vaishakha Purnima has a great significance because it was on this day
    A)Buddha got enlightened
    B)Buddha was born
    C)Buddha died
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. Who was the first nun of Gautama Buddha?
    A)Smriti
    B)Meenakshi
    C)Gautami
    D)Gargi
    Answer: Gautami
  • Q. Commissioners for the Affairs of India were known as
    A)Board of Directors
    B)Court of Directors
    C)Board of Control
    D)Board of Merchants
    Answer: Board of Control
  • Q. Which one of the following coins was issued in silver during the Gupta period?
    A)Nishka
    B)Kakini
    C)Rupyaka
    D)Dinar
    Answer: Rupyaka
  • Q. During the reign of Kanishka, Buddhism for the first time went to China and from China it went to
    A)Thailand and Cambodia
    B)Burma and Tibet
    C)Korea and Japan
    D)Indonesia and Vietnam
    Answer: Korea and Japan
  • Q. According to Marx, the source of value is
    A)Land
    B)Capital
    C)Labour
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Labour
  • Q. Kabir was a disciple of
    A)Ramanujana
    B)Ramananda
    C)Shakracharya
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Ramananda
  • Q. Benito Mussolini was a leader of
    A)Italy
    B)Germany
    C)French
    D)Portugal
    Answer: Italy
  • Q. Who started the construction of Colosseum in Rome
    A)Vespasian
    B)Nero
    C)Titus
    D)Domitian
    Answer: Vespasian
  • Q. Who among the following Bhakti Saints scored a triumph over the Saivas in public debate at the court of Krishna Deva Raya of Vijyanagar?
    A)Chaitanya Maha Prabhu
    B)Guru Nanak
    C)Shankaracharya
    D)Vallabhacharya
    Answer: Vallabhacharya
  • Q. The Congressmen who wanted to contest the elections under the Act of 1919 and enter the legislature, formed a party (1923) called
    A)Congress Swarajya Party
    B)Swaraj Party
    C)Nationalist Party
    D)Liberal Party
    Answer: Swaraj Party
  • Q. Which one of the following sequences represents the correct chronological order?
    A)Shahji, Shivaji, Sambhaji, Rajaram
    B)Shahji, Shivaji, Rajaram, Sambhaji
    C)Shahji, Sambhaji, Shivaji, Rajaram
    D)Sambhaji, Shivaji, Shahji, Rajaram
    Answer: Shahji, Shivaji, Sambhaji, Rajaram
  • Q. Champaran Satyagraha was led by __________
    A)Pulinbehari Sarkar
    B)Amaresh Chakravarty
    C)Gandhi
    D)Patel
    Answer: Gandhi
  • Q. Which King was executed by guillotine during French Revolution in 1793
    A)Louis XIII
    B)Charles X
    C)Henry IV
    D)Louis XVI
    Answer: Louis XVI
  • Q. The Taj Mahal is called ‘a dream in marble’. Which monument is called as ‘a dream in stone’?
    A)The Panch Mahal
    B)The Rang Mahal
    C)The Red Fort
    D)The Bahai temple
    Answer: The Panch Mahal
  • Q. The largest standing army of the Delhi Sultanate directly paid by the State was created by
    A)IIitutmish
    B)Balban
    C)Muhammad bin Tughlaq
    D)Alauddin Khalji
    Answer: Alauddin Khalji

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