Q. Ashoka’s prime claim to greatness lay in

Correct Answer

The promotion of people's welfare by him

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  • Q. Mansabdari System was founded by Akbar. The Mansabdars were
    A)provincial governors
    B)military commanders
    C)high civil and military officers
    D)all of the above
    Answer: all of the above
  • Q. What was the main objective of the Wahabi movement which during 1852-70 was particularly active in the Punjab, Bengal, Bihar and the NWFP?
    A)To overthrow the Sikhs in the Punjab and the British in Bengal and to restore Muslim power in India
    B)To oust the British from India
    C)To eradicate religious corruption from Muslim society
    D)To organise the Muslims into a nationalist community
    Answer: To overthrow the Sikhs in the Punjab and the British in Bengal and to restore Muslim power in India
  • Q. Who said “Knowledge is Power”?
    A)Milton
    B)Shakespeare
    C)Francis Bacon
    D)Jawaharlal Nehru
    Answer: Francis Bacon
  • Q. The first Buddhist Council was held at
    A)Rajgriha
    B)Kashmir
    C)Pataliputra
    D)Vaisali
    Answer: Rajgriha
  • Q. Who compiled the tales of “The Panchatantra”?
    A)Veda Vyasa
    B)Valmiki
    C)Vishnu Sharma
    D)Tulsidas
    Answer: Vishnu Sharma
  • Q. Which was the only Indus site with an artificial brick dockyard?
    A)Kalibangan
    B)Lothal
    C)Harappa
    D)Mohenjo Daro
    Answer: Lothal
  • Q. Who designed the national flag of Independent India?
    A)Rabindranath Tagore
    B)Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
    C)Mahatma Ghandhi
    D)Pingali Venkaiya
    Answer: Pingali Venkaiya
  • Q. Bhakta Tukaram was a contemporary of which Mughal ruler?
    A)Babur
    B)Akbar
    C)Shahjahan
    D)Jahangir
    Answer: Jahangir
  • Q. Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque was built by which ruler?
    A)Qutubuddin Aibak
    B)Iltutmish
    C)Muhammad bin Tughluq
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Qutubuddin Aibak
  • Q. The Vedic religion along with its Later (Vedic) developments is actually known as
    A)Brahmanism
    B)Hinduism
    C)Bhagavatism
    D)Vedic Dharma
    Answer: Brahmanism
  • Q. The Mughal Emperor who caused the murder of Guru Arjan was
    A)Akbar
    B)Babur
    C)Shah Jahan
    D)Jahangir
    Answer: Jahangir
  • Q. What was the number of monks in the religious family of Ajitnath Tirthankar?
    A)One lakh
    B)50 thousand
    C)One lakh fifty thousand
    D)Two lakh
    Answer: One lakh
  • Q. During the First World War, which country signed the Peace Treaty (1917) with Germany
    A)USA
    B)England
    C)Russia
    D)Austria
    Answer: Russia
  • Q. Which of the following was the basic premise of Bhakti Movement?
    A)Bhakti or Single minded, uninterrupted and extreme devotion to God was the only means of Salvation
    B)Bhakti or Single minded, uninterrupted and extreme devotion to God with the help of Brahmins was the only means of Salvation
    C)Both A & B
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Bhakti or Single minded, uninterrupted and extreme devotion to God was the only means of Salvation
  • Q. In 1939 Subhash Chandra Bose was elected as President of the Congress Party defeating
    A)Jawaharlal Nehru
    B)Pattabhi Sitharamayy
    C)Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
    D)VB Patel
    Answer: Pattabhi Sitharamayy
  • Q. Assertion (A): Babur won the first Battle of Panipat. Reason (R): Babur was the first to introduce the use of cannons in India
    A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    B)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
    C)A is true but R is false
    D)A is false but R is true
    Answer: Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
  • Q. What was the religion of Malik Kafur before he entered the service of Alauddin?
    A)Hinduism
    B)Zoroastrianism
    C)Buddhism
    D)Jainism
    Answer: Hinduism
  • Q. In order to restrict the freedom of the press, the British government passed “The Indian official secrets Act” in
    A)1904
    B)1907
    C)1903
    D)1896
    Answer: 1904
  • Q. Which of the following statement is incorrect about the Act of 1919?
    A)Responsible government would be realised only by progressive stages
    B)British India must an integral part of the British Empire
    C)Provincial subjects were classified into reserved subjects & transferred subjects
    D)The salary of the Secretary of State for India was drawn out of the revenues of Indian government
    Answer: The salary of the Secretary of State for India was drawn out of the revenues of Indian government
  • Q. Which was the first garden tomb in the Indian subcontinent?
    A)Humayun's Tomb
    B)Tomb of Jahangir
    C)Taj Mahal
    D)Tomb of Muhammad Iqbal
    Answer: Humayun's Tomb

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