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. The home of Gargi, Maitrey and Kapila was at
    A)Ujjain
    B)Vidisha
    C)Pataliputra
    D)Mithila
    Answer: Mithila
  • Q. Two of the great Mughals wrote their own memories. They were
    A)Humayun and Jahangir
    B)Babar and Humayun
    C)Babar and Jahangir
    D)Jahangir and Shahjahan
    Answer: Babar and Jahangir
  • Q. The immediate forerunner of the Indian National congress was
    A)Indian National Conference
    B)Indian Association of Calcutta
    C)British India association
    D)Indian Union
    Answer: Indian National Conference
  • Q. Who was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence?
    A)George Washington
    B)Benjamin Franklin
    C)Thomas Edison
    D)Thomas Jefferson
    Answer: Thomas Jefferson
  • Q. The upliftment of the backward classes had been the prime concern of the
    A)Prarthana Samaj
    B)Arya Samaj
    C)Satyashodhak Samaj
    D)Ramakrishna Mission
    Answer: Satyashodhak Samaj
  • Q. Whom did Mahatma Gandhi consider his political guru?
    A)Purushottam Das Tandon
    B)Shri Bharat Kumar
    C)Sir William Wedderburn
    D)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
    Answer: Gopal Krishna Gokhale
  • Q. St. Petersburg’ city was founded by the
    A)Feodor III
    B)Peter the Great
    C)Catherine I
    D)Peter II
    Answer: Peter the Great
  • Q. Who, among the following rulers, organised the Second Buddhist Council?
    A)Kalasoka
    B)Ajatashatru
    C)Ashoka
    D)Ananda
    Answer: Kalasoka
  • Q. When was the building of the Parthenon at Athens started?
    A)424 BC
    B)447 BC
    C)404 BC
    D)399 BC
    Answer: 447 BC
  • Q. Who started the first English newspaper in India?
    A)Raja Rammohan Roy
    B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    C)J. A. Hickey (James Augustus Hickey)
    D)Lord William Bentinck
    Answer: J. A. Hickey (James Augustus Hickey)
  • Q. Who among the following attacked the Somnath temple?
    A)Muhammad Ghori
    B)Mahmud of Ghazni
    C)Iltutmish
    D)Qutb-ud-din Aibak
    Answer: Mahmud of Ghazni
  • Q. Mzal Khan who fought with Shivaji was the ruler of
    A)Mewar
    B)Bijapur
    C)Gujarat
    D)Bengal
    Answer: Bijapur
  • Q. Who started the English weekly ‘New India’?
    A)Bipin Chandra Pal
    B)Lala Lajpat Rai
    C)Dada Bhai Naoroji
    D)Madan Mohan Malviya
    Answer: Bipin Chandra Pal
  • Q. Which of the following is not a religion developed in ancient time (i.e. In B.C)?
    A)Zorastranianism
    B)Shintoism
    C)Islam
    D)Tasism
    Answer: Islam
  • Q. Buddha gave his first religious message at
    A)Pataliputra
    B)Rajagriha
    C)Gaya
    D)Sarnath
    Answer: Sarnath
  • Q. Who was the first Roman emperor who converted to Christianity
    A)Caligula
    B)Augustus
    C)Constantine the Great
    D)Cicero
    Answer: Constantine the Great
  • Q. Who murdered Julius Caesar?
    A)Marcus Brutus
    B)Augustus
    C)Mark Antony
    D)Pompey
    Answer: Marcus Brutus
  • Q. Who is the Duchess of Cornwall?
    A)Camilla
    B)Diana
    C)Anne
    D)Margaret
    Answer: Camilla
  • Q. Nalanda University was a great centre of learning, especially in
    A)Jainism
    B)Buddhism
    C)Vaishnavism
    D)Tantra
    Answer: Buddhism
  • Q. Who is the founder of Greek historiography?
    A)Herodotus
    B)Aristotle
    C)Hippocrates
    D)Thucydides
    Answer: Herodotus

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