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)Montague Chelmsford Declaration
    B)Charter act of India
    C)Morley Minto Reforms
    D)None of these
    Answer: Montague Chelmsford Declaration
  • Q. What was the name of the mother of Rishabhnath?
    A)Sharemestha
    B)Tara
    C)Marudevi
    D)Anuradha
    Answer: Marudevi
  • Q. Which of the following statement is/are correct? I. In the 326 BC Alexander invaded India. II. Ambhi, king of Taxila welcomed Alexander and his men III. Alexander died in 332 BC
    A)Only I, III
    B)All are correct
    C)Only I, II
    D)II, III
    Answer: Only I, II
  • Q. Who among of the following started Marathi fortnightly newspaper ‘Bahishkrit Bharat’?
    A)Vir Savarkar
    B)Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
    C)Vinobha Bhave
    D)Lokmanya Tilak
    Answer: Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
  • Q. During the course of his numerous invasions, Muhammad Ghori (Before his conquest in the Second Battle of Tarain) was defeated by
    A)Prithviraja Chauhan III of Ajmer
    B)Chalukya king Bhima II of Gujarat
    C)Both (a) and (b) above
    D)(b) and the Chandela king Paramardi
    Answer: Both (a) and (b) above
  • Q. Who was the Chairman of the Partition Council ?
    A)Lord Mountbatten
    B)M. A. Jinnah
    C)Jawaharlal Nehru
    D)V. P. Menon
    Answer: Lord Mountbatten
  • Q. The most important craftsman in the Vedic period was the
    A)goldsmith
    B)blacksmith
    C)carpenter
    D)barber
    Answer: carpenter
  • Q. Which Rashtrakuta ruler built the famous Kailash temple of Shiva at Ellora?
    A)Amoghvarsha-I
    B)Dantidurga
    C)Krishna-I
    D)Vatsraja
    Answer: Krishna-I
  • Q. Jainism was divided into two sects – Swetambaras (White-clad) and Digambaras (Sky clad or naked) – During the reign of the
    A)Mauryas
    B)Nandas
    C)Kusanas
    D)Shungas
    Answer: Mauryas
  • Q. Mahatma Gandhi considered preconditions as necessary for a satyagrahi to fulfill namely :
    A)Prefect Chastity
    B)Follow truth and cultivate fearlessness.
    C)Adopts poverty
    D)All of these
    Answer: All of these
  • Q. Why was the Simon Commission boycotted?
    A)All the members of the commission were Englishmen
    B)Simon was not known to be a great supporter of the Indian cause
    C)It was appointed before the expiry of the statutory period
    D)Peaceful demonstrators were severely beaten by the police
    Answer: All the members of the commission were Englishmen
  • Q. Shivaji ceded the forts to the Mughals by the treaty of
    A)Pune
    B)Chittor
    C)Purandar
    D)Torna
    Answer: Purandar
  • Q. Who among the following took greater interest in laying out gardens than others?
    A)Babur
    B)Humayun
    C)Jahangir
    D)Akbar
    Answer: Babur
  • Q. Which of the following are the basis tenants of Bhakti Movement?
    A)Ideas were the Bhakti movement—devotion to God with the help of a priest. Bhakti to God was accepted as damnation
    B)Ideas was the Bhakti movement—devotion to God. Bhakti to God was accepted as salvation
    C)Spiritual sessions in meeting places known as zawiyas, khanqahs, or tekke
    D)Described as the interiorization, and intensification of human faith and practice
    Answer: Ideas was the Bhakti movement—devotion to God. Bhakti to God was accepted as salvation
  • Q. In 1937 , an educational conference endorsing Gandhi’s proposals for ‘basic education’ through the vernacular medium was held at
    A)Bombay
    B)Surat
    C)Ahmedabad
    D)Wardha
    Answer: Wardha
  • Q. Robert Clive, the Governor General of the __________
    A)French
    B)Dutch
    C)British
    D)Portuguese
    Answer: British
  • Q. The building of the famous Kailasa temple at Ellora was executed under the Rashtrakuta king
    A)Govinda-III
    B)Amoghavarsha-I
    C)Indra-III
    D)Krishna-I
    Answer: Krishna-I
  • Q. Which of the doctrines of Jainism was added by Mahavira?
    A)Observe continence
    B)Do not speak a lie
    C)Do not commit violence
    D)Do not steal
    Answer: Observe continence
  • Q. The author of the “The Peri plus of the Erythraean Sea” was a
    A)Poet
    B)Historian
    C)Sailor
    D)Musician
    Answer: Sailor
  • Q. Which Bhakti Saints writings influenced Hinduism’s Bhakti movement and his verses are found in Sikhism’s scripture Adi Granth?
    A)Kabir
    B)Ramananda
    C)Mirabai
    D)Tukaram
    Answer: Kabir

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