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

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    A)Rangachariar
    B)Motilal Nehru
    C)CR Das
    D)VJ Patel
    Answer: VJ Patel
  • Q. Whom did Bal Gangadhar Tilak refer to as his Political Guru?
    A)Ram Mohan Roy
    B)Swami Vivekananda
    C)Sisir Kumar
    D)Dadabhai Naoroji
    Answer: E
  • Q. The term used to denote a group of families in the vedic society was
    A)Jana
    B)Vish
    C)Grama
    D)Gotra
    Answer: Grama
  • Q. Champa was the capital of which one of the following Mahajanapadas in Ancient India?
    A)Magadha
    B)Anga
    C)Vajji
    D)Kasi
    Answer: Anga
  • Q. __________ started an all-India campaign for restoring the entrance age of 21 and for simultaneous ICS examination in India
    A)S. N. Banerjee
    B)Gokahale
    C)Tilak
    D)William Logan
    Answer: S. N. Banerjee
  • Q. Which one country is still governed by a monarch?
    A)Iran
    B)Afghanistan
    C)Iraq
    D)Saudi Arabia
    Answer: Saudi Arabia
  • Q. During their rule the British persuaded or forced cultivators in Assam to grow__________
    A)Tea
    B)Jute
    C)Sugarcane
    D)Wheat
    Answer: Tea
  • Q. Who established the Indian Civil Liberties Union in 1936?
    A)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    B)Subhash Chandra Bose
    C)Jawahar Lal Nehru
    D)Rajendra Prasad
    Answer: Jawahar Lal Nehru
  • Q. Mahatma Gandhi compared Pherozeshah Mehta with the Himalayas, Tilak with the Ocean and Gokhale with
    A)the Ganges
    B)the Sky
    C)the Gangotri
    D)the Mansarovar Lake
    Answer: the Ganges
  • Q. The Apostolate of the Sikhs consisted of leaders
    A)Ten
    B)Eighteen
    C)Only Two
    D)Seven
    Answer: Ten
  • 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. Whom had the rebels of 1857 enthroned as the emperor/emperess of India?
    A)Tantia Tope
    B)Rani Laxmi Bai of Jhansi
    C)Bahadur Shah Zafar
    D)Faqir-ud-din
    Answer: Bahadur Shah Zafar
  • Q. As per Cabinet Mission Plan, the strength of the Constituent Assembly would be
    A)289
    B)389
    C)250
    D)350
    Answer: 389
  • Q. During Mughal rule, excellent cotton goods were woven in which one of the following centres?
    A)Surat
    B)Agra
    C)Delhi
    D)Calcutta
    Answer: Agra
  • Q. The earliest city discovered in India was
    A)Punjab
    B)Harappa
    C)Mohenjo Daro
    D)Sindh
    Answer: Harappa
  • Q. Author of ‘Culture ideology Hegemony Intellectual and Social consciousness in Colonial India’ is
    A)K. N. Panikkar
    B)K. N. Ganesh
    C)R. C. Majumdar
    D)Herman Kulke
    Answer: K. N. Panikkar
  • Q. The Veda which deals with the rituals is known as
    A)Yajur veda
    B)Rig veda
    C)Sama veda
    D)Atharva veda
    Answer: Yajur veda
  • Q. The title of ‘Viceroy’ was added to the centre of the Governor-General of India for the first time in
    A)1858 A.D.
    B)1848 A.D.
    C)1862 A.D.
    D)1856 A.D.
    Answer: 1858 A.D.
  • Q. When Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated, who said, “None will believe that a man like this in body and soul ever walked on this earth.”?
    A)Leo Tolstoy
    B)Bertrand Russell
    C)Albert Einstein
    D)Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
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  • Q. When was Byzantines recaptured?
    A)1261
    B)1204
    C)1291
    D)1225
    Answer: 1261

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