Q. Ashoka’s prime claim to greatness lay in

Correct Answer

The promotion of people's welfare by him

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    A)Harshacharita
    B)Gaudavaho
    C)Rajatarangini
    D)Vikramankadevacharita
    Answer: Rajatarangini
  • Q. Shah Jahan built Taj Mahal in memory of
    A)Jodha Bai
    B)Ruqayya Sultan Begum
    C)Mumtaz Mahal
    D)Nur Jahan
    Answer: Mumtaz Mahal
  • Q. Consider the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Jataka tales? I. It is a collection of tales belonging to the pre-Buddhist period give us a revealing glimpse into a period when the fusion between the Aryan and the Dravidian races had been almost completed. II. It gives us the periods of rule and genealogies of dynasties of kings.
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I and II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Both I and II
  • Q. Who was the greatest Bhakti poet of Maharasthra?
    A)Tukaram
    B)Ramdas
    C)Namdeva
    D)Eknath
    Answer: Tukaram
  • Q. Har Bilas Sarda was instrumental in the passage of the famous Sarda Act of 1930, which provided for
    A)removal of restrictions on intercaste marriages
    B)enforcing monogamy
    C)penalisation of parties to a marriage in which the girl was below 14 or the boy was below 18 years of age
    D)civil marriages
    Answer: penalisation of parties to a marriage in which the girl was below 14 or the boy was below 18 years of age
  • Q. The immediate cause of the Battle of Plassey was
    A)The English support and asylum to the political rivals of Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah
    B)The English attempts to strengthen their fortifications at Fort William
    C)Misuse of Dastaks (passes for free trade) by the Company and its officials
    D)Siraj-ud-Daulah's attack on Fort William and capture of Calcutta (Alinagar)
    Answer: Siraj-ud-Daulah's attack on Fort William and capture of Calcutta (Alinagar)
  • Q. Govind Dhondu Pant, popularly known was Nanasaheb, and one of the principal leaders of the Revolt of 1857, was the adopted heir and successor of
    A)King of Jhansi
    B)Peshwa Baji Rao II
    C)Madhav Rao Sindhia
    D)Malhar Rao Holkar
    Answer: Peshwa Baji Rao II
  • Q. Which Indian revolutionary was called by the Britishers as ‘The Father of Indian Disaffection and biggest traitor’?
    A)Lala Hardyal
    B)Lala Lajpat Rai
    C)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    D)M G Ranade
    Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  • Q. Who is known as the founder of Yuan Dynasty in China
    A)Genghis Khan
    B)Kublai Khan
    C)Batu Khan
    D)Berke Khan
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  • Q. During whose reign did Buddhism become the state religion?
    A)Skandagupta I
    B)Chandragupta Maurya
    C)Samudragupta
    D)Ashoka
    Answer: Ashoka
  • Q. When did China start the Civil Services Examination?
    A)1905
    B)605
    C)1920
    D)1949
    Answer: 605
  • Q. When did the Battle of Sekigahara take place?
    A)1603
    B)1600
    C)1707
    D)1761
    Answer: 1600
  • Q. When was the Ottonian dynasty replaced by the Salian dynasty?
    A)1084
    B)1024
    C)1105
    D)1111
    Answer: 1024
  • Q. In 1942 who appealed the Britishers to leave India in God’s hands?
    A)Mohhamad Ali Jinnah
    B)Jawahar Lal Nehru
    C)Sardar patel
    D)Mahatma Gandhi
    Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
  • Q. Satyashodhak Samaj was founded by whom?
    A)Jyotibha Phule
    B)Mahatma Gandhi
    C)Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
    D)Swami Vivekanand
    Answer: Jyotibha Phule
  • Q. Which of the following Vedas provides information about the civilization of the Early Vedic Age?
    A)Yajur-veda
    B)Rig-veda
    C)Atharva-veda
    D)Sarna-veda
    Answer: Rig-veda
  • 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
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  • Q. The first Buddhist Council was held at
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    B)Kashmir
    C)Pataliputra
    D)Vaisali
    Answer: Rajgriha
  • Q. Servants of India Society was founded in
    A)India
    B)England
    C)America
    D)Burma
    Answer: India
  • Q. Marco-polo, a famous traveller, was native of which country?
    A)Italy
    B)Uzbekistan
    C)Morocco
    D)Russia
    Answer: Italy

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