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 East India Company was founded in India during the reign of
    A)Jahangir
    B)Shah Jahan
    C)Akbar
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Akbar
  • Q. In the Gupta period, the largest number of coins were issued in
    A)Silver
    B)Gold
    C)Copper
    D)Iron
    Answer: Gold
  • Q. The Muslim adventurer who destroyed the Nalanda University was
    A)Muhammad bin Tughlaq
    B)Allauddin Khalji
    C)Muhammad bin Bhaktiyar
    D)Muhamad bin Quasim
    Answer: Muhammad bin Bhaktiyar
  • Q. Who said,” One Country One God, One Caste, one Mind brothers all of us Without Difference, without Doubt ?”
    A)Syed Hasan Imam
    B)V. D. Savarkar
    C)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    D)Lala Lajpat Rai
    Answer: V. D. Savarkar
  • Q. At the historic Tripuri Session of the Congress (March 1939) Subhas Bose defeated Mahatma Gandhi’s official candidate for the Presidentship of the Congress. Who was Mahatma Gandhi’s nominee?
    A)Jawaharlal Nehru
    B)Abdul Kalam Azad
    C)Pattabhi Sitaramayya
    D)Vallabhbhai Patel
    Answer: Pattabhi Sitaramayya
  • Q. Poet Kalidasa lived in the court of
    A)Samudragupta
    B)Chandragupta Maurya
    C)Chandragupta Vikrmaditya
    D)Harsha
    Answer: Chandragupta Vikrmaditya
  • Q. After receipt of Diksha, under which tree Abhinandannath Tirthankar attained Kaivalya gyan (enlightenment)?
    A)Devdar
    B)Neem
    C)Vat
    D)Priyangu
    Answer: Devdar
  • Q. Which of the following trio leaders referred to as Lal, Bal and Pal during the freedom movement?
    A)Lal Bahadur Shastri, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal
    B)Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal
    C)Lal Bahadur Shastri, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Gopala Krishna Gokhale
    D)Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and C. Rajagopalachari
    Answer: Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal
  • Q. Subhash Bose established the Provisional Government of Free India at
    A)Bangkok
    B)Berlin
    C)Singapore
    D)Tokyo
    Answer: Singapore
  • Q. Bal Gangadhar Tilak popularly known as Lokamanya Tilak was born in 1856 at
    A)Pune
    B)Ratnagiri
    C)Mumbai
    D)None of these
    Answer: Ratnagiri
  • Q. Which were the two countries that fought during the Falklands War
    A)Germany and Austria
    B)Britain and France
    C)Argentina and Britain
    D)Austria and Russia
    Answer: Argentina and Britain
  • Q. We hear of two envoys being sent to the Roman kings, one in 27-28 AD to the court of Augustus and the other in 110-20 AD to the court of
    A)Trajan
    B)Cartius
    C)Nero
    D)Brutus
    Answer: Trajan
  • Q. The use of Kharoshti in ancient Indian architecture is the result of India’s contact with
    A)Iran
    B)Central Asia
    C)Greece
    D)China
    Answer: Greece
  • Q. In 1916-18 the Home Rule League movement was launched under the leadership of :
    A)G. S. Khaparde and Sir S. Subramania Iyer
    B)Mohammad Ali Jinnah and G. S. Khaparde
    C)Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    D)Sir S. Subramania Iyer and Mohammad Ali Jinnah
    Answer: Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  • Q. Who among the following had given the doctrine of Advaita or Monism?
    A)Saivaite Nayanmars
    B)Sankara
    C)Vashnavaite Alwars
    D)Tukaram
    Answer: Sankara
  • Q. Under an agreement with which of the following countries did Subhas Chandra Bose organize the Indian soldiers, taken as prisoners by the Axis Powers, into the Azad Hind Fauj?
    A)Germany
    B)China
    C)Italy
    D)Japan
    Answer: Japan
  • Q. In which year, Shivaji was crowned as the Chhatrapati?
    A)1674
    B)1608
    C)1646
    D)1710
    Answer: 1674
  • Q. Which was the backbone of Indus Economy?
    A)Trade
    B)Agriculture
    C)Wheel Made
    D)Carpentry
    Answer: Agriculture
  • Q. The revolutionary leader who had organized an attack on the armoury of Chittagong was
    A)Jatin Das
    B)Surya Sen
    C)Chandra Shekhar Azad
    D)CR Das
    Answer: Surya Sen
  • Q. Raja Rammohan Roy founded Brahma samaj on
    A)20 August,1828
    B)20 August,1838
    C)20 August,1848
    D)20 August,1858
    Answer: 20 August,1828

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