Q. Buddhism made an important impact by allowing two sections of society into its fold. They were

Correct Answer

Women and Sudras

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    A)Peasantry
    B)Zamindars
    C)Income-tax payers
    D)All the above
    Answer: Peasantry
  • Q. Who proclaimed the First Crusade?
    A)Peter the Hermit
    B)Alexios I Komnenos
    C)Pope Gregory VII
    D)Pope Urban II
    Answer: Pope Urban II
  • Q. What is Gandhi’s definition of Rama Raj?
    A)Sovereignty of the people based on pure moral authority
    B)The rule as it was during the time of Rama
    C)The greatest good of all
    D)The absolute powerconcentrated in the hands ofa king
    Answer: Sovereignty of the people based on pure moral authority
  • Q. Who was the Greek ambassador in the court of Chandragupta Maurya?
    A)Seleucos
    B)Megasthanes
    C)Menander
    D)Demetrias
    Answer: Megasthanes
  • Q. One of the following was not involved in the Chittagong Armoury Raid, 1934. Who was he?
    A)Surya Sen
    B)Kalpana Dutt
    C)Pritialata Woddekar
    D)Dinesh Gupta
    Answer: Dinesh Gupta
  • Q. Who founded the city of Singapore?
    A)Herman Willem Daendels
    B)Francis Light
    C)Lee Kuan Yew
    D)Stamford Raffles
    Answer: Stamford Raffles
  • Q. Who was the author of the Book, the Indian War of Independence, 1857?
    A)V. D. Savarkar
    B)Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
    C)R. S. Sharma
    D)R. C. Majumdar
    Answer: V. D. Savarkar
  • Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Indian National Congress? I. The Poorna Swarajya resolution was passed in Lahore session of the Congress held in December II. The Congress Working Committee which met on January 2, 1930, decided that January 26,1930, should be observed as the Poorna Swarajya Day
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I and II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Both I and II
  • Q. In __________, a man named Raja Ram Mohan Roy founded an organization called ‘Brahma Samaj’
    A)1728
    B)1628
    C)1828
    D)1928
    Answer: 1828
  • 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. Who was the last Byzantine Emperor during the fall of Constantinople in 1453
    A)John V
    B)Manuel II
    C)John VIII
    D)Constantine XI
    Answer: Constantine XI
  • Q. How many Ganadharas were there in the religious family of Sambhavnath Tirthankar?
    A)105
    B)95
    C)115
    D)125
    Answer: 105
  • Q. The battle of Plassey was fought between
    A)East India Company and Tipu Sultan
    B)East India Company and Ahmad Shah
    C)East India Company and Sirajuddaulla
    D)East India Company and Anwaruddin
    Answer: East India Company and Sirajuddaulla
  • Q. The main contribution of Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar to education and in particular to women education are
    A)Charles wood dispatch on education, influenced it towards female education
    B)Break priestly monopoly of scriptural knowledge(Sanskrit) and opening to non-Brahmins
    C)Lady Hardinge medical college at Delhi
    D)Both A and B
    Answer: Both A and B
  • Q. Arrange the following in chronological order: I. Viceroy Lytton II. Viceroy Mayo III. Viceroy Lansdowne IV. Viceroy Linlithgow
    A)II, I, III, IV
    B)II, III, I, IV
    C)IV, III, II, I
    D)III, IV, I, II
    Answer: II, I, III, IV
  • Q. In 1612 __________established a trading post in Gujarat
    A)French
    B)British
    C)Spain
    D)Dutch
    Answer: British
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    A)Jyotibha Phule
    B)Mahatma Gandhi
    C)Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
    D)Swami Vivekanand
    Answer: Jyotibha Phule
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    A)Taoism
    B)Zorastrianism
    C)Judaism
    D)Shintoism
    Answer: Judaism
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    A)Sisodiya
    B)Pratihara
    C)Rathor
    D)Parmar
    Answer: Sisodiya
  • Q. Rani Laxmi Bai died fighting the British in the Battle of
    A)Kanpur
    B)Jhansi
    C)Gwalior
    D)Kalpi
    Answer: Gwalior

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