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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  • Q. Which of the following statement is not correct about Andal?
    A)Andal was a woman Nayanar, she incorporated the prevailing caste system in the society
    B)Andal was a woman Alvar, the most striking features of her compositions were widely sung (and continue to be sung to date)
    C)Andal saw herself as the beloved of Vishnu; her verses express her love for the deity
    D)Andal saw herself as the beloved of Krishna; her verses express her love for the deity
    Answer: Andal was a woman Nayanar, she incorporated the prevailing caste system in the society
  • Q. When was Byzantines recaptured?
    A)1261
    B)1204
    C)1291
    D)1225
    Answer: 1261
  • Q. In the Cabinet Mission Plan, provision was made for the Commissioner’s Provinces to represent by __________ members in the Constituent Assembly
    A)10
    B)14
    C)8
    D)4
    Answer: 4
  • Q. Which of the following committee and act is associated with the Sedition act?
    A)Muddiman Committee
    B)Rowlatt Committee
    C)Butler Committee
    D)Both A & B
    Answer: Rowlatt Committee
  • Q. Assertion (A): In the beginning, only high caste Kshatriya communities adopted Jainism. Reason (R): Vardhaman Mahavira belonged to a well-known Kshatriya community
    A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    B)Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
    C)A is true but R is false
    D)A is false but R is true
    Answer: Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
  • Q. The __________ was run by Tarachand Chakravarty
    A)Hesperus
    B)Quill
    C)Enquirer
    D)Bengal Spectator
    Answer: Quill
  • Q. Shivaji submitted to Jai Singh and signed the treaty of
    A)Purandhar
    B)Poona
    C)Konkan
    D)Surat
    Answer: Purandhar
  • Q. Who declared that Bolshevism must be “strangled in its cradle”?
    A)Benito Mussolini
    B)Adolf Hitler
    C)Franklin D. Roosevelt
    D)Winston Churchill
    Answer: Winston Churchill
  • Q. Who was advocated of the famous INA Trials?
    A)Asaf Ali
    B)Bhulabhai Desai
    C)Subhash Chandra Bose
    D)C. Rajagopalachari
    Answer: Bhulabhai Desai
  • Q. The philosophy propounded in the Upanishads is known as
    A)Vedanta
    B)Advaita
    C)Yoga
    D)Samkhya
    Answer: Vedanta
  • Q. Who captured Beijing in 1644?
    A)Li Zicheng
    B)Chongzhen Emperor
    C)Wu Sangui
    D)Yao Xueyin
    Answer: Li Zicheng
  • Q. Who was the first historian to use tripartite periodisation?
    A)Coluccio Salutati
    B)Bernardo Rossellino
    C)Leonardo Bruni
    D)Lorenzo Valla
    Answer: Leonardo Bruni
  • Q. Who was the first Governor General of the new Indian Dominion?
    A)Vallabhbhai Patel
    B)Rajendra Prasad
    C)Rajagopalachari
    D)Lord Mountbatten
    Answer: Lord Mountbatten
  • Q. Who was the founder of Banaras Hindu University?
    A)Madan Mohan Malviya
    B)Sukumar Dutt
    C)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
    D)Motilal Nehru
    Answer: Madan Mohan Malviya
  • Q. The system of philosophy with which the name of Kapila is prominently associated is
    A)Samkhya
    B)Purva Mimamsa
    C)Nyaya
    D)Uttara Mimamsa
    Answer: Samkhya
  • Q. Daiva Dasakam is a Malayalam work of __________
    A)Chattambi Swamikal
    B)Sree Narayana Guru
    C)C. Kesavan
    D)T. K. Madhavan
    Answer: Sree Narayana Guru
  • Q. Where was the Devadasi System prevailed in India?
    A)Northern India
    B)Southern India
    C)East India
    D)West India
    Answer: Southern India
  • Q. Among the four works mentioned below which one is encyclopaedic in nature?
    A)Siddhanta Shiromani
    B)Amarakosha
    C)Brihat Samhita
    D)Astanga Hridaya
    Answer: Brihat Samhita
  • Q. Which of the following Craftsmanship was not practised by the Aryans?
    A)Jewellery
    B)Pottery
    C)Carpentry
    D)Blacksmith
    Answer: Blacksmith
  • Q. Swami Vivekananda’s father, __________, was a successful attorney with interests in a wide range of subjects
    A)Narendra Nath Datta
    B)Vishwanath Datta
    C)Sri Ramakrishna
    D)Rashik Krishna Mallik
    Answer: Vishwanath Datta

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