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)Tilak
    B)Hume
    C)Dadabhai Naoroji
    D)S. N. Banerjee
    Answer: S. N. Banerjee
  • Q. Which among the following names is not associated with the theosophical society?
    A)Madame Blavatsky
    B)Col. Occolt
    C)Annie Besant
    D)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  • Q. The following are the lessons taught to masses i.e. Muslim women in particular
    A)Removal of purdah and spread of education
    B)Urged the Muslims to give up medieval customs and ways of thought and behavior
    C)Both A and B
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Both A and B
  • Q. On the Direct Action Day unprecedented bloodshed took place (as a result of Hindu-Muslim riots) in
    A)Calcutta
    B)Dacca
    C)Delhi
    D)Meerut and Karachi
    Answer: Calcutta
  • Q. What does the opening scene of Beowulf describe?
    A)The birth of Beowulf
    B)The arrival of Scyld Scefing in Denmark
    C)The death of Beowulf
    D)The defeat of the monster Grendel
    Answer: The arrival of Scyld Scefing in Denmark
  • Q. Who conveyed to the Indians – “I am with you wholeheartedly and in terms of culture I am one of you”?
    A)Badruddin Tyabji
    B)Annie Besant
    C)George Yule
    D)Sir William Wedderburn
    Answer: Annie Besant
  • Q. Which of the following Bhakti saint of Maharashtra responsible for creating a background for Maratha nationalism and also opposed all social distinctions?
    A)Namadev
    B)Gnandeva
    C)Ekanath
    D)Tukaram
    Answer: Tukaram
  • Q. In which year did Gandhiji start Satyagraha Movement?
    A)1917
    B)1919
    C)1934
    D)1909
    Answer: 1917
  • Q. Which of the following is related to Etymology?
    A)Kalpa
    B)Shiksha
    C)Nirukta
    D)Vyakaran
    Answer: Nirukta
  • Q. During the reign of which dynasty was the Great Wall of China constructed?
    A)Tang
    B)Sung
    C)Han
    D)Chin
    Answer: Chin
  • Q. Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak hailed form
    A)Kashmir
    B)Bengal
    C)Maharashtra
    D)Tamil Nadu
    Answer: Maharashtra
  • Q. The Sayyid dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate is called so because__________?
    A)Its founder and his successors belonged to the Sayyid tribe of eastern Turkistan
    B)Its founder and his successors adopted the title Sayyid
    C)Its founder and his successors were descendant of the prophet Muhammad
    D)Its founder was a scholar of Islamic theology
    Answer: Its founder and his successors were descendant of the prophet Muhammad
  • Q. The words “Satyameva Jayate” in the State Emblem of India were taken from
    A)Sama Veda
    B)Upanishads
    C)Rig Veda
    D)Ramayana
    Answer: Upanishads
  • Q. Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed on 5th March __________
    A)1930
    B)1928
    C)1931
    D)1935
    Answer: 1931
  • Q. The trident-shaped symbol of Buddhism does not represent
    A)Sangha
    B)Nirvana
    C)Buddha
    D)Dhamma
    Answer: Nirvana
  • Q. Mahe was a colony of __________
    A)French
    B)English
    C)Dutch
    D)Germany
    Answer: French
  • Q. Assertion (A): Firuz Shah Tughlaq did not leavy jizya tax. Reason (R): His influential minister Khan-i-Jahan Maqbul was a converted Hindu.
    A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    B)Both A and R are 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: A is false but R is true
  • Q. After the growth of the Vedic religion the most important development in the history of the so-called Hinduism was the development of
    A)Saktism
    B)Shaivism
    C)Bhagavatism
    D)Tantricism
    Answer: Bhagavatism
  • Q. The main outlet for foreign trade during Akbar’s reign was the port of
    A)Calcutta
    B)Karachi
    C)Surat
    D)Bombay
    Answer: Surat
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    A)Rabindra Nath Tagore
    B)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
    C)Swami Dayanand Saraswati
    D)Swami Vivekanand
    Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy

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