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. Arab merchant, Suleiman, came to India in 9th century in the kingdom of
    A)Mihira Bhoja of Prathihara dynasty
    B)Vijaysena of Sena dynasty
    C)Gopala of the Pala dynasty
    D)Dantidurga of Rashtrakuta dynasty
    Answer: Mihira Bhoja of Prathihara dynasty
  • Q. Which two countries were involved in a Hundred Years War?
    A)England and France
    B)Turkey and Austria
    C)Palestine and Israel
    D)Germany and Russia
    Answer: England and France
  • Q. The Greeks were driven out of India by
    A)Chandragupta Vikramaditya
    B)Chandragupta Maurya
    C)Ashoka
    D)Bindusara
    Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
  • Q. Tilak called him the ‘Diamond of India, the jewel of Maharashtra and the Prince of Workers’. Who is referred in these words
    A)Shivaji
    B)Lajpat Rai
    C)Gokhale
    D)Madhava Rao
    Answer: Gokhale
  • Q. A Janapadin was the __________ of a janapada.
    A)Minister
    B)Servant
    C)Army General
    D)Ruler
    Answer: Ruler
  • 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. British Crown assumed sovereignty over Indian from the East Indian Company in the year
    A)1858
    B)1857
    C)1859
    D)1860
    Answer: 1858
  • Q. Sri Narayana Guru was born into an __________ family.
    A)Nayar
    B)Ezhava
    C)Pulaya
    D)Vannan
    Answer: Ezhava
  • Q. The Non-Cooperation Movement was suspended in February 1922 on account of
    A)Hindu Muslim riots
    B)the Chauri Chaura incident
    C)arrest of Mahatma Gandhi and his imprisonment for six years
    D)all the above
    Answer: the Chauri Chaura incident
  • Q. Which of the following ladies wrote an historical account during the Mughal period?
    A)Noorjahan Begum
    B)Gulbadan Begum
    C)Jahanara Begum
    D)Zebun-nissah Begum
    Answer: Gulbadan Begum
  • Q. Who called Subhash Chandra Bose as Desh Nayak ?
    A)Rabindranath Tagore
    B)Lala Lajpat Rai
    C)Mahatma Gandhi
    D)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    Answer: Rabindranath Tagore
  • Q. Which Tamil poet wrote Ramayana in Tamil language?
    A)Kapilar
    B)Kamban
    C)Pulamaipithan
    D)Perumal Rasu
    Answer: Kamban
  • Q. Mahatma Gandhi was first arrested, during ‘Satyagrah’ in the year
    A)1908
    B)1906
    C)1913
    D)1917
    Answer: 1908
  • Q. An English weekly called ‘New India’ was started by;
    A)Devendra Nath Tagore
    B)K M Pannikar
    C)Annie Besant
    D)Mahatma Gandhi
    Answer: Annie Besant
  • Q. The Indian Civil Service Examination was thrown open to all by the Act of
    A)1858
    B)1853
    C)1813
    D)1784
    Answer: 1858
  • Q. During the Second World War Churchill replaced __________ as Prime Minister of England
    A)Attlee
    B)Chamberlain
    C)Disraeli
    D)Asquith
    Answer: Chamberlain
  • Q. Whom did Bal Gangadhar Tilak refer to as his Political Guru?
    A)Ram Mohan Roy
    B)Swami Vivekananda
    C)Sisir Kumar
    D)Dadabhai Naoroji
    Answer: E
  • Q. Assertion (A): Chandragupta Maurya failed in his first campaign against Magadha. Reason (R): He did not begin with the frontiers, but invaded the heart of Magadha.
    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 and R is the correct explanation of A
  • 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. Who advanced Russia’s boundary to the Black Sea?
    A)Elizabeth of Russia
    B)Catherine the Great
    C)Peter the Great
    D)Peter III of Russia
    Answer: Catherine the Great

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