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)1431
    B)1420
    C)1453
    D)1487
    Answer: 1487
  • Q. In Tamil Nadu, the movement started with __________ and __________
    A)The Vaisnava Alvars
    B)The Saiva Nayanars
    C)Nirguna Saints
    D)Both A & B
    Answer: Both A & B
  • Q. Who was the founder of Ottoman Empire
    A)Orhan
    B)Osman I
    C)Mura I
    D)Bayezid I
    Answer: Osman I
  • Q. Which one of the following works deals with the history of Kashmir?
    A)Harshacharita
    B)Gaudavaho
    C)Rajatarangini
    D)Vikramankadevacharita
    Answer: Rajatarangini
  • Q. Select correct pair of book and author
    A)Brihat Samhita: Ravi Kriti
    B)Mudrarakshasa: Somdeva
    C)Kathasaritsagar: Visakdatta
    D)Panchsidhantika : Varharmihara
    Answer: Panchsidhantika : Varharmihara
  • Q. Who coined the phrase “survival of the fittest”?
    A)Charles Darwin
    B)Auguste Comte
    C)Emile Durkheim
    D)Herbert Spencer
    Answer: Herbert Spencer
  • Q. The Akbar of Kashmir who reconstructed and rehabilitated all the temples and asked Jonaraja to continue further Kalhana’s Rajatarangini was
    A)Shah Mir Samsuddin
    B)Sikandar
    C)Zain-ul-Abidin
    D)Saifuddin
    Answer: Zain-ul-Abidin
  • Q. During whose reign did William Hawkins visit the Mughal court to secure a right. to trade in Mughal ports?
    A)Shah Jahan
    B)Aurangzeb
    C)Akbar
    D)Jahangir
    Answer: Jahangir
  • Q. Who are credited to a large extent for ending the Mughal rule in India?
    A)Cholas
    B)Mauryas
    C)Guptas
    D)Marathas
    Answer: Marathas
  • Q. Who built the Khajuraho temples?
    A)Sindias
    B)Holkars
    C)Bundela Rajputs
    D)Chandela Rajputs
    Answer: Chandela Rajputs
  • Q. Jawaharlal Nehru had helped to start the newspaper
    A)National Herald
    B)Pioneer
    C)Kesari
    D)Patriot
    Answer: National Herald
  • Q. Who was the first to raise the slogan ‘Inquilab zindabad’?
    A)M Kelappan
    B)Bhagat Singh
    C)Veer Savarkar
    D)Shankaran Nair
    Answer: Bhagat Singh
  • Q. How many times Shivaji plundered Surat?
    A)Once
    B)Four Times
    C)Thrice
    D)Twice
    Answer: Twice
  • Q. Who was the first christian emperor of the Roman Empire
    A)Nero
    B)Julius Caesar
    C)Constantine
    D)Domitian
    Answer: Constantine
  • Q. In which state was the first non-Congress Government set up in independent India?
    A)Bihar
    B)Punjab
    C)Maharashtra
    D)Kerala
    Answer: Kerala
  • Q. Who among the following started Bengali weekly newspaper ‘Sambad Kaumudi’ in year 1821?
    A)Aurobindo Ghosh
    B)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
    C)Ramkrishna Paramhans
    D)Debendranath Tagore
    Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
  • Q. What did the ninth-century Scandinavian invasions do in England?
    A)Led to disintegration of a large kingdom into smaller kingdoms
    B)Promoted various small kingdoms to merge into a large kingdom
    C)Gave way to colonization by the Vikings
    D)Brought down Anglo-Saxon alliance
    Answer: Promoted various small kingdoms to merge into a large kingdom
  • Q. Who among the following Mughal emperors, brought about the fall of Sayyid Brothers?
    A)Rafi-ud-daulah
    B)Bahadur Shah-I
    C)Shah Jahan-II
    D)Muhammad Shah
    Answer: Muhammad Shah
  • Q. The seven pagodas of Mahabalipuram are a witness to the art patronised by the?
    A)Pallavas
    B)Chola
    C)Pandyas
    D)Kaktiya
    Answer: Pallavas
  • Q. Whose statue was an important creation of the people of Indus Valley Civilization?
    A)Dancing Girl
    B)Natraj
    C)Buddha
    D)Narasimha
    Answer: Dancing Girl

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