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)Raja Rammohan Roy
    B)Lord Benttick
    C)Lord Macaulay
    D)Lord Dalhousie
    Answer: Lord Macaulay
  • Q. Who advocated Nazism in Germany?
    A)Adolf Hitler
    B)Frederick William-IV
    C)Bismarck
    D)William-III
    Answer: Adolf Hitler
  • Q. When was Hong Kong leased to Britain for 99 years by China
    A)1900
    B)1898
    C)1901
    D)1903
    Answer: 1898
  • Q. As per Act of 1919 the lower house of the Central Legislature was known as __________
    A)Legislative Assembly
    B)Legislative Council
    C)House of Representatives
    D)House of Commons
    Answer: Legislative Assembly
  • Q. Which of the following writers has called Akbar’s Din-i-Ilahi as a monument of his folly, not of wisdom?
    A)Vincent Smith
    B)Badayuni
    C)Barni
    D)W.Haig
    Answer: Vincent Smith
  • Q. Mahabandula was killed at __________
    A)Tenesserin
    B)Rangoon
    C)Danubyu
    D)Prome
    Answer: Danubyu
  • Q. In __________, the First National Trade union organization (The All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC)) was established
    A)1908
    B)1904
    C)1917
    D)1920
    Answer: 1920
  • Q. First Anglo Sikh War fought between __________
    A)The English & Portuguese
    B)The English & French
    C)The English & king Dalip Singh
    D)None of the above
    Answer: The English & king Dalip Singh
  • Q. Varahamihira is
    A)A space shuttle
    B)An astronaut
    C)A power station
    D)An ancient astronomer
    Answer: An ancient astronomer
  • Q. In which year Russian Revolution happened
    A)1915
    B)1912
    C)1917
    D)1921
    Answer: 1917
  • Q. The Russo-Turkish war was started in the year
    A)1768
    B)1762
    C)1773
    D)1782
    Answer: 1768
  • Q. Sufi Sect’ originated and developed in
    A)Christianity
    B)Islam
    C)Hinduism
    D)Zoroastrianism
    Answer: Islam
  • Q. The Moplahs of Malabar (Kerala) who were largely Muslim leaseholders and cultivators, indulged in a series of rebellions in Kerala between 1836-1919. Which of the following regarding these Moplah uprisings is not true?
    A)These uprisings were a peculiar form of rural terrorism
    B)They were mainly directed against the upper caste Hindu landlords
    C)Most of the Moplah martyrs were poor peasants of landless lobourers
    D)A small band of Moplahs committed collective suicides in the belief of being called Shahids (martyrs)
    Answer: A small band of Moplahs committed collective suicides in the belief of being called Shahids (martyrs)
  • Q. Who ruled that pilgrims could wear yellow clothes – the colour of the garments Sri Buddha wore
    A)Govindan Vaidyar
    B)P. K. Kesavan
    C)P. K. Divakara Panicker
    D)Sree Narayana Guru
    Answer: Sree Narayana Guru
  • Q. The revolutionary like Ashfaqullah Khan, Chandra Shekhar Azad, Ram Prasad Bismil, Roshan Singh and Rajendra Lahiri were all associated with :
    A)1857 Revolt
    B)The Kakori Conspiracy case (1925)
    C)Chauri Chaura Case
    D)The Jallianwala Bagh massacre
    Answer: The Kakori Conspiracy case (1925)
  • Q. Baba Ram Singh, born at Bhaini, in __________district in 1816
    A)Jodhpur
    B)Haryana
    C)Kashmir
    D)Ludhiana
    Answer: Ludhiana
  • Q. In which Nakshatra (constellation) Sumtinath Tirthankar was born?
    A)Dhanishtha
    B)Satbhisha Nakshatra
    C)Shravan
    D)Magha Nakshtra
    Answer: Magha Nakshtra
  • Q. As per the Regulating Act a Supreme Court was established in
    A)Bombay
    B)Bengal
    C)Delhi
    D)Madras
    Answer: Bengal
  • Q. The Harappan or Indus Valley Civilisation flourished during the __________ age
    A)Paleolithic
    B)Megalithic
    C)Neolithic
    D)Chalcolithic
    Answer: Chalcolithic
  • Q. Diu was the colony of the __________
    A)English
    B)Portuguese
    C)Dutch
    D)French
    Answer: Portuguese

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