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. British Prime Minister Attlee made the historic announcement of the end of British rule in India (and transfer of power to responsible Indian hands by a date not later than June1948) on
    A)February 20, 1947
    B)May 16, 1946
    C)March 10, 1946
    D)December 31, 1946
    Answer: February 20, 1947
  • Q. The Law of Twelve Tables was concerned with which civilization
    A)Greece
    B)Egypt
    C)Rome
    D)China
    Answer: Rome
  • Q. In 1661 the company obtained __________ from Charles II
    A)Madras
    B)Bombay
    C)Kannur
    D)Calcutta
    Answer: Bombay
  • Q. With which of the following would you associate Jyotiba Phule?
    A)Theosophical Society
    B)Satya Shodhak Samaj
    C)Tattvabodhini Samaj
    D)Dharma Sabha
    Answer: Satya Shodhak Samaj
  • Q. Bal Gangadhar Tilak introduced the slogan Swaraj is my birth right in :
    A)1904
    B)1896
    C)1906
    D)1910
    Answer: 1906
  • Q. The year of the foundation of the Women’s Indian Association (WIA) is
    A)1937
    B)1947
    C)1927
    D)1917
    Answer: 1917
  • Q. After reading Thomas Paine’s famous book __________Jyotirao was greatly influenced by his ideas
    A)Prince
    B)The Rights of Man
    C)Utopia
    D)Advaitha Deepika
    Answer: The Rights of Man
  • Q. Who was the first Indian ruler who had territory outside India?
    A)Chandragupta Maurya
    B)Ashoka
    C)Kanishka
    D)Huvishka
    Answer: Kanishka
  • Q. The pioneer of Indian communism was
    A)G.N Ganguly
    B)M.N. Roy
    C)P.C Chandra
    D)None of these
    Answer: M.N. Roy
  • Q. Who were ‘Jagirdars’ during the reign of Akbar?
    A)Officials of state who were given jagir in place of cash pay
    B)Large estate owners
    C)Revenue collectors
    D)Autonomous rulers under Akbar
    Answer: Large estate owners
  • Q. The author of ‘Arthashastra’ was a contemporary of
    A)Chandragupta Maurya
    B)Ashoka
    C)Samudragupta
    D)Chandragupta Vikramaditya
    Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
  • Q. The crop which was not known to Vedic people is
    A)Wheat
    B)Barley
    C)Rice
    D)Tobacco
    Answer: Tobacco
  • Q. Two of the great Mughals wrote their own memories. They were
    A)Humayun and Jahangir
    B)Babar and Humayun
    C)Babar and Jahangir
    D)Jahangir and Shahjahan
    Answer: Babar and Jahangir
  • Q. The first Famine Commission was constituted under
    A)Sir John Strachey
    B)Sir Richard Strachey
    C)Roberts
    D)Chamberlain
    Answer: Sir Richard Strachey
  • Q. Who built the Khajuraho temples?
    A)Sindias
    B)Holkars
    C)Bundela Rajputs
    D)Chandela Rajputs
    Answer: Chandela Rajputs
  • Q. Who among the following Kushan Emperors was the first to introduce the gold coinage in India?
    A)Vima Taktu
    B)Vima Kadphises
    C)Vasishka
    D)Kujula Kadphises
    Answer: Vima Kadphises
  • Q. What is the name of the preaching mudra of gesture, in which the Buddha is depicted delivering his first sermon, In the Gandhara Sculptures?
    A)Dhyana
    B)Abhaya
    C)Dharmachakra
    D)Bhumisparsha
    Answer: Dharmachakra
  • Q. Which of the following domesticated animals was absent in the terracottas of the Indus civilization?
    A)Sheep
    B)Buffalo
    C)Cow
    D)Pig
    Answer: Cow
  • Q. Mahatma Gandhi launched the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930 from
    A)Ahmedabad
    B)Sabarmati Ashram
    C)Porbandar
    D)Dandi
    Answer: Dandi
  • Q. Which revolutionary was associated with the foundation of the Punjab Navjivan Bharat Sabha in 1926?
    A)Amir Chand
    B)Rash Behari Bose
    C)Basant Kumar Biswas
    D)Bhagat Singh
    Answer: Bhagat Singh

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