History Jainism And Buddhism

Q. Outside India, Buddhism was first accepted in

A
Japan
B
China
C
Sri Lanka
D
Tibet

Correct Answer

Sri Lanka

More Questions on History

  • Q. In which year the Battle of the Hydaspes was fought between Alexander and Porus
    A)310 BC
    B)302 BC
    C)312 BC
    D)326 BC
    Answer: 326 BC
  • Q. Who had paned the Vernacular Press Act into law?
    A)Lord Hardinge
    B)Lord Mayo
    C)Lord Dalhousie
    D)Lord Lytton
    Answer: Lord Lytton
  • Q. Which one of the following was an important Port of the eastern coast during Gupta period?
    A)Tamralipti
    B)Kalyan
    C)Sopara
    D)Baroch
    Answer: Tamralipti
  • Q. The capital of Tipu Sultan, where he died while fighting the Fourth Anglo-Mysore war in 1799, was
    A)Mysore
    B)Bangalore
    C)Seringapatam
    D)Hellebid or Halebid
    Answer: Seringapatam
  • Q. __________ a notable disciple of Sree Narayana Guru introduced Guru’s visions and ideals to the western world
    A)Kumaranasan
    B)Nataraja Guru
    C)Chattambi Swamikal
    D)K.Madhavan
    Answer: Nataraja Guru
  • Q. In which of the following Mudra did Gautam Buddha delivered his first sermon at Saranath?
    A)Dhyana Mudra
    B)Abhaya Mudra
    C)Dharmchakra Mudra
    D)Bhumisparasa Mudra
    Answer: Dharmchakra Mudra
  • Q. Who spoke “At the stroke of midnight, when the world sleeps, India awakes to life and freedom”?
    A)Mahatma Gandhi
    B)Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
    C)Jawaharlal Nehru
    D)Rajagopalachari
    Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Q. Sakhi, Sabad and Ramaini were the notable work of?
    A)Rahim
    B)Tansen
    C)Kabir
    D)Tulsidas
    Answer: Kabir
  • Q. Which of the following tribes is associated with the “Tana Bhagat” movement?
    A)Munda
    B)Uraon
    C)Santhal
    D)Konadora
    Answer: Uraon
  • Q. Which of the following state was not the victim of “The Subsidiary Alliance System”?
    A)Satara
    B)Mysore
    C)Awadh
    D)Hyderabad
    Answer: Satara
  • Q. What is ‘Patriarchal Society’?
    A)System that values men more than women
    B)System that values women more than men
    C)System that values both men and women equally
    D)System that values elders
    Answer: System that values men more than women
  • Q. Who is known as the “Lady with the Lamp”?
    A)Helen Keller
    B)Joan of Arc
    C)Florence Nightingale
    D)Sarojini Naidu
    Answer: Florence Nightingale
  • Q. Kalidasa’s works include: I. Abhijnanashakuntalam II. Meghadutam III. Raghuvamsa IV. Malvikagnimitram V. Ritusamhara VI. Kumarasambhava Select the correct option
    A)I, II, IV, V and VI
    B)I, II, III and IV
    C)I, III , IV and V
    D)All of them
    Answer: All of them
  • Q. During Kanishka’s reign, the centre of political activity shifted from Magadha to
    A)Ayodhya
    B)Delhi
    C)Kannauj
    D)Purushapura (Peshawar)
    Answer: Purushapura (Peshawar)
  • Q. In 1913 . . . . . founded the Advaita Ashram at Aluva.
    A)Mahatma Gandhi
    B)Narayana Guru
    C)Chattambi Swamikal
    D)K.Madhavan
    Answer: Narayana Guru
  • Q. Who, among the following, was not a part of the Mauryan dynasty?
    A)Bindusara
    B)Ajatsatru
    C)Chandragupta Maurya
    D)None of these
    Answer: Ajatsatru
  • Q. Who had succeeded Mir Jafar to the throne?
    A)Chandra Sahib
    B)Haider Ali
    C)Tipu Sultan
    D)Mir Kasim
    Answer: Mir Kasim
  • Q. When was the League of Nations established?
    A)In 1920
    B)In 1918
    C)In 1939
    D)In 1914
    Answer: In 1920
  • Q. The Upanishads are separated from the Brahmanas by treatises called __________
    A)Aranyakas
    B)Vedas
    C)Epics
    D)Puranas
    Answer: Aranyakas
  • Q. The city of Alexandria was founded by Alexander the Great in the year
    A)325BC
    B)331 BC
    C)322 BC
    D)365 BC
    Answer: 331 BC

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