History Jainism And Buddhism

Q. The first image of the Buddha was carved out during the reign of

A
Pusyamitra Shunga
B
Ashoka
C
Kanishka I
D
Menander

Correct Answer

Kanishka I

More Questions on History

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    A)Vishwanath Datta
    B)Narendra Nath Datta
    C)Upendranath Datta
    D)Vasava Datta
    Answer: Narendra Nath Datta
  • Q. The fortress of Asirgarh was under the rule of __________ when Akbar besieged it
    A)Raja Bhagvan Das
    B)Mansingh
    C)Bahadur Shah
    D)Hemu
    Answer: Bahadur Shah
  • Q. Who has given the treatise on the rule of the Pandyan kingdom by Pandala a daughter of Herakles?
    A)Kautilya
    B)Megasthenes
    C)Banabhatt
    D)Kalidas
    Answer: Megasthenes
  • Q. Narendra MandaI was inaugurated by Duke of Connaught in the year
    A)1921
    B)1920
    C)1931
    D)1910
    Answer: 1921
  • Q. Pitt’s India Act brought the company in direct subordination to a body representing __________
    A)The English Merchants in India
    B)The Parliament of Britain
    C)The Indian Merchants
    D)Princely States
    Answer: The Parliament of Britain
  • Q. The inaugural issue of Bombay Darpan, a Marathi weekly, was published on November 12, 1832 started by a publisher reformer named
    A)Vishnu Shastri
    B)Jagannath Shankar
    C)Bal Shastri
    D)Krishna Shastri
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  • Q. The liberal religion preached by the saints of Maharashtra and rigidly followed by Shivaji is known as
    A)Maharashtra Dharma
    B)Desh Dharma
    C)Rashtra Dharma
    D)Hindu Dharma
    Answer: Maharashtra Dharma
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    A)1917
    B)1921
    C)1918
    D)1915
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  • Q. Shah Jahan built the Moti Masjid at
    A)Jaipur
    B)Delhi
    C)Agra
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  • Q. Indian War of independence 1857 was written by :
    A)Jawahar Lal Neharu
    B)Lala Lajpat Rai
    C)Damodar Chapekar
    D)V.D. Savarkar
    Answer: V.D. Savarkar
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    A)Second
    B)First
    C)Third
    D)Fourth
    Answer: First
  • Q. In which region did Birsa Munda operate against the British?
    A)Chhota Nagpur
    B)Punjab
    C)Tarai
    D)Manipur
    Answer: Chhota Nagpur
  • Q. Who was the author of Telugu Work Amuktamalyada?
    A)Devaraya
    B)Harihara
    C)Krishnadevaraya
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  • Q. In which year Russian Revolution happened
    A)1915
    B)1912
    C)1917
    D)1921
    Answer: 1917
  • Q. The Viceroy who wanted to train Indian in the art of selfgovernment was
    A)Ripon
    B)Mountbatten
    C)Northbrook
    D)Curzon
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  • Q. Who led the revolt of 1857 in Lucknow?
    A)Jung Bahadur Rana
    B)Bahadur Shah Jafar
    C)Begum Hazrat Mahal
    D)Tatya Tope
    Answer: Begum Hazrat Mahal
  • Q. Vivekananda felt that the Parliament would provide the right forum to present his Master’s message to the world, and so he decided to go to America. Another reason which prompted Swamiji to go to America was to seek financial help for his project of uplifting the masses. Swamiji, however, wanted to have an inner certitude and divine call regarding his mission. Both of these he got while he sat in deep meditation on the rock-island at __________
    A)America
    B)Mumbai
    C)Kanyakumari
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    Answer: Kanyakumari
  • Q. After the 1935 elections, the only two provinces out of eleven which had non-Congress ministries were
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    B)Bengal and Punjab
    C)Bengal and Assam
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