History Jainism And Buddhism

Q. The first Tirthankara of the Jains was

A
Parshvanath
B
Arishtanemi
C
Ajitanath
D
Rishabha

Correct Answer

Rishabha

More Questions on History

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    A)Narasimhavarman II
    B)Mahendravarman 1
    C)Nandivarman II
    D)Daritivarrnan
    Answer: Narasimhavarman II
  • Q. When did the Turkish army defeat the Byzantine army?
    A)1060
    B)1040
    C)1070
    D)1071
    Answer: 1071
  • Q. Who among the following had been a high court judge, an economist, a social reformer, among the founders or the INC, besides being regarded by A O Hume as his political guru?
    A)Pheroze Shah Mehta
    B)Surendranath Banerjee
    C)Mahadev Gobind Ranade
    D)Dadabhai Naoroji
    Answer: Mahadev Gobind Ranade
  • Q. The Muslim League withdrew its acceptance of the Cabinet Mission Plan and decided to resort to Direct Action Day on
    A)September 2, 1946
    B)August 16, 1946
    C)October 15, 1946
    D)July 29, 1946
    Answer: August 16, 1946
  • Q. Which was the first garden tomb in the Indian subcontinent?
    A)Humayun's Tomb
    B)Tomb of Jahangir
    C)Taj Mahal
    D)Tomb of Muhammad Iqbal
    Answer: Humayun's Tomb
  • Q. The Shimla Conference which was convened as per Wavell’s Plan ended in failure because of the stiff opposition of
    A)Jawaharlal Nehru
    B)Gandhi
    C)Jinnah
    D)Rajaji
    Answer: Jinnah
  • Q. Sundar Vilas is the work of a famous Bhakti Saint
    A)Guru Nanak
    B)Ramananda
    C)Dadu
    D)Tukaram
    Answer: Dadu
  • Q. The Mayo College was started at
    A)Calcutta
    B)Delhi
    C)Agra
    D)Ajmer
    Answer: Ajmer
  • Q. Name the Indian king who warmly received the Portuguese traveller Vasco da Gama when he landed at Calicut
    A)Devaraya
    B)Asaf Jah Ismail Mulk
    C)Zamorin
    D)Krishnadevaraya
    Answer: Zamorin
  • Q. Who among the following visited Gandhiji in South Africa?
    A)Vallabhbhai Patel
    B)B. G. Tilak
    C)G. K. Gokhale
    D)J. L. Nehru
    Answer: G. K. Gokhale
  • Q. The Cabinet Mission Plan ruled out the possibility of the formation of
    A)Pakistan
    B)Union of India
    C)Constituent Assembly
    D)Groups by Provinces
    Answer: Pakistan
  • Q. Subsidiary Alliance was introduced by __________
    A)Sir John Shore
    B)Lord Wellesley
    C)Robert Clive
    D)Lord Dalhousie
    Answer: Lord Wellesley
  • Q. Which of the following place where the first meeting/session of the Indian National Congress was held?
    A)Bombay
    B)Calcutta
    C)Madras
    D)Allahabad
    Answer: Bombay
  • Q. The currency of Thailand is
    A)Rupiah
    B)Baht
    C)Yuan
    D)Yen
    Answer: Baht
  • Q. The ‘Mohammadan Anglo-Oriental College’ later became the
    A)JamiaMilia Muslim University
    B)Osmania University
    C)Baraktullah University
    D)Aligarh Muslim University
    Answer: Aligarh Muslim University
  • Q. The Delhi Sultan who fell to his death while playing polo was
    A)Alauddin Khalji
    B)Qutb-din-Aibak
    C)Feroz Shah Tughlaq
    D)Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
    Answer: Qutb-din-Aibak
  • Q. The world’s oldest continuously inhabited city is
    A)Baghdad
    B)Jerusalem
    C)Istanbul
    D)Damascus
    Answer: Damascus
  • Q. A Study in Consciousness was written by __________
    A)Mrinal Gore
    B)Annie Besant
    C)Prasanna Kumar Tagore
    D)Rajkamal Sen
    Answer: Annie Besant
  • Q. The language which contributed to the spread of Buddhism was
    A)Pali
    B)Sanskrit
    C)Tamil
    D)Greek
    Answer: Pali
  • Q. Bicameral Legislature was first provided to India by the
    A)Government of India Act of 1935
    B)Pitt's India Act
    C)Government of India Act of 1919
    D)Council Act of 1861
    Answer: Government of India Act of 1919

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