Q. The principles of Ashoka’s Dharma (Dhamma) were taken from

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The moral virtues of all Indian religions of that period

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  • Q. Which of the following reform movements was the first to be started in the 19th Century?
    A)Brahmo Samaj
    B)Prathana Samaj
    C)Arya Samaj
    D)Rama Krishna Mission
    Answer: Brahmo Samaj
  • Q. What was the another name of ‘Quit India movement’?
    A)Swadeshi Movement
    B)Khilafat Movement
    C)Home Rule Movement
    D)August Kranti
    Answer: August Kranti
  • Q. The Home Rule Movement was aimed at
    A)complete autonomy to India
    B)complete independence for India
    C)self-government for India within the British Commonwealth
    D)larger participation of Indians in India's administration
    Answer: self-government for India within the British Commonwealth
  • Q. Which of the following are the basis tenants of Bhakti Movement?
    A)Ideas were the Bhakti movement—devotion to God with the help of a priest. Bhakti to God was accepted as damnation
    B)Ideas was the Bhakti movement—devotion to God. Bhakti to God was accepted as salvation
    C)Spiritual sessions in meeting places known as zawiyas, khanqahs, or tekke
    D)Described as the interiorization, and intensification of human faith and practice
    Answer: Ideas was the Bhakti movement—devotion to God. Bhakti to God was accepted as salvation
  • Q. The Earliest Settlements of Aryan tribes were at
    A)Bengal
    B)Uttar Pradesh
    C)Sapta Sindhu
    D)Delhi
    Answer: Sapta Sindhu
  • 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. Subhash Bose selected the best soldiers from the three existing brigades (named after Gandhi, Azad and Nehru) and organised a new brigade which the soldiers themselves called
    A)Swatantra Bharat Brigade
    B)Himalayan Brigade
    C)Bhagat Singh Brigade
    D)Subhash Brigade
    Answer: Subhash Brigade
  • Q. Under the administration of Shivaji, “Peshwa” was referred to as
    A)Minister of Defence
    B)Minister of Religious Affairs
    C)Chief Minister
    D)Minister of Justice
    Answer: Chief Minister
  • Q. The voluminous compositions attributed to Guru Gobind Singh (the last Sikh Guru) are collectively known as
    A)Apni Katha
    B)Dasam (Padshah Ka) Granth
    C)Baichitra Natak
    D)Gyan Prabodh
    Answer: Baichitra Natak
  • Q. The Working Committee of the Congress passed the Quit India resolution on
    A)August 10, 1942
    B)July 14, 1942
    C)August 8, 1942
    D)June 30, 1942
    Answer: July 14, 1942
  • Q. When was first telegraph line started in India?
    A)1875
    B)1851
    C)1884
    D)1900
    Answer: 1851
  • Q. Which one of the four varnas mentioned in the Purushasukta of the mandala X of the Rig Veda is referred in the other parts of Rig Veda in the sense of a Varna?
    A)Kshatriyas
    B)Brahmanas
    C)Vaishyas
    D)Shudras
    Answer: Shudras
  • Q. The language which contributed to the spread of Buddhism was
    A)Pali
    B)Sanskrit
    C)Tamil
    D)Greek
    Answer: Pali
  • Q. To whom is the statement “Cowardice and ahimsa do not go together any more than water and fire” attributed?
    A)M K Gandhi
    B)Acharya Narendra Dev
    C)Swami Vivekananda
    D)Jayaprakash Narayan
    Answer: M K Gandhi
  • Q. The Biography of Humayun was written by
    A)Jodha
    B)Nur Jahan
    C)Anarkali
    D)Gulbadan Begum
    Answer: Gulbadan Begum
  • Q. Who was the first Roman emperor who converted to Christianity
    A)Caligula
    B)Augustus
    C)Constantine the Great
    D)Cicero
    Answer: Constantine the Great
  • Q. When did the Three Kingdoms period begin in China?
    A)226
    B)220
    C)238
    D)280
    Answer: 220
  • Q. Consider the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the literature in Ancient India? I. The earliest known work of the Aryans in India was the Rig Veda which is a collection of 1048 hymns in Vedic Sanskrit. II. Most of the hymns are in praise of different Vedic deities and were intended for recitation at the Yajnas or sacrifices
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I and II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Only II
  • Q. Bahadur Shah (First) was born in the year
    A)1643
    B)1543
    C)1743
    D)1843
    Answer: 1643
  • Q. As per the Cabinet Mission Plan, the power would be first transferred to __________
    A)The Interim Government
    B)The Indian National Congress
    C)The Viceroy
    D)The Princes of the States
    Answer: The Interim Government

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