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Q. To which of the republic of Buddha belong?

A
Sakyas
B
Licchavis
C
Mallas
D
None of the above

Correct Answer

Sakyas

More Questions on History

  • Q. Harshacharita the biography of Harsha, was written by
    A)Sudraka
    B)Banabhatta
    C)Sri Harsha
    D)Gunadhva
    Answer: Banabhatta
  • Q. The Kuka movement started in mid-nineteenth century in
    A)Maharashtra
    B)Western Punjab
    C)Bengal
    D)Madhya Bharat
    Answer: Western Punjab
  • Q. Akbar’s son and successor Salim, on becoming the emperor, assumed the name of
    A)Jahangir Alampanah
    B)Jahangir
    C)Jahangir Alamgir
    D)Nuruddin Muhammad Jahangir
    Answer: Nuruddin Muhammad Jahangir
  • Q. Which of the following are the main reasons for failure of Young Bengal Movement? I. Suppression by British new law II. Did not involve peasant cause III. Radicalism was bookish in character and did not develop links with masses
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both II and III
    D)All the above
    Answer: Both II and III
  • Q. During whose reign did the Gandhara School of Art blossom?
    A)Ashok
    B)Harsha
    C)Kanishka
    D)Chandragupta-II
    Answer: Kanishka
  • Q. Who invented kerosene?
    A)Benjamin Silliman
    B)Abraham Pineo Gesner
    C)Edwin Drake
    D)John William Dawson
    Answer: Abraham Pineo Gesner
  • Q. World renowned philosopher Karl Marx was born in the country
    A)Germany
    B)Austria
    C)Russia
    D)Italy
    Answer: Germany
  • Q. Who among the following leader headed the interim Government of 1946?
    A)M.K Gandhi
    B)C. Rajagopalachari
    C)Jawaharlal Nehru
    D)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
    Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Q. Humayun restored his Indian kingdom with the help of the ruler of
    A)Kabul
    B)Arabia
    C)Persia
    D)Turkey
    Answer: Persia
  • Q. Who termed Cripps proposals as ” a post dated cheque in a crashing bank”?
    A)Annie Besant
    B)Ambedkar
    C)Patel
    D)Gandhiji
    Answer: Gandhiji
  • Q. Which among the following regulations made English as a medium of education compulsory in government aided schools and colleges?
    A)Educational Despatch, 1854
    B)Pitts India Act, 1784
    C)Macaulay Minute, 1835
    D)Regulating Act, 1773
    Answer: Macaulay Minute, 1835
  • Q. After the death of Rajaram in 1700A.D., Marathas continued the war against the Mughals under his brave wife
    A)Lakshmibai
    B)Tarabai
    C)Ramabi
    D)Jijabai
    Answer: Tarabai
  • Q. Which of the following Government of India Act gave separate representation to the Muslims?
    A)Act of 1919
    B)Act of 1909
    C)Act of 1935
    D)Act of 1947
    Answer: Act of 1909
  • Q. Robert Clive, the Governor General of the __________
    A)French
    B)Dutch
    C)British
    D)Portuguese
    Answer: British
  • Q. On the Direct Action Day unprecedented bloodshed took place (as a result of Hindu-Muslim riots) in
    A)Calcutta
    B)Dacca
    C)Delhi
    D)Meerut and Karachi
    Answer: Calcutta
  • Q. The philosophical essence, The world is but God manifest and God is my own soul may be traced to the
    A)Upanishadas
    B)Vedas
    C)Puranas
    D)Manusmriti
    Answer: Upanishadas
  • Q. Who said “Man is a social animal”?
    A)Rousseau
    B)Aristotle
    C)Laski
    D)Plato
    Answer: Aristotle
  • Q. The archaeologist to initially discover the Mohenjo-Daro site of the Indus Valley Civilization was
    A)Daya Ram Sahni
    B)Sir John Marshall
    C)Sir Martimir Wheeler
    D)Rakhal Das Banerji
    Answer: Rakhal Das Banerji
  • Q. The most learned medieval Muslim ruler who was well versed in various branches of learning including astronomy, mathematics and medicine was
    A)Iltutmish
    B)Sikandar Lodi
    C)Muhammad bin Tughlaq
    D)Alauddin Khalji
    Answer: Muhammad bin Tughlaq
  • Q. Chandragupta Maurya with the help of Chanakya decided to overthrow the Nandas because
    A)the Nandas were low-born
    B)Chanakya had been humiliated by the Nandas
    C)the Nandas had accumulated a great deal of wealth by extortion and oppression of the people
    D)Chanakya wanted to restore the ideal of Kshatriya rule
    Answer: the Nandas had accumulated a great deal of wealth by extortion and oppression of the people

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