History Mauryan Empire

Q. Which event brought about a profound change in Ashoka’s administrative policy?

A
The Kalinga War
B
The third Buddhist Council
C
His embracing of Buddhism
D
His sending missionary to Ceylon

Correct Answer

The Kalinga War

More Questions on History

  • Q. Find out the odd one
    A)AI-Biruni: Given valuable account about Harshavardhana
    B)Hiuen-Tsang: Acquired knowledge of Indian society through literature
    C)Megasthenes: Describes about the Indo-Persian relations
    D)Ptolemy: Written a geographical treatise on India
    Answer: Ptolemy: Written a geographical treatise on India
  • Q. Who among the following Kushan Emperors was the first to introduce the gold coinage in India?
    A)Vima Taktu
    B)Vima Kadphises
    C)Vasishka
    D)Kujula Kadphises
    Answer: Vima Kadphises
  • Q. Japanese folk tradition and ritual, with no founder or single sacred scripture, is popularly known as
    A)Zoroastrianism
    B)Taoism
    C)Shintoism
    D)Paganism
    Answer: Shintoism
  • Q. The Khilafat Movement was launched to protest against the humiliation of
    A)Aga Khan
    B)The Turkish Caliph
    C)Muhammad Ali Jinnah
    D)Abdul Kalam Azad
    Answer: The Turkish Caliph
  • Q. Who among the following Sultans of Delhi has been described by the historians as the ‘mixture of opposites’?
    A)Alauddin Khalji
    B)Balban
    C)Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
    D)Ibrahim Lodi
    Answer: Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
  • Q. What is ‘Milind panho’?
    A)One of the names of Buddha
    B)A Buddhist place
    C)A Buddhist Specimen of Art
    D)Buddhist text
    Answer: Buddhist text
  • Q. Which scripture was called his ‘mother’ by Gandhiji?
    A)The New Testament
    B)Ramayana
    C)Bhagwat Gita
    D)The Holy Quran
    Answer: Bhagwat Gita
  • Q. The first Indian to be elected as a member of the British House of Commons was
    A)Surendra Nath Banerjee
    B)Dadabhai Naoroji
    C)Dr. BR Ambedkar
    D)C. R. Das
    Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
  • Q. Ashoka called the Third Buddhist Council at
    A)Magadha
    B)Pataliputra
    C)Kalinga
    D)Sarnath
    Answer: Pataliputra
  • Q. In 1848, an incident took place in his life that later sparked off the dalit-revolution in the Indian society. Jyotirao was invited to attend a wedding of one of his __________friends
    A)Christian
    B)Brahmin
    C)Pulaya
    D)Nayar
    Answer: Brahmin
  • Q. The Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed on :
    A)June 5, 1931
    B)July 5, 1931
    C)March 5, 1931
    D)January 5, 1931
    Answer: March 5, 1931
  • Q. __________formed the Arya Mahila Samaj in Pune?
    A)Swarnakumari Devi
    B)Ramabai Saraswati
    C)Lord Chelmsford
    D)Annie Besant
    Answer: Ramabai Saraswati
  • 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. The writer of Ram Charit Manas, Tulsidas, was related to which ruler?
    A)Nawab Vajib Ali Sah
    B)Chandragupta Maurya
    C)Harsha
    D)Akbar
    Answer: Akbar
  • Q. The Hindu College was started in 1817 at
    A)Bombay
    B)Calcutta
    C)Madras
    D)Pondicherry
    Answer: Calcutta
  • Q. Who was the Governor General of India during the Civil Disobedience Movement?
    A)Lord Reading
    B)Lord Chelmsford
    C)Lord Irwin
    D)Lord Wavell
    Answer: Lord Irwin
  • Q. A new period in__________’s life began in 1913 when she became active in Indian politics, and gave a lead by claiming ‘Home Rule’ for India
    A)Malati Patwardhan
    B)Ammu Swaminathan
    C)Annie Besant
    D)Ambujammal
    Answer: Annie Besant
  • Q. Who amidst the following was a wife of emperor Ashoka who influenced him?
    A)Charulata
    B)Chandalika
    C)Gautami
    D)Karuwaki
    Answer: Karuwaki
  • Q. Under pressure from his family, Nanu married__________, the daughter of a traditional village doctor
    A)Kaliamma
    B)Kaliamma
    C)Rohini
    D)Meenkshi Amma
    Answer: Kaliamma
  • Q. Who started the English weekly ‘New India’?
    A)Bipin Chandra Pal
    B)Lala Lajpat Rai
    C)Dada Bhai Naoroji
    D)Madan Mohan Malviya
    Answer: Bipin Chandra Pal

Leave a Comment