History Jainism And Buddhism

Q. Which is the ultimate goal of education in Jainism?

A
Renunciation
B
Non-violence
C
Moksha
D
Voluntary promotion of human welfare

Correct Answer

Moksha

More Questions on History

  • Q. Where did Sumtinath Tirthankar attained Nirvana?
    A)Parsnath
    B)Sammed Shikhar
    C)Girnar
    D)Pawapur
    Answer: Sammed Shikhar
  • Q. Who got the monumental ‘Rayagopurams’ in front of the temples at Hampi, Tiru-pati, etc., constructed?
    A)Krishnadeva Raya
    B)Vidyaranya
    C)Harihara
    D)Raja raj
    Answer: Krishnadeva Raya
  • Q. British Prime Minister Attlee made the historic announcement of the end of British rule in India (and transfer of power to responsible Indian hands by a date not later than June1948) on
    A)February 20, 1947
    B)May 16, 1946
    C)March 10, 1946
    D)December 31, 1946
    Answer: February 20, 1947
  • Q. Individual Satyagrah – symbolic and non-violent in nature was started on:
    A)October 17, 1940
    B)October 17, 1942
    C)October 17, 1939
    D)October 17, 1938
    Answer: October 17, 1940
  • Q. Who was the founder-editor of the famous newspaper ‘Kesari’ during the National Struggle?
    A)Jawaharlal Nehru
    B)Mahatma Gandhi
    C)Lokmanya Tilak
    D)Muhannad Iqbal
    Answer: Lokmanya Tilak
  • Q. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was the leader of__________
    A)Rowlatt Satyagraha
    B)Bhoodan Movement
    C)Bardoli Satyagraha
    D)Swadeshi Movement
    Answer: Bardoli Satyagraha
  • Q. Who among the following was the counter part of Tipu Sultan during the Treaty of Seringapatnam?
    A)Robert Clive
    B)Warren Hastings
    C)Cornwallis
    D)Dalhousie
    Answer: Cornwallis
  • Q. __________ , the viceroy of India decided to partition Bengal for administrative purposes, creating a new province of East Bengal and Assam, with a population of 31 million people and with its capital at Dhaka
    A)Lord Rippon
    B)Lord Curzon
    C)Lord Hastings
    D)Wellesley
    Answer: Lord Curzon
  • Q. Two women who, while conducting the affairs of their states faced Akbar’s wars of conquest were Rani Durgawati and Chand Bibi (or Sultana), respectively of
    A)Malwa and Gujarat
    B)Jaisalmer and Khandesh
    C)Gondwana and Ahmadnagar
    D)Ranathambhor and Khandesh
    Answer: Gondwana and Ahmadnagar
  • Q. Sarvodaya stands for
    A)Non-cooperation
    B)Total revolution
    C)Upliftment of all
    D)Non-violence
    Answer: Upliftment of all
  • Q. Who invented kerosene?
    A)Benjamin Silliman
    B)Abraham Pineo Gesner
    C)Edwin Drake
    D)John William Dawson
    Answer: Abraham Pineo Gesner
  • Q. In the history of Indian National Movement Santhal Rebellion took place between :
    A)1849-50
    B)1845-47
    C)1855-56
    D)1866-67
    Answer: 1855-56
  • Q. The greatest historian of the reign of Akbar, who wrote Akbarnama and Ain-i-Akbari, was
    A)Abdur Qadir Badauni
    B)Nizamuddin Ahmad
    C)Abul Fazl
    D)Abdas Khan Arwani
    Answer: Abul Fazl
  • Q. Which of the following architectural wonders was not constructed in the 12th Century A.D.?
    A)Temple of Khajuraho
    B)Suntemple of Konark
    C)Angkor Vat
    D)Notre Darn, the Paris
    Answer: Suntemple of Konark
  • Q. Who made tripartite periodisation standard?
    A)Christoph Cellarius
    B)Andreas Cellarius
    C)Flavio Biondo
    D)Genseric
    Answer: Christoph Cellarius
  • Q. When was Bulgaria founded?
    A)864
    B)681
    C)917
    D)923
    Answer: 681
  • Q. Under Akbar, the Mir Bakshi was required to look after
    A)the state treasury
    B)military affairs
    C)the royal household
    D)the land revenue system
    Answer: military affairs
  • Q. Tilak called him the ‘Diamond of India, the jewel of Maharashtra and the Prince of Workers’. Who is referred in these words
    A)Shivaji
    B)Lajpat Rai
    C)Gokhale
    D)Madhava Rao
    Answer: Gokhale
  • Q. “The Three Emperors League” 1873 was also known as
    A)Triple Alliance
    B)Dreikaiserbund Treaty
    C)Reinsurance Treaty
    D)The Dual Alliance
    Answer: Dreikaiserbund Treaty
  • Q. Through which principle or device did Ghandhiji strive to bridge economics inequalities?
    A)Establishment of village industries
    B)Abolition of machinery
    C)Trusteeship theory
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Trusteeship theory

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