Q. Which of the following is the ceremony of initiation of education in Buddhism?

Correct Answer

Pabajja

More Questions on History

  • Q. The author of ‘Arthashastra’ was a contemporary of
    A)Chandragupta Maurya
    B)Ashoka
    C)Samudragupta
    D)Chandragupta Vikramaditya
    Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
  • Q. Who was the founder of the Servants of India Society?
    A)MG Ranade
    B)G K Gokhale
    C)B G Tilak
    D)Bipin Chandra Pal
    Answer: G K Gokhale
  • Q. The British Governor General and Viceroy who served for the longest period in India was
    A)Lord Dalhousie
    B)Lord Irwin
    C)Lord Curzon
    D)Lord Linlithgow
    Answer: Lord Dalhousie
  • Q. Of the following who did not oppose the Non-cooperation resolution?
    A)Madan Mohan Malaviya
    B)C R Das
    C)Mrs Besant
    D)Nehru
    Answer: Nehru
  • Q. Who is also known by the name of ‘Tiger of ‘Mysore’?
    A)Tipu Sultan
    B)Haidar Ali
    C)Yaduraya Wodeyar
    D)Krishna Devaraya
    Answer: Tipu Sultan
  • Q. The earliest city discovered in India was
    A)Punjab
    B)Harappa
    C)Mohenjo Daro
    D)Sindh
    Answer: Harappa
  • Q. Which of the following statement is/are correct? I. Panini’s Ashtadhyayi, book on grammar in eight chapters is the final culmination of this excellent art of writing in sutra (precepts) in which every chapter is precisely interwoven. II. The Brahmanas elaborates vedic caste system of the society
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I & II
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Both I & II
  • Q. When King George-V and Queen of India visited India, a magnificent Durbar was held at
    A)Delhi
    B)Calcutta
    C)Bombay
    D)Madras
    Answer: Delhi
  • Q. Name the clan Buddha belonged to
    A)Maurya
    B)Gnathrika
    C)Shakya
    D)Kuru
    Answer: Shakya
  • Q. East Timor, in Indonesian, Archipelago, was the former colony of
    A)English
    B)Dutch
    C)French
    D)Portuguese
    Answer: Portuguese
  • Q. When did the Soviet Union collapse?
    A)1980
    B)1970
    C)1990
    D)1991
    Answer: 1991
  • Q. Which of the following was not an Indus Valley site?
    A)Rangpur
    B)Pataliputra
    C)Sukatagendor
    D)Lothal
    Answer: Pataliputra
  • Q. Name the king who invaded Delhi and plundered the Kohinoor diamond __________
    A)Firuz Shah
    B)Nadir Shah
    C)Mohammed Shah
    D)Mohammed Ghori
    Answer: Nadir Shah
  • Q. Mahatma Gandhi spent a year of complete silence in 1926 to
    A)work for harijan welfare
    B)consolidate Khadi programme
    C)cl do penance for Chauri-Chaura violence
    D)write his autobiography
    Answer: work for harijan welfare
  • Q. Dandi March started on __________ 1930
    A)12th April
    B)12th March
    C)12th February
    D)12th May
    Answer: 12th March
  • Q. Which Roman Emperor is also known as ‘little boot’
    A)Julius Caesar
    B)Nero
    C)Caligula
    D)Augustus
    Answer: Caligula
  • Q. Which is a work of Tamil Grammar that is said to be the earliest extant work of Tamil Literature?
    A)Patinenmelkanakku
    B)Tolkappiyam
    C)Patinenkilkanakku
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Tolkappiyam
  • Q. Which of the following statement relates the Dadabhai Naoroji’s definition of ‘Drain of Wealth’?
    A)That a part of India's national wealth or total annual product was being exported to Britain for which India got no material return
    B)Those resources of the country were being utilized in the interest of Britain
    C)That the British industrialists were being given an opportunity to invest in India under the protection of the imperial power
    D)That the British goods were being imported into the country making it poorer day by day
    Answer: That a part of India's national wealth or total annual product was being exported to Britain for which India got no material return
  • Q. The Harappan Civilisation achieved far greater advancement than Sumer, Elam etc. on account of its
    A)metal working
    B)town planning
    C)weights and measures
    D)seals and figures
    Answer: town planning
  • Q. Identify the revolutionary among the following who was not active in London?
    A)Ashfaqullah
    B)Shyamji Krishna Varma
    C)Lala Hardayal
    D)V D Savarkar
    Answer: Ashfaqullah

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