History Jainism And Buddhism

Q. Which of the Kushana ruler patronised Buddhism?

A
Vikramaditya
B
Ashoka
C
Kanishka
D
Kautilya

Correct Answer

Kanishka

More Questions on History

  • Q. The Vernacular press Act as a safety valve against vernacular newspapers was passed by Lord Lytton on
    A)March 14, 1878
    B)April 14, 1878
    C)March 14, 1876
    D)March 14, 1870
    Answer: March 14, 1878
  • Q. The term used to denote a group of families in the vedic society was
    A)Jana
    B)Vish
    C)Grama
    D)Gotra
    Answer: Grama
  • Q. Who had, while fasting in the prison, written to the British governor, The individual must die so that the nation may live. Today, I must die so that India may win freedom and glory?
    A)Lala Lajpat Rai
    B)Jatin Das
    C)MK Gandhi
    D)SC Bose
    Answer: Jatin Das
  • Q. Who usurped power from the Mauryas after killing the last Mauryan ruler Brihadratha?
    A)Agnimitra
    B)Pushyamitra Sunga
    C)Vasumitra
    D)Jyesthamitra
    Answer: Pushyamitra Sunga
  • Q. Who preached the idea of Home Rule through his two news papers – the Kesari and the Maratha?
    A)Annie Besant
    B)Gokhale
    C)Tilak
    D)Jawaharlal Nehru
    Answer: Tilak
  • Q. “Quwwat-ul-Islam” Mosque was built by
    A)Alauddin Khalji
    B)Qutub-ud-din-Aibak
    C)Iltutmish
    D)Mohammad Adilshah
    Answer: Qutub-ud-din-Aibak
  • Q. The first Sultan who requested and obtained letters of investiture from the Caliph (Khalifa) was
    A)Balban
    B)Iltutmish
    C)Firoz Tughlaq
    D)Alauddin Khalji
    Answer: Iltutmish
  • Q. The Asiatic Society had been established in Calcutta by
    A)Sir William Jones
    B)TB Macaulay
    C)GK Gokhale
    D)Annie Besant
    Answer: Sir William Jones
  • Q. Assertion (A): In the beginning, only high caste Kshatriya communities adopted Jainism. Reason (R): Vardhaman Mahavira belonged to a well-known Kshatriya community
    A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    B)Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
    C)A is true but R is false
    D)A is false but R is true
    Answer: Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
  • Q. Mahavira was born in a Kshatriya clan by the name of
    A)Janatrika
    B)Shakya
    C)Mallas
    D)Lichhavis
    Answer: Janatrika
  • Q. The Mir Bakshi of the Mughal Emperors was the head of
    A)Foreign affairs
    B)Intelligence
    C)Army organisation
    D)Finance
    Answer: Army organisation
  • Q. The term Brahmadeya occurs for the first time in
    A)early Buddhist texts
    B)early Vedic texts
    C)pre-Gupta inscriptions
    D)post-Gupta inscriptions
    Answer: pre-Gupta inscriptions
  • Q. The fourth __________War was of short duration and decisive and ended with Tipu’s death on May 4, 1799
    A)French- Mysore War
    B)Anglo-Mysore
    C)Maratha -Mysore war
    D)Nyzam-Mysore War
    Answer: Anglo-Mysore
  • Q. The paintings of Ajanta depict the stories of
    A)Mahabharta
    B)Ramayana
    C)Jataka
    D)Panchatantra
    Answer: Jataka
  • Q. The Sikh guru who had fought the Mughals was
    A)Guru Hargobind
    B)Guru Nanak Dev
    C)Guru Tegh Bahadur
    D)Guru Gobind Singh
    Answer: Guru Gobind Singh
  • Q. Which of the following was not of the achievements of the Exteremist Group in the Congress?
    A)The Calcutta Corporation Act and the Indian Universities Act were taken off the statute book
    B)The partition of Bengal was annulled in 1911
    C)Nationalism took root among the progressive sections of society
    D)The Extremists taught people self-confidence and selfreliance and prepared the social base of the nationalist movement
    Answer: The Calcutta Corporation Act and the Indian Universities Act were taken off the statute book
  • Q. In which European country feudalism process was first started
    A)England
    B)Italy
    C)French
    D)Russia
    Answer: French
  • Q. What was the charge against Bal Gangadhar Tilak, for which he was sentenced to six years transportation in July 1908?
    A)for insiting violence during the Surat session of the INC
    B)for being the chief exponent of the cult of extremism
    C)for seditious writings in his paper Kesari
    D)for being instrumental in the murder of the British Plaque commissioner in Poona.
    Answer: for seditious writings in his paper Kesari
  • Q. The Religious lessons of ‘Jews’ are called
    A)Musa Sanhita (Torah)
    B)Gnome Collection (Sukti Sangraha)
    C)Tripitaka
    D)Tend Alesta
    Answer: Musa Sanhita (Torah)
  • Q. The earliest specimen of Kavya style is found in?
    A)Ellora
    B)Ajanta
    C)Kathiawar
    D)Mohenjodaro
    Answer: Kathiawar

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