Q. Which one of the following ruler was not contemporary to ‘Buddha’?

Correct Answer

Mahapadma Nanda

More Questions on History

  • Q. From which of the following Upanishads the words ‘Satyameva Jayate’ inscribed in Devanagari Script below the abacus of the state Emblem are?
    A)Yajurveda
    B)Prashna
    C)Mundaka
    D)Ishavasya
    Answer: Mundaka
  • Q. Of the following scholars who was the first to discover the traces of the Harappan Civilisation?
    A)RD Banerji
    B)Sir John Marshall
    C)A Cunningham
    D)Daya Ram Sahani
    Answer: A Cunningham
  • Q. Which of the following was not one of the points stressed by Mahatma Gandhi while exhorting the people to join the Quit India Movement?
    A)our quarrel is not with British people, we fight their imperialism and we must purge ourselves of hatred.
    B)Forget the differences between the Hindus and Muslims and think of yourselves as Indians only.
    C)Feel from today that you are a free man and pot a dependent. Do or die. Either free India or die in the the attempt.
    D)Freedom of India is an end that will purify all means employed to achieve it.
    Answer: Freedom of India is an end that will purify all means employed to achieve it.
  • Q. Which nationalist had stoutly preached “Be proud that you are an Indian, proudly claim I am an Indian”?
    A)Lala Lajpat Rai
    B)MK Gandhi
    C)Swami Vivekanand
    D)Jawaharlal Nehru
    Answer: Swami Vivekanand
  • Q. During the Mauryan period the administration was in the hands of
    A)four boards
    B)three boards
    C)five boards
    D)six boards
    Answer: six boards
  • Q. Despite holding a monopoly, the East India Company had faced competition from what it had termed as the ‘interlopers’ represented by the
    A)Indigenous merchants
    B)Portuguese
    C)British free merchants
    D)Dutch
    Answer: British free merchants
  • Q. Who among the following freedom fighter opposes the Annie Besant’s idea of launching Home Rule Movement?
    A)Mahatma Gandhi
    B)G. K. Gokhale
    C)Aurobindo Ghosh
    D)B. G. Tilak
    Answer: G. K. Gokhale
  • Q. The Upanishads are a series of books devoted to
    A)Social law
    B)Yoga
    C)Religious rituals
    D)Philosophy
    Answer: Philosophy
  • Q. The author of ‘A Nation in the Making’ was
    A)Mahatma Gandhi
    B)SN Banerjee
    C)Hume
    D)Tilak
    Answer: SN Banerjee
  • Q. Henry Vivian Derozio started young Bengal movement with the inspiration of which revolutionary ideas?
    A)French revolution
    B)Industrial revolution
    C)American Revolution
    D)Marxian theory
    Answer: French revolution
  • Q. Which of the following statements is not correct with reference to the Indian Freedom Struggle?
    A)Subhash Chandra Bose formed the Forward Bloc
    B)The Rowlatt Act aroused a wave popular indignation and led to the JalianwallaBagh Massacre
    C)Bhagat Singh was one of the founders of Hindustan Republican Socialist Association
    D)In 1931, the Congress Session at Karachi opposed Gandhi-Irwin Pact
    Answer: In 1931, the Congress Session at Karachi opposed Gandhi-Irwin Pact
  • Q. I. The full name of Jahangir was Nuruddin Md. Jahangir II. Jahangir had ended a long drawn out struggle with Mewar III. Mahabat Khan revolted against Jahangir and captured Jahangir and his wife Nurjahan at Lahore Which of the above statement (s) is/are correct related to Jahangir?
    A)I and II
    B)Only I
    C)II and III
    D)All the above
    Answer: All the above
  • Q. Who is the author of Meghdoot?
    A)Vishakhadatta
    B)Shundraka
    C)Kalidasa
    D)Chanakya
    Answer: Kalidasa
  • Q. The most decisive battle between the forces of Dara and Aurangzeb (in the war of Succession) was fought at
    A)Samugarh
    B)Dharmat
    C)Deorai
    D)Khajwa
    Answer: Samugarh
  • Q. Indian Mughal paintings originated during the rule of which Mughal Emperor?
    A)Akbar
    B)Humayun
    C)Jahangir
    D)Shah Jahan
    Answer: Humayun
  • Q. Kalidasa’s works include: I. Abhijnanashakuntalam II. Meghadutam III. Raghuvamsa IV. Malvikagnimitram V. Ritusamhara VI. Kumarasambhava Select the correct option
    A)I, II, IV, V and VI
    B)I, II, III and IV
    C)I, III , IV and V
    D)All of them
    Answer: All of them
  • Q. In 1893 __________represented The Theosophical Society at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago
    A)George Thompson
    B)Annie Besant
    C)GF Remfry
    D)Ramgopal Ghosh
    Answer: Annie Besant
  • Q. Which war lord is also known as ‘little corporal’
    A)Julius Caesar
    B)Alexander
    C)Napoleon Bonaparte
    D)Genghis Khan
    Answer: Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Q. Under the Mughals one of the main imports was
    A)raw silk
    B)pepper
    C)cotton
    D)opium
    Answer: raw silk
  • Q. Which Ancient Indian literature deals with concepts about origin of universe, death and birth, material and spiritual world?
    A)AtharvaVedas
    B)Rig Vedas
    C)Aryankas
    D)Upanishad
    Answer: Upanishad

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