Q. Who among the following rulers had embraced Jainism?

Correct Answer

Chandragupta Maurya

More Questions on History

  • Q. Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus station was designed by
    A)Santiago Calatrava
    B)Frederick William Stevens
    C)Fazlur Rahman Khan
    D)Frei Otto
    Answer: Frederick William Stevens
  • Q. The Aligarh Institute Gazette, an organ of the Scientific Society was started in March . . . . . and succeeded in transforming the minds in the traditional Muslim Society
    A)1866
    B)1766
    C)1869
    D)1870
    Answer: 1866
  • Q. The Third Buddhist Council was patronised by
    A)Ashoka
    B)Kanishka
    C)Mahakashyap Upali
    D)Sabakarni
    Answer: Ashoka
  • Q. Which one of the following was the first English ship that came to India?
    A)Bengal
    B)Elizabeth
    C)Red Dragon
    D)Mayflower
    Answer: Red Dragon
  • Q. Who among the following leader made the famous ‘Objectives Resolution’, in the Constituent Assembly?
    A)C. Rajagopalachari
    B)Vallabhbhai Patel
    C)Jawaharlal Nehru
    D)Dr. John Mathai
    Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Q. Which emperor wrote the play ‘Nagananda’ in Sanskrit language?
    A)Harshavardhana
    B)Prabhakara vardhana
    C)Chandragupta II
    D)Bindusara
    Answer: Harshavardhana
  • Q. During the freedom struggle a parallel movement launched in the Indian states (in the states ruled by the Indian rulers such as Kashmir, Nizam’s Hyderabad, Travancore, etc.) was/were
    A)Praja Mandal Movement
    B)State People's Movement
    C)Both A and B above
    D)Swaraj Movement
    Answer: Both A and B above
  • Q. Which Mountain’s volcano buried Pompeii city with ash in 79 AD
    A)Mount Tambora
    B)Mount Pelee
    C)Mount Etna
    D)Mount Vesuvius
    Answer: Mount Vesuvius
  • Q. Who was the first Indian to be elected to the British Parliament?
    A)GopalaKrishna Gokhale
    B)Dadabhai Naoroji
    C)Bipin Chandra Pal
    D)Lala Lajpat Rai
    Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
  • Q. Under Mauryas each province was placed under a__________
    A)Commander
    B)Prince
    C)Council
    D)Minister
    Answer: Prince
  • Q. The greatest development in the Kushana period was in the field of
    A)Art
    B)Religion
    C)Literature
    D)Architecture
    Answer: Art
  • Q. Which noted scholar wrote Vikramankadevacharita?
    A)Bilhana
    B)Kalhan
    C)Kalidas
    D)Jaydeva
    Answer: Bilhana
  • Q. Who said “Patriotism is religion and religion is love for India”?
    A)Bankim chandra Chatterjee
    B)Raj Narain Bose
    C)Swami Vivekanand
    D)Acharya Vinoba Bhave
    Answer: Bankim chandra Chatterjee
  • Q. The philosophical essence, The world is but God manifest and God is my own soul may be traced to the
    A)Upanishadas
    B)Vedas
    C)Puranas
    D)Manusmriti
    Answer: Upanishadas
  • Q. The Rowlatt Act was passed in the year
    A)1925
    B)1919
    C)1927
    D)1930
    Answer: 1919
  • Q. Under the Mughal rule the main occupation of the people was
    A)Agriculture
    B)Sea faring
    C)Working in mines
    D)Service in the army
    Answer: Agriculture
  • Q. Lord Mountbatten put forth the plan proposing the partition of India and the creation of Pakistan :
    A)On June 3, 1947
    B)On May 3, 1947
    C)On July 3, 1947
    D)On August 3, 1947
    Answer: On June 3, 1947
  • Q. The first interim government during the British rule in India was formed in
    A)November, 1945
    B)September, 1945
    C)September, 1946
    D)January, 1947
    Answer: September, 1946
  • Q. As a result of the elections held in early 1937 under the Act of 1935 the Congress formed ministries in provinces
    A)9
    B)7
    C)10
    D)8
    Answer: 8
  • 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

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