Q. Who among the following rulers had embraced Jainism?

Correct Answer

Chandragupta Maurya

More Questions on History

  • Q. Land Revenue under Tipu__________
    A)Was mainly collected by Government officials appointed by Tipu
    B)Was mainly collected through revenue officers
    C)Was collected by interme-diaries
    D)Was not allowed to go into the hands of Sultan
    Answer: Was mainly collected by Government officials appointed by Tipu
  • Q. The __________ was run by Tarachand Chakravarty
    A)Hesperus
    B)Quill
    C)Enquirer
    D)Bengal Spectator
    Answer: Quill
  • Q. Which was the oldest University?
    A)Kanauj
    B)Gandhara
    C)Nalanda
    D)Vaishali
    Answer: Nalanda
  • Q. Whom did Akbar defeat in the 2nd battle of Panipat in 1556?
    A)Nadir Shah
    B)Genghis Khan
    C)Hemu Vikramaditya
    D)Bajirao-I
    Answer: Hemu Vikramaditya
  • Q. Jyotiba Phule, popularly known as Baba Phule, was a social reformer in Maharashtra. Which of the following is not true about him
    A)Phule through his book Ghulamagiri (1872) and his organization Satyashodhak Mandal, proclaimed the need to save the lower castes from the hypocritical Brahmans and their scriptures
    B)He was the first to raise his voice against Brahmans in Maharashtra in the 1870s
    C)His Satyashodhak Mandal contained both an elite based conservative trend and a genuine mass-based radicalism
    D)The urban educated Marathas were his most ardent followers
    Answer: The urban educated Marathas were his most ardent followers
  • Q. Which of the following place, Buddha was never depicted in a human form but was represented only as a symbol of either two footprints or wheel?
    A)Loria
    B)Sanchi
    C)Kesaria
    D)All of the above
    Answer: Sanchi
  • Q. What do you mean by Mughal Zagir?
    A)Zamidar's property
    B)Providing rent free land
    C)Giving officer a right to revenue
    D)Giving cash salary to Mansabdar
    Answer: Giving officer a right to revenue
  • Q. East Timor, in Indonesian, Archipelago, was the former colony of
    A)English
    B)Dutch
    C)French
    D)Portuguese
    Answer: Portuguese
  • Q. The Opium wars were fought between
    A)Britain and India
    B)Britain and China
    C)India and China
    D)Britain and Japan
    Answer: Britain and China
  • Q. __________ joined the National Secular Society in 1874 and worked in the free thought and radical movements led by Charles Bradlaugh, MP
    A)Tarachand Chakravarty
    B)Annie Besant
    C)D. R. Mukhopadhyaya
    D)Brojnath Dhar
    Answer: Annie Besant
  • Q. Akbar’s mausoleum is situated at
    A)Sikandra
    B)Sasaram
    C)Agra
    D)Delhi
    Answer: Sikandra
  • Q. Consider the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the literature in Ancient India? I. The earliest known work of the Aryans in India was the Rig Veda which is a collection of 1048 hymns in Vedic Sanskrit. II. Most of the hymns are in praise of different Vedic deities and were intended for recitation at the Yajnas or sacrifices
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I and II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Only II
  • Q. Queen Victoria became the Empress of India according to the Act of
    A)1861
    B)1858
    C)1876
    D)1909
    Answer: 1876
  • Q. In which century Bhakti movement began?
    A)7th century
    B)6th century
    C)8th century
    D)9th century
    Answer: 7th century
  • Q. Which of the following Government of India Act gave separate representation to the Muslims?
    A)Act of 1919
    B)Act of 1909
    C)Act of 1935
    D)Act of 1947
    Answer: Act of 1909
  • Q. After the Bardoli Satyagraha, the title of ‘Sardar’ to Vallabhbhai Patel was given by
    A)Motilal Nehru
    B)Jawaharlal Nehru
    C)Mahatma Gandhi
    D)Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
    Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
  • Q. The Arya Samaj is against
    A)Rituals and idol-worship
    B)Existence of God
    C)Hinduism
    D)Islam
    Answer: Rituals and idol-worship
  • Q. Who among the following was impeached in the UK for his actions in India?
    A)Lord Ripon
    B)Lord Wavell
    C)Lord Hastings
    D)Lord Cornwallis
    Answer: Lord Hastings
  • Q. The Vedic term vrihi stands for
    A)Wheat
    B)Cotton
    C)Rice
    D)Barley
    Answer: Rice
  • Q. Barindra Kumar Ghose and Bhupendranath Dutta started:
    A)Som Prakash
    B)Jugantar
    C)Vichar Lahiri
    D)Sandhya
    Answer: Jugantar

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