History Jainism And Buddhism

Q. Who among the following rulers had embraced Jainism?

A
Bindusara
B
Chandragupta Maurya
C
Ajatashatru
D
Pulakesin

Correct Answer

Chandragupta Maurya

More Questions on History

  • 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. Who founded the organization “servants of Indian society”?
    A)Mahatma Gandhi
    B)Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
    C)Dayanand Saraswati
    D)Gopal Krishna Gokhle
    Answer: Gopal Krishna Gokhle
  • Q. The English established their first factory in Bengal in 1651 at __________
    A)Kassimbazar
    B)Hugli
    C)Patna
    D)Calcutta
    Answer: Hugli
  • Q. Who had rounded the first women’s university in India?
    A)Ishwar Chandra Vidayasagar
    B)Rani Ahilya Devi
    C)Rani of Thomi
    D)Dhondo Keshav Karve
    Answer: Dhondo Keshav Karve
  • Q. Aurangzeb appointed his uncle Shaista Khan as Governor of
    A)Bengal
    B)Kashmir
    C)Punjab
    D)Deccan
    Answer: Deccan
  • Q. The war of Falklands was fought between which two countries
    A)England and French
    B)USA and Brazil
    C)Japan and Korea
    D)England and Argentina
    Answer: England and Argentina
  • 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. The Saivaite Nayanmars and Vashanavaite Alwar preached the Bhakti Cult under which of the following rulers?
    A)Pallavas, Cheras and Rashtrakutas
    B)Pallavas, Pandyas and Cholas
    C)Pallavas, Vijaynagar and Bahmani Kingdoms
    D)Cheras & Pandavas
    Answer: Pallavas, Pandyas and Cholas
  • Q. During the first hundred years of the British rule in India, people’s resentment and opposition to the British policies mainly surfaced in the form of
    A)Peasant uprisings
    B)Tribal uprisings
    C)Civil uprisings
    D)Both A and B above
    Answer: Both A and B above
  • Q. Select the correct pair of writer and their book
    A)Bharavi's Mricchakatika
    B)Bhavabhuti's Utter -Ramacharita
    C)Vishakhadatta's Rajdoot
    D)Shudraka's Kirtarjuniya
    Answer: Bhavabhuti's Utter -Ramacharita
  • Q. Whom did the Britishers call the father of Indian disaffection and the biggest traitor?
    A)Lala Hardayal
    B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    C)Lala Lajpat Rai
    D)None of these
    Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  • Q. Which one of the following wars decided the fate of the French in India?
    A)First Carnatic War
    B)Battle of Wandiwash
    C)Battle of Buxar
    D)Battle of Plassey
    Answer: Battle of Wandiwash
  • Q. Motilal Nehru and Chittaranjan Das were the founder members of the
    A)Forward Block
    B)Communist Party of India
    C)Socialist-Swarajist Party
    D)Swarajya Party
    Answer: Swarajya Party
  • Q. The Uprising of 1857 was described as the first Indian war of Independence by
    A)R.C. Mazumdar
    B)S.N. Sen
    C)B.G. Tilak
    D)V.D. Savakar
    Answer: V.D. Savakar
  • Q. __________formed the Arya Mahila Samaj in Pune?
    A)Swarnakumari Devi
    B)Ramabai Saraswati
    C)Lord Chelmsford
    D)Annie Besant
    Answer: Ramabai Saraswati
  • Q. Who was the Chief Architect of the World Trade Centre, New York?
    A)Minoru Yamasaki
    B)Le Corbusier
    C)Edwin Lutyens
    D)Charles Correa
    Answer: Minoru Yamasaki
  • Q. In which country the Head of the State gets his office by the law of hereditary succession?
    A)Sri Lanka
    B)China
    C)France
    D)Japan
    Answer: Japan
  • Q. Who is called as “beacon of light of Asia”
    A)Mahatma Gandhi
    B)Gautam Buddha
    C)Subhash Chandra Bose
    D)Abdul Gaffer khan
    Answer: Subhash Chandra Bose
  • Q. In which pact, warm relations were established between “Garam dal” and Naram dal” the two groups of the Indian National Congress?
    A)Lucknow Pact
    B)Gandhi-Irwin Pact
    C)Karachi agreement
    D)Lahore declaration
    Answer: Lucknow Pact
  • Q. Taoism, is an ancient tradition of Philosophy and religious belief deeply rooted in
    A)Chinese custom and world view
    B)Taiwanese custom and world view
    C)Japanese custom and world view
    D)Vietnamese custom and world view
    Answer: Chinese custom and world view

Leave a Comment