Q. Who among the following rulers had embraced Jainism?

Correct Answer

Chandragupta Maurya

More Questions on History

  • Q. There were widespread risings against the British in the 1820s. Which one of the following did not revolt in the 1820s?
    A)Ahoms
    B)Santhals
    C)Pagal Panthis
    D)Ramosi
    Answer: Santhals
  • Q. The Mughal Emperor who caused the murder of Guru Arjan was
    A)Akbar
    B)Babur
    C)Shah Jahan
    D)Jahangir
    Answer: Jahangir
  • Q. Aurangzeb appointed his uncle Shaista Khan as Governor of
    A)Bengal
    B)Kashmir
    C)Punjab
    D)Deccan
    Answer: Deccan
  • Q. Who founded Atmiya Sabha in 1815?
    A)Dayanand Saraswati
    B)Brahma Datt
    C)Raja Rammohan Roy
    D)None of these
    Answer: Raja Rammohan Roy
  • Q. To which of the following dynasties did King Bhoja, a great patron of literature and art, belong?
    A)Utpala
    B)Karkota
    C)Paramara
    D)Gurjara Pratihara
    Answer: Paramara
  • Q. Who shot dead John Saunders on 17th December 1928?
    A)Mangal Pandey
    B)Bhagat Singh
    C)Sukhdev
    D)Bipin Chandra Pal
    Answer: Bhagat Singh
  • Q. The tax which the kings used to collect from the people in the Vedic period was called
    A)Vidatha
    B)Bali
    C)Varman
    D)Kara
    Answer: Bali
  • Q. Sati was declared a punishable offence in__________
    A)1729
    B)1727
    C)1829
    D)1834
    Answer: 1829
  • Q. Under pressure from his family, Nanu married__________, the daughter of a traditional village doctor
    A)Kaliamma
    B)Kaliamma
    C)Rohini
    D)Meenkshi Amma
    Answer: Kaliamma
  • Q. The members of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan’s Red Shirt Movement were known as
    A)Insan-i-Khidmatgar (Servants of the people)
    B)Khidmatgars (Servants)
    C)Khuda-i-Khidamatgar (Servants of God)
    D)Angels of Freedom
    Answer: Khuda-i-Khidamatgar (Servants of God)
  • Q. Which governor General abolished the ‘Sati System’ in India?
    A)Lord Ripon
    B)Lord Canning
    C)Lord William Bentinck
    D)Lord Dalhousie
    Answer: Lord William Bentinck
  • Q. The Marathas first served the rulers of
    A)Mughal empire
    B)Muhammadan kingdoms of the south
    C)Vijayanagar
    D)Afghanistan
    Answer: Muhammadan kingdoms of the south
  • Q. To whom is the statement “Cowardice and ahimsa do not go together any more than water and fire” attributed?
    A)M K Gandhi
    B)Acharya Narendra Dev
    C)Swami Vivekananda
    D)Jayaprakash Narayan
    Answer: M K Gandhi
  • Q. The famous Quit India Resolution was passed on
    A)August 28, 1942
    B)August 8, 1942
    C)April 4, 1928
    D)April 24, 1928
    Answer: August 8, 1942
  • Q. In the Rigveda the term Dasas and Dasyus refers to
    A)tribals
    B)robbers
    C)non-Aryans
    D)menials
    Answer: non-Aryans
  • Q. The Persian ruler who besieged Qandhar in Jahangir’s reign was
    A)Shah Parvez
    B)Shah Muhammad
    C)Shah Abbas
    D)Shah Raza
    Answer: Shah Abbas
  • Q. Who among the following has been given honorary status among the seven wonders of the modern world?
    A)Great Pyramid of Giza
    B)Taj Mahal
    C)Petra
    D)Colosseum
    Answer: Great Pyramid of Giza
  • Q. Against which Mughal Emperor was a FATWA issued from Jaunpur?
    A)Akbar
    B)Humayun
    C)Shahjahan
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Akbar
  • Q. Find out the correct match of the following
    A)Adam Khan - Akbar
    B)Asaf Khan - Akbar
    C)Bairam Khan - Akbar
    D)Shaista Khan - Akbar
    Answer: Bairam Khan - Akbar
  • Q. Who is called the “Greatest Investigator of Antiquity”?
    A)Darwin
    B)Aristotle
    C)Cuvier
    D)Socrates
    Answer: Darwin

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