Q. Who among the following rulers had embraced Jainism?

Correct Answer

Chandragupta Maurya

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    A)1028 hymns
    B)1000 hymns
    C)500 hymns
    D)2000 hymns
    Answer: 1028 hymns
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    A)Aryabhattiya
    B)Romak Siddhanta
    C)Hora Shastra
    D)Brahma Siddhanta
    Answer: Hora Shastra
  • Q. Consider the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the historical literary sources of Ancient India? I. The ‘Puranas’ serves as a source of historical facts of ancient India. There are eighteen Puranas. They provide historical information of various dynasties. II. According to Dr. R.C. Majumdar, the war occurred in 1000 B.C. Apart from the Kurukshetra war, the Mahabharata contains various accounts of social life and religious thinking of the people of ancient India
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    C)Both I and II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Both I and II
  • Q. In which country is Karbala, the holy city of Shia Muslim located?
    A)Iraq
    B)Iran
    C)Jordan
    D)Syria
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  • Q. Mahatma Gandhi spent a year of complete silence in 1926 to
    A)work for harijan welfare
    B)consolidate Khadi programme
    C)cl do penance for Chauri-Chaura violence
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    Answer: work for harijan welfare
  • Q. The Harappan town considered to be a town of the artists and craftsmen was
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  • Q. The first atomic bomb was thrown over
    A)Hiroshima
    B)Nagasaki
    C)Tokyo
    D)Hong Kong
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  • Q. The Home Rule Movement was aimed at
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    B)complete independence for India
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  • Q. In Indus Valley Civilization, Kalibangan is famous for which of the following?
    A)Sea port
    B)Rock cut architecture
    C)Cotton cultivation
    D)Pottery
    Answer: Pottery
  • Q. Which of the following national leaders did not defended soldiers of the Indian National Army in 1945 case dealing with trial?
    A)Bhula Bhai Desai
    B)Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru
    C)C. Rajagopalachari
    D)Jawaharlal Nehru
    Answer: C. Rajagopalachari
  • Q. Which of the following Tamil literature was written by Ilango Adigal, brother of Senguvattan, a Chera King and who was a Jain monk is a highly regarded epic?
    A)Elathi
    B)Kainnilai
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  • Q. The twenty-third Jaina teacher, Parsva, the immediate predecessor of Mahavira enjoined on his disciples four great vows. To these Mahavira adds which of the followings as the fifth vow?
    A)Non-injury
    B)Abstention from stealing
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  • Q. Queen Victoria’s famous proclamation, transferring authority from the East India Company to the Crown , was made from
    A)Calcutta
    B)London
    C)Delhi
    D)Allahabad
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  • Q. Which of the following is one of the causes for the passing of the Act of 1773?
    A)Success of Double Government
    B)Failure of Double Government
    C)Agitation in India
    D)Desire of the Indian Merchants
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  • Q. Which of the following literary personalities made the greatest contribution in arousing patriotism in the 19th century?
    A)Bankim Chandra with his historical novels culminating with Ananda Math (1882)
    B)Dinbandhu Mitra's exposure of Indigo planters in Nil Darpana
    C)Vishnu Krishna Chiplunkar's Journal Nibandhamaka (1874-81)
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    B)Sanskrit
    C)Pali
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    B)Calicut
    C)Korkai
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    A)Birbal
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  • Q. United Nations was formed in the year
    A)1945
    B)1944
    C)1947
    D)1948
    Answer: 1945
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    B)first Sangam period
    C)third Sangam period
    D)post-third Sangam period
    Answer: second Sangam period

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