Q. Who among the following rulers was first to embrace Buddhism?

Correct Answer

Ashoka

More Questions on History

  • Q. Which of the following domesticated animals was absent in the terracottas of the Indus civilization?
    A)Sheep
    B)Buffalo
    C)Cow
    D)Pig
    Answer: Cow
  • Q. The first Bhakti Movement was organised by
    A)Meera
    B)Nanak
    C)Ramdas
    D)Ramanujacharya
    Answer: Ramanujacharya
  • Q. The Brahmin minister of Sambhaji (Son and Successor of Shivaji) upon whom he invested the title of ‘Pinnacle of Poets’ was
    A)Kavindra Acharya
    B)Kavi Kalash
    C)Kavi Bhusan
    D)Kavi Martanda
    Answer: Kavi Kalash
  • Q. Which famous book was written by Nostradamus
    A)Das Kapital
    B)Les Propheties
    C)The Tempest
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Les Propheties
  • Q. Who among the following is known as the “Father of the Indian Renaissance”?
    A)Rabindra Nath Tagore
    B)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
    C)Swami Dayanand Saraswati
    D)Swami Vivekanand
    Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
  • Q. Where did the so-called ‘Black Hole Tragedy’ take place ?
    A)Monghyr
    B)Daccan
    C)Calcutta
    D)Murshidabad
    Answer: Calcutta
  • Q. The first political association of India founded in 1891 was the
    A)Indian Association
    B)Landholders Society of Calcutta
    C)British Indian Association
    D)Madras Native Association
    Answer: Landholders Society of Calcutta
  • Q. With whom is the slogan “Do or Die” associated?
    A)Lala Lajpat Rai
    B)Subhas Chandra Bose
    C)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    D)Mahatma Gandhi
    Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
  • Q. When Ramakrishna Mission was founded?
    A)1797
    B)1795
    C)1894
    D)1897
    Answer: 1897
  • Q. Swami Vivekananda’s father, __________, was a successful attorney with interests in a wide range of subjects
    A)Narendra Nath Datta
    B)Vishwanath Datta
    C)Sri Ramakrishna
    D)Rashik Krishna Mallik
    Answer: Vishwanath Datta
  • Q. What is the name of the World’s smallest republic which has an area of 21 sq. km only?
    A)Palermo
    B)Nauru
    C)Vatican City
    D)Namur
    Answer: Nauru
  • Q. The youngest President of the Indian National Congress, who held that office at the age of 35, was
    A)Subhash Chandra Bose
    B)Jawaharlal Nehru
    C)Annie Besant
    D)Abul Kalam Azad
    Answer: Abul Kalam Azad
  • Q. When the East India Company came into existence, England was ruled by the__________
    A)Stuarts
    B)Hanoverians
    C)Normans
    D)Tudors
    Answer: Stuarts
  • Q. The Jaina saint credited with the spread of Jainism in Karnataka (south India) was
    A)Adinatha
    B)Bhadrabahu
    C)Parshvanatha
    D)Mahavira
    Answer: Bhadrabahu
  • 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. Of the following who was a poet and political thinker?
    A)Jinnah
    B)Gandhi
    C)Mohammed Iqbal
    D)Patel
    Answer: Mohammed Iqbal
  • Q. On June 14, 1927 __________consecrated a mirror – with the message “Om shanti” written on the surface – in a temple in Kalavankode
    A)T. K. Madhavan
    B)Rajaram Mohan Roy
    C)Sree Narayana Guru
    D)Govindan Vaidyar
    Answer: Sree Narayana Guru
  • Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct related to the Megasthenese profess of writing? I. Megasthenese wrote extensively in a book called ‘Indica’ which is no longer available to us. II. Megasthenese’s writings could be seen through various extracts in the writings of Diodorous, Strabo and Arrian. III. Megasthenese mentions that Indian society comprised of seven castes (jatis)
    A)I and II
    B)Only I
    C)II and III
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. In 1739, who defeated the Mughal army at the Battle of Karnal?
    A)Genghis Khan
    B)Nader Shah
    C)Hemu Vikramaclitya
    D)Bajirao-I
    Answer: Nader Shah
  • Q. The Mughal painting reached its zenith during the reign of
    A)Jahangir
    B)Akbar
    C)Shahjahan
    D)Akbar-II
    Answer: Jahangir

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