Q. Who is said to be responsible for the spread of Jainism in Karnataka?

Correct Answer

Chandragupta Maurya

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  • Q. Indian Association formed in __________ was one of the pioneer political associations with an all India outlook
    A)1776
    B)1769
    C)1874
    D)1876
    Answer: 1876
  • Q. Who preaches Vishishtadvaita?
    A)Saivaite Nayanmars
    B)Tulsidas
    C)Sankara
    D)Ramanuja
    Answer: Ramanuja
  • Q. The Indus or Harappan Civilisation is distinguished from the other contemporary civilisations by its
    A)underground drainage system
    B)town planning
    C)uniformity of weights and measures
    D)large agricultural surplus
    Answer: underground drainage system
  • Q. Chandragupta Maurya with the help of Chanakya decided to overthrow the Nandas because
    A)the Nandas were low-born
    B)Chanakya had been humiliated by the Nandas
    C)the Nandas had accumulated a great deal of wealth by extortion and oppression of the people
    D)Chanakya wanted to restore the ideal of Kshatriya rule
    Answer: the Nandas had accumulated a great deal of wealth by extortion and oppression of the people
  • Q. Mahatma Gandhi launched Kheda Satyagrah on Gujrat in 1918 to support the cause of :
    A)Land Lords
    B)Mill Owners
    C)The peasants
    D)Kol Rebellion
    Answer: The peasants
  • Q. The Poona Pact (1932) was an agreement between
    A)Gandhi and Ambedkar
    B)Nehru and Ambedkar
    C)Malaviya and Ambedkar
    D)Gandhi and Nehru
    Answer: Gandhi and Ambedkar
  • Q. Who contemptuously referred to Mahatma Gandhi as a halfnaked fakir?
    A)Lord Irwin
    B)Lord Wavell
    C)Lord Willingdon
    D)Winston Churchill
    Answer: Winston Churchill
  • Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct about Bhakti Movement? I. The leader of the bhakti movement focusing on the Lord as Rama was Ramananda. II. Sri Ramanuja Acharya was an Indian philosopher and is recognized as the most important saint of Sri Vaishnavism
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I & II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Both I & II
  • Q. Infanticide was completely banned by the
    A)Sharda Act, 1930
    B)Bengal Regulation Act XVII of 1829
    C)Bengal Regulation Act XXI of 1795
    D)Minto-Morley reforms
    Answer: Bengal Regulation Act XXI of 1795
  • Q. Where does Dutch founded their first factory in India?
    A)Masaulipatam
    B)Nagapatam
    C)Pulicat
    D)Cochin
    Answer: Masaulipatam
  • Q. Aurangzeb sent Mukarrab Khan against
    A)Shivaji
    B)Shaji Bhonsle
    C)Sambaji
    D)Shahu
    Answer: Sambaji
  • Q. The famous Buddhist scholar Ashvaghosha was a contemporary of which one of the following?
    A)Bindusara
    B)Ashoka
    C)Harsha
    D)Kanishka
    Answer: Kanishka
  • Q. When did the Battle of Plassey take place?
    A)1751
    B)1707
    C)1757
    D)1765
    Answer: 1757
  • Q. Which of the following is not a category into which Ashoka’s monuments may be grouped?
    A)Pillars
    B)Stupas
    C)Viharas
    D)Caves
    Answer: Viharas
  • Q. Which of the following is an intensely emotional form of Hinduism that flourished from the sixteenth century, mainly in Bengal and eastern Orissa?
    A)Krishna cult of Vallabhacharya
    B)Gaudiya Sampradaya
    C)Shiva cult of Vallabhacharya
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Gaudiya Sampradaya
  • Q. Who played an important role in bringing all the states in the independent India into the country’s unity?
    A)Hume
    B)Sardar Patel
    C)Subhash Chandra Bose
    D)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
    Answer: Sardar Patel
  • Q. When was Seville incorporated into the Christian Kingdom of Castile?
    A)1248
    B)1200
    C)1203
    D)1261
    Answer: 1248
  • Q. In 1942, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill sent :
    A)Cripps Mission to India
    B)Wavell Mission to India
    C)Mount Mission to India
    D)August Offer
    Answer: Cripps Mission to India
  • Q. The problem that exercised and evoked the reformists in the 19th century to the greatest extent related to
    A)Caste restrictions
    B)Education
    C)Religious revivalism
    D)Women's issues
    Answer: Women's issues
  • Q. Assertion (A): Babur won the first Battle of Panipat. Reason (R): Babur was the first to introduce the use of cannons in India
    A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    B)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
    C)A is true but R is false
    D)A is false but R is true
    Answer: Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

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