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

Correct Answer

Chandragupta Maurya

More Questions on History

  • Q. Which of the following statement relates the Dadabhai Naoroji’s definition of ‘Drain of Wealth’?
    A)That a part of India's national wealth or total annual product was being exported to Britain for which India got no material return
    B)Those resources of the country were being utilized in the interest of Britain
    C)That the British industrialists were being given an opportunity to invest in India under the protection of the imperial power
    D)That the British goods were being imported into the country making it poorer day by day
    Answer: That a part of India's national wealth or total annual product was being exported to Britain for which India got no material return
  • Q. Motilal presided over the Congress Session of 1919 held at
    A)Amritsar
    B)Lahore
    C)Calcutta
    D)Bombay
    Answer: Amritsar
  • Q. The previous name of Zaire was
    A)Liberia
    B)Benin
    C)Congo
    D)Sierra Leone
    Answer: Congo
  • Q. What is meant by a ‘Pir’ in the Sufi tradition?
    A)The Guru of the Sufis
    B)The Supreme God
    C)The greatest of all Sufi saints
    D)The orthodox teacher who contests the Sufi beliefs
    Answer: The Guru of the Sufis
  • 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
  • Q. The Earliest Settlements of Aryan tribes were at
    A)Bengal
    B)Uttar Pradesh
    C)Sapta Sindhu
    D)Delhi
    Answer: Sapta Sindhu
  • Q. The Upanishads are separated from the Brahmanas by treatises called __________
    A)Aranyakas
    B)Vedas
    C)Epics
    D)Puranas
    Answer: Aranyakas
  • Q. On what ground did the second split in the congress take place in 1918?
    A)Montague Chelmsford Declaration
    B)Charter act of India
    C)Morley Minto Reforms
    D)None of these
    Answer: Montague Chelmsford Declaration
  • Q. Who had succeeded Mir Jumla as governor of Bengal in the reign of Aurangzeb?
    A)Izid Bakhsh
    B)Siphr Sukoh
    C)Shaista Khan
    D)Shah Shuja
    Answer: Shaista Khan
  • Q. Two major crops introduced in India during the Mughal period were
    A)Potato and Mustard
    B)Millet and Groundnut
    C)Tobacco and Maize
    D)Indigo and Maize
    Answer: Tobacco and Maize
  • Q. Ibn Batuta visited India during the reign of
    A)Alauddin Khalji
    B)Iltutmish
    C)Muhammad bin Tughlaq
    D)Balban
    Answer: Muhammad bin Tughlaq
  • Q. When was the modern petroleum industry started?
    A)1829
    B)1808
    C)1846
    D)1898
    Answer: 1846
  • Q. Name the ruler whose reign was a witness to both Vardhaman Mahavira and the Buddha preaching their respective doctrines?
    A)Bimbisara
    B)Udayin
    C)Ajatashatru
    D)Harshvardhana
    Answer: Bimbisara
  • Q. Who was the first Muslim President of the Indian National congress?
    A)Badruddin Tyabji
    B)Muhammad Ali Jinnah
    C)Sir Sayyed Ahmad Khan
    D)Abul Kalam Azad
    Answer: Badruddin Tyabji
  • 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. Who was the Viceroy when the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place?
    A)Chelmsford
    B)Hardinge-II
    C)Reading
    D)Irwin
    Answer: Chelmsford
  • Q. Which of the following movement was NOT led by Mahatma Gandhi?
    A)Wahabi Movement
    B)Champarah Satyagraha
    C)Non-Coorperation Movement
    D)Civil Disobedience Movenment
    Answer: Wahabi Movement
  • Q. Who threw two bombs on the Door of the Central Assembly in New Delhi on April 8, 1929?
    A)Batukeshwar Dutt
    B)Bhagat Singh
    C)Raj Guru
    D)Both A and B above
    Answer: Both A and B above
  • Q. In November 1781, Sir Eyre Coote defeated __________ at Porto Nova
    A)Marthanda Verma
    B)Hyder Ali
    C)British
    D)Tipu Sultan
    Answer: Hyder Ali
  • Q. Two great socio-religious reformers of the 19th century who provided inspiration to the Indian National Movement were
    A)Raja Ram Mohan Roy and Debendra Nath Tagore
    B)Dayanand Saraswati and Vivekananda
    C)MG Ranade and DK Karve
    D)Keshab Chandra Sen and Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
    Answer: Dayanand Saraswati and Vivekananda

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