History Mauryan Empire

Q. Who started the Saka Era which is still used by the Government of India?

A
Vikramaditya
B
Kanishka
C
Samudra Gupta
D
Ashoka

Correct Answer

Kanishka

More Questions on History

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    A)Avadh Behari
    B)Amir Chand
    C)Rasbihari Bose
    D)Basant Kumar Biswas
    Answer: Rasbihari Bose
  • Q. Shree Narayana Guru was a great socio-religious reformer of
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    B)Kerala
    C)Andhra Pradesh
    D)Karnataka
    Answer: Kerala
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    B)Samarkand
    C)Kabul
    D)Portugal
    Answer: Samarkand
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    A)Mubarak Khalji
    B)Jalaluddin Khalji
    C)Khusru Khan
    D)Alauddin Khalji
    Answer: Alauddin Khalji
  • Q. Who wrote in 1900 to the Secretary of state for India-‘It is my firm belief that the congress is staggering towards its downfall and it is my great desire that during my stay in India I should help in its peaceful demise?”
    A)Lord Hardinge
    B)Lord Curzon
    C)Lord Chelmsford
    D)Lord Minto
    Answer: Lord Curzon
  • Q. The Ruins of Harappa and Mohanjodaro were found on which of the following river bank?
    A)Indus
    B)Ravi
    C)Beas
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  • Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about the women devotees of the period? I. Karaikkal Ammaiyar, a devotee of Shiva, adopted the path of extreme asceticism in order to attain her goal. II. Andal and Karaikkal Ammaiyar renounced their social obligations, but did not join an alternative order or become nuns.
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    C)Both I & II
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  • Q. Why was the Second Round Table Conference failed?
    A)Suspension of Civil Disobedience Movement
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    C)Grant of Dominion Status
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    A)Amoghvarsha-I
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    C)Krishna-I
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    B)Mir Jumla
    C)Shayista Khan
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    A)Narayana Guru
    B)Mahatma Gandhi
    C)Chattambi Swamikal
    D)C.Kesavan
    Answer: Narayana Guru
  • Q. In 1905 __________ laid the foundation of the ‘servants of India society’, with a view to the training of national missionaries for the service of India, and to promote by all constitutional means, the true interest of the Indian people
    A)Dadabai Naoroji
    B)Gokhale
    C)R. C. Dutt
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  • Q. Which Viceroy of India had largest tenure during British rule:
    A)Lord Mountbatten
    B)Lord Linlithgow
    C)Lord Bentick
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  • Q. Who said that, the religion was highly practical and sternly ethical?
    A)Namadeva
    B)Chaitanya
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  • Q. When did China start the Civil Services Examination?
    A)1905
    B)605
    C)1920
    D)1949
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  • Q. Which of the following statements about the Rigvedic Aryans is incorrect?
    A)We have some indications of polyandry in this period
    B)We do not find any trace of widow remarriage in the Rigvedic period
    C)There are no examples of child marriage in this period
    D)The practice of levirate was known
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  • Q. Ashoka’s claim to be one of the greatest rulers in world history life in the fact that
    A)he worked for the material moral and spiritual uplift of the people
    B)his aims covered both the religious and secular aspects of life
    C)after a single conquest he dedicated himself completely to the cause of peace
    D)he attempted to unify the people of different castes and communities into a bound of common moral ideal
    Answer: after a single conquest he dedicated himself completely to the cause of peace
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    A)1940
    B)1939
    C)1941
    D)1945
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  • Q. In 1906 to protest discrimination against Indians in S. Africa Mahatma Gandhi started
    A)Satyagraha at Cape Town
    B)Satyagraha at Durban
    C)Satyagraha at Port Elizabeth
    D)Satyagraha at Johannesburg
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