Q. Who was Mahavira?

Correct Answer

24th Tirthankara

More Questions on History

  • Q. Akbar founded the Din-i-Ilahi primarily to
    A)Ensure racial and communal harmony
    B)Establish a national religion which would be acceptable to the Muslims and the Hindus
    C)Found a religious institution
    D)Put an end to differences between Hindus and Muslims
    Answer: Establish a national religion which would be acceptable to the Muslims and the Hindus
  • Q. Which of the following British official intiated the Doctrine of Lapse?
    A)Lord Auckland
    B)Lord Wellesley
    C)Lord Dalhousie
    D)Warren Hastings
    Answer: Lord Dalhousie
  • Q. How did Abu al-Abbas become well known in the court of Charlemagne?
    A)Distinguished diplomat from the Islamic world
    B)Beloved pet from an Indian king
    C)Gift from the Abbasid court
    D)Muslim enemy of the king
    Answer: Gift from the Abbasid court
  • Q. Which of the following Bhakti saint of Maharashtra responsible for creating a background for Maratha nationalism and also opposed all social distinctions?
    A)Namadev
    B)Gnandeva
    C)Ekanath
    D)Tukaram
    Answer: Tukaram
  • Q. Which Act may be regarded as the beginning of representative system in modern India?
    A)Government of India Act 1918
    B)The Indian councils Act 1861
    C)Government of India Act 1925
    D)Government of India Act 1935
    Answer: The Indian councils Act 1861
  • Q. Who was the first Indian ruler to apply the western methods to his administration?
    A)Tipu Sultan
    B)Haider Ali
    C)Murshid Quli Khan
    D)Malhar Rao Holkar
    Answer: Tipu Sultan
  • Q. Of the following, which country’s constitution did not influence the fathers of Indian Constitution?
    A)The USSR
    B)The USA
    C)Canada
    D)Ireland
    Answer: The USSR
  • Q. The monk who influenced Ashoka to embrace Buddhism was
    A)Upagupta
    B)Vishnu Gupta
    C)Brahma Gupta
    D)Brihadratha
    Answer: Upagupta
  • Q. The Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871) was ended with the signed of
    A)Treaty of Munich
    B)Treaty of Vienna
    C)Treaty of Paris
    D)Treaty of Versailles
    Answer: Treaty of Versailles
  • Q. The historical monument Al Khazneh or The Treasury is located in the city of
    A)Tehran
    B)Baghdad
    C)Giza
    D)Petra
    Answer: Petra
  • Q. Who among the following had been a high court judge, an economist, a social reformer, among the founders or the INC, besides being regarded by A O Hume as his political guru?
    A)Pheroze Shah Mehta
    B)Surendranath Banerjee
    C)Mahadev Gobind Ranade
    D)Dadabhai Naoroji
    Answer: Mahadev Gobind Ranade
  • Q. Who said, “Adolf Hitler is Germany and Germany is Adolf Hitler. He who pledges himself to Hitler pledges himself to Germany”?
    A)Mussolini
    B)R. Hess
    C)Hitler
    D)Communist International
    Answer: R. Hess
  • Q. In which year, the RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean after colliding with an iceberg
    A)1910
    B)1905
    C)1911
    D)1912
    Answer: 1912
  • Q. Who was famously known as the Tuti-e-Hindustan?
    A)Nakhshabi
    B)Utbi
    C)Amir Khusarau
    D)Tansen
    Answer: Amir Khusarau
  • Q. Who was the founder of Swatantra Party?
    A)Dadabhai Naoroji
    B)B. G. Tilak
    C)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
    D)C. Rajagopalachari
    Answer: C. Rajagopalachari
  • Q. Which Mughal emperor was a great musician, a great patron of Hindustani Music and was popularly known as Rangila?
    A)Bahadur Shah II
    B)Bahdur Shah I
    C)Muhammad Shah
    D)Ahmad Shah
    Answer: Muhammad Shah
  • Q. Which of the following languages was in vogue during Mughal period in the courts of India?
    A)Persian
    B)French
    C)Portugese
    D)Arabic
    Answer: Persian
  • Q. The Akbar of Kashmir who reconstructed and rehabilitated all the temples and asked Jonaraja to continue further Kalhana’s Rajatarangini was
    A)Shah Mir Samsuddin
    B)Sikandar
    C)Zain-ul-Abidin
    D)Saifuddin
    Answer: Zain-ul-Abidin
  • Q. Who among the following was the first to make use of artillery in warfare in medieval India?
    A)Ibrahim Lodi
    B)Babur
    C)Sher Shah Suri
    D)Akbar
    Answer: Babur
  • Q. To meet the educational needs of the people, the Madarasa-I-Nasiri was built in the reign of
    A)Iltutmish
    B)Qutub-ud-din Aibak
    C)Ruknuddin Firoz Shah
    D)Jalal-id-din Khilji
    Answer: Iltutmish

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