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Gautama Buddha was elevated to the position of God by the time of

A) Ashoka B) Kanishka
C) Chandragupta Vikramaditya D) Harsha
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Kanishka

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Jainism was divided into two-sects Swetambaras(White-clad) and Digambaras(Sky-clad or naked) - During the reign of the

A) Nandas B) Mauryas
C) Kusanas D) Shungas
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Mauryas

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During which one of the following movements did Mahatma Gandhi write: 'Personally I am so sick of slavery that I am even prepared to take the rise of anarchy' ?

A) Home Rule movement B) Non-Co-operaton movement
C) Civil Disobedience movement D) Quit India movement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Quit India movement

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Which of the following act was mentioned as a " Charter of Slavery " by Jawahar Lal Nehru ?

A) Government of India Act, 1935 B) Vernacular Press Act
C) Government of India Act, 1919 D) Regulation Act
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Government of India Act, 1935

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The safeguards and the special powers vested in the Governor General was something like a 'Charter of Slavery' as mentioned by Jawahar Lal Nehru. He compared it with a "machine with all brakes, no engine".

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In which of the following years sea travel has been made mandatory for Indian soldiers?

 

A) 1854 AD B) 1856 AD
C) 1857 AD D) 1858 AD
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1856 AD

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" Kamarupa " is the old name of ______ state ?

A) Bihar B) Assam
C) Bengal D) Odisha
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Assam

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Alternately it is also called as Pragjyotisha before British rule.

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'My strongest bulwark is gone' lamented Gandhiji on the death of 

A) Gopalakrishna Gokhale B) Motilal Nehru
C) Pherozeshah Mehta D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

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The Phrase the ' Light of Asia' is applied to

A) Alexander B) Chandragupta Maurya
C) Mahavira D) The Buddha
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) The Buddha

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