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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
The Arthashastra composed by Kautilya is divided into how many sections? |
| A. | 11 |
| B. | 12 |
| C. | 15 |
| D. | 17 |
| Answer» D. 17 | |
| 2. |
Which dynasty ruled Magadha after Nanda dynasty? |
| A. | maurya |
| B. | Kushan |
| C. | secret |
| D. | Shung |
| Answer» B. Kushan | |
| 3. |
Who among the following is not the ruler of Maurya dynasty? |
| A. | ajatshatru |
| B. | Ashok |
| C. | Bindusara |
| D. | Chandragupta Maurya |
| Answer» B. Ashok | |
| 4. |
Who called Pataliputra Polibrotha? |
| A. | Strabo |
| B. | megasthenes |
| C. | Plutarch |
| D. | Ariane |
| Answer» C. Plutarch | |
| 5. |
Who among the following is the person whose name was also 'Dewan Piyadashi'? |
| A. | Mauryan Emperor Chandragupta |
| B. | Mauryan Emperor Ashoka |
| C. | Gautam buddha |
| D. | Lord Mahavir |
| Answer» C. Gautam buddha | |
| 6. |
Who among the following was the successor of Ashoka? |
| A. | Kunal |
| B. | Rahul |
| C. | Bindusara |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. Rahul | |
| 7. |
Ashoka the Great adopted which of the following religions after the conquest of Kalinga? |
| A. | Judism |
| B. | Jain |
| C. | Hindu |
| D. | Buddhist |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8. |
Who mainly helped in the expansion of Chandragupta's rule? |
| A. | Purification |
| B. | Shudraka |
| C. | Chanakya |
| D. | Umagupta |
| Answer» D. Umagupta | |
| 9. |
Which art and sculpture does Sanchi represent? |
| A. | Jain |
| B. | Christian |
| C. | muslim |
| D. | Buddhist |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
Who was the ruler who killed his elder brother Susim to sit on the throne? |
| A. | Ashok |
| B. | Simuk |
| C. | Kanishk |
| D. | ajatshatru |
| Answer» B. Simuk | |
| 11. |
The great religious event 'Mahamastakabhisheka' is related to and for whom of the following? |
| A. | Mahavir |
| B. | bahubali |
| C. | Buddha |
| D. | Nataraja |
| Answer» C. Buddha | |
| 12. |
Anekantism is the core theory and philosophy of which of the following? |
| A. | Buddhism |
| B. | Vaishnavism |
| C. | Sikhism |
| D. | Jainism |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13. |
Whose Prime Minister was Chanakya? |
| A. | Chandragupta Maurya |
| B. | ajatshatru |
| C. | Ashok |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. ajatshatru | |
| 14. |
Who among the following was the wife of Emperor Ashoka who impressed him? |
| A. | Charulata |
| B. | Chandalika |
| C. | Karuwaki |
| D. | gautami |
| Answer» D. gautami | |
| 15. |
Which is the oldest vihara in India? |
| A. | Udantapuri |
| B. | Vikramshila |
| C. | Fry |
| D. | Nalanda |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16. |
Which one of the following was not simultaneous with the other three? |
| A. | Gautam buddha |
| B. | Prasenjit |
| C. | Milind |
| D. | Bimbisar |
| Answer» D. Bimbisar | |
| 17. |
During whose time Buddhism clearly split into two independent sects 'Hinayana' and 'Mahayana'? |
| A. | Ashok |
| B. | ajatshatru |
| C. | Kanishk |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 18. |
Who was the exponent of 'Yogachar' or 'Vigyanism'? |
| A. | Maitreyanath |
| B. | Mahakassup |
| C. | ashvaghosh |
| D. | Nagarjuna |
| Answer» B. Mahakassup | |
| 19. |
Jain literature is called? |
| A. | Corporation |
| B. | Augment |
| C. | barley |
| D. | texts |
| Answer» C. barley | |
| 20. |
What was the center of Buddhist learning? |
| A. | sanchi |
| B. | Vikramshila |
| C. | Gone |
| D. | Ajanta |
| Answer» C. Gone | |
| 21. |
By what other name is the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara known in Mahayana Buddhism? |
| A. | Manjushree |
| B. | thunderbolt |
| C. | Maitreya |
| D. | Verse water |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22. |
Where was the first Jain Mahasabha organized? |
| A. | Vallabhi |
| B. | पावा |
| C. | abu |
| D. | Patna |
| Answer» E. | |
| 23. |
What is the word for complete knowledge in Jainism? |
| A. | gin |
| B. | nirvana |
| C. | kaivalya |
| D. | Gemstone |
| Answer» D. Gemstone | |
| 24. |
Who is called 'Light of Asia'? |
| A. | to Akbar |
| B. | to Mahatma Gandhi |
| C. | Of Gautama Buddha |
| D. | Of Mao Zedong |
| Answer» D. Of Mao Zedong | |
| 25. |
What is Syadvada theory? |
| A. | of Jainism |
| B. | of Shaivism |
| C. | of Vaishnavism |
| D. | of Lokayata religion |
| Answer» B. of Shaivism | |
| 26. |
When was Gautam Buddha born? |
| A. | 558 BC |
| B. | 561 BC |
| C. | 563 BC |
| D. | 544 BC |
| Answer» D. 544 BC | |
| 27. |
Who first started the worship of Vasudev Krishna? |
| A. | Vedic Aryans |
| B. | the sattva |
| C. | abhire ne |
| D. | Tamils |
| Answer» C. abhire ne | |
| 28. |
In which of the following cities was the first Buddhist music held? |
| A. | Nalanda |
| B. | Bodhgaya |
| C. | palace |
| D. | Gone |
| Answer» D. Gone | |
| 29. |
Where was Mahavir Swami born? |
| A. | in kundagram |
| B. | in Vaishali |
| C. | in Magadha |
| D. | in Pataliputra |
| Answer» B. in Vaishali | |
| 30. |
What is the fundamental point of Jainism? |
| A. | Karma |
| B. | Dispassion |
| C. | non-violence |
| D. | loyalty |
| Answer» D. loyalty | |
| 31. |
What was the original name of Mahavira? |
| A. | crescent |
| B. | Siddhartha |
| C. | gautam |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. Siddhartha | |
| 32. |
Who said 'live and let live'? |
| A. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| B. | Mahavir Swami |
| C. | Vinoba Bhave |
| D. | Gautam buddha |
| Answer» C. Vinoba Bhave | |
| 33. |
Who among the following wanted to be the head of the Sangha during the lifetime of the Buddha? |
| A. | devdutt |
| B. | happiness |
| C. | Upali |
| D. | Mahakassup |
| Answer» B. happiness | |
| 34. |
According to Jain tradition, which Tirthankara was Mahavira? |
| A. | first |
| B. | tenth |
| C. | eighteenth |
| D. | twenty four |
| Answer» E. | |
| 35. |
Whose book is 'Jataka'? |
| A. | Vaishnava |
| B. | Shaiva |
| C. | Buddhist |
| D. | Jain |
| Answer» D. Jain | |
| 36. |
Why is Sanchi famous? |
| A. | largest buddhist stupa |
| B. | cavity painting |
| C. | Ashoka's inscriptions |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. cavity painting | |
| 37. |
Who was the first woman to embrace Buddhism? |
| A. | Bimba |
| B. | Mahamaya |
| C. | Mahaprajapati Gautami |
| D. | Yashodhara |
| Answer» D. Yashodhara | |
| 38. |
Who patronized the Third Buddhist Council? |
| A. | junior |
| B. | Upali |
| C. | Mahakassup |
| D. | Ashok |
| Answer» E. | |
| 39. |
What is the symbol of Buddha's renunciation? |
| A. | horse |
| B. | sheep |
| C. | bull |
| D. | elephant |
| Answer» B. sheep | |
| 40. |
During whose reign the Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti came to Rajasthan? |
| A. | Prithvi Raj Chauhan |
| B. | Rana Kumbha |
| C. | Maharana Pratap |
| D. | Tell Rana |
| Answer» B. Rana Kumbha | |
| 41. |
Sufia Kalam ji is a type of devotional music, what is its specialty? |
| A. | of Gujarat |
| B. | of Rajasthan |
| C. | of Kashmir |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 42. |
During the reign of which ruler did Buddhism reach Nepal? |
| A. | Samudragupta |
| B. | Harshavardhana |
| C. | Chandra Gupta |
| D. | Ashok |
| Answer» E. | |
| 43. |
Who was the Sufi saint who believed that devotional music was the way to approach God? |
| A. | Syed Muhammad |
| B. | baba farid |
| C. | Shah Alam Bukhari |
| D. | muinruddin chishti |
| Answer» E. | |
| 44. |
What is the Islamic mystic movement called? |
| A. | din-e-ilahi |
| B. | Sufi Movement |
| C. | tauheed-e-ilahi |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. tauheed-e-ilahi | |
| 45. |
The Sufi sequence is basically related to? |
| A. | Hinduism |
| B. | Buddhism |
| C. | Islam |
| D. | Sikhism |
| Answer» D. Sikhism | |
| 46. |
Who established the Chishti sequence in India? |
| A. | Salim Chishti |
| B. | Sheikh Moinruddin Chishti |
| C. | Hamiduddin Nagori |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. Hamiduddin Nagori | |
| 47. |
What was the childhood name of Sher Shah? |
| A. | farid khan |
| B. | eat out |
| C. | Hussain Khan |
| D. | Hassan Khan |
| Answer» B. eat out | |
| 48. |
Who was the first writer to use Urdu as a poetic expression? |
| A. | Amir Khusro |
| B. | Bahadur Shah Zafar |
| C. | Faiz |
| D. | mirza ghalib |
| Answer» B. Bahadur Shah Zafar | |
| 49. |
In which of the following languages was the Buddhist text 'Pitakas' composed? |
| A. | lobe |
| B. | Sanskrit |
| C. | Ardhamagadhi |
| D. | Prakrit |
| Answer» B. Sanskrit | |
| 50. |
Who among the following Sufis was against music? |
| A. | chishti |
| B. | suhrawardi |
| C. | Nakshabandi |
| D. | Qadiri |
| Answer» D. Qadiri | |