[MCQ]INDIAN HISTORY MCQs For WBCS Exam||Set 15

INDIAN HISTORY MCQs For WBCS Exam

 Q.1

After which war did Ashoka renounce war?

a) Kalinga 

b) Avanti

c) Magadha 

d) Malwa

Ans.a

Q.2

After Alexander’s death which Indian king defeated his general Seleucus Nicator?

a) Ambhi 

b) Porus

c) Harshvardhana

d) Chandragupta Maurya

Ans.d

Q.3 

Which ancient Indian monarch’s adviser was Chanakya?

a) Kaniska 

b) Ashoka

c) Harshvardhan

d) Chandragupta Maurya

Ans.d

Q.4

Where did Lord Mahavira, the bdth Jain Tirthankar, attain Nirvana?

a) Vaishalli 

b) Pavapuri

c) Kundalgram 

d) Kapilvastu

Ans.b

Q.5

To which ruling dynasty did Gautam Buddha belong?

a) Yadava 

b) Sakya

c) Kuru 

d) Brihadratha

Ans.a

Q.6

Which of these Mauryan kings embraced Jainism?

a) Ashoka 

b) Bindusara

c) Chandragupta Maurya 

d) Ajatshatru

Ans.c

Q.7

Which of the following events occurred first?

a) Death of Gautam Buddha

b) Execution of Socrates

c) Death of Plato

d) Death of Alexander

Ans.a

Q.8

‘Buddha’ means

a) The Enlightened one

b) The Religious Preacher

c) The Genius 

d) The Powerful

Ans.a

Q.9

‘Bull’ in Buddhism is associated with which event of Buddha’s life?

a) Birth 

b) Great departure

c) Enlightenment 

d) Mahaparinirvan

Ans.d

Q.10

The Rig-Veda is a book on

a) sacrificial prayers

b) praise of gods and goddesses

c) mysticism and philosophy

d) political, social and religious life of the people of the Vedic age

Ans.b

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