Indian History : General Knowledge Questions and Answers

Q31. Buddha attained Mahaparinirvana in the republic of the

[A] Sakyas

[B] Mallas

[C] Palas

[D] Lichhavis

Q32. Who of the following was a contemporary of Gautama Buddha?

[A] Parsvanath

[B] Chandragupta Maurya

[C] Vardhaman Mahavira

[D] Bhadrabahu

Q33. Which one of the following scripts of ancient India was written from right to left?

[A] Sharada

[B] Brahmi

[C] Kharoshti

[D] Nandnagari

Q34. The list of sixteen Mahajanapadas is available in

[A] Chhandogya Upanishad

[B] Mahabharat

[C] Samyukta Nikaya

[D] Anguttar Nikaya

500+ Indian History Quiz Questions & Answers

Q35. Which one of the following propounded that ‘destiny determines everything, man is powerless’?

[A] Ajivakas

[B] Mimansakas

[C] Jains

[D] Buddhists

Q36. Who called Subhash Chandra Bose as Desh Nayak?

[A] Bal Gangadhar Tilak

[B] Rabindranath Tagore

[C] Lala Lajpat Rai

[D] Mahatma Gandhi

Q37. On which river and in which state is the Jayakwadi dam situated?

[A] Ravi river – Punjab

[B] Periyar river – Kerala

[C] Godavari river – Maharashtra

[D] Banas river – Rajasthan

Q38. Among the following who is given the credit of carrying Jainism in south India

[A] Bhadrabahu

[B] Sthulabhadra

[C] Sudharmana

[D] Indrabhuti

Q39. The Indus Valley houses were built of

[A] Wood

[B] Stone

[C] Pucca bricks

[D] all of these

Q40. Which one of the following four vedas contains an account of magical charms and spells?

[A] Atharvaveda

[B] Yajurveda

[C] Rigaveda

[D] Samaveda