Aug 17, 2020 - Daily Quiz
1 . Consider the following statements:
1. Arya Samaj was founded in 1835.
2. Lala Lajpat Rai opposed the appeal of Arya Samaj to the authority of Vedas in support of its social reform programmes.
3. Keshab Chandra Sen formulated the Nav-vidhan for the fusion of Hinduism and Christianity.
4. Vinoba Bhave founded the Bhoodan movement. Which of these statements are correct?
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 2 and 4
(d) 3 and 4
2 .
Which one of the following statements is not correct?
(a) The statue of Gomateshwara at Sravanabelagola represents the last Tirthankara of Jains
(b) India’s largest Buddhist monastery is in Arunachal Pradesh
(c) The Khajuraho temples were built under Chandela Kings
(d) The Hoyasalesvara temple is dedicated to Siva.
3 .
Consider the following statements:
- The Junagarh rock inscription of Rudradaman says that Pushyagupta, a provincial governor of Chandragupta Maurya, constructed a dam on the Sudarsana lake for irrigation.
- Chandragupta Maurya abdicated the throne and retired to Sravanabelgola in Karnataka with his teacher, the Jain ascetic Bhadrabahu.
- Bindusara appointed his eldest son Sumana (also named Susima) as his viceroy at Taxila and Ashoka at Ujjain.
Which of these statements are correct?
(a) 2 and 3
(b) 1,2 and 3
(c) 1 and 2
(d) 1 and 3
4 .
With reference to Delhi Sultanates in Indian history, consider the following statements:
- Slaves were called Bandagans.
- Khiljis and Ghoris were collectively called Tajiks-Free born.
- Paper was introduced from Samarkand.
- Iltutmish averted Mongol invasion under Chengiz khan by refusing to give shelter to Khwarizm shah.
Which of these statements are correct?
(A) 1 and 2
(B) 1 and 3
(C) 2 and 3
(D) All are correct.
5 .
Consider the following:
- Warren Hastings was the Father of civil services in India.
- The Regulating Act, 1773, established a Supreme Court at Calcutta.
- The Indian Penal Code came into effect in the year 1860. Which of the statements is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Answers :
- d
- a
- b
- d
- b
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