Ashoka and the Mauryan Empire
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Who deciphered the Brahmi script of Ashokan edicts in AD 1837?

  • Ashoka
  • James Princep (correct)
  • Pushyamitra Sunga
  • Upagupta
  • Which war led to Ashoka's conversion to Buddhism?

  • Battle of Hydaspes
  • Battle of Gaugamela
  • Kalinga War (correct)
  • Battle of the Hydaspes River
  • What was the symbol featured on the Punch-marked coins of the Mauryas?

  • Elephant
  • Peacock and the hill and crescent (correct)
  • Tree
  • Lion
  • Who was the last ruler of the Sunga dynasty?

    <p>Devabhuti</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the name of the capital of Menander, the famous Indo-Greek king?

    <p>Sakala</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the name of the Pali text that describes Menander's conversion to Buddhism?

    <p>Milindapanho</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who founded the Lodhi dynasty in India?

    <p>Bahlol Lodhi</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the name of the tax introduced by Firoz Shah Tughlaq and imposed on Brahmans for the first time?

    <p>Jizya</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who was the Mongol leader who ordered a general massacre in Delhi in 1398?

    <p>Timur</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who built a new city called Ahmedabad?

    <p>Ahmed Shah I</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the name of the unit for measuring cultivated fields introduced by Sikander Lodhi?

    <p>Gaz-i-Sikandari</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who was defeated by Babur in April 1526, leading to the establishment of the Mughal rule in India?

    <p>Ibrahim Lodhi</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the outcome of the Commission appointed under Sir Thomas Raleigh in 1902?

    <p>Passage of the Indian Universities Act of 1904</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the result of the August Declaration of 1917?

    <p>The Montford reforms or the Government of India Act of 1919</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who founded the Hindu Mahasabha in 1915?

    <p>Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the outcome of the Partition of Bengal in 1905?

    <p>It was cancelled</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the year when the capital of India was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi?

    <p>1911</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who founded the Sabarmati Ashram in 1916?

    <p>Gandhi</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is considered the Father of Civil Services in India?

    <p>Lord Cornwallis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who translated the Abhigyan Shakuntalam into English in 1789?

    <p>William Jones</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the outcome of the Third Maratha War?

    <p>Dissolution of the Maratha confederacy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who introduced the Subsidiary Alliance in 1798?

    <p>Lord Wellesley</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the outcome of the Anglo-Nepal War?

    <p>Treaty of Sagauli</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the significance of the Charter Act of 1833?

    <p>It made Lord William Bentinck the first Governor General of India</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the reason behind Gandhiji withdrawing the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1922?

    <p>Because of the clashes between the mob and the police at Chauri-Chaura</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who was the President of the Swaraj Party formed in 1923?

    <p>CR Das</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why did Indian leaders oppose the Simon Commission in 1927?

    <p>Because there were no Indians in the commission</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was significant about the Dandi March of 1930?

    <p>It had countrywide mass participation by women</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who was severely beaten in a lathi-charge during the protest against the Simon Commission and later succumbed to death?

    <p>Lala Lajpat Rai</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was a notable feature of the First Round Table Conference held in 1931?

    <p>It was the first conference between the British and Indians as equals</p> Signup and view all the answers

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