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?

Devabhuti Signup and view all the answers

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

Sakala Signup and view all the answers

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

Milindapanho Signup and view all the answers

Who founded the Lodhi dynasty in India?

Bahlol Lodhi 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?

Jizya Signup and view all the answers

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

Timur Signup and view all the answers

Who built a new city called Ahmedabad?

Ahmed Shah I Signup and view all the answers

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

Gaz-i-Sikandari Signup and view all the answers

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

Ibrahim Lodhi Signup and view all the answers

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

Passage of the Indian Universities Act of 1904 Signup and view all the answers

What was the result of the August Declaration of 1917?

The Montford reforms or the Government of India Act of 1919 Signup and view all the answers

Who founded the Hindu Mahasabha in 1915?

Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya Signup and view all the answers

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

It was cancelled Signup and view all the answers

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

1911 Signup and view all the answers

Who founded the Sabarmati Ashram in 1916?

Gandhi Signup and view all the answers

Who is considered the Father of Civil Services in India?

Lord Cornwallis Signup and view all the answers

Who translated the Abhigyan Shakuntalam into English in 1789?

William Jones Signup and view all the answers

What was the outcome of the Third Maratha War?

Dissolution of the Maratha confederacy Signup and view all the answers

Who introduced the Subsidiary Alliance in 1798?

Lord Wellesley Signup and view all the answers

What was the outcome of the Anglo-Nepal War?

Treaty of Sagauli Signup and view all the answers

What was the significance of the Charter Act of 1833?

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

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

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

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

CR Das Signup and view all the answers

Why did Indian leaders oppose the Simon Commission in 1927?

Because there were no Indians in the commission Signup and view all the answers

What was significant about the Dandi March of 1930?

It had countrywide mass participation by women 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?

Lala Lajpat Rai Signup and view all the answers

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

It was the first conference between the British and Indians as equals Signup and view all the answers