history quiz

After the Kalinga War, Ashoka decided never to wage any war because?

• After the conquest of Kalinga the political unity of Mauryan India had been achieved

• Ashoka felt apologetic about the destruction of men and material on both sides in the war.

• He was moved by the violence, slaughter and sufferings to the combatants and non-combatants in the war

• Shortly after the war he adopted Buddhism which was opposed to violence

At which place was the All India Khilafat Conference held in 1919?

• Delhi

• Lucknow

• Kolkata

• Mumbai

Dr. B. R Ambedkar was conferred 'Bharat Ratna' during the regime of

• UPA

• NDA

• BJP

• JD

Four resolutions were passed at the famous Calcutta session of Indian National Congress in 1906. The question of either retention OR of rejection of these four resolutions became the cause of a split in Congress at the next Congress session held in Surat in 1907. Which one of the following was not one of those resolutions?

• National education

• Swadeshi

• Annulment of partition of Bengal

• Boycott

The Indus or Harappan Civilisation is distinguished from the other contemporary civilisations by its:

• town planning

• underground drainage system

• uniformity of weights and measures

• large agricultural surplus

The term socialist was added in the Preamble by the ........ amendment?

• 43rd

• 44th

• 40th

• 50th

The Vedic Aryans first settled in the region of

• Central India

• Gangetic Doab

• Saptasindhu

• Kashmir and Punjab

Vikramshila University, an ancient university of India whose ruins are situated in present day Bihar, was founded by which Pala ruler ?

• Mahipala

• Govindpala

• Devapala

• Dharmapala