RRB NTPC History quiz for Stage I : 05/03/2019

05/03/2019

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Railway/SSC JE 2019 History quiz for Phase I

Railway/SSC JE History quiz for (Phase I), RRB NTPC, SSC various exams and other competitive exams.

Q1. The language of discourses of Gautama Buddha was?

(a) Bhojpuri

(b) Magadhi

(d) Pali

Q2. The trident-shaped symbol of Buddhism does not represent

(a) Nirvana

(b) Sangha

(d) Dhamma

Q3. The term Nirgrantha is associated with?

(a) Ajivikas

(b) Charvakas

(d) Pasupatas

Q4. Which factor influenced most to eliminate caste-system in India?

(a) Rationalism

(b) Job Opportunities

(d) Liberal Education

Q5.Which of the following ruler is called as “Rangeela”?

(a) Muhammad shah

(b) Bahadur shah

(d)Ahmad shah

Q6. Who built the city of Nagalapuram?

(a) Bukka I

(b) Devaraya I

(d) Virupaksha

Q7. During the Civil Disobedience Movement, who led the ‘Red Shirts’ of North-Western India?

(a) Abdul Kalam Azad

(b) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

(d) Shaukat Ali

Q8. The issue on which the Civil Disobedience Movement of 1930 was launched was___

(a) Equal employment opportunities for Indians

(b) The proposed execution of Bhagat Singh

(d) Complete freedom

Q9. The date March 12, 1930 is known in Indian History for—

(a) Dandi March by Mahatma Gandhi

(b) First Round Table Conference

(d) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

Q10. The famous vedic saying “war begins in the minds of men …..”is contained in the

(a) Mundakopanishad

(b) Mahabharata

(d) Atharva Veda

ANSWERS

Ans.1.(d)

Exp. Pali is a Prakrit language native to the Indian subcontinent. It is widely studied because it is the language of much of the earliest extant literature of Buddhism

Ans.2.a)

Exp.The trident shaped symbol does not reperesent to NIRVANA, because in Buddhism trident shaped symbol is a reference to the triple gem: buddha, dhamma, sangha. While as Nirvana (nibbana) literally means “blowing out” or “quenching.”

Ans.3.(c)

Exp. The term Nirgrantha is associated with Jains.

Ans.4.(a)

Exp. The Rationalism thinking mostly influenced to eliminate caste system.A self-respecting rationalist will readily realize that caste system has been stifling self-respect and therefore he will strive to get rid of this menace.

Ans.5.(a)

Exp. Muhammad Shah was a great patron of the arts, including musical, cultural and administrative developments. His pen-name was Sada Rangila (“ever joyous”) and he is often referred to as “Muhammad Shah Rangila”.

Ans.6.(c)

Exp. Nagalapuram is a village in Chittoor district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is built by Krishnadeva Raya.

Ans.7.(b)

Exp. Red Shirt movement, byname of Khudai Khitmatgar in support of the Indian National Congress, an action started by Abdul Ghaffar Khan of the North-West Frontier Provinceof India in 1930.

Ans.8.(d)

Exp. On March 12, 1930, Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi begins a defiant march to the sea in protest of the British monopoly on salt, his boldest act of civil disobedience is against British and complete freedom.

Ans.9.(a)

Exp. Dandi March was started in India on 12th of March in 1930 under the leadership of the Mahatma Gandhi as an important element to the Indian independence movement. This march was started in India as a direct action campaign against the tax over by the British Rule.

Ans.10.(d)

Exp. The Atharva Veda is the “knowledge storehouse of atharvāṇas, the procedures for everyday life”. The text is the fourth Veda, but has been a late addition to the Vedic scriptures of Hinduism.The Atharvaveda is composed in Vedic Sanskrit, and it is a collection of 730 hymns with about 6,000 mantras, divided into 20 books. The vedi saying “war begins in the minds of men” is contained in it.