History GK Questions and Answers Quiz
Q. The Jain text which contains the biographies of the Tirthankaras is known as -
1) Adi Purana
2) Bhagwatisutra
3) Kalpasutra
4) Uvasagadasao
Q. The rules of Buddhist monistic life are laid down, primarily, in -
1) Tripitaka
2) Abhidhammapitaka
3) Suttapitaka
4) Vinayapitaka
Q. The battle between Alexander and Porus took place on the bank of river -
1) Ravi
2) Ganga
3) Sutlej
4) Jhelum
Q. The first Persian ruler who occupied part of Indian Territory was -
1) Cyrus
2) Darius 1
3) Xerxes
4) Cambyses
Q. Alexander remained in India for -
1) 19 months
2) 29 months
3) 39 months
4) 10 months
Q. The first translator of Mahabharata into Tamil was -
1) Bharavi
2) Sundaramurthi
3) Perundevanar
4) Kamban
Q. Who of the following was not a patron of Jainism?
1) Chandragupta Maurya
2) Bimbisara
3) Kharvela
4) Kanishka
Q. Who was the ambassador in the Court of Bindusara?
1) Deimachus
2) Machiavelli
3) Megasthenes
4) Antiochus I
Q. To propagate his Dhamma, Asoka used the services of-
1) Yuktas
2) Pradeshikas
3) Rajukas
4) All of these
Q. The last king of Mauryan empire was-
1) Kunala
2) Devavarman
3) Shalishuk
4) Brihadrath
