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Top 200 History GK Questions

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Q :  

Which one of the following was not simultaneous with the other three?

(A) Gautam Buddha

(B) Prasenjit

(C) Milind

(D) Bimbisara

Correct Answer : C

Q :  

Jain literature is called?

(A) Corporation

(B) revenue

(C) Barkh

(D) texts

Correct Answer : B

Q :  

During whose time was Buddhism clearly divided into two independent sects 'Hinayana' and 'Mahayana'?

(A) Ashoka

(B) Ajatashatru

(C) Kanishk

(D) none of these

Correct Answer : C

Q :  

Who first started the worship of Vasudev Krishna?

(A) Vedic Aryans

(B) Satvatas

(C) Abhirons

(D) Tamils

Correct Answer : B

Q :  

By what other name is the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara known in Mahayana Buddhism?

(A) Manjushree

(B) Vajrapani

(C) Maitreya

(D) Poetry

Correct Answer : D

Q :  

Who among the following was the wife of Emperor Ashoka who influenced him?

(A) Charulata

(B) Chandalika

(C) Karuwaki

(D) Gautami

Correct Answer : C

Q :  

Who was the ruler who killed his elder brother Susie to sit on the throne?

(A) Ashoka

(B) Simuk

(C) Kanishk

(D) Ajatashatru

Correct Answer : A

Q :  

Another name of Chanakya was?

(A) Visakhadatta

(B) Vishnugupta

(C) Bhattaswamy

(D) Rajasekhar

Correct Answer : B

Q :  

Who was the exponent of 'Yogachar' or 'Vigyanism'?

(A) Maitreyanatha

(B) Mahakasap

(C) Ashvaghosha

(D) Nagarjuna

Correct Answer : A

Q :  

The great religious event 'Mahamastakabhisheka' is related to and for whom of the following?

(A) Mahavir

(B) Bahubali

(C) Buddha

(D) Nataraja

Correct Answer : B

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