Early India State To Empire Set 6
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This set of Early India- State to Empire Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Early India State To Empire Set 6
Q1 | In Purusha-Sukta of the ………………, there is reference to the divisionof Hindu society into four classesnamely the Brahmanas, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas and the Sudras.
- rig-veda
- sama veda
- upanishads
- bible
Q2 | The 6th century B.C witnessed the rise of great spiritual leaders likeZoraster in Persia,Confucious and Leo-Tse in ………….., Isiah in Palestine and Heracletes in Greece.
- japan
- china
- india
- america
Q3 | The most important cause of the rise of new religions in the ………….. century B.C. was the decay of the Vedic religion.
- 6th
- 8th
- 10th
- 12th
Q4 | The …………. as priests and teachers claimed the highest status insociety.
- shudras
- brahmins
- kshatriyas
- vyshyas
Q5 | The Jain tradition regards ………….. as the founder of Jainism.
- rishaba
- mahavira
- sidharth
- parswanath
Q6 | The 23rd Thirthankara, ………………. was a historical figure.
- parswanath
- mahavira
- sidharth
- rishaba
Q7 | Parswanath was the fore- runner of ………., the founder of historicalJainism.
- rishaba
- mahavira
- chandra gupta
- sidharth
Q8 | Vardhamana Mahavira, the 24th Thirthankara of …… was a Kshatriyaof high position.
- buddhism
- jainism
- hinduism
- zorastrianism
Q9 | Vardhamana Mahavira was born at Kundala grama at …… in 540B.C.
- vaisali
- amaravati
- rupar
- pataliputra
Q10 | Vardhamana Mahavira married …… and a daughter was born to him.
- madhavi
- yesodha
- kannaki
- saradha
Q11 | Vardhamana Mahavira attained Nirvana at the age of 72 at Pava in
- orissa
- bihar
- u.p
- delhi
Q12 | …………… taught that the Salvation is possible by the observance ofthe three Jewels (three ratnas) viz, Right knowledge, Right belief and Right conduct.
- mahavira
- asoka
- parswanath
- sidharth
Q13 | By the end of the 4th century B.C. there appeared a great divisionamong the followers of ………….. one section came to be known as ‘Digambaras’.The other section known as Swethambaras.
- hinduism
- buddhism
- jainism
- zorastrianism
Q14 | According to the Jain accounts a terrible famine ravaged North Indiain the time of ……………… and lasted for twelve years.
- chandra gupta maurya
- asoka
- bindusara
- samudra gupta
Q15 | Half of the Jain community lead by their saints Badrabahu moved and
- guiburga
- wayanad
- mysore
- dharwad
Q16 | Chandra Gupta Maurya attained Nirvana by slow starvation anddeath, having become a …………… Monk.
- jain
- buddhist
- hindu
- parsi
Q17 | When the famine ended, the emigrants came back to the North andfound that the Jains who remained in North India had given up their original strict Jain way of life.They were condemned by the followers of ………………. as heretics.
- suddhodana
- mortimer wheeler
- badrabhahu
- asoka
Q18 | Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism was the son of
- kapilavasthu
- gaya
- u.p.
- magadha
Q19 | One day as he was sitting under the Bodhi tree at ………….. andmeditating, enlightenment dawned upon him and thus he became the Buddha or the enlightened one.
- kapilavasthu
- magadha
- gaya
- bihar
Q20 | Gautama Buddha passed away at the age of 80 at Kusi nagara in …………..
- bihar
- assam
- u.p.
- delhi
Q21 | Buddha preached his followers the ……………. ‘Noble Truths’concerning sorrow, the cause of sorrow, the destruction of sorrow and the ways removing of sorrow.
- 4
- 6
- 7
- 9
Q22 | According to ……………… the ‘Noble Eight fold path’ is the means toover come desire and get liberation from birth and rebirth.
- buddha
- manu
- mahavira
- asoka
Q23 | The Eight Fold path of ………….. is also called the’ Middle path’.
- sree narayana guru
- mahavira
- sankaracharya
- buddha
Q24 | Buddhism spread far and wide under ………….. patronage.
- samudra gupta
- chandra gupta maurya
- bindusara
- asoka’s
Q25 | After the ………….. period reaction set in against Buddhism and it wasdivided into Hinayanism and Mahayanism.
- mauryan
- vedic
- harappan
- gupta