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Q1. To ascend the throne which ruler murdered his father, Bimbisara?
सिंहासन पर चढ़ने के लिए जिस शासक ने अपने पिता बिंबिसारा की हत्या कर दी थी?
(a) Ashoka /अशोका
(b) Simukha/सिमुखा
(c) Kanishka /कनिष्क
(d) Ajatshatru/अजातशत्रु
Sol. Ajatashatru was a king of the Haryanka dynasty of Magadha in East India. He was the son of King Bimbisara and was a contemporary of both Mahavira and Gautama Buddha. He forcefully took over the kingdom of Magadha from his father and imprisoned him.
Q2. Alexander and the army of Porus camped on the opposite bank of which river?
सिकंदर और पोरस की सेना ने किस नदी के दोनों ओर पड़ाव डाला था?
(a) Ravi /रावी
(b) Jhelum/झेलम
(c) Sutlej / सतलुज
(d) Chenab/चेनाब
Sol. The Battle of the Hydaspes River was fought by Alexander in July 326 BC against king Raja Purushottama (Porus) on the Hydaspes River (Jhelum River) in the Punjab, near Bhera. The Hydaspes was the last major battle fought by Alexander.
Q3. Name the dynasty which ruled over ‘Magadha’ after Mauryan Dynasty?
मौर्य राजवंश के बाद ‘मगध’ पर शासन करने वाले राजवंश का नाम क्या है?
(a) Satavahan /सातवाहन
(b) Shunga/शुंगा
(c) Nanda /नंदा
(d) Kanva/ कण्व
Sol. After the Mauryan rule Pushyamitra, the founder of the Sunga dynasty established his rule. The Sungas ruled for over a hundred years.
Q4. Who was the first Tirthankara of the Jains?
जैनों का पहला तीर्थंकर क्या था?
(a) Arishtanemi / अरिष्टनेमि
(b) Parshvanath/ पार्श्वनाथ
(c) Ajitanath / अजितनाथ
(d) Rishabha/ रिशाभा
Sol. Rishabhanatha is the first Tirthankara (ford-maker) in Jainism.
Q5. ‘MATH’ related with Buddhism is known as?
बौद्ध धर्म से संबंधित ‘MATH’ किस रूप में जाना जाता है?
(a) Dakhma /दखमा
(b) Chaitya/चैत्य
(c) Khangah /खानगाह
(d) Angeri/अन्गेरी
Sol. A chaitya, chaitya hall, chaitya-griha, or caitya refers to a shrine, sanctuary, temple or prayer hall in Indian religions. The term is most common in Buddhism, where it includes a stupa at one end.
Q6. Ashoka called the Third Buddhist Council at
अशोक ने तीसरी बौद्ध परिषद को कहाँ बुलाया था ?
(a) Kalinga / कलिंग
(b) Magadha / मगध
(c) Pataliputra / पाटलीपुत्र
(d) Sarnath / सारनाथ
Sol. The Third Buddhist council was convened in about 250 BCE at Asokarama in Pataliputra, supposedly under the patronage of Emperor Ashoka.
भगवान बुद्ध ने आखिरी सांस कहाँ ली थी?
(a) Rajgir/ राजगीर
(b) Bodh Gaya/ बोध गया
(c) Sarnath / सारनाथ
(d) Kushinagar/ कुशीनगर
Sol. Kushinagar is the most important pilgrimage centre for Buddhists, because Buddha took his last breath at this place. A stupa was built at this place where his ashes were kept after his last rite.
कला का गन्धारा स्कूल अस्तित्व में कब आया?
(a) Hinayana sect / हिनायन संप्रदाय
(b) Mahayana sect/ महायान संप्रदाय
(c) Vaishnava sect / वैष्णव संप्रदाय
(d) Shaiva sect/ शैव संप्रदाय
Sol. The Gandhara School of art had also developed in first century AD along with Mathura School during reign of Kushana emperor Kanishka.The art of the Gandhara school was primarily Mahayana and shows Greco-Roman influence.
मानव जाति के दुख के अंत के लिए ‘अष्टांगिक मार्ग’ किसने प्रस्तावित किया था?
(a) Mahavir / महावीर
(b) Gautam Buddha / गौतम बुद्ध
(c) Adi Shankaracharya / आदि शंकराचार्य
(d) Kabir / कबीर
Sol. The Eightfold Path consists of eight practices: right view, right resolve, right speech, right conduct, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right samadhi.
Q10. Who, according to the Budhists, is believed to be the next incarnation of Gautam Buddha?
बौद्धों के मुताबिक, गौतम बुद्ध का अगला अवतार कौन माना जाता है?
(a) Atreya / एट्रेया
(b) Maitreya/ मैत्रेय
(c) Nagarjuna / नागार्जुन
(d) Kalki/ कल्कि
Sol. According to Buddhist tradition, Maitreya is a bodhisattva who will appear on Earth in the future, achieve complete enlightenment, and teach the pure dharma. According to scriptures, Maitreya will be a successor to the present Buddha, Gautama Buddha.
असम के गवर्नर कौन हैं?
(a) Dr. Najma A. Heptulla/ डॉ नज्मा ए हेप्तुल्ला
(b) Balramji Dass Tandon/ बलरामजी टंडन
(c) Banwarilal Purohit/ बनवारीलाल पुरोहित
(d) Jagdish Mukhi/ जगदीश मुखी
Sol. Prof Jagdish Mukhi is the 30th Governor of Assam and he assumed his office on 10th October 2017.
Q12. Capital of Angola is?
अंगोला की राजधानी क्या है?
(a) Nassau/ नासाउ
(b) Vienna/ वियना
(c) Luanda / लुआंडा
(d) Yerevan/ येरेवान
Sol. Angola is a Southern African nation whose varied terrain encompasses tropical Atlantic beaches. Luanda, the capital of Angola, is a port city on the west coast of Southern Africa. The kwanza is the currency of Angola.
सेना दिवस निम्नलिखित तारीख को मनाया जाता है?
(a) May 8
(b) April 17
(c) March 18
(d) January 15
Sol. Army Day is celebrated on 15 January every year in India, in recognition of Lieutenant General K. M. Cariappa’s taking over as the first Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army from General Sir Francis Butcher, the last British Commander-in-Chief of India, on 15 January 1949.
किस शहर को मोतियों का शहर के रूप में भी जाना जाता है?
(a) Bhubaneswar/ भुवनेश्वर
(b) kochi/ कोच्चि
(c) Hyderabad/ हैदराबाद
(d) Visakhapatnam/ विशाखापत्तनम
Sol. Hyderabad was historically known as a pearl and diamond trading centre, and it continues to be known as the City of Pearls. Many of the city’s traditional bazaars, including Laad Bazaar, Begum Bazaar and Sultan Bazaar, have remained open for centuries.
धारोई बांध निम्नलिखित राज्यों में से किस में है?
(a) Madhya Pradesh/मध्य प्रदेश
(b) Gujarat/गुजरात
(c) Bihar/बिहार
(d) Karnataka/कर्नाटक
Sol. Dharoi Dam is a gravity dam on the Sabarmati river near Dharoi, Mehsana district of northern Gujarat in India. Constructed in 1978, the dam is meant for irrigation, power generation and flood control.
