G.K. Practice Test: Question Set - 05
1. The term Nirgrantha is associated with
- (A) Ajivikas
- (B) Charvakas
- (C) Jainas
- (D) Pasupatas
2. The Battle of Plassey was fought in
- (A) 1757
- (B) 1782
- (C) 1748
- (D) 1764
3. To which of the following dynasties did King Bhoja, a great patron of literature and art, belong?
- (A) Karkota
- (B) Utpala
- (C) Paramara
- (D) Gurjara
Pratihara
4. The ultimate ownership of land during the post-Gupta period lay with
- (A) The
cultivator
- (B) The
village community
- (C) The king
- (D) The
joint family
5. The system of Dual Government during the latter half of the 18th century AD is associated with the name of
- (A) Clive
- (B) Comwallis
- (C) Warren Hastings
- (D) William
Bentinck
6. Pulakesin II was the most famous ruler of
- (A) Chalukyas
- (B) Cholas
- (C) Pallavas
- (D) Satavahanas
7. The twenty-third Jaina teacher, Parsva, the immediate predecessor of Mahavira enjoined on his disciples four great vows. To these Mahavira addes which of the followings as the fifth vow?
- (A) Abstention
from stealing
- (B) Non-injury
- (C) Brahmacharya
or continence
- (D) Non-attachment
8. To which king belongs the Lion capital at Sarnath?
- (A) Chandragupta
- (B) Ashoka
- (C) Kanishka
- (D) Harsha
9. The term yavanika meant
- (A) Foreign
goods
- (B) Dancer
- (C) Curtain
- (D) Theatre
10. The Vijayanagara king who employed skilled archers of the Turkish clan and raised the fighting capacity of his bowmen was
- (A) Bukka I
- (B) Devaraya I
- (C) Krishnadevaraya
- (D) Ramaraya