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Download in PDF general awareness multiple choice questions & answers on Indian History. These general knowledge(gk) questions about Asokan inscriptions, Painted Grey Ware etc
(6)
Ashoka carved out rock-cut caves at Barabar and Nagarjun hills in Bihar for one of the following :
[A]
Hinayana
[B]
Digambara
[C]
Mahayana
[D]
Ajivika
Comment
Answer: Option [D]
Barabar Hills caves were dedicated by Chandragupta Maurya to Ajivika monks.
(7)
In which of the following Asokan inscriptions the Brahmi script was not used ?
[A]
Saranath
[B]
Shahbazgarhi
[C]
Dhauli
[D]
None of the above
Comment
Answer: Option [B]
Shahbaz Garhi, or Shahbazgarhi, is a village and historic site located in Mardan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
(8)
In which Buddhist scripture religious practices in the contemporary period of Buddha has been mentioned ?
[A]
Ambattha Sutta
[B]
Mahavamsa
[C]
Bhaddasala Jataka
[D]
Brahmajala Sutta
Comment
Answer: Option [D]
In which Buddhist scripture religious practices in the contemporary period of Buddha has been mentioned Brahmajala Sutta.
(9)
Which one of the following sites is not associated with Painted Grey Ware ?
[A]
Gilaulikhera
[B]
Noh
[C]
Tripuri
[D]
Satwali
Comment
Answer: Option [D]
The Painted Grey Ware culture is an Iron Age Indian culture of the western Gangetic plain and the Ghaggar-Hakra valley in the Indian subcontinent, conventionally dated c.1200 to 600–\500 BCE, or from 1300 to 500–300 BCE.
(10)
Point out which one of the following sites has yielded the remains of a Jaina stupa ?
[A]
Sanchi
[B]
Dhamnar
[C]
Nalanda
[D]
Mathura
Comment
Answer: Option [D]
A Jain stupa dated to the 1st century BCE-1st century CE was excavated at Mathura in the 19th century, in the Kankali Tila mound.
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