History QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

General Knowledge : History QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS :: part2 : 81 to 85

Following General Knowledge Multiple choice objective type questions and answers will help you in TRB, SSC and UPSC 2014 examinations :

81.Ashoka convened the Third Buddhist Council at

Kapilavastu

Pataliputra

Rajagriha

Kushinagar

82.Which of the following archaeologists initially discovered the Mohenjodaro site of Indus Valley Civilisation ?

Daya Ram Sahni

Rakhal Das Banerjee

Sir John Marshall

Sir Martimer Wheeler

83.In Buddhist teaching, niravana meant

freedon from cycle of birth and death

observance of brahmacharya

extinction of craving of the desire for existence in all its forms

None of these

84.Which of the following is known as the Jain Temple City ?

Girnar

Rajagriha

Varanasi

Allahabad

85.Which of the following statements about Buddha and Mahavira is not correct ?

Both had the same attitude towards the concept of Varnas.

They were born in the same century.

Both advocated a simple, puritan and austere life.

They were Kshatriyas by birth.

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