KBC Questions and Quiz, Multiple Choice Questions and Answers
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Question: Who was the first Mughal emperor of India?
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Correct Answer The first Mughal emperor was Babar. He was crowned himself the king after he defeated Ibrahim Lodhi in the First Battle of Panipat in 1526.
Correct Answer The Taj Mahal was built by Shah Jahan in memory of his beloved wife,
Mumtaz Mahal. It is widely reckoned one of the wonders of the world. It took 23 years' hard work (1630-53) by 20,000 workers to build the masterpiece.
Correct Answer Sikhism emerged in the fifteenth century AD. The Sikhs had 10 gurus, the last of whom was Guru Gobind Singh, who lived in the time of the Mughal emperor Aurangazeb. Aurangazeb was a tyrant, and the two main centres of resistance to his power were the Marathas in the West of India and the Sikhs in the North. Though today in India Sikhs make up only about 2 percent of the population, they have made significant contributions to India's progress. The 'Green Revolution', by which India acquired self-sufficiency in food production, occured mainly in the Punjab. Sikhs have also rendered very good service in the Indian Army, perhaps because of their martial history. India has had some Sikhs in top positions, notably Giani Zail Singh as President and Dr. Manmohan Singh as Finance Minister.
Question: Who was the first royal convert to Buddhism?
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Correct Answer No, it is not Ashoka. Legend has it Ajatashatru disguised himself as a soldier of an enemy nation (Vaishali) to find their means of defence against his empire Magadha. He was wounded by a soldier of his own army because of his disguise and taken care of by a courtesan in Vaishali (Amrapali) with whom he fell in love. He managed to find Vaishali's means of defence and escaped to his own country to lead a campaign against Vaishali, which he won. However, Amrapali would have nothing to do with him after that, and converted to Buddhism, and he followed her in converting too. This was before the Mauryan empire was even founded. Ashoka, the third Mauryan emperor, is the most famous royal convert to Buddhism though, and it is because of him (Ashoka) that Buddhism spread to Ceylon, Burma, Afghanistan and China (and thence to Japan and Korea).
Question: During the reign of which emperor is the poet Kalidasa accepted to have lived?
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Correct Answer Chandragupta Vikramaditya was a Gupta emperor. Kalidasa was one of the Navaratnas ('nine gems') of his court. The literary works 'Shakuntala', 'Meghadoota' etc. were by Kalidasa.
Question: During the 1857 mutiny who was the queen of Jhansi's trusted general?
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Correct Answer The 1857 Mutiny (Sepoy Mutiny or First Indian War of Independence) which started in Meerut in present day Uttar Pradesh was the first concerted attempt to throw the British out of India. It failed because of poor coordination and because it did not involve large parts of S. India. Jhansi Rani Lakshmibhai was one of the bravest fighters in the mutiny. The mutiny was the starting point of the struggle which culminated in India's independence in 1947.
Question: Who, in collaboration with the Japanese, started the 'Indian National Army', in the hope of expelling the British from India?
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Correct Answer He died in a plane crash though. The vast majority of Indians, however, knew that there was no point in swapping Britsh for Japanese rule and fought alongside the British to defend India.
Question: The daughter of what general of Alexander's army married Chandragupta Maurya?
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Correct Answer Chandragupta Maurya was the first emperor of the Maurya dynasty. Alexander invaded the Punjab in 324 BC. He died shortly after in Mesopotamia. After Alexander's death Seleukos took control of the eastern part of his empire and tried invading India again but was repelled by Chandragupta. He ceded parts of his empire (including Gandhara- present day Afghanistan) to the Mauryan empire. The marriage between the Maurya emperor and the general's daughter (Helen?) was a political move, to ensure an alliance with the Greeks.
