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RRB Group D Indian History — practice questions

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The Mauryan Emperor ASHOKA embraced Buddhism after the:Read the answer and worked solution →Order the opening events of the revoltRead the answer and worked solution →Dates and placesRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: how the revolt beganRead the answer and worked solution →Tap every target the rebels struck at MeerutRead the answer and worked solution →Meerut or Delhi?Read the answer and worked solution →Complete the opening of the revoltRead the answer and worked solution →Assertion and reasonRead the answer and worked solution →Two are true, one is notRead the answer and worked solution →Three of these are wrong. Find the one that holds.Read the answer and worked solution →Flip and pair: detail with its place in the storyRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the one that does not belongRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: the spread of the revoltRead the answer and worked solution →Who took part?Read the answer and worked solution →Reading the chapterRead the answer and worked solution →Order the spread within MeerutRead the answer and worked solution →

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The Mauryan Emperor ASHOKA embraced Buddhism after the:

  1. Battle of Hydaspes against Alexander
  2. Kalinga War (260 BCE)
  3. Battle of Magadha
  4. Defeat of the Nandas
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Correct answer: B. Kalinga War (260 BCE)

The Kalinga War (260 BCE) is famous for the bloodshed that horrified Ashoka and led him to embrace Buddhism. After Kalinga, Ashoka issued the famous rock and pillar edicts.

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Order the opening events of the revolt

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  1. Sepoys at the Meerut cantonment break out in mutiny on 10 May 1857
  2. The rising spreads from the native infantry to the cavalry and the city
  3. Ordinary people of the town and villages join the sepoys
  4. Government buildings are destroyed and the telegraph line to Delhi is cut
  5. A group of sepoys rides for Delhi and reaches the Red Fort on 11 May
The chapter's own sequence, from Meerut to the Red Fort. Source: syllabus History, Rebels and the Raj.

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Dates and places

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  1. Question
    The mutiny broke out at
    Choices
    1. Delhi
    2. Awadh
    3. Meerut
    Correct choice
    Meerut
  2. Question
    The date was
    Choices
    1. 10 May 1857
    2. 11 May 1857
    3. 10 June 1857
    Correct choice
    10 May 1857
  3. Question
    The sepoys reached the Red Fort on
    Choices
    1. 10 May
    2. 11 May
    3. 12 June
    Correct choice
    11 May
  4. Question
    The Mughal emperor they turned to was
    Choices
    1. Akbar
    2. Shah Jahan
    3. Bahadur Shah
    Correct choice
    Bahadur Shah
The chapter gives all of these precisely. Source: syllabus History, Rebels and the Raj.

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