General Knowledge Question Answer: History GK Questions and Answers

General Knowledge History Questions, History Quiz for Competitive Exams, Important History MCQs for GK

Q. Arrange the establishment of the following political associations chronologically -
1. Madras Mahajan Sabha
2. Bombay Presidency Association
3. Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
4. Bombay Association
Choose the correct option -

1) 2, 3, 4, 1
2) 3, 1, 2, 4
3) 3, 4, 1, 2
4) 4, 3, 1, 2

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Q. From Among the following Satyagrahas, which was not led by Mahatma Gandhi?
1) Satyagraha in Kheda
2) Satyagraha against Rowlatt Bills
3) Mahad Sweet Water Tank Satyagraha
4) Vaykom Satyagraha

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Q. Which of the following Puranas included Buddha in the list of Avataras of Vishnu?
1. Agni
2. Bhagavata
3. Matsya
4. Vayu
Choose the correct option -

1) 1 and 2 only
2) 3 and 4 only
3) 1, 2 and 3 only
4) 1, 2, 3, 4

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Q. According to the Jaina text Bhagavati Sutra, how many ganarajyas of Kasi and Kosala formed part of the powerful political confederacy of the Eastern India which opposed Ajatasatru, the King of Magadha?
1) 9
2) 10
3) 18
4) 36

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Q. Who commented in 1913, the following words?
"No Indian could have started the Indian National Congress. If an Indian had come forward to start such a movement embracing all India, the officials in India would not have allowed the movement to come into existence. If the founder of the congress had not been a great Englishman, such was the distrust of political agitation in those days that the authorities would have at once found some way or the other to suppress the movement".
Select correct option -

1) Pherozshah M. Mehta
2) Bipin Chandra Pal
3) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
4) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

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Q. Who is known to have created autonomous dominion comprising Bihar and Bengal in the early 13th century?
1) Iwaz Khalji
2) Muhammad Bakhtyar Khalji
3) Ulugh Khan
4) Jalaluddin Khalji

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Q. Who among the following rulers of India had been devotees of Siva?
1. Harshavardhana
2. Bhoja Paramara
3. Govindachandra Gahadavala
4. Chandragupta II
Choose the correct options -

1) 1 and 2 only
2) 2 and 3 only
3) 1, 2 and 3 only
4) 2, 3 and 4 only

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Q. Which of the following are true about the stupa?
1. The Buddha had enjoined the erection of stupas over his ashes.
2. The custom of rearing stupas was pre-Buddhist.
3. The Jainas also erected this form of memorial in early times.
4. The extant Dhamekha stupa of Sarnath is one of the oldest.
Choose the correct option -

1) 1 and 2 only
2) 1, 2 and 3 only
3) 1, 2 and 4 only
4) 1, 2, 3 and 4

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Q. Which of the following statements for Sultan Alauddin Khalji are correct?
1. He knew how to say his prayers, but he never fasted.
2. He prohibited drinking of intoxicants.
3. He encouraged nobles to marry as much as they wished.
4. He agreed with Ulema to run the state as per Shariat.
Choose the correct options -

1) 1, 2 and 3 only
2) 1 and 2 only
3) 1, 3 and 4 only
4) 2 and 4 only

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Q. Which among the following is the largest Mesolithic habitation site known in India?
1) Bagor
2) Chopanimando
3) Koldihwa
4) Mahgara

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