General Knowledge Question Answer: History GK Questions and Answers

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

Q. Who among the following had not participated in the second Round Table Conference?
1) Mahadev Desai
2) Pyarelal Nayyar
3) Madan Mohan Malaviya
4) Jawaharlal Nehru

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Q. The Rihla was written in -
1) Arabic in the Fourteenth Century by Ibn Battuta
2) Persian in the Fifteenth Century by Abdur Razzaq
3) Persian in the Thirteenth Century by Ibn Battuta
4) Italian in the Thirteenth Century by Marco polo

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Q. The Sur Sagar is -
1) a medieval treaties on music composed by Tansen
2) a poetic work of Surdas
3) memories of Bahadur Shah
4) None of the above

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Q. In ancient India, the Yaudheys were -
1) a sect of the Buddhism
2) a sect of the Jainism
3) a republican tribe
4) Vassals of the Cholas

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Q. The Dashnakumaracharita or Tales of Ten Princes was composed by -
1) Bhatti
2) Banabhatta
3) Bhasa
4) Dandin

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Q. Borbudur is the site of -
1) a huge temple of Vishnu and Shiva in Java, built in the 12th Century AD
2) an enormous Stupa in java, built in the 8th Century AD
3) a magnificent place of a Chola King in Tamil Nadu
4) a Jain Monastery in Gujarat

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Q. Who among the following was not a painter at Akbar's Court?
1) Daswanth
2) Abdus Samad
3) Kalyan Das
4) Basawan

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Q. Patanjali was -
1) a philosopher of the 'Yogachara' school
2) the author of a book on Ayurveda
3) a philosopher of the 'Madhyamika' school
4) the auther of a commentary on Panini's sanskrit grammar

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Q. Who made the Maratha administrative machinery simple and effective after Shambhaji ?
1) Raja Ram
2) Balaji Vishwa Nath
3) Gangabai
4) Nanaji Deshmukh

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Q. Who among the following Europeans were the last to come to Pre-independent India as traders?
1) Dutch
2) English
3) French
4) Portuguse

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