General Knowledge Question Answer: History GK Questions and Answers

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

Q. In which of the following rock cut caves eleven headed Bodhisattava image is depicted ?
1) Ajanta
2) Ellora
3) Kanheri
4) Karle

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Q. Matsya Mahajanapada of 6th century B.C. was located in -
1) Western Uttar Pradesh
2) Rajasthan
3) Bundelkhand
4) Rohilkhand

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Q. Who was the last ruler of Jaunpur state ?
1) Mohammed Shah
2) Hussain Shah
3) Mubarak Shah
4) Ibrahim Shah

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Q. Which one of the following social reformers strongly opposed Jury Act of 1826 ?
1) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
2) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
3) Mahadev Govind Ranade
4) Rajnarayan Basu

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Q. In which of the following places did the Dutch establish their trading centres in India ?
1) Nagappattinam, Chinsura, Machilipatnam
2) Surat, Bharuch, Agra
3) Cochin, Ahmedabad, Patna
4) All of the above

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Q. Who among the following supported the Swaraj Party in Central Legislative Assembly in pre-independent India ?
1) M. A. Jinnah
2) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
3) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
4) Jawaharlal Nehru

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Q. In which year did Gopal Krishna Gokhale found 'Servants of India Society' ?
1) 1902
2) 1903
3) 1904
4) 1905

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Q. In which of the following years was the Jatiya Sarkar formed in the Midnapur district of Bengal ?
1) 1939
2) 1940
3) 1941
4) 1942

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Q. Which of the following pairs of Wars and Treaty is not correctly matched?
1) First Carnatic War - Treaty of Aixla-Chapelle
2) Second Carnatic War - Treaty of Pondicherry
3) First Anglo Mysore War - Treaty of Madras
4) Second Anglo Mysore War - Treaty of Srirangapatnam

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Q. All India Kissan Sabha was formed at -
1) Barabanki (1918 A.D.)
2) Allahabad (1928 A.D.)
3) Lucknow (1936 A.D.)
4) Patna (1937 A.D.)

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