History GK Questions and Answers Quiz

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

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.)

Q. Consider the following events -
1. Guruvayur Satyagraha
2. Vaikom Satyagraha
3. Foundation of India's Independent Labour Party
Select the correct chronological order of above events from the code given below -

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

Q. The cultivation of which of the following crops is not mentioned in Ain-i-Akbari?

1) Onion
2) Tomato
3) Potato
4) Garlic

Q. Consider the following events -
1. Gandhi-Irwin Pact
2. Communal Award
3. Second Round Table Conference
4. Nehru Report
Arrange the above events in chronological order of their occurrence and select the correct answer from the code given below -

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

Q. Who among the following started the Public Works Department in India?

1) Lord William Bentinck
2) Lord Dalhousie
3) Lord Wellesley
4) Lord Cornwallis

Q. The Governor General who annexed Sindh in British India was -

1) Lord Auckland
2) Lord Hastings
3) Lord Ellenborough
4) Lord Dalhousie

Q. Which among the following Rock Edicts of Ashoka refers to the role of Dhamma-Mahamatras?

1) Rock Edict IX
2) Rock Edict X
3) Rock Edict V
4) Rock Edict VI

Q. Bones of camel are reported from which of the following sites?

1) Mohanjodaro
2) Harappa
3) Lothal
4) Kalibangan

Q. Arrange the following sites in ascending order of their areas of expansion and select the correct answer from the code given below -
1. Mohanjodaro
2. Harappa
3. Ganweriwala
4. Dholavira

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