History GK Questions and Answers Quiz

Q. Who among the following was known during the days of the Revolt of 1857 as 'Danka Shah'?

1) Shah Mai
2) Maulavi Ahmudullah Shah
3) Nana Sahib
4) TantiaTope

Q. ........ was the last king of Tomara dynasty who handed over the throne of Delhi to his son-in-law Prithviraj Chauhan.

1) Vijayapala
2) Mahipalal
3) Anangapala
4) Gopala

Q. Sheikh Chilli Ka Maqbara is situated in -

1) Agroha
2) Sirsa
3) Hisar
4) Thaneswar

Q. ........ was a maior rebellion against Aurangzeb, the Mughal Emperor, occurred m Namaul and surroundin g idealities in the year 1672, which was led by Sadh people.

1) Sikh revolt
2) Sepoy mutiny
3) Satnami revolt
4) None of the above

Q. The Jejaka Bhukti was the ancient name of -

1) Allahabad
2) Saurastra
3) Bundelkhand
4) Kanpur

Q. Famous fort of Mahendragarh was so named by in 1861.

1) Maharaja Narendra Singh
2) Maharaja Maneedra Singh
3) Maharaja Ranjith Singh
4) None of the above

Q. Consider the view of authors about indus valley civilization and choose which one of the following is not correctly matched?

1) Gorden Childe - The people of the indus valley belonged to Sumerian race
2) R. D. Banerjee - The people of indus valley were Dravidians
3) Dr. Guha - The Indus people belonged to mixed race
4) John Marshal - The indus people belonged to Mangolian race

Q. Rana Nimantrana, Guru Gobind Singh and Yuddha Charita are the works of famous Haryanvi poet -

1) Uday Bhanu Hans
2) Khushiram Sharma
3) Ayodhya Prasad Goyaliya
4) Tulsiram Sharma Dinesh

Q. Before independence, The High Court of Haryana and Punjab was situated at -

1) Amritsar
2) Rawalpindi
3) Peshawar
4) Lahore

Q. Which of the following does not belong to the Sapta Sindhu or seven rivers mentioned in Rigveda?

1) Ravi
2) Chenab
3) Markanda
4) Jhelum