History GK Questions and Answers Quiz
Q. According to Vayu Purana, which of the following places is believed as the birth place of Lord Hanuman?
1) Kamal
2) Hisar
3) Kurukshetra
4) Kaithal
Q. Most sites of the Harappan Civilization and Indus Valley Civilization are actually found along the bed of the :
1) Ganga river
2) Yamuna river
3) Ghaggar Hakra river
4) Bias river
Q. Which one of the following peasant struggles was an outcome of British opium policy?
1) Phulaguri Dhawa (1861)
2) Birsaite Ulgulan (1899-1900)
3) Pabna Revolt (1873)
4) Maratha Peasant Uprising (1875)
Q. Which one of the following statements about the Sayyid brothers during the period of Later Mughals is not true?
1) They brought Jahandar Shah to power
2) They wielded administrative power
3) They followed a tolerant religious policy
4) They reached an agreement with King Shahu
Q. Which one of the following combinations of year and event concerning the French Revolution is correctly matched?
1) 1789 : Napoleonic Code
2) 1791 : Tennis Court oath
3) 1792 : National Convention
4) 1804 : New Constitution of France
Q. Which twelfth century Sanskrit scholar was first responsible for the compilation of Nibandhas or digests of epic and Puranic texts?
1) Harsha
2) Govindachandra
3) Lakshmidhara
4) Kalidasa
Q. Which one of the following statement about the Harappan Culture is not correct?
1) It witnessed the first cities in the subcontinent
2) It marks the first use of script, written from right to left
3) It marks the earliest known use of iron as a medium for the art of sculpting
4) It marks the earliest known use of stone as a medium for the art of sculpting
Q. Harshacharita has references to various presents sent by a ruler named Bhaskara to Harshavardhana. Bhaskara belonged to -
1) Haryanka Dynasty of Magadha
2) Varman Dynasty of Assam
3) Nanda Dynasty of North India
4) None of the above
Q. Consider the following :
1. Tughlaqabad Fort
2. Bada Gumbad in Lodhi Garden
3. Qutub Minar
4. Fatehpur Sikri
Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of building the above monuments ?
1) 3, 1, 4, 2
2) 3, 1, 2, 4
3) 1, 3, 2, 4
4) 1, 3, 4, 2
Q. With regard to nature of Mughal State, who among the following scholars argued that "the peculiar feature of the State is Mughal India was that it served not merely as the protective arm of the exploiting classes, but was itself the principal instrument of exploitation" ?
1) Irfan Habib
2) Satish Chandra
3) Athar Ali
4) J. F. Richards
