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 was associated with the Red Shirts Movement ?
1) Mahatma Gandhi
2) Jawaharlal Nehru
3) Ballabh Bhai Patel
4) Abdul Gaffar Khan

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Q. The ruler of Suvarnabhumi, who founded a Buddhist monastery at Nalanda and requested Devapala through his ambassador to grant five villages for its maintenance, was -
1) Dharanindra
2) Sangramadhananjaya
3) Balaputradeva
4) Chudamanivarmana

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Q. Who among the following was the first to explain that the rotation of the earth on its own axis accounts for the daily rising and setting of the sun ?
1) Aryabhata
2) Bhaskara
3) Brahmagupta
4) Varahamihira

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Q. Who among the following first issued gold coins on a large scale ?
1) Pushyamitra Shunga
2) Menander
3) Vima Kadphises
4) None of the above/ More than one of the above

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Q. After the Mahaparinirvana of Lord Buddha, the first Buddhist council was held at -
1) Rajgriha (Rajgir)
2) Gaya
3) Pataliputra
4) Vaishali

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Q. India's first multi-modal terminal on the Ganga river has been opened in -
1) Varanasi
2) Patna
3) Sahibganj
4) Haldia

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Q. Which famous temple was in the news during October 2018 on the issue of entry of women into it ?
1) Mahakaleswar, Ujjain
2) Sabrimala, Kerala
3) Kollur Mokambika, Karnataka
4) Taraknath temple, West Bengal

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Q. With reference to the cultural history of India, consider the following statements :
1. White marble was used in making Buland Darwaza and Khankah at Fatehpur Sikri.
2. Red sandstone and marble were used in making Bara Imambara and Rumi Darwaza at Luknow.
Which of the statements given above is/ are correct ?

1) 1 only
2) 2 only
3) Both 1 and 2
4) Neither 1 nor 2

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Q. Which one of the following foreign travellers elaborately discussed about diamonds and diamond mines of India ?
1) Francois Bernier
2) Jean-Baptiste Tavernier
3) Jean de Thevenot
4) Abbe Barthelemy Carre

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Q. Which of the following led to the introduction of English Education in India ?
1. Charter Act of 1813
2. General Committee of Public Instruction, 1823
3. Orientalist and Anglicist Controversy
Select the correct answer using the code given below :

1) 1 and 2 only
2) 2 only
3) 1 and 3 only
4) 1, 2 and 3

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