History GK Questions and Answers Quiz

Q. Who was the author of the famous text, Mudrarakshasa?

1) Vishakhadutta
2) Kalidas
3) Sudraka
4) Rajshekhar

Q. Who among the following has called Tilak as β€˜Father of Indian Unrest?

1) Mahatma Gandhi
2) Jawaharlal Nehru
3) Powell Price
4) Valentine Chirol

Q. Rajarajeshwara temple at Tanjore is the finest example of which architecture?

1) Pallava
2) Chalukya
3) Chola
4) Pandya

Q. Who was the founder of Deccan Education Society?

1) Jyotiba Phule
2) Firoz Shah Mehta
3) M. G. Ranade
4) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Q. Which archaeological site is associated with the Mauryan Place?

1) Kaushambi
2) Taxila
3) Hastinapur
4) Kumrahar

Q. The famine code for India was recommended by which Commission?

1) MacDonnell Commission
2) Campbell Commission
3) Lyall Commission
4) Strachey Commission

Q. Which Rock Edict of Ashoka mentions the Kalinga War?

1) (XII) Thirteenth
2) (VIII) Eighth
3) (II) Second
4) (V) Fifth

Q. The manuscript of Arthashastra was discovered by -

1) Sir William Jones
2) Shamshastri
3) Ram Gopal Bhandarkar
4) James Mill

Q. Who among the following persons was considered by Gandhiji as his β€˜Political Guru’?

1) Dadabhai Naoroji
2) M. G. Ranade
3) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
4) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Q. Who was associated with the newspaper, Mooknayak?

1) Jyotiba Phule
2) B. R. Ambedkar
3) M. N. Roy
4) Annie Besant