General Knowledge Question Answer: History GK Questions and Answers

General Knowledge History Questions, History Quiz for Competitive Exams, Important History MCQs for GK

Q. Gandhiji started the "The Dandi March"
1) To boycott foreign goods
2) To protest against British policies
3) To break Salt Laws
4) None of these

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Q. Who was involved in the Alipore Bomb case?
1) S.N. Banerjee
2) Bipin Chandra Pal
3) Jatin Das
4) Aurobindo Ghosh

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Q. Pick the wrong pair
1) Angkor Wat - Cambodia
2) The Great Wall - China
3) Colosseum - Rome
4) Acropolis - Turkey

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Q. The term Vrajapati, used in the Vedic literature, denoted
1) The head of the family
2) The head of village
3) A senior member of the Sabha
4) The head of the merchants

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Q. Followers of which religion were divided into two sects called Digambaras and Shwetambaras?
1) Buddhists
2) Jains
3) Hindus
4) Sikhs

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Q. The Buland Darwaza was built by
1) Akbar
2) Babur
3) Jehangir
4) Aurangzeb

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Q. The words 'Satyameva Jayate' inscribed in Devanagari Script below the abacus of the state Emblem of India have been taken from
1) Mundaka Upanishad
2) Katha Upanishad
3) Samaveda
4) Yajurveda

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Q. The famous bronze image of Nataraja is a fine example of
1) Chola art
2) Gandhara art
3) Gupta art
4) Mauryan art

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Q. Rigveda is believed by historians to have been written when
1) It was Stone Age
2) It was Copper Age
3) It was Bronze Age
4) It was Iron Age had already commenced

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Q. Who among the following great Mughals, was a first-rate poet?
1) Akbar
2) Babur
3) Jahangir
4) Shah Jahan

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