History GK Questions and Answers Quiz
Q. Which one among the following statements is not true about Bahadur Shah Zafar II?
1) The rebels of 1857 proclaimed their loyalty to him
2) He was killed by Lt. Hodson, a cavalry officer in Delhi
3) He was reluctant to lead the Revolt of 1857 in beginning
4) He was a poet
Q. Safdarjung tomb was build by -
1) Shauja-ud-Daula
2) Aurangzeb
3) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
4) Humayun
Q. Ajanta-Ellora Caves are situated near
1) Ajmer
2) Aurangabad
3) Patna
4) Jaipur
Q. Ain-i-Akbari and Akbarnama were written by Abul Fazl in
1) Arabic
2) Persian
3) Urdu
4) Turki
Q. Who among the following, after marriage, became known as Nur Jahan, wife of Emperor Jahangir?
1) Anjuman banu Begam
2) Asmat Begam
3) Ladli Begam
4) Mehr-un-Nisa
Q. Emperor Shah Jahan died in
1) 1658 AD
2) 1659 AD
3) 1666 AD
4) 1667 AD
Q. When offered the choice between death and conversion by Aurangzeb, the Sikh Guru chose the former and was executed. Who was this Guru?
1) Guru Arjun Dev
2) Guru Har Gobind
3) Guru Teg Bhadur
4) Guru Gobind Singh
Q. Who among the following took away to Persia the Peacock Throne of Shah Jahan in the first half of 18th century?
1) Ahmed Shah Abdali
2) Nadir Shah
3) Chin Qilich Khan
4) Mir Mannu Abdali's Governor in Lahore
Q. The first place among poets of Emperor Akbar's reign, bomb Hindi and Persian, belongs to
1) Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khana
2) Ras Khan
3) Sur Das
4) Tulsi Das
Q. The first Battle of Panipat was fought between the forces of
1) Akbar and Hemu
2) Abdali and the Marathas
3) Humayun and Sher Shah Suri
4) Babar and Ibrahim Lodhi
