History GK Questions and Answers Quiz
Q. The language of the discourses of Gautama Buddha was
1) Bhojpuri
2) Magadhi
3) Pali
4) Sanskrit
Q. The people of the Rigveda period believed primarily in
1) Rituals and sacrifices
2) Idol worship
3) Worship of goddesses
4) One God
Q. The 'Ryotwari' settlement was introduced in Madras by
1) Mount Stuart Elphinstone
2) James Thomson
3) Thomas Munro
4) Lord Cornwallis
Q. The strongest among the Maratha kings was
1) Chhatrapati Shivaji
2) Balaji Vishwanath
3) Balaji Baji Rao
4) Chhatrapati Shahuji
Q. The Indus Valley houses were built of
1) Bamboos
2) Bricks
3) Wood
4) Stone
Q. Faizi, the elder brother of Abul Fazl, was a great scholar and poet of
1) Arabic
2) Urdu
3) Persian
4) Hindi
Q. Buddhism became the state religion during region of
1) Chandragupta Maurya
2) Ashoka
3) Samudragupta
4) Kumaragupta-I
Q. Where did Gandhiji learn the art of Satyagraha as a practice?
1) Ireland
2) England
3) Scotland
4) South Africa
Q. The famous ruler of the western Chalukyan dynasty was -
1) Pulakesin II
2) Pulakesin I
3) Ravikirthi
4) Mangalesha
Q. The efforts of the Kalinga war on Asoka are found in -
1) Pillar edicts
2) 13th rock edicts
3) Excavations
4) None of these
