General Knowledge Question Answer: History GK Questions and Answers

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

Q. The Gandhiyan economy is based on the principle of -
1) Competition
2) Trusteeship
3) State control
4) None of these

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Q. Of the following who had rebelled against the Mughal Emperor Jahangir?
1) Asaf Khan
2) Khurram
3) Mahabat Khan
4) Shahryar

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Q. The words Satyameva Jayate, inscribed below the abacus in Devangari script have been adopted from -
1) Mundaka Upanishad
2) Manusmriti
3) Kathopnished
4) Rig Veda

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Q. University of Nalanda and Vikramsila were destroyed by -
1) Tajuddin Yalduz
2) Aurangzeb
3) Baktiyar Khalji
4) Qutb-ud-din Aibek

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Q. Rashtrakutas patronised -
1) Vanishnavism
2) Buddhism
3) Jaiism
4) Shaivism

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Q. The idea of 'Sulahkul' was propagated by -
1) Mughal Emperor Akbar
2) Mughal Emperor Shahjahan
3) Nawab Wazid Ali Shah
4) Shershah

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Q. Who among the following has no role in the abolition of 'Sati' System ?
1) Mughal Emperor Akbar
2) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
3) Lord William Bentinck
4) Edwin Samuel Montagu

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Q. In the Gupta age, Varahamihira wrote the famous book, Brihat Samhita. It was a treatise on-
1) Astronomy
2) Statecraft
3) Ayurvedic system of medicine
4) Economics

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Q. The fortification of Calcutta by the British in 1756 was regarded by the Nawab of Bengal, Sirajud-daulah, as-
1) Growth of large-scale British trade
2) An attack upon his sovereignty
3) Insecurity of the British in Idia
4) British control over Bengal

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Q. Ibn Batuta's work, Rihla, completed in 1355, is -
1) An autobiography
2) An account of the Delhi Sultan from Aibek to Ghiyas-ud-din Tughluq
3) A religious text
4) An account of trade with Morocco

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