History GK Questions and Answers Quiz

Q. Who was the first known Gupta ruler?

1) Sri Gupta
2) Chandragupta I
3) Ghatotkacha
4) Kumaragupta I

Q. Mughal presence in the Red Fort ceased with the fall of

1) Aurangzeb
2) Muhammad Shah
3) Shah Alam
4) Bahadur Shah Zafar

Q. The greatest development in the Kushana period was in the field of

1) Religion
2) Art
3) Literature
4) Architecture

Q. 'Khalsa' was founded by

1) Guru Gobind Singh
2) Guru Ramdas
3) Guru Nanak
4) Arjun Dev

Q. On the ruins of which old Hindu kingdom the Muslim kingdom of Golcunda grew up?

1) Devagiri
2) Dwarasamudra
3) Kanchi
4) Warangal

Q. Who was the only Sultan of Delhi, who wrote his autobiographical account?

1) Mubarak Shah Khalji
2) Feroz Shah
3) Nasiruddin Mahmud
4) Sikandar Lodi

Q. Who among the following was ruling the Chola country at the time of Mahmud Ghazni's expedition of Gujarat?

1) Uttama Chola
2) Rajaraja I
3) Rajendra I
4) Kulottunga

Q. Who among the following Astronomers was a native of Avanti?

1) Aryabhata
2) Brahmagupta
3) Bhaskaracharya II
4) Varahamihira

Q. Which of the following temples was a well known centre of Higher Education?

1) Dasavatara temple at Deogarh
2) Sas-bahu temples at Gwalior
3) Shore temple at Mamallapuram
4) Trayipurusha temple at Salotgi

Q. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

1) Ashtanga hridaya - Drama
2) Brihajjataka - Astrology
3) Lilavati - Mathematics
4) Manasara - Architecture