History GK Questions and Answers Quiz
Q. The world-famous 'Peacock Throne' was kept in which of the following Mughal building?
1) Diwan-i-Khas at Fatehpur Sikri
2) New Agra Fort
3) The Rang Mahal of the Red Fort at Delhi
4) The Diwan-i-Am of the Red Fort at Delhi
Q. 'Buddha' means
1) The Enlightened one
The Enlightened one
2) The Religious Preacher
3) Economic growth
4) Moral Purity
Q. Gandhiji considered Khadi as a symbol of
1) Industrialisation
2) Economic Independence
3) Economic growth
4) Moral purity
Q. Who among the following is generally regard as the pioneer of Local Self-Government in Modern India?
1) Ripon
2) Lytton
3) Mayo
4) Curzon
Q. The famous Kohinoor diamond was produced from one of the mines in
1) Odisha
2) Chotanagpur
3) Bijapur
4) Golconda
Q. The Mohammedan Angolo-Oriental college at Aligarh was founded by
1) Md. Ali Jinnah
2) Mohammad Ali
3) Saukat Ali
4) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Q. Which was the birthplace of Guru Nanak?
1) Gurudaspur
2) Amritsar
3) Lahore
4) Talwandi
Q. After about a decade of his accession to the throne, Humayun was hounoured out of his Indian empire by Sher Shah Suri and he remained in exile. He re-occupied the throne of Delhi after a period of about
1) 2 years
2) 7 years
3) 10 years
4) 15 years
Q. The extent of the country as reflected in the hymns of Rigveda covers
1) Punjab and Kashmir
2) Punjab, Afghanistan, Kashmir and Rajasthan
3) Punjab, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Parts of Sind, Rajputana and North-West Frontier Province
4) Punjab, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Parts of Sind, Rajputana, North-West Frontier Province and Eastern India up to the river Saryu
Q. In the third century BC, a single language sufficed to bring the message of a royal missionary to the doors of his humblest subjects throughout the vast subcontinent known by the name of "Bharat Varsha". This language was
1) Magadhi
2) Pali
3) Prakrit
4) Sanskrit
