General Knowledge Question Answer: History GK Questions and Answers

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

Q. Who among the following scholars were contemporary of Kanishka? 1. Ashvaghosa 2. Nagarjuna 3. Vasumitra 4. Chanakya Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
1) 1 and 2 only
2) 3 and 4
3) 2 and 4
4) 1,2 and 3

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Q. Who of the following was impeached by the British Parliament?
1) Lord Cornwallis
2) T.B. Macaulay
3) Warren Hastings
4) Lord Clive

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Q. 'Prince of Pilgrims' was the name attributed to-
1) Hiuen Tsang
2) I-tsing
3) Megasthenes
4) Fa-Hien

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Q. Who was not associated with the Aligarh Movement?
1) Nazir Ahmad
2) Altaf Hussain Hali
3) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
4) Chiragh Ali

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Q. Who among the Maratha Peshwas preached the ideal of 'Hindu-Pad-Padshai'?
1) Baji Rao I
2) Balaji Viswanath
3) Narayan Rao
4) Madhab Rao

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Q. The 'du-aspa' and 'seh-aspa' rank was first introduced during the reign of -
1) Akbar
2) Babur
3) Jahangir
4) Shahjahan

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Q. A monument resembling the Taj Mahal was got created by Aurangzeb in -
1) Ahmedabad
2) Daultabad
3) Hoshangabad
4) Aurangabad

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Q. Who had proposed party less democracy in India?
1) S.A. Dange
2) Jaya Prakash Narayan
3) Vinoba Bhave
4) Mahatma Gandhi

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Q. Regicide means -
1) Murder of a father
2) Murder of a brother
3) Murder of a King
4) Murder of a sister

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Q. Seleucus Nicator was defeated by
1) Asoka
2) Bindusara
3) Chandragupta Maurya
4) Brihadratha

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