History GK Questions and Answers Quiz
Q. Which one among the following Indus cities was known for water management?
1) Lothal
2) Harappa
3) Dholavira
4) Mohenjo-daro
Q. Which one among the following States was first annexed by Lord Dalhousie under the Doctrine for Lapse?
1) Satara
2) Sambalpur
3) Jhansi
4) Nagpur
Q. Ashokan inscriptions of Mansehra and Shahbazgadhi are written in -
1) Prakrit language, Kharoshthi script
2) Prakrit language, Brahmi script
3) Prakrit-Aramaic language, Brahmi script
4) Aramaic language, Kharoshthi script
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
Q. Who of the following was impeached by the British Parliament?
1) Lord Cornwallis
2) T.B. Macaulay
3) Warren Hastings
4) Lord Clive
Q. 'Prince of Pilgrims' was the name attributed to-
1) Hiuen Tsang
2) I-tsing
3) Megasthenes
4) Fa-Hien
Q. Who was not associated with the Aligarh Movement?
1) Nazir Ahmad
2) Altaf Hussain Hali
3) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
4) Chiragh Ali
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
Q. The 'du-aspa' and 'seh-aspa' rank was first introduced during the reign of -
1) Akbar
2) Babur
3) Jahangir
4) Shahjahan
Q. A monument resembling the Taj Mahal was got created by Aurangzeb in -
1) Ahmedabad
2) Daultabad
3) Hoshangabad
4) Aurangabad
