History GK Questions and Answers Quiz

Q. Kanishka started an era known as

1) Gupta Era
2) Vikrama Era
3) Saka Era
4) Magadha Era

Q. Mathematical and Astronomical Sciences were largely advanced during the Gupta Period by

1) Bhasa
2) Aryabhatta
3) Bhaskara
4) Ramanuja

Q. Who among the following created the Khalsa Panth?

1) Guru Teg Bahadur
2) Guru Hargobind
3) Guru Gobind Singh
4) Guru Arjan Dev

Q. Who among the following had founded the Theosophical Society in the United States of America?

1) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
2) Lala Hardayal
3) Madame Blavatsky
4) Madame Cama

Q. In which one of the following cities was the East India Association founded by Dadabhai Naoroji in 1866?

1) Tokyo
2) London
3) Paris
4) New York

Q. In which one of the following Sessions was the Indian National Congress split into Moderates and Extremists?

1) Calcutta
2) Nagpur
3) Surat
4) Allahabad

Q. After 1857, who among the following announced, at a Darbar at Allahabad, the assumption of the Government of India by the Sovereign of Great Britain?

1) Sir John Lawrence
2) Lord Mayo
3) Lord Northbrook
4) Lord Canning

Q. During whose reign did the Gandharv School of Art develop?

1) Chandragupta
2) Harsha
3) Ashoka
4) Kanishka

Q. Which one of the following was the last Buddhist text produced in India?

1) Vajrachedika
2) Vamsathapakasini
3) Divya Vandana
4) Dohakosa

Q. Arthasastra was written by -

1) Kalhan
2) Kautilya
3) Pushyamitra
4) Barah Mihir