History GK Questions and Answers Quiz
Q. Which one among the following pairs is correctly matched?
1) The Battle of Chausa: Defeat of Humayun by Sher Shah
2) The Second Battle of Tarain: Defeat of Jaichand of Kanauj by Muhammad of Ghur
3) The First Battle of Panipat: Defeat of Sikandar Lodi by babur
4) The Battle of Khanwa: Defeat of Rana Pratap by Akbar
Q. Which one of the following statements about the teachings of Kabir is not correct?
1) He was not against pilgrimage and idol worship
2) He believed in universal love
3) He emphasised on one God and the spread of devotionalism
4) He did not consider it necessary to abandon the normal life of a householder
Q. Consider the following passage and identify the three tribal principalities referred to therein using the code given below:
In the early history of the far south in India, three tribal principalities are mentioned in Ashokan inscriptions of the third century BC and in Kharavela inscription of the first century BC.
1) Cholas, Pandyas and Cheras
2) Vakatakas, Cholas and Satvahanas
3) Ikshvakus, Vakatakas and Pandyas
4) Pallavas, Cholas and Pandyas
Q. Consider the following statements and identify with the help of the code given below the person who made the statement:
"It would be quite impossible for a few hundred British to administer against the active apposition of the whole of the politically minded of the population".
1) Clement Attlee in January 1947 in a private letter addressed to Ernest Bevin
2) Jawaharlal Nehru in April 1947 in an address to Congressmen at Lucknow
3) Lord Mountbatten in December 1946 in a note given to British Parliament
4) Viceroy Wavell in January 1946 in a letter to Secretary of State
Q. Which one among the following was part of Gandhi-Irwin Agreement of 1931?
1) Release of political prisoners excepting those guilty of arson and violence
2) Stern action against policemen guilty of brutal assault on Satyagrahis
3) Nehru to represent Congress at the Round Table Conference of 1931
4) Deletion of communal question from the agenda of the Conference
Q. Which one among the following statements regarding the social and religious reform ideas of Raja Rammohun Roy is not correct?
1) His Vedantic monism was strengthened after 1815 since an exposure to Christian Unitarianism
2) He paid attention exclusively to the problems/issues of the emerging middle class of India
3) His efforts led to the formation of Brahmo Samaj in 1828
4) He considered different religions as embodiments of universal theism
Q. The interest of the Vijayanagar and Bahmani rulers clashed in three separate and distinct area in Deccan. Which one among the following was not directly associated with this intense conflict?
1) Kaveri interior delta
2) Tungabhadra doab
3) Krishna-Godavari delta/basin
4) Marathawada country
Q. Which one among the following was not a reform measure carried out by Mahmud Gawan of Bahmani Kingdom?
1) Lands were measured and land taxes were fixed on that basis
2) The Kingdom was divided into eight provinces or Tarafs
3) Nobles were paid salaries and were asked to maintain contingents of horses
4) A tract of land, Khalisa, was set apart for the expenses of the Tarafdar
Q. Which of the following statements about Fourth Anglo-Mysore War are correct?
1. The Madras Council suggested a policy of rigorous and intense attack on Mysore.
2. Lord Wellesley tried to revive the Triple Alliance.
3. Tipu sent emissaries to Arabia, Versailles, Mauritius and Kabul enlisting support against the English.
4. The War was of a very short duration though decisive
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Code:
1) 2, 3 and 4
2) 1, 3 and 4
3) 2 and 4 only
4) 1 and 3 only
Q. Which of the following statements regarding the American Revolution is/are correct?
1. The American Revolution was a conflict between British settlers and native Americans
2. The Americans refused to pay taxes imposed by the British Parliament in which the Americans had no representation
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Code:
1) Both 1 and 2
2) i only
3) 2 only
4) Neither 1 nor 2
