History GK Questions and Answers Quiz

Q. The capital of Harshavardhana was at

1) Varanasi
2) Pataliputra
3) Kannauj
4) Nalanda

Q. Both Vardhamana Mahavira and Gautam Buddha preached their doctrines during the reign of

1) Udayi
2) Nandivardhana
3) Bimbisara
4) Ajatashatru

Q. In whose reign, Hiuen Tsang, a Chinese pilgrim, visited India?

1) Chandragupta Maurya
2) Samundragupta
3) Harshavardhana
4) Kanishka

Q. The philosophy of Upanishads emphasises on

1) Tapa
2) Bhakti
3) Gyan
4) Karma

Q. Who was known as the mother of Indian revolutionaries?

1) Madame Cama
2) Sister Nivedita
3) Annie Besant
4) Matangini Hazra

Q. The Battle of Haldighati was fought between Akbar and —

1) Maharana Pratap
2) Hamirdeva
3) Rana Sanga
4) Malik Amber

Q. Hieun Tsang visited India during the reign of —

1) Harshavardhan
2) Samudragupta
3) Chandragupta II
4) Kumaragupta I

Q. Who wrote ‘Bande Mataram’?

1) Rajanikanta Sen
2) Bankimchandra Chatterjee
3) Rangalal Banerjee
4) Rabindranath Tagore

Q. Who introduced the Kabuliyat and Patta system?

1) Alauddin Khalji
2) Akbar
3) Aurangzeb
4) Sher Shah

Q. Jayadev, the author of Gita Govinda, was the court poet of—

1) Lakshmanasena
2) Hemantasena
3) Vijaysena
4) Ballalsena