General Knowledge Question Answer: History GK Questions and Answers

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

Q. Which of the following Ashokan inscriptions is devoted to the principle of religious tolerance completely?
1) Rock edict XIII
2) Rock edict XII
3) Pillar inscription VII
4) Bhabru minor rock edict

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Q. Which of the following sites has yielded skeleton of dog along with human skeletion in burial?
1) Brahmagiri
2) Burzahom
3) Chirand
4) Maski

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Q. Choose the correct pair from the following-
1) Khajuraho - Chandellas
2) Ellora caves - Saka
3) Mahabalipuram - Rashtrakutas
4) Meenakshi Temple - Pallavas

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Q. The Gujarra minor rock edict, in which the name of Ashoka is mentioned, is located in-
1) Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh
2) Datia district of Madhya Pradesh
3) Jaipur district of Rajasthan
4) Champaran district of Bihar

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Q. Subhas Chandra Bose had founded 'Forward Bloc' in the year-
1) 1936 A.D.
2) 1937 A.D.
3) 1938 A.D.
4) 1939 A.D.

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Q. Which one of the following was directly related to the Poona Pact of 1932?
1) Indian women
2) Indian labour class
3) Indian farmers
4) Indian depressed class

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Q. Which one of the following statements is not correct about Dadabhai Naoroji?
1) He wrote a book 'Poverty and Un-British rule in India'
2) He worked as a professor of Gujarati in the University College, London
3) He laid the foundation of woman's education in Bombay
4) He was elected as a member of British Parliament on the ticket of the Conservative Party

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Q. Who was the leader of the Swadeshi Movement in Madras?
1) Srinivas Sastri
2) Rajagopalachari
3) Chidambaram Pillai
4) Chintmani

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Q. The transfer of capital of British India from Calcutta to Delhi was effected during the period of-
1) Lord Minto
2) Lord Hardinge
3) Lord Chelmsford
4) Lord Reading

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Q. The Province where Indian National Congress did not form ministry after the General election of 1937 was-
1) Orissa
2) Bihar
3) Madras
4) Bengal

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