History GK Questions and Answers Quiz

Q. What was the capital of ancient Magadha?

1) Rajagriha
2) Girivraja
3) Pataliputra
4) Sravasti

Q. Which of the following Indian Kings excelled in music?

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

Q. When Partition of Bengal was effected?

1) October 16, 1905
2) 1903
3) July 19, 1905
4) December 1905

Q. Who was the opponent of Babur in the First Battle of Panipat?

1) Medini Raya
2) Ibrahim Lodi
3) Rana Sanga
4) Mahmud Lodi

Q. Who was the best king of the Cholas?

1) Rajendra I
2) Rajaraja I
3) Parantaka II
4) Vira Rajendra

Q. The oldest part of the Veda wasβ€”

1) Rig
2) Sama
3) Yajur
4) Atharva

Q. Who among the following Mughal rulers banned music and dancing?

1) Humayun
2) Jahangir
3) Babar
4) Aurangzeb

Q. Who is called the β€˜Father of Modern India’?

1) W.C.Banerjee
2) Rammohan Roy
3) Jawaharlal Nehru
4) Mahatma Gandhi

Q. Who wrote the Nasik Prasasti (eulogy)?

1) Goutamiputra Satakarni
2) Queen Nayanika
3) Gautami Balashri
4) Simuka

Q. Who discovered Mohenjodaro?

1) Dayaram Sahani
2) Sir Mortimar Wheeler
3) Rakhaldas Banerjee
4) Sir John Marshall