General Knowledge Quiz Questions And Answers - History of India

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Indian History Part -2

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36. There was a sharp class division at Harappa and Mohen-jodaro. This is clear from the
  • {A} Indus seals excavated
  • {B} religious beliefs of the Harappans
  • {C} tools and implements used by the Harappans
  • {D} different types of dwellings excavated
Ans :  different types of dwellings excavated

37. The title given by the British Government to Mahatma Gandhi which he surrendered during the non-cooperation movement was
  • {A} Hind Keasri
  • {B} Kaiser-e-Hind
  • {C} Rai Bahadur
  • {D} Rt. Honorable
Ans :  Kaiser-e-Hind

38. Tipu sultan was the ruler of
  • {A} Hyderabad
  • {B} Madurai
  • {C} Mysore
  • {D} Vijayanagar
Ans :  Mysore

39. The term yavanika meant
  • {A} foreign goods
  • {B} dancer
  • {C} curtain
  • {D} theatre
Ans :  curtain

40. The term Khalisa in Mughal administration signified the
  • {A} entire Imperial establishment
  • {B} land owned b the emperor himself
  • {C} religious land grants
  • {D} land from where revenue was collected for the Imperial Treasury
Ans : land owned b the emperor himself

41. Visakhadatta sketches the event after the death of Samudragupta in his work
  • {A} Mudrarakasam
  • {B} Devi Chand Guptam
  • {C} Mrichekakatika
  • {D} Malavikagnimitra
Ans :  Mudrarakasam

42. The system of Dual Government during the latter half of the 18th century AD is associated with the name of
  • {A} Clive
  • {B} Comwallis
  • {C} Waren Hastings
  • {D} William Bentinck
Ans :  Clive

43. 'The Vedas contain all the truth was interpreted by
  • {A} Swami Vivekananda
  • {B} Swami Dayananda
  • {C} Raja Rammohan Roy
  • {D} None of the above
Ans :  Swami Dayananda

44. The term samanta, meaning a feudatory from the sixth century AD, originally meant a
  • {A} slave
  • {B} cultivator
  • {C} neighbor
  • {D} foreigner
Ans :  neighbor

45. To evolve a peaceful settlement of the conflict between India and China, which of the following non-aligned Afro-Asian nations participated in a conference held in December 1962?
  • {A} Burma (now Myanmar), Combodia, Indonesia and UAR
  • {B} Burma, Sri Lanka, Combodia and Indonesia
  • {C} Burma, Indonesia, Ghana and Sri Lanka
  • {D} All of the above
Ans :  All of the above

46. The text of the document called Mahzar, by which Akbar assumed the role of supreme arbiter in the matters of religion is found in
  • {A} Nizamuddin's Tabaqat-I-Akbari
  • {B} Arif Quandahari's Tarikh-I-Alfi
  • {C} Abul Fazl's Akbarnama
  • {D} Badauni's Muntakahab-ut-Tawarikh
Ans :  Abul Fazl's Akbarnama

47. Tulsidas, the author of Ramcharitmanas, was a contemporary of which of the following rulers?
  • {A} Akbar
  • {B} Humayun
  • {C} Shahjahan
  • {D} Sher Shah Suri
Ans :  Akbar

48. To meet the educational needs of the people, the Madarasa-I Nasiri was built in the region of
  • {A} Qutub-ud-din Aibak
  • {B} Iltutmish
  • {C} Ruknuddin Firoz Shah
  • {D} Jalal-id-din Khilji
Ans :  Iltutmish

49. The weekly Commonweal was founded by
  • {A} Annie Besant
  • {B} Bipan Chandra Pal
  • {C} Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  • {D} Sarojini Naidu
Ans :  Annie Besant

50. Ustad Mansur was a famous painter in the region of
  • {A} Shajahan
  • {B} Akbar
  • {C} Humayun
  • {D} Jahangir
Ans :  Jahangir

51. The Vedic deity Indra was the Goddess of
  • {A} wind
  • {B} eternity
  • {C} rain and thunder
  • {D} fire
Ans :  rain and thunder

52. Tolkappiyam is associated with the
  • {A} first Sangam period
  • {B} second Sangam period
  • {C} third Sangam period
  • {D} post-third Sangam period
Ans :  second Sangam period

53. Pulakesin II was the most famous ruler of
  • {A} Chalukyas
  • {B} Cholas
  • {C} Pallavas
  • {D} Satavahanas
Ans :  Chalukyas

54. The term Brahmadeya occurs for the first time in
  • {A} early Vedic texts
  • {B} early Buddhist texts
  • {C} pre-Gupta inscriptions
  • {D} post-Gupta inscriptions
Ans : pre-Gupta inscriptions

55. Under whose leadership was the all India Muslim League set up?
  • {A} Mohammed Ali Jinnah
  • {B} Sayyid Ahmed Khan
  • {C} Aga Khan
  • {D} All of the above
Ans : Aga Khan

56. Though Ashoka had many sons, the inscriptions mentioned only one who is not mentioned in any other source. He is
  • {A} Kunala
  • {B} Tivara
  • {C} Mahendra
  • {D} Jalauka
Ans :  Tivara

57. We can know about early vedic period from
  • {A} archaeological excavations
  • {B} the Rig Veda
  • {C} Jatak Katha
  • {D} contemporary culture
Ans :  the Rig Veda

58. The Upanishads are
  • {A} a source of Hindu philosophy
  • {B} books of ancient Hindu laws
  • {C} books on social behavior of man
  • {D} prayers to God
Ans :  a source of Hindu philosophy

59. Universities in the Presidency towns in India were established in which year ?
  • {A} 1857
  • {B} 1858
  • {C} 1900
  • {D} 1909
Ans :  1857

60. The Vijayanagara king who employed skilled archers of the Turkish clan and raised the fighting capacity of his bowmen was
  • {A} Bukka 
  • {B} Devaraya 
  • {C} Krishnadevaraya
  • {D} Ramaraya
Ans :  Devaraya

61. Under the Guptas in eastern India, there was probably an intermediate level of administration between vishayas (districts) and villages. Identify it.
  • {A} Bhukit
  • {B} Pradesa
  • {C} Vifhi
  • {D} Ahara
Ans :  Vifhi

62. The two principles monuments of Alaud-din Khilji's reign - the Jama at Kana Masjid and Alai Darwaza - were constructed at which location ?
  • {A} Agra
  • {B} Delhi
  • {C} Dhar
  • {D} Gulbarga
Ans :  Delhi

63. The term Nirgrantha is associated with 
  • {A} Ajivikas
  • {B} Charvakas
  • {C} Jainas
  • {D} Pasupatas
Ans : Jainas

64. The Kalinga war was fought in which year ?
  • {A} 321 BC
  • {B} 301 BC
  • {C} 261 BC
  • {D} 241 BC
Ans :  261 BC

65. Under the Government of India, Provincial Legislatures consisted of two chambers, except in the case of
  • {A} Assam
  • {B} Bihar
  • {C} Madras
  • {D} Punjab
Ans :  Punjab

66. The Venetian traveler who travelled with his wife and reached Vijayanagar around 1420 was
  • {A} Athanasius Nikitin
  • {B} Nicolo de Conti
  • {C} Ibn Batuta
  • {D} Ferishta
Ans :  Nicolo de Conti

67. The year 788 AD was a good one for Hinduism. Why?
  • {A} Shankracharya was born that year.
  • {B} Harsha Vardhana, the last Buddhist king, died.
  • {C} Samudragupta converted to Hinduism.
  • {D} All Muslim invaders were defeated.
Ans :  Shankracharya was born that year

68. The Uprising of 1857 was described as the first Indian war of Independence by whom ?
  • {A} S.N. Sen
  • {B} R.C. Mazumdar
  • {C} B.G. Tilak
  • {D} V.D. Savakar
Ans :  V.D. Savakar

69. The twenty-third Jaina teacher, Parsva, the immediate predecessor of Mahavira enjoined on his disciples four great vows. To these Mahavira addes which of the followings as the fifth vow?
  • {A} Abstention from stealing
  • {B} Non-injury
  • {C} Brahmacharya or continence
  • {D} Non-attachment
Ans :  Brahmacharya or continence

70. The Turko-Afghan rule in India lasted for how many centuries ?
  • {A} two centuries
  • {B} three centuries
  • {C} four centuries
  • {D} a little over one century
Ans :  three centuries

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