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History Test

Description: GK Test History - GK History, General Knowledge Test, GK Awareness and Current Affairs Oriented Question for UPSC, Bank PO, Clerical Exams, Railways Exams and Other Competitive Exams Preparation
Number of Questions: 26
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Who build the 'Hanging Garden' of Babylon?

  1. Nebuchadnezzar

  2. Augustus

  3. Alexander

  4. Ptolemy Philadelphus I


Correct Option: A

Logarithm tables were invented by

  1. John Napier

  2. John Douglas

  3. John Doe

  4. John Harrison


Correct Option: A

Who was the most famous philosopher of ancient Greece?

  1. Aristole

  2. Phidias

  3. ardashir

  4. Cicero


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Correct Answer: Aristotle

Who first made iron?

  1. Hittities

  2. Myron

  3. Zoraster

  4. Ashok


Correct Option: A

Which is the most important literature of Iran?

  1. Old Testament

  2. Avesta

  3. New Testament

  4. Tripitak


Correct Option: B

In which Veda, we find reference to locked waters and water wheel?

  1. Rig veda

  2. Yajur veda

  3. Atharva veda

  4. Sama veda


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Correct Answer: Rig Veda

Who is called 'Ekarat' by Puranas?

  1. Mahapadam

  2. Khusro

  3. Alexander

  4. Skylax


Correct Option: A

Which Hindu king was known as the Indian Nepoleaon?

  1. Bimbisara

  2. Maha Padma

  3. Samudra Gupta

  4. Udayin


Correct Option: C

Which animals were considered holy by the Aryans?

  1. Cow and ox

  2. Sheep and cow

  3. Goat and sheep

  4. Cow and horse


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct Answer: Cow and horse

Who was the last king of the Khilji dynasty?

  1. Khusro

  2. Bimbisara

  3. Ajatasatru

  4. Sisunaga


Correct Option: A

'Pilgrim Tax' was aboilished by

  1. Babar

  2. Mahmud Lodi

  3. Akbar

  4. Humayun


Correct Option: C

Who wrote 'Indica'?

  1. Seleuccus

  2. Kautilya

  3. Chandra Gupta

  4. Megasthenese


Correct Option: D

Who wrote 'Brahama Siddhanta'?

  1. Varahmihira

  2. Kumara Gupta �

  3. Samudra Gupta

  4. Brahma Gupta


Correct Option: D

Where was the potters wheel first used?

  1. Mesopotamia

  2. China

  3. Egypt

  4. Humpi


Correct Option: A

What was the language of the Aryans?

  1. Hindi

  2. Marathi

  3. Sanskrit

  4. Gujrati


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct Answer: Sanskrit

Which is the next important human race which came after 'Neanderthal'?

  1. Java Man

  2. Cro-magnons

  3. Peking Man

  4. Australopithecus


Correct Option: B

Who is known as the most outstanding monarch in the history of world?

  1. Ashoka

  2. Chanakya

  3. Bimbisara

  4. Samudra Gupta


Correct Option: A

Gandhiji went to which place to practice law?

  1. London

  2. America

  3. US

  4. South Africa


Correct Option: D

Which Chola king conquered Sri Lanka?

  1. Hiuen Sang

  2. Kari Kalan

  3. Elara

  4. Yajnasri


Correct Option: C

Gandhiji's first fast was in the year

  1. 1912

  2. 1914

  3. 1918

  4. 1915


Correct Option: C

Who were the first people to lay foundation of the Urban civilization?

  1. Sumerians

  2. Chinese

  3. Mesopotamians

  4. Egyptian


Correct Option: A

Which were the years of cultural revolution in China?

  1. 1956-1959

  2. 1966-1969

  3. 1965-1969

  4. 1923-1929


Correct Option: B

Who is the author of the book 'Mahatma Gandhi-Biography'?

  1. N.K. Bose

  2. G.D.Birla

  3. Prabhudas Gandhi

  4. B.R. Nanda


Correct Option: D

Which is the main source of information regarding the culture of the Aryans?

  1. Sam Veda

  2. Rig Veda

  3. Yajur Veda

  4. Atharva Veda


Correct Option: B

Who captured Calcutta from the English?

  1. Siraj-ud-Daula

  2. Lord Wellesly

  3. Tipu Sultan

  4. Dupleix


Correct Option: A

From where did the Persians inherit cuneiform writing?

  1. China

  2. Egypt

  3. Mesopotamia

  4. Athens


Correct Option: C
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