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GK (Indian History)

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Which of the following Hindu kingdoms broke up as a result of a military defeat at Talikota in 1565?

  1. Vijayanagar

  2. Arcot

  3. Travancore

  4. Mysore


Correct Option: A

Vishnuvardhana was associated with which dynasty?

  1. Chalukya

  2. Pallava

  3. Hoysala

  4. Maurya


Correct Option: C

Konganivaram is associated with which dynasty?

  1. Chola

  2. Pallava

  3. Ganga

  4. Chalukya


Correct Option: C

In 1761, who declared himself ruler of Mysore?

  1. Humanyun

  2. Hyder Ali

  3. Harsha

  4. Husain Shah Alaud-din


Correct Option: B

Which of the following accepted British ascendancy with the Treaty of Masulipatam?

  1. Mysore

  2. Jaipur

  3. Hyderabad

  4. Delhi Sultanate


Correct Option: C

Which of the following cities was founded by the Lodi dynasty in 1480?

  1. Ludhiana

  2. Pune

  3. Calcutta

  4. Bangalore


Correct Option: A

Which was the last Afghan dynasty to rule in northern India?

  1. Khilji

  2. Lodi

  3. Sayyid

  4. Tughlaq


Correct Option: B

Where was the court of Lakshmanasena of the Sena dynasty, which ruled in Bengal in the 11th and 12th centuries?

  1. Murshidabad

  2. Nadia

  3. Sibsagar

  4. Bolpur


Correct Option: B

Which Indian nationalist leader wrote the Bhagavadgita-Rahasya while in prison in Mandalay?

  1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

  2. Vallabhbhai Patel

  3. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

  4. C. Rajagopalachari


Correct Option: A

How was Zahir-ud-Din Muhammad, the Mughal ruler, popularly known as?

  1. Jahangir

  2. Shah Jahan

  3. Babur

  4. Humayun


Correct Option: C

Ramchandra Panduranga, a leader of the Indian uprising of 1857, was known by which other name?

  1. Nana Saheb

  2. Tantia Tope

  3. Zafar

  4. Baji Rao


Correct Option: B

To which Indian city did Asaf-ud-Dawlah, the nawab of Oudh, transfer his capital, which was originally at Faizabad?

  1. Ludhiana

  2. Leh

  3. Lucknow

  4. Agra


Correct Option: C

Which of these rulers was not from the Satavahana dynasty?

  1. Simuka

  2. Vijayasena

  3. Krishna

  4. Satakarni


Correct Option: B

In which of the following cities was the first European settlement established in 1500?

  1. Surat

  2. Bombay

  3. Cochin

  4. Madras


Correct Option: C

Which of the following political leaders was elected the Liberal Member of Parliament for Central Finsbury in 1892?

  1. Mahadev Govind Ranade

  2. Dadabhai Naoroji

  3. Tej Bahadur Sapru

  4. Badruddin Tyabji


Correct Option: B

In which of the following cities is there a monument that is modelled after the Sublime Porte (Bab-i-Humayun) in Istanbul?

  1. Delhi

  2. Agra

  3. Lucknow

  4. Fatehpur Sikri


Correct Option: C

Which of the following cities did Akbar, Jahangir, and Shah Jahan use as their capital?

  1. Calcutta

  2. Jaipur

  3. Agra

  4. Gwalior


Correct Option: C

Which of the following cities was founded by the Lodi dynasty in 1480?

  1. Ludhiana

  2. Pune

  3. Calcutta

  4. Bangalore


Correct Option: A

Who founded the dynasty of the Nizams in the Princely State of Hyderabad?

  1. Hyder Ali

  2. Nizam -ul-Mulk

  3. Baji-Rao

  4. Tipu Sultan


Correct Option: B

Which Indian dynasty founded by Pushyamitra in about 185 BC, replaced the Maurya Dynasty?

  1. Gupta

  2. Shunga

  3. Aravidu

  4. Gaekwad


Correct Option: B

Which dynasty built the Charminar in Hyderabad?

  1. Adil Shahi

  2. Pallava

  3. Qutb Shahi

  4. Chola


Correct Option: C

With which of the following Indian rulers is the Slave dynasty associated?

  1. Qutb-ud-din Aibak

  2. Aurangzeb

  3. Ashoka

  4. Harsha


Correct Option: A

Between which two countries was the Tashkent Agreement signed?

  1. India and Russia

  2. India and China

  3. India and Pakistan

  4. India and Afghanistan


Correct Option: C

What name did the Portuguese give to the island of Gharapuri (Fortress City)

  1. Elephanta

  2. Nandi

  3. Diu

  4. Rameshwaram


Correct Option: A

Who founded the Saka era?

  1. Kanishka

  2. Vikramaditya

  3. Harsha

  4. Ashoka


Correct Option: A
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