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Indian History

Description: GK Indian History Test - General Knowledge History Practice and Preparation Test for UPSC, B.Ed and M.Ed and Bank PO Exams
Number of Questions: 25
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Who among the following was an astronomer?

  1. Charak

  2. Varahmihir

  3. Shudrak

  4. Aryabhatta


Correct Option: D

Who was the greatest king among 'Cholas'?

  1. Rajaraja I

  2. Vijairaj

  3. Aditya I

  4. Prantaka


Correct Option: A

Prithviraj Chauhan was defeated by

  1. Balban

  2. Mahmud Ghaznavi

  3. Mohammud Ghori

  4. Iltutmish


Correct Option: C

Who was the first ruler to conquer South India?

  1. Mohammud Tughlaq

  2. Aurangzeb

  3. Alauddin Khalji

  4. Sher Shah


Correct Option: C

Renaissance movement began in

  1. England

  2. Greece

  3. Italy

  4. Germany


Correct Option: C

Which kingdom was founded by Harihar and Bukka?

  1. Chola

  2. Vijaynagar

  3. Cheri

  4. Chedi


Correct Option: B

Who discovered Sea-route to India?

  1. English

  2. French

  3. Portuguese

  4. Dutch


Correct Option: C

Who fought in the battle of Haldighati?

  1. Maharana Pratap

  2. Shivaji

  3. Samudra Gupta

  4. Vikramaditya


Correct Option: A

Ajanta Cave Paintings depict

  1. Ramayan Stories

  2. Mahabharat Stories

  3. Puran Stories

  4. Jatak Stories


Correct Option: D

Who wrote Arthashastra?

  1. Panini

  2. Manu

  3. Kautilya

  4. Patanjali


Correct Option: C

Mansabdari System was introduced by

  1. Sher Shah

  2. Akbar

  3. Aurangzeb

  4. Bahadur Shah


Correct Option: B

Which place is associated with the Salt Satyagraha?

  1. Ahmedabad

  2. Chaura-Chauri

  3. Dandi

  4. Nagpur


Correct Option: C

Who declared that 'Swarajya is my birth right'?

  1. Mahatma Gandhi

  2. Jawahar Lal Nehru

  3. Sardar Patel

  4. Bal Gangadhar Tilak


Correct Option: D

Which of the following revolutions gave birth to 'Modern System of Democracy'?

  1. Glorious Revolution

  2. French Revolution

  3. Renaissance

  4. Industrial Revolution


Correct Option: B

From which 26th January was the new Indian Constitution introduced?

  1. 1947

  2. 1950

  3. 1952

  4. 1957


Correct Option: B

When did battle of Ghaghara take place?

  1. 1529 A.D.

  2. 1527 A.D.

  3. 1528 A.D.

  4. 1525 A.D.


Correct Option: A

The original home of the Aryans was Arctic region. Who of the following propounded this theory?

  1. Max Muller

  2. A. C. Dass

  3. B. G. Tilak

  4. Pragtier


Correct Option: C

The famous 'Ashtadhyayi' is authored by

  1. Panini

  2. Gautam

  3. Vasishta

  4. Baudhyana


Correct Option: A

The third Buddhist Council held at Patliputra was presided over by

  1. Vasumitra

  2. Asvaghosha

  3. Anand

  4. Moggaliputta Tissa


Correct Option: D

Which of the following was a sea port in the Indus Valley Civilisation?

  1. Tamralipti

  2. Lothal

  3. Bhrigukaccha

  4. Rangpur


Correct Option: B

Alexander, the Great, invaded India in

  1. 334 B.C.

  2. 328 B.C.

  3. 326 B.C.

  4. 330 B.C.


Correct Option: C

Amoghvarsha was the ruler of

  1. Rastrakuta dynasty

  2. Pallava dynasty

  3. Chandella dynasty

  4. Paramara dynasty


Correct Option: A

In whose reign Hiuen Tsang visited India?

  1. Chandra Gupta Maurya

  2. Chandra Gupta Vikramaditya

  3. Rajya Vardhan

  4. Hersha Vardhan


Correct Option: D

'Bande-Matram' song was written by

  1. Rabindra Nath Tagore

  2. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

  3. Aurbindo Ghosh

  4. Sarojini Naidu


Correct Option: B

Who abolished 'Sati' in India?

  1. Lord Canning

  2. Lord Hastings

  3. Lord Dalhousie

  4. Lord William Bentinck


Correct Option: D
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