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History of India - 10

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: 25
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The founder of Pratihara Empire was

  1. Harihara

  2. Mihir Bhoja

  3. Kirtivarman

  4. Rambhadra


Correct Option: B

Sher Shah Suri defeated Humayun in the battle of

  1. Panipat

  2. Haldighati

  3. Talikota

  4. Kannauj


Correct Option: D

Who moved his capital from Thaneshwar to Kannauj?

  1. Ashoka

  2. Pulakesin I

  3. Harshavardhan

  4. Chandragupta Vikramaditya


Correct Option: C

The temples of Khajuraho were built by

  1. Cholas

  2. Chandellas

  3. Chalukyas

  4. Pallavas


Correct Option: B

Tuzuk-i-Babari is the Turkish autobiography of

  1. Zahiruddin Mohammad

  2. Humayun

  3. Akbar

  4. Shahjahan


Correct Option: A

Ashoka's edicts were written in______ script.

  1. Prakrit

  2. Hindi

  3. Brahmi

  4. Pali


Correct Option: C

Shivaji's capital was

  1. Sinhagad

  2. Bijapur

  3. Golconda

  4. Raigad


Correct Option: D

The Persian emperor Darius annexed Punjab in

  1. 516 BC

  2. 615 BC

  3. 156 BC

  4. 615 AD


Correct Option: A

Buddha Charita was written by

  1. Vishnu Sharma

  2. Nagarjuna

  3. Ashwaghose

  4. Banabhatta


Correct Option: C

Alexander decided to return to Greece from the banks of the river

  1. Beas

  2. Ravi

  3. Sutlej

  4. Jhelum


Correct Option: A

Bimbisara belonged to the

  1. Shishunaga dynasty

  2. Hariyanka dynasty

  3. Nanda dynasty

  4. Maurya dynasty


Correct Option: A

Who founded the Saka Era?

  1. Ashoka

  2. Samudragupta

  3. Chandragupta Vikramaditya

  4. Harshavardhana


Correct Option: C

Jahangir Mahal is in

  1. Delhi

  2. Agra

  3. Fatehpur Sikri

  4. Lahore


Correct Option: B

Who issued the largest number of edicts?

  1. Harshavardhana

  2. Samudragupta

  3. Ashoka

  4. Bimbisara


Correct Option: C

The Ashoka's inscription in Kharoshti script was found at

  1. Sarnath

  2. Qandahar

  3. Junagadh

  4. Taxila


Correct Option: B

Qutubddin Aibak ascended to the throne in

  1. Lahore

  2. Delhi

  3. Agra

  4. Peshawar


Correct Option: A

Indian painting reached its zenith during the reign of

  1. Akbar

  2. Jahangir

  3. Shahjahan

  4. Humayun


Correct Option: B

Firdausi wrote "Shahnama" in

  1. Persian

  2. Arabic

  3. Turkish

  4. Urdu


Correct Option: A

The metals known to the Indus Valley people were

  1. copper, gold, bronze and iron

  2. copper, iron, bronze and silver

  3. bronze, gold, copper and silver

  4. iron, bronze, silver and gold


Correct Option: C

The Chalukyas were not associated with

  1. Badami

  2. Kanchi

  3. Vengi

  4. Kalyani


Correct Option: B

Ashoka's edicts did not deal with

  1. his animal welfare program

  2. his efforts in the spread of Buddhism

  3. social and moral precepts

  4. religious practices


Correct Option: D

Who is regarded as the architect of Chandragupta's early rise to power?

  1. Kalidas

  2. Chanakya

  3. Seleucus

  4. Vishakhadatta


Correct Option: B

Who is referred as Sandrocottus by the Greeks?

  1. Ashoka

  2. Porus

  3. Chandragupta Maurya

  4. Ajatshatru


Correct Option: C

The Gandhara School of Art was established in

  1. Northwest India

  2. Eastern India

  3. Southern India

  4. Western India


Correct Option: A

The Kailasanatha temple at Ellora was built by the

  1. Cholas

  2. Guptas

  3. Pallavas

  4. Rashtrakutas


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Option (4) is correct.

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