History GK pdf Download Question Answer
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Q 1 : THE TURKO-AFGHAN RULE IN INDIA LASTED FOR ABOUT
A: two centuries
B: three centuries
C: four centuries
D: a little over one century
Answer : B
Q 2 : 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
Answer : B
Q 3 : 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
Answer : D
Q 4 : THE TERM SAMANTA, MEANING A FEUDATORY FROM THE SIXTH CENTURY AD, ORIGINALLY MEANT A
A: slave
B: cultivator
C: neighbor
D: foreigner
Answer : C
Q 5 : 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
Answer : C
Q 6 : THE UPRISING OF 1857 WAS DESCRIBED AS THE FIRST INDIAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE BY
A: S.N. Sen
B: R.C. Mazumdar
C: B.G. Tilak
D: V.D. Savakar
Answer : D
Q 7 : WE CAN KNOW ABOUT EARLY VEDIC PERIOD FROM
A: archaeological excavations
B: the Rig Veda
C: Jatak Katha
D: contemporary culture
Answer : B
Q 8 : 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
Answer : C
Q 9 : VISAKHADATTA SKETCHES THE EVENT AFTER THE DEATH OF SAMUDRAGUPTA IN HIS WORK
A: Mudrarakasam
B: Devi Chand Guptam
C: Mrichekakatika
D: Malavikagnimitra
Answer : A
Q 10 : THE VIJAYANAGARA KING WHO EMPLOYED SKILLED ARCHERS OF THE TURKISH CLAN AND RAISED THE FIGHTING CAPACITY OF HIS BOWMEN WAS
A: Bukka I
B: Devaraya I
C: Krishnadevaraya
D: Ramaraya
Answer : B
Q 11 : 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
Answer : B
Q 12 : THE TWO PRINCIPLES MONUMENTS OF ALAUD-DIN KHILJI’S REIGN – THE JAMA AT KANA MASJID AND ALAI DARWAZA – WERE CONSTRUCTED AT
A: Agra
B: Delhi
C: Dhar
D: Gulbarga
Answer : B
Q 13 : UNIVERSITIES IN THE PRESIDENCY TOWNS IN INDIA WERE ESTABLISHED IN
A: 1857
B: 1858
C: 1900
D: 1909
Answer : A
Q 14 : UNDER THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURES CONSISTED OF TWO CHAMBERS, EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF
A: Assam
B: Bihar
C: Madras
D: Punjab
Answer : D
Q 15 : 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.
Answer : A
Q 16 : ‘THE VEDAS CONTAIN ALL THE TRUTH WAS INTERPRETED BY
A: Swami Vivekananda
B: Swami Dayananda
C: Raja Rammohan Roy
D: None of the above
Answer : B
Q 17 : 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
Answer : A
Q 18 : THE KALINGA WAS FOUGHT IN
A: 321 BC
B: 301 BC
C: 261 BC
D: 241 BC
Answer : C
Q 19 : THE TERM NIRGRANTHA IS ASSOCIATED WITH
A: Ajivikas
B: Charvakas
C: Jainas
D: Pasupatas
Answer : C
Q 20 : 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
Answer : A
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