GK - Indian History 6

1. Who founded the famous Pala dynasty which ruled over Bengal?

a) Dharmapala
b) Devapala
c) Gopala I
d) Jayapala

2. From where did the Sakas come to India?

a) Europe
b) Western China
c) Central Asia
d) Arabia

3. Who gave the famous ‘Girnar inscription’?

a) Rudraman
b) Ashoka
c) Samudragupta
d) Kanishka

4. By what name is Purushapura, the capital of Kushanas known today?

a) Purushapura
b) Peshavar
c) Patna
d) Patliputra

5. Who is the author of the famous literary work Tahqiq-i-Hind?

a) Alberuni
b) Badami
c) Zia-ud-din Barni
d) Khafi Khan

6. During whose reign did the famous Buddhist pundits Aswagosha, Vasumitra and Nagarjuna live?

a) Ashoka
b) Kanishka
c) Harshavardhana
d) Samudragupta

7. Which of the following is the correct chronological order of the Slave dynasty rulers?

a) Qutub-ud-din Aibak, Balban, Iltumish, Raziya
b) Qutub-ud-din Aibak, Iltumish, Raziya, Balban
c) Balban, Qutub-ud-din Aibak, Raziya, Iltumish
d) Qutub-ud-din-Aibak, Balban, Raziya, Iltumish

8. Who among the following forbade intoxicating drinks?

a) Akbar
b) Sher Shah
c) Allauddin Khilji
d) Aurangazeb

9. Who is the author of ‘Buddha Charita’?

a) Asvagosha
b) Nagarjuna
c) Banabhatta
d) Vasumitra

10. Between the Hinayana and Mahayana schools of Buddhism, which one was patronized by Kanishka?

a) Hinayana
b) Mahayana
c) Both
d) Neither

11. The reign of which dynasty is known as the golden period of Hinduism and Sanskrit literature?

a) Gupta
b) Maurya
c) Kushana
d) Saka

12. Who is the author of the famous ‘Panchatantra’ stories?

a) Amarasimhan
b) Vishnusharma
c) Nagarjuna
d) Bilhana

13. Who among the following issued edicts regulating the prices pf all articles and goods?

a) Ala-ud-din Khilji
b) Babur
c) Muhammad bin-Tughlaq
d) Sher Shah Suri

14. Ala-ud-din Khilji became the Sultan of Delhi in 1296 AD after treacherously murdering his uncle and patron. Who was this patron?

a) Jalal-ud-din Khilji
b) Nasir-ud-din Khusrau
c) Ghias-ud-din-Balban
d) Qutub-ud-din Mubarak

15. Who among the following is believed to have been the destroyer of the Khilji dynasty?

a) Nasir-ud-din Khusrau Shah
b) Malik Kafur
c) Ghazni Malik
d) Qutub-ud-din Mubarak Shah

16. Who among the following required that all grains should be stored in the royal granaries in Delhi?

a) Sher Shah
b) Akbar
c) Ala-ud-din Khilji
d) Balban

17. Who among the following was the founder of the Tughlaq dynasty?

a) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
b) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
c) Ghias-ud-din Tughlaq
d) Balban

18. Who amongst the following brothers of Aurangazeb was condemned to death and his body paraded in Delhi?

a) Dara Shikoh
b) Murad Baksh
c) Shuja
d) None of these

19. Which of the following was a maritime power?

a) Bahmanis
b) Chalukyas
c) Cholas
d) Rashtrakutas

20. During whose reign did Ibn-Batutah, the famous traveler visit India?

a) Ala-ud-din Khilji
b) Ghias-ud-din Tughlaq
c) Sher Shah Suri
d) Muhammad bin Tughlaq

21. The rulers of which of the following dynasty established the largest dominion in southern India?

a) Chalukyas
b) Cholas
c) Pallavas
d) Pandyas

22. Two of the great Mughal emperors wrote their own memoirs. Who are they?

a) Babur and Humayun
b) Humayun and Jahangir
c) Babur and Jahangir
d) Babur and Akbar

23. Who among the following wrote the famous Sanskrit plays ‘Ratnavali’, ‘Priyadarsika’ and ‘Naganandam’?

a) Harshavardhana
b) Kalidasa
c) Bhasa
d) Asoka

24. Whose court did Banabhatta adorn?

a) Harshavardhana
b) Chandragupta II
c) Kanishka
d) Asoka

25. Who authored ‘Harshacharita’ and ‘Kadambari’?

a) Banabhatta
b) Bilhana
c) Visakhadatta
d) Aryabatta

Answers

1. Gopala I
2. Western China
3. Rudraman
4. Peshavar
5. Alberuni
6. Kanishka
7. Qutub-ud-din Aibak, Iltumish, Raziya, Balban
8. Allauddin Khilji
9. Asvagosha
10. Mahayana
11. Gupta
12. Vishnusharma
13. Ala-ud-din Khilji
14. Jalal-ud-din Khilji
15. Malik Kafur
16. Ala-ud-din Khilji
17. Ghias-ud-din Tughlaq
18. Dara Shikoh
19. Cholas
20. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
21. Cholas
22. Babur and Jahangir
23. Harshavardhana
24. Harshavardhana
25. Banabhatta