GK - Indian History 7

1. Who among the following was a great musician in the court of Akbar?

a) Amir Khusro
b) Tansen
c) Ramdas
d) Abul Fazl

2. Who is the author of Mrchchhakatika?

a) Varahamihira
b) Visakhadatta
c) Sudraka
d) Bilhana

3. The Butler Committee Report enquired into which of the following?

a) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
b) The growth of education in British India
c) Working of Diarchy as mentioned in the Montague Chelmsford reforms
d) Relationship between Indian states and the paramount power

4. Which of the following committee reports enquired into the growth of education in British India and potentialities of its further progress?

a) Butler Committee Report
b) The Hurtog Committee Report
c) Muddiman Committee Report
d) Hunter Commision

5. Who among the following is associated with Kakori Conspiracy?

a) Ram Prasad Bismal
b) Jatin Das
c) Surya Sen
d) Vasudeo Phadke

6. Which dynasty built the rock-cut temples at Khajuraho?

a) Chandellas
b) Cholas
c) Rashtrakudas
d) Chalukyas

7. Who among the following has been the President of Indian National Congress thrice?

a) Dadabhai Naoroji
b) Annie Besant
c) Gokhale
d) Aurobindo

8. Who were the first to call the river Sindhu, ‘Hindu’?

a) Persians
b) Greeks
c) Turks
d) Egyptians

9. Which of the following committee report enquired into the working of diarchy as laid down in the Montague Chelmsford reforms?

a) Muddiman Committee report
b) The Hurtog Committee Report
c) Butler Committee Report
d) none of these

10. The most important feature of which civilization was well planned and well built towns?

a) Vedic civilization
b) Indus Valley civilization
c) Egyptian civilization
d) Persian civilization

11. The Indus Valley people are believed to have been the worshippers of

a) Mother Goddess
b) Indra
b) Agni
d) Vishnu

12. From where did Aryans, the nomadic pastoral people come to India?

a) Western Asia
b) Central Asia
c) Europe
d) Africa

13. The Aryans reached the frontiers of the Indian subcontinent by 2000 BC. In India where did they settle down first?

a) Rajasthan
b) Gujarat
c) Punjab
d) Kashmir

14. Among whom were the worship of trees, animals and stones quite present?

a) The Aryans
b) The Dravidas
c) The Huns
d) The Bactrians

15. Who among the following was worshiped by Aryans?

a) Mother Goddess
b) Lord Shiva
c) Varuna
d) Trees

16. During which period were the Ramayana and Mahabharata composed?

a) Indus Valley Civilization
b) Early Vedic period
c) During the reign of Guptas
d) Later Vedic period

17. Which one of the following was an important republic that existed during the 7th and early 6th centuries?

a) Vaishali
b) Magadha
c) Kosala
d) Avanti

18. Alexander invaded India in

a) 326 BC
b) 420 BC
c) 322 BC
d) 360 BC

19. Between whom were the battle of Karri fought?

a) Alexander and Porus
b) Tipu Sultan and the British
c) Muhammd Ghori and Prithviraj
d) The British and the French

20. On the bank of which river was the battle of Karri fought?

a) Indus
b) Chenad
c) Ravi
d) Jhelum

21. ‘As a King treats a King’, that was how the loser replied when the conqueror asked him what treatment he should be meted out. Who are the winner and the loser here?

a) Alexander and Porus
b) Babur and Ibrahim Lodhi
c) Akbar and Hemu
d) Prithviraj Chauhan and Mohammad Ghori

22. Which dynasty was ruling over the Gangetic planes at the time of the invasion of Alexander?

a) Nandas
b) Mauryas
c) Guptas
c) Hunas

23. Which of the following was the capital of Nandas?

a) Magadha
b) Purushapura
c) Vatsa
d) Kosala

24. In which year was the Mauryan Empire founded by Chandragupta Maurya?

a) 322 BC
b) 326 BC
c) 320 BC
d) 341 BC

25. Which of the following was the capital city of the Mauryans?

a) Pataliputra
b) Purushapura
c) Magadha
d) Badami

Answers

1. Tansen
2. Visakhadatta
3. working of diarchy as laid down in the Montague Chemlsford reforms
4. The Hurtog Committee Report
5. Ram Prasad Bismal
6. Chandellas
7. Dadabhai Naoroji
8. Persians
9. Muddiman Committee report
10. Indus Valley civilization
11. Mother Goddess
12. Central Asia
13. Punjab
14. The Dravidas
15. Varuna
16. Later Vedic period
17. Vaishali
18. 326 BC
19. Alexander and Porus
20. Jhelum
21. Alexander and Porus
22. Nandas
23. Magadha
24. 322 BC
25. Pataliputra