General Knowledge Question Answer: History GK Questions and Answers

General Knowledge History Questions, History Quiz for Competitive Exams, Important History MCQs for GK

Q. Which of the following pairs is not matched correctly?
1) Establishment of Universities of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay - Lord Canning
2) A network of Primary Schools - Lord Mayo
3) First Census of India - Lord Lytton
4) Partition of Bengal - Lord Curjon

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Q. What is the correct chronological order of coming of European traders in India?
I. French
II. English
III. Dutch
IV. Portuguese
V. Danish

1) I, II, III, IV, V
2) V, IV, III, II, I
3) IV, II, III, V, I
4) III, IV, V, I, II

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Q. During the rule of Mughals who was next to emperors?
1) Mir Bakshi
2) Diwan
3) Wakil-i-Multak
4) Chief Qazi

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Q. Which of the following classics is not written by Kalidas?
1) Ashtadhyayi
2) Malvikagni Mitram
3) Raghuvansham
4) Meghdootam

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Q. Which of the following pairs is not matched correctly?
1) Indica - Megasthenese
2) Historica - Herodotus
3) Biography of Alexander - Onesikitus
4) Natural History - Ptolemy

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Q. What is the correct chronological order, in ascending order, for the following Acts in British India?
I. The Bengal Sati Regulation (Regulation (XVII)
II. Female Infanticide Prevention Act.
III. Suppression of Thugs

1) I, II, III
2) I, III, II
3) III, II, I
4) II, I, III

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Q. Hiuen Tsang, hailed as the prince of pilgrims, visited India during the reign of king -
1) Ashoka
2) Vishnugupta
3) Samudragupta
4) Harsha

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Q. The Gupta rulers imposed a fine called ........ which was a plough tax paid by every cultivator owning a plough.
1) Hiranya
2) Sulka
3) Halivakara
4) Kara

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Q. The first ruler of Magadha from the Haryanka dynasty was -
1) Ashoka
2) Prasenajit
3) Bimbisara
4) Ajatshatru

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Q. The last recognised king of the Gupta line was -
1) Samudragupta
2) Bimbisara
3) Ashoka
4) Vishnugupta

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