General Knowledge Question Answer: History GK Questions and Answers

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

Q. What was the fifth tenet added by Tirthankara Mahavira to the four basic tenets of Jainism?
1) Non-injury
2) Non-lying
3) Observe continence
4) Non-stealing

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Q. The group of 18 officers of Chandra Gupta Maurya was called -
1) Amatya
2) Rajjuk
3) Mantriparishad
4) Tirtha

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Q. Which God came to occupy the supreme position in the Later Vedic Period?
1) Indra
2) Agni
3) Prajapati
4) Pushan

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Q. Which of the following combi­nations of 'Ruler - Predecessor' is correct concerning the Delhi Sultanate?
1) Alauddin Khalji - Jalaluddin Khalji
2) Jalaluddin Khalji - Alauddin Khalji
3) Muhammad Tughluq - Firuz Shah Tughluq
4) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq - Muhammad Tughluq

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Q. Harihara and Bukka established an independent state in Karnataka and established the capital city Vijayanagar on the banks of river ............... in 1336.
1) Betwa
2) Tungabhadra
3) Mahanadi
4) Tapi

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Q. Which of the following led the English company in the Battle of Plassey (1757)?
1) Lord Dalhousie
2) Captain Hodson
3) Warren Hastings
4) Robert Clive

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Q. Pandit Dwarka Prasad Mishra was the Chief Editor of which of the following newspaper?
1) Suryodaya
2) Prabha
3) Lokmat
4) Sandhya

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Q. Who among the following Arab writers has given the description of Kalachuri ruler Gangeyadeva and his capital Tripuri?
1) Al-Bahari
2) Al-Masudi
3) Al-Biruni
4) Ibn Battuta

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Q. Which among the following Stupa gateway depicts the pilgrimage to the Bodhi tree by Ashoka with his two queens?
1) Bharhut
2) Sanchi
3) Sonari
4) Satdhara

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Q. Who said, "The Constituent Assembly alone can produce a Constitution indigenous to the country and truly and fully representing the will of the people"?
1) Mahatma Gandhi
2) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
3) Jawaharlal Nehru
4) Annie Besant

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