General Knowledge Question Answer: History GK Questions and Answers

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

Q. The Mahad Satyagraha of 1927 was organized by -
1) B. R. Ambedkar
2) Mahatma Gandhi
3) S. C. Bose
4) Lokmanya Tilak

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Q. The Khudai Khidmatgar (Servants of the God) was organized by -
1) Mahatma Gandhi
2) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
3) M. A. Jinnah
4) M. M. Malaviya

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Q. The real beginning of Western education in India can be dated from -
1) the Charter Act of 1813
2) the Charter Act of 1793
3) the Sarda Act of 1929
4) The Macaulay's Minute on Indian Education, 1835

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Q. Which Chinese traveler in ancient India wrote the diary called 'Records of the Travels to Middle India'?
1) Wang Xuance
2) Xuanzang
3) Yijing
4) Li Yibiao

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Q. 'Abhinava Bharat Society' was a revolutionary group mainly active in -
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Maharashtra
3) Telengana
4) Karnataka

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Q. Who coined the slogan 'Quit India'?
1) M K Gandhi
2) Yusuf Meher Ali
3) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
4) Lala Lajpat Rai

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Q. 'Man Ki Lehar', a famous poem collection in Hindi, was composed by -
1) Munshi Premchand
2) Harivansh Rai Bachchan
3) Ram Prashad Bismil
4) Ikbal

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Q. Bhagat Singh, Raj Guru and Sukhdev got martyrdom on March 23,1931 in -
1) Amritsar
2) Delhi
3) Lahore
4) Kanpur

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Q. Asvaghosa, the author of the epic 'Buddhacharita', graced the royal court of -
1) Chandra Gupta II
2) Samudra Gupta
3) Chandra Gupta Maurya
4) King Kanishka

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Q. When did Mughal emperor Akbar abolish the 'Pilgrimage Tax'?
1) 1560 AD
2) 1563 AD
3) 1562 AD
4) 1566 AD

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