General Knowledge Question Answer: History GK Questions and Answers

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

Q. To which one of the following schools of philosophy did Kumarila Bhatta and Prabhakara belong?
1) Lokayata
2) Madhyamika
3) Purva - Mimamsa
4) Uttara - Mimamsa

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Q. The Dutch were defeated by Marthanda Varma of Travancore Kingdom in the battle of -
1) Wandiwash
2) Rakshasi Tangadi
3) Pullalur
4) Colachel

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Q. What were Manigramam and Nanadesi in early medieval India?
1) The cluster of non-revenue paying villages
2) Village-level community groups
3) Guilds of Indian merchants
4) Literary societies in the capital towns

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Q. Who was the writer of the play 'Devi Chandraguptam'?
1) Vishakhadatta
2) Bana Bhatt
3) Kalidas
4) Harishen

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Q. Which Sultan of Delhi was referred to as the 'Aristotle' of his age due to his intellect?
1) Muhammad Tughlaq
2) Iltutmish
3) Akbar
4) Sher Shah Suri

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Q. Who said India for Indians?
1) Swami Dayananda
2) M K Gandhi
3) D V Savarkar
4) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

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Q. Which Chola ruler built a new capital, Gangaikonda Cholapuram?
1) Rajendra I
2) Vijayalala
3) Aditya
4) Rajaraja I

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Q. Who among the following is known as ''the silver-tongued orator"?
1) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
2) Surendranath Banerjee
3) Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee
4) Dadabhai Naoroji

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Q. The effects of the Kalinga war on Asoka are found in -
1) Pillar edicts
2) 13th rock edicts
3) excavations
4) None of these

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Q. The Forward Bloc was founded by -
1) Subhash Chandra Bose
2) Jayaprakash Narayan
3) Acharya Narendra Dev
4) Ram Manohar Lohia

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