Indian History GK Quiz with Answers
1. Which one of the following is a Neolithic site in Vindhyan region ?(A) Mahagara (B) Chirand
(C) Bangarh (D) Khunti
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2. The Battle of Ten Kings was fought on the bank of which one of the following rivers ?
(A) Saraswati (B) Sindhu
(C) Parushni (D) Beas
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3. The story of the migration of Videgha Mathava to the east accompanied by his priest Gotama Rahugana is mentioned in which of the following ?
(A) Gopatha Brahmana (B) Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
(C) Satapatha Brahmana (D) Aitareya Brahmana
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4. The stone portrait of Ashoka with his name inscribed on it has been found from the stupa remains of which one of the following sites ?
(A) Sanchi (B) Amaravati
(C) Deur-Kuthar (D) Kanaganahalli
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5. Which of the following Navagrahas is sculptured as the rioanthropomorphic snake deity ?
(A) Shani (B) Rahu
(C) Ketu (D) Mangal
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6. Who amongst the following legalised corruption in the land revenue department ?
(A) Ferozshah Tughlaq (B) Sher Shah
(C) Malik Ambar (D) None of the above
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7. Who amongst the following by using 'Psycho-History' had proved that Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq was not 'mad' as commented for the first time by Elphinston ?
(A) Agha Mahdi Hussain (B) R. C. Jauhari
(C) Ishwari Prasad (D) Shafat Ahmad Khan
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8. Abwab refers to–
(A) Land revenue claimed by the Muslim authorities
(B) A system of revenue farming
(C) A revenue paying State
(D) Extra legal charges exacted by nobles
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9. What is not to be considered as the nature of the Pre–Mughal Persian Historiography ?
(A) Spiritual (B) Didactic
(C) Impressionistic (D) Provincial
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10. Cannon and muskets in warfare in India were introduced by–
(A) Balban (B) Alauddin Khilji
(C) Babur (D) Akbar
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11. Find out the correct sequence of the rate of land revenue under Alauddin Khilji, Firoz Tughlaq, Akbar and Aurangzeb–
(A) ½, ½, 1/3, ½ (B) 1/3,1/4, 1/4, ½
(C) 1/4, 1/3, ½,½ (D) ½,1/4, 1/3, ½
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12. Which one of the following historical works of Amir Khusrau is in prose ?
(A) Qiranussadain (B) Nuh Sipihr
(C) Ashiqa (D) Khazain-ul-Futuh
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13. Babur assumed the title of 'Ghazi' after the–
(A) Battle of Panipat (B) Battle of Khanwah
(C) Battle of Ghagra (D) None of the above
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14. Who amongst the following commented for the first time that Kabir tried to undermine the common people's pessimism in his Bhakti ?
(A) Savitri Chandra (B) Yusuf Hussain
(C) J. N. Farquihar (D) Romilla Thapar
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15. Why was the 'Double Dome' used in the Indo-Islamic architecture ?
(A) To strengthen the buildings (B) To give cooling effect inside the building
(C) To provide height to the buildings (D) For the purpose of beauty
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16. What is the main contribution of 'Tasawwuf' in India ?
(A) Service to Islam
(B) Service to humanity
(C) Influencing the Medieval Bhakti Movement
(D) Propagate the theory of 'Wahadat-ul-Wajud'
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17. What was 'Shahrukhi' coin in circulation during the Muslim period ?
(A) A gold coin (B) A silver coin
(C) A copper coin (D) None of the above
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18. Which one of the following is not the characteristic of Mughal painting ?
(A) Inclusion of spiritual and mystic elements
(B) Basically for the propagation of Islam
(C) Portrait and miniature
(D) Courtly and aristocratic
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19. Find out the statement from below which is not correct ?
(A) The Maratha polity under Peshwas got transformed into a close confederacy
(B) The Peshwa created a new class of Sardars in the Swaraj area
(C) The office of Peshwa became hereditary
(D) Originally the Peshwa did not belong to the royal council
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20. In the context of the cultural and Ideological framework of the Mughal State which one of the following statements in not correct ?
(A) Throughout the Mughal period there had been a constant process of reconciliation and adjustment between the central power and the regional elite
(B) Because of decentralization during the 18th century a group of 'upstarts' came up to monopolize the resources of the empire
(C) The Mughal process of centralisation left no space for existence of rival principles of organsation
(D) Possibilities for diffusion of power had always been there in Mughal India
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