Indian History General Knowledge Question and Answers

1. Purushasukta is found in the :--- Rig Veda


2. Mohenjadaro is situated : --- Sind province of Pakistan


3. Banabhatta lived in the court of :  --- Harshvardhana


4. The tri –ratnas were stressed by : --- Mahadev


5. Which ruler of Magadh was contemproray of Buddha ? ---Bimbisara


6. The iqta system was introduced by: ---Iltutmish


7. Which king of the Slave dynasty breathed his last as the result of fall from his horse by playing polo at Lahore ? ---Qutub- ud – din Aibak


8. The treaty of Bassein was signed by the English with : ---Peshwa


9. The famous work of Grammer in Tamil ‘Tolakappiyam’ is written by: --- Tolakappiyar


10. Mahavir received ‘Kevalya’ at the bank of river: ---Riju Palika


11. The work of ‘Devichandra Guptam’ is related to: --- Chandragupta  2


12. Under whose reign did Timur invade India? ---Mahmud Shah


13. What was the main subject matter of Mughal painting?  ---Court life Nature life


14. In whose leadership did the Marathas capture Delhi in 1760 ---Sadashiv Rao Bhau


15. About which Maratha ruler is it said From Krishna to Attack the Maratha flag shall fly ? ---Baji Rao -1


16. Who was the first Muslim ruler to consider his kingdom as a part of Darul Islam? ---Iltutmish


17. Which action of Dalhousie is conside as his worst political blunder? ---Annexation of Oudh


18. The Archaeological Survey of India was established during the period of : ---Lord Curzon


19. The people of Indus Valley Civilization worshipped : --- Pashupati


20. Indus Valley Civilization was spread over : ---Punjab,Sind,Rajasthan and Gujarat


21. Paintings of the Ajantas depicts stories of the : --- Jatakas


22. Rajtarangini written by Kathan is a : --- History of Kashmir


23. Which ruler of Magadh was a contemporary of Buddha? --- Bimbisara


24. The capital of the Haryanka King Bimbisara was : --- Rajgriha


25. Which of the contemporary Muslim writers criticized Alauddin for his disregard of religion ? --- Barani


26. The last Which king of slave dynasty was an expert calligraphist and spent his leisure time in copying the Quran ?  ---Nasir-ud –din


27. Nawab of Awadh was :     --- Wajid Ali Shah


28. On February 20, 1947 Prime Minister Attlee announced the British Government’s decision to withdraw from India latest by :---June ,1948


29. Which main Harappan sites are not in India ? ---Mohenjodaro and Harappa


30. The local name of Mohenjodaro is : ---Mounds of the Dead


31. The saka era began in the year : ---78 A.D.


32. Who founded four ‘mathas’ in the four concers of India ? ---Shankaracharya


33. Megasthenes visited India during the reign of :  ---Chandragupta Maurya


34. The title of ‘Vikramaditya’ was assumed by : ---Chandragupta 2


35. Ashokan inscriptions were deciphered in 1837 by : ---prinesep


36. ‘Milindapanho’ is a: ---Religious Conversation


37. Which sultan of Delhi broug Ashok’s pillar to Delhi ? ---Firoz Shah Tughlaq


38. The treaty of Bassien was sign by the English with the : ---Peshwa


39. The Saka era was started by : ---Kanishka


40. The great granary of the Harappan civilization has been found at : ---Harappa


41. Who were the immediate successors of  Mauryas in Magadha ?  ---Sungas


42. Who was the first Indian ruler to face the invasions of Ghazni ? ---The Hindu Shahi King Jaipal


43. Under which policy was the state of Jhansi made a part of the British empire in India ?    ---Under Doctrine of Lapse


44. Who was the Governor-General when 1857 revolt broke out ? ---Lord Canning


45. The famous rock-cut temples at Elephanta are ascribed to: ---The Rastrakutas


46. Harshavardhan was defeated by: ---Pulakesin 2 of the Chulakya Dynasty


47. The dramatist Bhasa in his play ‘Swapnavasavadattahas immortalized the love affair between Udayan,the king of Vatsa and Vasavadatta,the princess of: --- Avanti


48. Kanishka’s capital was at Purushpura. Which other city in his kingdom has a status almost of a second capital?  --- Mathura


49. Which of the Gupta rulers was a proficient musician and is depicted on his coins playing the ‘Veena’? ---Samudragupta


50. What title was given to Prince Khurram by Jahangir to reward him for his capture of Ahmadnagar in 1616 ? ---Shahjahan


51. The most important kingdom in Decean and Central after the Mauryas was that of : ---Satavahanas


52. After thedeclineof the Guptas,a large part of North India was reunited by : ---Harshavardhana


53. Harsh moved his capital : ---From Thanesvar to Kannauj


54. The last Nawab of Avadh was ---Wajid Ali Shah


55. Only three Vedas were considered canonical .The exception was : ---Atharva Veda


56. In the third battle of Panipat who were defeated by whom ? ---The Marathas were defeated by  the Afghanas


57. The Indian Civil Service was introduced during them rule of : ---Cornwallis


58. Which party was in power in UK when India became independent ? ---The Labour Party