Indian History General Knowledge Question and Answers
- Purushasukta is found in the :— Rig Veda
- Mohenjadaro is situated : — Sind province of Pakistan
- Banabhatta lived in the court of : — Harshvardhana
- The tri –ratnas were stressed by : — Mahadev
- Which ruler of Magadh was contemproray of Buddha ? —Bimbisara
- The iqta system was introduced by: —Iltutmish
- 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
- The treaty of Bassein was signed by the English with : —Peshwa
- The famous work of Grammer in Tamil ‘Tolakappiyam’ is written by: — Tolakappiyar
- Mahavir received ‘Kevalya’ at the bank of river: —Riju Palika
- The work of ‘Devichandra Guptam’ is related to: — Chandragupta 2
- Under whose reign did Timur invade India? —Mahmud Shah
- What was the main subject matter of Mughal painting? —Court life Nature life
- In whose leadership did the Marathas capture Delhi in 1760 —Sadashiv Rao Bhau
- About which Maratha ruler is it said From Krishna to Attack the Maratha flag shall fly ? —Baji Rao -1
- Who was the first Muslim ruler to consider his kingdom as a part of Darul Islam? —Iltutmish
- Which action of Dalhousie is conside as his worst political blunder? —Annexation of Oudh
- The Archaeological Survey of India was established during the period of : —Lord Curzon
- The people of Indus Valley Civilization worshipped : — Pashupati
- Indus Valley Civilization was spread over : —Punjab,Sind,Rajasthan and Gujarat
- Paintings of the Ajantas depicts stories of the : — Jatakas
- Rajtarangini written by Kathan is a : — History of Kashmir
- Which ruler of Magadh was a contemporary of Buddha? — Bimbisara
- The capital of the Haryanka King Bimbisara was : — Rajgriha
- Which of the contemporary Muslim writers criticized Alauddin for his disregard of religion ? — Barani
- The last Which king of slave dynasty was an expert calligraphist and spent his leisure time in copying the Quran ? —Nasir-ud –din
- Nawab of Awadh was : — Wajid Ali Shah
- On February 20, 1947 Prime Minister Attlee announced the British Government’s decision to withdraw from India latest by :—June ,1948
- Which main Harappan sites are not in India ? —Mohenjodaro and Harappa
- The local name of Mohenjodaro is : —Mounds of the Dead
- The saka era began in the year : —78 A.D.
- Who founded four ‘mathas’ in the four concers of India ? —Shankaracharya
- Megasthenes visited India during the reign of : —Chandragupta Maurya
- The title of ‘Vikramaditya’ was assumed by : —Chandragupta 2
- Ashokan inscriptions were deciphered in 1837 by : —prinesep
- ‘Milindapanho’ is a: —Religious Conversation
- Which sultan of Delhi broug Ashok’s pillar to Delhi ? —Firoz Shah Tughlaq
- The treaty of Bassien was sign by the English with the : —Peshwa
- The Saka era was started by : —Kanishka
- The great granary of the Harappan civilization has been found at : —Harappa
- Who were the immediate successors of Mauryas in Magadha ? —Sungas
- Who was the first Indian ruler to face the invasions of Ghazni ? —The Hindu Shahi King Jaipal
- Under which policy was the state of Jhansi made a part of the British empire in India ? —Under Doctrine of Lapse
- Who was the Governor-General when 1857 revolt broke out ? —Lord Canning
- The famous rock-cut temples at Elephanta are ascribed to: —The Rastrakutas
- Harshavardhan was defeated by: —Pulakesin 2 of the Chulakya Dynasty
- The dramatist Bhasa in his play ‘Swapnavasavadattahas immortalized the love affair between Udayan,the king of Vatsa and Vasavadatta,the princess of: — Avanti
- Kanishka’s capital was at Purushpura. Which other city in his kingdom has a status almost of a second capital? — Mathura
- Which of the Gupta rulers was a proficient musician and is depicted on his coins playing the ‘Veena’? —Samudragupta
- What title was given to Prince Khurram by Jahangir to reward him for his capture of Ahmadnagar in 1616 ? —Shahjahan
- The most important kingdom in Decean and Central after the Mauryas was that of : —Satavahanas
- After thedeclineof the Guptas,a large part of North India was reunited by : —Harshavardhana
- Harsh moved his capital : —From Thanesvar to Kannauj
- The last Nawab of Avadh was —Wajid Ali Shah
- Only three Vedas were considered canonical .The exception was : —Atharva Veda
- In the third battle of Panipat who were defeated by whom ? —The Marathas were defeated by the Afghanas
- The Indian Civil Service was introduced during them rule of : —Cornwallis
- Which party was in power in UK when India became independent ? —The Labour Party
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