All Exam History GK Questions
Q31. During the Rig Vedic period Niska was an ornament of
(a) Ear
(b) Neck
(c) Arm
(d) Leg
Answer: (b) Neck
Q32. Who among the following was the first to take initiative for water resource management in the Girnar region
(a) Chandragupta Maurya
(b) Asoka
(c) Rudradaman
(d) Skandagupta
Answer: (a) Chandragupta Maurya
Q33. Whose inscription confirmed that the Lumbini was the birth place of Gautama Buddha
(a) Ashoka
(b) Kanishka
(c) Harsha
(d) Dharmapala
Answer: (a) Ashoka
Q34. Which Gupta king is also known by the name of Devagupta
(a) Samudragupta
(b) Chandragupta II
(c) Kumaragupta
(d) None of the above
Answer: (b) Chandragupta II
Q35. Govinda Chandra Gahadaval's queen Kumaradevi constructed Dharma-Chakra Jina Vihara at
(a) Bodha Gaya
(b) Rajgrih
(c) Kushinagar
(d) Sarnath
Answer: (d) Sarnath
Q36. Which Rajput ruler had written the musical books known as Sangita-ratnakara and Sangita-krama-dipaka
(a) Udai Singh I
(b) Jai Singh
(c) Rana Kumbha
(d) Amar Singh I
Answer: (c) Rana Kumbha
Q37. The Vijay Stambha at Chittor was constructed by
(a) Rana Kumbha
(b) Maharana Pratap
(c) Prithvi Raj Chauhan
(d) Rana Sanga
Answer: (a) Rana Kumbha
Q38. Which Sultan of Delhi was a contemporary of the Mongol leader Chengiz Khan
(a) Iltutmish
(b) Razia
(c) Balban
(d) Alauddin Khalji
Answer: (a) Iltutmish
Q39. Which ruler is associate with the statement "I would have lost the empire just for a handful of millet"
(a) Alauddin Khilji
(b) Muhammad Tughlaq
(c) Sher Shah Suri
(d) Aurangzeb
Answer: (c) Sher Shah Suri
Q40. Thomas Roe was received in audience by Jehangir at
(a) Delhi
(b) Agra
(c) Ajmer
(d) Fatehpur Sikri
Answer: (b) Agra
Q41. The Indian Association organization is formed by
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) Surendranath Banerjee
(c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(d) Bipin Chandra Pal
Answer: (b) Surendranath Banerjee
Q42. Which one was the first muslim sultanate that ruled parts of India
(a) Mamluk dynasty
(b) Khilji dynasty
(c) Tughlaq dynasty
(d) Sayyid dynasty
Answer: (a) Mamluk dynasty
Q43. Who among the following had started Indian Home Rule Society in London
(a) Annie Besant
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) Bhikaji Cama
(d) Shyamji Krishna Varma
Answer: (d) Shyamji Krishna Varma
Q44. Who started the individual Satyagraha
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Pattabhi Sitaramayya
(c) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(d) Vinoba Bhave
Answer: (d) Vinoba Bhave
Q45. Muslim League observed the "Direct Action Day" on
(a) 12 August 1942
(b) 16 August 1943
(c) 16 August 1946
(d) 14 August 1947
Answer: (c) 16 August 1946