Indian History GK Quiz

Q31. Idn Battuta compiled his memoirs and named it
(a) Travel in India
(b) Mukujul Jabab
(c) Rihla
(d) Tughluqnamah

Q32. When did the Arabs invade Sindh
(a) 710 AD
(b) 712 AD
(c) 714 AD
(d) 716 AD

Q33. Mehr-un-Nissa is popularly known as
(a) Nur Jahan
(b) Mumtaz
(c) Hamida Banu
(d) Gulbadan Begum

Q34. Which Greek General was an ally of Chandragupta Maurya
(a) Seleucus I Nicator
(b) Alexander IV
(c) Antiochus I Soter
(d) Hector

Q35. Who discontinued the policy of Jharokha-Darshan
(a) Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Shah Jahan
(d) Aurangzeb

Q36. Which is the name of the Memoirs of Jahangir
(a) Iqbalnama-i-Jahangir
(b) Tarikh-i-Jahangir
(c) Tuzuk-i-Jahangir
(d) Masir-i-Jahangir

Q37. The mother of Shivaji was
(a) Putali Bai
(b) Ramabai
(c) Jija Bai
(d) Meera Bai

Q38. The original name of Sher Shah was
(a) Farid
(b) Salim
(c) Karim
(d) Abdul

Q39. Pietra Dura means
(a) decorating walls with mainiature paintings
(b) decorating walls with floral designs made of semiprecious stones
(c) construction of buildings with glazed tiles
(d) Indo-Muslim architecture

Q40. Nadir Shah who invaded India in 1739, came from
(a) Persia
(b) Afghanistan
(c) Iraq
(d) Central Asia

Q41. The English East India Company acquired the Dewani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa by
(a) The Treaty of Sagauli, 1816
(b) The Treaty of Allahabad, 1765
(c) The Treaty of Seringapatam, 1792
(d) The Treaty of Bassein, 1802

Q42. The Third Anglo-Mysore War took place between East India Company and Tipu Sultan during the period of Governor-General
(a) Lord William Bentinck
(b) Lord Cornwallis
(c) Lord Wellesley
(d) Lord Hastings

Q43. The book "Poverty and Un-British rule in india" was written by
(a) M. N. Roy
(b) C. Gopalachari
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji
(d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Q44. Which Act was created in British India by the Supreme Court
(a) Regulating Act of 1773
(b) Pitt's India Act of 1784
(c) Charter Act of 1813
(d) Charter Act of 1833

Q45. The most important French Settlement in Bengal was
(a) Hugli
(b) Chinsura
(c) Kasimbazar
(d) Chandernagar

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