Indian History GK Questions with Answers – Indian History Quiz

[41] The Swaraj Party was formed by

1. A) Jawahar Lal Nehru
2. B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
3. C) Mahatma Gandhi
4. D) C R Das

Answer: D) C R Das

[42] The name Pakistan was coined by

1. A) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
2. B) Muhammed Ali Jinnah
3. C) Muhammed Iqbal
4. D) Abul Kalam Azad

Answer: C) Muhammed Iqbal

[43] The Jorwe culture of ancient India has been named after site of the same name in which of the following states?

1. A) Rajasthan
2. B) Gujarat
3. C) Karnataka
4. D) Maharashtra

Answer: D) Maharashtra

[44] In his inscriptions, Ashoka calls himself:

1. A) Devanampriya Priyadarshni King
2. B) Asoka Priyadarshi
3. C) Dhammasoka (Dharmasoka)
4. D) Daivaputra

Answer: A) Devanampriya Priyadarshni King

[45] Which one of the following Indus cities has houses with doors on the main streets?

1. A) Lothal
2. B) Surkotada
3. C) Chanhudaro
4. D) Banawali

Answer: A) Lothal

[46] Which was probably the most popular assembly in which even women enjoyed an equal status with men in the Early Vedic period?

1. A) Sabha
2. B) Samiti
3. C) Gana
4. D) Vidatha

Answer: D) Vidatha

[47] Which of the following was not one of the ruling dynasties of South India in the Sangam Age?

1. A) Chola
2. B) Chera
3. C) Pandya
4. D) Pallava

Answer: D) Pallava

[48] Which empire lasted the longest among the following?

1. A) The Palas
2. B) The Pratiharas
3. C) The Rashtrakutas
4. D) The Senas

Answer: C) The Rashtrakutas

[49] The eighth-century tripartite power struggle was among which of the following?

1. A) Cholas, Rastrakutas and Yadavas,
2. B) Chalukyas, Pallavas and Pandyas
3. C) Cholas, Pandyas and Chalukyas
4. D) Chalukyas, Pallavas and Yadavas

Answer: B) Chalukyas, Pallavas and Pandyas

[50] Upnishads are books on:

1. A) Politics
2. B) Philosophy
3. C) Medicine
4. D) Social life

Answer: B) Philosophy

[51] Who was the main male God worshipped by Indus people?

1. A) Lord Vishnu
2. B) Vishnu
3. C) Brahma
4. D) Indra

Answer: A) Lord Vishnu

[52] The territory of Porus who offered strong resistance to Alexander was situated between the rivers of

1. A) Sutlej and Beas
2. B) Jhelum and Chenab
3. C) Ravi and Chenab
4. D) Ganga and Yamuna

Answer: B) Jhelum and Chenab

[53] Through which one of the following, the king exercised his control over villages in the Vijayanagar Empire?

1. A) Dannayaka
2. B) Sumanta
3. C) Nayaka
4. D) Mahanayakacharya

Answer: D) Mahanayakacharya

[54] The Vijayanagara ruler, Kirshnadev Raya’s work Amuktamalyada, was in

1. A) Telugu
2. B) Sanskrit
3. C) Tamil
4. D) Kannada

Answer: A) Telugu

[55] The theory of economic drain of India during British imperialism was propounded by

1. A) Jawaharlal Nehru
2. B) Dadabhai Naoroji
3. C) R C Dutt
4. D) M K Gandhi

Answer: A) Jawaharlal Nehru