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This section includes 101 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Basic GK knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Krishna Deva Raya was contemporary with |
| A. | Humayun |
| B. | Sher Shah |
| C. | Babur |
| D. | Akbar |
| Answer» D. Akbar | |
| 2. |
Considered the founder of Muslim Raj in India? |
| A. | Iltutmish |
| B. | Babur |
| C. | Muhammad Ghori |
| D. | Akbar |
| Answer» D. Akbar | |
| 3. |
Rudramba was the famous female ruler of which dynasty? |
| A. | Yadav |
| B. | Hoysal |
| C. | Kakatiya |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 4. |
Which was the port city of Indus Civilization? |
| A. | Lothal |
| B. | Kalibangan |
| C. | Ropar |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. Kalibangan | |
| 5. |
The war with Mewar and the Treaty of Chittor is an important achievement of whose reign? |
| A. | Aurangzeb |
| B. | Akbar |
| C. | Jahangir |
| D. | Shah Jahan |
| Answer» D. Shah Jahan | |
| 6. |
Whose book is 'Jatak'? |
| A. | Vaishnav |
| B. | Shaiva |
| C. | Buddhist |
| D. | Jain |
| Answer» D. Jain | |
| 7. |
After winning which war, Sher Shah established Afghan power in Delhi? |
| A. | Battle of Kalinjar |
| B. | Battle of Chausa |
| C. | Battle of Bilgram |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 8. |
At which of the following places Nadir Shah did not climb? |
| A. | Karnal |
| B. | Kannauj |
| C. | Delhi |
| D. | Lahore |
| Answer» C. Delhi | |
| 9. |
was the capital of the Pallavas? |
| A. | Prakrit |
| B. | Sanskrit |
| C. | Tamil |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Tamil | |
| 10. |
Ellora caves were built? |
| A. | Cholo |
| B. | Pallavas |
| C. | Palas |
| D. | Rashtrakutas |
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. |
Which was the first oldest city discovered in India? |
| A. | Sindh |
| B. | Harappa |
| C. | Mohenjodaro |
| D. | Punjab |
| Answer» C. Mohenjodaro | |
| 12. |
In which year did the British government revoke the partition of Bengal? |
| A. | 1919 |
| B. | 1927 |
| C. | 1938 |
| D. | 1945 |
| Answer» B. 1927 | |
| 13. |
The war of Dharamat was fought between which of the following? |
| A. | Muhammad Ghori and Jaichand |
| B. | Aurangzeb and Dara Shikoh |
| C. | Babur and the Afghan |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. Babur and the Afghan | |
| 14. |
After winning which war, Sher Shah established the second Afghan kingdom in Delhi? |
| A. | Battle of Bilgram |
| B. | Battle of Kalinjar |
| C. | Battle of Chausa |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. Battle of Kalinjar | |
| 15. |
Gadkari was the center of rebellion? |
| A. | Bihar Sharif |
| B. | Sylhet |
| C. | Surat |
| D. | Kolhapur |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16. |
Who was a prominent leader of the Ghadar Party? |
| A. | P. Mitra |
| B. | Bipin Chandra Pal |
| C. | B. Ji. Tilak |
| D. | Hardayal |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17. |
Indian National Congress was established in? |
| A. | 1865 |
| B. | 1867 |
| C. | 1885 |
| D. | 1887 |
| Answer» D. 1887 | |
| 18. |
Who was the founder of the Indian Union? |
| A. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| B. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| C. | Surendranath Banerjee |
| D. | Madan Mohan Malviya |
| Answer» D. Madan Mohan Malviya | |
| 19. |
The National Almanac of India is based on |
| A. | Shak Samvat |
| B. | Vikram Samvat |
| C. | Kali Samvat |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Vikram Samvat | |
| 20. |
Who repealed the Vernacular Press Act of 1878? |
| A. | Lord Minto |
| B. | Lord Litton |
| C. | Lord Curzon |
| D. | Lord Ripon |
| Answer» E. | |
| 21. |
Was the editor of 'Swadesh Vahini'? |
| A. | C. N. Mudaliar |
| B. | C.R. Reddy |
| C. | K.R. Ramakrishna Pillai |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 22. |
Who presided over the interim cabinet formed in the year 1946? |
| A. | Vallabhbhai Patel |
| B. | C. Rajagopalachari |
| C. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| D. | Rajendra Prasad |
| Answer» D. Rajendra Prasad | |
| 23. |
Jayaprakash Narayan was associated with which party? |
| A. | Kisan Sabha |
| B. | Communist Party |
| C. | Justice Party |
| D. | Socialist Party |
| Answer» E. | |
| 24. |
Who organized the famous Chittagong armory raid? |
| A. | J.R. M. Sengupta |
| B. | Batukeshwar Dutt |
| C. | Surya Sen |
| D. | Lakshmi Sehgal |
| Answer» D. Lakshmi Sehgal | |
| 25. |
Who had direct connection with the Poona Pact of 1932? |
| A. | Indian farming class |
| B. | Indian women |
| C. | Indian working class |
| D. | Indian Depressed Classes |
| Answer» E. | |
| 26. |
Who said, 'The blow on my back will prove to be a nail in the coffin of the British Empire'? |
| A. | Bhagat Singh |
| B. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| C. | Chandrashekhar Azad |
| D. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| Answer» E. | |
| 27. |
In the Hunter Commission report, whose development was given special emphasis? |
| A. | Primary Education |
| B. | Higher Education |
| C. | Girl Child Education |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Higher Education | |
| 28. |
Who among the following first implemented press censorship? |
| A. | John Adams |
| B. | Dalhousie |
| C. | Wellesley |
| D. | Hastings |
| Answer» D. Hastings | |
| 29. |
With whom was the Sadler Commission related? |
| A. | Justice |
| B. | Education |
| C. | Police Administration |
| D. | Revenue Administration |
| Answer» C. Police Administration | |
| 30. |
In which year Orissa was separated from Bihar? |
| A. | 1935 |
| B. | 1930 |
| C. | 1940 |
| D. | 1955 |
| Answer» C. 1940 | |
| 31. |
Who demarcated India and Pakistan? |
| A. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| B. | Sir Cyril Radcliffe |
| C. | Lawrence |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Lawrence | |
| 32. |
Who was the President of Congress at the time of India's independence? |
| A. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| B. | G.R. B. Kripalani |
| C. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Mahatma Gandhi | |
| 33. |
What was the main feature of the financial system of the Vijayanagara Empire? |
| A. | Revenue from Ports |
| B. | Land revenue |
| C. | Currency System |
| D. | Surplus rent |
| Answer» C. Currency System | |
| 34. |
The poet Kalidasa was the poet of whom? |
| A. | Chandragupta Maurya |
| B. | Samudragupta |
| C. | Chandragupta II Vikramaditya |
| D. | Harsh |
| Answer» D. Harsh | |
| 35. |
Who among the following is responsible for Kanishka being a Buddhist? |
| A. | Vasumitra |
| B. | Ashvaghosha |
| C. | Nagarjuna |
| D. | Banabhatta |
| Answer» C. Nagarjuna | |
| 36. |
Which of the following Maurya kings conquered the Deccan? |
| A. | Ashoka |
| B. | Kunal |
| C. | Bindusara |
| D. | Chandragupta |
| Answer» E. | |
| 37. |
When was the Vijayanagara Empire established? |
| A. | 16th century |
| B. | 15th century |
| C. | 14th century |
| D. | 13th century |
| Answer» D. 13th century | |
| 38. |
Was the capital of Bahmani kings? |
| A. | Bijapur |
| B. | Gulbarga |
| C. | Raichur |
| D. | Belgaum |
| Answer» C. Raichur | |
| 39. |
Who introduced 'Gajj-e-Sikandari', the scale of measuring land? |
| A. | Alexander the Great |
| B. | Alexander Lodi |
| C. | Sikandarshah Sur |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Sikandarshah Sur | |
| 40. |
Who was the first Sultan of Delhi to build a canal? |
| A. | Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq |
| B. | Firoz Tughlaq |
| C. | Balban |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Firoz Tughlaq | |
| 41. |
Which Sultan built the Alai Darwaza? |
| A. | Iltutmish |
| B. | Alauddin Khalji |
| C. | Balban |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Balban | |
| 42. |
Which dynasty was established in India after the invasion of Timur? |
| A. | Syed dynasty |
| B. | Khilji Dynasty |
| C. | Tughlaq Dynasty |
| D. | Lodhi Dynasty |
| Answer» B. Khilji Dynasty | |
| 43. |
Muhammad Ghori belonged to which dynasty? |
| A. | Shansabani |
| B. | Slaves |
| C. | Yamini |
| D. | Khalji |
| Answer» B. Slaves | |
| 44. |
When did Leylin announce the new economic policy? |
| A. | 1935 |
| B. | 1921 |
| C. | 1915 |
| D. | 1929 |
| Answer» C. 1915 | |
| 45. |
When did the Bolshevik revolution take place? |
| A. | 1935 |
| B. | 1917 |
| C. | 1899 |
| D. | 1950 |
| Answer» C. 1899 | |
| 46. |
The Arthashastra, composed by Kautilya, is divided into how many authorities? |
| A. | 11 |
| B. | 12 |
| C. | 15 |
| D. | 17 |
| Answer» D. 17 | |
| 47. |
Jain literature is called? |
| A. | Corporation |
| B. | revenue |
| C. | Barkh |
| D. | texts |
| Answer» C. Barkh | |
| 48. |
The first Iranian ruler who subjugated some part of India? |
| A. | Cyrus |
| B. | Darius |
| C. | Combesis |
| D. | Xeris |
| Answer» C. Combesis | |
| 49. |
By what other name is the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara known in Mahayana Buddhism? |
| A. | Manjushree |
| B. | Vajrapani |
| C. | Maitreya |
| D. | Poetry |
| Answer» E. | |
| 50. |
Who was the ruler who killed his elder brother Susie to sit on the throne? |
| A. | Ashoka |
| B. | Simuk |
| C. | Kanishk |
| D. | Ajatashatru |
| Answer» B. Simuk | |