

MCQOPTIONS
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 | |