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NATIONAL LEVEL ONLINE QUIZ COMPETITION ON GENERALSTUDIES HISTORY

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who Was The Founder Of Madras?

a)

Francis Day

b)

Lord Dalhousie

c)

Sir John Child

d)

Robert Clive

2.

Who Among The Following Started Ganapati Festival In 1893 And Thereby Gave It National Character?

a)

Ganesh Damodar Savarkar

b)

Nana Patil

c)

Lokmanya Tilak

d)

Vinoba Bhave

3.

Who Published The First Exclusively Hindi Language Newspaper “Udant Martand”?

a)

Jugal Kishore Shukla

b)

Lala Jagat Narayan

c)

Raja Ram Mohan Roy

d)

Fardunjee Marzban

4.

Separation Of Rail Budget From The General Budget Took Place In Which Year?

a)

1924-25

b)

1927-28

c)

1930-31

d)

1933-34

5.

“Earth Provides Enough To Satisfy Everyman’s Need But Not Everyman’s Greed.” Who Said This?

a)

Pope Paul Vi

b)

Guru Nanak Dev

c)

Mahatma Gandhi

d)

Smt. Indira Gandhi

6.

In Which Year Was The Foundation Stone For The Gateway Of India Laid In Bombay (Now Mumbai)?

a)

1905

b)

1913

c)

1915

d)

1920

7.

The Third Battle Of Panipat Was Fought Between Which Of The Following?

a)

Akbar And Hem Chandra Vikramaditya

b)

Sikh And Mughals

c)

Prithviraj Chauhan And Muhammad Ghori

d)

Maratha Empire And Durrani Empire

8.

Which Of The Following Was Not Advocated By Mahatma Gandhi?

a)

Heavy Industries

b)

Village Panchayat

c)

Prohibition

d)

Dignity Of Labour

9.

After The Bardoli Satyagraha, The Title Of ‘Sardar’ To Vallabhbhai Patel Was Given By which leader?

a)

JawaharlalNehru

b)

MahatmaGandhi

c)

MotilalNehru

d)

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

10.

What Symbol Represents Nirvana Of Gautama Buddha?

a)

Lotus

b)

Wheel

c)

Horse

d)

Bodhi Tree

11.

Which The Following Rulers Is Known As The ‘Napoleon Of India’?

a)

Samudragupta

b)

Ashoka

c)

Chandragupta I

d)

Skandgupta

12.

The Two Great Epics, The Ramayana And The Mahabharata Were Compiled In Which Of The Following Century?

a)

4th Century Ce

b)

6th Century Ce

c)

1st Century Ce

d)

3rd Century Ce

13.

Which Of The Following Period Marks The Beginning Of Indian Temple Architecture?

a)

Kushana Period

b)

Gupta Period

c)

Mauryan Period

d)

Vedic Period

14.

Which Of The Following Kings Assumed The Title Of Kongarkoman?

a)

Maravarman Arikesari Parankusan

b)

Maravarman Rajasimha I

c)

Koccadiyan Ranadhira

d)

Srimar Srivallabha

15.

Which Sailor Discovered The Sea-Route To India?

a)

Vasco Da Gama

b)

Columbus

c)

Magellan

d)

Henry The Navigator

16.

Who Founded Of Jainism In India?

a)

Chandragupta

b)

Ashoka

c)

Gautama

d)

Mahavira

17.

Who Was The First Grammarian Of Sanskrit Language?

a)

Kalidasa

b)

Kalhana

c)

Panini

d)

Maitreyi

18.

Who Caused To Build Qutub Minar In

Delhi?

a)

Balban

b)

Alauddin Khilji

c)

Qutbuddin Aibak

d)

Iltutmish

19.

The Delhi Sultan Who Transferred

The Capital From Delhi To Daulatabad

(Devagiri) ?

a)

Muhammad-Bin Tughlaq

b)

Firoz Shah Tughlaq

c)

Qutbuddin Aibak

d)

Iltutmish

20.

What is the Meaning Of The Word Mansab?

a)

Possession Of Army Personnel

b)

Land Revenue

c)

Rank

d)

Proprietorship Of Land

21.

Gandhara Art Flourished During which period?

a)

Kushana Period

b)

Gupta Period.

c)

Maurya Period

d)

Sunga Period

22.

Which  Metal first discovered by Man?

a)

Zinc

b)

Copper

c)

Iron

d)

Aluminum

23.

Total Number Of Puranas

a)

43

b)

10

c)

11

d)

18

24.

Who was The Last Tirthankara?

a)

Siddhartha

b)

Silbhadra

c)

Parsvanath

d)

Mahavira

25.

The Upanishads Were Compiled

around in which period?

a)

1000 Bc

b)

1600-600 Bc

c)

600 Bc

d)

800 Bc

26.

Which one was the Oldest School Of Indian

Philosophy

a)

Vaisesika

b)

Karma Mimansa

c)

Yoga

d)

Sankhya

27.

Which is the Oldest Veda ?

a)

Yajurveda

b)

Samveda

c)

Atharvaveda

d)

Rigveda

28.

Buddha Was Born In which period?

a)

623 B.C

b)

602 B.C

c)

523 B.C

d)

563 B.C

29.

In which place The Lion Capital Of Currency Notes

Was Discovered ?

a)

Bodh Gaya

b)

Sarnath

c)

Bharut

d)

Sanchi

30.

What Is The Meaning Of Vedas?

a)

Knowledge

b)

Truth

c)

Religion

d)

Unchanging