History Gk interview questions

Two great religious conference were held by king Harshavardhana at

1. Vallabhi and Prayag
2. Thaneshwar and Vallabhi
3. Prayag and Thaneshwar
4. Kannauj and Prayag

The rock-cut temples of Mahabalipuram were built under the patronage of the

1. Satavahan kings
2. Pallava kings
3. Pandya kings
4. Chola kings

Harshavardhana was defeated by?

1. Pulkesin II
2. Prabhakaravardhana
3. Narasimhavarmana
4. Sasanka

Who was written the ‘Harshacharita’?

1. Parimalgupta
2. Vishnugupta
3. Kalidasa
4. Banabhatta

Who wrote ‘Discovery of India’?

1. Moti Lal Nehru
2. Dadabhai Naoroji
3. Lala Lajpat Rai
4. Jawahar Lal Nehru

Hiuen Tsang found Jainism flourishing in

1. Odisha
2. Kashmir
3. Bihar
4. Bengal

Who sent Hienu-Tsang as an envoy to Harsha’s court?

1. Ku Yen –Wu
2. Tung-Luan
3. Tai Tsung
4. None of these

Where was the capital of sasanka?

1. Lakhnawati
2. Karna suvarna
3. Tamralipta
4. Samatata

In which court was a Chinese embassy sent by Tang emperor?

1. Prantaka I
2. Harshavardhana
3. Rajaraja I
4. Rajendra I

Which of the following was Not composer by Harshavardhana?

1. Priyadarshika
2. Nagananda
3. Harshancharita
4. Ratnavali

The method of moderate leaders of the Congress was?

1. Civil Disobedience
2. Passive Resistance
3. Constitutional Legitations
4. Non Co-operation

The first Indian to contest an election of the British House of Commons was

1. Pheroz shah Mehta
2. Gopal Krishna Gokhle
3. W.C. Bannerjee
4. Dadabhai Naoroji

Who wanted Indian National Congress to be a ‘Safety Value’?

1. Surendranath Bannerjee
2. W.C. Bannerjee
3. Lord Lytoon
4. A.O. Hume

Which of the following papers was essentially the mouth-piece of the policies of liberals?

1. Free Press Journal
2. Young India
3. Leader
4. New India

Which of the following parties did not support Quit India Movement?

1. The Hindu Mahasabha
2. The Communist Party of India
3. The unionist Party of Punjab
4. All of above

Indian National Congress was founded by

1. Mahatma Gandhi
2. Allan Octavian Hume
3. Michal Hume
4. Womesh Chandra Banerjee

During whose tenure the Indian National Congress was established?

1. Lord Dufferin
2. Lord Lyton
3. Lord Rippon
4. Lord Curzon

Which was the reason of Bengal partition of 1905?

1. To harm Congress movement
2. To establish a muslim majoty by province
3. Curzon’s whems
4. Administrative convenience

Who among the following was NOT a moderate?

1. Gopal Krishna Gokhle
2. Surendranath Bannerjee
3. Feroz Shah Mehta
4. Bipin Chandra Pal

At which congress session did Dadabhai Naoroji announce that Swaraj was the goal of India’s political efforts?

1. 1886 Calcutta session
2. 1893 Lahore session
3. 1905 Benaras session
4. 1906 Calcutta session

The second session of Indian National Congress was presided over by

1. Ganesh Agarkar
2. Pheroz Shah Mehta
3. Dadabhai Naoraji
4. Surendranath Banerjee

In which year the Indian National Congress was established?

1. 1885
2. 1887
3. 1888
4. 1889

Which one of the following the period of Lord Curzon is considered remarkable?

1. Movement against partition of Bengal
2. Appointment of one Indian National commander in the army
3. The beginning of India Nary
4. Establishments of new universities

The President of the Indian National Congress in 1885 was

1. W. Wedderburn
2. W.C. Bannerji
3. Dadabhai Naoroji
4. George Yule

When was founded the Indian Association?

1. 1876
2. 1884
3. 1887
4. 1890

Where was the first session of Indian National Congress held?

1. Allahabad
2. Ahmedabad
3. Bombay
4. Calcutta

The partition of Bengal came into effect on

1. 15th August 1905
2. 15th September 1905
3. 15th October 1905
4. 15th November 1905

Who is the exponent of theory of ‘economic drain’ of India during the British rule?

1. Ram Manohar Lohiya
2. Jai Prakash Narayan
3. M.N. Roy
4. Dadabhai Naoroji

The partition of Bengal (1905) was annulled by the

1. Indian Councils Act of 1909
2. Chelmsford- Montague Report, 1919
3. Government of India Act, 1935
4. Proclamation of Delhi Durbar in 1911

The most important organization of the pre-congress nationalist organizations was the

1. Indian Association of Calcutta
2. Young Bengal Association
3. East India Association
4. Bengal British India Society