History MCQ Question Answers

History Gk (quiz) MCQ question and answers. Suitable for aspirants preparing for SSC-CGL and State Level Examinations of all states and also Bank, SSC, Railway, UPSC conducted NDA/ CDS/ IFS/ IES / CSE etc. examinations.

British Rule History

Q. Who was the Viceroy when Delhi became the capital of British India?

A.
Lord Minto
B.
Lord Curzon
C.
Lord Hardinge
D.
Lord Wavell

Answer

Correct Answer : Lord Hardinge

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British Rule History

Q. Who was the Viceroy when the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place?

A.
Chelmsford
B.
Hardinge-II
C.
Reading
D.
Irwin

Answer

Correct Answer : Chelmsford

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Bhakti Movement History

Q. Who was the writer of Rukmini Swayamwar Hastamalak, which was comprised 764 owees and based on a 14-shlok Sanskrit hymn with the same name by Shankaracharya?

A.
Eknath
B.
Ramananda
C.
Mirabai
D.
Tukaram

Answer

Correct Answer : Eknath

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History Mughal Empire

Q. Who were ‘Jagirdars’ during the reign of Akbar?

A.
Officials of state who were given jagir in place of cash pay
B.
Large estate owners
C.
Revenue collectors
D.
Autonomous rulers under Akbar

Answer

Correct Answer : Large estate owners

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History Indian History

Q. Who were associated with Indian league established in 1875 in Calcutta (now Kolkata) ?

A.
Kali Mohan Das and Arvindo Ghosh
B.
Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Arvindo Ghosh
C.
Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Sambhu Charan Mukherjee
D.
None of these

Answer

Correct Answer : Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Sambhu Charan Mukherjee

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History Modern Indian

Q. Who were called “Kukas”?

A.
Nirankari
B.
Namdhari
C.
Tilak
D.
Sri Aurobindo

Answer

Correct Answer : Namdhari

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History World History

Q. Who were the Axis powers in World War-II?

A.
Italy, Japan, Britain
B.
Poland, Japan, Germany
C.
Germany, Italy, France
D.
Germany, Italy, Japan

Answer

Correct Answer : Germany, Italy, Japan

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History Mauryan Empire

Q. Who were the first kings to issue gold coins in India?

A.
Indo-Greeks
B.
Mauryas
C.
Guptas
D.
Kushans

Answer

Correct Answer : Indo-Greeks

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History Mauryan Empire

Q. Who were the immediate successors of the Mauryas in Magadha?

A.
Sungas
B.
Pandyas
C.
Kushanas
D.
Satvahanas

Answer

Correct Answer : Sungas

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History World History

Q. Who were the three eminent statesmen who started the Non-aligned Movement?

A.
Jawaharlal Nehru, Chou Enlai, Kwame Nkrumah
B.
Jawaharlal Nehru, Anwar Sadat, Soekarno
C.
Jawaharlal Nehru, Fidel Castro, Marshal Tito
D.
Jawaharlal Nehru, Gamal Abdul Nasser, Marshal Tito

Answer

Correct Answer : Jawaharlal Nehru, Gamal Abdul Nasser, Marshal Tito

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