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GK Questions: Indian History – Set 26

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Welcome to Online General Knowledge section in Affairs cloud, which is important for all the competitive exams. We have created Some questions related to India Gk(Indian History) !!!

  1. The meeting house Ibadat Khana is related to whom ?
    1.Jahngir
    2.Shah Jahan
    3.Akbar
    4.Humayun
    5.None of these
    Answer – 3.Akbar
    Explanation :
    The Ibadat Khana (House of Worship) was a meeting house built in 1575 CE by the Mughal Emperor Akbar (r. 1556–1605) at Fatehpur Sikri to gather spiritual leaders of different religious grounds so as to conduct a discussion on the teachings of the respective religious leaders

  2. The region where the Aryans settled in India was
    1.Punjab
    2.Rajasthan
    3.West Bengal
    4.Uttar Pradesh
    5.None of these
    Answer – 1.Punjab
    Explanation :
    The region where the Aryans settled in India was Sapta Sindhu(Punjab)

  3. In which period Aryans settled in India ?
    1.Vedic age
    2.Middle Vedic Period
    3.Past Vedic Period
    4.Early Vedic Period
    5.None of these
    Answer – 4.Early Vedic Period 
    Explanation :
    The period when the Aryans first settled in India, is known as Early Vedic Period (1500BC to 1000BC)

  4. The hero of the Battle of 10 kings  or Dasharadnya Yuddha is
    1.King Krishna
    2.King Sudas
    3.King Divodasa
    4.King Kavi
    5.None of these
    Answer – 2.King Sudas
    Explanation :
    The major event in the Rigved is indeed of the Battle of 10 kings or Dasharadnya Yuddha and the hero of this war is king Sudas of North Panchal kingdom, the ancestor of Draupadi.

  5. Who translated the Bhagwat Gita into English in 1785 ?
    1.Franz Bopp
    2.William Jones
    3.Wilkins
    4.Hameleden
    5.None of these
    Answer – 3.Wilkins
    Explanation :
    He is notable as the first translator of Bhagavad Gita into English, and as the creator, alongside Panchanan Karmakar, of the first Bengali typeface. In 1788, Wilkins was elected a member of the Royal Society.

  6. Who is the founder of Jainism ?
    1.Rishabha
    2.Acharya
    3.Maghavira
    4.Sadhu
    5.None of these
    Answer – 1.Rishabha
    Explanation :
    Rishabha, who was the father of king Bharata, the first Chakravarti king of India, founded Jainism. The Vishnu Purana and Bhagavat Gita describe Rishabha as an incarnation of Narayana.

  7. The Mauryan art Didarganj Yakshi is located in
    1.Karanataka
    2.Maharashtra
    3.Odisha
    4.Bihar
    5.None of these
    Answer – 3.Odisha
    Explanation :
    The Didarganj Yakshi (or Didarganj Chauri Bearer) is one of the finest examples of Mauryan art. Thesculpture is currently located in the Patna Museum in Bihar.

  8. 1775 is related to
    1.Deogaon
    2.Surat
    3.Salbai
    4.Purandhar
    5.None of these
    Answer – 2.Surat
    Explanation :
    The Treaty of Surat (6 March 1775) was a treaty by which Raghunathrao, one of the claimants to the throne of the Peshwa, agreed to cede Salsette and Bassein Fort to the English, in consideration of being himself restored to Poona. The military operations that followed are known as the First Anglo-Maratha War.

  9. Hyder Ali Khanwas the ruler of the Kingdom of
    1.Kolkata
    2.Delhi
    3.Mysore
    4.Punjab
    5.None of these
    Answer – 3.Mysore
    Explanation :
    Hyder Ali Khan also known as Hyder Ali Sahib was the Sultan and the ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in southern India.

  10. Which period in the Indian history is known as the “Period of the Sultan Rulers”  ?
    1.1206 to 1526
    2.1216 to 1435
    3.1320 to 1500
    4.1200 to 1500
    5.None of these
    Answer –1.1206 to 1526
    Explanation :
    The period between 1206 and 1526 in the Indian history is known as the “Period of the Sultan Rulers”





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