GK Quiz on History

1. was the founder of Jainism and the first Tirthankara.
a) Gautam Buddha
b) Siddhartha
c) Rishabhadeve
d) Mahavira

2. The founder of Palas dynasty was _______________
a) Dharampala
b) Gopala I
c) Nagabhata I
d) Devapala

3. The last emperor of Maurya Empire was _____________
a) Bindusara
b) Asoka
c) Chandragupta Maurya
d) Brihadratha

4. _________________was a Afghan Sardar who founded the Lodhi dynasty
a) Bahlol Lodhi
b) Ibrahim Lodhi
c) Sikandar Lodhi
d) None of these

5. Ralph Fitch was the first Englishman to visit Akbar’s court in ________
a) 1575
b) 1585
c) 1600
d) 1625

6. Vascode Gama was sent in 1498 from Lisbon to find the direct Sea route from ______________ to _________________
a) Africa to India
b) Australia to India
c) None of these
d) Europe to India

7. Who among the following wrote Sanskrit grammar?
a) Charak
b) D.S. Trivedi
c) Panini
d) Avinash Chandra Das

8. _________________is the last Afghan sultan of Delhi of the Lodhi dynasty.
a) Sikandar
b) Ibrahim Lodhi
c) Ghazi Malik
d) Daulat Khan Lodhi

9. Akbar took the responsibility of the kingdom under the protection of _____________
a) Abdul Fazal
b) Bahadur Shah
c) Sadiq Khan
d) Bairam Khan

10. The Sunga Empire was a Magadha dynasty and its capital was ______________
a) Rajgriha
b) Pataliputra
c) Magadha
d) Tanjore