UPSC/SSC G.K. History Quiz 10

1. The expounder of Yoga philosophy was-
(a) Patanjali
(b) Gautam
(c) Jaimini
(d) Sankaracharya
1.(a)

2. Lothal is a site where dockyard of which of the following civilization were found ?
(a) Indus Valley (b) Mesopotamian (c) Egyptian (d) Persian
2. (a)

3. Where are the traces of Portuguese culture found in India ?
(a) Goa
(b) Calicut
(c) Cannanore
(d) Cochin
3. (a)

4. Who was the first known Gupta ruler ?
(a) Srigupta
(b) Chandragupta I
(c) Ghatotakacha
(d) Kumargupta I
4. (a)

5. Mughal painting flourished during the reign of-
(a) Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Shahjahan
(d) Aurangzeb
5. (b)

6. Who were the first kings to issue gold coins in India ?
(a) Mauryas
(b) Indo-Greeks
(c) Guptas
(d) Kushans
6. (b)

7.The God who is the most prominent in ‘Rigaveda’ is=
(a) Indra
(b) Agni
(c) Pasupati
(d) Vishnu
7.(a)

8. What was the capital of Kanishka ?
(a) Purushapura
(b) Mathura
(c) Taxila
(d) Pataliputra
8. (a)

9. Who among the following was NOT a noble under Alauddin Khalji ?
(a) Ainulmulk Multani
(b) Zafar Khan
(c) Nusrat Khan
(d) Munim Khan
9. (d)

10. At the time when Nadir Shah attacked Delhi, the Mughal emperor was-
(a) Ahmad Shah
(b) Bahadur Shah
(c) Muhammad Shah
(d) Shah Alam II
10. (c)