Practice MCQ Questions and answers on Indian history-GK

The Kalinga War was a war fought between the Mauryan Empire and the state of Kalinga. Kalinga was an important kingdom because it controlled the trade routes with Southeast Asia. Because of this, Ashoka, the Mauryan king, wanted to capture it. Therefore he lead his huge army to Kalinga in 261 BC.

Under the Government of India, Provincial Legislatures consisted of two chambers, except in the case was Punjab.

The Venetian traveler who travelled with his wife and reached Vijayanagar around 1420 was Niccolo de Conti.

The year 788 AD was a good one for Hinduism because Shankracharya was born that year.

The Indian War of Independence is an Indian nationalist history of the 1857 revolt by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar that was first published in 1909.

The twenty-third Jaina teacher, Parsva, the immediate predecessor of Mahavira enjoined on his disciples four great vows. To these Mahavira adds the Brahmacharya or continence as the fifth vow.

Turko Afghan rule in India lasted for about 3 centuries as they were there in the time of Rana Pratap also and the Turkish king Gaznavi invaded Delhi long before that.

The painting which is not included in the Mughal paintings is the Islamic Themes. Mughal paintings are a particular style of South Asian painting. These paintings were evolved during the rule of Mughal Emperors in India and revolved around themes like battles, legendary stories, hunting scenes, wildlife, royal life, mythology, etc.

Akbar was the Mughal Emperor against whom the Fatwa was issued from Jaunpur.

In 1942, in a fiery speech in Mumbai, Mahatma Gandhi gave a 'do or die' call to the people of India in a final push to make the British quit.