History KBC Quiz & KBC Questions, Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

Question: In which year did Asoka wage the battle of Kalinga?

1. 263 B.C
   
2. 260 B.C
   
3. 261 B.C
   
4. 262 B.C
   

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This war is described as the turning point in the life of Asoka.It is said that he was greatly moved by the massacre and bloodshed of thousands of innocent people.The territory no doubt was annexed to the Magadha kingdom, but the destruction caused by the war filled the king with remorse.As a result he eschewed war and sheathed his sword for the rest of his life.He adopted the policy of Dharma Vijay(Religious matters) instead of Dig Vijay (Aggression and conquest).He embraced Buddhism thereafter and became a torchbearer of peace for the World.

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Question: Who was the founder of the Gupta dynasty?

1. Chandragupta I
   
2. Chandragupta II (Vikramaditya)
   
3. Samudragupta
   
4. Skandgupta
   

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However,the first ruler of the Gupta dynasty was Srigupta who ruled from A.D 260-280, but it was Chandragupta I who was regarded as the founder of the Gupta Empire.He ruled from A.D 300-330.

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Question: Who was the last ruler of the Mauryan Kingdom?

1. Kunal
   
2. Asoka
   
3. Brihadratha
   
4. Tivara
   

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Brihadratha was killed by his commander-in-chief Pushyamitra in A.D 185 who laid the foundation stone of the Shunga dynasty.

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Question: Which Satvahana ruler adopted the title Tri-samudra-toya-pita-vahana?

1. Vashishtiputra Pulumayi
   
2. Gautamiputra Sri Satkarni
   
3. Simuka
   
4. Yajnasri Satkarni
   

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Tri-samudra-toya-pita-vahana meant 'the ruler whose subjects drank the water of the three seas of the east,west and south'. The Bay of Bengal,The Arabian Sea and The Indian Ocean.

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Question: Which Chinese traveller's description about the Indian society are recorded in the book 'Fo-Kero-Ki'?

1. Fa-hien
   
2. Hiuen Tsang
   
3. I-tsing
   
4. Pan-Ku
   

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Fa-hien wrote this book when he came to India during the reign of Gupta dynasty most probably between A.D 399-414.

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Question: Back to the olden days. Who was left behind as the governor of India by Alexander the Great?

1. Ptolemey
   
2. Patrocles
   
3. Chandragupta
   
4. Selucus
   

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Interestingly, Chandragupta Maurya married Selucus's daughter Helen.

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Question: One of the famous and controversial person during the freedom struggle who opposed Gandhiji's ideologies of non-violence and non-cooperation was one of these men. Which?

1. Gopalakrishna Ghokale
   
2. Nehru
   
3. Subhas Chandra Bose
   
4. Vallabhai Patel
   

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Bose was born in Cuttak. He formed the Indian National Army (INA) to fight the British. He invented the slogan "Jai Hind", which means "Victory to India!" and has a various times been used by Indian nationalists as a kind of "national greeting". (Any similarity to various Fascist greetings used in Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany are of course pure coincidence).

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Question: Complete the trilogy, famous during the Indian Independence stuggle. Two were called Lal and Bal. Who was the third?

1. Mal
   
2. Gandhi
   
3. Bose
   
4. Pal
   

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The famous trilogy were Lala Lajpat Rai, Bala Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal.

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Question: There were four dynasties flourising in Tamil Nadu. Three of them were Cheras, Cholas, Pandyas. Which was the fourth?

1. Kakatiyas
   
2. Rashtrakutas
   
3. Pallavas
   
4. Hoysalas
   

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The Pallavas had Mahabalipuram (close to Chennai [formerly Madras], the current capital of Tamil Nadu) as their capital city.

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Question: Who was the French governor who was defeated by Robert Clive during the Anglo-French wars in India?

1. Multiplex
   
2. Napoleon
   
3. Charles de Gaulle
   
4. Dupleix
   

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Dupleix (1697-1763) was the governor of the French settlement based in Pondicherry. The first Anglo-French war (commonly refered as the Carnatic Wars) took placed in 1744-1748 AD. The wars between British and French in India lasted from 1744 to 1763 AD.

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