GK History MCQ's




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 271 :
Swaraj is my birth right.' Who said?

  1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  2. Dadabhai Naoroji
  3. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
  4. BhagatSingh
  

Question 272 :
The Author of Hamir Mahakavya was—

  1. Bronze Metal
  2. Copper Metal
  3. Wheel Made
  4. Hand Made
  

Question 273 :
The conceusces among historians that the vedic age began earliest in—

  1. 4
  2. 6
  3. 8
  4. 10
  

Question 274 :
Which among the following is true about a Hydraulic Society?

  1. societies with lucid social bonds
  2. societies based on large scale irrigation
  3. liberal society
  4. society inclined towards criminality
  

Question 275 :
Romila Thaper was the student of …........

  1. Basham
  2. Bipan Chandra
  3. Eric Hobsbawn
  4. Kosambi
  

Question 276 :
Which of the, following Harrapan sites are located in the Kutch region?

  1. Cremation
  2. Burying ash kept in an urn
  3. Extended burial of the body along with pottery
  4. Making a memorial to mark the site
  

Question 277 :
The first major inscription in classical Sanskrit is that of:

  1. Chandragupta Vikramaditya
  2. Kanishka I
  3. Rudradaman
  4. Samudragupta
  

Question 278 :
Hyder Au consolidated his position after being, appointed the Faujdar of—

  1. Arcot
  2. Budikota
  3. Dindigul
  4. Devanhali
  

Question 279 :
Who among the following were the pioneers in opening oceanic trade with India?

  1. Angula: Unit of linear measure
  2. Veli: Unit for measuring space
  3. Kamal: Unit for liquid measure
  4. Kalanju: Unit of weight
  

Question 280 :
The large hoard of copper comes from Gungeria in—

  1. The Mouth of Mediterranean Sea
  2. The Mouth of Indus valley
  3. The Mouth of Narmada River
  4. The Mouth of Red sea
  

Question 281 :
Who among the following is associated with Cambrodge School of Histroiography?

  1. Ranajith Guha
  2. R.S. Sharma
  3. Anil Seal
  4. Rachel Carlson
  

Question 282 :
The pyramid of Gizeh was built by

  1. Athens
  2. Sparta
  3. Thebes
  4. Macedonia
  

Question 283 :
The East India Company began to use the term ‘Investments in India’ for—

  1. Their bullion imports to purchase Indian goods
  2. The loot from Buxar for purchasing Indian goods
  3. The profits made from duty free inland trade and the surplus from Diwani revenue
  4. The borrowed money from Indian money lenders for purchases in India money
  

Question 284 :
The great bath was excavated in the great city of

  1. China, Japan
  2. Persia and Afghanistan
  3. Rome, China
  4. Greece, Turkey
  

Question 285 :
The contents of Allahabad Pillar inscription of Samudragupta were written by

  1. Vishakhadatta
  2. Virasen
  3. Kalidas
  4. Harisena
  

Question 286 :
Karl Marx was the first man to introduce

  1. scientific socialism
  2. marxian socialism
  3. democracy
  4. capitalism
  

Question 287 :
In the _________. Lok Sabha polls, Indira Gandhi returned to power and remainedin power till her assassination in 1984.

  1. 1908
  2. 1940
  3. 1970
  4. , Sharad Yadav
  

Question 288 :
More women and less man may lead to-

  1. Polygamy
  2. Polygyny
  3. Polyandry
  4. None of the above
  

Question 289 :
Which among the following is not a form of diversity in India?

  1. Geographical diversity
  2. Linguistic diversity
  3. Religious diversity
  4. None of the above
  

Question 290 :
Mohammed Ali Jinnah was born in

  1. Lahore
  2. Bombay
  3. Delhi
  4. Karachi
  

Question 291 :
In order to give some concession to Indians in the field of administration, the Government of India Act, ________was designed on the basis of the recommendation of Simon Commission.

  1. 1905
  2. 1915
  3. 1925
  4. Sardar Vallabhai
  

Question 292 :
Indian war of Independence 1857 was written by—

  1. Ziauddin Barani
  2. Ibn Battuta
  3. Minhajuddin Siraj
  4. Amir Khusrau
  

Question 293 :
According to a late tradition, the spread of Jainism in Karnataka is attributed to—

  1. Rice
  2. Cotton
  3. Ragi
  4. Barley
  

Question 294 :
During the period of the Sutras the brahmanas were allowed to many—

  1. 1 and 2
  2. 1 and 3
  3. 2 and 4
  4. 3 and 4
  

Question 295 :
What was the specific motive of Mahmud Ghaznavi’s attack on India?

  1. Social life
  2. Economic life
  3. Political life
  4. King’s life
  

Question 296 :
Which foreign traveller visited Vijaynagar Empire during 1420?

  1. Alhanasius Nikitin
  2. Farishta
  3. Abdur Razzaq
  4. Nicolo-de-Conti
  

Question 297 :
Jivaka mentioned in the early Buddhist literature was a —

  1. Chariots
  2. Navy
  3. Accounts
  4. Infantry
  

Question 298 :
In 1906 the All India Muslim League was founded under the leadership of the—

  1. Aga Khan
  2. Nawab of Dhaka
  3. Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk
  4. All the above
  

Question 299 :
Mallacca cannot live without cambay, nor cambay without Mallacca, If they are to be very rich and very prosperous.' This comment was made in the context of Asian trade by —

  1. Tomes Pores
  2. Linschoten
  3. Varthenra
  4. Barbosa
  

Question 300 :
Who coined the term Hydraulic civilisations?

  1. Karl Marx
  2. E. H. Carr
  3. Karl Wittfogel
  4. Arnold Toynbee.