GK History MCQ's




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 301 :
On June 25, ___________prime minister Indira Gandhi imposed Emergency in India citing grave threat to her government and sovereignty of the country fromboth internal and external forces.

  1. 1955
  2. 1965
  3. 1968
  4. Manmohan Singh
  

Question 302 :
The sung rulers were followers of—

  1. The Sutiga period
  2. The Kushana period
  3. The Gupta period
  4. The early medieval period
  

Question 303 :
Dilwara Temple is the example of?

  1. Buddhist architecture
  2. Jain architecture
  3. Mughal architecture
  4. Sultanate architecture
  

Question 304 :
Romila Thapar is a …........ historian

  1. Indian
  2. American
  3. .French
  4. British
  

Question 305 :
‘Malfuz’ is a class literature dealing with —

  1. Ahmed Shah Abdali
  2. Safdarjung
  3. Saadat Khan Burhan-ul-Mulk
  4. Zulfiqar Khan
  

Question 306 :
Author of Gendering Caste through a feminist Lens is

  1. Romila Thapar
  2. Uma Chakravarti
  3. Annie Besant
  4. Sarojini Naidu
  

Question 307 :
During the Mauryan period Lakshanadhyaksha was

  1. An officer possessing knowledge of the characteristics of animals
  2. A professional astrologer
  3. An official in charge of road marks
  4. An official in charge of mint
  

Question 308 :
With which of the following periods do we associate the ‘microlith’ implements?

  1. Pepper
  2. Silk
  3. Cotton
  4. Gold
  

Question 309 :
Independent India was founded by :

  1. Gopalakrishna Gokhale
  2. Thilak
  3. M.N. Roy
  4. Jayaprakas Narayanan
  

Question 310 :
When was the Cooperative Societies Act first passed in India?

  1. Bengal
  2. Gujarat
  3. Kashmir
  4. Maiwa
  

Question 311 :
The most important effect of the French Revolution was the birth of the

  1. republic in France
  2. socialism
  3. democracy
  4. capitalism
  

Question 312 :
Gandhiji started the renowned ‘Dandi March’ from Sabarmati Ashram on the 12th. March, 1930, for breaking the salt laws along with —

  1. Shaukat Ali
  2. Mahatma Gandhi
  3. M.A. Jinnah
  4. None of these
  

Question 313 :
The place were Bhudha was enlightened

  1. Kundagrammam
  2. Deer park
  3. Gaya
  4. none
  

Question 314 :
Which one among the following is the oldest Stupa?

  1. Stupa of Sanchi
  2. Stupa of Piprawah
  3. Stupa of Bharahut
  4. Stupa of Amaravati
  

Question 315 :
The Paris Commune fought for

  1. workers rights
  2. landlords rights
  3. industrialists rights
  4. people rights
  

Question 316 :
Who among the following Sufis advocated the theory of ‘Wahdat-ul-Suahud’?

  1. The Battle of Attack
  2. The Battle of Amritsar
  3. The Battle of Balakot
  4. The Battle of Charsadda
  

Question 317 :
The Vedic Aryans did not worship—

  1. Megalithic
  2. Microliths
  3. Neoliths
  4. Chalcoliths
  

Question 318 :
Louis XVI and Marie Antonitte were executed alongwith their children in

  1. Malik Kafur in South India
  2. Sultan Balban in the Mewat region
  3. Muhammad Tughlaq in Gujarat
  4. Feroze Tughlaq in Orissa
  

Question 319 :
A very important source far the political structure and social condition of Gujarat from the 9th to 13th centuries is the text known as —

  1. A saleable right
  2. Hereditary
  3. Ownership of land
  4. Mortgageable
  

Question 320 :
The people of the Santhal rebellion armed themselves with their traditional weapons of—

  1. Uraiyur
  2. Puhar
  3. Thanjaur
  4. Kanchipuram
  

Question 321 :
Which one of the following regions is known for painting that are manuscript illustrations in miniature executed palm-leaf during the period A.D. 1100-1300?

  1. Vishnu Dharmashastra
  2. Manu smriti
  3. Yajnavalkya smriti
  4. Narada Smriti
  

Question 322 :
The first battle of the American War of Independence took place in the year

  1. 1776, 4 July
  2. 1778, 14 August
  3. 1776, 28 July
  4. 1789, 14 July
  

Question 323 :
Who among the following have written the medieval legendary and historical chronicle of the north­western subcontinent ,Rajatarangini ?

  1. Megasthenese
  2. Kalhana
  3. Al­Biruni
  4. Herodotus
  

Question 324 :
Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

  1. Indra - Varuna
  2. Indra, Varuna - Mitra
  3. Indra - Mitra
  4. Indra, Varuna, Mitra, Nats
  

Question 325 :
The planning of the capital in the Arthashastra clearly indicates that the industrial and commercial classes were—

  1. Syadvada
  2. Yogachara
  3. Madhyamika
  4. Sunyavada
  

Question 326 :
The Mahabharata war was fought on the plains of …......

  1. Meerut
  2. Afghanistan
  3. Kurushetra
  4. Lothal
  

Question 327 :
Which one of the following is correctly matched?

  1. Hegesander
  2. Deimachos
  3. Athenaeus
  4. Nearchus
  

Question 328 :
About whose kingdom is it said 'the dominion of the lord of the universe extended from Delhi to Palam.'?

  1. Government of India Act, 1919
  2. Government of India Act, 1935
  3. Regulation Act
  4. Vernacular Press Act.
  

Question 329 :
The Founding Charter of the English East India Company was granted by—

  1. socialistic ideas
  2. divine right theory
  3. orthodox method
  4. oligarchy rules
  

Question 330 :
Rana Sanga is related with?

  1. Malwa
  2. Khajuraho
  3. Mandu
  4. Mewar