GK History MCQ's




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 361 :
Which, among the following Scholarly works, was not written by Bhavbhuti?

  1. Adhipati
  2. Gahapati
  3. Jethaka
  4. Adhikari
  

Question 362 :
Which one of the following adumbrated principles and Constitutional provisions which were later incorporated in the Montagu Chelmsford Reforms?

  1. Edwin Montagu’s announcement on 20 August 1917 in the House of Commons that the policy of the British Government would be the gradual development of self governing institutions with a view to the progressive realisation of responsible government in India
  2. Annie Besant became almost overnight a pro-Raj supporter after Montagu’s promise of responsible government in India
  3. B .G. Tilak departed for England in September 1918 to fight a libel suit against Valentine Chirol
  4. The British Raj passed the Rowlatt Act on 18 March 1919 to suppress the revolutionary movements against it
  

Question 363 :
During the reign of Ashoka Kumaras were stationed at—

  1. Sanatkumara
  2. Kartikeya
  3. Pradyumna
  4. Abhimanyu
  

Question 364 :
Chinese made very fine china called

  1. The Palas
  2. The Chalukyas of Badami
  3. The Rashtrakutas
  4. The Senas
  

Question 365 :
In the revenue settlement of Todarmal ,the land never left fallow was known as?

  1. Polaj
  2. Parauti
  3. Chachar
  4. Banjar
  

Question 366 :
In March 1784 the treaty of Mangalore was concluded mainly at the insistence of—

  1. Warren Hastings
  2. Colonel Fullarton
  3. Tipu Sultan
  4. Lord McCartney
  

Question 367 :
The first English factors India was established at—

  1. . Temples at Madura
  2. Temples of Tanjore
  3. Kailashnath temple of Ellora
  4. Rock-cut Nath temples at Mahabalipuram
  

Question 368 :
According to the Cambridge interpretation, the roots of politics lay in

  1. localities like district, the municipality, the village.
  2. intellectual forums
  3. consciouness of the people
  4. history
  

Question 369 :
In the late 17th and early 18th centuries, the export of Indian opium to the Indonesian archipelago was dominated by the—

  1. Gujarati and Marwari mercantile groups
  2. Portuguese
  3. Dutch East India Company
  4. English East India Company
  

Question 370 :
Who among the following is the author of the novel, Coolle?

  1. Pallathu Rao
  2. Mulak Raj Anand
  3. R.K. Narayan
  4. Bhabani Bhattacharya
  

Question 371 :
The Indus people achieved maximum amount of standardization in

  1. Pottery
  2. Seals
  3. Sculpture
  4. Bricks
  

Question 372 :
Who was the last Governor General and First Viceroy of India?

  1. Lord Lawrence
  2. Lord Mayo
  3. Lord Canning
  4. Lord Lytton
  

Question 373 :
Sangam is meant for?

  1. Dynasty of South India
  2. Tamil religious literature
  3. Assemblies of Tamil Scholars
  4. Ancient name of South India
  

Question 374 :
In which year Mohammed Ali- Jinnah was elected to the Imperial Legislative Council from Bombay?

  1. 1910
  2. 1914
  3. 1919
  4. 1924
  

Question 375 :
During the period of sutras, the Brahmanas were allowed to marry—

  1. Kanpur
  2. Mewar
  3. Jaisalmer
  4. Banaras
  

Question 376 :
An address to the working class' was drafted by

  1. Karl Peters
  2. Babeuf
  3. Karl Marx
  4. Stalin
  

Question 377 :
Who among the following was selected by Gandhiji to be the Ist leader to offer Individual Civil Disobedience in 1940?

  1. The Sunga period
  2. The Kushana period
  3. The Gupta period
  4. The early Medieval period
  

Question 378 :
Which one of the following is the largest burnt-brick structure built in the entire range of the Harrappa culture?

  1. 324 BC
  2. 325 BC
  3. 326 BC
  4. 327 BC
  

Question 379 :
What was the main reason for the permanent indebtedness of the Peasantry?

  1. Forged signatures
  2. False accounting
  3. High rate of interest on loans
  4. Making the debtor sign for larger amounts than he had borrowed
  

Question 380 :
Which is the only Indus site with a dockyard?

  1. Attirampakkarn
  2. Adichanallur
  3. Arikamedu
  4. Sanur
  

Question 381 :
The earliest Indian coins are not earlier than—

  1. It is the same as pasupasa simokshana one of the principal characteristics of the Pasupata sect
  2. It was the birth place of Lakulisa
  3. It was one of the vratas of the Kapalikas
  4. It was a ritual prescribed for those adhering to the Kalamukha sect
  

Question 382 :
Gandhiji was arrested before he could offer Satyagraha and Make salt at the Government Depot at —

  1. Singapore
  2. Rangoon
  3. Germany
  4. Japan
  

Question 383 :
An anthropomorphic figure of copper has been reported from the Harrappan levels at—

  1. Timur
  2. Zain-ul-Abidin
  3. Malilc Kafur
  4. Hasan
  

Question 384 :
The Ramayana was composed by the great saint

  1. Brahma
  2. Vasisht
  3. Bana
  4. Valmik
  

Question 385 :
Ashoka’s invasion of Kalinga resulted in

  1. peaceful relations with Kalinga.
  2. the development of peace and non-violence as policy.
  3. wealth and prosperity Of Mauryan empire.
  4. victory to the policy of war and territorial conquests.
  

Question 386 :
During the reign of which of the following did Vijaynagar Empire come into existence

  1. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
  2. Mohammed-bin-Tughlaq
  3. Firoze Shah Tughlaq
  4. Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah
  

Question 387 :
93 Taikh ­i­Ferishta was written as per the instruction of which ruler ?

  1. Nizam Shah
  2. Muhammad Bin Tuglaq
  3. Akbar
  4. Ibrahim Adil Shah
  

Question 388 :
Who is the author of Asoka: The Buddhist Emperor of India?

  1. William Jones
  2. Alexander Cunningham
  3. V. A. Smith
  4. Herman Hesse
  

Question 389 :
Which of the following causes was not responsible for the downfall of Tipu?

  1. He was inferior in financial resources to the English
  2. He was inferior in Man-power to the. English
  3. He was not helped by any Indian rulers
  4. He persecuted the Hindus
  

Question 390 :
Which one of the following was a cause for the decline of the textile industry in Bengal during the 18th century?

  1. Decline in the quality of production
  2. Non-availability of raw material
  3. High tariff rates on export to Britain
  4. Non-availability of craftsman