GK History MCQ's




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 421 :
Who among the following is said to be the founder of the pasupata cult?

  1. Digambara jainas
  2. Kapalikas
  3. Buddhist Tantriks
  4. Bhagavatas
  

Question 422 :
What was the name of the Gurjara-Pratihara king who was defeated by the Pala king Devapala?

  1. Mihirbhoja
  2. Nagabhatta II
  3. Mahipala
  4. Mahendrapala
  

Question 423 :
The Post-Gupta social structure in North India was marked by the —

  1. Growing importance of women
  2. Lessening of untouchability
  3. Proliferation of castes
  4. Revival of slavery
  

Question 424 :
Which of the following were included in Gandhi Irwin Pact? - 1) Invitation to Congress to participate in the Round Table Conference - 2) Withdrawal of ordinances promulagated in connection with the Civil Disobedience Movement - 3) Acceptance of Gandhi’s suggestion for inquiry into police excesses - 4) Release of only those prisoners who were not charged with violence . - Select the correct answer from the Codes given belows —

  1. The Hindu Mahasabha
  2. The Indian National Congress
  3. The Muslim League
  4. All of these
  

Question 425 :
During the 13th and 14th centuries the Indian peasant did not cultivate—

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

Question 426 :
The Telugu version of the Mahabharata was completed in the thirteenth century by —

  1. Pampa
  2. Tikkanna
  3. Kambana
  4. Nanniah
  

Question 427 :
Buddha preached acceance of existence of four noble truths (Aryasatyas) which were—

  1. Parantaka I
  2. Sundrachola
  3. Raja Raja I
  4. Kulottunga I
  

Question 428 :
Subhash Chand Bose was elected President of the Indian National Congress in —

  1. Right speech, right action, right exertion and right mindness
  2. Right meditation, right resolution, right view and right means of livelihood
  3. Dukham (Misery), Samudaya (Thirst, attachment etc.).
  4. Nirodh (End of worldly existence) and Marg (Path)
  

Question 429 :
During the sangam age the northern boundary of the Tamil country extended upto—

  1. Language of the people was used
  2. No caste barriers
  3. Non-existence of sound
  4. Too much stress on morality
  

Question 430 :
The manuscript of Dastan-e-Amir Hamza was illustrated by —

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 only
  3. l and 3
  4. 2 and 3
  

Question 431 :
The origin of Indian music can be traced into .

  1. Rigveda
  2. Samaveda
  3. Atharvaveda
  4. Yajurveda
  

Question 432 :
Amongst the following, who contributed most to the Bhagvata cult?

  1. Parthians
  2. Indo- Greeks
  3. Kushanas
  4. Guptas
  

Question 433 :
The Second International declared 1st May as

  1. workers day
  2. liberation day
  3. socialist day
  4. capitalist day
  

Question 434 :
There was no regular tax from land in the early vedic period, because—

  1. Anus
  2. Druhyus
  3. Bharatas
  4. Sivis
  

Question 435 :
The main effect of the American War of Independence was

  1. establishment of a republic
  2. democracy
  3. socialism
  4. capitalism
  

Question 436 :
Who of the following deciphered the Brahmi script?

  1. William Jones
  2. James Princep
  3. John Marshall
  4. EJH Mackay
  

Question 437 :
Sree Narayana Guru was born in

  1. Sivagiri
  2. Aruvipuram
  3. Chempazanthi
  4. Kollam
  

Question 438 :
According to Shankaracharya the Primary means of Salvation was —

  1. Kabir : Surdas
  2. Gurunanak : Ramananda
  3. Chaitanya : Haridas
  4. Ramanuja : Namdev
  

Question 439 :
The Sashgani coin was introduced during the reign of—

  1. House-traders from Afghanistan during the Mughal period
  2. A famous caste of Bankers of Marwars
  3. Chiefs subordinate to the nayakas the Vijaynagar kingdoms
  4. Agents of the European companies for purchase of silk and Muslin in Bengal
  

Question 440 :
The Mesopotamian calendar was

  1. Shivaji U
  2. Sahuji
  3. Balaji Vishwanath
  4. Baji Rao I
  

Question 441 :
The Polygars were—

  1. Kanishka
  2. Chandragupta Vikramaditya
  3. Devapala
  4. Gautamiputra Satakarni
  

Question 442 :
The treaty of Allahabad was concluded by—

  1. Admission of Muslim in the army
  2. Intervention in the Muslim states of Deccan
  3. Invasion into far South
  4. Sustained friendly relations with the Portuguese
  

Question 443 :
Indian people had faced high rate of inflation during 1918-1939 due to—

  1. N. G.Ranga
  2. Swami Sahajananda Saraswati
  3. Vidya Nanda
  4. Baba Ramchandra
  

Question 444 :
The finest specimen of Pahallavas architecture are —

  1. N.G.Ranga
  2. Swami Sahajananda Saraswati
  3. Vidyanand
  4. Baba Ramchandra
  

Question 445 :
Mahakachchayana, traditionally the founder of the Theravada sect, hailed from—

  1. S. N. Sen
  2. R. C. Mazumdar
  3. B. G. Tilak
  4. V. D. Savarkar
  

Question 446 :
Give the chronological order— 1) Kautilya 2) Jayadeva 3) Banabhatta 4) Harisena

  1. Epic story
  2. Drama
  3. Grammar
  4. Battle
  

Question 447 :
The Bengal Nawab who collected revenue directly from the ryots thought his agents called ijaradars was —

  1. Aliwardi Khan
  2. Murshid Quli Khan
  3. Shujauddin
  4. Sarfaraz Khan
  

Question 448 :
The drain of Wealth from Bengal began in—

  1. 1760
  2. 1757
  3. 1765
  4. 1813
  

Question 449 :
Gopis (cowherd girls) became an important part of the Krishana legend in art and literature in—

  1. Rohini
  2. Rukmani
  3. Jambavati
  4. Devaki
  

Question 450 :
Which of the following Harrappan crops are believed to have diffused from West Asia? 1) Wheat 2) Rice 3) Cotton 4) Barley .Choose the correct answer form the - codes given below—

  1. Vakatakas
  2. Cholas
  3. Satavahanas
  4. Pallavas