GK History MCQ's




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 451 :
Which of the following are reasons for the identification of the reflected in the later Vedic texts with the painted grey ware culture? Select the correct answer (1) Material culture of the two corresponds (2) Geographical distribution of the two corresponds (3) Chronological span of the two corresponds (4) Both evolved locally

  1. The excavations at Harappa are attributed to R.B. Daya Ram Sahni
  2. The Assembly Hall was discovered at Mohenjo-daro
  3. The open courtyard was the basic feature of house planning
  4. The Indus Valley people were not acquainted with the art of spinning and weaving
  

Question 452 :
The most famous Saka ruler in India was

  1. Ivienander
  2. Gautarniputra Satakarni
  3. Kadphises II
  4. Rudradaman I
  

Question 453 :
Who built the Buddha Vihar at Nagapattanam?

  1. Srivijay
  2. Gayabahu of Sri Lanka
  3. Prasenjit
  4. Illango Adigal
  

Question 454 :
Evidence regarding Chola paintings has been found at —

  1. Surendra Sai
  2. Titu Mir
  3. Birsa Munda
  4. Utirat Singh
  

Question 455 :
Which of the following languages were patronised by the jainas to preach their doctrines?

  1. Prakrit
  2. Sanskrit
  3. Dravidian
  4. Pali
  

Question 456 :
Which one of the following denoted a series of coins?

  1. Gajasataka
  2. Gadhiya
  3. Hiranaydama
  4. Katisama
  

Question 457 :
A modern arsenal was established in 1765 with French assistance at—

  1. Bidnur
  2. Sera
  3. Sunda
  4. Dindigul
  

Question 458 :
The French society was divided into

  1. one group
  2. two groups
  3. Three groups
  4. four groups
  

Question 459 :
Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

  1. Pattinappalai
  2. Tirumurugarruppadai
  3. Maduraikanchi
  4. Tolkappiyam
  

Question 460 :
The large Shiva Temple at Thanjavur was built by

  1. Rajendra Chola
  2. Raja raja Chola
  3. Chandeltas
  4. Rashtrakutas
  

Question 461 :
With reference to Delhi Sultanate who of the following created the ‘Diwani-Amir’ Koh (Department of agriculture)?

  1. Alauddin Khalji
  2. Firu Shah Tughluq
  3. Muhammad bin Tugluq
  4. Shamsu d-din lltutmish
  

Question 462 :
In July 1921, the All India Khilafat Committee passed a resolutions declaring that no Muslim should serve in the —

  1. Raj Kumar Shukla
  2. Rajendra Prasad
  3. Ras Bihari Bose
  4. Pt. Nehru
  

Question 463 :
How many Pitakas are in Buddhist literature?

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  

Question 464 :
The French royal prison—the (Bastille) was attacked in

  1. one group
  2. two groups
  3. Three groups
  4. four groups
  

Question 465 :
The Quit India Resolution (1942) proposed the starting of a Non-violent Mass Struggle on the widest possible scale. The Mantra ‘Do or Die’ was given by —

  1. Non-violence
  2. Truthfulness
  3. Fearlessness
  4. Abstinence
  

Question 466 :
Which one of the following is a toll, tax mentioned in early Tamil literature?

  1. 28 March, 1871
  2. 28 March, 1872
  3. 28 March, 1873
  4. 28 March, 1874
  

Question 467 :
During the Mughals, change in the architectural style is known as?

  1. Hindu Islamic style
  2. Goethic style
  3. Islamic style
  4. Persian style
  

Question 468 :
The term ‘Brahmadeya’ occurs for the first time in—

  1. Takshashila, Tosali and Ujjayani
  2. Takshashila, Ujjayani and Junagarh
  3. Takshashila, Tosali and Sopara
  4. Ujjayani, Mathura and Yerragudi
  

Question 469 :
The Hindu Marriage Act was enacted in the year-

  1. 1945
  2. 1955
  3. 1965
  4. 1975
  

Question 470 :
Ashoka Pillar at Allahabad provides information about the reign of

  1. Chandragupta Maurya
  2. Chandragupta I
  3. Samudragupta
  4. Chandragupta I
  

Question 471 :
What was the worst part of the permanent settlement of Bengal?

  1. Disintegration of the village communities
  2. Creation of absentee landlords
  3. Sub-infatuation of estates and holdings
  4. Subjection of the cultivator to untold misery
  

Question 472 :
The most common type of Harappan sales is—

  1. February 20, 1947
  2. June 3, 1947
  3. July 18, 1947
  4. August 15, 1947
  

Question 473 :
Napoleon introduced a new set of laws called

  1. Khajuraho
  2. Konark
  3. Kanchi
  4. (a) - (b)
  

Question 474 :
The Moplah Rebellion (1912) took place in—

  1. Kaihana
  2. Jona-raja
  3. Halayudha
  4. Jayadeva
  

Question 475 :
Which was not one of the storm-centres of the Revolt of 1857?

  1. Jhansi
  2. Bareilly
  3. Arrah (Bihar)
  4. Madras
  

Question 476 :
Which one of the following pairs are not correctly matched?

  1. Jaunpur: Atala Mosque
  2. Maiwa: Jahaz Mahal
  3. Ajmer: Quwwat-ul-Islam
  4. A Gulburga: Jama Masjid
  

Question 477 :
Which one was not a pioneer industry in India during British rule?

  1. Cotton
  2. Iron
  3. Jute
  4. Coal
  

Question 478 :
Pushyamitra Shunga:

  1. Defended the Magadhan empire against the Bactrian Greeks
  2. Is said to have performed Asvamedha sacrifice
  3. Was persecutor of Buddhism according to the Divyavadana
  4. Did all the above
  

Question 479 :
Why did Rabindranath Tagore renounce his knighthood?

  1. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
  2. Subhas Chandra Bose
  3. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  4. M. K. Gandhi
  

Question 480 :
All native States who afterwards became part of the Indian Union had agreed to accede to it by the end of the year—

  1. 1947 A.D.
  2. 1948 A.D.
  3. 1949 A.D.
  4. 1950 A.D.