GK History MCQ's




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 601 :
The term Chitrapata used in some historical sources denotes —

  1. Sautrantilca
  2. Sthviravadin
  3. Sarvastivadin
  4. Saitiihitiya
  

Question 602 :
Which one of the following pairs of persons was hanged on the charges of assassinating English officers in England?

  1. Rajguru and Sukhdev
  2. Khudiram Bose and Surya Sen
  3. Madanlal Dhingra and Udham Singh
  4. Kartar Singh Sarabha and Ashfaqullah Khan
  

Question 603 :
The Iron Age Chinese explained the astronomical phenomenon called

  1. 16 parts
  2. 12 parts
  3. 10 parts
  4. 9parts
  

Question 604 :
Between which of the following was the ancient town of Takshasila located?

  1. Indus and Jehelum
  2. Jhelum and Chenab
  3. Chenab and Ravi
  4. Ravi and Beas
  

Question 605 :
The Chinese calendar was

  1. Autocracy
  2. Democracy
  3. Dictatorship
  4. Oligarchy
  

Question 606 :
Asvamedha Yajna from among Chalukya rulers was performed by —

  1. Al-uthi
  2. Alberuni
  3. Hasan-un-Nizami
  4. Minhajuddin-bin-Sirajuddin
  

Question 607 :
The full form of OBC is-

  1. Other Backward Class
  2. Other Backward Caste
  3. Over Backward Class
  4. Over Backward Caste
  

Question 608 :
Foreign capitalists were attracted by Indian industry for a variety of reasons. Which one of the following reasons was not one of them?

  1. Labour was extremely cheap
  2. Raw materials were readily and cheaply available
  3. Indian capitalist class wars well developed but unable to compete
  4. For many Indian products there was a ready demand the world over
  

Question 609 :
The Rajarajeshvar temple was constructed by —

  1. Parantaka Chola
  2. Mahendra Vermana Pahallava
  3. Rajaraja Chola
  4. Aditya Cholas
  

Question 610 :
Who was the first Muslim writer to make use of Hindi words and adopt Indian poetric imagery and themes?

  1. Warren Hastings
  2. Lord Dalhousie
  3. Lord Wellesley
  4. Lord William Bentick
  

Question 611 :
Which act is known as the black Act?

  1. filbert Bill
  2. Rowaltt Act
  3. Hunter Act
  4. Act of 1909
  

Question 612 :
Marriage between man - woman of same caste in Ancient India was known as —

  1. The upnishadas deny the existence of a supreme god
  2. The upnishadas deny the existence of individual souls
  3. The upnishadas believe in the theory of Karma
  4. The upnishadas believe in the theory of rebirth
  

Question 613 :
97. Which of the following metal (S) was/were not used by the Harrappans?

  1. Copper
  2. Gold - Copper
  3. Iron - Tin
  4. Silver - Bronze
  

Question 614 :
The Valangai (right hand) and Idangai (left hand) division of South Indian society is first noticed in the —

  1. Elephanta
  2. Ellora
  3. Badami
  4. Mahabalipuram
  

Question 615 :
In which of the following battles with the Sikhs did the Partisans of the holy war suffer a terrible defeat in which Sayyaid Ahamed lost his life?

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

Question 616 :
Male Spartans lived in military barracks from the age of

  1. The Greatest Bath
  2. Granary
  3. Assembly Hall
  4. Lothal Dockyard
  

Question 617 :
Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

  1. Manu
  2. Narada
  3. Brihaspati
  4. Parasara
  

Question 618 :
In the medieval period, Indian painting reached a high degree of perfection during the reign of

  1. Firoz Tughlaq
  2. Sher Shah
  3. Jehangir
  4. Aurangzeb
  

Question 619 :
Sardinia was the strongest state of

  1. Germany
  2. France
  3. Italy
  4. Holland
  

Question 620 :
Mesopotamians were the first to make

  1. Tables
  2. Arithmetic
  3. Pythagoras theorem
  4. Algebra
  

Question 621 :
Who was the first President of All India Trade Union Congress?

  1. Hinayan4
  2. Mahayana
  3. Vajrayana
  4. Lamaism
  

Question 622 :
The city of Athens gave the world

  1. Arenas
  2. Amphy theatres
  3. Open areas
  4. Stadiums
  

Question 623 :
Mushakavamsa Kavya was written in

  1. 10 th Century
  2. 11 th Century
  3. 12 th Century
  4. 9 th Century
  

Question 624 :
The ultimate ownership of land during the post-Gupta period lay with —

  1. Mohenjodaro site
  2. Harappan site
  3. Baluchistan
  4. Egypt
  

Question 625 :
According to Aryans, the indegenous people of india were

  1. Rakshasa
  2. Dasas and Dasyus
  3. Dravida
  4. Kshatriya
  

Question 626 :
Radical Democratic party was organised by

  1. Lohia
  2. M.N.Roy
  3. Jayaprakash Narayanan
  4. Thilak
  

Question 627 :
In the year 1914 the membership of the German socialist party was

  1. 1, 2
  2. 1, 2, 4
  3. 2, 3, 4
  4. 3, 4
  

Question 628 :
Tilak regarded that Swaraj was not only a right but a

  1. Justice
  2. Dharma
  3. power
  4. Status
  

Question 629 :
‘Live well, as long as you live. Live well even by borrowing, for once cremated, there is no return’ This rejection of after -life is an aphorism of the

  1. Ashoka
  2. Harsha
  3. Kanishka
  4. Vikramaditya
  

Question 630 :
The prime objective of ________was to enhance foreign investment and provide an internationally competitive and hassle free environment for exports.

  1. SEZ
  2. Land Grabbing
  3. Liberalization
  4. 2000