GK History MCQ's




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 631 :
Which one of the following parts of India does not have the signs ofPalaeolithic age?

  1. Nizamuddin Aulia
  2. Akbar
  3. Zainu Abidin
  4. Shaikh Nasiruddin chiragh
  

Question 632 :
V.D. Savarkar published his book the ‘Indian War of Independence’ in London in—

  1. Bhakti
  2. Dharma
  3. Moksha
  4. None of these
  

Question 633 :
The Babmani Kingdom was founded by

  1. Mandalam
  2. Kottam
  3. Kurram
  4. Valanadu
  

Question 634 :
The French royal prison—the (Bastille) was attacked in

  1. Palaeolithic age
  2. Mesolithic age
  3. Neolithic age
  4. Chalcolithic age
  

Question 635 :
The Paris Commune took place in the year

  1. 1 - 3
  2. l, 2 - 3
  3. l - 4
  4. 2, 3 - 4
  

Question 636 :
The French Queen, Marie Antonitte, was termed as

  1. Somesvara I Ahavamalla
  2. Vikramaditya VI
  3. Perma Jagadekamalla II
  4. Tailappa III
  

Question 637 :
According to Brihaspati the grades of artisans were—

  1. 80 million
  2. 100’million
  3. 120 million
  4. 125 million
  

Question 638 :
The Congress Nationalist Party was formed act as a powerful pressure group within the Congress by —

  1. Prayag Assembly — Akbar
  2. Expedition to South — Rajendra Chola East Asia
  3. Southern expedition — Ashoka
  4. Vaikonta Perumal — Nandivarman Temple
  

Question 639 :
Who was the Vice President of the International Commission for s History of the Scientific and cultural development set up by UNESCO ?

  1. R. C. Majumdar
  2. Irfan Habib
  3. R. C Dutt
  4. Satish Chandra.
  

Question 640 :
In the early decades of Maratha rule the most popular unit of Land revenue measurement was —

  1. Gaj
  2. Kathi
  3. Jarib
  4. Janjir
  

Question 641 :
The author of Kalpasutra was—

  1. He was fond of feasting - drinking soma juice
  2. He was the destroyer of puras
  3. The largest number of hymns are addressed to Kim
  4. He was the upholder of the cosmic order
  

Question 642 :
Name the the philosopher who believed that freedom is the keynote of spiritual life.?

  1. Gopala Krishna Gokhale
  2. Nehru
  3. Ambedkar
  4. Vivekanada
  

Question 643 :
Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding pre-historic art ?

  1. Indo Greeks
  2. Kushanas
  3. Tamils
  4. Sakas
  

Question 644 :
We have how an open conspiracy to free the country from foreign rule and you. Comrades, and all our countrymen and countrywomen are invited to join it.

  1. M.N.Roy
  2. Jayaprakash Narayan
  3. Subhash Chaudray Bose
  4. Jawahar La! Nehru
  

Question 645 :
Which one of the following was a Portuguese coin that was in circulation in the western coastal areas of the Vijynagar kingdom?

  1. Dinar
  2. Guzado
  3. Florin
  4. Ducat
  

Question 646 :
Consider the following pairs— - (1) Settlement site: Chirand - (2) Grave site: Porkalam - (3) Settlement and Grave site: Piklihal . - . Which of these pairs are correctly matched?

  1. Indra
  2. Marut
  3. Dyaus
  4. Varuna
  

Question 647 :
The first Danish Settlement of trade at Tranquebar was established in the year—

  1. 1620
  2. 1630
  3. 1660
  4. 1616
  

Question 648 :
Which of the following is correct?

  1. 57 B.C.
  2. 78 A.D.
  3. 57 A.D.
  4. 78 B.C.
  

Question 649 :
The Cholas, the Pandyas, the Kealaputras and the Satyaputras are mentioned as his neighbouring powers by Ashoka in—

  1. Hiuen-Tsang
  2. Bana
  3. Subandhu
  4. Dandin
  

Question 650 :
‘Kalilah wa Dimna’ is an Arabic version of the —

  1. Cotton
  2. Jute
  3. Iron, steel
  4. Ordinance
  

Question 651 :
The drain of wealth from Bengal began in—

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

Question 652 :
Which of the following features are associated with the architecture of Tughlaq period? - 1) Sloping walls - 2) Deliberate attempt to combine the principles of the arch and the lintel and beam in the buildings. - 3) Placing the buildings especially the tombs on a high platform.

  1. 1 only
  2. 1 and3
  3. 2 and 3
  4. 1 and 2
  

Question 653 :
Krishnadevaraya was the ruler of

  1. Cuttack
  2. Balasore
  3. Calcutta
  4. Kushinagar
  

Question 654 :
Which one of the following pairs of ancient ports - places of their location is correctly matched?

  1. Only republican states •
  2. Only monarchical states
  3. Both monarchical - republican states
  4. None of these
  

Question 655 :
A Pala ruler who was raised to the throne by different sections of people

  1. Cheras
  2. Pallavas
  3. Cholas
  4. Hoysalas
  

Question 656 :
Which one of the following denoted a series of coins?

  1. Ghoshundi
  2. Besnagar
  3. Dwarka
  4. Mathura
  

Question 657 :
Who is the champion of the doctrine of ‘social revolution through human Revolution’?

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

Question 658 :
Which Mauryan ruler was called ‘Amitraghat’ by Greek writers?

  1. Chandragupta Maurya
  2. Bindusara
  3. Ashoka
  4. Dasharatha
  

Question 659 :
One of Nehru's key economic reforms was the introduction of the Five Years Plan in____________

  1. 1901
  2. 1911
  3. 1941
  4. Rajiv Gandhi
  

Question 660 :
The system of Itlaq a sort of draft enabling a royal soldier to collect his salary from the state revenue officials was introduced by—

  1. Iltutmish
  2. Balban
  3. Alauddin Khalji
  4. Feroze Shah Tughlaq