GK History MCQ's




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 661 :
Private property in land introduced in India during-

  1. Ancient period
  2. Medieval period
  3. British period
  4. After Independence
  

Question 662 :
Brigadier-General _________with his British troops entered the parkat Jallianwala Bagh , closed the entrance of the park and commanded his army to fire on the gathered people without any warning.

  1. Reginald Dyer
  2. Sir Stafford Cripps
  3. Sir Claude Auchinleck
  4. General Sir Rob Lockhart.
  

Question 663 :
How many times did the term Jana occur in Rigveda?

  1. 275
  2. 300
  3. 250
  4. 400
  

Question 664 :
Who did not participate in the First Round Table Conference?

  1. Leo Tolstoy
  2. Bernard Shaw
  3. Karl Marx
  4. Lenin
  

Question 665 :
The States Reorganization Act was passed by parliament in November_______

  1. 1916
  2. 1926
  3. 1946
  4. 1919
  

Question 666 :
Mahatma Gandhi undertook fast unto death in September 1932 because —

  1. Brahmanas - Kshatriyas
  2. Vaisyas - Sudras
  3. Sudras only
  4. People outside the Varna classification
  

Question 667 :
Saka era was founded by

  1. Ashóka
  2. Harsha
  3. Kanishlca
  4. Vikramaditya
  

Question 668 :
The Constitution of India indeed much bigger than the US Constitution which hasonly 7 Articles and the _________Constitution with its 89 Articles.

  1. French
  2. Dutch
  3. Pakistan
  4. 395
  

Question 669 :
Lumbini the place at which Bhudha was born is located in

  1. Nepal.
  2. Bihar
  3. Sikkim
  4. West Bengal
  

Question 670 :
Who among the following modern writers of Malyalam Literature, has recieved the Jnanpeeth (Gyan peeth) Award?

  1. Pallathu Raman
  2. Kuttippurath Kesavan
  3. G. Sankar Kurupa
  4. Krishna Pillai
  

Question 671 :
The Mughal emperor who issued a firman to the English East-India Company in 1717 to trade freely in Bengal was —

  1. Bahadur Shah
  2. Shah Alam
  3. Farrukh Siyar
  4. Jahandar Shah
  

Question 672 :
___________ succeeded her as the Prime Minister and led the Janata Party government till 1980.

  1. Morarji Desai
  2. Lalu Prasad Yadav,
  3. Mulayam Singh Yadav
  4. Madhu Dandavate
  

Question 673 :
1932—33 was perhaps the last year of British rule in India which the flames of orthodex terrorism leapt high and were then practically extinguished by repression particularly in —

  1. Dandi
  2. Dharasana
  3. Khera
  4. Bardoli
  

Question 674 :
That Bhagavatism first grew up around the Yarnuna in Mathura district is evident from the account of—

  1. Wall painting
  2. Inlay work
  3. Sculptures in Italian style
  4. A special type of turrets
  

Question 675 :
Which one of the following statements about untouchability is not correct?

  1. He was the first tirthankar of the Jainas
  2. He was a Vedic Rishi
  3. He was a Buddhist monk
  4. He was the sixth guru of the Jainas
  

Question 676 :
The communist manifesto appeared in the year

  1. Khilafat Wrong
  2. Rowlett Act
  3. Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre
  4. Dissatisfaction with the Government of India Act 1919
  

Question 677 :
When was the Asiatic Society of Bengal was formed?

  1. 1784
  2. 1788
  3. 1885
  4. 1761
  

Question 678 :
The interests of Mohammad Ghori were not however confined to India.' Who said so?

  1. Communist Movement
  2. Kisan Sabha Movement
  3. Trade Union Movement
  4. State People’s Movement
  

Question 679 :
The Polygars were—

  1. Horse-traders from Afghanistan during the Mughal period
  2. A famous caste of bankers of Marwar
  3. Chiefs subordinate to the nayakas in the Vijayanagar kingdom
  4. Agents of the European companies for purchase of silk and muslin in Bengal
  

Question 680 :
During the Gupta age, the caste system was—

  1. Bhakti
  2. Buddhist
  3. Jaina
  4. Sufi
  

Question 681 :
Who among the fol1owg rulers of the 18th century introduced new systems of calendar, coinage and weights and measures, organised disciplined standing army, removed illegal ceases, built up modem arsenal and promoted sericulture and trade?

  1. Separation of power between the judiciary and the legislature
  2. Jurisdiction of the central and provincial governments
  3. Jurisdiction of the Viceroy and the Governors of the provinces
  4. Powers of the Secretary of State for India and the Viceroy
  

Question 682 :
The unusually excessive proliferation of castes in the early medieval period was mostly due to —

  1. Lord Cornwallis
  2. Lord Mayo
  3. Lord Hardinge
  4. Lord Irwin
  

Question 683 :
Consider the following statements : 1) Lime mortar was never used at Mohenjo-daro in the construction of dwellings. 2) At Dholavira, stone was never used in theConstruction of dwellings. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

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

Question 684 :
The Maratha who helped the Sayyad brothers in overthrowing Farukh Siyar in 1719 was—

  1. 2400 kms and 6 meters
  2. 2500 kms
  3. 2600 kms
  4. 2700 kms
  

Question 685 :
The early Aryans came to India from—

  1. Hominid
  2. Pithe Canthropus
  3. Sinanthropus
  4. Eoanthropus
  

Question 686 :
Garments of Indus valley people were of—

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 only
  3. Both 1 and 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2
  

Question 687 :
With reference to the Revolt of 1857, who of the following laid siege to Jhansi in March 1858?

  1. Major General Wyndham
  2. Major General Havelock
  3. Sir Colin Campbell
  4. Sir Hugh Rose
  

Question 688 :
Mandala IX of Rigveda is dedicated to which God?

  1. Soma
  2. Agni
  3. Indra
  4. Varuna
  

Question 689 :
University of Vikramsila enjoyed the petronage of —

  1. Landlords
  2. Money-landers
  3. Government servants
  4. Business men
  

Question 690 :
The Sufis first settled in —

  1. Surat, Calcutta, Bombay, Madras
  2. Surat, Madras, Calcutta, Bombay
  3. Madras, Calcutta, Bombay, Surat
  4. Calcutta, Madras, Surat, Bombay