GK History MCQ's




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 721 :
The remittance problems from India was initially tackled by the East India Company government through the—

  1. Development of more exports of grains from India
  2. Exports of more cotton and silk goods to Europe
  3. Development of indigo and export of opium to China
  4. Development of jute and promotion of its export to Europe
  

Question 722 :
Sudas, the victor of the battle of Ten kings belogned to the tribe of the—

  1. Rigveda
  2. Yajurveda
  3. Dhammapada
  4. Mrichchhakatilcam
  

Question 723 :
The largest number of discourses delivered by Buddha were at—

  1. l793
  2. 1794
  3. 1795
  4. 1799
  

Question 724 :
The rulers of which of the following was/ were called tarafdar by the Mughal Monarchs?

  1. Telengana
  2. Malabar
  3. Marathawada
  4. Vidarbha
  

Question 725 :
The doctrine of Hindutva was expounded by

  1. V. D. Savarkar
  2. Tilak
  3. Gandhiji
  4. Nehru
  

Question 726 :
The Kalyana-Mandapa was a notable feature of temple architecture in the kingdom of—

  1. Had no claims on the peasant other than the due land tax
  2. Was the owner of the Iqta Land
  3. Was entitled to claim forced labour from the cultivators
  4. Had claim on the person and property of the peasants
  

Question 727 :
The Besnagar inscription of Heliodorus refer to—

  1. Tiruvalluvar
  2. Parshurama
  3. Mamulanar
  4. Agastya
  

Question 728 :
An intelligent appreciation of the relative values of different trade-routes in India is contained in—

  1. Sarnath lion capital
  2. Dhauli elephant
  3. Standing Buddha from Mathura
  4. Rampurva bull
  

Question 729 :
The achievements of Samudragupta are described in the

  1. Hatigumpha inscription
  2. Allahabad Pillar inscription
  3. Girnar inscription
  4. Sarnath inscription
  

Question 730 :
According to the periplus, sea, voyages to India were undertaken in the month of Epiphi or—

  1. Mathura
  2. Bhitari
  3. Junagarh
  4. Sanchi
  

Question 731 :
In which century did Ashoka reign?

  1. Second century B.C.
  2. Third century B.C.
  3. Second century AD
  4. Third century AD.
  

Question 732 :
In the end, Pala supremacy in Bengal was destroyed by —

  1. 1025 A.D.
  2. 1020 A.D
  3. 1017 A.D.
  4. 1027 A.D.
  

Question 733 :
In which year the Government of India liberalised its economy?

  1. 1995
  2. 1991
  3. 1969
  4. 1951
  

Question 734 :
Which of the following is not associated with growth of cave art?

  1. Bagh
  2. Amaranth
  3. Karle
  4. Mahabalipuram
  

Question 735 :
The earliest ‘Man Like Creature’ which racially differed from Homosapiens is generally known is—

  1. Indo-Gangetic plan
  2. The Deccan Plateau
  3. North-Eastern India
  4. North-Western India
  

Question 736 :
The term Pietra dura’ refers to—

  1. A military officer
  2. An ecclesiastical officer
  3. An officer m charge of public morals
  4. The head of the department of correspondence
  

Question 737 :
Gopis (cowherd girls) became an important part of the Krishna legend in art and literature in—

  1. Gujrat
  2. Punjab
  3. Maharashtra
  4. Andhrapradesh
  

Question 738 :
soon after becoming the Prime Minister of India, ________.created a Ministry of Scientific Research and Natural Resources and actively supported the atomic energy programme for peaceful purposes.

  1. Nehru
  2. Narasimha Rao
  3. Prof. P.M.S Blackett
  4. Vajpayee
  

Question 739 :
Which is not related to prehistoric culture?

  1. Central Asia
  2. Tibet
  3. Arctic region
  4. Kashmir
  

Question 740 :
The author of 'Parties and Politics in Mughal Court' is?

  1. Satish Chandra
  2. Irfan Habib
  3. Nurul Hasan
  4. Athar Ali
  

Question 741 :
Which one of following pairs is not correctly matched? Persons: Institutions founded

  1. Linlithgow declared emergency in India at the outbreak of the Second World War on 3 September, 1939
  2. Gandhi did not want involvement of India with the violence of war
  3. India as a British colony was automatically committed to belligerency by Linlithgow without bothering to consult the provincial congress Ministries or any Indian leader
  4. The Congress Working Committee which met immediately after the outbreak of the war failed to elicit a satisfactory reply from Linlithgow about the war aims of Britain and how these were going to affect India during and after the war
  

Question 742 :
The French Revolution gave a new meaning to

  1. Extremely good
  2. Very good
  3. Good
  4. Very poor
  

Question 743 :
The Mazhabi Sikhs were originally—

  1. Indika
  2. Mudrarakshasa
  3. Ashokan inscriptions
  4. Arthasastra
  

Question 744 :
Taoism was a religion introduced by

  1. Students
  2. Philosophers
  3. Mandarins
  4. Officers
  

Question 745 :
. ___________., who led the Congress party, introduced Mahatma Gandhi to the concerns in India and the struggle of the people.

  1. Tej Bahadur Sapru
  2. Rabindranath Tagore
  3. Mohammad Ali Jinnah
  4. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
  

Question 746 :
Geographical isolation is a problem for-

  1. qA. Caste
  2. B.Class
  3. C.Tribe
  4. D. Religion
  

Question 747 :
Purvasailas were a branch of—

  1. Gandharva marriage i
  2. Paisach marriage
  3. Rakshasa marriage
  4. Bralima marriage
  

Question 748 :
The doctrine of Ramarajya was expounded by

  1. Tilak
  2. Gokhale
  3. Gandhiji
  4. Nehru
  

Question 749 :
The capital of Kakatiya dynasty was

  1. Chota
  2. Babmani
  3. Pallava
  4. Vijayanagar
  

Question 750 :
Europeans were first interested in—

  1. Silk
  2. Indigo
  3. Spices
  4. Leather goods