GK History MCQ's




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 781 :
The Mughal painting reached its zenith during the reign of

  1. Babur
  2. Akbar
  3. Jehangir
  4. Shahjehan
  

Question 782 :
The theory of Sulh-i-Kul was propounded by—

  1. Point
  2. Borer
  3. Chopper and Chop1ng tools
  4. Razor
  

Question 783 :
The Tripitakas are written in the language of

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

Question 784 :
Defence organization was set up in 1948, on advice ________for the scientific evolution of weapons and equipment, operational research and special studies.

  1. Prof. P.M.S Blackett
  2. Vajpayee
  3. Jawaharlal Nehru
  4. 1958
  

Question 785 :
Erotic sculpture in the temples are found at —

  1. Prince Bakht Khan
  2. Haqim Ahsanulla
  3. Queen Zeenat Mahal
  4. Prince Zawan Bakht
  

Question 786 :
Which of the following factors may bring changes in marriage system?

  1. Traditional values
  2. Customs
  3. Folkways
  4. Modern education
  

Question 787 :
Temples at all the following places are well known for their erotic sculpture except

  1. Konark
  2. Khajurah
  3. Madurai
  4. Halebid and Belur
  

Question 788 :
‘Navniketanam’ is a treatise on—

  1. Delhi
  2. Lucknow
  3. Aligarh
  4. Deoband
  

Question 789 :
The earliest Iron age occupation in India has been associated with—

  1. Rigveda
  2. Yajurveda
  3. Samaveda
  4. Atharvaveda
  

Question 790 :
Savarkar was born in

  1. 1885
  2. 1883
  3. 1888
  4. 1870
  

Question 791 :
The Paris Commune took place in the year

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

Question 792 :
Which of the following is incorrect?

  1. Daimabad
  2. Brahamgiri
  3. Inamgaon
  4. Nasik
  

Question 793 :
Which of the following statement is incorrect?

  1. Clactonian Technique
  2. Levalloisean technique
  3. Stratigraphy technique
  4. Tool types technique
  

Question 794 :
Which of the following are correctly matched? - 1) Chittoo Pandey : Quit India Movement - 2) Lakshmi Swaminathan : INA - 3) Sasibhushan Ray Chudhri : Non-cooperation Movement - 4) Gurdit Singh : Anushilan Party - Choose the correct answer from the codes given below —

  1. Dandi March
  2. Civil Disobedience Movement
  3. Non-co-operation Movement
  4. Partition of Bengal
  

Question 795 :
Who are the subaltern?

  1. Any people with hegemonic power
  2. Any person of South Asian descent
  3. People relegated to inferior rank or status
  4. Historians
  

Question 796 :
In_________, the Atomic Energy Act was passed and the Department of Atomic Energy was directly under his charge was created.

  1. 1908
  2. 1938
  3. 1945
  4. Vajpayee5
  

Question 797 :
Service was his portion in life'. This was applicable to —

  1. Buddhist Bhikshu
  2. Vaisya Varna
  3. Sudra Varna
  4. Chandala
  

Question 798 :
Historical writings of vamsa charitas were started in which century ?

  1. Seventh century
  2. Eighth century
  3. Tenth century
  4. Ninth century
  

Question 799 :
The immediate cause which led to the launching of the Non-co-operation Movement was the —

  1. French Revolution
  2. American War of Independence
  3. Latin American Revolution
  4. Central American Revolution
  

Question 800 :
The ancient name of Assam is?

  1. Pawa
  2. Kammp
  3. Pippalivan
  4. Ramgram
  

Question 801 :
Who regarded the villages as the centre of Indian economic organization?

  1. Gandhiji
  2. Vivekananda
  3. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
  4. Thilak
  

Question 802 :
Sakas were finally overthrown by:

  1. C. R Reddi : Praja Mitra Mandali
  2. Jyotiba Phule : Satya Shodak Samaj
  3. B.R. Ambedkar : All India Depressed classes Association
  4. Dr. Atmaram : Prarthana Samaj
  

Question 803 :
Which one of the following places on the Western Coast of India had an English factory?

  1. Cochin
  2. Tellicherry
  3. Cannanore
  4. Calicut
  

Question 804 :
Which agricultural product did not attract the British people?

  1. Indigo
  2. Tea
  3. Cotton
  4. Coffee
  

Question 805 :
Who called Heradotus the father of history?

  1. Cicero
  2. Thucydides
  3. Aristotle
  4. Plato
  

Question 806 :
The Indian Independence Act, 1947 came into force on—

  1. A cash payment made by the State to the village headman
  2. A village assigned to a khot
  3. A small cess collected by the village headman from the peasants
  4. The revenue assessed on the land cultivated by the khots and Muqaddams
  

Question 807 :
The first railway engine designed. by George Stephenson was put on rails in England in—

  1. 1816
  2. 1815
  3. 1814
  4. 1813
  

Question 808 :
The Government of India Act of 1919 clearly defined the—

  1. Abdus-Samad of Shiraz
  2. Faruq Qalmaq
  3. Mir Sayyad Ali of Tabrez
  4. Miskin
  

Question 809 :
The Britishers did export inainly from India to Britain—

  1. Cotton and Iron
  2. Cotton, Spin and wool
  3. Cotton and wool
  4. Cotton and food grains
  

Question 810 :
That ginger and Cinnamon were produced in large quantities in the Pandya country is mentioned by—

  1. Ghosundi
  2. Besnagar
  3. Dwaraka
  4. Mathura