GK History MCQ's




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 811 :
Saka era was founded by:

  1. Samkhya
  2. Uttara Mimamsa
  3. Nyaya
  4. PurvaMimamsa
  

Question 812 :
The Mesolithic age is marked by the wide use of small tools known as—

  1. Pratiloma
  2. Anuloma
  3. Ghandharva
  4. Niyoga
  

Question 813 :
Rajatarangini is the Chronicle on the kings of …......

  1. Kashmir
  2. Kerala
  3. Delhi
  4. Karnataka
  

Question 814 :
Which of the following were terms used in early India for denoting measurement of land? (1) Pala (2) Nala (3) Kulyavapa (4) Nivartana

  1. Ram
  2. Krishna
  3. Vishnu
  4. Shiva
  

Question 815 :
An Important character of the Chola empire was —

  1. Trade with S. E. Asia
  2. Local self-govemment
  3. Elected monarchs
  4. Conquerred the whole of cyclon
  

Question 816 :
Chinese script was

  1. Science
  2. Medicine
  3. Surgery
  4. Astronomy
  

Question 817 :
Malacca cannot live without Cambay, or Cambay without Malacca, if they are to be very rich and very prosperous.' This comment was made in the context of Asian trade by—

  1. Tome Pires
  2. Linschoten
  3. Varthemea
  4. Barbosa
  

Question 818 :
The key person behind the Constitution of India was_________

  1. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
  2. Jawaharlal Nehru
  3. Mahatma Gandhi
  4. 512
  

Question 819 :
The fourth Buddhist council held under the patronage of emperor Kanishka in Kashmir was presided over by—

  1. Draw by lots
  2. Village revenue
  3. Devdasi system
  4. Sangam
  

Question 820 :
Which of the following is not correct about Mahavira?

  1. Vraja
  2. Kulya
  3. Suyavas
  4. Khilva
  

Question 821 :
Which one of the following place has yielded archaeological evidence regarding pit dwellings?

  1. Eight great poets of his court.
  2. eight great ministers in his court
  3. eight elephants placed at eight corners of his capital.
  4. eight great scholars of his kingdom
  

Question 822 :
Marathi Chronicles were known as—

  1. 1 - 2
  2. 2 - 3
  3. 1, 2 - 3
  4. None
  

Question 823 :
After 1880, Railways were built during British rule in India through—

  1. Indian merchants or money-lenders
  2. Private enterprise
  3. State Agency
  4. A and B both
  

Question 824 :
Among the four dynasties listed below which ones minted coins made of lead? 1) Mauryas 2) Satavahanas 3) Western Kshatrapas 4) Guptas

  1. Manusmriti
  2. Bhagavad-Gita
  3. Ramayana
  4. Yajnavalyakay smriti
  

Question 825 :
The Community. Development Project and ‘National Extension Service’ were initiated for the welfare of the villagers in the year —

  1. 1951A.D.
  2. 1952A.D.
  3. 1954A.D.
  4. 1956A.D.
  

Question 826 :
Shivaji conqurred many forts. Which was first—?

  1. He founded Din-i-Ilahi
  2. He appointed Hindus to the highest posts in the empire
  3. He invited the representatives of all religions for religious debates at the Ibadat Khana
  4. He issued an infallibility decree in 1579
  

Question 827 :
The 'logographers' are associated with

  1. Indian Historiography
  2. Cambridge Historiography
  3. Greek Historiography
  4. Nationalist historiography
  

Question 828 :
since its inauguration on 26th January_______, the Constitution India has been successfully guiding the path and progress of India.

  1. 1905
  2. 1915
  3. 1930
  4. India
  

Question 829 :
Which of the following is incorrect?

  1. South East-Asia
  2. China
  3. Central Asia
  4. Roman Empire
  

Question 830 :
When did China receive Buddhism?

  1. Unknown animal
  2. Well known animal
  3. Sacred animal
  4. Sacrificial animal
  

Question 831 :
The Philosophy of the Gita is—

  1. Writing
  2. Orally
  3. Memorizing
  4. Singing
  

Question 832 :
Which one of the following was a new cash crop introduced in India during the 17th century?

  1. Indigo
  2. Red chilly
  3. Groundnut
  4. Tobacco
  

Question 833 :
Zeliongrong Movement was organized in—

  1. Napoleonic code
  2. French laws
  3. Europeon laws
  4. Prussian laws
  

Question 834 :
Sultan Balban was devoted to —The French King Louis XVI ruled according toWhich of the following represents the town inhabited by merchants and traders in Chola period?

  1. Kaki
  2. Baba Farid
  3. Khwaja Muin-uddin chisti
  4. Shaikh aulia
  

Question 835 :
Mahmud Gawan was a Prime Minister of the…kingdom.

  1. Sipahsalar
  2. Siqdar
  3. Vakil
  4. Kotwal
  

Question 836 :
The three methods of land revenue assessment-batai, khet batai and long batai-were related to—

  1. Ghallabakshi
  2. Masaq
  3. Kankut
  4. Zabt
  

Question 837 :
The first Christian missionaries came into India in the?

  1. Yavanaraga Tusaspha
  2. Parnadatta
  3. Pallava suviakha
  4. Vaisya Pushya Gupta
  

Question 838 :
Who among the following is the author of Silent Spring?

  1. Ramachandra Guha
  2. Rachel Carlson
  3. John Muir
  4. J. C. Kumarappa.
  

Question 839 :
Author of Harshacharita ?

  1. Harsha
  2. Kalidasa
  3. Bana Bhatta
  4. Vagbhata
  

Question 840 :
Which of the following is the chronological order - 1) Vallabhachary - 2) Ramanand - 3) Madhvachary - 4) Ramanuja

  1. Unity of God
  2. Devotion to God
  3. Need of a Guru or Pir to attain God
  4. Family saint