GK History MCQ's




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 901 :
That Bhagavatism first grew up around the Yamuna in Mathura district is evident from the account of—

  1. Hinyana
  2. Mahayana
  3. Vajrayana
  4. Lamaism
  

Question 902 :
In the Mughal administration, Muhtasib was —

  1. ¼
  2. 1/3
  3. 1/11
  4. 1/6
  

Question 903 :
Harihara and Bukka, the founders of the Vijayanagara kingdom shaped the course of their conduct on the advice of

  1. Madurai
  2. Hampi
  3. Dwarasamudra
  4. Warangal
  

Question 904 :
The first battle of the American War of Independence took place in the year

  1. 1776, 4 July
  2. 1778, 14 August
  3. 1776, 28 July
  4. 1789, 14 July
  

Question 905 :
Ibrahim Khan Gardi was an important military officers of—

  1. Haider Ali
  2. Ahamadshah Durrani
  3. Peshwa Balaji Baji Rao
  4. Raja Suraj Mal
  

Question 906 :
Mesopotamians had the best system of

  1. The caste system
  2. The Vedas
  3. Good old rituals
  4. Supremacy of Brahmins
  

Question 907 :
Qismat-i- khote in the Delhi Sultanate was

  1. Kanishka
  2. Ashoka
  3. Samudragupta
  4. Harsha
  

Question 908 :
Gautam Buddha was the founder of

  1. Nawab Alivardi Khan
  2. Nanda Kumar
  3. Siraj-ud-daulah
  4. Shuja-ud-daulah
  

Question 909 :
An area which was relatively neglected by the Hindus, but where Muslim writers showed their skill, was —

  1. Goddess Lakshmi on the obverse and his name in Nagari characters on the reverse
  2. Kalima on one side and his name on the other in Arabic characters
  3. His name on the obverse and name of mint and year of minting on the reverse
  4. Zodiac signs on the obverse and his name in persian characters on the reverse
  

Question 910 :
Abul Fazal refers in his writings to the —

  1. Sindh
  2. Gujarat
  3. Punjab
  4. Both (a) and (b)
  

Question 911 :
Dhavanyaloka is —

  1. Romans and the Saka Kshatrapas
  2. Kushanas and Yaudheyas
  3. Kushanas and Saka Kshatrapas
  4. Romans and Kushanas
  

Question 912 :
Subaltern studies first appeared as a revision of the historical narratives of which country?

  1. Afghanistan
  2. Vietnam
  3. India
  4. Chile
  

Question 913 :
Napoleon introduced a new set of laws called

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

Question 914 :
Which one of the following places was famous as a seat of Mahayana learning?

  1. Nalanda
  2. Taxila
  3. Varanasi
  4. Sarnath
  

Question 915 :
According to the periplus sea voyages to India were taken in the mouth of Epiphi or —

  1. Rakhigarhi
  2. Gufkral
  3. Mehargarh
  4. Balakot
  

Question 916 :
Who among the following was not an eminent Orientalist?

  1. Dr BhahuDaji
  2. Dr R G Bhandarkar
  3. Balagangadhar Tilak
  4. Gopal krishna Gokhale
  

Question 917 :
The ‘Kirti Stambha’ (Tower of Victory) at Chittor was built by

  1. Rana Pratap
  2. Rana Sanga
  3. Rana Kumbha
  4. Bappa Raval
  

Question 918 :
96. According to a late tradition, the spread of Jainism in Karnataka is attributed to—

  1. Chandragupta maurya
  2. Mahavira
  3. Ashoka
  4. Parashavanath
  

Question 919 :
The Bhakti literature by the Nayanmars and Alva

  1. Akbar
  2. Jahangir
  3. Shah Jahan
  4. None of these
  

Question 920 :
‘Kalilah wa Dimna’ is an Arabic version of the —

  1. Kabir : Surdas
  2. Gurunanak : Ramananda
  3. Chaitanya : Haridas
  4. Ramanuja : Namdev
  

Question 921 :
Ramanuja Acharya gave stress on —

  1. l,2 and 3
  2. l,2 and 4
  3. l,3 and 4
  4. 2,3 and 4
  

Question 922 :
Official stamping of weights and measures and their periodical inspection are prescribed by —

  1. Manu
  2. Narada
  3. Brihaspati
  4. Parasara
  

Question 923 :
Sangam age literature is in language—

  1. Shiva
  2. Vishnu
  3. Durga
  4. Brahma
  

Question 924 :
The leader who contacted Mahatma Gandhi in connection with the Peasant Unrest in Bihar at the Lucknow Congress of 1916 was —

  1. Prithvi sukta
  2. Purusha sukta
  3. Taittiriya samhita
  4. Vajasaneyi samhita
  

Question 925 :
_________called on all Congressmen and Indians to maintain discipline via nonviolence and Do or Die in order to achieve ultimate freedom.

  1. Mahatma Gandhi
  2. Motilal Nehru
  3. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  4. Sri Aurobindo
  

Question 926 :
A public meeting was held on 13th April 1919 at ________in a smallpark enclosed by buildings on all sides to protest against the Rawlatt Act.

  1. Jallianwala Bagh
  2. Uttar Pradesh
  3. Mumbai
  4. Delhi3
  

Question 927 :
The Sardeshmukhi of the Marathas was—

  1. A tax levied deshmukhs
  2. A capitation levy r
  3. A share in revenue collected by other authorities
  4. Village lands set aside for the deshmukhs
  

Question 928 :
here was an administrative unit under the Cholas named Kurram. What did it signify?

  1. A village
  2. A province
  3. A district
  4. A group of villages
  

Question 929 :
A series of non-violence campaigns of Civil Disobedience Movement were launched by the Indian National Congress under the leadership of______________

  1. Mohammad Ali Jinnah
  2. Sri Aurabindo
  3. Motilal Nehru
  4. Mahatma Gandhi
  

Question 930 :
The Central Hindu School at Banaras which served as a nucleus of the Banaras Hindu University was established by—

  1. Madan Mohan Malaviya
  2. Mrs. Annie Besant
  3. Bhagawan Das
  4. Swami Shradhananda