GK History MCQ's




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 931 :
The Indus valley civilization was the first

  1. Mohanjodaro
  2. Harappa
  3. Lothal
  4. Ropar
  

Question 932 :
Ajivika sect was founded by

  1. Ajivikas
  2. Kapalika Sect
  3. Charvakas
  4. Sunyavada of Nagaijuna
  

Question 933 :
The name by which Ashoka is generally referred to in his inscriptions is:

  1. Priyadarsi
  2. Dharmadeva
  3. Chakravarti
  4. Dhamiakirti
  

Question 934 :
Bahmani Kingdom in South India extinguished in the

  1. Dipavamsa
  2. Lalitvistara
  3. Nitiprakaranam
  4. Sumangala vilisini
  

Question 935 :
Which of the following is correctly matched?

  1. Dr. Tarachand
  2. Dr. Ishwari Prasad
  3. Dr. V.A. Smith
  4. Moreland
  

Question 936 :
Mangalore, Parambakkam and Porto Navo were places where Major battles took place during the—

  1. Bukka I
  2. Devaraya I
  3. Krishnadevaraya
  4. Ramaraya
  

Question 937 :
Tipu Sultan was defeated by the British in—

  1. Battle of Wandiwash
  2. Carnatic war
  3. Battle of Buxar
  4. Third Anglo-Mysore war
  

Question 938 :
‘Uttaramerur’ inscription refers to—

  1. workers day
  2. liberation day
  3. socialist day
  4. capitalist day
  

Question 939 :
The author of Kadambari who was also contemporary of Flarsha was—

  1. Simla Conference
  2. Election of July 1946
  3. The offer of the Cabinet Mission Plan
  4. Muslim League joining the Interim Government
  

Question 940 :
The enthusiastic efforts of Mr. ____________led to the expansion of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research into a chain of national laboratories spanning a wide spectrum of science, technology, engineering and biomedical sciences.

  1. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar
  2. Vajpayee
  3. Jawaharlal Nehru
  4. Indira Gandhi
  

Question 941 :
The Second International fought against

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

Question 942 :
Archaeological evidence from Nagal, Katpalon, Dhradheri - Bhagwanpura indicate that the late Harrappans - the Painted Grey- ware using people—

  1. Eyrus
  2. Scylax
  3. Ziathustra
  4. Hamurabi
  

Question 943 :
The author of Anandmath was?

  1. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
  2. Sharat Chandra Chatterjee
  3. Ravindra Nath Tagore
  4. S. C. Bose
  

Question 944 :
Which among the following languages is not a member of Indo­european category?

  1. English
  2. Italian
  3. German
  4. Tamil
  

Question 945 :
Which Congress President said. ‘I am a socialist’ ?

  1. J.L.Nehru
  2. Motilal Nehru
  3. Subhash Chandra Bose
  4. M.N.Roy
  

Question 946 :
Who abolished the dual system of Government Bengal?

  1. Clive
  2. Spencer
  3. Warren Hastings
  4. Comwallis
  

Question 947 :
The dynasty that excelled itself as a naval power was that of the

  1. Tukarain
  2. Ranidas
  3. Tulsidas
  4. Vidyaranya
  

Question 948 :
The sulva sutras deal with

  1. medicine
  2. astronomy
  3. geometry
  4. chemistry
  

Question 949 :
In the elections of 1937 the Muslim League’s electoral Performance in the Muslim Majority provinces such as Sindh. Punjab and North West Frontier had been—

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

Question 950 :
Who were the Major Participants in the revolt from Orissa - Chhota Nagpur?

  1. Bows - arrows
  2. Axes
  3. Swords
  4. All of the above
  

Question 951 :
What was the historical name of Ancient India?

  1. Krishna-Vasudeva
  2. Mandhata
  3. Manu-Vaivasvat
  4. Yudisthira
  

Question 952 :
Svayamvara was a special form of —

  1. Pahallavas
  2. Cholas
  3. Kadambas
  4. Vijaynagar
  

Question 953 :
Who is the chief exponent of Two nation theory

  1. Vivikananda
  2. Gokhale
  3. Gandhiji
  4. Mohammed Ali Jinnah
  

Question 954 :
Mesopotamian were the first to make

  1. Deciphered (translated)
  2. Not deciphered
  3. About to be deciphered
  4. Difficult to be deciphered
  

Question 955 :
Who was called by the British rulers as ‘the leader of Indian unrest’?

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

Question 956 :
Which one of the following districts was not included in the Zamindari granted to the East India Company by Mir Qasim?

  1. Square
  2. Round
  3. Cylindrical
  4. Oval
  

Question 957 :
Ziauddin Barani served as an adviser to Sultan

  1. Firoshah Tuglaq
  2. Jalaudhin Khalji
  3. Ghiyasudhin Thuqlaq
  4. Muhammad Bin Thuglaq
  

Question 958 :
Under which of the following set of ruler were organised the 1st three Buddhist councils?

  1. Tamil
  2. Hindi
  3. Telugu
  4. Kannada
  

Question 959 :
In the Gandhara sculptures, the preaching mudra associated with the Buddha’s first sermon at Sarnath is

  1. Abhaya
  2. Bhumisparsa
  3. Dhyana
  4. Dharmachakra
  

Question 960 :
Which one of the following iqtas was held by Sultan Iltutmish as its Muqta immediately before his accession?

  1. Badauni
  2. Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi
  3. Abul Fazl
  4. Shaikh Abdul Haq Muhaddis