GK History MCQ's




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 1021 :
The Mesopotamian society was divided into

  1. Between two rivers
  2. Between two oceans
  3. Between two mountains
  4. Between two islands
  

Question 1022 :
The British established their trading centre in the following order—

  1. Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya
  2. Shaikh Ahmad Sarhindi
  3. Shaikh Salim Chishti
  4. Maulana Abdul Hai
  

Question 1023 :
Which one of the following is a commentary on the Digha Nikaya?

  1. Pallavas
  2. Rashtrakutas
  3. Chalukyas
  4. Cholas
  

Question 1024 :
Gandhiji came back to India from South Africa, in the year_.

  1. 1914
  2. 1915
  3. 1916
  4. 1917
  

Question 1025 :
The speed with which the Khilafat agitation spread, especially in the_______and Valluvanad taluks in Malabar, created alarm in official circles.

  1. Eranad
  2. Tellicherry
  3. Kannur
  4. Edappal
  

Question 1026 :
The term ‘dastak’ implies?

  1. Riot
  2. Duty free trade
  3. Post
  4. Market
  

Question 1027 :
Which Purana contains the information about the Sathavahanas

  1. Vayu purana
  2. Bhavishya purana
  3. Matsya pura
  4. Shiva Purana
  

Question 1028 :
The greatest painter of birds at Jahangir’s Court was—

  1. Chisti
  2. Kubrawi
  3. Suhrawardi
  4. Firdausi
  

Question 1029 :
In__________., the country experienced a balance of payments dilemma following the Gulf War and the downfall of the erstwhile Soviet Union.

  1. 1951
  2. 1961
  3. 1971
  4. 1991
  

Question 1030 :
Rigvedic people invoked Indra for—

  1. Only Brahmana girls
  2. Brahmana and Kshatriya girls
  3. Brahmana, Kshatriya and Vaisya girls
  4. Brahmana, Kshatriya, Vaisya and Sudra girls
  

Question 1031 :
Who among the following defined a sovereign or sovereignty as farr-i izdi in contrast to the concept of zil al-Allah?

  1. 1853
  2. 1858
  3. 1861
  4. 1892
  

Question 1032 :
The founder of the autonomous kingdom of Avadh was—

  1. Sita
  2. Kharvataka
  3. Khilakshetra
  4. Sitadhyaksha
  

Question 1033 :
Buddha preached acceptance of existence of four noble truths (Aryasatyas) which were?

  1. 3 million
  2. 2 million
  3. 1 million
  4. 4 million
  

Question 1034 :
Which one of the following Rashtrakuta kings defeated Pratihara ruler Nagabhatta I?

  1. Guru Nanak did not believe in rebirth
  2. Guru Nanak discarded idol worship
  3. Guru Nanak discarded the caste system
  4. Guru Nanak emphasised devotion to God as the means of attaining Salvation
  

Question 1035 :
Consider the following passage : 'His records proclaim him as a feudatory of the emperor Somesvara III. He was his capitals at Talakad in the South and Bankpura in the North. It was in A. D. 1137 that he performed the great ceremony of Tulapurusha.' The above passage refers to —

  1. Mayursarman
  2. Ananta Varman Chodaganga
  3. Yayati Mahashivgupta-I
  4. Vishnuvardhana
  

Question 1036 :
Diarchy was introduced by the Act. Of ___________.

  1. 1908
  2. 1913
  3. 1915
  4. 1935
  

Question 1037 :
The Satnamis who rebelled in the time of Aurangazeb and occupied the town of Narnaul were followers of —

  1. Nizam, Mysore, Berar and Marwar
  2. Nizam, Berar, the Rohilas and the Marathas
  3. The Marathas, Mysore, Berar and Nizam
  4. Mysore, the Marathas, the Rohilas and Berar
  

Question 1038 :
The Vijayanagar king who employed skilled archers of the Turkish clan and raised the fighting capacity of his bowmen was —

  1. Dharanikota
  2. Mottuppalli
  3. Machilipattanam
  4. Nelluru
  

Question 1039 :
The Mausoleum of Rabia-ul Dauran was built at—

  1. Wheat
  2. Barley
  3. Gram
  4. Maize
  

Question 1040 :
The Ellora caves were built by—

  1. Chalukyas
  2. Pratiharas
  3. Rashtrakutas
  4. Palas
  

Question 1041 :
Balwant Singh was the first Raja of—

  1. Jams
  2. Lingayatas
  3. Buddhist
  4. Bhagvatas
  

Question 1042 :
The system of competitive examination for Civil Service was accepted in principle in the year—

  1. Tolkappiyam and Tirukkural
  2. Ahananuru and Purananuru
  3. Padirruppattu and Maduraikkanchi
  4. Silappadikaram and Manimekhalai
  

Question 1043 :
Monopoly of the East India Company to trade with China was abolished by the Charter Act of—

  1. Rajatarangini
  2. Panchtantra
  3. Lekhapaddhati
  4. Sukraniti
  

Question 1044 :
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 1045 :
Buddhism - Jainism were totally against

  1. Bhakti
  2. Buddhist
  3. Jaina
  4. Sufi
  

Question 1046 :
Who among the following was/were in a group known as ‘responsivists’?

  1. Nationalist
  2. Marxist
  3. Imperialist
  4. (a) - (b) Both
  

Question 1047 :
The greatest Sanskrit grammarian was

  1. Magadha
  2. Taxila-Vaishali
  3. Patliputra
  4. Vaishali
  

Question 1048 :
Genealogy, mythology,and historical narratives are the three main constituents of …................tradition

  1. Ithihasa­purana
  2. Aranyakas
  3. Vedas
  4. Samhitas
  

Question 1049 :
Which one of the following Sultans extended agricultural loans called sondhars to the poor peasants for promoting cultivation?

  1. Balban
  2. Alauddin Khalji
  3. Mohd. Bin Tughlaq
  4. Firoze Tughlaq
  

Question 1050 :
The core of the middle class, which emerged in Bengal, was of—

  1. Zamindars
  2. Bankers
  3. Merchants
  4. None of these