GK History MCQ's




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 1081 :
Who is the author of Mrichakatika

  1. Bharavi
  2. Sudraka
  3. Bhasa
  4. Bana Bhatta.
  

Question 1082 :
Who is the author of Asoka and the Decline of Mauryas ?

  1. Bipan Chandra
  2. R. C. Majumdar
  3. Romila Thapar
  4. Satish Chandra
  

Question 1083 :
The military state of Greece was

  1. India
  2. China
  3. Egypt
  4. Iraq
  

Question 1084 :
Bismarck was called the man who gave Germany the policy of

  1. They composed their verses in languages of the local people
  2. They rejected priestly classes
  3. They attacked caste system
  4. They encouraged participation of women
  

Question 1085 :
The name of the committee to enquire Jallianwala Bagh Massacre was?

  1. Simon Commission
  2. Hunter Commission
  3. Raymond Commission
  4. Linlithgo Commission
  

Question 1086 :
99. Which one of the following statements about the Indus culture is the least possible?

  1. The Indus culture originated from the Kalibanga I culture
  2. The Indus culture originated from the peasant cultures of sind - Bluchistan
  3. The Indus culture is an expression of Sothi culture
  4. The Indus culture sprang directly as an urban culture
  

Question 1087 :
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on 2nd October_______

  1. 1869
  2. 1859
  3. 1889
  4. 1900
  

Question 1088 :
Marriage of high caste man with a low caste woman is called-

  1. Hypogamy
  2. Hypergamy
  3. Monogamy
  4. Endogamy
  

Question 1089 :
Marriage of one man with several sisters are called-

  1. Monogamous marriage
  2. Sororal polygyny
  3. Non-Sororal polygyny
  4. Levirate
  

Question 1090 :
Who separated centre state finance?

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

Question 1091 :
The Mughal fireman of free trade in Bengal was granted to the English in— -

  1. 1717
  2. 1756
  3. 1650
  4. 1696
  

Question 1092 :
Biographies of Jaina Tirthankaras are found in—

  1. Paduporul
  2. Iduporul
  3. Ulgu
  4. Uruporal
  

Question 1093 :
Which of the following are correct about the Sangam or Sangam Literature?

  1. Burdwan
  2. Muzaffarpur
  3. Midnapore
  4. Chittagong
  

Question 1094 :
Under which one of the following system of assessment, the British Government collected revenue directly from the farmers?

  1. Zamindari
  2. Annawari
  3. Ryotwari
  4. Desaiwari
  

Question 1095 :
Sudas, the victor of the battle of Ten kings belonged to the tribe of the—

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

Question 1096 :
What was the name of the Chola king who made conquests in Sumatra and Malay peninsula?

  1. Rajendra I
  2. Rajaraja I
  3. Rajadhiraja I
  4. Vira rajendra I
  

Question 1097 :
Negrito race is the earliest people of India; this race now survives in the people of—

  1. Sabha
  2. Jana
  3. Samiti
  4. Ur
  

Question 1098 :
Who among the following rulers of the Travancore kingdom extended his dominion, organised a standing army and a rational administration and encouraged foreign trade in the middle of 18th century?

  1. Chandabardai
  2. Amir Khusrau
  3. Namadeva
  4. Nanak
  

Question 1099 :
Congress leaders, like Lokamanya Tilak and Mahatma Gandhi, viewed the __________as an opportunity to bring about Hindu-Muslim unity against British.

  1. Khalifat Movement
  2. Khudai Khidmatgars
  3. Peasant movement
  4. Womens’ movement
  

Question 1100 :
Who propounded the theory of ‘Drain of wealth’?

  1. Lord Cornwallis
  2. Lord Mayo
  3. Lord Hardinge
  4. Lord Irwin
  

Question 1101 :
Coconut cultivation in India was known from the period of the —

  1. Mauryas
  2. Satavahanas and Kshatrapas
  3. Guptas
  4. Pahallava and Western ranges
  

Question 1102 :
The special feature of the financial system of Vijayanagara was

  1. Maharashtra
  2. Andhra region
  3. Konkan region
  4. Kalinga
  

Question 1103 :
Porus was defeated by Alexander at the Battle of …….

  1. Buxar
  2. Heart
  3. Kabul
  4. Hydaspes
  

Question 1104 :
The second international was the 100 years celebration of the

  1. Bhagvati sutra
  2. Kalpa sutra
  3. Niryavali sutra
  4. Uvasagadasao
  

Question 1105 :
Vellore Mutiny took place in the year of?

  1. 1764
  2. 1806
  3. 1857
  4. 1935
  

Question 1106 :
Ptolemy built the best museum in

  1. Arts
  2. History
  3. Geography
  4. Metallurgy
  

Question 1107 :
Homer, the great poet wrote

  1. Rocks
  2. Piece of stone
  3. Minerals
  4. Gold
  

Question 1108 :
The Forward Bloc was formed by

  1. Kesari – B. G. Tilak
  2. New India – M. K. Gandhi
  3. Young India – Annie Besant
  4. Yugantar – Aurobindo Ghosh
  

Question 1109 :
Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

  1. Kshauma : Textile
  2. Pada : Coin denomination
  3. Adhaka : Architectural fragment
  4. Drona : Measure of rainfall
  

Question 1110 :
The Iqta under the Delhi Sultans was a territorial assignment and its holder was designated muqti who—

  1. The Sunga period
  2. The Kushana period
  3. The Gupta period
  4. The early medieval period