GK History MCQ's




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 1141 :
Which one of the following is a commentary on the ‘Arthashastra’?

  1. Brahmana
  2. Village Elders
  3. Sudras
  4. All of these
  

Question 1142 :
Which Gupta ruler had led a campaign to the south and was an expert ‘Veena’ player?

  1. Chandra Gupta I
  2. Samudragupta
  3. Chandra Gupta Vikramaditya
  4. Skanda Gupta
  

Question 1143 :
Give the chronological order— I )Kautilya II )Jayadeva III )Banabhatta IV) Harisena - Code:

  1. Hasan Nizami
  2. Amir Khusaro
  3. Abul Fazal
  4. Abdul Qadir Badauni
  

Question 1144 :
Who among the following Sufis advocated the theory of ‘Wahdat-ul-Suahud’?

  1. Logic
  2. Musicology
  3. Astronomy
  4. History
  

Question 1145 :
A highly advanced water management system of Harrapan times has been unearthed at—

  1. Dholavira
  2. Lothal
  3. Kalibanga
  4. Alamgirpur
  

Question 1146 :
Who among the Pala rulers established the University of Vikramsila?

  1. Dharampala
  2. Devapala
  3. Narayan Pala
  4. Mahipala I
  

Question 1147 :
Who is the author of The Agrarian System of Mughal India ?

  1. Irfan Habib
  2. D.N.Jha
  3. R.S.Sharma
  4. Romila Thapar.
  

Question 1148 :
Biographies of Jaina Tirthankaras are found in—

  1. Bhagavati Sutra
  2. Kalpa Sutra
  3. Niryavali Sutra
  4. Uvasagadasao
  

Question 1149 :
Who built the Brihadeshwara temple at Gangai kondacholapuram—

  1. Raja-Raja Chola
  2. Rajendra Chola
  3. Vijayalaya
  4. Non of the above
  

Question 1150 :
How many cities were in existence during Buddha’s time?

  1. Third century B .C.
  2. First century B.C.
  3. First century A.D.
  4. Third Century AD.
  

Question 1151 :
Glimpses of world History’ was written by

  1. Nehru
  2. Gandhiji
  3. Thilak
  4. Ambedkar
  

Question 1152 :
The Kamasutra was written by—

  1. Iron
  2. Copper
  3. Bronze items
  4. Gold
  

Question 1153 :
Who is the author of The Emergence of Indian Nationalism: Competition and Collaboration in the Later Nineteenth Century

  1. John Gallaghar
  2. Ronald Robinson
  3. Anil Seal
  4. Gordon Johnson
  

Question 1154 :
Which of the following text refers Chandragupta Maurya as ‘Vrishal’ ?

  1. Mudrarakshasa
  2. Arthashastra
  3. Indica
  4. Mahavai
  

Question 1155 :
The earliest of the Vedas

  1. Rig Veda
  2. Yajur Veda
  3. Sama Veda
  4. Atharva Veda
  

Question 1156 :
The Chola administrative system the Sabha was —

  1. Lahore
  2. Delhi
  3. Aurangabad
  4. Gulbarga
  

Question 1157 :
Evidence of Roman trade with South India is available from the excavations at—

  1. Shantinatha and Vardhamana
  2. Parsvanath and Vardhamana
  3. Shantinatha and Adinath
  4. Parsvanath and Adinath
  

Question 1158 :
The church was very corrupt and supported

  1. Robert Clive, Mir jafar and Raja Balwant Singh
  2. Robert Clive, Nijam-ud-Daula and Shuja-ud-Daula
  3. Robert Clive, Siraj-ud-Daula and Mir Kasim
  4. ‘Shah Alam, Mir Jafar and Shuja-ud-Daula
  

Question 1159 :
Arabs conquered Iran by

  1. Temples
  2. Pyramids with mummies
  3. Palaces
  4. Megaliths
  

Question 1160 :
The First British officer to be informed of Mangal Pandey firing at the sergeant major was —

  1. republic in France
  2. socialism
  3. democracy
  4. capitalism
  

Question 1161 :
In post Vedic period, the republics were known as—

  1. 1-4
  2. 2-3
  3. 2-4
  4. 3-4
  

Question 1162 :
India’s earliest contact with Islam came through:

  1. Arab invasion of Sind in 7th century
  2. Turkish invasions in 11th century
  3. Sufi saints
  4. Arab merchants on Malabar coast
  

Question 1163 :
Sir dia Sar na dia is associated with—

  1. Guru Teg Bahadur
  2. Guru Govind Singh
  3. Guru Harkishan
  4. Guru Arjundeva
  

Question 1164 :
Mohammed Ghori was assassinated by?

  1. Hazras
  2. Khokkars
  3. Yurtwals
  4. Baluchis
  

Question 1165 :
Consider the following statement about Tipu Sultan— 1) He made no treaty with the British 2) He had no quarrel with the Marathas 3) He sought French alliance 4) He fell fighting against the British of these statements—

  1. Pasupatas
  2. Jainas
  3. Bauddhas
  4. Bhagvatas
  

Question 1166 :
Who considered Jinnah as an ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity?

  1. Gandhiji
  2. Thilak
  3. Sarojini Naidu
  4. Vivekananda
  

Question 1167 :
Indicate the correct chronological order of dynasties in North -west India.

  1. Kushanas, Sakas, Parthians
  2. Sakas, Kushanas, Parthians
  3. Parthians, Sakas, Kushanas
  4. Sakas, Parthians, Kushanas
  

Question 1168 :
The Theosophists advocated the revival and strengthening of—

  1. Hinduism, Zoroastrianism and Buddhism
  2. Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam
  3. Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism
  4. Hinduism and Buddhism only
  

Question 1169 :
Italy was unified with the occupation of the city of Rome in

  1. 1868
  2. 1869
  3. 1870
  4. 1872
  

Question 1170 :
The President of the All India Kisan Sabha in 1936 was—

  1. The Madras Presidency and Orissa
  2. Maharashtra, Karnataka and the Central Provinces
  3. Kerala, Gujarat and Assam
  4. Bengal and Orissa