GK History MCQ's




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 1201 :
The principle of Panchsheel was declared by India and China in the year—

  1. 1952A.D.
  2. 1953A.D.
  3. 1954A.D.
  4. 1955A.D.
  

Question 1202 :
Which one was the Port of Cheras?

  1. Kaveripattanam
  2. Muzisir
  3. Korkai
  4. Tandai
  

Question 1203 :
The word Mesopotamia means the land

  1. Sheba
  2. Soonon
  3. Hamurabi
  4. Nannr
  

Question 1204 :
Prussia was the strongest state of Germany before the unification was dominated by the

  1. Justin
  2. Arian
  3. Megasthenese
  4. Strabo
  

Question 1205 :
Who is the founder of the Nanda dynasty?

  1. Dhana nanda
  2. Mahapadma Nanda
  3. Mahipala
  4. Marthanda
  

Question 1206 :
Which of the following was not one of the Rajas of South India to re the banner of revolt against the British?

  1. Lodis
  2. Saiyadas
  3. Tughlaqs
  4. Khaljis
  

Question 1207 :
The achievements of Samudragupta are described in the:

  1. Hathigumpha inscription
  2. Allahabad pillar inscription
  3. Girnar inscription
  4. Sarnath inscription
  

Question 1208 :
The Author who described the Revolt of 1857 as the ‘First War of Indepen4ence’ was—

  1. blood - iron
  2. holy wars
  3. holy alliance
  4. triple alliance
  

Question 1209 :
Akbar’s buildings at Fatehpur Sikri are famous for—

  1. Synthesis of trabeate and accurate styles
  2. Construction of the first bulbous dome in India
  3. The use of marble on an extensive scale
  4. Frequent employment of pietra dura
  

Question 1210 :
Which of the following are true of Jainism? 1) It has affinity with the Vedanta system of philosophy. 2) It has affinity with the Samkhya system of philosophy. 3) It completely rejected the concept of the 4) According to it the world consists of two eternal categories, viz, conscious(jiva) and unconscious (ajiva).

  1. Kerala
  2. Deccan
  3. The Chola kingdom
  4. Western India
  

Question 1211 :
The first Maratha war took place during the Governor Generalship of—

  1. Warren Hestings
  2. Sir Robert Clive
  3. Lord Emherst
  4. Welleslley
  

Question 1212 :
The term ‘Yavan priya’ refers to—

  1. 1, 2, and 3
  2. 1,3and4
  3. 1, 2, and 4
  4. 2,3and4
  

Question 1213 :
Indian Economic drain was described in the British Period by—

  1. Dadabhai Nauroji
  2. Surendra Nath Beneraji
  3. Balagangadhar Tilak
  4. Annie Besant
  

Question 1214 :
Which of the following was not responsible for the spread of Buddhism?

  1. Truth, non-violence, compassion and toleration
  2. Truth, compassion, toleration and love
  3. Truth, love, sacrifice and generosity
  4. Love, compassion, elation at others success and equanimity towards all beings
  

Question 1215 :
Which of the following regions was were well-known during the seventeenth century for simultaneous production of saltpetre, indigo and opium?

  1. Both (a) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (a)
  2. Both (a) and (R) are true but (R) is not a correct explanation of (a)
  3. (a) is true but (R) is false
  4. (a) is false but (R) is true
  

Question 1216 :
Among the officers of Muhhammad of Ghor, Bihar and part of Bengal were conquered by—

  1. The Sthaviravada sect of Buddhism
  2. The Mahasangbika sect of Buddhism
  3. The Shwetamber sect of Jainism
  4. Purva-Mimamsakas
  

Question 1217 :
Which one of the following pairs of persons and events is correctly matched?

  1. Bukka I: Conquest of Madurai
  2. Rama Ray: Battle of Raichur
  3. Krishnadeva Battle of Rakkas Ray Tangadi
  4. Tirumala Ray: Transfer of capital to Vallore
  

Question 1218 :
Who was Bhadrabahu?

  1. 16 - its multiples
  2. 12 - its multiples
  3. 8 - its multiples
  4. 4 - its multiples
  

Question 1219 :
The first Turkish Sultan to cross Vindhyachal ranges was?

  1. Iltutmish
  2. Balban
  3. Alauddin Khilji
  4. Firoz Shah Tughlaq
  

Question 1220 :
According to the Mahasanghikas, a being is composed of—

  1. . Five Dharmas
  2. Seven Dharmas
  3. Nine Dharmas
  4. Eighteen Dharmas
  

Question 1221 :
Hieroglyphic script meant

  1. AD 657
  2. AD 650
  3. AD 652
  4. AD 658
  

Question 1222 :
Which historian brought out the interdisciplinary method to study ancient indian history?

  1. R.C. Majumdar
  2. D.D. Kosambi
  3. R.S.Sharma
  4. D.N.Jha
  

Question 1223 :
Non Cooperation Movement started in:

  1. Bombay
  2. Delhi
  3. Madras
  4. Calcutta
  

Question 1224 :
The economic liberalisation in India denotes the continuing financial reforms which began since July 24, _____________

  1. 1961
  2. 1971
  3. 1981
  4. Sardar Patel
  

Question 1225 :
Gopis (cowherd girls) became an important part of the Krishna legend in art and literature in—

  1. Two
  2. Four
  3. Six
  4. Eight
  

Question 1226 :
Which one of the following events immediately followed the Revolt of the Sepoys in 1857?

  1. The regulating Act of 1773
  2. Pitt’s India Act of 14
  3. The Charter Act of 1813
  4. The Charter Act of 1833
  

Question 1227 :
The Chola ruler who wrested tondaimandalam from the Rashtrakutas was—

  1. Language of the people was used
  2. No caste barriers
  3. Non-existence of sound
  4. Too much stress on morality
  

Question 1228 :
In which age Brahmanas were inferior than Kshatriyas?

  1. Vedic age
  2. Buddha age
  3. Maurya age
  4. Post-Mauryan age
  

Question 1229 :
The leaders of 1857 Mutineers who was caught - hanged was —

  1. Kunwar Singh
  2. Nana Saheb
  3. Tantya Tope
  4. Rani Laxmibai of Jhansi
  

Question 1230 :
Gandhara art all but one of the following was different from the West. Which was it?

  1. Kudoor
  2. Kanchipuram
  3. Vengadam
  4. Yerragudi