GK History MCQ's




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 151 :
________ second son Sanjay Gandhi, who was just 29 years old then, took charge of the administration and started sending opposition leaders and workers to jails across India.

  1. Nanaji Deshmukh’s
  2. Morarji Desai’s
  3. ManmohanSingh
  4. , Subramanian Swamy’s,
  

Question 152 :
How many puranas are there?

  1. 12
  2. 18
  3. 15
  4. 10
  

Question 153 :
The theory of the origin of the state not mentioned in the Vedic literature is—

  1. Ujjain
  2. Vaishali
  3. Ballabhi
  4. Vatapi
  

Question 154 :
Pottery having six fabrics from kot-diji are—

  1. Indra
  2. Maruta
  3. Agni
  4. Kartikeya
  

Question 155 :
In which Session, Congress demanded ‘Poorna Swaraj’?

  1. Lucknow Session 1916
  2. Calcutta Session 1917
  3. Kanpur Session 1925
  4. Lahore Session 1929
  

Question 156 :
The first international introduced

  1. Pictograph
  2. Cuniform script
  3. Aramaic
  4. Brahmi
  

Question 157 :
According to Shankaracharya the Primary means of Salvation was —

  1. Brahma Siddhanta
  2. Mahabharata
  3. Panchtantra
  4. Sursuta Samhita
  

Question 158 :
B.R. Ambedker was born in

  1. 1891
  2. 1893
  3. 1898
  4. 1901
  

Question 159 :
Salaka-purusha is a concept associated with the—

  1. Simhala
  2. Avanti
  3. Gandhara
  4. Magadha
  

Question 160 :
Which writer (s) blame Gandhiji for paralyzing and demoralizing the Non-co-operation Movement?

  1. British Indian Army
  2. British Indian Administration
  3. British Indian Navy
  4. All of the above
  

Question 161 :
Megasthenese States —'There was no slavery in India.' This statement must have been made because —

  1. There was absence of slavery in India
  2. Slavery was not prevalent in India in the extreme from as he be had seen in Greece
  3. He moved only with the king and elites in the capital
  4. He work this on hearsay
  

Question 162 :
Consider the following pairs Vaishnava saints: Region of strong following - 1) Rananuja - South India - 2) Chaitanya Central India - 3) Vallabhacharya Gujarat and Braj - 4) Ramanand . North India .-.Of these pairs, the correctly matched ones are

  1. Raigarh
  2. Berar
  3. Purendar
  4. Khandesh
  

Question 163 :
Consider the following individuals— 1) N. M. Joshi 2) Dewan Chamanlal 3) Shiva Rao 4) V. V. Gin . Which movement amongst the following were all of the above associated with?

  1. Communist Movement
  2. Kisan Sabha Movement
  3. Trade Union Movement
  4. State People’s Movement
  

Question 164 :
Italy was unified with the occupation of the city of Rome in

  1. Megasthenes
  2. Ptolemy
  3. Ibn Said
  4. Marco Polo
  

Question 165 :
Name the important work of V.D. Savarkar

  1. Princess
  2. Politics
  3. Freedom struggle
  4. Hindutva1
  

Question 166 :
Aryans cleared the forests in the initial stages using

  1. Copper axe
  2. Iron axe
  3. Fire
  4. Animals.
  

Question 167 :
Alberuni states that the antyajas, who were not reckened amongst any of the four varnas, were composed of eight groups or guilds of craftsman or professionals. Which one of the following did not belong to any of the eight guilds?

  1. Shoemaker
  2. Weaver
  3. Fisherman
  4. Blacksmith
  

Question 168 :
Mahatma Gandhi was profoundly influenced by —

  1. Lala Lajpat Rai
  2. Madan Mohan Malavia
  3. N.C. Kelkar
  4. All of these
  

Question 169 :
Mesopotamians divide the sky into

  1. Copper ware
  2. Bronze ware
  3. Glass ware
  4. Silver ware
  

Question 170 :
Community Development Project' was initiated in the year—

  1. 1951 A.D.
  2. 1952A.D.
  3. 1954AD.
  4. 1956A.D.
  

Question 171 :
The Paris Commune fought for

  1. Basava
  2. Lakulisa
  3. Kusika
  4. Gorakhnatha
  

Question 172 :
The temple at Konark has a number of columns

  1. Lunar
  2. Solar
  3. Solar lunar
  4. Religious calendar
  

Question 173 :
‘Svayamvara’ was a special from of —

  1. Utter Pradesh
  2. Madhya Pradesh
  3. Andhra Pradesh
  4. Arunachal Pradesh
  

Question 174 :
Dahala in the early medieval period was the territory of the —

  1. Udiyanjeral: Chera King
  2. Nedunjeliyan: Pandya King
  3. Senganan: Chola King
  4. Pari: Pahallava King
  

Question 175 :
The first native state to introduce military training on the European model was —

  1. Golcanda
  2. Mysore
  3. Oudh
  4. Kashmir
  

Question 176 :
The 23rd Thrithankara was

  1. Parswanath
  2. Mahavira
  3. Sidharth
  4. Rishaba
  

Question 177 :
The sphinx was carved out of

  1. Cheops
  2. Tutankhamen
  3. Rameses II
  4. Thebes
  

Question 178 :
Dadabhai Nauroji, the greatest exponent of the theory of ‘Drain of wealth’ called the economic exploitation of India—

  1. Evil of all evils
  2. A continuous fleecing
  3. A continuous British invasion
  4. None of these
  

Question 179 :
In which year the Chipko Movement began?

  1. 1970
  2. 1982
  3. 1992
  4. 1973
  

Question 180 :
‘Shankara’ was ……. a saint.

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