GK History MCQ's




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 181 :
The Factory Act of 1881 was passed with a view to—

  1. Prohibit the employment of children below the age of 7 in any factory
  2. Allow the workers to trade unions
  3. Fix the wages of industrial workers
  4. Reduce the working hours for women employees
  

Question 182 :
Svayamvara was a special form of—

  1. Jahandar Shah
  2. Shah Jahan II
  3. Mohammad Shah
  4. Alamgir II
  

Question 183 :
After the Mauryas the most important kingdom in the Deccan and Central India was that of the

  1. Thanjavur
  2. Uraiyur
  3. Kanthipuram
  4. Uttaramerrur
  

Question 184 :
Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?

  1. Kaki
  2. Baba Farid
  3. Khwaja Muin-uddin chisti
  4. Shaikh aulia
  

Question 185 :
Mahatma Gandhi on August 8, ______.gave the call for Quit India Movement.

  1. 1942
  2. 1920
  3. 1930
  4. 1940
  

Question 186 :
The earliest available work Tamils is —

  1. 1849
  2. 1848
  3. 1850
  4. 1852
  

Question 187 :
In Krishnadevaraya’s court, Ashtadiggajas were the

  1. Lothal
  2. Kalibanga
  3. Harrappa
  4. Rojadi
  

Question 188 :
Which of the following known as ‘Jnani Manav’ —

  1. During the later Vedic age women enjoyed the right to upanayana ceremony
  2. During the later Vedic age there was no polygamy among aryans
  3. During the later Vedic age women were allowed to attend political assemblies
  4. During the later Vedic age the system of sati did not exist
  

Question 189 :
The term ‘Pre-history’ was first used by—

  1. Rajasthan
  2. Afghanistan
  3. Iran
  4. Romans
  

Question 190 :
Which of the following metal (S) was/were not used by the Harrappans?

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

Question 191 :
Which was the first newspaper to be published in India?

  1. age of rationalism
  2. age of reason
  3. age of positive thinking
  4. age of experimentation
  

Question 192 :
In reference of ancient India, what was Gandharva?

  1. Danes
  2. English
  3. Dutch
  4. French
  

Question 193 :
The first to establish trade contacts with the Roman empire were:

  1. Dadabhai Nauroji
  2. Gandhiji
  3. Nehru
  4. Tilak
  

Question 194 :
The remittance problems from India was initially tackled by the East India Company Government through the—

  1. Development of more exports, of grains from India
  2. Exports of more cotton and silk goods to Europe
  3. Development of indigo and export of opium to China
  4. Development of jute and promotion of its export to Europe
  

Question 195 :
The first dockyard in the world was excavated in

  1. Harsha
  2. Chandragupta-II
  3. Ashoka
  4. Kanishka
  

Question 196 :
Which of the following schools of paintings developed independently during the Mughal Period?

  1. The Bijapur School
  2. The Golconda School
  3. The Kangra School
  4. the Rajput School
  

Question 197 :
Which one of the following Buddhist sects insists on the necessity of the monastic life, worship of the relics of Lord Buddha, attainment of salvation by oneself alone and in the belief that Lord Buddha will no more be born?

  1. Sati System
  2. Human Sacrifice
  3. Thagi
  4. Widow remarriage
  

Question 198 :
All Indian Muslim League was started in :

  1. 1960
  2. 1906
  3. 1921
  4. 1928
  

Question 199 :
Sultan Balban was devoted to —

  1. By widows of the Brahmnical religion through periodic fasting
  2. By Buddhist monks in an assembly
  3. By the Kapalikas as symbolic renunciation of pleasure in external objects
  4. By the Tantrilcs as part of their worship of shakti
  

Question 200 :
Every pearl in the Royal Crown is but the crystallized drop of blood fallen from the tearful eyes of the poor peasant.' The above remark about the poverty of the Indian peasant during the Delhi sultanate was made by —

  1. Gwalior
  2. Agra
  3. Bhopal
  4. Kanpur
  

Question 201 :
The early images of the Buddha were made almost simultaneously at—

  1. Bengal
  2. Kashmir
  3. Maharashtra
  4. Gujarat
  

Question 202 :
The great French socialist Babeuf was executed in the year

  1. 1797
  2. 1798
  3. 1799
  4. 1796
  

Question 203 :
A new addition to social customs during Rajput age was —

  1. Bimbisara, Ashoka, Dasarath
  2. Prasenjit, Bimbisara, Ajatshatru
  3. Ashoka, Kanishka, Harsha
  4. Ajatshatru, Kalashok, Ashok
  

Question 204 :
The most important effect of the French Revolution was the birth of the

  1. Perundevanar
  2. Kamban
  3. Sundaramurthi
  4. Bharavi
  

Question 205 :
Who was the founder of Sunga dynasty?

  1. Raghulabhadra
  2. Upali
  3. Makkhli Gosala
  4. Anand
  

Question 206 :
Sankara was a ……….. saint.

  1. Mutamid Khan — Alamgirnama
  2. Amir Khusrao — Shahnama
  3. Shah Jahan — Shahjahanama
  4. Iswar Das — Muntkhab-ul-labab
  

Question 207 :
Who wrote Vasavdatta-Nalyadhara?

  1. 1870
  2. 1921
  3. 120
  4. 1942
  

Question 208 :
A Khilafat Committee was formed under the leadership of Mahammad Ali, __________, Maulana Azad and Hasrat Mohini to organise a Country-wide agitation.

  1. Shaukat Ali
  2. Qutubuddin Ahmad
  3. Shamsuddin Hussain
  4. Mohammed Ali Jinnah
  

Question 209 :
The example of non-cultivating owners of land is-

  1. Absentee landlord
  2. Farmers
  3. Peasants
  4. None of the above
  

Question 210 :
Which of the following statements is false with regard to the social conditions in the Gupta period?

  1. Public and personal morality had reached a very low point
  2. The caste system was liberalised
  3. The living standard of the common people was simple but the town life was glamorous and sophisticated
  4. The system of devadasis was in vogue during this period