GK History MCQ's




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 211 :
Consider the following statements: 1) Satavahana rulers persecuted the Buddhists. 2) Pushyamitra Sunga patronised the Buddhists. 3) Shashanka cut off the Bodhi tree at Bodha Gaya. .Which of these statements is/are correct?

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 and 3
  3. 1 and 3
  4. 3 only
  

Question 212 :
Who among the following stated that there was no slavery in India?

  1. Madan Mohan Malaviya
  2. Mrs. Annie Besant
  3. Bhagawan Das
  4. Swami Shradhananda
  

Question 213 :
In Ashoka’s administration, Rajukas looked after

  1. religious matters
  2. collection of taxes
  3. municipal administration
  4. administration of justice
  

Question 214 :
Every Indian is corrupt.' Who said?

  1. Lord Conwallis
  2. Lord Wellesley
  3. Lord Hastings
  4. Lord Dalhousie
  

Question 215 :
The only ruler of India who ruled over territories in Central Asia beyond the Pamirs was:

  1. Amir Yaqut
  2. Imaduddin Raihan
  3. Tughril Beg
  4. Zafar Khan
  

Question 216 :
In which of the following battles with the Sikhs did the Partisans of the holy war suffer a terrible defeat in which Sayyaid Ahamed lost his life?

  1. Paleolithic and Mesolithic people practised painting.
  2. Pre-historic art appears at several places, but Bhimbetka is the most striking site with 500 painted rock shelters.
  3. Many birds, animals and human beings are painted.
  4. The paintings depict the religious beliefs of the people.
  

Question 217 :
Officially issued by President________ Ahmed under Article 352(1) of the Constitution for internal disturbance, the Emergency was in effect from 25 June1975 until its withdrawal on 21 March 1977.

  1. Fakhruddin Ali
  2. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
  3. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
  4. Rajiv Gandhi
  

Question 218 :
Vikrama era started from:

  1. According to the Vedic thinkers, monarch was the ultimate source of law
  2. According to the Vedic thinkers, People were the ultimate source of law
  3. According to the Vedic thinkers, the nature was the ultimate source of law
  4. According to the Vedic thinkers, Dharma which sustained the world as the ultimate source of law
  

Question 219 :
Official stamping of weights and measures and their periodical inspection are prescribed by —

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

Question 220 :
The name of Ekanta Ramayya is associated with—

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

Question 221 :
Which of the following sect of Buddhism was primarily responsible for the spread of Buddhism outside the frontiers of India?

  1. Paleolithic
  2. Mesolithic
  3. Neolithic
  4. Chalcolithic
  

Question 222 :
Iranian learnt the game of chess from

  1. Seismography
  2. Oceanography
  3. Calligraphy
  4. Astronomy
  

Question 223 :
Which of the following was the contemporary Bengal King during the time of Harsha of Kanauj?

  1. Rhaslcaravarman
  2. Divakaramitra
  3. Devagupta
  4. Sasanka
  

Question 224 :
Who was elected as President of the All India Khilafat Conference in 1919?

  1. Motilal Nehru
  2. Madan Mohan Malviya
  3. Jayakar
  4. Vitthal Bhai Patel
  

Question 225 :
Which one of the following is a site of the Harrappan civilization wherein a Persian Gulf seal has been unearthed?

  1. Brahmanas and Kshatriyas
  2. Kshatriyas and Vaisyas
  3. Vaisyas and Sudras
  4. None of these
  

Question 226 :
The communist manifesto appeared in the year

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

Question 227 :
Uposatha was practiced —

  1. Jhansi
  2. Bareilly
  3. Arrah (Bihar)
  4. Madras
  

Question 228 :
The concept of four pillar state was advocated by

  1. Lohia
  2. M.N.Roy
  3. Nehru
  4. Ambedker
  

Question 229 :
Which one of the following is not true regarding the Rigvedic God Indra?

  1. Lumbini
  2. Bodh-Gaya
  3. Sarnath
  4. Patna
  

Question 230 :
Jainism was divided into two sects known as:

  1. Kapalika and Kalamukha
  2. Mahayana and Hinayana
  3. Ajivika and Nyaya Vaisesika
  4. Svetambara and Digambara
  

Question 231 :
Which court was considered as the highest criminal court of appeal during East India Company?

  1. Circuit Court
  2. Provincial Court
  3. Sadar Diwani
  4. Sadar Nizamat
  

Question 232 :
Which one of the following inscriptions refers to the invasion of the Hunas during the reign of Skandagupta?

  1. Paramaras
  2. Chandelas
  3. Kalachuris
  4. Bhanjas
  

Question 233 :
Which among the following is not a work of Romila Thaper?

  1. Past and Prejudice
  2. Lineage to State
  3. Knowing India
  4. Indian Numismatics
  

Question 234 :
Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?

  1. Cotton
  2. Jute
  3. Iron, steel
  4. Ordinance
  

Question 235 :
Which of the following is incorrect?

  1. Direct Democracy
  2. Hereditary monarchy
  3. Military dictatorship
  4. Aristocratic republic
  

Question 236 :
A lot of details regarding the village administration under the Cholas is provided by the inscriptions at

  1. beginning of 16th century
  2. end of 16th century
  3. beginning of 17th century
  4. later half of 17th century.
  

Question 237 :
Which one of the following European trading groups first established its factory at Surat?

  1. The Portuguese
  2. The Dutch
  3. The ‘English
  4. The French
  

Question 238 :
Satavahanas belonged to

  1. Ajatashatru
  2. Bimbisara
  3. Agnimitra
  4. Pushyamitra
  

Question 239 :
Which of the following were among the objects of terracotta fashioned by the Harrapans? 1) Bullal 2) Toys 3) Votive animals 4) Axe heads 5) Human forms 6) Pipal leaves

  1. Vedanta
  2. Sankhya
  3. Vaisheshik
  4. Yogachar
  

Question 240 :
The British established their first trading centre at—

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