GK History MCQ's




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 241 :
Feristha serves as a historian under the .

  1. Khiljis
  2. Lodis
  3. Mughals
  4. Adil Shahis.
  

Question 242 :
UNESCO uplifted the Abu Simbel Temple in the year

  1. 1800
  2. 1805
  3. 1809
  4. 1811
  

Question 243 :
Who wrote the book Economy of Permanence?

  1. M.K.Gandhi
  2. Sundarlal Bahuguna
  3. J.C. Kumarappa
  4. K.M.Munshi
  

Question 244 :
Indira Gandhi became the prime minister in January ______. and then emerged victorious in the 1971 Lok Sabha elections.

  1. 1906
  2. 1916
  3. 1956
  4. 1975
  

Question 245 :
The first ruler of India who defeated Muhammad of Ghor was —

  1. II, I, III, IV
  2. I, II, III, IV
  3. IV, II, I, III
  4. III, II, I, IV
  

Question 246 :
We have now an open conspiracy to free the country from foreign rule and you, Comrades and all our countrymen and countrywomen are invited to join it.' Who among the following made this declaration?

  1. Nehru Report
  2. Wavell Plan
  3. Lucknow Pact
  4. Poona Pact
  

Question 247 :
The Rig, yajur, sama vedas are together known as

  1. Samhita
  2. Sruti
  3. Trijana
  4. Tri veda
  

Question 248 :
Tipu Sultan of Mysore was killed in a bloody engagement in—

  1. The fourth Mysore War
  2. The third Mysore War
  3. The first Mysore War
  4. The second Mysore War
  

Question 249 :
Oracles foretold the

  1. 900 BC
  2. 1000 BC
  3. 2000 BC
  4. 3000 BC
  

Question 250 :
Which sect of Bhudhism flourished in Ceylon?

  1. Mahayana
  2. Hinayana
  3. Vajrayana
  4. Mahayana and hinayana equally flourished
  

Question 251 :
Which of the following is correct?

  1. God
  2. Goddess
  3. A division of vrihattar Bharat
  4. None of these
  

Question 252 :
Sarnath’s Lion Capital is attributed to

  1. 1: 2
  2. 1: 3
  3. 2 3
  4. 3 2
  

Question 253 :
The Greeks gave the world the idea of

  1. Chandra Gupta Maurya
  2. Samudra Gupta
  3. Chandra Gupta
  4. Ashoka the great
  

Question 254 :
Which of the following books mention Bindusara as an anointed Kshatraya?

  1. 5th century - 6th century B .C.
  2. 400 A.D. to 500 A.D.
  3. 300 B.C.
  4. 600AD.to700AD.
  

Question 255 :
Indian people had faced high rate of inflation during 1918-1939 due to—

  1. the revolutionary alliance
  2. triple alliance
  3. holy alliance
  4. triple entente
  

Question 256 :
The president of the All India Kishan Sabha in 1936 was—

  1. Knowledge
  2. Worship
  3. Visiting Tirthas
  4. None of these
  

Question 257 :
The Dutch East India Company was established in the year—

  1. 1602
  2. 1600
  3. 1620
  4. 1609
  

Question 258 :
Malatimadhava of Bhavabhuti is an important source for the study of the —

  1. 1, 2 and 3 are correct
  2. 2, 3 and 4 are correct
  3. 3 and 4 are correct
  4. 1 and 4 are correct
  

Question 259 :
In ancient Indian social structure the term aniravasita related to—

  1. BraInnanas and Kshatriyas
  2. Vaisyas and Sudras
  3. Sudras only
  4. People outside the Varna classification
  

Question 260 :
The first translator of Mahabharata into Tamil was—

  1. Gwalior
  2. Kiradu
  3. Modhera
  4. Dilwara
  

Question 261 :
The crops cultivated by the harrapans included—

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

Question 262 :
Which among the following was not a cause of the decline of Jainism?

  1. Jatakas
  2. Satapathas
  3. Upanishadas
  4. Dhammapada
  

Question 263 :
Kinship relations established through blood is called-

  1. Affinal
  2. Conjugal
  3. Consanguineous
  4. None of the above
  

Question 264 :
Ajanta Paintings are related with?

  1. Jainism
  2. Brahmanism
  3. Shaktism
  4. Buddhism
  

Question 265 :
After 1880, Railways were built during British rule in India through—

  1. Indian merchants or money-lenders
  2. Private enterprise
  3. State Agency
  4. A and B both
  

Question 266 :
The theory of ‘Cultural Nationalism’ was expounded by

  1. Gokhale
  2. Vivekananda
  3. Savarkar
  4. Nehru
  

Question 267 :
An address to the working class' was drafted by

  1. October
  2. July
  3. June
  4. December
  

Question 268 :
The Jaina temples known for the finest marble carvings in India are situated at—

  1. Landed magnates
  2. Peasants
  3. Artisans
  4. Menials
  

Question 269 :
In the Sangam age, Uraiyur was important for

  1. Its being a great centre of spice trade.
  2. Its being a great centre of cotton trade.
  3. its being a great emporium of foreign trade.
  4. Its being a great centre of indigenous trade.
  

Question 270 :
In Ancient and early medieval India the uncultivated and untaxed land was called —

  1. Namdev
  2. Mauluk Das
  3. Vallabhacharya
  4. Chaitanya