GK History (Ancient - Modern History,Social Science) MCQ's




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 301 :
Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding pre-historic art ?

  1. Indo Greeks
  2. Kushanas
  3. Tamils
  4. Sakas
  

Question 302 :
Which one of the following parts of India does not have the signs ofPalaeolithic age?

  1. Nizamuddin Aulia
  2. Akbar
  3. Zainu Abidin
  4. Shaikh Nasiruddin chiragh
  

Question 303 :
‘Live well, as long as you live. Live well even by borrowing, for once cremated, there is no return’ This rejection of after -life is an aphorism of the

  1. Ashoka
  2. Harsha
  3. Kanishka
  4. Vikramaditya
  

Question 304 :
In the year 1914 the membership of the German socialist party was

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

Question 305 :
Tilak regarded that Swaraj was not only a right but a

  1. Justice
  2. Dharma
  3. power
  4. Status
  

Question 306 :
Radical Democratic party was organised by

  1. Lohia
  2. M.N.Roy
  3. Jayaprakash Narayanan
  4. Thilak
  

Question 307 :
According to Aryans, the indegenous people of india were

  1. Rakshasa
  2. Dasas and Dasyus
  3. Dravida
  4. Kshatriya
  

Question 308 :
The city of Athens gave the world

  1. Arenas
  2. Amphy theatres
  3. Open areas
  4. Stadiums
  

Question 309 :
The ultimate ownership of land during the post-Gupta period lay with —

  1. Mohenjodaro site
  2. Harappan site
  3. Baluchistan
  4. Egypt
  

Question 310 :
Mushakavamsa Kavya was written in

  1. 10 th Century
  2. 11 th Century
  3. 12 th Century
  4. 9 th Century
  

Question 311 :
Who was the first President of All India Trade Union Congress?

  1. Hinayan4
  2. Mahayana
  3. Vajrayana
  4. Lamaism
  

Question 312 :
Mesopotamians were the first to make

  1. Tables
  2. Arithmetic
  3. Pythagoras theorem
  4. Algebra
  

Question 313 :
Sardinia was the strongest state of

  1. Germany
  2. France
  3. Italy
  4. Holland
  

Question 314 :
soon after becoming the Prime Minister of India, ________.created a Ministry of Scientific Research and Natural Resources and actively supported the atomic energy programme for peaceful purposes.

  1. Nehru
  2. Narasimha Rao
  3. Prof. P.M.S Blackett
  4. Vajpayee
  

Question 315 :
Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

  1. Indra - Varuna
  2. Indra, Varuna - Mitra
  3. Indra - Mitra
  4. Indra, Varuna, Mitra, Nats
  

Question 316 :
In which year the Government of India liberalised its economy?

  1. 1995
  2. 1991
  3. 1969
  4. 1951
  

Question 317 :
Gopis (cowherd girls) became an important part of the Krishna legend in art and literature in—

  1. Gujrat
  2. Punjab
  3. Maharashtra
  4. Andhrapradesh
  

Question 318 :
98. Kaivalya means—

  1. Omniscience
  2. Followers of Buddhism
  3. Omnipresent
  4. Followers of Jainism
  

Question 319 :
The term Pietra dura’ refers to—

  1. A military officer
  2. An ecclesiastical officer
  3. An officer m charge of public morals
  4. The head of the department of correspondence
  

Question 320 :
The earliest ‘Man Like Creature’ which racially differed from Homosapiens is generally known is—

  1. Indo-Gangetic plan
  2. The Deccan Plateau
  3. North-Eastern India
  4. North-Western India
  

Question 321 :
In the end, Pala supremacy in Bengal was destroyed by —

  1. 1025 A.D.
  2. 1020 A.D
  3. 1017 A.D.
  4. 1027 A.D.
  

Question 322 :
In which century did Ashoka reign?

  1. Second century B.C.
  2. Third century B.C.
  3. Second century AD
  4. Third century AD.
  

Question 323 :
Which of the following is not associated with growth of cave art?

  1. Bagh
  2. Amaranth
  3. Karle
  4. Mahabalipuram
  

Question 324 :
Geographical isolation is a problem for-

  1. qA. Caste
  2. B.Class
  3. C.Tribe
  4. D. Religion
  

Question 325 :
Which one of the following is not true of both Buddhism and Jainism?

  1. Ajatshatru’s empire
  2. Hill kingdom
  3. Licchhavi kingdom
  4. Kamarupa kingdom
  

Question 326 :
The earliest-Indian coins are not earlier than—

  1. 7th century B.C.
  2. 5thcentury B.C.
  3. 3rdcenturyl3.C.
  4. 2nd century A. D.
  

Question 327 :
The Council of the ‘Nine Gems’ is associated with

  1. Ballala Sena
  2. Harshavardhana
  3. Chandragupta II
  4. Devapala
  

Question 328 :
Which is the only Indus site with a dockyard?

  1. Attirampakkarn
  2. Adichanallur
  3. Arikamedu
  4. Sanur
  

Question 329 :
. ___________., who led the Congress party, introduced Mahatma Gandhi to the concerns in India and the struggle of the people.

  1. Tej Bahadur Sapru
  2. Rabindranath Tagore
  3. Mohammad Ali Jinnah
  4. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
  

Question 330 :
Mahakshapatalika was an official in charge of—

  1. Kshauma: Textile
  2. Pada: Coin denomination
  3. Adhaka: Architectural fragment
  4. Drona: Measure of rainfall