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




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 331 :
The author of 'Parties and Politics in Mughal Court' is?

  1. Satish Chandra
  2. Irfan Habib
  3. Nurul Hasan
  4. Athar Ali
  

Question 332 :
The immediate cause which led to the launching of the Non-co-operation movement was the—

  1. Bukka I
  2. Harihara II
  3. Krishna Deva Raya
  4. Deva Raya II
  

Question 333 :
Taoism was a religion introduced by

  1. Students
  2. Philosophers
  3. Mandarins
  4. Officers
  

Question 334 :
The Kalyana-Mandapa was a notable feature of temple architecture in the kingdom of—

  1. Had no claims on the peasant other than the due land tax
  2. Was the owner of the Iqta Land
  3. Was entitled to claim forced labour from the cultivators
  4. Had claim on the person and property of the peasants
  

Question 335 :
Louis XVI and Marie Antonitte were executed alongwith their children in

  1. Malik Kafur in South India
  2. Sultan Balban in the Mewat region
  3. Muhammad Tughlaq in Gujarat
  4. Feroze Tughlaq in Orissa
  

Question 336 :
‘Brihadaranyaka’ is—

  1. Political
  2. Social
  3. Economic
  4. Religious
  

Question 337 :
An intelligent appreciation of the relative values of different trade-routes in India is contained in—

  1. Sarnath lion capital
  2. Dhauli elephant
  3. Standing Buddha from Mathura
  4. Rampurva bull
  

Question 338 :
All men and women of ________. years or above of age whose names are registered in the voters lists vote in elections for electing the members of Lok Sabha

  1. 14
  2. 16
  3. 17
  4. 5
  

Question 339 :
The Mahabharata war was fought on the plains of …......

  1. Meerut
  2. Afghanistan
  3. Kurushetra
  4. Lothal
  

Question 340 :
The Mazhabi Sikhs were originally—

  1. Indika
  2. Mudrarakshasa
  3. Ashokan inscriptions
  4. Arthasastra
  

Question 341 :
The Besnagar inscription of Heliodorus refer to—

  1. Tiruvalluvar
  2. Parshurama
  3. Mamulanar
  4. Agastya
  

Question 342 :
Ashoka’s claim of greatness chiefly lay in the

  1. promotion of welfare of his people
  2. extensive conquests
  3. strengthening of army
  4. exclusive patronage to Buddhism
  

Question 343 :
Egypt is called the gift on the Nile because

  1. Counting by l0s
  2. Counting by 20s
  3. Counting by 30s
  4. Counting by 60s
  

Question 344 :
The French Revolution gave a new meaning to

  1. Extremely good
  2. Very good
  3. Good
  4. Very poor
  

Question 345 :
The planning of the capital in the Arthashastra clearly indicates that the industrial and commercial classes were—

  1. Syadvada
  2. Yogachara
  3. Madhyamika
  4. Sunyavada
  

Question 346 :
Which is not related to prehistoric culture?

  1. Central Asia
  2. Tibet
  3. Arctic region
  4. Kashmir
  

Question 347 :
Which one of following pairs is not correctly matched? Persons: Institutions founded

  1. Linlithgow declared emergency in India at the outbreak of the Second World War on 3 September, 1939
  2. Gandhi did not want involvement of India with the violence of war
  3. India as a British colony was automatically committed to belligerency by Linlithgow without bothering to consult the provincial congress Ministries or any Indian leader
  4. The Congress Working Committee which met immediately after the outbreak of the war failed to elicit a satisfactory reply from Linlithgow about the war aims of Britain and how these were going to affect India during and after the war
  

Question 348 :
The chief feature of the temples constructed by the Cholas was their—

  1. Gopurams or gateways
  2. Vimanas or Towers
  3. Assembly-halls for the devotees
  4. Massive pillars
  

Question 349 :
Cholas were known from the time of —

  1. Parantaka
  2. Vijayalaya
  3. Raja-Raja
  4. Rajendra
  

Question 350 :
According to the periplus, sea, voyages to India were undertaken in the month of Epiphi or—

  1. Mathura
  2. Bhitari
  3. Junagarh
  4. Sanchi
  

Question 351 :
The achievements of Samudragupta are described in the

  1. Hatigumpha inscription
  2. Allahabad Pillar inscription
  3. Girnar inscription
  4. Sarnath inscription
  

Question 352 :
Which of the following stands for ‘Iqta’?

  1. Law of primogeniture
  2. Crown land donated to army officers
  3. State’s share in the war booty
  4. The grant of revenue from a territory in lieu of salary
  

Question 353 :
The Egyptians were religious believing in

  1. AD 224
  2. AD 225
  3. AD 226
  4. AD 228
  

Question 354 :
Buddhist scriptures were written in—

  1. Two Generals
  2. Two Brothers
  3. Two kings
  4. Two tribes
  

Question 355 :
The church was very corrupt and supported

  1. the monarchy
  2. socialism
  3. revolutionaries
  4. kingship
  

Question 356 :
The rulers of which of the following was/ were called tarafdar by the Mughal Monarchs?

  1. Telengana
  2. Malabar
  3. Marathawada
  4. Vidarbha
  

Question 357 :
The doctrine of Hindutva was expounded by

  1. V. D. Savarkar
  2. Tilak
  3. Gandhiji
  4. Nehru
  

Question 358 :
The largest number of discourses delivered by Buddha were at—

  1. l793
  2. 1794
  3. 1795
  4. 1799
  

Question 359 :
A very important source far the political structure and social condition of Gujarat from the 9th to 13th centuries is the text known as —

  1. A saleable right
  2. Hereditary
  3. Ownership of land
  4. Mortgageable
  

Question 360 :
Which one of the following was not a front during the sangam age?

  1. Sabha
  2. Nagaram
  3. Bhakti
  4. Ur