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




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 451 :
97. Which of the following metal (S) was/were not used by the Harrappans?

  1. Copper
  2. Gold - Copper
  3. Iron - Tin
  4. Silver - Bronze
  

Question 452 :
What was the main reason for the permanent indebtedness of the Peasantry?

  1. Forged signatures
  2. False accounting
  3. High rate of interest on loans
  4. Making the debtor sign for larger amounts than he had borrowed
  

Question 453 :
Marriage between man - woman of same caste in Ancient India was known as —

  1. The upnishadas deny the existence of a supreme god
  2. The upnishadas deny the existence of individual souls
  3. The upnishadas believe in the theory of Karma
  4. The upnishadas believe in the theory of rebirth
  

Question 454 :
Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?

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

Question 455 :
Who among the following is the author of the novel, Coolle?

  1. Pallathu Rao
  2. Mulak Raj Anand
  3. R.K. Narayan
  4. Bhabani Bhattacharya
  

Question 456 :
Which act is known as the black Act?

  1. filbert Bill
  2. Rowaltt Act
  3. Hunter Act
  4. Act of 1909
  

Question 457 :
By 600 BC important towns developed in India

  1. Arthashastra
  2. Vishnu Purana
  3. Mudrarakshasa
  4. Account of Magasthanese
  

Question 458 :
Indian war of Independence 1857 was written by—

  1. Ziauddin Barani
  2. Ibn Battuta
  3. Minhajuddin Siraj
  4. Amir Khusrau
  

Question 459 :
In which book did, Dadabhai Nauroji presents his ‘Drain of wealth theory’?

  1. Poverty and un-British rule in India
  2. Economic problems of India ‘
  3. British Rule and its consequences
  4. None of these
  

Question 460 :
The name of the king to whom all the early Aryan dynasties traced their origin was —

  1. Tournal
  2. Henry Christy
  3. Lewis Henry Morgan
  4. William Robertson
  

Question 461 :
According to the Cambridge interpretation, the roots of politics lay in

  1. localities like district, the municipality, the village.
  2. intellectual forums
  3. consciouness of the people
  4. history
  

Question 462 :
In 1946 there was a muting of Indian naval ratings in —

  1. Khilãfat wrong
  2. Rawlatt Act
  3. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
  4. Dissatisfaction with the Government of India Act, 1919
  

Question 463 :
Which one of the following is true regarding ‘apad-dharma’ mentioned in the smritis?

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

Question 464 :
Indicate the correct chronological order in which the following reformers undertook their missions. 1) Visveswara 2)Ramanuja 3) Chaitanya 4)Kabir

  1. Land owners
  2. Jagirdars
  3. Labourers
  4. Revenue plunders
  

Question 465 :
The term Chitrapata used in some historical sources denotes —

  1. Sautrantilca
  2. Sthviravadin
  3. Sarvastivadin
  4. Saitiihitiya
  

Question 466 :
Which one of the following pairs of persons was hanged on the charges of assassinating English officers in England?

  1. Rajguru and Sukhdev
  2. Khudiram Bose and Surya Sen
  3. Madanlal Dhingra and Udham Singh
  4. Kartar Singh Sarabha and Ashfaqullah Khan
  

Question 467 :
Which of the following is correct?

  1. Widow marriage was allowed among the Rigvedic Aryans
  2. The Parda system did notxist among the Rigvedic Aryans
  3. Sati custom was common among the Rigvedic Aryans
  4. Rigvedic women had a right to participate in religious ceremonies
  

Question 468 :
Who gave the motto ‘Back to the Vedas’?

  1. The castes were not hereditary during the later Vedic age
  2. Inter dining among different castes was not forbidden during the later Vedic age
  3. Inter-marriages among these upper castes were in vogue during the Vedic age
  4. Untouchability was common during later Vedic age
  

Question 469 :
In which year the firsr edited volume of subaltern studies came out?

  1. 1982
  2. 1987
  3. 1996
  4. 2001
  

Question 470 :
Which one of the following is not correct?

  1. Indian National Congress,Calcutta Session (1887)
  2. Indian National Congress,Lucknow Session (1916)
  3. Indian National Congress,Gaya Session (1922)
  4. Indian National Congress,Tripuri Session (1939)
  

Question 471 :
The images in the temple of Ankorvat are those of

  1. Buddha
  2. Hindu deities
  3. Tirthankaras
  4. Cambodian Kings
  

Question 472 :
What is the significance of ‘Kayavarohan’ in the history of shaivism?

  1. Arikamedu — Choromandal
  2. Nelcynda — Malabar
  3. Masalia — Konkan
  4. Colchi (Korkai) — Pandya country
  

Question 473 :
Rajtarangini was written by—

  1. 1833
  2. 1853
  3. 1858
  4. 1882
  

Question 474 :
A bronze chariot of Harrappan times yoked to a pair of bullocks - driven by a nude human figure has been discovered at—

  1. Sanghol
  2. Rojadi’
  3. Kunal
  4. Daimabad
  

Question 475 :
An address to the working class' was drafted by

  1. Karl Peters
  2. Babeuf
  3. Karl Marx
  4. Stalin
  

Question 476 :
Chandragupta figures prominently in a work of—

  1. Simhala
  2. Avanti
  3. Gandhara
  4. Magadha
  

Question 477 :
Which of the following is correct?

  1. During the Rigvedic period varnas were hereditary
  2. During the Rigvedic period untouchability was common
  3. During the Rigvedic period inter-varna marriages were forbidden
  4. During the Rigvedic period interdining among the varnas was allowed
  

Question 478 :
In India, the Emergency refers to a 21-month period in 1975–77 when Prime Minister________ unilaterally had an emergency declared across the country.

  1. Indira Gandhi
  2. Jawaharlal Nehru
  3. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
  4. 1956
  

Question 479 :
Which one of the following Act strengthened the unitary character of the Government of India by establishing a general control over the finances of India by the Governor- General?

  1. Acquisition of knowledge
  2. A life after death
  3. Release from the cycle, of births and deaths
  4. Material comforts and victory
  

Question 480 :
During the period of sutras, the Brahmanas were allowed to marry—

  1. Kanpur
  2. Mewar
  3. Jaisalmer
  4. Banaras