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




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 511 :
In the late 17th and early 18th centuries, the export of Indian opium to the Indonesian archipelago was dominated by the—

  1. Gujarati and Marwari mercantile groups
  2. Portuguese
  3. Dutch East India Company
  4. English East India Company
  

Question 512 :
In the revenue settlement of Todarmal ,the land never left fallow was known as?

  1. Polaj
  2. Parauti
  3. Chachar
  4. Banjar
  

Question 513 :
Chinese made very fine china called

  1. The Palas
  2. The Chalukyas of Badami
  3. The Rashtrakutas
  4. The Senas
  

Question 514 :
Mahatma Gandhi was profoundly influenced by —

  1. Lala Lajpat Rai
  2. Madan Mohan Malavia
  3. N.C. Kelkar
  4. All of these
  

Question 515 :
Who among the following was a Satavahana ruler?

  1. Karm Mimamsa
  2. Yoga
  3. Samkhya
  4. Vaisesika
  

Question 516 :
Which, among the following Scholarly works, was not written by Bhavbhuti?

  1. Adhipati
  2. Gahapati
  3. Jethaka
  4. Adhikari
  

Question 517 :
As part of the Civil Disobedience Movement there was defiance of forest laws in—

  1. The Madras Presidency and Orissa
  2. Maharashtra, Karnataka and the Central Provinces
  3. Kerala, Gujarat and Assam
  4. Bengal and Orissa
  

Question 518 :
During the reign of Ashoka Kumaras were stationed at—

  1. Sanatkumara
  2. Kartikeya
  3. Pradyumna
  4. Abhimanyu
  

Question 519 :
Buddha delivered his first sermon at which place

  1. Sarnath
  2. Lumbini
  3. Bodh Gaya
  4. Vaishali
  

Question 520 :
Kunwar Singh was a ruined - discontented Zamindar of—

  1. Kabir
  2. Dadu
  3. Guru Nanak
  4. Ravidas
  

Question 521 :
The author of ‘Poverty and Un- British Rule in India’ is?

  1. Lala Lajpat Rai
  2. Dadabhai Naoroji
  3. Surendra Nath Banerjee
  4. R. C. Dutt
  

Question 522 :
Which Bhakti Saint is known as the bridge between north and south?

  1. Qutbuddin Aibak
  2. Nasiruddmin Mahmud Tughlaq
  3. Mohammad Gazni
  4. Alam Shah
  

Question 523 :
Who among the following had written a play ‘Neel Darpan’ in 1860?

  1. Dinbandhu Mitra
  2. Sharat Chand Chatopadhya
  3. Bankim Chandra Chatterji
  4. Rabindra Nath Tagore
  

Question 524 :
Highest tribal population can be found in-

  1. India
  2. Africa
  3. Australia
  4. Sri Lanka
  

Question 525 :
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 526 :
The High Courts at Calcutta, Bombay and Madras to replace the Sadar Courts of Diwali and Nizamat were established in the year—

  1. 1793
  2. 1831
  3. 1833
  4. 1865
  

Question 527 :
‘Kumarsambhavam’ describes the story of birth of—

  1. Buddhist
  2. Jama
  3. Shakta
  4. Vaishanava
  

Question 528 :
Louis XVI and Marie Antonitte were executed alongwith their children in

  1. 1, 2-4
  2. 2, 3-5
  3. 3, 4-6
  4. 4, 5-6
  

Question 529 :
The Dutch established their first trading centre at—

  1. Surat
  2. Calicut
  3. Cochin
  4. Pondicherry
  

Question 530 :
Place in correct sequence— (1) Yajnavalkya (2) Manusmriti (3) Mitakshara

  1. Menandra
  2. Mogaliputta tissa
  3. Sanghmitra
  4. None of these
  

Question 531 :
During the reign of Bind Sara there was unrest at—

  1. Ujjayani
  2. Pushkalavati
  3. Takshasila
  4. Rajagriha
  

Question 532 :
The Telugu version of the Mahabharata was completed in the thirteenth century by —

  1. Pampa
  2. Tikkanna
  3. Kambana
  4. Nanniah
  

Question 533 :
During the 13th and 14th centuries the Indian peasant did not cultivate—

  1. scientific socialism
  2. marxian socialism
  3. democracy
  4. capitalism
  

Question 534 :
This site was granted to French East India Company in 1674 by Shaista Khan, a governor under the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. During the seven year’s war (1756-63) this town was captured (1757) by the John, company but later (1763) restored to the French. Recaptured by the English in 1778 after the out break of the American war of Independence (1776-84) it was restored to the French by the Treaty of Paris (1785). Wrested again by the British in 1793, on the outbreak of the revolutionary wars in Europe, it was finally restored to the French in 1815 and remained part of their overseas empire until its transfer to the Indian republic in 1951.'The reference here is to—

  1. Pondicherry
  2. Karaikkal
  3. Chandernagore
  4. Mahe
  

Question 535 :
Which of the following were included in Gandhi Irwin Pact? - 1) Invitation to Congress to participate in the Round Table Conference - 2) Withdrawal of ordinances promulagated in connection with the Civil Disobedience Movement - 3) Acceptance of Gandhi’s suggestion for inquiry into police excesses - 4) Release of only those prisoners who were not charged with violence . - Select the correct answer from the Codes given belows —

  1. The Hindu Mahasabha
  2. The Indian National Congress
  3. The Muslim League
  4. All of these
  

Question 536 :
What was the name of the Gurjara-Pratihara king who was defeated by the Pala king Devapala?

  1. Mihirbhoja
  2. Nagabhatta II
  3. Mahipala
  4. Mahendrapala
  

Question 537 :
Fragmentation of land may not lead to-

  1. Less yielding
  2. Poverty
  3. Higher production
  4. Growth of indebtedness
  

Question 538 :
The Post-Gupta social structure in North India was marked by the —

  1. Growing importance of women
  2. Lessening of untouchability
  3. Proliferation of castes
  4. Revival of slavery
  

Question 539 :
India has an elected head of state (President of Indiwho wields power for a fixed term of _________. years.

  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 4
  4. 1976
  

Question 540 :
Who among the following is said to be the founder of the pasupata cult?

  1. Digambara jainas
  2. Kapalikas
  3. Buddhist Tantriks
  4. Bhagavatas