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




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 601 :
What was the worst part of the permanent settlement of Bengal?

  1. Disintegration of the village communities
  2. Creation of absentee landlords
  3. Sub-infatuation of estates and holdings
  4. Subjection of the cultivator to untold misery
  

Question 602 :
The Bengal Nawab who collected revenue directly from the ryots thought his agents called ijaradars was —

  1. Aliwardi Khan
  2. Murshid Quli Khan
  3. Shujauddin
  4. Sarfaraz Khan
  

Question 603 :
The most common type of Harappan sales is—

  1. February 20, 1947
  2. June 3, 1947
  3. July 18, 1947
  4. August 15, 1947
  

Question 604 :
The Second International declared 1st May as

  1. workers day
  2. liberation day
  3. socialist day
  4. capitalist day
  

Question 605 :
Which one of the following events helped Gandhi who had returned from South Africa in 1915 more directly to emerge as the undisputed leader of the Indian National Congress?

  1. Edwin Montagu’s announcement on 20 August, 1917 in the House of Commons that the policy of the British Government would be the gradual development of self governing institutions with a view to the progressive realization of responsible government in India
  2. Annie Besant became almost overnight a pro-Raj supporter after Montagu’s promise of responsible government in India
  3. B. G. Tilak departed for England in September 1918 to fight a libel suit against Velentine Cherol
  4. The British Raj passed the Rowlett Act on 18 March, 1919 to suppress the revolutionary movements against it
  

Question 606 :
Of the four events mentioned below, which one was chronologically the last to Lake Place?

  1. Simla Conference
  2. Election of July 1946
  3. The offer of the Cabinet Mission Plan
  4. Muslim League joining the Interim Government
  

Question 607 :
The Hindu Marriage Act was enacted in the year-

  1. 1945
  2. 1955
  3. 1965
  4. 1975
  

Question 608 :
The term ‘Brahmadeya’ occurs for the first time in—

  1. Takshashila, Tosali and Ujjayani
  2. Takshashila, Ujjayani and Junagarh
  3. Takshashila, Tosali and Sopara
  4. Ujjayani, Mathura and Yerragudi
  

Question 609 :
During the Mughals, change in the architectural style is known as?

  1. Hindu Islamic style
  2. Goethic style
  3. Islamic style
  4. Persian style
  

Question 610 :
Give the chronological order— 1) Kautilya 2) Jayadeva 3) Banabhatta 4) Harisena

  1. Epic story
  2. Drama
  3. Grammar
  4. Battle
  

Question 611 :
With reference to Delhi Sultanate who of the following created the ‘Diwani-Amir’ Koh (Department of agriculture)?

  1. Alauddin Khalji
  2. Firu Shah Tughluq
  3. Muhammad bin Tugluq
  4. Shamsu d-din lltutmish
  

Question 612 :
The large Shiva Temple at Thanjavur was built by

  1. Rajendra Chola
  2. Raja raja Chola
  3. Chandeltas
  4. Rashtrakutas
  

Question 613 :
Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

  1. Pattinappalai
  2. Tirumurugarruppadai
  3. Maduraikanchi
  4. Tolkappiyam
  

Question 614 :
Amongst the following, who contributed most to the Bhagvata cult?

  1. Parthians
  2. Indo- Greeks
  3. Kushanas
  4. Guptas
  

Question 615 :
The finest specimen of Pahallavas architecture are —

  1. N.G.Ranga
  2. Swami Sahajananda Saraswati
  3. Vidyanand
  4. Baba Ramchandra
  

Question 616 :
Which one of the following is a toll, tax mentioned in early Tamil literature?

  1. 28 March, 1871
  2. 28 March, 1872
  3. 28 March, 1873
  4. 28 March, 1874
  

Question 617 :
Indian people had faced high rate of inflation during 1918-1939 due to—

  1. N. G.Ranga
  2. Swami Sahajananda Saraswati
  3. Vidya Nanda
  4. Baba Ramchandra
  

Question 618 :
The French royal prison—the (Bastille) was attacked in

  1. one group
  2. two groups
  3. Three groups
  4. four groups
  

Question 619 :
The Quit India Resolution (1942) proposed the starting of a Non-violent Mass Struggle on the widest possible scale. The Mantra ‘Do or Die’ was given by —

  1. Non-violence
  2. Truthfulness
  3. Fearlessness
  4. Abstinence
  

Question 620 :
How many Pitakas are in Buddhist literature?

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  

Question 621 :
Mahakachchayana, traditionally the founder of the Theravada sect, hailed from—

  1. S. N. Sen
  2. R. C. Mazumdar
  3. B. G. Tilak
  4. V. D. Savarkar
  

Question 622 :
During the period of the Sutras the brahmanas were allowed to many—

  1. 1 and 2
  2. 1 and 3
  3. 2 and 4
  4. 3 and 4
  

Question 623 :
A modern arsenal was established in 1765 with French assistance at—

  1. Bidnur
  2. Sera
  3. Sunda
  4. Dindigul
  

Question 624 :
In the age of Cholas Uraiyur was famous for —

  1. Cotton
  2. Ship building
  3. Pearls
  4. Spices
  

Question 625 :
The Whitely Commission was concerned with—

  1. Labour
  2. Education
  3. Public health
  4. Reorganization of civil service
  

Question 626 :
The French society was divided into

  1. one group
  2. two groups
  3. Three groups
  4. four groups
  

Question 627 :
The origin of Indian music can be traced into .

  1. Rigveda
  2. Samaveda
  3. Atharvaveda
  4. Yajurveda
  

Question 628 :
Iranian learnt the game of chess from

  1. Seismography
  2. Oceanography
  3. Calligraphy
  4. Astronomy
  

Question 629 :
Which sufl saint’s dargah is at Ajmer?

  1. Salim Chishti
  2. Muinudclin Chishti
  3. Baba Farid
  4. Hazrat Nizamuddin
  

Question 630 :
Excavations at which one of the following sites give evidence of continuous habitation and cultural evolution from the Stone Age to the Harappan culture?

  1. Kalpi
  2. Lakhanauti
  3. Kalinjar
  4. Badaun