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




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 631 :
Which of the following languages were patronised by the jainas to preach their doctrines?

  1. Prakrit
  2. Sanskrit
  3. Dravidian
  4. Pali
  

Question 632 :
Who built the Buddha Vihar at Nagapattanam?

  1. Srivijay
  2. Gayabahu of Sri Lanka
  3. Prasenjit
  4. Illango Adigal
  

Question 633 :
The only ruler of India who ruled over territories in Central Asia beyond the Pamirs was:

  1. Amir Yaqut
  2. Imaduddin Raihan
  3. Tughril Beg
  4. Zafar Khan
  

Question 634 :
Which one of the following denoted a series of coins?

  1. Gajasataka
  2. Gadhiya
  3. Hiranaydama
  4. Katisama
  

Question 635 :
There was no regular tax from land in the early vedic period, because—

  1. Anus
  2. Druhyus
  3. Bharatas
  4. Sivis
  

Question 636 :
Which one of the following statements is correct?

  1. The Permanent Settlement of Bengal, concluded in 1793 by Cornwallis, provided proprietary rights in the soil to class of aristocratic Zamindars
  2. The Zamindars emerged from the Permanent Settlement operations in a weaker position
  3. Thomas Munro developed a system of settlement under which the government did not deal directly with the individual peasant cultivator ‘
  4. The land policy and settlements did not lead to structural changes in control over land aid in the relations among classes associated with land-cultivation
  

Question 637 :
Evidence regarding Chola paintings has been found at —

  1. Surendra Sai
  2. Titu Mir
  3. Birsa Munda
  4. Utirat Singh
  

Question 638 :
Cuneiform script was shaped

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

Question 639 :
The most famous Saka ruler in India was

  1. Ivienander
  2. Gautarniputra Satakarni
  3. Kadphises II
  4. Rudradaman I
  

Question 640 :
Subhash Chand Bose was elected President of the Indian National Congress in —

  1. Right speech, right action, right exertion and right mindness
  2. Right meditation, right resolution, right view and right means of livelihood
  3. Dukham (Misery), Samudaya (Thirst, attachment etc.).
  4. Nirodh (End of worldly existence) and Marg (Path)
  

Question 641 :
Which of the following are reasons for the identification of the reflected in the later Vedic texts with the painted grey ware culture? Select the correct answer (1) Material culture of the two corresponds (2) Geographical distribution of the two corresponds (3) Chronological span of the two corresponds (4) Both evolved locally

  1. The excavations at Harappa are attributed to R.B. Daya Ram Sahni
  2. The Assembly Hall was discovered at Mohenjo-daro
  3. The open courtyard was the basic feature of house planning
  4. The Indus Valley people were not acquainted with the art of spinning and weaving
  

Question 642 :
During the sangam age the northern boundary of the Tamil country extended upto—

  1. Language of the people was used
  2. No caste barriers
  3. Non-existence of sound
  4. Too much stress on morality
  

Question 643 :
The manuscript of Dastan-e-Amir Hamza was illustrated by —

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 only
  3. l and 3
  4. 2 and 3
  

Question 644 :
Buddha preached acceance of existence of four noble truths (Aryasatyas) which were—

  1. Parantaka I
  2. Sundrachola
  3. Raja Raja I
  4. Kulottunga I
  

Question 645 :
Mohammed Ali Jinnah was born in

  1. Lahore
  2. Bombay
  3. Delhi
  4. Karachi
  

Question 646 :
The Polygars were—

  1. Kanishka
  2. Chandragupta Vikramaditya
  3. Devapala
  4. Gautamiputra Satakarni
  

Question 647 :
The treaty of Allahabad was concluded by—

  1. Admission of Muslim in the army
  2. Intervention in the Muslim states of Deccan
  3. Invasion into far South
  4. Sustained friendly relations with the Portuguese
  

Question 648 :
Madurai was the capital of

  1. surplus revenue
  2. land tax
  3. revenue from seaports
  4. currency system
  

Question 649 :
The Mesopotamian calendar was

  1. Shivaji U
  2. Sahuji
  3. Balaji Vishwanath
  4. Baji Rao I
  

Question 650 :
The Sashgani coin was introduced during the reign of—

  1. House-traders from Afghanistan during the Mughal period
  2. A famous caste of Bankers of Marwars
  3. Chiefs subordinate to the nayakas the Vijaynagar kingdoms
  4. Agents of the European companies for purchase of silk and Muslin in Bengal
  

Question 651 :
According to Shankaracharya the Primary means of Salvation was —

  1. Kabir : Surdas
  2. Gurunanak : Ramananda
  3. Chaitanya : Haridas
  4. Ramanuja : Namdev
  

Question 652 :
Who of the following deciphered the Brahmi script?

  1. William Jones
  2. James Princep
  3. John Marshall
  4. EJH Mackay
  

Question 653 :
Sree Narayana Guru was born in

  1. Sivagiri
  2. Aruvipuram
  3. Chempazanthi
  4. Kollam
  

Question 654 :
The earliest available work Tamils is —

  1. 1849
  2. 1848
  3. 1850
  4. 1852
  

Question 655 :
The main effect of the American War of Independence was

  1. establishment of a republic
  2. democracy
  3. socialism
  4. capitalism
  

Question 656 :
Cultural past is the work of …........

  1. F. F Armesto
  2. D D Kosambi
  3. Romila Thapar
  4. None of these
  

Question 657 :
Who is the Champion of secularism?

  1. Jinnah
  2. Nehru
  3. Savarkar
  4. Thilak
  

Question 658 :
Harrappan people had known to use of—

  1. Akbar
  2. Jahangir
  3. Shah-Jahana
  4. Aurangazb
  

Question 659 :
Which one of the following kings controlled the famous silk-route of Central Asia?

  1. Mohanjodaro
  2. Harappa
  3. Kalibangan
  4. Bhrigukaccha
  

Question 660 :
The sphinx was carved out of

  1. Cheops
  2. Tutankhamen
  3. Rameses II
  4. Thebes