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




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 751 :
Who was the first President of the All India Trade Union Congress?

  1. V.V.Giri
  2. S.A.Dange
  3. Jawahar Lal Nehru
  4. Lala Lajpat Rai
  

Question 752 :
Which one of the following inscriptions refers to the invasion of the Hunas during the reign of Skandagupta?

  1. Paramaras
  2. Chandelas
  3. Kalachuris
  4. Bhanjas
  

Question 753 :
In Ashoka’s administration, Rajukas looked after

  1. religious matters
  2. collection of taxes
  3. municipal administration
  4. administration of justice
  

Question 754 :
It is stated that the incidents of Barrack pore were repeated at other plaThe place which remained unperturbed was—

  1. Ambala
  2. Meerut
  3. Lahore
  4. Lucknow
  

Question 755 :
Which court was considered as the highest criminal court of appeal during East India Company?

  1. Circuit Court
  2. Provincial Court
  3. Sadar Diwani
  4. Sadar Nizamat
  

Question 756 :
Italy was unified with the occupation of the city of Rome in

  1. Megasthenes
  2. Ptolemy
  3. Ibn Said
  4. Marco Polo
  

Question 757 :
The concept of four pillar state was advocated by

  1. Lohia
  2. M.N.Roy
  3. Nehru
  4. Ambedker
  

Question 758 :
Which one of the following statements correctly describes the – Dual Government arrangement made by the East-India Company in Bengal?

  1. Executive and judicial authority were separated
  2. Revenue collection was entrusted to the Deputy Nawab, while military affairs were retained by the Company
  3. Revenue administration and the administration of criminal justice were separated and were with the British and the Nawab respectively
  4. The new arrangement was made to encourage agriculture
  

Question 759 :
Uposatha was practiced —

  1. Jhansi
  2. Bareilly
  3. Arrah (Bihar)
  4. Madras
  

Question 760 :
Jainism was divided into two sects known as:

  1. Kapalika and Kalamukha
  2. Mahayana and Hinayana
  3. Ajivika and Nyaya Vaisesika
  4. Svetambara and Digambara
  

Question 761 :
Lord Mahavira was the last of the Tirthankaras of

  1. Agriculture
  2. Learning
  3. Fighting
  4. Ruling
  

Question 762 :
Which one of the following is not true regarding the Rigvedic God Indra?

  1. Lumbini
  2. Bodh-Gaya
  3. Sarnath
  4. Patna
  

Question 763 :
Name the important work of V.D. Savarkar

  1. Princess
  2. Politics
  3. Freedom struggle
  4. Hindutva1
  

Question 764 :
Who among the following stated that there was no slavery in India?

  1. Madan Mohan Malaviya
  2. Mrs. Annie Besant
  3. Bhagawan Das
  4. Swami Shradhananda
  

Question 765 :
The term used to refer to barren land in the vedic text is —

  1. Svetasvatra upnishad
  2. Chhandogya upnishad
  3. Mundak upnishad
  4. Mandukya upnishad
  

Question 766 :
Consider the following statements: 1) Satavahana rulers persecuted the Buddhists. 2) Pushyamitra Sunga patronised the Buddhists. 3) Shashanka cut off the Bodhi tree at Bodha Gaya. .Which of these statements is/are correct?

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

Question 767 :
Sankara was a ……….. saint.

  1. Mutamid Khan — Alamgirnama
  2. Amir Khusrao — Shahnama
  3. Shah Jahan — Shahjahanama
  4. Iswar Das — Muntkhab-ul-labab
  

Question 768 :
The temple at Konark has a number of columns

  1. Lunar
  2. Solar
  3. Solar lunar
  4. Religious calendar
  

Question 769 :
Consider the following individuals— 1) N. M. Joshi 2) Dewan Chamanlal 3) Shiva Rao 4) V. V. Gin . Which movement amongst the following were all of the above associated with?

  1. Communist Movement
  2. Kisan Sabha Movement
  3. Trade Union Movement
  4. State People’s Movement
  

Question 770 :
Which of the following statements is false with regard to the social conditions in the Gupta period?

  1. Public and personal morality had reached a very low point
  2. The caste system was liberalised
  3. The living standard of the common people was simple but the town life was glamorous and sophisticated
  4. The system of devadasis was in vogue during this period
  

Question 771 :
Who is considered as Timurti (Trinity) of Carnatic Music?

  1. Thyagaraja
  2. Muthuswainiflikshitar
  3. Swati Thininal
  4. Purandaradasa
  

Question 772 :
Under the supervision of which one of the following European trading companies the town of Qasimbazar produced the largest amount of silk yarn during the seventeenth century?

  1. Oudh
  2. Bihar
  3. Bengal
  4. Andhra
  

Question 773 :
The most important effect of the French Revolution was the birth of the

  1. Perundevanar
  2. Kamban
  3. Sundaramurthi
  4. Bharavi
  

Question 774 :
Consider the following pairs Vaishnava saints: Region of strong following - 1) Rananuja - South India - 2) Chaitanya Central India - 3) Vallabhacharya Gujarat and Braj - 4) Ramanand . North India .-.Of these pairs, the correctly matched ones are

  1. Raigarh
  2. Berar
  3. Purendar
  4. Khandesh
  

Question 775 :
The example of non-cultivating owners of land is-

  1. Absentee landlord
  2. Farmers
  3. Peasants
  4. None of the above
  

Question 776 :
A Khilafat Committee was formed under the leadership of Mahammad Ali, __________, Maulana Azad and Hasrat Mohini to organise a Country-wide agitation.

  1. Shaukat Ali
  2. Qutubuddin Ahmad
  3. Shamsuddin Hussain
  4. Mohammed Ali Jinnah
  

Question 777 :
Who wrote Vasavdatta-Nalyadhara?

  1. 1870
  2. 1921
  3. 120
  4. 1942
  

Question 778 :
The Paris Commune fought for

  1. Basava
  2. Lakulisa
  3. Kusika
  4. Gorakhnatha
  

Question 779 :
Chandragupta Maurya spent his last days at

  1. Ujjain
  2. Nalanda
  3. Sravanabelagola
  4. Patna
  

Question 780 :
A new addition to social customs during Rajput age was —

  1. Bimbisara, Ashoka, Dasarath
  2. Prasenjit, Bimbisara, Ajatshatru
  3. Ashoka, Kanishka, Harsha
  4. Ajatshatru, Kalashok, Ashok