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




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 841 :
Which one of following objects of roman manufacture has been most abundantly found in India?

  1. Sangam was held under royal patronage at Madurai.
  2. The didactic works of Sangam Literature are called Kilkanakku
  3. The narrative texts of Sangam Literature are called Melkannakku
  4. None of these
  

Question 842 :
During the Mauryan age ‘bhaga’ was

  1. House Tax
  2. Land Tax
  3. Water Tax
  4. Hiranya
  

Question 843 :
The Indian Association played an important role in arousing national consciousness through the formation of the—

  1. Indian National Congress
  2. Bengal British Indian Society
  3. Indian National Conference
  4. British India Association
  

Question 844 :
Which one of the following di- not happen during the reign of Vijayanagar king Ramaraya

  1. Rock Edict II
  2. Rock Edict XIII
  3. Pillar Edict VII
  4. Minor Rock Edicts
  

Question 845 :
Among the four sites mentioned below, the earliest cultural phase comes from—

  1. Akkad
  2. Agade
  3. Babolon
  4. Iran
  

Question 846 :
The head of a guild in ancient and early medieval India was called—

  1. Vishnu Gupta
  2. Brahma Gupta
  3. Paninu
  4. Aryabhatta
  

Question 847 :
Nishat Garden was built by

  1. Babar
  2. Jehangir
  3. Sher Shah
  4. Shabjehan
  

Question 848 :
Which one of the following vedic tribal assemblies involved in the selection of the tribal chief?

  1. Sabha
  2. Samiti
  3. Vidata
  4. Gana
  

Question 849 :
The French King Louis XVI ruled according to

  1. Foldings of the robe
  2. Depicting the physiognomy
  3. Iconography
  4. Style
  

Question 850 :
Which among the following remained immune from the impact of the invasion of the Greeks on the North-west of India?

  1. Dipavamsa
  2. Mahavamsa
  3. Divyavadana
  4. None of these
  

Question 851 :
Ardashir ruled over the Sassanad Empire in

  1. Bhas
  2. Dandin
  3. Subandhu
  4. Kalidas
  

Question 852 :
‘The Battle of Ten Kings’ was fought on the land—

  1. Andaman Islands
  2. Chhota Nagpur Plateau
  3. Nagaland region
  4. None of the above
  

Question 853 :
Which one of the following was a Buddhist seat which held that constituents of but existed forever in a latent form? phenomena were not wholly momentary,

  1. Sangam period
  2. Pallava period
  3. Chola period
  4. Nayaka period
  

Question 854 :
The expression anyavrata (following other practices) is used in the Rigveda with reference to the—

  1. Only Brahman girls
  2. Brahman - Kshatriya girls
  3. Brahman, Kshatriya - Vaisya girls
  4. Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaisya - Shudra girls
  

Question 855 :
The firebrand trade union leader __________had successfully organised an all India Railways strike bringing the public transport and economy to a halt.

  1. George Fernandes
  2. Fakruddin Ali Ahmed
  3. Jaya Prakash Narayan
  4. AKG
  

Question 856 :
During the later Vedic age the centre of Aryan civilization was —

  1. Jhum
  2. Meglithis
  3. Totem
  4. Microliths
  

Question 857 :
The first translator of Mahabharata into Tamil was —

  1. 10th May
  2. 11th May
  3. 12th May
  4. 13th May
  

Question 858 :
Nagarjuna’s Shunyavada is expounded in—

  1. Yogachara
  2. Vaibhashika
  3. Madhyamika
  4. Sautrantilca
  

Question 859 :
Sufi Saints and the saints of Hindu Bhakti movements differed on —

  1. Chaitanya
  2. Kabir
  3. Nanak
  4. None of these
  

Question 860 :
_______.is a specifically delineated duty-free enclave and shall be deemed to be foreign territory for the purposes of trade operations and duties and tariffs.

  1. SEZ
  2. Liberalization
  3. Privatization
  4. Privatization
  

Question 861 :
Ashtaelic Gajangals were present in the courts of —

  1. Pictographic
  2. Phonetic
  3. Wedged shaped
  4. Calligraphic
  

Question 862 :
About the 5th century B. C. the Indian satrapy was paying an annual tribute of 320 talent of gold to—

  1. About 44 lakhs
  2. About 48 lakhs
  3. About 52 lakhs
  4. About 55 lakhs
  

Question 863 :
Consider the following events:- 1) Hunter Commission- 2) Charles Wood’s Despatch- 3) Sadler Commission- 4) Raleigh Commission - Their correct chronological sequence is

  1. 1900
  2. 1902
  3. 1904
  4. 1906
  

Question 864 :
The tools and weapons of Harappan civilisation were mostly made of

  1. stone only
  2. stone and copper
  3. copper bronze and iron
  4. copper tin and bronze
  

Question 865 :
The Rigvedic god of thunder was —

  1. Both the sides of Yamuna
  2. The land between 3anga - Yamuna
  3. Eastern Uttar Pradesh
  4. Punjab
  

Question 866 :
Arrange in Chronological order— 1) Harshavardhana 2) Chandragupta Vikramaditya 3) Samudragupta 4) Chandragupta Maurya

  1. Narmada river
  2. Ganga
  3. Indus
  4. Saraswati
  

Question 867 :
The Egyptian calendar was a

  1. Vasumitra
  2. Nagarjuna
  3. Bhasa
  4. Asvagbosa
  

Question 868 :
On the banks of which river did Alexander fight Porus?

  1. Sutlej
  2. Ravi
  3. Jhelum
  4. Chenab
  

Question 869 :
The Puranas arein number.

  1. 18
  2. 25
  3. 52
  4. 108
  

Question 870 :
General Windham was defeated by the rebel forces in 1857 near—

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