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




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 901 :
Who introduce Buddhism to China?

  1. Huan Tsang
  2. Ashoka
  3. Ajatshatru
  4. Fa-hein
  

Question 902 :
Which one of the following adumbrated principles and constitutional provisions which were later incorporated in the MontaguChelmsford Reforms?

  1. Nehru Report
  2. Wavel Plan
  3. Lucknow Pact
  4. Poona Pact
  

Question 903 :
The principal difference between Buddhism and Jainism hinges upon

  1. value of rituals and superstitions
  2. impact of right action
  3. means towards salvation
  4. role of the Vedas as the religious texts
  

Question 904 :
Which of the following was not responsible for the spread of Buddhism?

  1. Made further rigid
  2. As usual
  3. Further libralised
  4. none of these
  

Question 905 :
What was the name of the father of Gautam Buddha?

  1. Vardhman
  2. Suddhodhana
  3. Siddharth
  4. None of the above
  

Question 906 :
Where did Lord Mahavira the 24th Jain Tirthankar attain Nirvana?

  1. Vaishalli
  2. Pavapuri
  3. Kundalgram
  4. Kapilvastu
  

Question 907 :
Bimbisara was the ruler of

  1. Magadh
  2. Avadh
  3. Kamboja
  4. Gandhara
  

Question 908 :
With which period do we associate the ‘Megaliths’ ?

  1. Sati system
  2. Prostitution
  3. Child marriage
  4. Jauhar
  

Question 909 :
Which one of the following is not matched correctly?

  1. Buddhism
  2. Jainism
  3. Both Buddhism and Jainism
  4. Pasupata
  

Question 910 :
Jinnah’s two nation theory was adopted as the

  1. Lahore Resolution
  2. Karachi Resolution
  3. Dacca Declaration
  4. Bombay resolution
  

Question 911 :
This site was granted to French East-India Company in 1674 by Shaista Khan, a governor under the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, During the Seven Years' 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 outbreak of the American war of Independence (1776—84) it was restored to the French by the Treaty of Pairs ‘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 I15 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 912 :
Thaityas and Viharas' are associated with which of the following religions?

  1. Jainism
  2. Brahminish
  3. Buddhism
  4. Non- Brahmin Hinduism
  

Question 913 :
Which was the earliest text that tried to explain caste system according to ones abilities - inclinations?

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

Question 914 :
The Central Hindu Schoo1 Banaras which served as a nucleus of the Banaras Hindu University was establisl1ed by—

  1. First Anglo-Mysore war
  2. Second Anglo-Mysore war
  3. Third Anglo-Mysore war
  4. Fourth Anglo-Mysore wait
  

Question 915 :
Which of the following archaeologists initially discovered the Mohenjodaro site of Indus Valley Civilisation?

  1. Daya Ram Sahni
  2. Rakhal Das Banerjee
  3. Sir John Marshall
  4. Sir Martimer Wheeler
  

Question 916 :
Which of the following were donated by the term Kutumbin occurring in epigraphical source? 1) Landowners 2) Artisans 3) Kinsmen of rural officials 4) Category of persons sometimes transferred with land

  1. Aparajitaprachchha of Bhuvanadeva
  2. Samaranganasutradhara of Bhojadeva
  3. Prabandhachintamani of Merutunga
  4. Pratipada Panchasika of Bhattasvamin
  

Question 917 :
Which ancient Indian monarch's adviser was Chanakya?

  1. Kaniska
  2. Ashoka
  3. Harshvardhan
  4. Chandragupta Maurya
  

Question 918 :
The Sufis first settled in —

  1. Surat, Calcutta, Bombay, Madras
  2. Surat, Madras, Calcutta, Bombay
  3. Madras, Calcutta, Bombay, Surat
  4. Calcutta, Madras, Surat, Bombay
  

Question 919 :
‘History of human marriage’ was written by-

  1. Malinowski
  2. Westermarck
  3. A.R. Desai
  4. S.C. Dube
  

Question 920 :
Nalanda University was a great centre of learning especially during

  1. Buddhism
  2. Jainism
  3. Vaishnavism
  4. Tantraism
  

Question 921 :
The Vijayanagar rulers are remembered for promoting agriculture by—

  1. Building dams, tanks, wells, etc.
  2. Reducing tax on cultivated land
  3. Providing market facilities for agricultural products
  4. Purchasing food grains for the army
  

Question 922 :
who is the author of Pritvirajavijaya?

  1. Kautilya
  2. Jayanaka
  3. Amarasimha
  4. Kalhana
  

Question 923 :
In which month Quit India Movement of 1942 started ?

  1. January
  2. July
  3. August
  4. December
  

Question 924 :
Chanakya also known by the name of Kautilya was the Prime Minister during the reign of

  1. Ajatasatru
  2. Bimbisara
  3. Chandragupta Maurya
  4. Chandragupta 1
  

Question 925 :
The head of a guild in ancient and early medieval India was called—

  1. Early Vedic texts
  2. Early Buddhist texts
  3. Pre-Gupta inscription
  4. Post-Gupta inscription
  

Question 926 :
......is considerd as the first historcal chronicle of Kerala

  1. Rajatarangini
  2. Harsha charita
  3. Prithvirja vijaya
  4. Mushakavamsa kavya
  

Question 927 :
Ramnath Goenka, the only newspaper owner who stood up to_________, was harassed and he faced a series of troubles at the hands of her government.

  1. Indira Gandhi
  2. JP, George Fernandes,
  3. AB Vajpayee
  4. Indira Gandhi's
  

Question 928 :
In the systems of philosophy created by Indians, we find elements of materialistic philosophy in which of the following systems?

  1. Khwaja Abdus Samad
  2. Syed Au Tabrizi
  3. Basawan
  4. Mansur
  

Question 929 :
The Aryans came from Central Asia to India about

  1. 8000 B.C.
  2. 6500 B.C.
  3. 1500 B.C.
  4. 2000B.C.
  

Question 930 :
William Bentink’s far reaching social reforms were meant to remove evils of society, which of the following was not included in these reforms —

  1. Holding of a referendum in the Northwest Frontier Province
  2. Absorption of the State of Hyderabad with the Indian Union
  3. Summoning of the Simla Conference
  4. The Constitution of the Constituent Assembly