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




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 121 :
18th century has been correctly called the

  1. 3rd century AD
  2. 4th century AD
  3. 5th century AD
  4. 6th century AD
  

Question 122 :
Gandhiji started the renowned ‘Dandi March’ from Sabarmati Ashram on the 12th. March, 1930, for breaking the salt laws along with —

  1. Shaukat Ali
  2. Mahatma Gandhi
  3. M.A. Jinnah
  4. None of these
  

Question 123 :
A Pala ruler who was raised to the throne by different sections of people

  1. Cheras
  2. Pallavas
  3. Cholas
  4. Hoysalas
  

Question 124 :
Which of the following factors may bring changes in marriage system?

  1. Traditional values
  2. Customs
  3. Folkways
  4. Modern education
  

Question 125 :
The Paris Commune took place in the year

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

Question 126 :
Which foreign traveller visited Vijaynagar Empire during 1420?

  1. Alhanasius Nikitin
  2. Farishta
  3. Abdur Razzaq
  4. Nicolo-de-Conti
  

Question 127 :
The first Christian missionaries came into India in the?

  1. Yavanaraga Tusaspha
  2. Parnadatta
  3. Pallava suviakha
  4. Vaisya Pushya Gupta
  

Question 128 :
The three methods of land revenue assessment-batai, khet batai and long batai-were related to—

  1. Ghallabakshi
  2. Masaq
  3. Kankut
  4. Zabt
  

Question 129 :
When did China receive Buddhism?

  1. Unknown animal
  2. Well known animal
  3. Sacred animal
  4. Sacrificial animal
  

Question 130 :
Which of the following pairs of dynasties and cognomens used by them is/are correctly matched? 1) Cholas : Rajkesari and Parakesari 2) Pandyas : Satyavakya and Nitimarga 3) Western Gangas : Marvarman and Chadaiyavarman

  1. 1908
  2. 1907
  3. 1909
  4. 1910
  

Question 131 :
Who is the champion of the doctrine of ‘social revolution through human Revolution’?

  1. M.N.Roy
  2. Lohia
  3. Jayaprakash Narayanan
  4. Nehru
  

Question 132 :
Which group of scholars described the Indian post as oriental despotism ?

  1. Indian
  2. colonial
  3. Arab
  4. Cambridge
  

Question 133 :
Among the four dynasties listed below which ones minted coins made of lead? 1) Mauryas 2) Satavahanas 3) Western Kshatrapas 4) Guptas

  1. Manusmriti
  2. Bhagavad-Gita
  3. Ramayana
  4. Yajnavalyakay smriti
  

Question 134 :
Which of the following causes was not responsible for the downfall of Tipu?

  1. He was inferior in financial resources to the English
  2. He was inferior in Man-power to the. English
  3. He was not helped by any Indian rulers
  4. He persecuted the Hindus
  

Question 135 :
Dramas were written in India by 2nd century AD by the greatest poets of India

  1. Ka1idasa
  2. Bhasa
  3. Ashvagosha
  4. Kamban
  

Question 136 :
The earliest Indian coins are not earlier than—

  1. It is the same as pasupasa simokshana one of the principal characteristics of the Pasupata sect
  2. It was the birth place of Lakulisa
  3. It was one of the vratas of the Kapalikas
  4. It was a ritual prescribed for those adhering to the Kalamukha sect
  

Question 137 :
Which of the following is incorrect?

  1. South East-Asia
  2. China
  3. Central Asia
  4. Roman Empire
  

Question 138 :
‘Malfuz’ is a class literature dealing with —

  1. Ahmed Shah Abdali
  2. Safdarjung
  3. Saadat Khan Burhan-ul-Mulk
  4. Zulfiqar Khan
  

Question 139 :
___________ succeeded her as the Prime Minister and led the Janata Party government till 1980.

  1. Morarji Desai
  2. Lalu Prasad Yadav,
  3. Mulayam Singh Yadav
  4. Madhu Dandavate
  

Question 140 :
Who was the Vice President of the International Commission for s History of the Scientific and cultural development set up by UNESCO ?

  1. R. C. Majumdar
  2. Irfan Habib
  3. R. C Dutt
  4. Satish Chandra.
  

Question 141 :
The place were Bhudha was enlightened

  1. Kundagrammam
  2. Deer park
  3. Gaya
  4. none
  

Question 142 :
Under Cholas village administration the land revenue was collected by —

  1. Ur
  2. Mahasabha
  3. Uparika
  4. A Special Dal
  

Question 143 :
The doctrine of Ramarajya was expounded by

  1. Tilak
  2. Gokhale
  3. Gandhiji
  4. Nehru
  

Question 144 :
since its inauguration on 26th January_______, the Constitution India has been successfully guiding the path and progress of India.

  1. 1905
  2. 1915
  3. 1930
  4. India
  

Question 145 :
In the early decades of Maratha rule the most popular unit of Land revenue measurement was —

  1. Gaj
  2. Kathi
  3. Jarib
  4. Janjir
  

Question 146 :
During the First World War, ________joined the central powersagainst Britain.

  1. America
  2. Britain
  3. France
  4. Turkey
  

Question 147 :
The 'logographers' are associated with

  1. Indian Historiography
  2. Cambridge Historiography
  3. Greek Historiography
  4. Nationalist historiography
  

Question 148 :
What was the normal form of government during the Rigvedic age?

  1. Sangapur
  2. Kaimur range
  3. Mirzapur District
  4. Maski
  

Question 149 :
Sultan Balban was devoted to —The French King Louis XVI ruled according toWhich of the following represents the town inhabited by merchants and traders in Chola period?

  1. Kaki
  2. Baba Farid
  3. Khwaja Muin-uddin chisti
  4. Shaikh aulia
  

Question 150 :
Of the four events mentioned below, which one was chronologically the last to take place?

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