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




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 151 :
Which of the following is incorrect?

  1. Daimabad
  2. Brahamgiri
  3. Inamgaon
  4. Nasik
  

Question 152 :
Zeliongrong Movement was organized in—

  1. Napoleonic code
  2. French laws
  3. Europeon laws
  4. Prussian laws
  

Question 153 :
Which one of the following was a new cash crop introduced in India during the 17th century?

  1. Indigo
  2. Red chilly
  3. Groundnut
  4. Tobacco
  

Question 154 :
The Mughal emperor who issued a firman to the English East-India Company in 1717 to trade freely in Bengal was —

  1. Bahadur Shah
  2. Shah Alam
  3. Farrukh Siyar
  4. Jahandar Shah
  

Question 155 :
‘Navniketanam’ is a treatise on—

  1. Delhi
  2. Lucknow
  3. Aligarh
  4. Deoband
  

Question 156 :
Hammurabi was the greatest king of

  1. Buddhism
  2. Jainism
  3. Hinduism
  4. Sikhism
  

Question 157 :
The Philosophy of the Gita is—

  1. Writing
  2. Orally
  3. Memorizing
  4. Singing
  

Question 158 :
Marathi Chronicles were known as—

  1. 1 - 2
  2. 2 - 3
  3. 1, 2 - 3
  4. None
  

Question 159 :
Who was elected as President of the All India Khilafat Conference in 1919?

  1. Motilal Nehru
  2. Madan Mohan Malviya
  3. Jayakar
  4. Vitthal Bhai Patel
  

Question 160 :
Lumbini the place at which Bhudha was born is located in

  1. Nepal.
  2. Bihar
  3. Sikkim
  4. West Bengal
  

Question 161 :
The god of war of the Rigvedic Aryans was

  1. Varuna
  2. Indra
  3. Mitra
  4. Rudra
  

Question 162 :
Which one of the following place has yielded archaeological evidence regarding pit dwellings?

  1. Eight great poets of his court.
  2. eight great ministers in his court
  3. eight elephants placed at eight corners of his capital.
  4. eight great scholars of his kingdom
  

Question 163 :
Malacca cannot live without Cambay, or Cambay without Malacca, if they are to be very rich and very prosperous.' This comment was made in the context of Asian trade by—

  1. Tome Pires
  2. Linschoten
  3. Varthemea
  4. Barbosa
  

Question 164 :
The Cabinet Delegation consisted of —

  1. Chera : Karikaia
  2. Chola : Simuka
  3. Pandya : Nedunchezhian
  4. Satavahana : Senguttuvan
  

Question 165 :
Chinese script was

  1. Science
  2. Medicine
  3. Surgery
  4. Astronomy
  

Question 166 :
Temples at all the following places are well known for their erotic sculpture except

  1. Konark
  2. Khajurah
  3. Madurai
  4. Halebid and Belur
  

Question 167 :
The Bengal Nawab who collected revenue directly from the ryots thought his agents called ijaradars was —

  1. Aliwardi Khan
  2. Murshid Quli Khan
  3. Shujauddin
  4. Sarfaraz Khan
  

Question 168 :
Which is the oldest known civilization in India?

  1. Vedic
  2. Eipc
  3. Puranic
  4. Indus Valley
  

Question 169 :
An Important character of the Chola empire was —

  1. Trade with S. E. Asia
  2. Local self-govemment
  3. Elected monarchs
  4. Conquerred the whole of cyclon
  

Question 170 :
The fourth Buddhist council held under the patronage of emperor Kanishka in Kashmir was presided over by—

  1. Draw by lots
  2. Village revenue
  3. Devdasi system
  4. Sangam
  

Question 171 :
Savarkar was born in

  1. 1885
  2. 1883
  3. 1888
  4. 1870
  

Question 172 :
The sung rulers were followers of—

  1. The Sutiga period
  2. The Kushana period
  3. The Gupta period
  4. The early medieval period
  

Question 173 :
Which of the following is not correct about Mahavira?

  1. Vraja
  2. Kulya
  3. Suyavas
  4. Khilva
  

Question 174 :
Defence organization was set up in 1948, on advice ________for the scientific evolution of weapons and equipment, operational research and special studies.

  1. Prof. P.M.S Blackett
  2. Vajpayee
  3. Jawaharlal Nehru
  4. 1958
  

Question 175 :
Which one of the following was well known for the production of indigo during the seventeenth century?

  1. Balasore
  2. Kalpi
  3. Lahore
  4. Sarkhej
  

Question 176 :
In 1906 the All India Muslim League was founded under the leadership of the—

  1. Aga Khan
  2. Nawab of Dhaka
  3. Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk
  4. All the above
  

Question 177 :
The key person behind the Constitution of India was_________

  1. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
  2. Jawaharlal Nehru
  3. Mahatma Gandhi
  4. 512
  

Question 178 :
The first major inscription in classical Sanskrit is that of:

  1. Chandragupta Vikramaditya
  2. Kanishka I
  3. Rudradaman
  4. Samudragupta
  

Question 179 :
The name of Ekanta Ramayya is associated with—

  1. 1 - 2
  2. 1, 2 - 4
  3. 2, 3 - 4
  4. 3 - 4
  

Question 180 :
Which one of the following important trade centers of ancient India was on the trade route connecting Kalyana with Vengi?

  1. Tagara
  2. Sripura
  3. Tripuri
  4. Tamralipti