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




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 1801 :
Gopis (cowherd girls) became an important part of the Krishna legend in art and literature in—

  1. Two
  2. Four
  3. Six
  4. Eight
  

Question 1802 :
Who among the following was called as ‘Father of Indian Renaissance’?

  1. B. G. Tilak
  2. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
  3. Lala Lajpat Rai
  4. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
  

Question 1803 :
The most important source of information for the municipal administrative system of the city of Pataliputra in the Mauryan empire is —

  1. Alauddin Khalji
  2. Balban
  3. Feroze Shah Tughlaq
  4. Sikandar Lodi
  

Question 1804 :
There is evidence of the proto-Australoid, the mediterranean, alpine and Mongoloid in the skeletal remains at—

  1. 6000-3000 B.C.
  2. 4000—3000 B.C.
  3. 5000—3000 B.C.
  4. 3000-1000 B.C.
  

Question 1805 :
Which of the following is/are true regarding Buddhism? 1) It did not reject Varna - Jati 2) It challenged highest social ranking of Brahmana Varna. 3) It regarded certain crafts as low . Choose the correct answer from the codes given below—

  1. Right speech, right action, right exertion, right mindedness
  2. Right meditation, right resolution, right view - right means livelihood
  3. Dukham (Misery) Dukh samudaya (thirst, attachment etc.) Nirodha (end of worldly existence) - Marga (Patha)
  4. All of above
  

Question 1806 :
Irani System of ‘Sajda’ was started by?

  1. Balban
  2. Razia
  3. Iltutmish
  4. Mohammed Tughlaq
  

Question 1807 :
Non Cooperation Movement started in:

  1. Bombay
  2. Delhi
  3. Madras
  4. Calcutta
  

Question 1808 :
The founder of the autonomous kingdom of Avadh was—

  1. Calcutta
  2. Madras
  3. Visakhapatanam
  4. Bombay
  

Question 1809 :
Which one of the following statement is correct?

  1. The Indian Independence Act, 1947 gave unlimited powers to the Constitution Assembly of each Dominion to frame and adopt any Constitution and to repeal any act of the British Parliament
  2. The Indian Independence Act, 1947 came into force on the 15th August, 1947
  3. The Indian Independence Act, 1947 provided that the district of Silhet in Assam would form part of India
  4. The Indian Independence Act, 1947 made it mandatory that the Constituent Assemblies of India and Pakish should consist of members directly exected by the people
  

Question 1810 :
Which one of the following inscriptions provides the earliest epigraphical evidence regarding sati?

  1. Situ
  2. Kharvataka
  3. Khilakshetra
  4. Sitadhyaksha
  

Question 1811 :
The Montague-Chelmsford Reforms of __________ had brought a large scale discontentment among the people of India.

  1. 1909
  2. 1911
  3. 1916
  4. Sardar Vallabhai Patel
  

Question 1812 :
Who wrote ‘Vasavadatta’?

  1. 650 BC
  2. 750 BC
  3. 850 BC
  4. 950 BC
  

Question 1813 :
One of the most important kings who followed Buddhism

  1. Chandra Gupta
  2. Ashoka
  3. Bindusara
  4. None
  

Question 1814 :
Since___________., the Indian economy has pursued free market liberalisation , greater openness in trade and increase investment in infrastructure.

  1. 1961
  2. 1971
  3. 1981
  4. Sharad Yadav
  

Question 1815 :
Which of the following terms mentioned in early sources denoted land measure? 1) Nivartana 2) Kulyavapa 3) Dronavapa 4) Rathya . Choose the correct answer from the codes given below —

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

Question 1816 :
Consider the following individuals — 1) N.M. Joshi 2) Dewan Chamanlal 3) Shiva Rao 4) V.V. Giri . Which movement amongst the following, were all of the above associated with?

  1. Writing books and articles on the subject
  2. Publishing newspapers for articulating their views
  3. Forming societies, associations and organisations to voice their grievances
  4. Resorting to armed resistance
  

Question 1817 :
The main effect of the American War of Independence was

  1. establishment of a republic
  2. democracy
  3. socialism
  4. capitalism
  

Question 1818 :
Which one of the following events immediately followed the Revolt of the Sepoys in 1857?

  1. The regulating Act of 1773
  2. Pitt’s India Act of 14
  3. The Charter Act of 1813
  4. The Charter Act of 1833
  

Question 1819 :
The first international introduced

  1. socialism
  2. communalism
  3. democracy
  4. dictatorship
  

Question 1820 :
Who among the following was not a member of the Congress Socialist Party although he encouraged and blessed its formation?

  1. Painted pots
  2. Textiles from Kamarupa
  3. Canvas for Paintings
  4. Wall Paintings
  

Question 1821 :
To which Sufi did the famous saint of Bihar, Makhdum Shrouding Maneri belong?

  1. stressed the rigidities of traditional rituals.
  2. opposed the practice of image worship.
  3. preached personal devotion of God as a means of salvation.
  4. advocated the austerities preached by the Buddhists and Jams.
  

Question 1822 :
Which of the following is incorrect?

  1. Khan Bahadur Khan
  2. Maulavi Ahmadullah
  3. Kunwar Singh
  4. Rao Sahib
  

Question 1823 :
Which Magadhan ruler is known as Amitrochates ?

  1. Samudragupta
  2. Bindusara
  3. Asoka
  4. Chandragupta
  

Question 1824 :
Which of the following Acts was described by Jawaharlal Nehru as ‘Charter of Slavery’?

  1. Ripon
  2. Curzon
  3. Minto
  4. Lansdowne
  

Question 1825 :
The economic liberalisation in India denotes the continuing financial reforms which began since July 24, _____________

  1. 1961
  2. 1971
  3. 1981
  4. Sardar Patel
  

Question 1826 :
Which one of the following places is known as its monumental temple architecture?

  1. l793
  2. 1794
  3. 1795
  4. 1799
  

Question 1827 :
The chief ideas of worship during the Rajput age were —

  1. Ram and Krishna
  2. Vishnu and Shiva
  3. Brahma and Sun
  4. Brahma and Ganesha
  

Question 1828 :
Mathematics was treated as a distinct subject by—

  1. 1937
  2. 1938
  3. 1939
  4. Both (b) - (c)
  

Question 1829 :
Vedic Math was highly developed and had the knowledge of an important theorem

  1. Lagash
  2. Ur
  3. Eridu
  4. Akkad
  

Question 1830 :
The core of the middle class, which emerged in Bengal, was of—

  1. Zamindars
  2. Bankers
  3. Merchants
  4. None of these