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




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 1921 :
Thervada is a branch associated with

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

Question 1922 :
Which of the following were the social classes which emerged as a result of the economic and administrative changes between 1765 to 1856?

  1. Kunwar Singh
  2. Nana Saheb
  3. Tantya Tope
  4. Rani Laxmibai of Jhansi
  

Question 1923 :
The British East India Company became Zamindar in Bengal after renting the village of—

  1. Matriarchal
  2. Patriarcha1
  3. Rigid
  4. Narrow
  

Question 1924 :
Who were the most popular Sufis?

  1. The Chalukayas
  2. The Rashtrakutas
  3. The Pahallavas
  4. The Cholas
  

Question 1925 :
Raj Ballabh, Ghasiti Begam, Shaukat Jung were the arch foes of—

  1. Alivardi .Khan
  2. Siraj-ud-daulah
  3. Mir Qasim
  4. Nanda Kumar
  

Question 1926 :
The Emergency draft was hurriedly sent to the President of India ________ who signed it immediately.

  1. Fakruddin Ali Ahmed
  2. George Fernandes
  3. Dr.Rajendra Prasad
  4. EMS
  

Question 1927 :
Subaltern studies first appeared as a revision of the historical narratives of which country?

  1. Afghanistan
  2. Vietnam
  3. India
  4. Chile
  

Question 1928 :
William Digbey, a British Writer had calculated that the number of who died during famines from 1854 to 1901 was almost over—

  1. 28825000
  2. 30575000
  3. 32853000
  4. 305500
  

Question 1929 :
As part of the Civil Disobedience Movement there was defiance of forest laws in—

  1. the monarchy
  2. socialism
  3. revolutionaries
  4. kingship
  

Question 1930 :
The Kheda Satyagraha and Champaran agitation in 1918 was one of_________.first significant steps to achieve Indian independence.

  1. Rabindranath Tagore’s
  2. Gandhiji
  3. Motilal Nehru’s
  4. Mohammed Ali Jinnah’s
  

Question 1931 :
The founder of the autonomous kingdom of Avadh was—

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

Question 1932 :
Who is the author of the book An Introduction to the Study of History ?

  1. D.D.Kosambi
  2. R.S.Sharma
  3. Romila Thapar
  4. James Mill.
  

Question 1933 :
Which of the following officers held the office of minister under the Mughals?

  1. Akbar
  2. Aurangazeb
  3. Nadirshah
  4. Shah Jahan
  

Question 1934 :
Buddha preached acceptance of existence of four noble truths (Aryasatyas) which were?

  1. 3 million
  2. 2 million
  3. 1 million
  4. 4 million
  

Question 1935 :
‘Manusmriti’ regards the reign lying between -the rivers Sarasvati and Drishadwati as—

  1. Kaveripattanam
  2. Muzisir
  3. Korkai
  4. Tandai
  

Question 1936 :
Which one of the following is not matched correctly?

  1. Amri
  2. Surkotda
  3. Lothal
  4. Kalibanga
  

Question 1937 :
The fundamental principles of Pancha shila were laid down in the year;

  1. 1961
  2. 1955
  3. 1954
  4. 1950
  

Question 1938 :
______.visited Malabar in 1921, giving a further impetus to the Khilafat movement.

  1. Gandhiji
  2. Motilal Nehru
  3. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  4. Sri Aurobindo
  

Question 1939 :
The First census in India was held in—

  1. 1861
  2. 1871
  3. 1881
  4. 1891
  

Question 1940 :
Megasthenese was succeeded as ambassador to the Mauryan court by—

  1. workers rights
  2. landlords rights
  3. industrialists rights
  4. people rights
  

Question 1941 :
The four varnas are mentioned for the first time in the—

  1. The people were not settled permanently in one locality
  2. The expenditure of the government was low
  3. The king was not considered as the proprietor of the land
  4. The people were not accustomed to paying land tax
  

Question 1942 :
The British Governor General , who formulated the policy of Subsidiary Alliance with regard to Indian powers was

  1. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
  2. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
  3. Mahatma Gandhi
  4. Annie Besant
  

Question 1943 :
Who among the following defined a sovereign or sovereignty as farr-i izdi in contrast to the concept of zil al-Allah?

  1. 1853
  2. 1858
  3. 1861
  4. 1892
  

Question 1944 :
Who separated centre state finance?

  1. age of rationalism
  2. age of reason
  3. age of positive thinking
  4. age of experimentation
  

Question 1945 :
Gandhiji came back to India from South Africa, in the year_.

  1. 1914
  2. 1915
  3. 1916
  4. 1917
  

Question 1946 :
Under the farsighted leadership of _________the nation, the government and the public leaders became committed to the promotion of science and technology.

  1. Nehru,
  2. Narasimha Rao
  3. Prof. P.M.S Blackett
  4. 1948
  

Question 1947 :
Which one of the following is a commentary on the Digha Nikaya?

  1. Pallavas
  2. Rashtrakutas
  3. Chalukyas
  4. Cholas
  

Question 1948 :
_________. was the main architect of first green revolution of India listed fivecomponents of Agricultural renewal?

  1. Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
  2. Lalu Prasad Yadav,
  3. Mulayam Singh Yadav
  4. Utopian Socialism
  

Question 1949 :
In which book did, Dadabhai Nauroji presents his ‘Drain of wealth theory’?

  1. Poverty and un-British rule in India
  2. Economic problems of India ‘
  3. British Rule and its consequences
  4. None of these
  

Question 1950 :
The speed with which the Khilafat agitation spread, especially in the_______and Valluvanad taluks in Malabar, created alarm in official circles.

  1. Eranad
  2. Tellicherry
  3. Kannur
  4. Edappal