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




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 2011 :
Which among the following languages is not a member of Indo­european category?

  1. English
  2. Italian
  3. German
  4. Tamil
  

Question 2012 :
Gautam Buddha was the founder of

  1. Nawab Alivardi Khan
  2. Nanda Kumar
  3. Siraj-ud-daulah
  4. Shuja-ud-daulah
  

Question 2013 :
Archaeological evidence from Nagal, Katpalon, Dhradheri - Bhagwanpura indicate that the late Harrappans - the Painted Grey- ware using people—

  1. Eyrus
  2. Scylax
  3. Ziathustra
  4. Hamurabi
  

Question 2014 :
Qismat-i- khote in the Delhi Sultanate was

  1. Kanishka
  2. Ashoka
  3. Samudragupta
  4. Harsha
  

Question 2015 :
The enthusiastic efforts of Mr. ____________led to the expansion of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research into a chain of national laboratories spanning a wide spectrum of science, technology, engineering and biomedical sciences.

  1. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar
  2. Vajpayee
  3. Jawaharlal Nehru
  4. Indira Gandhi
  

Question 2016 :
An area which was relatively neglected by the Hindus, but where Muslim writers showed their skill, was —

  1. Goddess Lakshmi on the obverse and his name in Nagari characters on the reverse
  2. Kalima on one side and his name on the other in Arabic characters
  3. His name on the obverse and name of mint and year of minting on the reverse
  4. Zodiac signs on the obverse and his name in persian characters on the reverse
  

Question 2017 :
The author of Kadambari who was also contemporary of Flarsha was—

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

Question 2018 :
The Second International fought against

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

Question 2019 :
Abul Fazal refers in his writings to the —

  1. Sindh
  2. Gujarat
  3. Punjab
  4. Both (a) and (b)
  

Question 2020 :
Mangalore, Parambakkam and Porto Navo were places where Major battles took place during the—

  1. Bukka I
  2. Devaraya I
  3. Krishnadevaraya
  4. Ramaraya
  

Question 2021 :
The name by which Ashoka is generally referred to in his inscriptions is:

  1. Priyadarsi
  2. Dharmadeva
  3. Chakravarti
  4. Dhamiakirti
  

Question 2022 :
Who among the following were the allies of Mir Qasim in the battle of Buxar in 1764?

  1. Muzaffar Jung and Muhammad Khan Bangash
  2. Shuja-ud-Daulah and Muhammad Ali
  3. Shuja-ud-Daulah and Shah Alam II
  4. Shah Alam II and Muhammad Ali
  

Question 2023 :
A public meeting was held on 13th April 1919 at ________in a smallpark enclosed by buildings on all sides to protest against the Rawlatt Act.

  1. Jallianwala Bagh
  2. Uttar Pradesh
  3. Mumbai
  4. Delhi3
  

Question 2024 :
Tipu Sultan was defeated by the British in—

  1. Battle of Wandiwash
  2. Carnatic war
  3. Battle of Buxar
  4. Third Anglo-Mysore war
  

Question 2025 :
‘Uttaramerur’ inscription refers to—

  1. workers day
  2. liberation day
  3. socialist day
  4. capitalist day
  

Question 2026 :
Ajivika sect was founded by

  1. Ajivikas
  2. Kapalika Sect
  3. Charvakas
  4. Sunyavada of Nagaijuna
  

Question 2027 :
Which of the following is correctly matched?

  1. Dr. Tarachand
  2. Dr. Ishwari Prasad
  3. Dr. V.A. Smith
  4. Moreland
  

Question 2028 :
Bahmani Kingdom in South India extinguished in the

  1. Dipavamsa
  2. Lalitvistara
  3. Nitiprakaranam
  4. Sumangala vilisini
  

Question 2029 :
The Indus valley civilization was the first

  1. Mohanjodaro
  2. Harappa
  3. Lothal
  4. Ropar
  

Question 2030 :
_________called on all Congressmen and Indians to maintain discipline via nonviolence and Do or Die in order to achieve ultimate freedom.

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

Question 2031 :
The leader who contacted Mahatma Gandhi in connection with the Peasant Unrest in Bihar at the Lucknow Congress of 1916 was —

  1. Prithvi sukta
  2. Purusha sukta
  3. Taittiriya samhita
  4. Vajasaneyi samhita
  

Question 2032 :
Sangam age literature is in language—

  1. Shiva
  2. Vishnu
  3. Durga
  4. Brahma
  

Question 2033 :
A series of non-violence campaigns of Civil Disobedience Movement were launched by the Indian National Congress under the leadership of______________

  1. Mohammad Ali Jinnah
  2. Sri Aurabindo
  3. Motilal Nehru
  4. Mahatma Gandhi
  

Question 2034 :
here was an administrative unit under the Cholas named Kurram. What did it signify?

  1. A village
  2. A province
  3. A district
  4. A group of villages
  

Question 2035 :
The Central Hindu School at Banaras which served as a nucleus of the Banaras Hindu University was established by—

  1. Madan Mohan Malaviya
  2. Mrs. Annie Besant
  3. Bhagawan Das
  4. Swami Shradhananda
  

Question 2036 :
The Sardeshmukhi of the Marathas was—

  1. A tax levied deshmukhs
  2. A capitation levy r
  3. A share in revenue collected by other authorities
  4. Village lands set aside for the deshmukhs
  

Question 2037 :
The main object of Khilafat Movement was to force the _______Government to change its attitude towards Turkey and to restore the Sultan.

  1. British
  2. Austrian
  3. American
  4. Serbian
  

Question 2038 :
GHG stands for

  1. Green House Grant
  2. Green House Gas
  3. Geographical House Grant
  4. Green Hosting Gear
  

Question 2039 :
Ain­I­Akbari is the ….......... part of Akbar­nama

  1. First
  2. Second
  3. Third
  4. Fourth
  

Question 2040 :
That Bhagavatism first grew up around the Yamuna in Mathura district is evident from the account of—

  1. Hinyana
  2. Mahayana
  3. Vajrayana
  4. Lamaism