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




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 2041 :
In the Mughal administration, Muhtasib was —

  1. ¼
  2. 1/3
  3. 1/11
  4. 1/6
  

Question 2042 :
Mesopotamians had the best system of

  1. The caste system
  2. The Vedas
  3. Good old rituals
  4. Supremacy of Brahmins
  

Question 2043 :
The first battle of the American War of Independence took place in the year

  1. 1776, 4 July
  2. 1778, 14 August
  3. 1776, 28 July
  4. 1789, 14 July
  

Question 2044 :
The spiritual leader associated with the founding of Vijayanagara kingdom was

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

Question 2045 :
The Neolithic Age dates bark to—

  1. Agricultural labor
  2. Working in guilds
  3. Domestic service in Households
  4. Settlement in newly cleared areas
  

Question 2046 :
The tenure of the Lok Sabha is ____________ years.

  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 4
  4. 25
  

Question 2047 :
Harihara and Bukka, the founders of the Vijayanagara kingdom shaped the course of their conduct on the advice of

  1. Madurai
  2. Hampi
  3. Dwarasamudra
  4. Warangal
  

Question 2048 :
The treaty of Srirangpattnam was signed between the British and—

  1. Haider Ali
  2. Tipu Sultan
  3. Dupllix
  4. Nanjaraj
  

Question 2049 :
Ibrahim Khan Gardi was an important military officers of—

  1. Haider Ali
  2. Ahamadshah Durrani
  3. Peshwa Balaji Baji Rao
  4. Raja Suraj Mal
  

Question 2050 :
The term Nirgrantha is associated with—

  1. Chambal
  2. Ganga
  3. Yumuna
  4. Godavari
  

Question 2051 :
SNDP Yogam was formed in the year

  1. 1903
  2. 1896
  3. 1908
  4. 1914
  

Question 2052 :
In which of the following areas was the Mahalwari system introduced by the English?

  1. North-west provinces
  2. The Gangetic valley
  3. The parts of central India and Punjab
  4. All of the above
  

Question 2053 :
The drain of Wealth from Bengal began in—

  1. Tabaqat-i-Akbari
  2. Ain-i-Akbari
  3. Tuhfah-i-Akbarshahi
  4. Badshahnama
  

Question 2054 :
At which place the All India Khilafat Conference was held in 1919?

  1. Vinoba Bhave
  2. Sundar Lal Bahuguna
  3. Jawahar Lal Nehru
  4. Acharya Kriplani
  

Question 2055 :
Which one of the following European trading groups first established its factory at Surat?

  1. The Portuguese
  2. The Dutch
  3. The ‘English
  4. The French
  

Question 2056 :
From the scattered skeletal remains of the Harappans found at different sites, the most appropriate conclusion to be drawn would be that there was :

  1. Mass execution
  2. Casual burial of human bodies
  3. Some kind of military assault
  4. Great epidemic
  

Question 2057 :
Which author translated Bhagawad Gita from Sanskrit to Persian ?

  1. Bana
  2. Abul Fazl
  3. Dara Shikoh
  4. Vyasa
  

Question 2058 :
Consider the following passage: His records proclaim him as a feudatory of the emperor Somesvara II. He had his capitals at Talakad in the South and Bankapura in the North. It was in A. D. 1137 that he performed the great ceremony of Tulapursha. The above passage refers to—

  1. Damodar Chapekar
  2. Barindra Ghosh
  3. Jatindranath Banerjee
  4. Prafulla Chaki
  

Question 2059 :
Which of the Vedas is partly in verse and partly in prose?

  1. Rig
  2. Sama
  3. Yajur
  4. Atharva
  

Question 2060 :
Yadu - Turvasu referred to the Rigveda were —

  1. Brahmana
  2. Kshatriya
  3. Vaisya
  4. None of these
  

Question 2061 :
Which of the following are characteristics ascribed to Buddhism? - 1) Rejection of the authority of the Vedas - 2) Emphasis on the role of the individual - 3) Belief in the categories of Jiva and Ajiva - 4) Choose of Prakriti and Purusha - Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

  1. Banabhatta
  2. Mayur
  3. Divakar
  4. Jayasena
  

Question 2062 :
The well known literature of Iran was written by

  1. 1930
  2. 1940
  3. 1950
  4. 1960
  

Question 2063 :
Aurangzeb face toughest opposition from—

  1. An epic poem
  2. A work on poetics
  3. A play
  4. A work on Buddhist epistemology
  

Question 2064 :
Mira-Bai, the most popular female saint of medieval India, believed in the worship of —

  1. Col. Smith
  2. Col. Mitchell
  3. General Hearsay
  4. Lieutenant Baugh
  

Question 2065 :
The Huns (barbarians) attacked India in

  1. Hanging
  2. Drinking poison
  3. Shot dead
  4. None of the above
  

Question 2066 :
Sculptures of the Gandhara School reflect the influence of the

  1. Greeks
  2. Chinese
  3. Romans
  4. Persians