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




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 211 :
The first railway engine designed. by George Stephenson was put on rails in England in—

  1. 1816
  2. 1815
  3. 1814
  4. 1813
  

Question 212 :
The Government of India Act of 1919 clearly defined the—

  1. Abdus-Samad of Shiraz
  2. Faruq Qalmaq
  3. Mir Sayyad Ali of Tabrez
  4. Miskin
  

Question 213 :
Who wrote Tarikh-ul-Hind?

  1. Hewanted to join the Congress Party and become its President.
  2. He was not satisfied with the constitutional reforms introduced by the Govt. of India Act, 1919.
  3. His heart lay torn with anguish over the atrocities of the British government in Pun- jab especially the massacre of innocent people by Dyer at Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
  4. He wished to participate in the Satyagraha movement started by Mahatma Gandhi.
  

Question 214 :
The Britishers did export inainly from India to Britain—

  1. Cotton and Iron
  2. Cotton, Spin and wool
  3. Cotton and wool
  4. Cotton and food grains
  

Question 215 :
Community Development Project' was initiated in the year—

  1. 1951 A.D.
  2. 1952A.D.
  3. 1954AD.
  4. 1956A.D.
  

Question 216 :
Service was his portion in life'. This was applicable to —

  1. Buddhist Bhikshu
  2. Vaisya Varna
  3. Sudra Varna
  4. Chandala
  

Question 217 :
The Uprising of 1857 was described as the first-Indian war of independence by—

  1. Ahmed Shah Abdali
  2. Safdarjung
  3. Saadat Khan Burhan-ul-Mulk
  4. Zulfiqar Khan
  

Question 218 :
In_________, the Atomic Energy Act was passed and the Department of Atomic Energy was directly under his charge was created.

  1. 1908
  2. 1938
  3. 1945
  4. Vajpayee5
  

Question 219 :
Who are the subaltern?

  1. Any people with hegemonic power
  2. Any person of South Asian descent
  3. People relegated to inferior rank or status
  4. Historians
  

Question 220 :
Historical writings of vamsa charitas were started in which century ?

  1. Seventh century
  2. Eighth century
  3. Tenth century
  4. Ninth century
  

Question 221 :
Who regarded the villages as the centre of Indian economic organization?

  1. Gandhiji
  2. Vivekananda
  3. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
  4. Thilak
  

Question 222 :
Kaivalya means—

  1. Square
  2. Round
  3. Cylindrical
  4. Oval
  

Question 223 :
The ancient name of Assam is?

  1. Pawa
  2. Kammp
  3. Pippalivan
  4. Ramgram
  

Question 224 :
Common territory is a feature of-

  1. SC
  2. ST
  3. OBC
  4. All of the above
  

Question 225 :
The economic policy of the British in India was to—

  1. Pasupatas
  2. Jainas
  3. Buddha’s
  4. Bhagavatas
  

Question 226 :
Sakas were finally overthrown by:

  1. C. R Reddi : Praja Mitra Mandali
  2. Jyotiba Phule : Satya Shodak Samaj
  3. B.R. Ambedkar : All India Depressed classes Association
  4. Dr. Atmaram : Prarthana Samaj
  

Question 227 :
The immediate cause which led to the launching of the Non-co-operation Movement was the —

  1. French Revolution
  2. American War of Independence
  3. Latin American Revolution
  4. Central American Revolution
  

Question 228 :
The author of 'Indian Mussalmans' is?

  1. W. W. Hunter
  2. Sir Aga Khan
  3. Atulanand Chakravarti
  4. Rizaul Karim
  

Question 229 :
Alexander the great defeated Porus in the year

  1. Pottery
  2. Porelain
  3. china-bone-glazed
  4. Lily china
  

Question 230 :
Name the political leader who supported two nation theory

  1. Gandhiji
  2. Gokhale
  3. Jinnah
  4. Tilak
  

Question 231 :
King Piyadassi referred to in some ancient Indian inscriptions is identified with

  1. Samudragupta
  2. Chandragupta Maurya
  3. Bimbisara
  4. Ashoka
  

Question 232 :
Prussia was the strongest state of Germany before the unification was dominated by the

  1. monarchs
  2. landlords (Junkers)
  3. lords
  4. industrialists
  

Question 233 :
Caste is not a/an-

  1. Endogamous system
  2. Hereditary system
  3. Hierarchical system
  4. Exogamous system
  

Question 234 :
Which writer (s) blame Gandhiji for paralyzing and demoralizing the Non-co-operation Movement?

  1. British Indian Army
  2. British Indian Administration
  3. British Indian Navy
  4. All of the above
  

Question 235 :
Krishnadevaraya was the ruler of

  1. Cuttack
  2. Balasore
  3. Calcutta
  4. Kushinagar
  

Question 236 :
Nagarjuna Stupa was constructed during the age of?

  1. Buddha
  2. Maurya
  3. Gupta
  4. Post Gupta
  

Question 237 :
Which one of the following pairs of ancient ports - places of their location is correctly matched?

  1. Only republican states •
  2. Only monarchical states
  3. Both monarchical - republican states
  4. None of these
  

Question 238 :
On June 25, ___________prime minister Indira Gandhi imposed Emergency in India citing grave threat to her government and sovereignty of the country fromboth internal and external forces.

  1. 1955
  2. 1965
  3. 1968
  4. Manmohan Singh
  

Question 239 :
Which of the following features are associated with the architecture of Tughlaq period? - 1) Sloping walls - 2) Deliberate attempt to combine the principles of the arch and the lintel and beam in the buildings. - 3) Placing the buildings especially the tombs on a high platform.

  1. 1 only
  2. 1 and3
  3. 2 and 3
  4. 1 and 2
  

Question 240 :
On 9th of August, 1942, Mahatma Gandhi and the entire Congress Working Committee were arrested in________

  1. UP
  2. Delhi
  3. Ahmedabad
  4. Mumbai