General Knowledge Question Answer: History GK Questions and Answers

General Knowledge History Questions, History Quiz for Competitive Exams, Important History MCQs for GK

Q. The 'Chipko Movement' is related to -
1) Forest Conversation
2) Wildlife preservation
3) Scientific agriculture
4) Deforestation

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Q. The rules of Vijayanagar promoted
1) Tamil, Telugu and Sanskrit
2) Hindi, Marathi, and Sanskrit
3) Malayalam, Tamil and Sanskrit
4) Telugu, Urdu and Sanskrit

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Q. Which of the following reform movements was the first to be started in the 19th century?
1) Brahmo Samaj
2) Prarthana Samaj
3) Arya Samaj
4) Rama Krishna Mission

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Q. Arabs were defeated in 738 A.D. by
1) Palas
2) Pratiharas
3) Chalukyas
4) Rashtrakutas

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Q. Who was the first woman President of Indian national Congress?
1) Annie Besant
2) Sarojini Naidu
3) Sucheta Kripalani
4) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

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Q. Which one among the following statements regarding the Eighth five year Plan in India is not correct?
1) The Plan was postponed by two years because of political upheavals at the center.
2) It set before itself the two principal objectives of 'growth with stability' and 'growth with justice'
3) It aimed at high growth of both agriculture and manufacturing sectors
4) Its emphasis was on growth in export and import, improvement in trade and current account deficit

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Q. Which one among the following statements is not correct?
1) The artists of the Amravati School of Arts mainly used white marble
2) Gandhara School of Art owed its origin to the Indo-Greek rulers but the real patrons of the school were the Kushans, especially Kanishka
3) Rich carving, elaborate ornamentation and complex symbolism were not the main features of the Gandhara sculpture
4) The Graeco-Roman architectural impact modified the structure of Buddhist Stupas

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Q. Which one among the following was the major demand of the Bardoli Satyagraha(1928) organised under the leadership of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel?
1) Land to the tiller
2) Increase in the rates of labor wage
3) Supply of agricultural inputs to the farmers at subsidized rate
4) Rollback of newly enhanced revenue rate

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Q. Which one among the following is common to the Treaty of Yandaboo (1826), the Treaty of Salbai (1782) and the Treaty of Gandamak (1879)?
1) with these treaties various Indian powers formed alliances to defeat the British
2) These treaties expedited the spread of Indian culture abroad
3) These treaties gave an essential boost to enhanced trade in South Asia.
4) These treaties enabled the British to control the South Asian powers

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Q. Consider the following statements: 1. Charles Wood's Dispatch of 1854 laid exclusive emphasis on the development of higher education in India and neglected primary and secondary education. 2. The Carlyle Circular issued by R.W. Carlyle sought to check the spread of revolutionary activities in educational institutions. which of the statements given above is/are correct?
1) 2 only
2) 1 only
3) Both 1 and 2
4) Neither 1 nor 2

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