UPSC Indian History Gk MCQ Questions And Answers

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151.  Which Jain saint was patronised by Mohammed-bin- Tughluq?
a
  None
b
 Jinaprabha Suri
c
 Hemachandra Suri
d
 Dasturji Mebarji
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Answer : Option B
Explanation :
152.  The religion patronised and propagated by Guptas
a
  Bhagavata
b
 Hinduism
c
 Buddhism
d
 Jainism
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Answer : Option B
Explanation :
153.  Which of the following pairs is correct?
a
  M. F. Hussain – Dream of Shahjehan
b
 Nand Lal – Dandi March
c
 Amrita Shergill – Sunflower
d
 Hyder Asti – Morning
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Answer : Option B
Explanation :
154.  In October 1920, who of the following headed a group of Indians gathered at Tashkent to set up a communist Party of India?
a
  M. N. Roy
b
 P. C. Joshi
c
 M. C. Chagla
d
 H. K. Sarkar
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Answer & Explanation
Answer : Option A
Explanation :
155.  Which pair among the following had the similar views during the national movement?
a
  Mahatma Gandhi and Shaukat Ali
b
 Subrahmaniam Bharati and Bal Gangadhar
c
 Chittaranjan Das and Motilal Nehru
d
 Chittaranjan Das and Rajagopalachari
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Answer & Explanation
Answer : Option C
Explanation :
156.  Gandhiji's 'Champaran Movement' was for
a
  Civil disobedience movement
b
 Solving the problem of the Indigo workers
c
 The security of rights of Harijans
d
 Maintaining the unity of Hindu society
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Answer & Explanation
Answer : Option B
Explanation :
157.  The depiction of which of the following is not characteristic of Mughal paintings?
a
  Court and cultural scenes
b
 Religious scenes
c
 Mythological themes
d
 Scenes of battle
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Answer : Option B
Explanation :
158.  Which Turkish general destroyed the universities of Nalanda and Vikramsila?
a
  Ali Mardan Khalji
b
 Tajuddin Yalduz
c
 Qutubuddin Aibek
d
 Baktiyar Khalji
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Answer : Option D
Explanation :
159.  According to which of the following sources, did Ashoka in his old age abdicate the throne in favour of his grandson Samprati?
a
  Divyavadana
b
 Ashokavadana
c
 Mahavamsa
d
 Gargi-Samhita
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Answer : Option A
Explanation :
160.  With reference to the economic history of medieval India the term 'Araghatta' refers to
a
  Waterwheel used in the irrigation of land
b
 Wasteland converted to cultivated land
c
 Land grants made to military officers
d
 bonded labour
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Answer : Option A
Explanation :
161.  The first venture of Gandhi in all-India politics was the:
a
  Champaran Movement
b
 Rowlatt Satyagraha
c
 Non-Cooperation Movement
d
 Dandi March
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Answer : Option B
Explanation :
162.  During which period, the great epics of Ramayan and Mahabharat were given the final form?
a
  Nanda period
b
 Maurya period
c
 Gupta period
d
 Post Maurya period
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Answer & Explanation
Answer : Option C
Explanation :
163.  Which of the following events is not correct?
a
  Salt Satyagraha-1930
b
 Gandhi-lrwin Pact-1931
c
 Quit India Movement-1941
d
 Simon Commission-1927
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Answer : Option C
Explanation :
164.  Which of the following is not one of the sources from which evidence of IndoRoman trade during the Sangam Age is derived?
a
  Discovery of a Roman hoard at Arikamedu, near Pondicherry
b
 Sangam literature
c
 The accounts of Chinese and Roman travellers
d
 The Roman coins of silver and gold found on the South Indian coast
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Answer & Explanation
Answer : Option C
Explanation :
165.  The Poona Pact which was signed between the British Government and Mahatma Gandhi in 1932 provided for
a
  the creation of dominion status for India
b
 joint electorate with reservation for Harijans
c
 separate electorate for the Harijans
d
 separate electorates for the Muslims
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Answer : Option B
Explanation :
166.  The most important kingdom in deccan and central India after the Mauryas was that of
a
  Satavahanas
b
 Pallavas
c
 Vakatakas
d
 Cholas
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Answer : Option A
Explanation :
167.  Which of the following are true?
a
  Balban did not show any difference in matters of administration of justice between high and low.
b
 He set about a policy of liquidation of the challis or 40 nobles.
c
 Balban did not go for fresh conquests, rather he concentrated on consolidation of the infant state at Delhi.
d
 All of the above
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Answer & Explanation
Answer : Option B
Explanation :
168.  Which of the following statement(s) is/ are found to be correct?
I.Sant Kabir is considered to be nominally a Muslim, although his thoughts were Hindu.
II.Kabir was found and brought up by a Muslim weaver, Meru and his wife Nima, in a liberal environment where he came in contact with both Muslim and Hindu religions.
III.In his early years, Kabir became a disciple of Ramananda and followed the Bhakti Marga (path of devotion).
a
  All are incorrect.
b
 I and II
c
 II and III
d
 I, II and III
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Answer & Explanation
Answer : Option D
Explanation :
169.  The kingdom which was most powerful among the Shodasa Mahajanapadas ?
1. Arrange the following Mahajanpadas moving from west to east in the correct order:
1. Avanti
2.Magadha
3.Matsya
4.Kosala Codes:
a
  Anga
b
 Kosala
c
 Magadha
d
 Vajji
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Answer & Explanation
Answer : Option C
Explanation :
170.  When did the Mauryan ruler, Ashoka, begin to issue edicts?
a
  From the seventeenth year of his reign
b
 Right at the start
c
 From the twelfth year of his reign
d
 From the middle of his reign.
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Answer : Option C
Explanation :
171.  The people of the Indus Valley civilization worshipped
a
  Vishnu
b
 Brahma
c
 Indra and Varuna
d
 Pashupati
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Answer & Explanation
Answer : Option D
Explanation :
172.  The Hindu code bills were passed in
a
  1937
b
 1947
c
 1929
d
 1955-56
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Answer : Option D
Explanation :
173.  Who was the leader of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association, earlier known as the Hindustan Republican Association, which was set up for organising an armed revolution?
a
  Subhas Chandra Bose
b
 Acharya Narendra Dev
c
 S. A. Dange
d
 Chandra Shekhar Azad
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Answer & Explanation
Answer : Option D
Explanation :
174.  Which one of the following is an octagonal tomb?
a
  Tomb of Sikandar Lodi
b
 Tomb of Balban
c
 Tomb of Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
d
 Tomb of Firoz Shah Tughlaq
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Answer & Explanation
Answer : Option A
Explanation :
175.  Of the following, which was not one of the important European-owned plantation industries of the nineteenth century?
a
  Coffee
b
 Tea
c
 Rubber
d
 Indigo
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Answer & Explanation
Answer : Option C
Explanation :

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