R4RIN – MCQs, Mock Tests | History GK HISTORY MCQ QUESTION SET 4

Which committee had first of all recommended three-tier Panchayati Raj in India in 1957?

1. Ashok Mehta Committee
2. Balwant Rai Committee
3. Setalwad Committee
4. Hanumantayaa Committee

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The constitution of India mandates that the elections of the Panchayati Raj should be held regularly after a gap of

1. 2 years
2. 3 years
3. 4 years
4. 5 years

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Who was the president of the committee on whose recommendation was the Panchayati Raj established in India?

1. Jeevraj Mehta
2. Balwant Rai Mehta
3. Ashok Mehta
4. Dr. Iqbal Narayan

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The programme announced by the prime minister for the minorities in India is called

1. Antodaya Programme
2. 15 Point Programme
3. 20 Point Programme
4. Prime Minister Rozgar Yojna

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The Ashok Mehta Committee laid greater emphasis on

1. Zila Parishad
2. Taluka panchayat samiti
3. Mandal Sabha
4. Gram sabha

✅ Correct Answer: 3

When was the panchayati Raj System introduced in India?

1. 1945
2. 1950
3. 1959
4. 1962

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which one of the following states started the panchayati Raj institution soon after the 73rd Constitutional Amendment act was passed?

1. Orissa
2. West Bengal
3. Bihar
4. Karnataka

✅ Correct Answer: 4

If a Panchayat is dissolved, elections are to be held within

1. One month
2. Three months
3. Six months
4. One year

✅ Correct Answer: 3

After elections, vote of no-confidence against the sarpanch can be proposed only after

1. 3 months
2. 6 months
3. 1 year
4. 2 years

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Panchayati Raj is based on the principles of

1. Deconcentration
2. Democratic centralization
3. Democratic decentralization
4. Decentralization

✅ Correct Answer: 4

When was founded the Indian Association?

1. 1876
2. 1884
3. 1887
4. 1890

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Where was the first session of Indian National Congress held?

1. Allahabad
2. Ahmedabad
3. Bombay
4. Calcutta

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The partition of Bengal came into effect on

1. 15th August 1905
2. 15th September 1905
3. 15th October 1905
4. 15th November 1905

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Who was the first Indian to become member of the British Parliament?

1. Dadabhai Naoroji
2. D.N. Wacha
3. W.C. Bannerjee
4. Badruddin Tayabji

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Who is the exponent of theory of economic drain of India during the British rule?

1. Ram Manohar Lohiya
2. Jai Prakash Narayan
3. M.N. Roy
4. Dadabhai Naoroji

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The partition of Bengal (1905) was annulled by the

1. Indian Councils Act of 1909
2. Chelmsford- Montague Report, 1919
3. Government of India Act, 1935
4. Proclamation of Delhi Durbar in 1911

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The most important organization of the pre-congress nationalist organizations was the

1. Indian Association of Calcutta
2. Young Bengal Association
3. East India Association
4. Bengal British India Society

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Who among the following, rejected the title of Knight hood and refused to accept a position in the council of the Secretary of State for India?

1. B.G. Tilak
2. G.K.Gokhale
3. Motilal Nehru
4. M.G. Ranade

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Jiatrang Movement started in

1. Mijoram
2. Manipur
3. Tripura
4. Nagaland

✅ Correct Answer: 2

NRI Dayis observed on which of the following days?

1. September 19
2. March 19
3. February 9
4. January 9

✅ Correct Answer: 4

1st April is celebrated as

1. Odisha day
2. Childrens Day
3. AIDS Day
4. April Fools day

✅ Correct Answer: 4

International Day for the Girl Child is observed on

1. March 21
2. August 23
3. October 11
4. December 12

✅ Correct Answer: 3

April 18 is observed as

1. World Heritage Day
2. World Amateur Radio Day
3. World Disabled Day
4. Both (a) and (b)

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which one of the following days is observed as the Fathers Day?

1. 1st Sunday of June
2. 2nd Sunday of June
3. 3rd Sunday of June
4. 4th Sunday of June

✅ Correct Answer: 3

December 19 is observed as

1. Global Family day
2. International Human Solidarity Day
3. United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
4. World Telecommunication Day

✅ Correct Answer: 3

When is International Day of the Worlds Indigenous people, recognized by the UN is observed?

1. August 9
2. March 8
3. July 11
4. December 11

✅ Correct Answer: 1

When World Humanitarian Action Day is is observed?

1. October 2
2. October 8
3. November 29
4. Second Wednesday of October

✅ Correct Answer: 1

November 17 is observed as

1. International Students Day
2. World Alzheimers Day
3. World Freedom day
4. United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The united Nations declared 1990-2000 as the International Decade for

1. Water for Life Decade
2. Bone and Joint Decade
3. Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism
4. International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Ancient Egyptian script is known as

1. There was no script
2. Demotic
3. Cuneiform
4. Hieroglyphics

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which European nation first began sustained campaign of exploration?

1. England
2. The Netherlands
3. France
4. Portugal

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Who among the following was defeated by Babur in the first battle of Panipat?

1. Sikandhar Lodi
2. Ibrahim Lodi
3. Daulat Khan Lodi
4. Bahlol Lodi

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Who was the Sikh Guru to be slaughtered by Aurangzeb?

1. Arjundev
2. Teg Bahadur
3. Ramdas
4. Gobind Singh

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The first Indian Hindi scholar of the Mughal period was

1. Abdur Rahim
2. Chandbardai
3. Malik Mohammad Jayasi
4. Mulla Wajhi

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Kabuliyat and Patta was introduced by

1. Aurangazeb
2. Jahangir
3. Shivaji
4. Sher Shah

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Who among the following was an illiterate?

1. Aurangzeb
2. Akbar
3. Shahjahan
4. Jahangir

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Who was conferred the tille of Gunraj khan ?

1. Sri Chaitanya
2. Kavi Jaydeva
3. Maladhar Basu
4. Bipradas Pipilai

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Cotton for textile was first cultivated in

1. India
2. Central America
3. Mesopotamia
4. Egypt

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Who discovered the Indus Valley Civilization?

1. A. L. Basham
2. Dayaram Sahni
3. V.S. Agrawal
4. Sir Leonard Wooley

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which one of the following books is associated with rise of National Movement in India?

1. Gita Rahasya
2. Satyagrah Prakash
3. Anand Math
4. Gitanjali

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Who among the following stated that there was no slavery in India?

1. Megasthenes
2. Strabo
3. Huen Tsang
4. Fa-hien

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The Jesus Christ, founder of the Christian religion, was a

1. Christian
2. Zoroastrian
3. Muslim
4. Jew

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which of the following countries is associated with Zen Buddhism ?

1. India
2. China
3. Sri Lanka
4. Japan

✅ Correct Answer: 4

What was the language of the Catholic Church?

1. French
2. Greek
3. Latin
4. Italian

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Bhakti Movement was started by

1. Tulsidas
2. Surdas
3. Sufi saints
4. Alwar saints

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Kabir was the disciple of

1. Ramananda
2. Ramanuj
3. Shankaracharya
4. Nanak

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Bhakt Tukaram was a contemporary of which Mughal emperor?

1. Aurangzeb
2. Akbar
3. Babur
4. Jahangir

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which one of the following is correctly matched?

1. Dvaitadvaitvad - Vallabhacharya
2. Dvaitvad - Madhvacharya
3. Visistadvaitvad - Sankaracharya
4. Advaitvad - Ramanujacharya

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Who was the Hindu saint to have as disciple both Hindus and Muslims?

1. Namdev
2. Ravidas
3. Ramanuja
4. Sri Chaitanya

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Who among the following was the first Bhakti saint to use Hindi for the propagation of his message?

1. Tulsidas
2. Ramananda
3. Dadu
4. Kabir

✅ Correct Answer: 2