1500+ Indian History GK Previous Years Solved Questions SSC, CGL, UPSC, Railways, IAS, Civil Services and All Competitive Exams-Part 15

Q.1:- Bal, Pal and Lal were the most prominent leaders of the

1. Swaraj Party
2. Militant National Party
3. Gadar Party
4. Congress Party

Q.2:- What was Lala Lajpat Rai demonstrating against when he succumbed to police brutality ?

1. Rowlatt Act
2. Minot-Morley Reforms
3. Simon Commission
4. Pitts India Act

Q.3:- Find out the correct match of the following

1. Asaf Khan –     Akbar
2. Adam Khan –     Akbar
3. Bairam Khan – Akbar
4. Shaista Khan –     Akbar

Q.4:- What was the age of Akbar at the time of his coronation at Kalanaur ?

1. Thirteen
2. Fifteen
3. Eighteen
4. Twenty

Q.5:- The Bhakti cult spread in Maharshtra with the teaching of

1. Sant Tukaram
2. Sant Jnanesvar
3. Samarth Guru Ramdas
4. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

Q.6:- Tansen, a great musician of times, was in the Court of

1. Jahangir
2. Akbar
3. Shah Jahan
4. Akbar

Q.7:- Who built ‘Adhai Din Ka Jhopra’ or ‘A hut of two and a half days’ at Ajmer ?

1. Qutubaddin Aibak
2. Balban
3. Alauddin Khalji
4. Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq

Q.8:- Amir Khusro was a

1. Poet
2. Play writer
3. Painter
4. Architect

Q.9:- Who was Akbar’s famous nue minister ?

1. Tansen
2. Todarmal
3. Rana Pratap Singh
4. Humayun

Q.10:- When did the British make English the medium of instruction in India ?

1. 1813
2. 1833
3. 1835
4. 1844

Q.11:- The first to come and last to leave India were

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

Q.12:- During whose Veceroyship did the High Courts come into existence at the three presidential cities of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay ?

1. Warren Hastings
2. Lord Cornwallis
3. John Lawrence
4. Lord Dalhousie

Q.13:- Who was the first Indian to be elected to the British Parliament ?

1. Dadabhai Naoroji
2. Gopala Krishna Gokhale
3. Bipin Chandra Pal
4. Lala Lajpat Rai

Q.14:- Who led the Salt Satyagraha Movement with Gandhi ?

1. Annie Besant
2. Mridula Sarabhai
3. Muthu Lakshmi
4. Sarojini Naidu

Q.15:- The First Viceroy of the Portuguese in the East was

1. Albuquerque
2. Joa de Castro
3. Francisco de Almedia
4. Nuno da Cunha

Q.16:- Which place among the following was the headquarters of the Portuguese in India ?

1. Cochin
2. Goa
3. Calicut
4. Cannanore

Q.17:- Who was the founder of Swatantra Party ?

1. G. Tilak
2. Dadabhai Naoroji
3. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
4. Rajagopalachari

Q.18:- Under whose leadership was the Chittagong Armoury Raid organized ?

1. Sukhdev
2. Bhagat Singh
3. Surya Sen
4. Rajguru

Q.19:- The ‘Blue Water Policy’ was introduced by the Portuguese leader

1. Francisco-de-Almeida
2. Alfonso de Albuquerque
3. Francis Caron
4. Francis Martin

Q.20:- Identify the UNESCO approved World Heritage Site from the following

1. Meenakshi Temple, Madurai
2. Writer’s Building, Calcutta
3. Purana Qila, Delhi
4. Kaziranga National Park