1500+ Indian History GK Previous Years Solved Questions SSC, CGL, UPSC, Railways, IAS, Civil Services and All Competitive Exams-Part 19

Q.1:- What was Hampi known for ?

1. It was the capital of Golconda
2. It had the largest stable in medieval India
3. It had the translation of the Indian epics to Persian
4. It was the capital of Vijayanagara

Q.2:- The language in which Buddha preached ?

1. Hindi
2. Urdu
3. Pali
4. Hebrew

Q.3:- The Lodhi dynasty was founded by

1. Ibrahim Lodi
2. Sikandar Lodi
3. Bahlol Lodi
4. Khizr Khan

Q.4:- What does the Jahangir means ?

1. National Monarch
2. The Grand Monarch
3. Conqueror of the world
4. Hero of hundred battles

Q.5:- Who among the following Mughal emperors, brought about the fall of Sayyid Brothers ?

1. Bahadur Shah I
2. Rafi-ud-daulah
3. Shah Jahan II
4. Muhammad Shah

Q.6:- The first Mughal emperor of India was

1. Shahjahan
2. Humayun
3. Babar
4. Akbar

Q.7:- Sher Shah defeated Humayun and captured Gaur in the battle of

1. Ghaghra in 1529 A.D.
2. Chausa in 1539 A.D.
3. Panipat in 1526 A.D.
4. Khanwa in 1527 A.D.

Q.8:- Who among the following was known as the ‘Parrot of India’ ?

1. Hussain Shah
2. Amir Khusrau
3. Barba vShah
4. Nanak

Q.9:-  The 19^th Century rewak-ening in India was confined to the

1. Priestly class
2. Upper middle class
3. Rich peasantry
4. Urban landlords

Q.10:- Sati was prohibited by

1. Warren Hastings
2. Lord William Wellesley
3. Lord William Bentinck
4. Lord Dalhousie

Q.11:- Who represented India in the Second Round Table Conference ?

1. Sarojini Naidu
2. Anne Besaint
3. Aruna Asaf Ali
4. None of these

Q.12:- Who said that ‘the real seat of taste is not the tongue, but the mind ?

1. Aurobindo Ghosh
2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
4. Swami Vivekananda

Q.13:- Who declared as his ultimate aim the wiping of every tear from every eye ?

1. Jawaharlal Nehru
2. Gandhiji
3. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
4. Sardar Patel

Q.14:- The Governor-General who abolished the practice of Sati was

1. Dalhousie
2. Ripon
3. William Bentinck
4. Curzon

Q.15:- Champaran Satyagrah was related to

1. Indigo
2. Mil-owners
3. Plague
4. Fresh assessment of land

Q.16:- The theory of ‘economic drain’ was propounded by

1. G. Tilak
2. C. Dutt
3. Dadabhai Naoroji
4. K. Gokhale

Q.17:- Gandhiji opposed the Communal Award because he thought this would bring

1. Communal disunity
2. Division in the Hindu Society
3. Economic miseries to India
4. Destruction to handi-crafts

Q.18:- Mangal Pandy fired the first shot of the Revalt of 1857 at

1. Barrackpore
2. Meerut
3. Kanpur
4. Jhansi

Q.19:- Who gave the title of “Sardar” to Ballabh Bhai Patel ?

1. Mahatma Gandhi
2. Vinoba Bhave
3. Women of Bardoli
4. Peasants of Gujrat

Q.20:- Who was the ruler of Delhi when Ahmad Shah Abdali defeated the Marathas in the third Battle of Panipat in 1761 ?

1. Alamgir I
2. Muhammad Shah
3. Jahandar Shah
4. Shah Alam II