1500+ Indian History GK Previous Years Solved Questions SSC, CGL, UPSC, Railways, IAS, Civil Services and All Competitive Exams-Part 22

Q.1:- Who were the first to issue gold coins in India ?

1. Kushans
2. Tatars
3. Mughals
4. Aryans

Q.2:- Which of the following dynasties conquered Sri Lanka and South-East Asian countries ?

1. The Pandyas
2. The Chaulakyas
3. The Cholas
4. The Rashtrakutas

Q.3:- Lord Mahavira died at

1. Saravana Belagola
2. Lumbini Garden
3. Kalugmalai
4. Pavapuri

Q.4:- Which one of the following coins was issued in silver during the Gupta period ?

1. Kakini
2. Nishka
3. Rupyaka
4. Dinar

Q.5:- The original name of Tansen, the most famous musician at the court of Akbar was

1. Lal Kalwant
2. Banda Bahadur
3. Ramatanu Pande
4. Markandey Pande

Q.6:- The Mir Bakshi of the Mughal Emperors was the head of

1. Intelligence
2. Foreign affairs
3. Army organization
4. Finance

Q.7:- Coronation of Shivaji took place in

1. 1627 A.D.
2. 1674 A.D.
3. 1680 A.D.
4. 1670 A.D.

Q.8:- Shivaji ceded the forts to the Mughals by the treaty of

1. Chittor
2. Pune
3. Purandar
4. Torna

Q.9:- Who translated Ramayana into Persian ?

1. Abul Fazl
2. Badauni
3. Abdul Latif
4. Isar Das

Q.10:- What is meant by a ‘pir’ in the Sufi tradition ?

1. The Supreme God
2. The Guru of the Sufis
3. The greatest of all Sufi saints
4. The orthodox teacher who contests the Sufi beliefs

Q.11:- Which of the following Alberuni’s account of India

1. Chachnama
2. Futuh-us-Salatin
3. Tarikh-i-Yamini
4. Kitab-ul-Hind

Q.12:- Chachnama records the history of which conquest ?

1. Kushanas
2. Hunas
3. Arabs
4. Greeks

Q.13:- Who was appointed by Akbar as this Court Musician ?

1. Abul Fazal
2. Mian Tansen
3. Raja Birbal
4. Raja Todar Mal

Q.14:- Naokhali is situated in

1. West Bengal
2. Bangladesh
3. Tripura
4. Bihar

Q.15:- The system of communal electorate in India was first introduced by

1. Indian Council Act of 1892
2. Minto-Morely reforms of 1909
3. Montagu-Chelmsford reforms of 1919
4. Government of India of 1935

Q.16:- Who propounded the theory of ‘Economic Drain’ of India’ during British imperialism ?

1. C. Bannerji
2. Dadabhai Naoroji
3. Gopalkrishna Gokhale
4. Gandhiji

Q.17:- Which of the following authorized the British Government to imprison any person without trial and conviction in a court of law ?

1. Rowlatt Act of 1999
2. Government of India Act of 1935
3. Indian Councils Act of 1909
4. Government of India Act of 1919

Q.18:- Gandhiji’s movement of boycotting the foreign goods aimed at

1. Full independence
2. Creating anti-British sentiment
3. Promotion of welfare state
4. Promotion of cottage industries

Q.19:- The sepoy mutiny of 1857 occurred during the Governor Generalship of

1. Lord Dalhousie
2. Lord Lytton
3. Lord William Bentinck
4. Lord Canning

Q.20:- Who was the founder of Kolkata’s first “Atmiya Sabha” (philosophical discussion circle) held in 1815 ?

1. Ram Mohan Roy
2. Lala Lajpat Rai
3. Rabindranath Tagore
4. Jawahar Lal Nehru