1500+ Indian History GK Previous Years Solved Questions SSC, CGL, UPSC, Railways, IAS, Civil Services and All Competitive Exams-Part 31

Q.1:- Ganhadra school of art came into existence in

1. Hinayana Sect
2. Mahayana Sect
3. Vaishnava Sect
4. Shaiva Sect

Q.2:- The capital of Kanishka was

1. Purushapura
2. Benares
3. Allahabad
4. Sarnath

Q.3:- Who built the Kailasarnatha Temple at Ellora ?

1. Rajendra I
2. Mahendra Varman I
3. Krishna I
4. Govinda I

Q.4:- Krishna Deva Raya was a contemporary of

1. Shershah
2. Humayun
3. Babur
4. Akbar

Q.5:- The famous Peacock Throne of Shah Jahan was taken away in 1739 by

1. Afghan invader Ahmed Shah Abdali
2. Persian invader Nadir Shah
3. Mongol invader Chengiz Khan
4. British East India Company

Q.6:- Who succeeded Guru Nanak ?

1. Guru Angad
2. Guru Ramdas
3. Guru Arjun
4. Guru Hargovind

Q.7:- Where did the Augangzeb die ?

1. Pune
2. Aurangabad
3. Ahmad Nagar
4. Mumbai

Q.8:- The first Europeans to come to India were

1. British
2. Dutch
3. French
4. Portugese

Q.9:- Mahatma Gandhi got his inspiration for Civil Disobedience from

1. Thoreau
2. Ruskin
3. Confucius
4. Tolstoy

Q.10:- Who developed the idea that “means” justify the end” ?

1. Kautilya
2. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
3. Swami Dayanand Saraswati
4. Mahatma Gandhi

Q.11:- The issue on which the Civil Disobedience Movement of 1930 was launched was

1. Equal employment opportunities for Indians
2. The proposed execution of Bhagat Singh
3. Salt monopoly exercised by the British Government
4. Complete freedom

Q.12:- Who was the founder of Aligarh Movement ?

1. Sir Agha Khan
2. Maulana Atlaf Husain Ali
3. Maulana Shibli
4. Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan

Q.13:- C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru formed the ‘Swaraj Party’ after,

1. Swadeshi Movement
2. Non Cooperation Movement
3. Civil Disobedience Movement
4. Quit India Movement

Q.14:- Who established the Indian Civil Liberties Union in 1936 ?

1. Subhash Chandra Bose
2. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
3. Jawahar Lal Nehru
4. Rajendra Prasad

Q.15:- Jallianwala incident took place at

1. Allahabad
2. Lucknow
3. Surat
4. Amritsar

Q.16:- Which of the following pair is incorrect ?

1. Comrade – Mohammad Ali
2. Indian Socialogist – Lala Har Dayal
3. Young India – Lala Lajpat Rai
4. Common Weal – Annie Besant

Q.17:- ‘There is no politics devoid of religion’ is stated by

1. Nehru
2. Gandhi
3. Vinoba Bhave
4. Jaya Prakash Narayan

Q.18:- The potato was introduced in India by the

1. British
2. Dutch
3. Portuguese
4. French

Q.19:- Which British Viceroy is associated with the Partition of Bengal ?

1. Lord Canning
2. Lord Curzon
3. Lord Hardinge
4. Lord Wellesley

Q.20:- What did the Hunter Commission appointed by the Viceroy probe ?

1. Bardoli Satayagraha
2. Khailafat Agitation
3. Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
4. Chauri Chaura incident