1500+ Indian History GK Previous Years Solved Questions SSC, CGL, UPSC, Railways, IAS, Civil Services and All Competitive Exams-Part 34

Q.1:- Where do you find the temple of Angkor Wat ?

1. In Thailand
2. In Malaysia
3. In Cambodia
4. In Myanmar

Q.2:- Buddha preached his first sermon at

1. Gaya
2. Sarnath
3. Pataliputra
4. Vaishali

Q.3:- Who was the court poet of Harsha ?

1. Bhani
2. Ravi Kirti
3. Banabhatta
4. Vishnu Sharma

Q.4:- In which Rock Edict Ashoka mentions about the causalities of Kalinga War and declares the renunciation of war ?

1. Maski Edict
2. Rock Edict XII
3. Rock Edict XI
4. Rock Edict X

Q.5:- The greatest Kushan leader who got converted to Buddhism was

1. Kujala
2. Vima
3. Kanishka
4. Kadphises

Q.5:- Who of the following was sent as an ambassador to the royal court of Jahangir by James I, the then king of England ?

1. John Hawkins
2. William Todd
3. Sir Thomas Roe
4. Sir Walter Raleigh

Q.6:- Under the administration of Shivaji, “Peshwa” was referred to as

1. Minister of Religious Affairs
2. Minister of Defense
3. Chief Minister
4. Minister of Justice

Q.7:- In which session of Congress the demand of “Poorna Swaraj” was accepted as the aim of the Congress ?

1. Calcutta
2. Madras
3. Nagpur
4. Lahore

Q.8:- The father of extremist movement in India is

1. Motilal Nehru
2. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
3. Vallabhbhai Patel
4. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Q.9:- The Home Rule League was started by

1. Mahatma Gandhi
2. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
3. Jawahar Lal Nehru
4. Rajendra Prasad

Q.10:- Provincial Autonomy was one of the important features of the Act of

1. 1935
2. 1919
3. 1909
4. 1858

Q.11:- Which scripture was called his ‘Mother’ by Gandhiji ?

1. Ramayana
2. The New Testament
3. Bhagwat Geeta
4. The Holy Quran

Q.12:- Who was the first Governor-General of Independent India ?

1. Lord Attlee
2. Lord Mountbatten
3. Rajagopaachari
4. Rajendra Prasad

Q.13:-  Who was the founder of Satya Shodak Sabha in Maharashtra ?

1. Baba Saheb Ambedkar
2. Atmaram Pandurang
3. Gopal Baba Wala
4. Jyotiba Phule

Q.14:- The methods of democratic socialism are

1. Revolution
2. General strike
3. Sabotage
4. Persuasion and propaganda

Q.15:- Swami Dayanand Saraswati established the first Arya Samaj in 1875 at

1. Bombay
2. Lahore
3. Nagpur
4. Ahmadnagar

Q.16:- The among the following was famous for framing the education minute ?

1. Lord Elgin
2. Lord Macaulay
3. Sadler
4. None of these

Q.17:- The slogan of Quit India Movement was given by

1. Sardar Patel
2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. Subhash Chandra Bose
4. Jawaharlal Nehru

Q.18:- Who said “Truth is the ultimate reality and it is God: ?

1. Swamy Vivekananda
2. Rabindra Nath Tagore
3. K. Gandhi
4. Radhakrishnan

Q.19:- The first woman President of Indian National Congress was

1. Kamala Devi Chattopadhyaya
2. Sarojini Naidu
3. Annie Besant
4. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

Q.20:- Which amidst the following has not yet been recognised as a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO

1. Ellora
2. Fatehpur Sikiri
3. Ajanta
4. Nalanda