1500+ Indian History GK Previous Years Solved Questions SSC, CGL, UPSC, Railways, IAS, Civil Services and All Competitive Exams-Part 36

Q.1:- Epigraphy means

1. The study of coins
2. The study of inscriptions
3. The study of epics
4. The study of geography

Q.2:- Ashok spread Buddhism all over India and Ceylon by

1. Teaching the Triratnas
2. Sending the Dharma Mahamatras
3. Waging wars
4. Becoming a Buddhist Monk

Q.3:- Who among the following was the court physician of Kanishka ?

1. Vasumitra
2. Nagarjuna
3. Charaka
4. Patanjali

Q.4:- Who were the patrons of Sangama Literature ?

1. Nayakas
2. Chandellas
3. Pandyas
4. Solankis

Q.5:- Who issued a token currency copper coins between AD 1329 and 1330 ?

1. Alauddin Khilji
2. Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq
3. Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
4. Feroz Tughlaq

Q.6:- Who among the following attacked the Somnath Temple ?

1. Mahmud of Ghazni
2. Muhammad Ghori
3. Iltutmish
4. Qutbuddin Aibak

Q.7:- The official language of the Delhi Sultanate was ?

1. Urdu
2. Arabic
3. Persian
4. Hindi

Q.8:- Permanent Revenue settlement of Bengal was introduced by

1. Clive
2. Hastings
3. Wellesley
4. Cornwallis

Q.9:- “Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge…..” This was stated on the night of August 14, 1947 by

1. B.R. Ambedkar
2. Rajagopalachari
3. Jawaharlal Nehru
4. Rajendra Prasad

Q.10:- Who was the Congress President during 1940-46 ?

1. Jawaharlal Nehru
2. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
3. Maulana Azad
4. Rajendra Prasad

Q.11:- According to Mahatma Gandhi, which of the following is correct ?

1. Religion is to be separated from politics.
2. Politics and religion must go hand in hand.
3. Religion should be completely banned.
4. Politics must be completely eliminated from socio-economic life.

Q.12:- In which session of the Indian National Congress was the “Poorna Swaraj” resolution adopted ?

1. Lucknow Session in 1916
2. Belgaum Session in 1924
3. Lahore Session in 1929
4. Karachi Session in 1931

Q.13:- Who was the founder of the Indian Reforms Association in 1870 ?

1. Debendranath Tagore
2. Keshub Chandra Sen
3. Rammohan Roy
4. Dayanand Saraswati

Q.14:- Who was the first Indian Governor General after Lord Mountbatten ?

1. Champaran
2. Chauri-Chaura
3. Bardoli
4. Sabarmati

Q.15:- The Kakori conspiracy was a train robbery that took place between Kakori and Lucknow in

1. 1931
2. 1919
3. 1925
4. 1929

Q.16:- Who among the following did Gandhiji regard as his political Guru ?

1. Mahadev Desai
2. Dayanand Saraswati
3. Acharya Narendra Dev
4. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Q.17:- Who among the following was the first European to be selected as President of Indian National Congress ?

1. Annie Besant
2. George Yule
3. O. Hume
4. Alfred Webb

Q.18:- Who was the first Indian Governor General after Lord Mountbatten ?

1. Jawaharlal Nehru
2. Rajagopalachari
3. Rajendra Prasad
4. Pattabi Sitaramayya

Q.19:- Who was the founder of ‘Ghadar Party’ ?

1. Sachindranath Sanyal
2. Chandrashekhar Azad
3. Lala Har Dayal
4. Batukeshwar Dutt

Q.20:- “Earth provides enough to satisfy everyman’s need but not everyman’s greed”. Who said this ?

1. Guru Nanak Dev
2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. Pope Paul VI
4. Indira Gandhi