1500+ Indian History GK Previous Years Solved Questions SSC, CGL, UPSC, Railways, IAS, Civil Services and All Competitive Exams-Part 37

Q.1:- The painting of Ajanta depict the stories of

1. Ramayana
2. Mahabharata
3. Jataka
4. Panchatantra

Q.2:- Who was called Lichchavi Dauhitra ?

1. Chandragupta I
2. Skandagupta
3. Kumaragupta
4. Samudragupta

Q.3:- Who established Mahabalipuram ?

1. Pallava
2. Pandya
3. Chola
4. Chalukya

Q.4:- “Monolithic Rathas” of the Pallavas are found at

1. Kanchipuram
2. Puri
3. Mahabalipuram
4. Agra

Q.5:- What is the first sermon of Buddha called as ?

1. Brahmajalasutta
2. Dhammachakkapabattanasutta
3. Kachchaanagottasutta
4. Mahaparinirvansutta

Q.6:- The French East India Company was founded in

1. 1600
2. 1620
3. 1664
4. 1604

Q.7:- Who among the following Rajput kings defeated Muhammad Ghori for the first time ?

1. Prithviraj III
2. Baghel Bhim
3. Jaichandra
4. Kumar Pal

Q.8:- In which of the Round Table Conference Mahatma Gandhi participated ?

1. First Round Table Conference, 1930
2. Second Round Table Conference, 1931
3. Third Round Table Conference, 1932
4. All of the above

Q.9:- Which is tallest of all Medival Indian temples ?

1. Kailasa Temple at Ellora
2. Sun Temple at Konark
3. Nilakantheswara Temple at Udaipur
4. Brihadeswara Temple at Tanjore

Q.10:- The original name of Swami Dayanand Saraswati was

1. Abhi Shankar
2. Gowri Shankar
3. Daya Shankar
4. Mula Shankar

Q.11:- Which of the following reform moments was the first to be started in the 19^th century ?

1. Prarthana Samaj
2. Brahmo Samaj
3. Arya Samaj
4. Rama Krishna Mission

Q.12:- The Portuguese built their first fort on Indian soil in the territory of the Raja of

1. Calicut
2. Cochin
3. Daman
4. Bijapur

Q.13:- Who was the last Viceroy of India ?

1. Lord Linlithgow
2. Lord Mountbatten
3. Lord Wavell
4. Clement Attlee

Q.14:- Who among the following is not a moderate ?

1. Pherozeshah Mehta
2. Surendranath Banerjee
3. Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee
4. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Q.15:- Under whose leadership was the Chittagong Armoury Raid organised ?

1. Sukhdev
2. Bhagat Singh
3. Surya Sen
4. Rajguru

Q.16:- Gandhiji’s first Satyagraha in India was held at _____

1. Champaran
2. Ahmedabad
3. Kheda
4. Allahabad

Q.17:- When was Mahatma Gandhi arrested during the ‘Quit India Movement’ of 1942 ?

1. 7^th August 1942
2. 30^th April 1942
3. 9^th August 1942
4. 5^th July 1942

Q.18:- Iltutmish established a centre of learning at

1. Multan
2. Kolkata
3. Alwar
4. Patna

Q.19:- Who designed the national flag of Independent India ?

1. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
2. Rabindranath Tagore
3. Mahatma Gandhi
4. Pingali Venkaiah

Q.20:- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad started Urdu Weekly, The Al-Hilal in 1912, but on its being banned by the Government, he founded at Al-Balagh in

1. 1913
2. 1914
3. 1915
4. 1916