1500+ Indian History GK Previous Years Solved Questions SSC, CGL, UPSC, Railways, IAS, Civil Services and All Competitive Exams-Part 41

Q.1:- Which ruler built the Ellora temples ?

1. Chalukya
2. Sunga
3. Rashtrakuta
4. Pallava

Q.2:- The Harappans were

1. Barley
2. Wheat
3. Rice
4. Tobacco

Q.3:- During the reign of which Pallava ruler began the long drawn struggle between the Pallavas and the Chalukyas ?

1. Mahendravarman I
2. Simhavishnu
3. Narsimhavarman I
4. Mahendravarman II

Q.4:- Which of the following dynasty succeeded the Mauryas ?

1. Satavahanas
2. Sungas
3. Yavanas
4. Pandya

Q.5:- Gandhara Art is the combination of

1. Indo-Raman
2. Indo-Greek
3. Indo-Islamic
4. Indo-China

Q.6:- The court language of the Delhi Sultanate was

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

Q.7:-  Abdul Fazal was the son of which Sufi Saint ?

1. Sheikh Mubarak
2. Hazarat Khwaja
3. Nasiruddin Chirag
4. Baba Qutubddin Bakhtiyar Kaki

Q.8:- The ‘Doctrine of Lapse’ was first applied to the Princely State of

1. Satara
2. Jhansi
3. Oudh
4. Jaunpur

Q.9:- Bal Gangadhar Tilak was given the epithet of Lokamanya during

1. His imprisonment in 1908
2. Home Rule Movement
3. Revolutionary Movement
4. Swadeshi Movement

Q.10:- The hero of the Kakori ‘Dacoity’ case was

1. Ramprasad Bismil
2. Bhagat Singh
3. Batukeshwar Datta
4. Barkatulla

Q.11:- The Indian National Congress was formed during the Governor-Generalship of

1. Lord Ripon
2. Lord William Bentinck
3. Lord Dufferin
4. Lord Curzon

Q.12:- Who said ‘Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it’ ?

1. K. Gandhi
2. G. Tilak
3. K. Gokhale
4. R. Ambedkar

Q.13:- The founder of the ‘Arya Samaj’ was

1. Annie Besant
2. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
3. Dayanand Saraswati
4. Vivekananda

Q.14:- The India Independence Bill was first presented in the House of Commons in London on

1. August 10, 1947
2. August 1, 1947
3. July 14, 1947
4. July 4, 1947

Q.15:- Who was the first Governor General of free India ?

1. Lord Mountbatten
2. V. Giri
3. Rajagopalachari
4. Lord Dalhousie

Q.16:- The two states had Non-Congress Ministries in 1937 were

1. Bengal and Punjab
2. Punjab and NWFP
3. Madras and Central Princes
4. Bihar and Uttar Pradesh

Q.17:- Who gave the slogan “Inquilab Zindabad” ?

1. Chandrashekhar Azad
2. Subhash Chandra Bose
3. Bhagat Singh
4. Iqbal

Q.18:- What is the name of the Fort built by the English in Calcutta ?

1. Fort St. David
2. Fort St. Andrew
3. Fort William
4. Fort Victoria

Q.19:- Who gave the title of ‘Sardar’ to Vallabhbhai Patel ?

1. Rajaji
2. Gandhiji
3. Nehru
4. A. Jinnah

Q.20:- The quintessence of Gandhian thought is

1. Satyagraha
2. Metaphysics
3. Spiritualism
4. Moksha