1500+ Indian History GK Previous Years Solved Questions SSC, CGL, UPSC, Railways, IAS, Civil Services and All Competitive Exams-Part 42

Q.1:- Who was the founder of the Theosophical Society ?

  1. Justice Ranade
  2. Madam Blavatsky
  3. Annie Blavatsky
  4. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Q.2:- Kallibangan is situated in

  1. Uttar Pradesh
  2. Sindh
  3. Rajasthan
  4. Gujarat

Q.3:- Which one of the following is not included in the ‘Eight Fold Path’ of Buddhism ?

  1. Right Speech
  2. Right Contemplation
  3. Right Desire
  4. Right Conduct

Q.4:- Who was the founder of the Satvahana Empire ?

  1. Kanha
  2. Simuka
  3. Hala
  4. Gautamiputra

Q.5:- Who defeated whom in the Second Battle of Tarain (AD 1192) ?

  1. Prithviraj defeated Mohammad Ghauri
  2. Mahmud Ghazni defeated Prithviraj
  3. Prithviraj defeated Mahmud Ghazni
  4. Mohammad Ghauri defeated Prithviraj

Q.6:- Who among the following succeeded Aurangzeb ?

  1. Azam
  2. Kam Baksh
  3. Akbar II
  4. Mauzzam

Q.7:- Satyagraha finds expression in

  1. Sudden outbursts of violence
  2. Armed conflicts
  3. Non-cooperation
  4. Communal riots

Q.8:-  The founder of the ‘Brahmo Samaj’ was

  1. Swami Dayananda Saraswati
  2. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
  3. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
  4. Swami Vivekananda

Q.9:- The decline of Indian Handicrafts industry in the 19th century was attributed to

  1. Competition from British manufacturing industries only
  2. Disappearance of Indian Princely Courts only
  3. Establishment of Alien rule only
  4. All of the above

Q.10:- Gandhi started the ‘Dandi March’ from

  1. Ahmedabad
  2. Allahabad
  3. Dandi
  4. Calcutta

Q.11:- Who among the following is known as the “Father of the Indian Renaissance” ?

  1. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
  2. Rabindra Nath Tagore
  3. Swami Dayananda Saraswati
  4. Swami Vivekananda

Q.12:- Cripps Mission came to India in ____

  1. 1946
  2. 1945
  3. 1942
  4. 1940

Q.13:- Who was referred to as the “Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim Unity by “by Sarojini Naidu” ?

  1. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
  2. Abdul Ghaffar Khan
  3. Shaukat Ali
  4. Maulana Azad

Q.14:- During the period of which Governor General/Viceroy was the Indian Civil Service introduced ?

  1. Dalhousie
  2. Curzon
  3. Bentinck
  4. Cornwallis

Q.15:- Who wrote the song ‘Sare Jahan Se Accha Hindustan Hamara’ ?

  1. Ashafaqullah Khan
  2. Sahir Ludhianvi
  3. Mohammad Iqbal
  4. Ramprasad Bismil

Q.16:- The first Muslim to be elected President of ‘Indian National Congress’ was ?

  1. Maulana Azad
  2. Mohammad Ali
  3. Badaruddin Tyabji
  4. Shah Waliullah

Q.17:- The ‘Cabinet Mission’ of 1946 was led by

  1. Lord Linlitgow
  2. Lord Mountbatten
  3. Sir Pethic Lawrence
  4. Sir Mountford
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Q.18:- The Peshwaship was abolished by the British at the time of Peshwa

  1. Raghunath Rao
  2. Narayan Rao
  3. Madhav Rao II
  4. Baji Rao II

Q.19:- Which day was declared as the ‘Direct Action Day’ by the Muslim League ?

  1. 3rd September, 1946
  2. 16th August, 1946
  3. 16th May, 1946
  4. 4th December, 1946

Q.20:- The Editor of ‘Young India’ and ‘Harijan’ was

  1. Nehru
  2. Ambedkar
  3. Mahatma Gandhi
  4. Subhash Chandra Bose