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 19^th 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

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

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

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