1500+ Indian History GK Previous Years Solved Questions SSC, CGL, UPSC, Railways, IAS, Civil Services and All Competitive Exams-Part 45

Q.1:- Who preferred tree fossil supposed to be from Jurasic Age in  India is reported from

1. Pithauragarh
2. Chhattisgarh
3. Ramagarh
4. Bahadurgarh

Q.2:- Chalukya temples (Jain temples) at Dilwara are situated in

1. Madhya Pradesh
2. Uttar Pradesh
3. Rajasthan
4. Haryana

Q.3:- Which of the under mentioned facts about Taj Mahal in not correct ?

1. It is a magnificent mausoleum
2. It was built by Shah Jahan
3. It is situated outside Agra Fort
4. The names of artisan who built are engraved on it

Q.4:- Which Mughal Emperor transferred the Mughal Capital from Agra to Delhi ?

1. Jahangir
2. Aurangzeb
3. Shah Jahan
4. Bahadur Shah

Q.5:- Where in India was the first French factory established ?

1. Surat
2. Pondicherry
3. Chandannagore
4. Masulipatnam

Q.6:- The Marathas were defeated at Panipat because

1. The Marathas did not fight bravely
2. The Marathas were not equal to Afghans in strength
3. The Marathas army was short of food supplies
4. The Marathas were considered alien by the local population

Q.7:- Through which principle/device did Mahatma Gandhi strive to bridge economic inequalities ?

1. Abolition on machinery
2. Establishment of village-industries
3. Adoption of non-violence
4. Trusteeship theory

Q.8:- Simon Commission was sent by British Parliament to India to review the

1. Progress of English education
2. Social reforms
3. Working of diarchy
4. Hindu-Muslim unity

Q.9:- Who founded the Servants of India Society ?

1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
2. O. Chidambaram Pillai
3. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
4. Surendranath Banerjee

Q.10:- Which Charter Act bought to an end, the East India Company’s monopoly in India’s foreign trade ?

1. Charter Act of 1853
2. Charter Act of 1793
3. Charter Act of 1813
4. Charter Act of 1833

Q.11:- Who among the following were contemporaries of Kanishka ?

1. Kamban, Banabhatta, Asvagosha
2. Nagarjuna, Asvagosha, Vasumitra
3. Asvagosha, Kalidasa, Banabhatta
4. Kalidasa, Kamban, Vasumitra

Q.12:- Which of the following ruler was a contemporary of Buddha?

1. Udayin
2. Bimbisara
3. Ajastshatru
4. Mahapadma Nanda

Q.13:- Where the Babar die?

1. Agra
2. Kabul
3. Lahore
4. Delhi

Q.14:- Name of the king who invaded Delhi and plundered the Kohinoor Diamond ?

1. Nadir Shah
2. Firoz Shah
3. Mohammed Shah
4. Mohammed Ghori

Q.15:- Which of the following writer has called Akbar’s Din-i-Ilahi as a monument of his folly, not of wisdom ?

1. Badayuni
2. Vincent Smith
3. Barni
4. Haig

Q.16:- Who among the following foreign countries was the first one to trade with India ?

1. England
2. Netherlands
3. France
4. Portugal

Q.17:- The “Arya Samaj” was founded by

1. Swami Dayananda Saraswati
2. Swami Vivekananda
3. Keshav Chandra Sen
4. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

Q.18:- ‘Neel Darpan’ a play depicting the revolt against the indigo planters was written by

1. Dinbandhu Mitra
2. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
3. Rabindranath Tagore
4. Naveen Chandra Sen

Q.19:- Who revived the Theosophical Society ?

1. Mother Teresa
2. Annie Besant
3. Florence Nightingale
4. Sarojini Naidu

Q.20:- Which rebellion in Bengal was highlighted by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in his novel ‘Anand Math’ ?

1. Chaur Uprising
2. Sanyasi Rebellion
3. Kol Uprising
4. Santhal Uprising