1500+ Indian History GK Previous Years Solved Questions SSC, CGL, UPSC, Railways, IAS, Civil Services and All Competitive Exams-Part 46

Q.1:- ‘Buddha’ means

1. The Enlightened one
2. The Religious Preacher
3. The Genius
4. The Powerful

Q.2:- Which one of the following was the book written by Amoghvarsha the Rashtrakuta King ?

1. Adipurana
2. Ganitasara Samgraha
3. Saktayana
4. Kavirajamarga

Q.3:- The Mughal Emperor who discouraged ‘Sati’ was

1. Babur
2. Humayun
3. Akbar
4. Jahangir

Q.4:- Who among the following controlled maximum trade in the western coastal during 17^th century ?

1. Portuguese
2. Dutch
3. The House of Jagat Seth
4. Mulla Abdul Gaffar

Q.5:- When Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated, who said, “None will believe that a man like this in body and soul ever walked on this earth” ?

1. Bertrand Russell
2. Leo Tolstoy
3. Albert Einstein
4. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Q.6:- Who said “Give me Blood, I will give you freedom” ?

1. Subhash Chandra Bose
2. Lala Lajpat Rai
3. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
4. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Q.7:- Pitts Indian Act of 1784 an/an

1. White Paper
2. Regulating Act
3. Ordinance
4. Resolution

Q.8:- Who among the following organized the “All India Depressed Class Association.” In colonial India ?

1. K. Gandhi
2. Jyotiba Phule
3. Pandita Ramabai
4. R. Ambedkar

Q.9:- King Kharvela was the greatest ruler of the Chedi Dynasty of

1. Cholamandalam
2. Kalinga
3. Kannauj
4. Purushpur

Q.10:- Who discovered the sea-route to India ?

1. Vasco-da Gama
2. Columbus
3. Magellan
4. Henry the Navigator

Q.11:- Who was the first Women President of Indian National Congress ?

1. Sarojini Naidu
2. Sucheta Kripalani
3. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
4. Annie Besant

Q.12:- Who was the pioneer of the western system of education in India

1. Dayananda Saraswati
2. Lala Lajpat Rai
3. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
4. Surendranath Bannerjee

Q.13:- ‘Do or Die’ is associated with which of the following in India’s freedom struggle ?

1. Dandi March
2. Non-Cooperation Movement
3. Khilafat Movement
4. Quit India Movement

Q.14:- The non-cooperation movement was called off due to

1. Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy
2. Chauri Chaura Incident
3. Poona Act
4. Gandhi-Irwin Pact

Q.15:- The only Viceroy to be assassinated in India was

1. Lord Harding
2. Lord Northbrook
3. Lord Eilenborough
4. Lord Mayo

Q.16:- Where was the first Buddhist Council held ?

1. Vaishali
2. Kashmir
3. Rajagriha
4. Pataliputra

Q.17:- Which Rajput ruler drew up a set of tables called Zij Muhammadshuhi to enable the people to make astronomical observations ?

1. Ajit Singh
2. Raja Sawai Jai Singh
3. Bhara Mal
4. Man Singh

Q.18:- The famous poet Amir Khusro was contemporary of all except following

1. Alauddin Khilji
2. Ghiyasuddin Balban
3. Iltutmish
4. Jalaluddin Khilji

Q.19:- On imprisonment in 1908 by the British, Bal Gangadhar Tilak was sent to

1. Andaman and Nicobar
2. Rangoon
3. Singapore
4. Mandalay

Q.20:- Who said about Mahatma Gandhi that he is a “half naked fakir” ?

1. Winston Churchill
2. Lord Mountbatten
3. Lord Wavell
4. Lord Linlithgow