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GK Indian History

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Who succeeded Aurangzeb as the Emperor of India under the title of Bahadur Shah?

  1. Mohammad Muazzam

  2. Qutub-ud-din

  3. Kam Baksh

  4. Shahabuddin Ghauri


Correct Option: A

Which Mughal Emperor's first ten years of rule does the 'Padshahnama' commemorate?

  1. Akbar

  2. Shah Alam I

  3. Shah Jahan

  4. Babur


Correct Option: C

In which language did Kalidas compose his works?

  1. Pakrit

  2. Sanskrit

  3. Pali

  4. Brahmi


Correct Option: B

Mardana was a devoted Muslim follower and companion of which Sikh Guru?

  1. Guru Ramdas

  2. Guru Nanak

  3. Guru Ravidas

  4. Guru Gobind Singh


Correct Option: B

Who among the following Portuguese captured Goa?

  1. Afonso de Albuquerque

  2. Vasco Da Gama

  3. Roberto Denobili

  4. Francisco de Almeida


Correct Option: A

Whom did Guru Gobind Singh nominate as his military deputy in September 1708?

  1. Banda Bahadur

  2. Ranjit Singh

  3. Shivaji

  4. Rana Singh


Correct Option: A

Which of the following places is not connected with Guru Nanak's life and work?

  1. Anadpur Sahib

  2. Talwandi

  3. Sultanpur Lodhi

  4. Kartarpur


Correct Option: A

Which artifact did Maharaja Dalip Singh hand over to the British in 1849?

  1. Kalgi of Guru Gobind Singh

  2. Sword of Guru Gobind Singh

  3. Kohinoor Diamond

  4. Peacock Throne


Correct Option: D

When was the holy Guru Granth Sahib complied?

  1. 1660

  2. 1658

  3. 1604

  4. 1600


Correct Option: C

Who was the first Granth of Harmandir Sahib?

  1. Baba Budhaji

  2. Baba Kharak Singh

  3. Bhai Tara Singh

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

Who founded the city of Amritsar?

  1. Guru Nanak Dev

  2. Guru Arjun Dev

  3. Guru Ramdas

  4. Guru Angad Dev


Correct Option: C

Who said,”Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it”?

  1. Bhagat Singh

  2. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

  3. Lala Lahjpat Rai

  4. Lal Bahadur Shastri


Correct Option: B

In which year did the British Govt. announce for the first time dominion status for India?

  1. 1940

  2. 1935

  3. 1950

  4. 1945


Correct Option: C

Who was the first British Governor General of India?

  1. Willim Bentinck

  2. Warren Hastings

  3. Lord Cornwallis

  4. Lord Minto


Correct Option: B

'Delhi Chalo' was the slogan of

  1. Quit India Movement

  2. All India States People's Conference

  3. The Azad Hind Fauj

  4. Salt March


Correct Option: C

The Battle of Plassey was won by the English due to the

  1. valour of Clive

  2. withdrawal of the French support

  3. superiority of the English troops

  4. treachery of Mir Jaffar


Correct Option: D

The Rowlatt Act was passed in the year

  1. 1940

  2. 1930

  3. 1956

  4. 1919


Correct Option: D

Who has been referred to as the 'conscience keeper' of Gandhiji?

  1. C. Gopalachari

  2. Rabindranath Tagore

  3. S.V. Patel

  4. Pt. Nehru


Correct Option: A

Who was the chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Constitution?

  1. Mahatma Gandhi

  2. B.R. Ambedkar

  3. J. Nehru

  4. S.V. Patel


Correct Option: B

Who represented India at the first Round Table Conference in 1930?

  1. Nehru

  2. Gandhi

  3. Jinnah

  4. None of these


Correct Option: D

Who was the President of the Congress, when it declared 'poorna swaraj' as its objective?

  1. Mahatma Gandhi

  2. Motilal Nehru

  3. Jawaharlal Nehru

  4. S.V. Patel


Correct Option: C

Who started the Non-Cooperation Movement in India?

  1. J.L. Nehru

  2. M.K. Gandhi

  3. Lokmanya Tilak

  4. J.B. Kriplani


Correct Option: D

Who presented the plan for the division of India into two independent states in June 1947?

  1. INC

  2. Lord Mountbatten

  3. Lord Wavell

  4. Muslim League


Correct Option: B

Who was the first President of the Indian National Congress?

  1. W.C. Banerjee

  2. A.O. Hume

  3. Rajendra Prasad

  4. J.L. Nehru


Correct Option: A

When was the Indian National Congress formed?

  1. 1885

  2. 1880

  3. 1990

  4. 1897


Correct Option: A
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