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1 Top 100 History Gk Questions for ALL SSC, UPSC, Police, State Level Exam. 1. In which province, the first signs of unrest appeared early in 1857 > Bengal 2. Who was the leader of the revolt of 1857 in Kanpur > Nana Saheb 3. Who was the leader of 1857 mutiny in Assam > Diwan Mani Ram Datta 4. Sardar Malla a leader of farmer s revolt in 1857 hailed from which place > Mysore 5. Who started Kuka Movement in 1840 > Guru Ram Singh 6. Who was the originator of Indian Awakening > Raja Ram Mohan Roy 7. Who established TatvaBodhini Sabha > Devendra Nath Tagore 8. Marco Polo who traveled India during AD from Italy. During whose reign did he come > Pandya

2 9. Mulk-e-Kadim was other name of which kingdom > Maratha Kingdom 10. What was the importance of Mallik Amber in Maratha Kingdom > he gave training of Guerilla war to Marathas 11. How many forts were returned by Shivaji in Purandhar Treaty > 23 out of 35 forts 12. Who established Dal Khalsa > Kapur Singh 13. Who was the leader of the Jat revolt against Aurangazeb > Gokul 14. From which mines Kohinoor Diamond was found > Golkunda 15. Whose reign was called the Golden Age of Mughal Era > Shahjahan rules of conduct Dastur-ul-Amal were of which mughal emperor > Jahangir 17. mansur was a great painter in whose reign in Mughal Era > Jahangir 18. Kariraj was a title to given whom and by whom > Akbar to Birbal 19. Who was the first to adopt Din-i-ilahi > Birbal 20. During the Medieval India who was the only Hindu King to sit on throne of Delhi

3 > Hemu 21. Barid-i-Mamalik was a department established by Shershah Suri. What this department dealt with > Intelligence 22. Which medieval book was written by Gulbadan Beghum > Humayunnama 23. Mansabdari system was started by Akbar after which victory > Gujarat Victory 24. Who adopted the policy of Hindu-pad-padshahi > Balaji Vishavanath 25. What was Bhandarvada > land of Marathas known as in Medieval India 26. In the second round table conference, who represented Congress > Mahatma Gandhi 27. The famous Bull Seal of Indus Valley Civilization is found at which place > Mohen Jo Dero 28. In which province Muslim League formed their first government after 1946 elections > Bengal 29. Which was the Capital of Mughul Empire > Delhi 30. Who was Tipu Sultan`s father > Hyder Ali

4 31. Din-E-Illahi was a religion founded by which emperor > Akbar 32. Which leader succumbed to injuries in a lathi charge during a protest against the Simon Commission in 1928 > Lala Lajpat Rai 33. In which year did the first war of Indian Independence took place > This Indian ruler collected taxes labelled as chauth and sardeshmukhi > Shivaji 35. Which famous organisation in the history of Indian independence was founded by Rashbehari Bose > INA 36. In which Indian city did Shivaji marry > Bangalore 37. Which British General was responsible for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre > General Dyer 38. To avenge whose death did Bhagat Singh shoot and kill General Saunders > Lala Lajpat Rai 39. Which of India s greatest freedom fighters got his name because his familywere originally sellers of perfume > Gandhi from gandha 40. The Chipko movement was found to save trees from destruction. By

5 40.what name was it known inkarnataka > Appiko Movement 41. The Hindi classic Padmavat was a work by a Muslim Writer. Name him > Malik Muhammad Jaisi 42. Kitab-i-rehla is a work by a foreign traveler as an account of his travels. What is the name > Ibn Batutah 43. Sulva Sutras are related to which branch of mathematics > Geometry 44. Ustad Mansur as a painter started his career during the last few years of which mughal emperor reign as a minor painter > Akbar 45. The Montague-Chelmsford Reforms were reforms introduced by the British Government in India in What was their objectives > introduce self-governing institutions to India 46. In which year Queen Victoria s Proclamation assuming the Government of India took place > Tahqiq-i-hind was a work of which foreign traveler > Al Beruni 48. Hartog Commission was for the reforms in the area of which field > Education 49. Fraser commission in 1902 was related to reforms in

6 > Police 50. The Doctrine of Lapse was an annexation policy devised by which Governor General of India > Lord Dalhousie 51. The Partition of Bengal was made in Who was viceroy of India at that Time > Lord Curzon 52. The Battle of Buxar was fought in October 1764 between the forces under the command of the British East India Company, and the combined armies of > Mir Kasim, Shuja-ud-Daula & Shah Alam II 53. The Muslim League was founded at which place in 1906 > Dhaka 54. Simuka was an Indian king and the founder of which dynasty > Satavahana dynasty 55. Battle of Wandiwash was fought between whom > French & East India Company 56. Jagat Seth a rich businessman of murshidabad was a contemporary of which nawab > Siraj-ud-Daula 57. Who founded Home Rule League > Annie Besant 58. Who was the founder of Rastrakuta dynasty > Dantidurga ( ) or Dantivarman 59. Pillai was the term used for students in which age

7 > Sangam Age 60. Which animal was the state emblem of Pandya Kings > Fish 61. Panchatantra was written in which period > Gupta Period 62. Which animal was widely exported in the Sangam age to western world > Peacock 63. The richest and biggest land lords class was known by which name during sangam age > Velas 64. Tamil God who was most favorite in sangam age was > Murugan 65. Bhandi was a chief secretary of which Indian King > Harshavardhan 66. In 1612, where did the British establish their first factory (trading post) in India > Surat 67. On the banks of river Ganga, which ruler of Magadh founded the city of Patliputra (modern Patna) > Ajatashatru 68. At which place did Mahatama Gandhi start his first Satyagraha in India > Champaran (Bihar) 69. Who was Saadat Hasan Manto

8 > a versatile Urdu story of partition times of India & Pakistan 70. What is the chronological order of Dutch, French, Portuguese andenglish to come in India > Portuguese, Dutch, English, French 71. Juna Garh rock inscription is related to which ruler of ancient Gujarat > Rudradaman 72. Vikram samvat is popularly used in India. In which other country it is used popularly > Nepal 73. The Vikrama Samvat was founded by the Tuar Rajput emperor Vikramaditya of Ujjain[1] following his victory over > Sakas 74. The Vikram Samvat calendar is how long ahead (in years) of the solar Gregorian calendar > 56.7 years 75. What is the correct chronological order of construction of Qutub Minar, Taj Mahal, Fatehpur Sikri & Agra Fort > Qutub Minar, Agra Fort, Fatehpur Sikri, Taj Mahal 76. Who was the first ruler of The Mamluk Dynasty > Qutub-ud-din Aibak 77. What kind of coins introduced Muhammad Bin Tughlaq without effective regulation against forgery > copper coins 78. Who was the founder and first ruler of Tughlaq Dynasty > Ghiyas ud din Tughluq Shah or Ghazi Malik

9 79. In which year Akbar centralized the control and functioning of various mints > The construction of the Delhi Iron Pillar, now located at the Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque in New Delhi was constructed in which period > Gupta Period 81. Who were the highest officials of Asoka > Rajukas 82. Out of Burma, Nepal, Sri Lanka & China, in which countries Asoka propagated Buddhism > Burma, Nepal & Sri Lanka 83. Who was the ancient Greek King contemporary of Asoka and mentioned him in his edicts > Antiochus II Theos 84. Out of Infanticide, Sati, Slavery & Lotteries, which was outlawed / abolished first at the beginning of eighteenth century > Infanticide (both male & female) 85. Which hills in Orrisa, have major Edicts of Ashoka engraved on a mass of rock, by the side of the road leading to the summit of the hills > Dhuli Hills 86. In which edict in Dhuli Asoka expresses his concern for the welfare of the whole world > Kalinga Edict VI 87. In which battle artillery was used for the first time > First Battle of Panipat

10 88. In which state the Indus Valley site at Surkotada is located > 160 km (99 mi) north-east of Bhuj,Kutch, Gujarat 89. What was the major finding at the Surkotada City of Indus Valley Civilization > massive fortification wall of semi-undressed stones 90. During the reign of Harshavardhana, where was the largest Buddhist monastery established > Nalanda 91. Largest Roman settlement and a Roman factory is found in which archaeological site near Pondicherry, southern India > Arikamedu 92. Ancient trading depot of Bharukaccha is related to which city of Modern India > Bharuch of Gujarat 93. What was the capital of the ancient Maitraka dynasty > Vallabhi 94. In 1906, at the founding session of all India Muslim League in Dhaka, who became the first president of the party > Nawab Salimullah Khan 95. Which monument was built by Mohammed Quli Qutub Shah in 1591 to commemorate the end of the plague in his capital > Charminar, Hyderabad 96. Who presided over the first session of the All India Trade Union Congress in 1920 > Lala Lajpat Rai

11 97. Gol Ghar, a beehive shaped structure built in 1786 to store grains for the British Army, is located in which city > Patna 98. Which freedom fighter was popularly known as Lokpriya > Gopinath Bordoloi 99. Which battle lead to the disintegration of Vijayanagar empire of south India > Battle of Talikota (1565) 100.Which sultan called himself the Second Alexander > Sultan Alauddin Khilji

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