History GK Questions India

Q 1. Who founded Mahabalipuram, City of Tamil Nadu ?

Show Answer Answer:-Narasimhavarman I

Q 2. What was the Real name of Mahatma Buddha, the founder of Buddhism ?

Show Answer Answer:-Siddhartha

Q 3. Which Metal was first used by the Indus people ?

Show Answer Answer:- Copper

Q 4.Who was known as the Indian Napoleon ?

Show Answer Answer:-Samudragupta

Q 5. Who was the first governor general of india?

Show Answer Answer:- Lord William Bentick

Q 6. Who was the first governor general of Independent india?

Show Answer Answer:-Lord lewis mountbatten

Q 7. Who was the first Mughal emperor of India ?

Show Answer Answer:- Babar

Q 8. Who was the first Gupta king to Issue Silver Coins ?

Show Answer Answer:-Chandragupta II

Q 9. Who introduced the Permanent Settlement in Bengal ?

Show Answer Answer:-Lord Cornwallis

Q 10. Who was the last Viceroy and first Governor – General of Independent India ?

Show Answer Answer:-Lord Mountbatten

Q 11. Who was the first Viceroy of India ?

Show Answer Answer:-Lord Canning

Q 12. Who was the Viceroy of India during Champaran Satyagraha ?

Show Answer Answer:-Lord Chelmsford

Q 13. Who was the last Ruler of Delhi Sultanate ?

Show Answer Answer:-Ibrahim Lodi

Q 14. Who was the last Mughal emperor of India ?

Show Answer Answer:- Bahadur Shah II

Q 15 .Who was the author of Humayun – Nama ?

Show Answer Answer:-Gulbadan Begum

Q 16. Which Gupta ruler is known as the ‘ Napoleon of India ‘ ?

Show Answer Answer:-Samudragupta

Q 17. Which Mughal emperor abolished Jizya tax for Hindu pilgrims ?

Show Answer Answer:-Akbar Jizya was abolished by the Mughal Emperor Akbar in the 16th Century but later it was reimposed by Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in the 17th Century .

Q 18. Which Englishman honored the Mughal Emperor Jahangir with the title of ” Khan ” ?

Show Answer Answer:-William Hawkins

Q 19. The British set up their first factory in Surat with the permission of which Mughal Emperor ?

Show Answer Answer:-Jahangir

Q 20. In which year did the Battle of Haldighati take place between Maharana Pratap and Akbar ?

Show Answer Answer:-1576 On 18th June

Q 21. Which Mughal Emperor gave land for the construction of the Golden Temple at Amritsar ?

Show Answer Answer:-Akbar

Q 22. The Battle of Khanwa in 1527 was fought between ______ ?

Show Answer Answer:-Babar and Rana sanga

Q 23. The Capital of the Mughal Empire was shifted from Agra to Delhi in 1638 by which Mughal Emperor ?

Show Answer Answer:-Shahjahan

Q 24. Who is considered the greatest ruler of the Mughal Empire ?

Show Answer Answer:-Mughal emperor Akbar

Q 25. Who was the last emperor of the Mughal Empire ?

Show Answer Answer:-bahadur shah jafar bahadur shah jafar Reigned from 1837 to 1857. Bahadur Shah 2 is also known as Bahadur Shah Zafar . Bahadur Shah || deposed by the British and was exiled to Burma after the Indian Rebellion of 1857 . He was died in British prison in Burma in the year 1862 .

Q 26. Which war led to the establishment of Mughal Empire in India ?

Show Answer Answer:-First Battle of Panipat

Q 27. Who was the founder of Mughal Empire ?

Show Answer Answer:- Babur

Q 28. In which year , Quit India Movement was Started ?

Show Answer Answer:-1942

Q 29. The first battle of Panipat fought by Babur and _______ ?

Show Answer Answer:-Ibrahim Lodi

Q 30. Which national revolutionary gave this slogan ” inquilab zindabad ” ?

Show Answer Answer:-Maulana hasrat Mohani

Q 31. Who built the first Grand trunk road in India ?

Show Answer Answer:-Shershah Suri

Q 32. When did the capital of India Shift from Kolkata to New Delhi ?

Show Answer Answer:-1911

Q 33. Who was the first President of Indian National Congress ?

Show Answer Answer:- Womesh Chandra Banerjee

Q 34. Which Gupta ruler got the iron pillar constructed near Qutub Minar ?

Show Answer Answer:-Chandragupta ||

Q 35. Who was the first Muslim invader to attack India ?

Show Answer Answer:-Muhammed bin Qasim

Q 36. Tripitaka Granth is related to which Religion ?

Show Answer Answer:- Buddha

Q 37. Which British governor banned the practice of Sati ( Sati Pratha ) in India ?

Show Answer Answer:-Lord William bentic

Q 38. Which book is also known as the Adi Granth of Indian Music ?

Show Answer Answer:-Samveda

Q 39.Which is the oldest city of Indus Civilization discovered in India ?

Show Answer Answer:-harappa

Q 40. Which river is mostly described in the Early Vedic literature ?

Show Answer Answer:-Indus river

Q 41.Which ruler of the Gupta period has been given the title of Kaviraj ?

Show Answer Answer:-Samudragupta

Q 42. Who was the first foreign traveler to visit India ?

Show Answer Answer:-Megasthenes

Q 43. Which dynasty’s reign is known as the Golden Age of India ?

Show Answer Answer:-Gupta Dynasty

Q 44.Which ruler got the Sompur Mahavihara built ?

Show Answer Answer:-dharmpal

Q 45. The rulers of which dynasty got the Ellora caves constructed ?

Show Answer Answer:-Rashtrakuta dynasty

Q 46. Who founded the ancient Vijayanagara Empire in South India ?

Show Answer Answer:-Harihar and Bukka

Q 47. Who was the greatest ruler of Vijayanagara Empire ?

Show Answer Answer:-Krishnadev Rai |

Q 48. Who signed the Treaty of Bassein with the British East India Company in 1802 ?

Show Answer Answer:-Bajirao ||

Q 49. Which is the largest Indian site of Indus Valley Civilization ?

Show Answer Answer:-Dholavira

Q 50.Who was the Governor General of India during the Revolt of 1857 AD ?

Show Answer Answer:- Lord Canning

Q 51. Which Mughal emperor was called ” Zinda Pir ” ?

Show Answer Answer:-Aurangzeb

Q 52. When did Mahatma Gandhi start the ‘ Dandi March ‘ ?

Show Answer Answer:-12 March 1930

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