HISTORY Most Expected Questions for All Competitive Exams

HISTORY Most Expected Questions For All Competitive Exams 1. Who invited Babar to invade India? –Alam Khan 2. Who attended the Second Round Table Conference as the representative of the Congress? –Mahatma Gandhi 3. Who was the member of ‘Din-i-Ilahi’? –King Birbal 4. With whom was the last opportunity to avoid the partition of India lost? –Cabinet Mission 5. Who is known as the ‘Indian Bismark’? –Vallabh bhai Patel 6. Who named ‘Prayag Nagar’ as ‘Allahabad”? –Akbar 7. Who passed the Indian university Act? –Lord Curzon 8. By whom was Saka era founded? –Kanishka 9. Which Peshwas was popularly known as Nana-Saheb? –Balaji Baji Rao 10. Memories of Babur (Tuzk-e-Baburi) was written in which language? –Turkish 11. Who organised Ashwamedha Yajna in Gupta Period? –Samudragupta 12. Which group were related to ‘Tana Bhagat’ movement? –Orann 13. Who was thrice elected President of the Indian National Congress? –Dadabhai Naoroji 14. Who, was the Nanda ruler at the time of Alexander’s invasion? –Dhana Nanda 15. Which Chola ruler converted the Bay of Bengal into a ‘Chela lake’? –Rajendra I 16. During which reign was Kalidasa lived? –Chandragupta II 17. The Gayatri Mantra contained in the Rigveda is dedicated to which deity? –Savitri 18. Which ruler was known as Amitraghata, the ‘destroyer of foes’? –Bindusara 19. Under which sultan, Chalisa land increased considerably? –Alauddin Khilji 20. Which Mughal emperor’s tomb is outside India? –Jahangir 21. Who was the first foreigner to invade India? –Darius I 22. Which was the God of animal during the later Vedic period? –Rudra 23. From where sufi movement was started? –Persia 24. By whom was the famous ‘Kirti Stambha’ at Chittor built? –Rana Kumbha 25. Analects is sacred text of which religion? –Confucius Religion 26. Which Rajput dynasties did not surrender to Akbar? –Sisodiya 27. Which ruler at first assumed the title of ‘Hazrat-i-Ala’ and afterwards ‘Sultan’? –Sher Shah Suri 28. Who is related to Sarvodaya and Bhoodan movement? –Acharya Vinoda Bhave 29. Which Sikh Guru called himself the ‘Sachcha Badshah’? –Guru Hargobind 30. Which was capital of Raja Ranjit Singh of Punjab? –Lahore 31. High Courts in Calcutta, Mumbai and Madras were established in which year? –1861 32. What was the script used in the earliest Tamil inscriptions? –Brahmi 33. At which place did Mahatma Gandhi start his first Satyagraha in India? –Champaran 34. Who was the British PM at the time of Revolt of 1857? –Lord Palmerston 35. Who is considered to be the father of Ayurveda? –Charaka 36. Which Veda throws light on the beliefs and practices of the non-Aryans? –Atharvaveda 37. Who was called Zinda Pir (living saint) in Mughal India? –Aurangzeb For More Study Material Join Our Telegram https://t.me/toprankersofficial Online Classes for Contact :- +91-767 656 4400 SSC, Banking & Railway visit : www.toprankers.com 38. What was Sher Shah's real name? –Farid 39. Who earned the title of a ‘Liberator’? –Ashoka 40. With whom did Alberuni come to India? –Mahmud of Ghazni 41. Who was the President of the Indian National Congress, while the Mountbatten Plan was accepted? –J.B. Kripalani 42. Who first voiced the idea of a separate Muslim state in India? –Mohammad Iqbal 43. Who founded ‘Bharat Sevak Samaj’ (Servants of Indian Society)? –Gopal Krishna Gokhale 44. Who had the Revenue system during Akbar’s reign? –Todarmal 45. Attack on ‘chittgaon arsenal’ was done in whose leadership? –Surya Sen 46. Who is associated with Tashkent Agreement? –Lal Bahadur Shastri 47. Who advocated the policy of abolishing princely states in free India? –J.L. Nehru 48. Who was responsible for the integration of Indian Princely States? –Sardar Patel 49. In which year was the Muslim league founded? –1906 50. In which year did the Congress loose its monopoly of power in the States for the first time after the elections? –1967 51. “Where there is no law, there is no freedom” who said this? –John Locke 52. Who was the famous Indo-Greek king who embraced Buddhism? –Menander 53. Who destroyed the group of Forty Nobles? –Balban 54. Who was the daughter of Emperor Aurangzeb? –Zebunnisa 55. Who was the first speaker of independent India? –G.V. Mavlankar 56. Where was first Madarasa set up by the British in India? –Calcutta 57. In India, where did the Dutch establish their earliest factory? –Masulipatnam 58. Who was the writer of ‘the Indian War of Independence’? –V.D.Savarkar 59. In which battle did Nadir shah defeated Muhammad Shah? –Karnal 60. By whom was the first muslim invasion of India lead? –Muhammad-binQasim 61. What is the subject matter of the Upanishads? –Religion 62. Who betrayed Siraj-ud-Daulah in the battle of Plassey in 1757? –Mir Jafar 63. A Fortgotten Empire’, written by the renowned historian Robert Sewell, is about which empire? –Vijayanagar Empire 64. Who proposed the name 'Pakistan'? –Chaudhary Rahmat Ali 65. Who was the oldest British monarch to sit on the throne? –Elizabeth II 66. By whom was the first estimate of national income in India made? –Dadabhai Naoroji 67. Where did ‘Parallel government’ form during Quit India movement? –Baliya 68. During whose Viceroyalty, Queen Victoria was crowned with ‘Kaiser-i-Hind’ in Delhi Durbar? –Lord Lytton 69. Late Raja Ravi Verma, was an eminent figure in which field? –Painting 70. Who stated that there was no slavery in India? –Megasthenes 71. Who was the regent of Akbar? –Bairam Khan 72. By whom was the agitation against the partition of Bengal led? –Surendranath Banerjee 73. Who was the Mughal Emperor to have lifted the Jaziya on Hindus? –Akbar 74. Who is known as ‘the father of India’s unrest’? –Bal Gangadhar Tilak For More Study Material Join Our Telegram https://t.me/toprankersofficial Online Classes for Contact :- +91-767 656 4400 SSC, Banking & Railway visit : www.toprankers.com 75. Which ruler had granted Diwani to the East India company? –Shah Alam II 76. Against whom did Gandhiji started Satyagraha movement in 1919 in protest? –Enactment of Rowlatt Act 77. Who was the first President of the Indian Trade Union Congress in 1920? –Lala Lajpat Rai 78. ‘Man-The Maker of His Own Destiny’ book was written by which person? –Swami Vivekanand 79. Who was the first governor of Portuguese in India? –De Almeida 80. During which movement was ‘Mahatma’ added before Gandhiji’s name? –Champaran 81. Who is the Father of local self government in India? –Lord Ripon 82. Who introduced Mansabdari system? –Akbar 83. By whom was the Indian Independence League set up? –Rasbihari Bose 84. On which river did Pulakesin II defeat Harshavardhana? –Narmada 85. By whom was the city of Agra founded in 1504? –Sikandar Lodhi 86. Who deciphered Adhikansh Inscriptions for the first time? –James Prinsep Salbai 87. By whom was the practice of Sati was declared illegal? –Lord William Bentick 88. Who was the Governor General when the first Anglo-Burmese was started? –Lord Amherst 89. Who was the first Indian Hindi scholar of the Mughal period? –Abdur Rahim 90. Quit India Movement started after the failure of which proposal? –Cripps' proposal 91. Who wrote the song ‘Saare Jahan Se Acha’? –Muhammad Iqbal 92. When the East India Company came into existence, By whom was England was ruled? –Tudors 93. In which session was 'PURNA SWARAJ' adopted as it's goal by INC? –Lahore Session 94. Who first started the civil services in India? –Lord Cornwallis 95. Attack on ‘chittgaon arsenal’ was done in whose leadership? –Surya Sen 96. Who is associated with Tashkent Agreement? –Lal Bahadur Shastri 97. In which year was the Muslim league founded? –1906 98. In which year did the Congress loose its monopoly of power in the States for the first time after the elections? –1967 99. In which year Mahatma Gandhi was first arrested during ‘Satyagrah’ –1908 100. Who among the following is the first Englishman to become the president of INC? –George Yule qqq For More Study Material Join Our Telegram https://t.me/toprankersofficial Online Classes for Contact :- +91-767 656 4400 SSC, Banking & Railway visit : www.toprankers.com.

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