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Ancient Indian History GK Questions with Answers One Liner for Students
Which freedom fighter shot General Michael O’Dwyer?
Udham Singh
In which year was the Indian National Congress founded?
1885
Banda Bahadur, the military commander of the Khalsa army, was killed in which year?
1716
In which year did Guru Gobind Singh establish the Khalsa Panth?
1699
In which year was Jaipur’s Hawa Mahal, a prominent palace, built by Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh?
1799 CE
When did Nadir Shah invade India and sack Delhi?
1739
At what age did Akbar become the ruler of Punjab?
13
In which year did Akbar establish the Ibadat Khana (House of Worship)?
1575
When did Akbar become emperor?
1556 CE
Who founded the Suri dynasty and became the ruler by overthrowing the Mughal Empire?
Sher Shah Suri, 1540 to 1545
In 1526, who established the Mughal Empire in India by defeating the Lodhi dynasty?
Babur
When did Qutubuddin Aibak become Sultan and start the rule of the Slave (Mamluk) dynasty?
1206
The history of India begins with the birth of the Indus Valley Civilization, which emerged in around?
2500 BCE
The period between which years is referred to as the era of the Delhi Sultanate?
1206 CE to 1526 CE
When did the Shaka era begin?
78 CE
Sher Shah Suri defeated Humayun in the Battle of Chausa in which year?
1539
The Doctrine of Lapse was implemented by the British in which year?
1848
When was the Battle of Peshawar fought between Raja Jayapala and Mahmud of Ghazni?
1001
When was the Battle of Saragarhi fought?
1897
Who were the British fighting against in the Battle of Wandiwash?
France
When was the Battle of Buxar fought?
1764
Which Rajput ruler of Mewar fought the Battle of Haldighati in 1576?
Maharana Pratap
When did the Jallianwala Bagh massacre occur?
13 April 1919
Who issued the order for the partition of Bengal in 1905?
Lord Curzon
When did the Swadeshi Movement start?
1905
When did the All-India Khilafat Committee pass a resolution urging Muslims not to join the military?
July 1921
When was New Delhi made the capital of India?
1911
Who founded the Swaraj Party?
Motilal Nehru
In which year did the Chauri Chaura incident occur, replacing the protest on 192 July?
1922
When did the Kakorí Train Robbery take place?
1925
When did the Non-Cooperation Movement start in India?
1920
Who led the Khilafat Movement?
Ali Brothers
When was the Muslim League founded?
1906
In which year was the Swaraj Party formed?
1923
In 1937, the Congress held its session for the first time in a village. Which village was it?
Faizpur
In which year was Bhagat Singh hanged?
1931 CE
The Rowlatt Act was passed in which year?
1919
Against which act did Mahatma Gandhi decide to launch a protest and satyagraha?
Rowlatt Act, 1919
The goal of political efforts for Swaraj was announced in which session by Dadabhai Naoroji?
Calcutta Session, 1906
When did the All India Congress Committee (AICC) pass the Quit India resolution?
8 August 1942
In which year did the Indian National Congress adopt the tricolor flag for the first time in a session?
1911
The Kakori train robbery was organized in which year?
1925
Where was the first meeting of the Indian National Congress held?
Bombay
In which year was the Kolkata Municipal Corporation founded by a royal charter?
1726
In 1688, which was the first municipal corporation established during British rule in the former Presidency town of Madras?
Madras
Who founded the Ramakrishna Mission in 1897?
Swami Vivekananda
When was the first revenue settlement in Banjadekkan enforced?
1820
In which year was permanent settlement introduced by the East India Company?
1793
In which year was the East India Company Act passed by the British Parliament, transferring its powers to the British Crown?
1858
In which year did Swami Vivekananda found the Ramakrishna Mission?
1897
Who led the Bardoli Satyagraha in 1928?
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
On which date did the Indian National Congress declare 26 January 1930 as Independence Day during the Civil Disobedience Movement?
26 January 1930
Between which years did the Moplah Rebellion occur?
1921-1922
When did the Moplah Rebellion (Malabar Rebellion) occur?
1921
In which year did Raja Ram Mohan Roy establish the Brahmo Samaj in Kolkata?
1828
Under whose leadership was the Battle of Plassey fought between the British and the Nawabs?
Robert Clive
In which year was the law passed to abolish Sati?
1829
In which year was the First War of Indian Independence fought?
In which year was the Asiatic Society of Bengal established?
1784
During British rule, in 1929, which act was passed to prohibit child marriage?
Child Marriage Restraint Act (Sharda Act)
What was the immediate cause of the 1857 rebellion?
Cartridges of Enfield Rifles
Who led the 1857 rebellion in Lucknow?
Begum Hazrat Mahal
In which year did the Portuguese capture Goa?
1510 CE
In which year did the East India Company establish its first factory in India?
1600-1612
In which city was the Indian National Congress Session held in September 1920?
Calcutta
In which year did Lord Curzon pass the order for the partition of Bengal?
1905
In which year did the Congress and the Muslim League sign the historic Lucknow Pact?
1916
In which year was the Ghadar Party formed?
1913
When did the Jallianwala Bagh massacre take place?
13 April, 1919
In which year did the Kakori conspiracy take place?
1925
In which year was the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association established?
1928
In which year did Khudiram Bose attempt to assassinate Kingsford in Muzaffarpur?
1908
In which year was Mahatma Gandhi born?
1869
When did Gandhi begin the Non-Cooperation Movement?
1920
When did the Non-Cooperation Movement end?
1922
When did the Simon Commission arrive in India?
1927
When did Mahatma Gandhi launch the Civil Disobedience Movement?
1930
The Poona Pact was signed in 1932 between whom?
B.R. Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi
In which year was the Third Round Table Conference held?
1932
In which year was the First Round Table Conference held in London?
1930
In which year was the Gandhi-Irwin Pact signed?
1931
When did the Quit India Movement begin?
August 1942
The Khilafat Movement and the Non-Cooperation Movement were organized between which years to protest British rule in India?
1919-1922
In which year did Mahatma Gandhi establish the Harijan Sevak Sangh for the upliftment of suppressed and backward classes?
1932
Who established the Prarthana Samaj in 1867 in Bombay?
Prarthana Samaj
In which year was Mahatma Gandhi elected as the President of the Indian National Congress in a session?
1924
Who is remembered as ‘Deshbandhu’ for founding the Swaraj Party along with Motilal Nehru and working towards self-governance in India?
Chittaranjan Das
In which year did the Chalukya ruler Pulakeshin II defeat Harsha?
618 CE
Until 1911, which city was the capital of British India?
Calcutta
The influence of the Chola rulers in South India was prominent in which century?
9th century
In 1178 CE, which ruler defeated Muhammad Ghori?
Bhima II
In which year did Mahmud of Ghazni invade India for the first time?
1001 CE
In 1026 CE, who attacked and looted the famous Somnath temple?
Mahmud of Ghazni
In Indian history, the period between …. is known as the era of the Delhi Sultanate?
1206 A.D. and 1526 A.D.
In which year did Timur Lang invade India?
1398 CE
When did Ibrahim Lodi become the Sultan of Delhi?
1517
In which year was Babur born?
1483
In which year was Humayun born?
1508
In which year was Akbar born?
1542
In which year did Pir Salahuddin ascend the throne?
1605
When did Aurangzeb die?
1707
The agreement to end Portuguese rule in India by signing the ‘Instrument of Surrender’ was signed on?
19 December 1961
In which year did Vasco da Gama arrive in Calicut?
1498
In which year did the Portuguese capture Goa?
1510
How many years did the British rule India?
Approximately 200 years
When was the East India Company founded?
1600
In which year was the Indian National Congress session held when the Bengal partition was revoked and the Morley-Minto Reforms were passed?
1907
In which year was Subhash Chandra Bose elected President of the Haripura Congress Session?
1938
In which session did the Indian National Congress declare its goal of complete independence?
Lahore Session, 1929
In which year did the Indian National Congress, during the Lahore Session, declare 26 January as Independence Day?
1930
Who was the President of Congress during the Belgaum Session in 1924?
M.K. Gandhi
In which year was the Subsidiary Alliance introduced by Lord Wellesley?
1798
Mahatma Gandhi called off the Non-Cooperation Movement due to the violence that occurred in the Chauri Chaura incident in ….?
February 1922
When did the All India Muslim League and the Indian National Congress reach the Lucknow Pact?
1916
On 12th August …, the Mughal Emperor appointed the East India Company as the Diwan of Bengal?
1765
The first Mughal emperor Babur sat on the throne in after the victory at Farghana?
1494
The most powerful Chola ruler, known as Rajaraja I, ascended the throne in …?
985
In 1809, Lord …. signed a treaty with Maharaja Ranjit Singh in Amritsar?
Charles T. Metcalfe
In 1929, under the leadership of …, the Lahore Congress formally demanded complete independence?
Jawaharlal Nehru
A few years before the establishment of the Maurya Empire, around .., the construction of the Great Wall of China began by the emperors of China?
2400 BCE
Qutubuddin Aibak ruled from which year to which year?
1206-1210
In which year did Mahatma Gandhi stage a satyagraha for farmers in Kheda district of Gujarat?
1918
Who established the Khilji dynasty by assassinating the last ruler of the Delhi Sultanate in 1290?
Khilji dynasty
After the sudden death of Humayun in 1556 CE, who became the regent of Akbar when he ascended the throne?
Bairam Khan
When was the Vedic literature written?
1500 BCE to 500 BCE
In which year was the Kalinga war fought?
261 BCE
When was Chandragupta Maurya born?
340 BCE
When did the Vikram era begin?
57 BCE
When did Huns first attack India?
458 CE
When did the Chinese traveler Xuanzang (Hiuen Tsang) come to India?
518 CE
When was the Satavahana dynasty founded?
2100 years ago
Where was the resolution for the non-cooperation movement passed in 1920?
Nagpur
In which year did the non-cooperation and Khilafat movements begin?
1921
When did Giyasuddin Balban rule India?
1266-1287
Which capital was transferred from Rajgir to Pataliputra during the Magadha Empire?
Pataliputra
When was the Second Round Table Conference held?
December 1931
When did Mahatma Gandhi return to India from South Africa?
1915
In which year did the East India Company receive its first charter to trade with India?
1600
When did Emperor Ashoka die?
232 BC
When did the infamous Jallianwala Bagh massacre occur?
13 April 1919
When did the Muslim League propose the creation of separate states for Muslims in Northwest and Eastern India?
1940
In which year did General Dyer order the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?
1919
In February …, Mahatma Gandhi decided to withdraw the Non-Cooperation Movement?
1922
A rebellion arose in the “Santhal” tribal group in ….?
1855
Who was the first ruler of the Shunga dynasty?
Pushyamitra Shunga
In which year did the Congress and Muslim League reach the Lucknow Pact?
1916
For the protection of the Caliph’s secular powers, in … the Khilafat movement was launched in Bombay?
March 1919
When was Lord Dalhousie’s Doctrine of Lapse enforced?
1854
In which year was the Gandhi-Irwin Pact signed?
1931
Gandhi ji, aged …, arrived in India from South Africa in 1915?
46
Before the 1905 partition of Bengal, Bengal Presidency was the largest province, which two states were included?
Bihar and Odisha
Who established the National Library of India in 1903?
Lord Curzon
When was the first war of Indian Independence fought?
When did Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw bombs inside the Central Legislative Assembly?
8 April 1929
How many prominent kingdoms existed in South India during the medieval period from 700 AD to 1857 AD?
Two
When was the partition of Bengal announced?
1905
In which year was the Arya Samaj established in India?
1875
When did Qutb-ud-din Aibak rule?
1206-1210
In which year did Muhammad bin Qasim invade India?
712 AD
When was the First Battle of Panipat fought?
1526
In which year did the Champaran Satyagraha take place?
1917
In which session of Congress did the leaders criticize the continuation of British control, causing a walkout?
Gaya Session, 1922
Which year did Raja Raja Chola I become king?
985 AD
In which year did Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel lead the farmers’ movement against the land tax increase in Gujarat’s Bardoli?
1928
Who did Alauddin Khilji appoint as the governor of Delhi Sultanate in 1296?
Jalaluddin Khilji
Who said, “India must have complete independence,” in the 1923 Congress Session?
Maulana Mohammad Ali
Where and when was the Prarthana Samaj established?
Bombay, 1867
When did China invade Tibet?
1949
In which year did Gandhi initiate a satyagraha to resolve the labor dispute between textile mill workers and owners in Ahmedabad?
1918
In March 1919, where was the Khilafat Committee formed?
Delhi
In December 1929, under whose presidency did the Lahore Congress formally declare the demand for complete independence?
Jawaharlal Nehru
Who was the Viceroy of India when India gained independence from colonial rule on 15 August 1947?
Lord Mountbatten
When did the British East India Company introduce the Permanent Settlement System?
1793
When was the “Battle of Buxar” fought?
1764
Who was the first to adopt the tricolor flag made of Khadi with a spinning wheel in 1931?
Pingali Venkayya
Where was the All India Muslim League formed in 1906?
Dhaka
Who established Banaras Hindu University in 1916?
Madan Mohan Malaviya
Who established the Brahmo Sabha in 1828, later known as Brahmo Samaj?
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Which empire existed in South India during the medieval period between 700 AD and 1857 AD?
Vijayanagara
In which year was the “Communal Award” introduced in India?
1932
What marked the beginning of the formal Indian Independence Movement?
1857 Sepoy Rebellion
Where was the “All India Muslim League” established during a session held in 1906?
Dhaka
In which year did the First World War begin?
1914
When did the Aligarh Movement start in India?
1875
Which Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate was removed from the throne in 1240 AD?
Raziyya Sultan
Who was the General Secretary of the Indian National Congress in 1928?
Jawaharlal Nehru
Which movement occurred before the “Chauri Chaura Incident of 1922”?
Non-cooperation Movement
Which South Indian state was prominent during the period from 700 AD to 1857 AD?
Bahmani Sultanate
When did Bhagat Singh receive a death sentence?
1931
Which event marked the formal start of the Indian Independence Movement?
1857 Sepoy Rebellion
The Vijayanagara Empire was founded in 1336 by whom?
Harihara and Bukka
When was the Congress of Vienna established to address European problems after the defeat of Napoleon?
1814
Which event took place in 1398 according to the following list?
Timur’s invasion of India
Where was the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association founded in 1928?
Delhi
Which leader led the rebellion in Bihar during the 1857 revolt?
Kunwar Singh
During British rule, when was the Bengal Partition announced by Lord Curzon?
1905
In 1927, who led the temple entry movement?
Bhimrao Ambedkar
Which battle was fought in 1761?
Third Battle of Panipat
On 8 April 1929, who threw bombs in the Central Legislative Assembly?
Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt
The 1857 revolt started from which location?
Meerut
Who is considered the founder of the Widow Remarriage Association (1861)?
Mahadev Govind Ranade
Who was martyred on 27 February 1931?
Chandra Shekhar Azad
Who founded the Indian League in 1875?
Shishir Kumar Ghosh
When did Bhagat Singh throw a bomb inside the Central Assembly in Delhi?
8 April 1929
Who attacked Gujarat in the 11th century and looted the Somnath Temple?
Mahmud of Ghazni
Which event occurred in 1919?
Rowlatt Act and Satyagraha against it
When was the Indian Association established?
1876
Who was the famous ruler in 1192 who defeated Afghan ruler Muhammad Ghori?
Prithviraj Chauhan
Which famous educational institution was founded in 1921?
Visva-Bharati University by Rabindranath Tagore
Who was the Iranian ruler who attacked Delhi in 1739 and looted immense wealth?
Nadir Shah
The Maurya Empire in India was established in 322 BC with its capital at Pataliputra, which is now known by what name?
Patna
In which year was the Vernacular Press Act passed in India?
1878
During the Rowlatt Act of 1919, who was the British Viceroy of India?
Lord Chelmsford
In which year did Alexander invade India?
326 BC
The Iron Age in India is associated with which period that lasted from 1500 to 500 BC?
Which social reformer and political leader advocated for women’s rights and played a key role in the Widow Remarriage Act of 1856?
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
The Maurya Empire was established in 322-321 BC by which great ruler?
Chandragupta Maurya
In which year was the Treaty of Amritsar signed between the British and the Sikhs?
1809
In which year did Tipu Sultan become the ruler of Mysore?
1782
In which year did the Cripps Mission visit India?
1942
The oldest Veda, Rigveda, was composed approximately how many years ago?
3500
In which year was the Second Anglo-Burmese War fought?
1852
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel served as the President of Congress in which year?
1931
In which year did the Bardoli Satyagraha take place?
1928
In which year did Timur invade Delhi?
1398
When was the Interim Government of India formed under the leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru?
2 September 1946
In which year did Congress and the Muslim League sign the Lucknow Pact for working together against the British?
1916
In which year did the Khili dynasty rule over Delhi?
1290-1320
During the 1857 rebellion, on which date did the military revolt occur at Meerut cantonment?
10 May 1857
Which princely state was annexed by the East India Company in 1852 under the Doctrine of Lapse?
Udaipur
In December 1885, how many representatives from different parts of India attended the establishment of the Indian National Congress?
72
In which city was the Supreme Court of India established?
Calcutta
When did the Indigo Rebellion of Bengal occur?
1859
In the 1527 Battle of Khanwa, whom did Babur fight against?
Rana Sanga
The First Anglo-Afghan War was fought between 1838 and which year?
1842
When and where was the Brahmo Samaj, influenced by the Brahmo Samaj, established?
Madras 1864
The Battle of Chandawar in 1194 was fought between Muhammad Ghori and which ruler of the Gahadavala dynasty?
Jaichand
In which year did the first war of independence take place in India?
Prehistoric times have been divided into how many ages based on technological advancements?
Three
Who was the founder of the Widow Remarriage Association (1861)?
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
In which year did the Lucknow Pact between Congress and the Muslim League take place?
1916
When did the Partition of Bengal take place?
1905
In which year was the Interim Government formed at the center?
1946
Who established the Satyashodhak Samaj (Truth Seeker Society) in 1873?
Jyotiba Phule
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