History GK from Previous HSSC Papers

Q. Who was the last Hindu ruler of the Delhi kingdom?

Ans. Hemchandra 

Q. The first Governor of Haryana was-

Ans. Shri Dharmaveer 

Q. When was the Indian National Congress founded?

Ans. In the year 1885

Q. Quit India movement was started in which viceroy's regime ?

Ans Lord Linlithgow

Q. The lohi dynasty was founded by

Ans. Bahlol Lodhi

Q. Famous Song sare Jahan Se Acha was composed by 
Ans. Mohmad Iqubal 

Q. Which battle was fought between Maratha’s and Hamed Sha Abadali in Haryana 
Ans. Third bettle of Panipat 

Q. Who had the office of the Vice_president of India for two consecutive terms?

Ans. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan 

Q. Who was the first Indian soldier to refuse to use the Greased Cartridge ?

Ans. Mangal Pandey 

Q. The first battle fought in Taravadi (Tarain) was won by whom ?

Ans. Prithviraj Chauhan

Q. In the battle of Independence 1857, Rao Tularam fought against Britishers in the region of 

Ans. Narnaul, Rewari

Q. Bana-Bhatta was a friend and state-poet of the king

Ans. Harshwardhan

Q.  Who wrote Akbarnama?

Ans. Abul Fazal.

Q.  The High Court of Punjab and Haryana earlier known as Lahore High Court was established un the year?

Ans. 1919

Q. Who was the Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Indian Constitution? 

(a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad (b) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar 

(c) B. N. Rai (d) Jawaharlal Nehru 

 Ans. Dr.B.R.Ambedkar.

Q. Who among the following sultans of Delhi advocated the policy that follows the middle course in realizing the Kharaj ? 

(a) Balban (b) Jalalud-din Khilji 

(c) Ghyasud-din Tughlaq (d) Firoj Tughlaq

 Ans. C

 Q. Arrange the following events in their chronological order: 

(i) Cripps Mission  (ii) Quit India Movement 

 (iii) Individual Satyagraha  (iv) August Offer 

 (a) I, ii, iii, iv 

(b) iii, iv, ii, I

 (c) iv, iii, I, ii 

 (d) ii, I, iv, iii

 Ans. C

Q. Gandhiji’s intervention in the Ahmedabad Mill Strike of 1917 led to the enhancement of wages of the workers by – 

(a) 25% (b) 30% 

(c) 35% (d) 40%. 

Ans. C

Q. Arrange the following into sequential order and select the correct answer from the codes given below: 

(i) Pulkeshin-II 

(ii) Pushyamitra shunga 

(iii) Shankaracharya 

(iv) Chandrabardai 

Codes: 

(a) (ii), (I), (iii), (iv) 

(b) (I), (iii), (ii), (iv) 

(c) (iii), (iv), (ii), (I) 

(d) (iv), (I), (iii), (ii). 

Ans. A

Q. Which of the following was created by the Pitt's India Act?

(a) Court of Directors  (d) Board of Control

(c) Board of Revenue  (d) Standing Council 

Ans. B