Gujarat History GK Questions and Answers

Q1:  Gujarat was formed as a separate state on which date?
Answer: 1 May 1960

Q2:  Who was the first Chief Minister of Gujarat?
Answer: Jivraj Narayan Mehta

Q3:  Which Harappan-era site in Gujarat is famous for its ancient dockyard?
Answer: Lothal

Q4:  The city of Ahmedabad was founded in 1411 by which ruler?
Answer: Ahmed Shah I

Q5:  The formation of Gujarat as a separate state resulted from which movement?
Answer: Mahagujarat Movement

Q6:  Mahatma Gandhi was born in which coastal town of Gujarat?
Answer: Porbandar

Q7:  Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was born in which town of Gujarat?
Answer: Nadiad

Q8:  The Dandi March (Salt Satyagraha) led by Mahatma Gandhi began from which ashram in 1930?
Answer: Sabarmati Ashram

Q9:  Which ancient dynasty ruled Gujarat with its capital at Vallabhi?
Answer: Maitraka dynasty

Q10:  The Sun Temple at Modhera was built during the reign of which dynasty?
Answer: Chalukya (Solanki) dynasty

Q11:  The historic stepwell Rani ki Vav is located in which city of Gujarat?
Answer: Patan

Q12:  Which Mughal emperor annexed Gujarat into the Mughal Empire in 1573?
Answer: Akbar

Q13:  The Solanki dynasty of Gujarat is also historically known by which alternative name?
Answer: Chaulukya dynasty

Q14:  The Somnath Temple in Gujarat was plundered by which invader in 1025 CE?
Answer: Mahmud of Ghazni

Q15:  Before its accession to India, Junagadh was ruled by Nawabs belonging to which dynasty?
Answer: Babi dynasty

Q16:  The Gaekwad dynasty, which ruled the princely state of Baroda, was founded by whom?
Answer: Pilaji Rao Gaekwad

Q17:  The city of Bhavnagar, former capital of Bhavnagar princely state, was founded by which ruler?
Answer: Bhavsinhji Gohil

Q18:  Who founded the Solanki (Chaulukya) dynasty of Gujarat in the 10th century CE?
Answer: Mularaja I

Q19:  The Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is associated with which Sultanate ruler?
Answer: Mahmud Begada

Q20:  The first permanent English (East India Company) factory in India was established in 1613 at which Gujarat port city?
Answer: Surat

Q21:  The city of Anhilwad Patan, an early capital of Gujarat, was founded by which ruler?
Answer: Vanraj Chavda

Q22:  The Kutch region of Gujarat was historically ruled by which Rajput dynasty?
Answer: Jadeja dynasty

Q23:  The Bardoli Satyagraha of 1928, which earned Vallabhbhai Patel the title 'Sardar', was a protest against what?
Answer: Increase in land revenue

Q24:  The Kheda Satyagraha of 1918 in Gujarat took place over which issue?
Answer: Demand for tax relief due to crop failure

Q25:  Dholavira, one of the largest Indus Valley Civilization sites in India, is located in which district of Gujarat?
Answer: Kutch

Q26:  Rangpur, an important Harappan-era archaeological site, is located in which district of Gujarat?
Answer: Surendranagar

Q27:  Vadodara was historically the capital of which princely state?
Answer: Baroda State

Q28:  The princely state of Porbandar was historically ruled by which dynasty?
Answer: Jethwa dynasty

Q29:  The city of Rajkot was founded by Thakor Vibhaji Ajoji, a ruler belonging to which Rajput clan?
Answer: Jadeja

Q30:  Sultan Bahadur Shah of Gujarat ceded Diu to the Portuguese through a treaty in which year?
Answer: 1535

Q31:  Daman and Diu were liberated from Portuguese rule through Operation Vijay in which year?
Answer: 1961

Q32:  How many of Emperor Ashoka's Major Rock Edicts are inscribed on the rock at Girnar, near Junagadh?
Answer: 14

Q33:  The Junagadh rock inscription of Western Kshatrapa ruler Rudradaman I is historically significant as one of the earliest examples of what?
Answer: Long inscriptions in classical Sanskrit

Q34:  The Sahastralinga Talav, a large stepped reservoir in Patan, was built by which Solanki ruler?
Answer: Siddharaja Jayasimha

Q35:  The independent Gujarat Sultanate was founded in 1407 by whom?
Answer: Zafar Khan (Muzaffar Shah I)

Q36:  The Bhadra Fort in Ahmedabad was built by which ruler?
Answer: Ahmed Shah I

Q37:  The princely state of Idar in Gujarat was ruled by which Rajput dynasty?
Answer: Rathore dynasty

Q38:  The ancient town of Vadnagar in Gujarat was visited and described by which Chinese Buddhist traveler in the 7th century CE?
Answer: Hiuen Tsang (Xuanzang)

Q39:  Nawanagar (present-day Jamnagar) was founded in 1540 CE by which ruler?
Answer: Jam Rawal

Q40:  The princely state of Morvi in Gujarat was ruled by which dynasty?
Answer: Jadeja dynasty

Q41:  Sultan Mahmud Begada earned his title 'Begada' (meaning 'two forts') after capturing which two forts?
Answer: Junagadh (Girnar) and Pavagadh

Q42:  The city of Ahmedabad is situated on the banks of which river?
Answer: Sabarmati

Q43:  The Vaghela dynasty, the last Hindu dynasty to rule Gujarat before the Delhi Sultanate's conquest, had its capital at which city?
Answer: Dholka

Q44:  Alauddin Khalji's second invasion in 1304 CE ended the rule of which dynasty in Gujarat, annexing it to the Delhi Sultanate?
Answer: Vaghela dynasty

Q45:  During British rule, most of present-day Gujarat (excluding princely states) was administered as part of which presidency?
Answer: Bombay Presidency

Q46:  Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III of Baroda State is particularly remembered for introducing which reform in his state?
Answer: Compulsory and free primary education

Q47:  The temple architecture style seen in the Modhera Sun Temple and Rani ki Vav, developed under the Solanki dynasty, is known as which style?
Answer: Maru-Gurjara style

Q48:  The post-independence reconstruction of the Somnath Temple was initiated with the backing of which leader?
Answer: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Q49:  The reconstructed Somnath Temple was inaugurated in May 1951 by which dignitary?
Answer: President Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Q50:  Gujarat's state capital shifted from Ahmedabad to Gandhinagar in which year?
Answer: 1970

Q51:  Before Ahmed Shah I founded Ahmedabad in 1411, the area was traditionally believed to be called 'Karnavati', associated with which Solanki ruler?
Answer: Karna I

Q52:  The Neminath Temple at Girnar, an important Jain pilgrimage site, is dedicated to which Tirthankara?
Answer: Neminatha

Q53:  The temples atop Shatrunjaya hill in Palitana are a major pilgrimage site for which religion?
Answer: Jainism

Q54:  Mughal Emperor Humayun invaded and briefly occupied Gujarat, defeating Sultan Bahadur Shah, in which year?
Answer: 1535

Q55:  Sultan Bahadur Shah of Gujarat died in 1537 under disputed circumstances during a confrontation with whom near Diu?
Answer: The Portuguese

Q56:  Muzaffar Shah III was notable in Gujarat's history as which of the following?
Answer: The last ruler of the independent Gujarat Sultanate

Q57:  The coastal town of Dwarka in Gujarat is traditionally associated with which Hindu deity?
Answer: Lord Krishna

Q58:  Bet Dwarka, a small island associated with Krishna legends, lies close to which coastal town of Gujarat?
Answer: Dwarka

Q59:  The Somnath Temple, repeatedly attacked through history, is dedicated to which Hindu deity?
Answer: Lord Shiva

Q60:  The town where the Somnath Temple stands was historically known by which ancient name?
Answer: Prabhas Patan

Q61:  The Sudarshan Lake near Girnar was originally constructed under which Mauryan emperor's governor, Pushyagupta?
Answer: Chandragupta Maurya

Q62:  According to the Junagadh rock inscription, Ashoka's governor who is described as a 'Yavana' and who extended irrigation canals from the Sudarshan Lake, was named what?
Answer: Tushaspa

Q63:  The Junagadh rock inscription of Rudradaman I (circa 150 CE) describes his repair of which structure?
Answer: Sudarshan Lake dam

Q64:  Which Gupta emperor's inscription at Junagadh records a further restoration of the Sudarshan Lake in the 5th century CE?
Answer: Skandagupta

Q65:  The ancient Maitraka-era Vallabhi University in Gujarat was a major center of learning, especially associated with which religion?
Answer: Buddhism

Q66:  The Maitraka dynasty of Vallabhi in Gujarat was founded by which general?
Answer: Senapati Bhatarka

Q67:  The India-Pakistan military conflict known as the Battle of the Rann of Kutch took place in which year?
Answer: 1965

Q68:  The bifurcation of the bilingual Bombay State into separate Gujarat and Maharashtra states was carried out under which Act?
Answer: Bombay Reorganisation Act, 1960

Q69:  Which leader is most prominently associated with spearheading the Mahagujarat Movement demanding a separate Gujarat state?
Answer: Indulal Yagnik

Q70:  The Nav Nirman Movement of 1974 in Gujarat was primarily a student-led protest against what?
Answer: Price rise and corruption

Q71:  Solanki ruler Kumarapala embraced Jainism under the influence of which scholar?
Answer: Hemachandracharya

Q72:  Hemachandracharya, the great Jain scholar at the Solanki court, was honoured with which title, meaning 'Omniscient of the Kali age'?
Answer: Kalikal Sarvajna

Q73:  Uparkot Fort, one of the oldest fortifications in Gujarat, is located in which city?
Answer: Junagadh

Q74:  The famous Adalaj Stepwell near Ahmedabad was commissioned by which queen?
Answer: Rani Rudabai

Q75:  The Modhera Sun Temple was built during the reign of which Solanki ruler?
Answer: Bhima I

Q76:  Ahmed Shah I, founder of Ahmedabad, ruled the Gujarat Sultanate from 1411 until which year?
Answer: 1442

Q77:  Vastupala and Tejapala, powerful ministers under the Vaghela dynasty, are best remembered for what?
Answer: Patronage of Jain temple architecture

Q78:  The referendum deciding Junagadh's accession to India was held on which date?
Answer: 20 February 1948

Q79:  Junagadh's Dewan, on whose request the Government of India took over the state's administration on 9 November 1947 after the Nawab fled, was?
Answer: Shah Nawaz Bhutto

Q80:  The covenant merging the Kathiawar princely states was signed on 23 January 1948, and the United State of Kathiawar (later Saurashtra State) was formally inaugurated on which date?
Answer: 15 February 1948

Q81:  Rajkot served as the capital of which former state that existed from 1948 to 1956?
Answer: Saurashtra State

Q82:  Who served as the first Rajpramukh of Saurashtra State?
Answer: Jam Saheb Digvijaysinhji of Nawanagar

Q83:  Saurashtra State was merged into the bilingual Bombay State on which date?
Answer: 1 November 1956

Q84:  Mahatma Gandhi established the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad in which year?
Answer: 1917

Q85:  Kutch State was merged into Bombay State on which date, the same date as Saurashtra?
Answer: 1 November 1956

Q86:  Who directly succeeded Bhima II as ruler of the Chaulukya (Solanki) dynasty?
Answer: Tribhuvanapala

Q87:  Veraval, an important historic port town of Gujarat known for maritime trade, lies close to which famous temple town?
Answer: Somnath

Q88:  The historic name 'Sorath' traditionally refers to which region of Saurashtra, historically centred on Junagadh?
Answer: A historical sub-region of Saurashtra

Q89:  Baroda State, ruled by the Gaekwad dynasty, merged into Bombay State in which year?
Answer: 1949

Q90:  The Junagadh rock inscription of Rudradaman I is notable for its early use of which language, considered among the earliest known long inscriptions in it?
Answer: Classical Sanskrit

Q91:  Jama Masjid in old Ahmedabad's walled city was built by which Sultan?
Answer: Ahmed Shah I

Q92:  The Sarkhej Roza complex near Ahmedabad is dedicated to the memory of which Sufi saint?
Answer: Sheikh Ahmed Khattu Ganj Baksh

Q93:  The famous stone latticework at the Sidi Saiyyed Mosque, depicting intertwined branches, is popularly known as which motif?
Answer: Tree of Life

Q94:  Teen Darwaza, the historic triple gateway near Bhadra Fort in Ahmedabad, was completed in which year?
Answer: 1415

Q95:  Champaner was renamed 'Muhammadabad' by which Sultan after he made it his capital?
Answer: Mahmud Begada

Q96:  The Vikram Samvat calendar era, traditionally associated with which legendary king?
Answer: Vikramaditya

Q97:  Rani Sipri's Mosque in Ahmedabad, known as Masjid-e-Nagina, was commissioned in 1514 by whom?
Answer: Rani Sipri, wife of Mahmud Begada

Q98:  Bhadra Fort in Ahmedabad was built by Ahmed Shah I in which year?
Answer: 1411

Q99:  The Kevada Masjid and Nagina Masjid are notable monuments located within which UNESCO World Heritage Site?
Answer: Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park

Q100:  Junagadh's Nawab acceded the state to Pakistan on 15 August 1947, but this decision was reversed following intervention led by which Indian leader?
Answer: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel