Previous Year Questions: History | Current Affairs & General Knowledge - CLAT PDF Download

Q.1. Which one of the following was established by the Rome Statute?    (D.U. LL.B., 2020)
(a) International Criminal Court
(b) International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
(c) International Crimes Tribunal, Bangladesh
(d) Special court for Sierra Leone

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.2. Exchange of Enclaves between India and Bangladesh was executed through    (D.U. LL.B., 2020)
(a) 100 Constitutional Amendment Act
(b) 101 Constitutional Amendment Act
(c) 102 Constitutional Amendment Act
(d) 99 Constitutional Amendment Act

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.3. Which among the following is an international treaty related to the protection of the ozone layer?    (D.U. LL.B., 2020)
(a) Kyoto Protocol
(b) Paris Agreement
(c) Montreal Protocol
(d) Aarhus Convention

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.4. Which one of the following has been described as a 'Frozen Moment in History'?    (AILET, 2018)
(a) Fatehpur Sikri
(b) Jallianwala Bagh
(c) Gol Gumbas Bijapur
(d) Qutub Minar.

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.5. In 2017, Special Leave Petition for reinvestigation in the Mahatma Gandhi murder case was filed by ____.    (AILET, 2018)
(a) Amrendra Sharan
(b) Pankaj K. Phadnis
(c) Tushar Gandhi
(d) Raju Ramachandran

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.6. Who is the first Indian woman to be elected as the Judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of Sea?    (AILET, 2018)
(a) Dr. Neeru Chadha
(b) Justice Gita Mittal
(c) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
(d) Dr. Menaka Guruswamy

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.7. Which of the following river(s) is/are declared as a legal entity by an Act of Parliament?    (AILET, 2018)
(a) Ganga
(b) Whanganui
(c) Yamuna
(d) All of the above.

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.8. Local self-governance is an example of    (AILET, 2018)
(a) federalism
(b) democratic decentralisation
(c) direct democracy
(d) administrative delegation.

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.9. Nelson Mandela Rules deal with    (AILET, 2018)
(a) Apartheid
(b) Truth and Reconciliation
(c) Prison Management
(d) Global Peace-making.

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.10. Who is the first female fighter pilot of India?    (CLAT, 2018)
(a) Punit Arora
(b) Avani Chaturvedi
(c) Mitali Madhumita
(d) Priya Jhingan

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.11. The Reserve Bank of India issued the 100 rupee coin to mark the birth centenary of which Carnatic Music Legend?    (CLAT, 2018)
(a) Dr. Balamurali Krishna
(b) Dr. M.S. Subbulakshmi
(c) Muthuswami Deekshithar
(d) Chembai Vaidynatha Bhagavathar

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.12. Where is the temple of Angkor Wat located?    (CL AT, 2018)
(a) Singapore
(b) Cambodia
(c) Thailand
(d) Indonesia.

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.13. What is the significance of May 13, 1952 with regard to Indian polity?    (CLAT, 2018)
(a) First sitting of the LokSabha
(b) First sitting of the Rajya Sabha
(c) First sitting of the Supreme Court of India
(d) Formation of the Election Commission of India.

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.14. Which among the following is the earliest literary work in Tamil language?    (CLAT, 2018)
(a) Manimegalai
(b) Silappadikaram
(c) Thirukkural
(d) Tolkappiyam.

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.15. Who is the author of 'The Coalition Years 1996-2012'?    (CLAT, 2018)
(a) Manmohan Singh
(b) Pratibha Patil
(c) Sharad Pawar
(d) Pranab Mukherjee.

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.16. What is the motto of the Supreme Court of India?    (CLAT, 2018)
(a) Satyameva Jayate
(b) Dharmo Rakshati Rakshitah
(c) Sarve Jana Sukhino Bhavanthu
(d) Yato Dharmastato Jayah.

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.17. Who was the Prime Minister of Britain when India got independence?    (D.U. LL.B., 2017)
(a) Clement Atlee
(b) Sir Winston Churchill
(c) Sir Stafford Cripps
(d) Lord Mountbatten.

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.18. The grant of Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa is associated with    (CLAT, 2013)
(a) Nawab Shuja-ud-Daula
(b) Nawab Asif-ud-Daula
(c) Shah Alam I
(d) Shah Alain II.

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.19. The last British Emperor of India was:    (CLAT, 2013)
(a) King George I
(b) King George III
(c) King George V
(d) King George VI.

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.20. Paleolithic period is also known as    (CLAT, 2013)
(a) Mesolithic Age
(b) Late Stone Age
(c) Old Stone Age
(d) Neolithic Age.

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.21. Capital of India was transferred from Calcutta to Delhi in the year:    (CLAT, 2013)
(a) 1901
(b) 1911
(c) 1921
(d) 1922.

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.22. The first Shaka king in India was:    (CLAT, 2013)
(a) Rudradaman
(b) Menadar
(c) Maues
(d) Damanrudra.

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.23. Sher Shah is well-known for his administrative skill, especially his     (NLU, Delhi, 2013)
(a) Market control steps
(b) Land revenue system
(c) Mansabdari system
(d) Law and order.

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.24. A monument resembling Taj Mahal was created by Aurangzeb in    (NLU, Delhi, 20130
(a) Ahmedabad
(b) Aurangabad
(c) Hoshangabad
(d) Daulatabad.

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.25. The maximum work in popularising female education in the nineteenth century was done by    (NLU, Delhi, 2013)
(a) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(b) J.E.D. Bcthune
(c) D.K. Karve
(d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy.

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.26. The most earned ruler of the Delhi Sultanate who was well versed in various branches of learning including Astronomy, Mathematics and Medicine was    (NLU, Delhi, 2013)
(a) lltutmish
(b) Alauddin Khalji
(c) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
(d) Sikandar Lodhi.

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.27. Permanent Settlement was introduced to    (NLU, Delhi, 2013)
(a) help the riots
(b) earn a fixed and regular revenue
(c) help the landlords
(d) improve the prospects of agriculture.

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.28. Which modern Indian historian has described the events of 1857 as "neither first nor National, nor a War of Independence"?    (D.U. LL.B., 2013)
(a) V.D. Savarkar
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) R.C. Majumdar
(d) S.N.Sen.

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.29. The earliest Codified Laws (Civil and Criminal) that defined and demarcated for first time in India during 335-345 A.D. was followed in the    (NLU, Delhi, 2012)
(a) Huna reign
(b) Sakka reign 
(c) Mughal reign
(d) Gupta reign.

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.30. Which of the following statements are correct with regard to the Indus Valley Civilisation?
I. The people of this civilisation were the earliest to make use of cotton.
II. They did not cremate their dead.
III. A grid system was followed in city planning
IV. Stone was the chief building material.    (NLU, Delhi, 2012)
(a) I and II
(b) II and III
(c) III and IV
(d) I and III.

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.31. The famous queen Chand Bibi who fought gallantly against Akbar belonged to     (NLU, Delhi, 2012)
(a) Berar
(b) Ahmadnagar
(c) Bijapur
(d) Golconda.

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.32. Who among the following Indian rulers established embassies in foreign countries on modern lines?     (NLU, Delhi, 2012)
(a) Haider Ali
(b) Mir Qasim
(c) Shah Alam II
(d) Tipu Sultan

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.33. Which one of the following may be called a 'political' cause of the 1857 Revolt?    (NLU, Delhi, 2012)
(a) The Subsidiary Alliance System of Wellesley
(b) The Religious Disabilities Act of 1856
(c) Low pay and poor prospects of the sepoys
(d) Dalhousie's Annexation Policy.

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.34. The first time that Mahatma Gandhi tried out his method of Satyagraha was    (NLU, Delhi, 2012)
(a) in South Africa against racist policies
(b) against indigo planters in Champaran
(c) in the Kheda no-rent campaign
(d) at Bardoli

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.35. The first venture of Mahatma Gandhi in all India Politics was    (NLU, Delhi, 2012)
(a) Non-cooperation Movement
(b) Dandi March
(c) Champaran Movement
(d) Rovvlatt Satyagrah

Correct Answer is Option (d)