Microporous carbons with narrow pore size distribution have been successfully synthesized by using hydrolyzed andcomposites were prepared by solution route. Subsesequently, silica templates were removed by HF leaching. Resultingcarbons were steam activated. The porous carbons were characterized by nitrogen adsorption-desorption isotherm, SEM,FTIR analysis, iodine adsorption, thermogravimetry analysis, etc. Adsorption isotherms show that the porous carbon preparedfrom calcined silica as templates are microporous with 88% pores of size <2 nm porosity and are of type I isotherm, whileporous carbon prepared by using hydrolyzed silica are microporous with 89% microporosity, shows hysteresis loop at highrelative pressure indicating the presence of some mesoporosity in samples. The microporosity in porous carbon materials hasa bearing on the nature of silica templates used for pore formation.