“The Knowledge Library”

Knowledge for All, without Barriers…

An Initiative by: Kausik Chakraborty.

“The Knowledge Library”

Knowledge for All, without Barriers……….
An Initiative by: Kausik Chakraborty.

The Knowledge Library

General Knowledge – Questions and Answers Part-10

1801. The suicide bomber who killed Rajiv Gandhi on 21st May 1991: 
Thenmozhi Rajaratnam (Dhanu)
1802. Who coined the term ‘Satyagraha’?
Gandhiji
1803. Who established Vedanta College in 1825?
Ram Mohun Roy
1804. Who was hanged along with Bhagat Singh?
Raj Guru and Sukhdev
1805. The only Keralite to become the president of INC:
C Sankaran Nair
1806. Who authored ‘Arctic Home in the Vedas’?
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
1807. Who started the Self Respect Movement in Tamil Nadu?
EV Ramaswami Naicker
1808. In which year Gandhiji visited Kerala for the first time?
1920
1809.Name the Indian president who translated ‘The Republic’ by Plato?
Dr.Zakkir Hussain
1810. Who was known as ‘Desh bandu’?
Chittaranjan Das
1811.Who founded the Hindu Maha Sabha?
MM Malavya
1812.Who is regarded as the father of ‘the two-nation theory?
MA Jinnah
1813. Who wrote the book “What  Congress and Gandhi have done to untouchables’?
B R Ambedkar
1814.Who was the political guru of Gopala Krishna Gokhale?
MG Ranade
1815.In which day Gandhiji was assassinated?
Friday
1816.Who was the leader of Dharma Sabha which has the chief objective to counteract the propaganda of Brahma Samaj?
Radhakant Dev
1817.Who wrote the book ‘Gandhi and Anarchy’?
C.Sankaran Nair
1818.The prime minister who signed on Lahore Declaration with Nawaz Sherif of Pakistan:
A B Vajpayee
1819.The autobiography of Morarji Desai:
Story of My Life
1820.Who succeeded Rajiv Gandhi as minister of India:
V.P.Singh
1821.To whom Jawaharlal Nehru dedicated his autobiography?
Kamala Nehru
1822.The final resting place of Jawaharlal Nehru:
Santhi Van
1823.Who performed the role of Jawaharlal Nehru in the film ‘Gandhi’?
Roshan Seth
1824.The first bank in India-
Bank of Hindustan
1825. Kirit Parikh Committee was set up to review-
Petroleum pricing
1826. Depreciation means-
loss of equipment over time due to wear and tear
1827. Disinvestment in Public Sector is called?
Privatisation
1828. India changed over to the decimal system of coinage in-
April 1957
1829.Money value of goods and services-producing in a country during a year is called-
National Income
1830.How many banks were nationalised in 1980?
Six
1831.The Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India Limited (ICICI) was founded in –
1955
1832.The founder of Oriental Life Insurance Company-
Anita Bhavsar
1833.Where is the head office of New India Assurance?
Mumbai
1834.The celebrated work on Indian economic history ‘The Industrial Evolution in India in recent Times’ was written by-
D.R.Gadgil
1835.The apex bank of industrial credit in India.
IDBI
1836.The first National Income Committee was constituted in the year-
1949
1837.The full form of ‘P.P.P.’ in the financial world-
Purchasing Power Parity
1838.The prominent function of Central Statistical Organisation-
To collect national income statistics
1839.The headquarters of Allahabad bank is in
Kolkata
1840.The economic planning proposed by eight leading industrialists in 1945 is known as
Bombay plan
1841.The insurance company that was founded by Dorab Tata-
New India Assurance
1842. NAFED is connected with-
 Agricultural marketing
1843.The identifying number given to the income taxpayers by the Department is-
Permanent Account Number (PAN)
1844. Which five-year plan was called the Harrold Domer model?
First FYP
1845.A multinational is –
A company operating in many countries
1846.Economic growth is usually coupled with
Inflation
1847.In which country Green Revolution was started?
Mexico
1848.National Development Council was formed in:
1952
1849.The ex officio chairman of the National Development Council is:
Prime Minister
1850.The first book on Indian Planning entitled ‘Planned Economy’ for India was the attempt of-
M.Visvesvarayya
1851.The first Insurance company was established for Indians-
Bombay Mutual Life Assurance Society

 

 

1852.The Panchayat Raj system was introduced in 1959 under the recommendation of:
Belwant Rai Mehta Committee
1853.Repo rate means-
The rate at which RBI sells securities in Commercial Bank
1854.Father of Green Revolution in India
M.S.Swaminathan
1855.In which area priority was given in the first Five year Plan?
Agriculture
1856.The ex officio chairman of the National Development Council is:
Prime Minister
1857.The first book on Indian Planning entitled ‘Planned Economy’ for India was the attempt of-
M.Visvesvarayya
1858.The first Insurance company established for Indians-
Bombay Mutual Life Assurance Society
1859.The Panchayat Raj system was introduced in 1959 under the recommendation of:
Belwant Rai Mehta Committee
1860.Repo rate means-
The rate at which RBI sells securities in Commercial Bank
1861.Father of Green Revolution in India
M.S.Swaminathan
1862.In which area priority was given in the first Five year Plan?
Agriculture
1863.In which field Co-operative Movement was started for the first time in India?
Agricultural Credit
1864.When was the New Liberalized Industrial Policy was announced in India?
1991
1865.The main objective of Prime Minister’s Grama Sadak Yojana(PMGSY)-
To construct all-weather roads to connect hilly areas and main roads
1866.People’s Plan was envisaged by-
 M.N.Roy
1867.Which Five Year Plan is referred to as ‘Industrial and Transport Plan’? 
Second
1868.India copied the idea of Five Year Plans from:
Former Soviet Union
1869.The Ashok Mehta Committee was appointed in:
1977
1870.The Rolling Plan concept in National Planning was introduced by:
Janatha Government
1871.Where is National Institute of Rural Development situated?
Hyderabad
1872.Who is known as Father of Indian Budget?
P.C.Mahalanobis
1873.Who was the Prime Minister of  India when Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojana (PMRY) was started?
P.V.Narasimha Rao
1874.Who gave the slogan “Garibi Hatao”(Eradicate Poverty)?
Indira Gandhi
1875.The Balwant Rai Mehta Committee was appointed by :
National Development Council
1876.Which body compiles the national income of India?
Central Statistical Organisation
1877.The first Five year Plan was started in:
1951
1878.The major emphasis of Third Five Year Plan was-
Making India self-reliant
1879.During which Five Year Plan, the Twenty Point Programme (TPP) was launched by Indira Gandhi?
Fifth
1880.The first Asian country to start Community Development Project:
 India
1881. What are the functions in Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers?
Bombay Stock Excahnge
1882.The originator of the Human Development Index:
Mahbub ul Haq
1883.The Indian capital market is under the control of:
SEBI
1884.The acronym SEBI stands for:
Securities and Exchange Board of India
1885.The monetary policy in India is formulated by:
Reserve Bank of India
1886.The return on debentures is called:
Interest
1887.The south Indian city which is the hub of the automobile industry:
Chennai
1888. Which nation is considered to be the originator of the concept of microfinance?
Bangladesh
1889.Bombay Mutual Life Assurance Society was founded in:
1870
1890.Green Revolution in India is also known as:
Seed, fertilizer and  irrigation revolution
1891.The first jute mill in India was established in 1854 at Rishra near….
Kolkata
1892.The industry which laid the foundation of industrialisation in India: 
Cotton textiles
1893.The main competitor for Indian jute industry is:
 Bangladesh
1894.Who is known as the father of Indian industry:
Jamshedji Tata
1895.The second-largest agriculture-based industry in India:
Sugar
1896.The head office of United India Insurance Company Limited is at:
Chennai
1897.In which year did Oriental Insurance CompanyLtd become a subsidiary of LIC?
1956
1898. In which year New India Assurance company was founded?
1919
1899. Oriental Life Insurance Company was started in:
1818
1900.The first modern paper mill in India was established in Sehrampur in ……. in 1832.
West Bengal
1901. The monument where the Prime Minister of India raises the flag of India every year on Independence Day.:
(a) Taj Mahal                       (b) India Gate
(c) Gateway of India          (d) Red Fort
Answer: (d)

 

 

1902. The ……… plays a key role in the Sherlock Holmes mystery The Sign of the Four, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
(a) Agra Fort                          (b) Red Fort
(c) India Gate                          (d) Taj Mahal
Answer: (a)
1903. The profound influence of which religion can be seen in Ajanta Caves?
(a) Jainism                                (b) Buddhism
(c) Zorashtrianism                  (d) Christianity
Answer: (b)
1904. Which dynasty constructed Charminar?
(a) Barid Shahi                           (b) Qutub Shahi
(c) Imad Shahi                             (d) Adil Shahi
Answer: (b)
1905. The height of Gateway of India:
(a) 54m                                       (b) 72.5m
(c) 26m                                       (d) 42m
Answer: (c)
1906. In 1945, the courts-martial of three officers of the Indian National Army was held at:
(a) Agra Fort                               (b) Red Fort
(c) India Gate                              (d) Gateway of India
Answer: (b)
1907.  Which Indian monument witnesses every year the Republic Day Parade?
(a) Agra Fort                                     (b) Gateway of India
(c) Taj Mahal                                     (d) India Gate
Answer: (d)
1908.  In which century Juma Masjid of Delhi, the largest mosque in India, was built?
(a) 16                                                 (b) 17
(c) 18                                                 (d) 19
Answer: (b)
1909. Which fort is famous for its gates- the “Delhi Gate” and the “Lahore Gate.”
(a) Red Fort                                       (b) Agra Fort
(c) Gwalior Fort                              (d) St.George Fort
Answer: (a)
1910. Lal Chand Usta was the chief architect of:
(a) Hawa Mahal                                   (b) Taj Mahal
(c) Red Fort                                          (d) Agra Fort
Answer: (a)
1911. The only hill station in Rajasthan:
(a) Mount Abu                                       (b) Pokhran
(c) Barmer                                              (d) Jaisalmer
Answer: (a)
1912. Mussoorie is a hill station in…….. where the Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy of Administration is situated:
(a) UP                                                      (b) Uttarakhand
(c) Rajasthan                                          (d) Jammu Kashmir
Answer: (b)
1913. Nainital is a hill station which is also the seat of High Court of:
(a) Uttarakhand                                   (b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Rajasthan                                           (d) Haryana
Answer: (a)
1914. Which hill station in Madhya Pradesh is known as ‘Queen of Satpuras’?
(a) Ranchi                                              (b) Pachmarhi
(c) Mahabaleswar                                (d) Madikeri
Answer: (b)
1915. Ranikhet is a hill station in:
(a) West Bengal                                      (b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Uttarakhand                                      (d) Himachal Pradesh
Answer: (c)
1916. Ranchi is a hill station in:
(a) Bihar                                                (b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Maharashtra                                   (d) Jharkhand
Answer: (d)
1917. The state capital in India situated in the highest altitude:
(a) Srinagar                                              (b) Shillong
(c) Shimla                                                  (d) Gangtok
Answer: (c)
1918. Yercaud is a hill station in …… in Shevaroy Hills .
(a) Tamil Nadu                                      (b) Karnataka
(c) Andhra Pradesh                                (d) Orissa
Answer: (a)
1919. Which is not in Tamil Nadu?
(a) Udagamandalam                              (b) Kodaikanal
(c) Coorg                                                   (d) Yercaud
Answer: (c)
1920. The highest hill station in South India:
(a) Yercaud                                               (b) Munnar
(c) Udagamandalam                               (d) Kodaikanal
Answer: (c)
1921. The Dargah of Sufi saint Khwaja Muinuddin Chisti is in:
(a) Ajmer                                                  (b) Agra
(c) Fatepur Sikri                                      (d) Jaipur
Answer: (a)
1922. The four most sacred pilgrimage places of Buddhists are Lumbini, Kushinagar, Saranath and……
(a) Vaisali                                         (b) Rajagriha
(c) Bodh Gaya                                 (d) Pavapuri
Answer: (c)
1923. Char Dham, the sacred shrines of Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri related to:
(a) Jains                                           (b) Buddhists
(c) Hindus                                       (d) Parsis
Answer: (c)
1924. Which is also called ‘Darbar Sahib’?
(a) Harmandir Sahib                      (b) Somnath Temple
(c) Khajuraho temple                    (d) Amarnath Temple
Answer: (a)
1925. Which pilgrimage centre of Hindus is also known by the name Mayapur?
(a) Rishikesh                                  (b) Haridwar
(c) Nasik                                          (d) Ujjain
Answer: (b)
1926. In which country is Mansarovar?
(a) China                                             (b) India
(c) Pakistan                                        (d) Nepal
Answer: (a)
1927.  The place where Lord Krishna was born?
(a) Mathura                                     (b) Dwaraka
(c) Ayodhya                                    (d) Prayag
Answer: (a)
1928. The place which was the temporary residence of Rama during the 14 years of exile?
(a) Ayodhya                                        (b) Lanka
(c) Kishkindha                                       (d) Nasik
Answer: (d)
1929. The place where Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati meet:
(a) Devaprayag                                    (b) Agra
(c) Haridwar                                        (d) Prayag
Answer: (d)
1930. The place where Lord Rama built a bridge across the sea:
(a) Rameswaram                                (b) Ayodhya
(c) Haridwar                                        (d) Nasik
Answer: (a)
1931. The train that covers the longest distance:
(a) Kerala Express                                 (b) Taj Express
(c) Vivek Express                                  (d) Himasagar Express
Answer: (a)
1932. Himasagar Express covers a distance of:
(a) 4000                                                  (b) 3751 km
(c) 2933                                                 (d) 3214
Answer: (b)
1933. The headquarters of Konkan Railway is Belapur House in:
(a) Navy Mumbai                              (b) Mangalore
(c) Chennai                                         (d) New Delhi
Answer: (a)
1934. The train that connects India and Pakistan:
(a) Maitri Express                        (b) Samjhota Express
(c) Shaheed Express                    (d) Taj Express
Answer: (b)
1935. Thar Express connects India and…..
(a) Bangladesh                               (b) Nepal
(c) Pakistan                                     (d) None of these
Answer: (c)
1936. Maitri Express connects India and:
(a) Nepal                                              (b) Pakistan
(c) Bangladesh                                   (d) None of these
Answer: (c)
1937. Which train runs between Attari (India) and Wagha (Pakistan) ?
(a) Thar Express                                     (b) Samjhota Express
(c) Maitri Express                                    (d) None of these
Answer: (b)
1938. The colour of Rajdhani Express trains:
(a) Red                                                     (b) Blue          
(c) Yellow                                                 (d) Green
Answer: (a)
1939. The colour of ordinary trains in India:
(a) Yellow                                               (b) Yellow
(c) Green                                                (d) Blue
Answer: (d)
1940. The distance of rails in metre gauge:
(a) 1000mm                                         (b) 1676 mm
(c) 762mm                                            (d) 610mm
Answer: (a)
1941. India is the birthplace of four major religions Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and…….
(a) Parsi religion                                    (b) Bahai religion
(c) Shintoism                                           (d) Sikh religion
Answer: (d)
1942. The second-largest religion in India:
(a) Christianity                                            (b) Islam
(c) Sikh religion                                        (d) Parsi relgion
Answer: (b)
1943. The largest minority religion in India:
(a) Sikh religion                                          (b) Christianity
(c) Islam                                                      (d) Bahai religion
Answer: (c)
1944. The third-largest religion in India:
(a) Christianity                                           (b) Islam
(c) Parsi religion                                     (d) Sikh religion
Answer: (a)
1945. India has the largest number of …….. in the world:
(a) Parsis                                                  (b) Bahais
(c) Sikhs                                                     (d) All of these
Answer: (d)
1946.  India has ………. largest number of Muslims in the world:
(a) Second                                    (b) Third
(c) Fourth                                     (d) Fifth
Answer: (b)
1947. The non-Mulim majority country with the largest Muslim population:
(a) Indonesia                                  (b) Bangladesh
(c) India                                            (d) USA
Answer: (c)
1948.  The Indian state with the largest percentage of Muslims:
(a) Kerala                                          (b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Jammu Kashmir                          (d) Orissa
Answer: (c)
1949. Which Union Territory/State has the largest percentage of Muslims:
(a) Jammu Kashmir                                 (b) Kerala
(c) Lakshadweep                                     (d) Delhi
Answer: (c)
1950. Which region in India has some Christian majority states?
(a) Western                                                  (b) Southern
(c) Central                                                   (d) North East
Answer: (d)
1951. Indian Institute of Petroleum is at:
(a) Mumbai                                                (b) Chennai
(c) Digboi                                                    (d) Dehra Dun
Answer: (d)
1952. Which is not situated at Bangalore?
(a) Indian Institute of Science
(b) National Aeronautical Laboratory
(c) Tuberculosis Research Centre
(d) National Tuberculosis Institute
Answer: (c)
1953. Which is not in Lucknow?
(a) National Botanical Research Institute
(b) Industrial Toxicological Research Centre
(c) Central Drug Research Institute
(d) Central Food Technological Research Institute
Answer: (d)
1954. Select the wrongly matched:
(a) All India Malaria Institute- New Delhi
(b) Cholera Research Centre- Mumbai
(c) King Institute of Preventive Medicine- Chennai
(d) National Institute of Mental Health- Bangalore
Answer: (b)
1955. National Institute of Communicable Diseases is located at:
(a) New Delhi                                         (b) Kolkata
(c) Chennai                                             (d) Pune
Answer: (a)
1956. National Institute of Oceanography is located at:
(a) New Delhi                                              (b) Mumbai
(c) Panaji                                                      (d) Cochin
Answer: (c)
1957. Where is Indian Institute of Sugar Technology?
(a) New Delhi                                          (b) Kanpur
(c) Ranchi                                                 (d) Mumbai
Answer: (b)
1958. Indian Lac Research Institute is at:
(a) Patna                                                    (b) Dhanbad
(c) Jamshedpur                                        (d) Ranchi
Answer: (d)
1959. National Chemical Laboratory is at:
(a) New Delhi                                        (b) Ahmedabad
(c) Nasik                                                 (d) Pune
Answer: (d)
1960. National Metallurgical Laboratory is at:
(a) Jamshedpur                                      (b) Dhanbad
(c) Bangalore                                            (d) New Delhi
Answer: (a)
1961. The headquarters of the Indian Army:
(a) New Delhi                                          (b) Kolkata
(c) Mumbai                                              (d) Chennai
Answer: (a)
1962. Who is regarded as the father of the Indian Army?
(a) Pethic Lawrence                           (b) Stringer Lawrence
(c) Dalhousie                                        (d) Cornwallis
Answer: (b)
1963. The first Indian to become the Commander-in chief of Indian Army:
(a) Manekshaw                                   (b) SM Mukherjee
(c) KM Kariappa                                  (d) None of these
Answer: (c)
1964. India’s first military base outside India is in the country of:
(a) Tajikistan                                       (b) Kazakhstan
(c) Uzbekistan                                    (d) Kyrgistan
Answer: (a)
1965. Where is Armed Forces Medical College?
(a) Dehra Dun                                              (b) Pune
(c) New Delhi                                            (d) Kolkata
Answer: (b)
1966. Where is National Defence Academy?
(a) Dehra Dun                                       (b) New Delhi
(c) Khadakvasla                                    (d) Mussorie
Answer: (c)
1967. The first Field Marshall of independent India:
(a) KM Kariappa                                   (b) Manekshaw
(c) Arjan Singh                                       (d) None of these
Answer: (b)
1968. The second Field Marshall of independent India:
(a) Arjan Singh                                 (b) KM Kariappa
(c) Manekshaw                                  (d) None of these
Answer: (b)
1969. The first indigenously built missile of India:
(a) Prithvi                                          (b) Nag
(c) Agni                                             (d) Trishul
Answer: (a)
1970. The first indigenously built air-to-air missile of India:
(a) Maitri                                             (b) Astra
(c) Nag                                                (d) Akash
Answer: (b)
1971. The chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission when India conducted its first nuclear explosion:
(a) Homi Sethna                                 (b) Raja Ramanna
(c) Nag Chaudhuri                              (d) Homi Bhabha
Answer: (a)
1972. In which district is Pokhran?
(a) Jaipur                                                 (b) Ajmer
(c) Alwar                                                (d) Jaisalmer
Answer: (d)
1973. Who is regarded as the father of the atom bomb of India:
(a) Raja Ramanna                                  (b) Nag Chaudhuri
(c) Homi Sethna                                     (d) PK Iyengar
Answer: (a)
1974. The first country which is not a permanent member of the UN Security Council to conduct a nuclear experiment:
(a) Pakistan                                                 (b) South Korea
(c) Iran                                                       (d) India
Answer: (d)
1975. Name the country which helped India for the development and execution of nuclear devices in 1974:
(a) France                                              (b) Canada
(c) Australia                                           (d) Russia
Answer: (b)
1976. Prime Minister of India during the Pokhran explosion of 1998:
(a) Dewegouda                                      (b) VP Singh
(c) Chandrasekhar                                 (d) AB Vajpayee
Answer: (d)

 

 

 

1977. India conducted second nuclear experiment in the year:
(a) 1998                                                (b) 1999
(c) 2000                                                 (d) 2001
Answer: (a)
1978. Apsara started functioning in:
(a) 1954                                               (b) 1955
(c) 1956                                                (d) 1958
Answer: (c)
1979. Tarapur Atomic power station started functioning in:
(a) 1967                                             (b) 1968
(c) 1969                                               (d) 1970
Answer: (c)
1980. India’s second nuclear reactor:
(a) Cirus                                              (b) Zerlina
(c) Dhruva                                         (d) Kamini
Answer: (a)
1981. The Viceroy of British India who resigned over the question of Egypt:
(a) Curzon                                                           (b) Dufferin
(c) Ripon                                                              (d) Minto II
Answer: (c)
1982. The word ‘National’ was added to the name of Congress during the Nagpur
session of:
(a) 1891                                                                    (b) 1892
(c) 1897                                                                     (d) 1899
Answer: (a)
1983. The word ‘Swaraj’ was first used in the Congress platform in the 1906 session of:
(a) Pune                                                                 (b) Lucknow
(c) Surat                                                                 (d) Kolkata
Answer: (d)
1984. The year of ‘Black hole’ episode of Calcutta:
(a) 1755                                                                 (b) 1756
(c) 1757                                                                 (d) 1758
Answer: (b)
1985. Ulgulan was a movement of the:
(a) Agarias                                                           (b) Juangs
(c) Mundas                                                          (d) Hos
Answer: (c)
1986. What was the real name of Bahadur Shah I, who emerged victorious in the
war of succession after Aurangazeb?
(a) Muazzam                                                          (b) Salim
(c) Farid                                                                  (d) Khurram
Answer: (a)
1987. Which modern historian opined that “the so-called First National War of Independence of 1857 is neither First, nor National, nor War of Independence.”?
(a) S.N.Sen                                                                (b) Tara Chand
(c) R.C.Majumdar                                                   (d) K.K.Dutta
Answer: (c)
1988. Which session of the Indian National Congress decided to reorganise
Provincial Congress Committees on the basis of linguistic areas:
(a) 1920 Nagpur                                                     (b) 1911 Kolkata
(c) 1916 Lucknow                                                  (d) 1924 Belgaum
Answer: (a)
1989. Which tribal leader was regarded as an incarnation of God and Father of the World?
(a) Kanhu Santha                                                      (b) Rupa Naik
(c) Birsa Munda                                                         (d) Joria Bhagat
Answer: (c)
1990. Who among the following was the editor of ‘Deenabandhu’?
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji                                              (b) Jotiba Phule
(c) Robert Knight                                                     (d) Manmohan Ghosh
Answer: (b)
1991. Who was the founder of Amritsar?
Guru Ram Das
1992. What important event in Indian or World History took place in the year 712
Arabs conquered Sindh
1993. What was the court language of Mughals?
Persian
1994. Who was the head of the British Government in India when the Congress for the first time passed its famous resolution for complete independence at Lahore?
Lord Irwin
1995. When was the first Atom Bomb exploded?
1945
1996. In which year was the first General Elections (after independence) in India took place?
1952
1997. In which year was China attacked India?
1962
1998. In which year “Quit India” Movement was launched by Indian National Congress?
1942
1999. Goa was liberated on
1961
2000. In which year did Asoka conquer Kalinga?
261 BC
2001. In which year was the Third Battle of Panipat fought?
1761
2002. In which year was Bangladesh Liberated?
1971
2003. In which year East India Company was established?
1600 AD
2004. In which year was Jesus Christ Born?
BC 4
2005. Ajanta paintings depict scenes from?
 Jataka tales
2006. In which year was Martin Luthar King Assassinated?
1968
2007. Pushyabhuti dynasty ruled over?
Thaneswar
2008. The Aryan came to India from ……
Central Asia
2009. In which year Portuguese capture Goa?
1510 AD
2010. In which year was Jesus Christ Crucified?
33 AD
2011. The partition of Bengal was carried out under the rule of …………?
Lord Curzon
2012. Emperor Kanishka belonged to ……….. dynasty?
Kushan
2013. Megasthenes visited India during the reign of?
Chandra Gupta Maurya
2014. The first women ruler of Delhi was?
Razia Sultana
2015. The Capital of Pallavas?
Kanchi
2016. Who was generally known as “Indian Napolean”?
Samudragupta
2017. Whose reign in Ancient India is known as “The Golden Age”?
Shahjahan
2018. The Slogan “Jai Jawan Jai Kisan” was launched by whom?
Lal Bahadur Shastri
2019. The first Viceroy of India was….?
Lord Canning
2020. Hampi was the Capital of……?
Vijayanagar Empire
2021. The first partition of Bengal was held on?
1905
2022. Who built the famous Taj Mahal in Agra?
Shahjahan
2023. Who founded Brahmo Samaj?
Rajaram Mohan Roy
2024. In which year the first Sikh War took Place?
1845
2025. In which year Tashkent agreement was signed?
1966
2026. In which year Alexander’s Invasion of India took place?
326 BC
2027. In which year India was invaded by Timur?
1398
2028. Who founded the Vijayanagar empire?
Harihara and Bukka with the help of Saint Vidyaranya
2029. Who founded Khilji Dynasty?
Jalaluddin Khilji
2030. The fist battle of Panipat was fought between?
Baber and Ibrahim Lodhi
2031. Who was the founder of the Maurya dynasty?
Chandra Gupta Maurya
2032. In which year The City of Amritsar was founded by Guru Ram Das, the 4th Sikh Guru?
1577 AD
2033.How many times did Muhammed Gazni invade India?
17 times
2034. Who was the author of Aithihiamala?
Kottarathil Sankunni
2035. During whose reign Tansen lived?
Akbar
2036. Who is called the “Father of Indian Rupee”?
Shershah Suri
2037. The first Muslim Ruler in India to introduce the standing army was?
Ala -ud-din- khilji
2038. The founder of Arya Samaj?
Swami Dayananda Saraswathi
2039. Punjab was annexed to British territories in the year?
1849
2040. Who was the founder of Great Magadha Empire?
Bimbisara
2041. Buland Darwaza was built by Whom?
Akbar
2042. The title `Vikramaditya’ was assumed by?
Chandra Gupta II
2043. The transfer of Capital to Devagiri from Delhi by Mohammed Bin Tuglak had one good effect that is?
The country could now be governed from a central place
2044. The most noteworthy difference between the Cholas and the other Indian rulers of the time is seen in?
Cholas encouragement to Local Self Government in Villages
2045. Who was the last Hindu King of Northern India?
Harsha Vardhana
2046. Railway was introduced in India by?
Lord Dalhousie
2047. Who designed City of Chandigarh?
Le Corbusier
2048. The first Women President of Indian National Congress?
Annie Besant
2049. Who wrote National Anthem of India?
Rabindranath Tagore
2050. Who gave the call “Dilli Chalo”?
Subash Chandra Bose

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