GK History 1

1. The Maratha and Kesari were newspapers published by Lokmanya Tilak. In which language was the Maratha published?

a) Marathi
b) Gujarati
c) English
d) Hindi

2. Who was the first Indian to have entered the Indian Civil Service?

a) Satyendra Nath Tagore
b) CC Desai
c) Surendra Nath Banerjee
d) Subash Chandra Bose

3. Who is called the ‘Nightingale of India’?

a) Mother Teresa
b) Vijayalakhmi Pundit
c) Indira Gandhi
d) Sarojini Naidu

4. Who was the founder of Mughal Empire in India?

a) Akbar
b) Babur
c) Humayun
d) Timur

5. At which place was Akbar born?

a) Delhi
b) Agra
c) Amarkot
d) Kannauj

6. Who was the first Governor General of free India?

a) C Rajagopalachari
b) Mountbatten
c) Nehru
d) Vallabhai Patel

7. In which year was the ‘Quit India’ movement launched?

a) 1930
b) 1940
c) 1942
d) 1947

8. At what place did the British construct their first port in India?

a) Calcutta
b) Bombay
c) Chennai
d) Surat

9. In which year was the Capital of India moved from Calcutta to Delhi?

a) 1910
b) 1911
c) 1912
d) 1913

10. The earliest evidence regarding a ploughed field has been found from

a) Lothal
b) Kalibangan
c) Harappa
d) Maski

11. In which of the following areas were the Rigvedic hymns mainly composed?

a) Haryana and Uttar Pradesh
b) Gujarat and Rajasthan
c) Punjab and Haryana
d) Afghanistan

12. In what language were the Buddhist literary works generally written?

a) Pali
b) Sanskrit
c) Prakrit
d) Apabramsa

13. Where is the well known inscription of Samudra Gupta describing his conquests found?

a) Ujjain
b) Allahabad
c) Mehrauli
d) Iran

14. Under whose reign were the earliest of Ajanta caves made?

a) Chalukyas
b) Vakatakas
c) Cheras
d) Kshatrapas

15. Which of the following was composed by Banabhatta?

a) Kadambari
b) Rajatarangini
c) Meghaduta
d) Arthashastra

Answers

1. English
2. Surendra Nath Banerjee
3. Sarojini Naidu
4. Babur
5. Amarkot
6. Mountbatten
7. 1942
8. Calcutta
9. 1911
10. Kalibangan
11. Punjab and Haryana
12. Pali
13. Allahabad
14. Vakatakas
15. Kadambari

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