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This section includes 198 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Basic GK knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
51. |
The Jagirdari crisis first arose during the reign of which Mughal emperor? |
A. | Bahadur Shah |
B. | Jahangir |
C. | Shah Jahan |
D. | Aurangzeb |
Answer» E. | |
52. |
By whom the Third Buddhist Council was patronized? |
A. | Junior |
B. | Upali |
C. | Mahakasap |
D. | Ashok |
Answer» E. | |
53. |
Who was the first writer to use Urdu as a poetic expression? |
A. | Amir Khusro |
B. | Bahadur Shah Zafar |
C. | Faiz |
D. | Mirza Ghalib |
Answer» B. Bahadur Shah Zafar | |
54. |
During whose reign the Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti came to Rajasthan? |
A. | Prithviraj Chauhan |
B. | Rana Kumbha |
C. | Maharana Pratap |
D. | Rana Sanga |
Answer» B. Rana Kumbha | |
55. |
Who founded the Hindusahi dynasty of Punjab? |
A. | Kallar |
B. | Mahipal |
C. | Vasumitra |
D. | Jaipal |
Answer» B. Mahipal | |
56. |
Who among the following leaders of the rebellion of the year sacrificed himself first? |
A. | Mangal Pandey |
B. | Kunwar Singh |
C. | Lakshmibai |
D. | Nana Sahib |
Answer» B. Kunwar Singh | |
57. |
When did Muhammad Ghori invade India for the first time? |
A. | 1172 |
B. | 1175 |
C. | 1178 |
D. | 1182 |
Answer» C. 1178 | |
58. |
What was the original name of Rani Lakshmi Bai? |
A. | Jayshree |
B. | Ahalya |
C. | Manikarnika |
D. | none of these |
Answer» D. none of these | |
59. |
Who led the revolt of 1857 in Bihar? |
A. | Khan Bahadur Khan |
B. | Rani Ram Kuari |
C. | Kunwar Singh |
D. | Tatya Tope |
Answer» D. Tatya Tope | |
60. |
Who was the king of Jagdishpur? |
A. | Nana Sahib |
B. | Kunwar Singh |
C. | Lakshmibai |
D. | Tatya Tope |
Answer» C. Lakshmibai | |
61. |
Who among the following Indian leaders was dismissed from the Indian Civil Service by the British? |
A. | Satyendra Nath Tagore |
B. | Dutt Subhash Chandra |
C. | Banerjee R. C. |
D. | Surendranath Banerjee |
Answer» E. | |
62. |
Who was the first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress? |
A. | Rafi Ahmed Kidwai |
B. | Badruddin Tyabji |
C. | Abul Kalam Azad |
D. | none of these |
Answer» C. Abul Kalam Azad | |
63. |
Who was the first woman President of the All India National Congress? |
A. | Smt. Sarojini Naidu |
B. | Mrs. Nelly Sengupta |
C. | Aruna Asaf Ali |
D. | Mrs. Annie Besant |
Answer» E. | |
64. |
Bihar was separated from Bengal? |
A. | 1910 |
B. | 1912 |
C. | 1921 |
D. | 1947 |
Answer» C. 1921 | |
65. |
Who propounded the principle of passive opposition? |
A. | Vipin Chandra Pal |
B. | Mahatma Gandhi |
C. | Arvind Ghosh |
D. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
Answer» D. Bal Gangadhar Tilak | |
66. |
Who was the contemporary of Queen Elizabeth I of Britain? |
A. | Akbar |
B. | Jahangir |
C. | Shah Jahan |
D. | Aurangzeb |
Answer» B. Jahangir | |
67. |
Who led the rebellion against the partition of Bengal? |
A. | C. R. Das |
B. | Subhas Chandra Bose |
C. | Arun Asaf Ali |
D. | Surendranath Banerjee |
Answer» E. | |
68. |
Who is credited for starting the Ganpati festival in Maharashtra? |
A. | Vallabhbhai Patel |
B. | Bipin Chandra Pal |
C. | Shiva |
D. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
Answer» E. | |
69. |
Who was given the title of Punjab Kesari? |
A. | Bhagat Singh Sardar |
B. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
C. | Ranjit Singh |
D. | Baldev Singh |
Answer» C. Ranjit Singh | |
70. |
Who was the promoter of the Home Rule Movement in Madras in 1916 AD? |
A. | T. Prakasam |
B. | C. Rajagopalachari |
C. | Annie Besant |
D. | Mahatma Gandhi |
Answer» D. Mahatma Gandhi | |
71. |
Who among the following was first a revolutionary who later became a yogi and philosopher? |
A. | Aurobindo Ghosh |
B. | Agarkar |
C. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
D. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
Answer» B. Agarkar | |
72. |
Vinoba Bhave was chosen as the first Satyagrahi in the individual Satyagraha, who was the second Satyagrahi? |
A. | Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
B. | Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru |
C. | Sardar Ballabh Bhai Patel |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. Sardar Ballabh Bhai Patel | |
73. |
Who is called the father of the extremist movement in India? |
A. | Gopal Krishna Gokhale |
B. | Vallabhbhai Patel |
C. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
D. | Motilal Nehru |
Answer» D. Motilal Nehru | |
74. |
Who was the first president of the Muslim League? |
A. | Aga Khan |
B. | Hasan Khan |
C. | Hameed Khan |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. Hasan Khan | |
75. |
In which year were the Morley-Minto Reforms introduced? |
A. | 1909 |
B. | 1919 |
C. | 1942 |
D. | 1955 |
Answer» B. 1919 | |
76. |
'Swaraj is my birthright and I will take it' - who said this? |
A. | Arvind Ghosh |
B. | Subhas Chandra Bose |
C. | Mahatma Gandhi |
D. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
Answer» E. | |
77. |
Who was the Viceroy at the time of partition of Bengal in the year 1905? |
A. | Lord Curzon |
B. | Lord Minto |
C. | Lord Hardinge |
D. | Lord Dufferin |
Answer» B. Lord Minto | |
78. |
Who was the first Indian who was elected to the British Parliament? |
A. | S. N. Banerjee |
B. | Ferozeshah Mehta |
C. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
D. | GK Gokhale |
Answer» D. GK Gokhale | |
79. |
Who was the founder of the Indian National Congress? |
A. | Vymesh Chandra Banerjee |
B. | Mahatma Gandhi |
C. | Alan Octavian Hume |
D. | Michael Hume |
Answer» D. Michael Hume | |
80. |
The name of the first Indian selected in the Indian Civil Service was? |
A. | Sarojini Naidu |
B. | C. R. Dus |
C. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
D. | Satyendra Nath Tagore |
Answer» E. | |
81. |
The Indian Universities Act, 1904 was passed during the reign of which Viceroy? |
A. | Lord William Bentinck |
B. | Lord Ripon |
C. | Lord Dufferin |
D. | Lord Curzon |
Answer» E. | |
82. |
The Indian National Congress was formed during the tenure of which Governor-General? |
A. | Lord William Bentinck |
B. | Lord Curzon |
C. | Lord Dufferin |
D. | Lord Ripon |
Answer» D. Lord Ripon | |
83. |
Who among the following Congress leaders is called the great old man of India? |
A. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
B. | Madan Mohan Malviya |
C. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
D. | Mahatma Gandhi |
Answer» D. Mahatma Gandhi | |
84. |
In which city was the first meeting of the Indian National Congress held? |
A. | Calcutta |
B. | Allahabad |
C. | Ahmedabad |
D. | Bombay |
Answer» E. | |
85. |
Who were the feudatories of the Guptas? |
A. | Kushanas |
B. | Mauryas |
C. | Satavahana |
D. | none of these |
Answer» B. Mauryas | |
86. |
Who among the following was the first Tughlaq Sultan of Delhi? |
A. | Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq |
B. | Firoz Tughlaq |
C. | Malik Tughlaq |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. Firoz Tughlaq | |
87. |
Who was the founder of the slave dynasty in India? |
A. | Kaikubad |
B. | Aram Shah |
C. | Qutubuddin Aibak |
D. | None of these |
Answer» D. None of these | |
88. |
Who was the Indian ruler known as Lakhbakhsh? |
A. | Akbar |
B. | Qutubuddin Aibak |
C. | Babur |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. Babur | |
89. |
Who among the following started a newspaper named 'Somprakash'? |
A. | Ram Mohan Roy |
B. | Surendra Nath Banerjee |
C. | Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar |
D. | Dayanand Saraswati |
Answer» D. Dayanand Saraswati | |
90. |
The Muslim League celebrated 'Liberation Day'? |
A. | 1939 |
B. | 1940 |
C. | 1944 |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. 1940 | |
91. |
Who gave the slogan 'Inquilab'? |
A. | Chandrashekhar Azad |
B. | Mohammad Iqbal |
C. | Bhagat Singh |
D. | Subhash Chandra Bose |
Answer» C. Bhagat Singh | |
92. |
Who composed the scripture 'Natyashastra'? |
A. | Vasumitra |
B. | Ashvaghosha |
C. | Bharat Muni |
D. | Vatsayana |
Answer» D. Vatsayana | |
93. |
Where does the first mention of the practice of Sati come from? |
A. | From the article within |
B. | Eran record |
C. | From the epic column article |
D. | none of these |
Answer» C. From the epic column article | |
94. |
Which dynasty was greatly disturbed by the invasion of the Huns? |
A. | Maurya |
B. | Shunga |
C. | Gupt |
D. | Kushan |
Answer» D. Kushan | |
95. |
The aran inscription is related to which ruler? |
A. | Brahmagupta |
B. | Chandragupta I |
C. | Chandragupta II |
D. | Bhanugupta |
Answer» E. | |
96. |
The university which became famous in the post-Gupta era was- |
A. | Kanchi |
B. | Taxila |
C. | Nalanda |
D. | Vallabhi |
Answer» D. Vallabhi | |
97. |
Which ruler of the Gupta dynasty first assumed the title of 'Mahadhiraj'? |
A. | Srigupta |
B. | Chandragupta I |
C. | Ghatotkachagupta |
D. | Samudragupta |
Answer» C. Ghatotkachagupta | |
98. |
Under the patronage of which Sangam age state, three Sangams were organized? |
A. | Cher |
B. | Chola |
C. | Pandey |
D. | Pallava |
Answer» D. Pallava | |
99. |
Who first started the trade with Rome? |
A. | Kushanas |
B. | Tamils and Cheras |
C. | Vakatakas |
D. | Shanks |
Answer» C. Vakatakas | |
100. |
From which place the stone for Ashoka's pillar was taken? |
A. | Chunar |
B. | Rajgriha |
C. | Allahabad |
D. | Kaushambi |
Answer» B. Rajgriha | |