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This section includes 1003 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your General Knowledge knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 501. |
The language adopted for preaching in Mahayana Buddhism was |
| A. | Pali |
| B. | Brahmi |
| C. | Sanskrit |
| D. | Prakrit |
| Answer» D. Prakrit | |
| 502. |
The lady who played an important role in the awakening of Indian women to fight for independence and who is also known as Nightingale of India is - |
| A. | Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit |
| B. | Durga Bai Deshmukh |
| C. | Sarojini Naidu |
| D. | Madam Bhikaiji Cama |
| Answer» D. Madam Bhikaiji Cama | |
| 503. |
The Kathopanishad captures the conversation between a young boy named Nachiketas and a god. Which of the following gods is talking to Nachiketas? |
| A. | Lord Yama |
| B. | Lord Karthikeya |
| C. | Lord Indra |
| D. | Lord Shiva |
| Answer» B. Lord Karthikeya | |
| 504. |
The language in which Buddha preached? |
| A. | Hindi |
| B. | Urdu |
| C. | Pali |
| D. | Hebrew |
| Answer» D. Hebrew | |
| 505. |
The Kalinga war was fought in ______. |
| A. | 161 BC |
| B. | 261 BC |
| C. | 361 BC |
| D. | 461 BC |
| Answer» C. 361 BC | |
| 506. |
The Kargil War was between India and Pakistan took place in |
| A. | 2001 |
| B. | 1983 |
| C. | 1999 |
| D. | 1989 |
| Answer» D. 1989 | |
| 507. |
The Indus Valley Civilization was Non-Aryan because |
| A. | It was Urban |
| B. | It has a pictographic script |
| C. | It had an agricultural economy |
| D. | It extended up to the narmada Valley |
| Answer» B. It has a pictographic script | |
| 508. |
The Indus valley people traded with the |
| A. | Chinese |
| B. | Mesopotamians |
| C. | Parthians |
| D. | Romans |
| Answer» C. Parthians | |
| 509. |
The Indus Valley houses were built of |
| A. | Pucca bricks |
| B. | Stone |
| C. | Wood |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» B. Stone | |
| 510. |
The Indian National Army reclaimed the Andaman and Nicobar Island from British rule and named them? |
| A. | Swaraj Islands |
| B. | Shaheed and Swaraj Island |
| C. | Free Islands |
| D. | Swatantra and Swaraj Island |
| Answer» C. Free Islands | |
| 511. |
The Indus Valley Civilization flourished during |
| A. | 2550 - 1900 BC |
| B. | 1900 - 1650 BC |
| C. | 3600 - 2870 BC |
| D. | 3300 - 3000 BC |
| Answer» B. 1900 - 1650 BC | |
| 512. |
The Indus Valley Civilization specialized in |
| A. | Town Planning |
| B. | Architecture |
| C. | Craftsmanship |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» B. Architecture | |
| 513. |
The Indian Subcontinent was partitioned into |
| A. | India and Tibet |
| B. | Pakistan and Bangladesh |
| C. | India and Bangladesh |
| D. | India and Pakistan |
| Answer» E. | |
| 514. |
The idea of ‘Farr-i Izadi’, on which the Mughal kingship was based, was first developed by which one of the following Sufi saints? |
| A. | Shihabuddin Suhrawardi |
| B. | Nizamuddin Auliya |
| C. | Ibn al-Arabi |
| D. | Bayazid Bistami |
| Answer» B. Nizamuddin Auliya | |
| 515. |
The Ibadat Khana was a meeting house built by which Mughal Emperor? |
| A. | Babur |
| B. | Humayun |
| C. | Akbar |
| D. | Aurangzeb |
| Answer» D. Aurangzeb | |
| 516. |
The Hindustan Republican Association, Subsequently styled as the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association or Army (HSRA) was founded in 1924 by: |
| A. | Bhagath Singh |
| B. | Chandra Shekhar Azad |
| C. | Jogesh Chandra Chatterji |
| D. | Sachindra Sanyal |
| Answer» E. | |
| 517. |
The hymns of ' Rigaveda ' are the work of |
| A. | one author |
| B. | four author |
| C. | seven author |
| D. | many author |
| Answer» E. | |
| 518. |
The Harappans did not know the use of |
| A. | Copper |
| B. | Bronze |
| C. | Gold |
| D. | Iron |
| Answer» E. | |
| 519. |
The Harappan Civilization was discovered in the year |
| A. | 1901 |
| B. | 1921 |
| C. | 1935 |
| D. | 1942 |
| Answer» C. 1935 | |
| 520. |
The Harappan Civilization flourished around 2500 BC in what we call today ____ |
| A. | Pakistan and Afghanistan |
| B. | Western India and Pakistan |
| C. | Afghanistan and Western India |
| D. | India and China |
| Answer» C. Afghanistan and Western India | |
| 521. |
The Greatest conqueror among the Gupta rulers was |
| A. | Samudragupta |
| B. | Chandragupta II |
| C. | Kumaragupta |
| D. | Skandagupta |
| Answer» B. Chandragupta II | |
| 522. |
The great law given of ancient times was |
| A. | Manu |
| B. | Vatsyayana |
| C. | Ashoka |
| D. | Aryabhatta |
| Answer» B. Vatsyayana | |
| 523. |
The Government of India Act of 1935 borrowed its preamble from |
| A. | The Constitution of the USA |
| B. | The Constitution of Australia |
| C. | From the Government of India Act of 1919 |
| D. | From Pitt's India Act |
| Answer» D. From Pitt's India Act | |
| 524. |
The Governament of India has decided to declare which of the following rivers as ' national River ' |
| A. | Ganga |
| B. | Yamuna |
| C. | Kaveri |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Yamuna | |
| 525. |
The God who is the most prominent in ' Rigaveda 'is |
| A. | Indra |
| B. | Agni |
| C. | Pasupati |
| D. | Vishnu |
| Answer» B. Agni | |
| 526. |
The Gandhara art - a style of Buddhist visual art that developed between 1st century BCE and the 7th century CE, flourished largely during the ____ dynasty. |
| A. | Kushan |
| B. | Gupta |
| C. | Pallava |
| D. | Maurya |
| Answer» B. Gupta | |
| 527. |
The Gandhi-Irwin pact was signed in the year_x005F_x000D_ |
| A. | 1930 |
| B. | 1931 |
| C. | 1932 |
| D. | 1933 |
| Answer» C. 1932 | |
| 528. |
The first Sultan to adopt the principle of measurement of cultivable land for determining the land revenue was |
| A. | Ghiyas - ud- din -Tughluq |
| B. | lltutmish |
| C. | Ala-ud-din Khalji |
| D. | Balban |
| Answer» D. Balban | |
| 529. |
The ___ founded the first city of Delhi and named it Indraprastha. |
| A. | Portuguese |
| B. | Kauravas |
| C. | Mughals |
| D. | Pandavas |
| Answer» E. | |
| 530. |
The first time in india that land was divided into different categories for the purpose of revenue, taking into account the quality of land and its productive capacity, was during the reign of |
| A. | Alauddin Khilji |
| B. | Sher Shah Suri |
| C. | Feroze Tughlaq |
| D. | Akbar |
| Answer» C. Feroze Tughlaq | |
| 531. |
The Fourth Buddhist Council was convened during the regime of king |
| A. | Ashoka |
| B. | Ajatasatru |
| C. | Kanishka |
| D. | Mahapadmananda |
| Answer» D. Mahapadmananda | |
| 532. |
The foreign traveller who visited India during the reign of Shahjahan was______________ |
| A. | Thomas Roe |
| B. | William Hawkins |
| C. | Ibn Batuta |
| D. | Manucci |
| Answer» E. | |
| 533. |
The first Partition of Bengalbbtook place in the year ___. |
| A. | 1906 AD |
| B. | 1903 AD |
| C. | 1904 AD |
| D. | 1905 AD |
| Answer» E. | |
| 534. |
The first passenger train in India ran between |
| A. | Kalyan and Pune |
| B. | Bombay and Thane |
| C. | Howrah and Delhi |
| D. | New Delhi and Madras |
| Answer» C. Howrah and Delhi | |
| 535. |
The first Satyagraha campaign of Gandhiji was started at - |
| A. | Bardoli |
| B. | Dandi |
| C. | Champaran |
| D. | Baroda |
| Answer» D. Baroda | |
| 536. |
The First ruler of the Satavahanas was |
| A. | Simuka |
| B. | Govinda |
| C. | Sri Satakarni |
| D. | Nahapana |
| Answer» B. Govinda | |
| 537. |
The first newspaper published in India in 1780 was |
| A. | The Bengal Gazette or Calcutta General Advertiser |
| B. | The Calcutta Chronicle |
| C. | The Madras Courier |
| D. | The Bombay Herald |
| Answer» B. The Calcutta Chronicle | |
| 538. |
The first Indian Budget was presented by James Wilson on? |
| A. | 1869 |
| B. | 1867 |
| C. | 1865 |
| D. | 1863 |
| Answer» B. 1867 | |
| 539. |
The first movement launched against the British in India was |
| A. | Non-Cooperation movement |
| B. | Swadeshi movement |
| C. | Quit India movement |
| D. | Khilafat movement |
| Answer» C. Quit India movement | |
| 540. |
The first Mughal building with complete marble facing was |
| A. | Taj Mahal |
| B. | Moti Masjid |
| C. | Humayun's tomb |
| D. | Itmad-ud-daulah's tomb |
| Answer» D. Itmad-ud-daulah's tomb | |
| 541. |
The first martyrdom in Sikh history in the reign of Jehangir was of |
| A. | Guru Ram Das |
| B. | Guru Teg Bahadur |
| C. | Guru Angad |
| D. | Guru Arjan |
| Answer» E. | |
| 542. |
The first important ruler to emerge from the Chola Dynasty was __________._x005F_x000D_ |
| A. | Vijayalaya |
| B. | Rajaraja Chola |
| C. | Rajendra Chola |
| D. | Rajadhiraj Chola |
| Answer» C. Rajendra Chola | |
| 543. |
The first Carnatic war in India was an extension of the Anglo-French war in |
| A. | Canada |
| B. | Europe |
| C. | Africa |
| D. | America |
| Answer» C. Africa | |
| 544. |
The first Buddhist Council was held in which of the following cities |
| A. | Nalanda |
| B. | Gaya |
| C. | Rajgriha |
| D. | Bodh Gaya |
| Answer» D. Bodh Gaya | |
| 545. |
The first Europeans to come to India were |
| A. | British |
| B. | Dutch |
| C. | French |
| D. | Portugese |
| Answer» E. | |
| 546. |
The first Congress and nationalist leader to face repeated imprisonment was |
| A. | Pheroze Shah Mehta |
| B. | BG Tilak |
| C. | Gopal Krishna Gokhale |
| D. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| Answer» C. Gopal Krishna Gokhale | |
| 547. |
The First Battle of panipat was fought between the forces of |
| A. | Akbar and Hemu |
| B. | Abdali and the Marathas |
| C. | Humayun and Sher Shah Suri |
| D. | Babar and Ibrahim Lodhi |
| Answer» E. | |
| 548. |
The First Battle of Panipat in 1526 was fought between the the Lodi Empire and _______. |
| A. | Babur |
| B. | Humayun |
| C. | Akbar |
| D. | Aurangzeb |
| Answer» B. Humayun | |
| 549. |
The first battle of Panipat (1526) was fought between |
| A. | Barbar and Daulat Khan |
| B. | Barbar and Ibrahim Lodi |
| C. | Barbar and Alam Khan |
| D. | Barbar and Rana Sanga |
| Answer» C. Barbar and Alam Khan | |
| 550. |
The first attempt made to enumerate the population of India was done in which year ? |
| A. | 1884 |
| B. | 1896 |
| C. | 1921 |
| D. | 1872 |
| Answer» E. | |