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This section includes 248 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your GK knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 101. |
A clay model of plough has been found from: |
| A. | Rakhigarhi |
| B. | Mitathal |
| C. | Banawali |
| D. | Kalibangan |
| Answer» D. Kalibangan | |
| 102. |
First Jain council was held in _______. |
| A. | Kushinagar |
| B. | Ballabhi |
| C. | Pataliputra |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 103. |
Name of the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize is: |
| A. | Rabindranath Tagore |
| B. | D.B. Mahawar |
| C. | V.R. Gill |
| D. | R.N. Shukla |
| Answer» B. D.B. Mahawar | |
| 104. |
The first woman film star nominated to the Rajya Sabha was |
| A. | Nargis Dutt |
| B. | Shabana Azmi |
| C. | Madhubala |
| D. | Meena Kumari |
| Answer» B. Shabana Azmi | |
| 105. |
Vikrama era started from |
| A. | 57 BC |
| B. | 78 AD |
| C. | 57 AD |
| D. | 78 BC |
| Answer» B. 78 AD | |
| 106. |
The Maratha and The Kesri were the two main newspapers which were started by the following people? |
| A. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| B. | Gopal Krishna Gokhale |
| C. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| D. | Madan Mohan Malviya |
| Answer» D. Madan Mohan Malviya | |
| 107. |
Who is considered the father of sahatara (Sitar)? |
| A. | Mian Tansen |
| B. | Baiju Bawara |
| C. | Amir Khusro |
| D. | Bade Ghulam Ali Khan |
| Answer» D. Bade Ghulam Ali Khan | |
| 108. |
Who was the Governor-General of free India? |
| A. | Rajaji |
| B. | Rajagopalachari |
| C. | Rajendra Prasad |
| D. | Lord Wavell |
| Answer» C. Rajendra Prasad | |
| 109. |
Rabindranath Tagore received the Nobel prize in the year? |
| A. | 1911 |
| B. | 1923 |
| C. | 1913 |
| D. | 1941 |
| Answer» D. 1941 | |
| 110. |
Jodhpur was founded in 1459 by a Rajput ______. |
| A. | Rao Jodha |
| B. | Jodha Bai |
| C. | Man Singh |
| D. | Rana Pratap |
| Answer» B. Jodha Bai | |
| 111. |
In which year, The Securities and Exchange Board of India was established? |
| A. | 1 September 1956 |
| B. | 12 July 1982 |
| C. | 12 April 1988 |
| D. | 22 November 1972 |
| Answer» D. 22 November 1972 | |
| 112. |
Who among the following presented the first budget (interim) of Independent India? |
| A. | Manmohan Singh |
| B. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| C. | R K Shanmukham Chetty |
| D. | N.D. Tiwari |
| Answer» D. N.D. Tiwari | |
| 113. |
Name of the first president of Indian National Congress was: |
| A. | W.C. Banerjee |
| B. | Pranav Mukharji |
| C. | Gyani Jail Singh |
| D. | Rajendra Prasad |
| Answer» B. Pranav Mukharji | |
| 114. |
Who was the founder of the Ghadar Party? |
| A. | Basant Kumar Biswas |
| B. | Sohan Singh Bhakna |
| C. | Ram Prasad Bismil |
| D. | Bhagat Singh |
| Answer» C. Ram Prasad Bismil | |
| 115. |
Who was the last Mughal emperor? |
| A. | Babur |
| B. | Noor Jehan |
| C. | Akbar |
| D. | Bahadur Shah II |
| Answer» E. | |
| 116. |
Panini was |
| A. | A Greek philosopher |
| B. | An Indian astronomer and famous mathematician |
| C. | A Sanskrit grammarian of Vedic times |
| D. | Great poet of ancient times |
| Answer» D. Great poet of ancient times | |
| 117. |
In which year did the Cabinet Mission arrived in India? |
| A. | 1942 |
| B. | 1943 |
| C. | 1945 |
| D. | 1946 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 118. |
Who was the first Governor General of free India? |
| A. | C Rajagopalachari |
| B. | Lord Mountbatten |
| C. | Rajendra Prasad |
| D. | Sardar Vallabhai Patel |
| Answer» C. Rajendra Prasad | |
| 119. |
Where is the tomb of Akbar located? |
| A. | Agra |
| B. | Sikandra |
| C. | Fatehpur Sikri |
| D. | Delhi |
| Answer» C. Fatehpur Sikri | |
| 120. |
She was the first Muslim woman ruler of India. |
| A. | Noorjahan |
| B. | Mirza Altunia |
| C. | Maham Anga |
| D. | Razia Sultana |
| Answer» E. | |
| 121. |
Where was Adil Shah Muhammad Sultan? |
| A. | Saharanpur |
| B. | Bijapur |
| C. | Nagpur |
| D. | Awadh |
| Answer» C. Nagpur | |
| 122. |
Who is the lieutenant governor of NCT Delhi? |
| A. | Naseer Ahmed |
| B. | Anil Baijal |
| C. | Narkar Umang |
| D. | Najib Jung |
| Answer» C. Narkar Umang | |
| 123. |
The Malimath Committee Report deals with: |
| A. | Judicial delays |
| B. | stock market reforms |
| C. | Textile sector reforms |
| D. | criminal justice system reforms |
| Answer» E. | |
| 124. |
The Indian National Association was established in 1876 by ______ in Calcutta. |
| A. | V K Chiplunkar |
| B. | Anand Mohan Bose |
| C. | Sisir Kumar Ghosh |
| D. | Badruddin Tyabji |
| Answer» C. Sisir Kumar Ghosh | |
| 125. |
To whom was Bal Gangadhar Tilak referred to as the "Diamond of India"? |
| A. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| B. | Bhagat Singh |
| C. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| D. | Gopal Krishna Gokhale |
| Answer» E. | |
| 126. |
Who among the following has not been the Deputy Prime Minister of India? |
| A. | Sardar Patel |
| B. | L.K Advani |
| C. | Charan Singh |
| D. | B. D. Jatti |
| Answer» E. | |
| 127. |
To which of the following dynasties did King Bhoja, a great patron of literature and art, belong? |
| A. | Paramara |
| B. | Gurjara Pratihara |
| C. | Karkota |
| D. | Utpala |
| Answer» E. | |
| 128. |
The place of nirvana of Mahavira Swami is Pavapuri in present-day _______________, is a pilgrimage site for Jains. |
| A. | Uttar Pradesh |
| B. | Kaushambi |
| C. | Nepal |
| D. | Bihar |
| Answer» E. | |
| 129. |
"We cannot fight new wars with old weapons", who said this? |
| A. | Dayanand Saraswati |
| B. | Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
| C. | Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
| D. | Swami Vivekanand |
| Answer» D. Swami Vivekanand | |
| 130. |
Who was the founder of Jainism in India? |
| A. | Gautam |
| B. | Mahavir |
| C. | Rishabhdev |
| D. | Ashoka |
| Answer» C. Rishabhdev | |
| 131. |
The Mongols appeared for the first time on the banks of the Indus during the rule of |
| A. | Raziya |
| B. | Balban |
| C. | Iltutmish |
| D. | Qutub-ud-din Aibak |
| Answer» D. Qutub-ud-din Aibak | |
| 132. |
The Nobility of the Delhi Sultanate was largely composed of |
| A. | Afghans |
| B. | Arabs |
| C. | Turks |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» D. All of these | |
| 133. |
The capital city 'Daydo' established by Kublai Khan is situated at |
| A. | Samar qand |
| B. | Beijing |
| C. | Ulan Battor |
| D. | Alma Atta |
| Answer» C. Ulan Battor | |
| 134. |
Muhi-ud-Din Muhammad commonly known by the sobriquet Aurangzeb or by his regnal title Alamgir was the ___________ Mughal emperor. |
| A. | Forth |
| B. | Seventh |
| C. | Fifth |
| D. | Sixth |
| Answer» E. | |
| 135. |
Which among the following chronology is correct regarding four 'samvatas ? |
| A. | Gupta - Gregorian - Hizri - Saka |
| B. | Gregorian - Saka - Hizri - Gupta |
| C. | Saka - Gregorian - Hizri - Gupta |
| D. | Hizri - Gupta - Gregorian - Saka |
| Answer» B. Gregorian - Saka - Hizri - Gupta | |
| 136. |
Whose part was Gandhiji's 'Dandi March'? |
| A. | Non-Cooperation Movement |
| B. | Self government league |
| C. | Civil disobedience movement |
| D. | Quit India Movement |
| Answer» D. Quit India Movement | |
| 137. |
The home of Gargi Maitrey and Kapila was at |
| A. | Vidisha |
| B. | Ujjain |
| C. | Pataliputra |
| D. | Mithila |
| Answer» E. | |
| 138. |
When was the Muslim league established? |
| A. | 1904 |
| B. | 1906 |
| C. | 1910 |
| D. | 1915 |
| Answer» C. 1910 | |
| 139. |
The famous Jama-Masjid of Delhi was built by |
| A. | Humayun |
| B. | Akbar |
| C. | Shahjahan |
| D. | Aurangzeb |
| Answer» D. Aurangzeb | |
| 140. |
In which of the following phase flint tools were used? |
| A. | Early Paleolithic Age |
| B. | Middle Paleolithic Age |
| C. | Upper Paleolithic Age |
| D. | Mesolithic age |
| Answer» D. Mesolithic age | |
| 141. |
Who among the following had written Laila Majnu and Tughlaq Nama ? |
| A. | Amir Khusru |
| B. | Ghazi Malik |
| C. | Juna khan |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Ghazi Malik | |
| 142. |
Which Charter Act brought to an end, the East India Company's monopoly in India's foreign trade? |
| A. | Charter Act of 1853 / 1853 |
| B. | Charter Act of 1793 / 1793 |
| C. | Charter Act of 1813 / 1813 |
| D. | Charter Act of 1833 / 1833 |
| Answer» D. Charter Act of 1833 / 1833 | |
| 143. |
The declaration of the Rights of Man is related with ? |
| A. | The Russian Revolution |
| B. | The French Revolution |
| C. | The American War of independence |
| D. | The Glorious Revolution of England |
| Answer» C. The American War of independence | |
| 144. |
The policy of imperial preferences adopted by Britain in its colonies in 1932 is also known as the |
| A. | Hong Kong Agreement |
| B. | London Agreement |
| C. | Ottawa Agreement |
| D. | Paris Agreement |
| Answer» D. Paris Agreement | |
| 145. |
Who among the following constructed the Brihadeeswarar temple at Tanjore ? |
| A. | Rajendra I |
| B. | Raja Raja Chola I |
| C. | Parantaka Chola I |
| D. | None of them |
| Answer» C. Parantaka Chola I | |
| 146. |
Who among the following captured the whole of Sri Lanka and made it a part of Chola empire. |
| A. | Rajendra I |
| B. | Raja Raja Chola I |
| C. | Parantaka Chola I |
| D. | None of them |
| Answer» B. Raja Raja Chola I | |
| 147. |
Which of the following is not a principal tool of early Stone age? |
| A. | Hand axes |
| B. | Cleavers |
| C. | Choppers |
| D. | Scraper |
| Answer» E. | |
| 148. |
Which area of India was known as Avantika in ancient times? |
| A. | Avadh |
| B. | Ruhelkhand |
| C. | Bundelkhand |
| D. | Malwa |
| Answer» E. | |
| 149. |
What was the fight between Mohammad Gauri and Prithviraj Chauhan? |
| A. | Battle of Tarain |
| B. | Battle of Khanwa |
| C. | Battle of Plasai |
| D. | Battle of Buxar |
| Answer» B. Battle of Khanwa | |
| 150. |
When was the National Council of Education established? |
| A. | 15 August 1906 |
| B. | 15 August 1903 |
| C. | 15 August 1904 |
| D. | 15 August 1905 |
| Answer» B. 15 August 1903 | |