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51.

The most powerful women in business in India as rated by the Fortune for the year 2012 is-

A. Anjali Bansal
B. Chanda Kochhar
C. Prabha Parameswaran
D. Debjani Ghosh
Answer» B. Chanda Kochhar
52.

Who was the first Tirthankara of the Jains?

A. Ajitnath
B. Rishabhdev
C. Aristhenemi
D. Parshwnath
Answer» C. Aristhenemi
53.

Who was the court poet of Samudragupta?

A. Chand Bardai
B. Bhavabhuti
C. Banabhatta
D. Harishen
Answer» E.
54.

Which Veda depicts the information about the most ancient Vedic age culture?

A. Atharvaveda
B. Samaveda
C. Rig Veda
D. Yajurveda
Answer» D. Yajurveda
55.

The plan to transfer power to the Indians and partition of the country was laid down in the?

A. Cabinet Mission Plan
B. Simon Commission
C. Cripps Mission
D. The Mountbatten Plan
Answer» E.
56.

What denotes learned and shared beliefs and behaviours?

A. Culture
B. Ethnicity
C. Group
D. Descent
Answer» B. Ethnicity
57.

Which of the following Upanishad is the earliest?

A. Brihdaranyak Upanishad
B. Taitariya Upanishad
C. Chhandogya Upanishad
D. Mundakopnishad
Answer» D. Mundakopnishad
58.

At which place did Gautam Buddha give his first sermon?

A. Rajgriha
B. Sarnath
C. Vaishali
D. Vallabhi
Answer» C. Vaishali
59.

Mahavir Swami was born at:

A. Kundgram
B. Champa
C. Kapilvastu
D. Lumbini
Answer» B. Champa
60.

Who was the first to have successfully read the Ashoka s inscriptions?

A. Rakhaldas Banerji
B. James Prinsep
C. Charles Wilkins
D. Dayaram Sahni
Answer» C. Charles Wilkins
61.

Ajatashatru, a ruler of the Haryanka Dynasty, was the son of __________.

A. Udayin
B. Anurudha
C. Bimbisara
D. Naga-Dasak
Answer» D. Naga-Dasak
62.

When and where our national anthem was first sung?

A. 26 December, 1912 in Calcutta
B. 27 December, 1911 in Calcutta
C. 23 January, 1950 in Allahabad
D. 25 January, 1950 in Delhi
Answer» C. 23 January, 1950 in Allahabad
63.

Who of the followings gave the statement Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it ?

A. Chittaranjan Das
B. Dada Bhai Naoroji
C. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Answer» D. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
64.

The ancient name of Coastal Orissa was _________.

A. Kamarupa
B. Khandesh
C. Kalinga
D. Kaushambi
Answer» D. Kaushambi
65.

Who among the following leaders is also known as Desh Ratna ?

A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Bhagat Singh
C. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
D. Dr. B.R. Ambedker
Answer» D. Dr. B.R. Ambedker
66.

Which was the first Indian to be selected as a member of executive council of Britishers?

A. Sachindra sanyal
B. Satyendra nath Tagore
C. Shubhash chandra bosh
D. Satyendra nath sinha
Answer» B. Satyendra nath Tagore
67.

Who among the following is considered as the father of Indian railways?

A. Lord Ripon
B. Lord Mayo
C. Lord Dalhousie
D. Lord Curzon
Answer» D. Lord Curzon
68.

Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan who gave this slogan of?

A. Lal Bahadur Shastri
B. Chandrashekhar Azad
C. Charan Singh
D. Bhagat Singh
Answer» B. Chandrashekhar Azad
69.

Who among the following issued the largest number of gold coins?

A. Chalukyas
B. Guptas
C. Satavahanas
D. Kushanas
Answer» C. Satavahanas
70.

Gita Govinda was written by:

A. Jayasimha
B. Jayachandra
C. Jayant
D. Jayadeva
Answer» E.
71.

The largest number of Hindu Mansabdars were in the period of:

A. Shahjahan
B. Aurangzeb
C. Akbar
D. Jahangir
Answer» D. Jahangir
72.

Who was the first Viceroy of India?

A. Lord canning
B. Lord Wellesley
C. Robert Clive
D. William Bentick
Answer» B. Lord Wellesley
73.

Who was the second chief election commissioner of india?

A. Sukumar Sen.
B. S.P. Sen verma.
C. K.V.k Sundaram.
D. T.Swaminathan.
Answer» D. T.Swaminathan.
74.

Whose biography is 'Romancing with Life'?

A. Devanand
B. Dilip Kumar
C. Amitabh Bachchan
D. Raj Kapoor
Answer» B. Dilip Kumar
75.

Who was the first Indian woman to swim across the English Channel?

A. Aarti Saha
B. Rita Faria
C. Shipra Dutta
D. Shanta Rangaswamy
Answer» B. Rita Faria
76.

Sanchi Stupa was built by

A. . Bimbisar
B. Raja Bhoj
C. Ashok
D. Kanishk
Answer» D. Kanishk
77.

Who was awarded with the Nobel Prize in 1975 for the discovery of 'Central Dogma Reverse'?

A. Khorana
B. Baltimore
C. Monad
D. Dalton
Answer» C. Monad
78.

When did the black hole incident?

A. On 15 June 1957
B. On 15 June 1955
C. On 4 June 1756
D. On 20 June 1756
Answer» E.
79.

Which state did not fall prey to Dalhousie's grab policy

A. Jhansi
B. Awadh
C. Satara
D. Sambalpur
Answer» C. Satara
80.

Who among the following is also known as the Bismarck of India ?

A. Jawaharlal Nehru
B. Sardar Patel
C. Rajendra Prasad
D. B.N. Rao
Answer» C. Rajendra Prasad
81.

Name the only President to have been elected for two consecutive terms?

A. APJ Abdul Kalam
B. Pratibha Patil
C. Dr Zakir Hussain
D. Rajendra Prasad
Answer» E.
82.

Which famous king is known as 'Rai Pithora'?

A. Anangpal -II
B. Mahipal
C. Jatav
D. Prithvi Raj Chauhan
Answer» E.
83.

Who described the Governement of India Act, 1935 as a new charter of bondage?

A. Pt.Jawaharlal Nehru
B. B.R Ambedkar
C. Mahatma Gandhi
D. Rajendra Prasad
Answer» B. B.R Ambedkar
84.

Chera Dynasty ruled which states of India?

A. Karnataka & Goa
B. Kerala & Tamilanadu
C. Keral & Karnataka
D. Tamil & Andhra
Answer» C. Keral & Karnataka
85.

Who is the co-founder of Swaraj Party?

A. Mothilal Nehru
B. Sardar Patel
C. Jawaharlal Nehru
D. B.R. Ambedkar
Answer» B. Sardar Patel
86.

Where is our national symbol taken from?

A. From Buddhism located in Gaya
B. Stupa of Sanchi
C. From the Ashoka pillar situated in Sarnath
D. From the remains found in Sindhu ghati
Answer» D. From the remains found in Sindhu ghati
87.

Who was the pioneer of the Chipko movement of 1973?

A. Sambaji
B. Baba Amte
C. Sunderlal Bahuguna
D. Medha Patkar
Answer» D. Medha Patkar
88.

Who among the following was the last Nawab of Awadh?

A. Wajid Ali Shah
B. Saadat Ali Khan
C. Amjad Ali Khan
D. Muhammad Mukim
Answer» B. Saadat Ali Khan
89.

The chief centre of learning during lord Buddha era was:

A. Nalanda
B. Delhi
C. Varanasi
D. Bodh Gaya
Answer» B. Delhi
90.

Who was the Founder Father of Aligarh movement?

A. Raja Ram Mohan Rai
B. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
C. Vedant Sharma
D. Swamiji
Answer» C. Vedant Sharma
91.

Who gives the first call of India for Indians for Swarajya?

A. Raja Ram Mohan Rai
B. Vedant Sharma
C. Swamiji
D. Dayanand Saraswati
Answer» E.
92.

Who set up the dual system of administration in Bengal?

A. Robert Bush
B. Robert Trump
C. Robert Clive
D. Robert John
Answer» D. Robert John
93.

The last Governor-General of the East India Company and the first Viceroy under the crown was ______.

A. Lord Elgin
B. Lord Canning
C. Lord Warren Hastings
D. Lord Dalhousie
Answer» C. Lord Warren Hastings
94.

Which is the oldest text in the world?

A. Yajur Veda
B. Atharva Veda
C. Rig Veda
D. Sama Veda
Answer» D. Sama Veda
95.

In the Gupta period the largest number of coins were issued in

A. Gold
B. Silver
C. Copper
D. Iron
Answer» B. Silver
96.

Who of the following attended all the Three Round Table Conferences?

A. Vallabhbhai Patel
B. Gandhiji
C. B.R. Ambedkar
D. M.M. Malavia
Answer» D. M.M. Malavia
97.

Who signed the Instrument of Accession of Jammu & Kashmir to India with Jawaharlal Nehru?

A. Maharaja Hari Singh
B. Lord wellington
C. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
D. Both ( b ) and ( c )
Answer» B. Lord wellington
98.

Which of the following represents the number of nations of the Non-Aligned Movement?

A. 54
B. 75
C. 93
D. 118
Answer» E.
99.

The tomb of Jahangir was built at

A. Gujarat
B. Delhi
C. Lahore
D. Agra
Answer» D. Agra
100.

What was the original name of Nur Jahan?

A. Zeb-un-Nissa
B. Fatima begum
C. Mehr-un-Nissa
D. Jahanara
Answer» D. Jahanara