(A) Lord Amherst (C) Lord William Bentinck

1. First Governor-general of India was------.

(a) Lord Amherst (c) Lord William Bentinck

(b) Sri Charles Metcalfe (d) Robert Clive

2. The first session of the All India Congress held in Bombay in 1920, was presided over by------.

(a) J L Nehru (c) Lala Lajpat Rai

(b) VV Giri (d) MM Joshi

3. First English newspaper in India.

(a) The Bengal Gazette (c) The Bengal Journal

(b) The Calcutta Gazette (d) The Bombay Herald

4. Who was the founder of Indian Association?

(a) Dadabhai Naoroji (c) Surendranath Banerjee

(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (d) AO Hume

5. First Indian to used the word ‘swarajya’.

(a) Raja Rammohan Rai (c) Bala Gangadhar Tilak

(b) Mahatma Gandhi (d)Swami Vivekanand

6. All India Harijan Sangha was established by Mahatma Gandhi in the year------.

(b) 1932 (d) 1927

7. In Which place did satyagraha first started by Mahatma Gandhi?

(a) Delhi (c) Baroda

(b) Calcutta (d) Champaran

8. Who was first to address Mahatma Gandhi as the “Father of Nation”?

(a) Subhas Chandra Bose (c) B G Tilak

(b) Rabindra Nath Tagore (d) JL Nehru

9. Number of years required to build Tajmahal.

(a) 22 years (c) 18 years

(b) 26 years (d) 12 years 10. Who was the ruler of Delhi when Babur attacked India?

(a) Sikandar Lodi (c) Mahmud

(b) Bahlul Lodi (d) Ibrahim Lodi

11. Use of Zero and Decimal system was introduced during the period of which dynasty.

(a) Gupta (c) Maurya

(b) Pallav (d) Kushan

12. Who was founder of madras?

(a) Robert Clive (c) Sir John Child

(b) Lord Dalhousie (d) Francis Day

13. The National song of India “Vande Mataram” was first published in which novel in 1882.

(a) Sitaram (c) Gitanjali

(b) Anandamath (d) None of the above

14. Who is known as founder of Indian National Congress?

(a) Dinshaw Wacha (c) Allan Octavian Hume

(b) Surendra Nath Benrjee (d) Dadabhai Naoroji

15. The first round table conference in London was held in the year.

(b) 1929 (d)1931

16. In which year Akbar reign the power of Mughal Empire.

(a) 1523 (c) 1520

(b) 1556 (d) 1495

17. Who is the writer of the book ‘Panchatantra’?

(a) Vishnu Sarma (c) hala

(b) Charak (d) Harsha Vardhan

18.which king assumed the title Shiladitya. (a) Changupta (c) Samudragupta

(b) Ashoka (d) Harsha Vardhan

19.First Sanskrit grammer book ‘Ashtadhyayi’ was written by whom.

(a) Banabhatta (c) Bashkar

(b) Tulsidas (d) Panini

20.The Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed before------

(a) First Round Table (c) Third Round Table

(b) Second Round Table (d) None of the above

21. First Indian ruler to use rocket artillery in war was------

(a) Hyder Ali (c) Aurangzeb

(b) Tipu Sultan (d) Babur

22. Which Governor General of India founded the postal service in India.

(a) Robert Clive (c)Robert clive

(b) Lord Dalhousie (d) None of the above

23. The Publication of the newspaper Bengal Gazette from Kolkata was started in the year.

(a) 1660 (c) 1755

(b) 1720 (d) 1780

24. Shimla was declared as the summer capital of British India in the year------.

(b) 1880 (d) 1912

25. In which year the partition of Bengal took place.

(b) 1905 (d) 1907

26. The Tallest statue of Hanuman is in------.

(a) Maharashtra (c) Tamil Nadu

(b)Punjab (d) Andhra Pradesh 27. Which Indian city Manufactured balls for the world cup football?

(a) Lundhiana (c) Jalandhar

(b) Mumbai (d) Chennai

28. Name the oldest Mountain range of India.

(a) Himalayas (c) Aravallis

(b) Nilgiris (d) Vindhyas

29.Where is famous shore temple in India located?

(a) Andhra prasdesh (c) Karnataka

(b) Tamil Nadu (d) Kerala

30. Sunderbans National Park is found in which state.

(a)Assam (c) Mizoram

(b)Manipur (d)West Bengal

31.Which river flows behind the Taj Mahal.

(a) Ganga (c) Yamuna

(b) Godavari (d) Tapti

32. Which is the classical dance of Northern India?

(a) Kathak (c) odissi

(b) Bharatnatyam (d) bharatham

33. Kathakali originates from which Indian state.

(a) Andhra Pradesh (c) Kerala

(b) Tamil Nadu (d) Maharshtra

34. In which classical dance from silk sari is used making costume.

(a) Kathak (c) Bharatnatyam

(b) Garbha (d) Sattriya

35. Which of the following is a wind Instrument.

(a) Tabla (c) Ektara (b)Flute (d) Damru

36. Which organization declares a site of special culture or physical significance as a world heritage site.

(a) Archaeological Survey of India (c) National Museum

(b) Ministry of culture (d) UNESCO

37. In which country is the world heritage site located where Gautuma Buddha was born.

(a) India (c) Sri Lanka

(b) Nepal (d) Pakistan

38.In which state do we find the fort Aguadu.

(a) Madhaya Pradesh (c) Goa

(b) Tamil Nadu (d) Bihar

39. The Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place in the year.

(b) 1920 (d) 1919

40. Nalanda which was the center of higher education in ancient India was loacated in ------.

(a) Punjab (c) Bihar

(b) Haryana (d) Kashmir

41. Guru Nanak was born in the year------.

(a) 1398 (c) 1469

(b) 1452 (d) 1502

42. How many years did Mughal Empire exist in India?

(a) 400 years (c) 331 years

(b) 300 years (d) 262 years

43. Swami Vivekananda was died in the year------.

(b) 1902 (d) 1910 44. Where the tomb of Mughal Emperor Akbar is located.

(a) Agra (c) Lahore

(b) Delhi (d) Kashmir

45. In which year Mahatma Gandhi was first time nominated for the Noble Prize.

(b) 1935 (d) 1940

46. The All India Muslim League was formed in the year.

(b) 1903 (d) 1906

47. In which ancient monument do we find the work of Pietra Dura ?

(a) Mehrangart fort (c) Taj Mahal

(b) Hawa Mahal (d) Tughlaqabad Fort

48. which Indian railway train has been nicknamed as toy train.

(a) Shimla kalka railway (c) Nilgiri Mountain railway

(b) Darjeeling Himalayan railway (d) Rajdhani

49. What is the common name for Ocimum Tenufloru?.

(a) Lotus (c) Peepal

(b) Tulsi (d0 Chameli

50. Which of the following animal has been depicted on the ashokan pillar capital at sarnath.

(a) Horse (c) Lion

(b) Deer (d) Bull

51. Ankaleshwar in India is known for the production of------.

(a) Petroleum (c) Iron Ore

(b)Coal (d) Banuxite

52. Arakan Yoma is the extension of Himalayas located in ------.

(a) Kashmir (c) Baluchistan (b) Nepal (d) Myanmar