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TRY -- TRUE -- TRUST NUMBER ONE SITE FOR COMPETITIVE EXAM SELF LEARNING AT ANY TIME ANY WHERE * * General Knowledge * * History * * * * SL Question Answer 1 ‘Padmavat’ of Malik Muhammad Jaisi, a notable, work in Hindi, was completed during Sher Shah which reign? 2 “The best and bravest of the military leader of the rebels”-about whom was this Rani of –Jhansi said by Sir Hugh Rose? 3 A Buddhist Council during the reign of Kanishka was held at which place? Kashmir 4 A Forgotten Empire’, written by the renowned historian Robert Sewell, is about which Vijaynagar Empire Empire? 5 After whose name was a women’s division of the Indian National Army named? Rani Jhansi 6 At which one place did Mahatma Gandhi first start his Satyagraha in India? Champaran 7 At which place was the headless statue of Kanishka found? Mathura 8 Before ascending the Maurya throne, How was Ashoka served? As a Viceroy of Taxila 9 Bhakt Tukaram was a contemporary of which Mughal emperor? Jahangir 10 By which act did the Crown take the Government of India into its own hands? Government of India Act, 1858 11 By which name was Chanakya known in his childhood? Vishnugupta 12 By which ruler was the practice of military governorship first introduced in India? Greeks 13 By whom was Island of Bombay was given to the English Prince CharlesII as dowry? Portuguese 14 By whom was Shuddhi movement (conversion of non-Hindus to Hinduism) started? Swami Dayananda Saraswati 15 By whom was the city of Agra founded in 1504? Sikandar lodi 16 By whom was the famous ‘Kirti Stambha’at Chittor built? Rana kimbha 17 By whom was the first Muslim invasion of India lead? Muharnmad-bin-Oasim 18 By whom was the Home Rule Movement in India was started? Annie Besant and Tilak 19 By whom was the practice of Sati was declared illegal? Lord William Bentinck 20 By whom was the rare work on architecture, Samarangana Sutradhara written? Bhoja Paramara 21 By whom was the Sarak-i-Azam which ran from the Indus to Sonargaon (in Sher Shah Bangladesh) built? 22 By whom was the 'Shahnama' written? Firdausi 23 By whom was the Sikh Khalsa founded? Guru Gobind Singh 24 By whom was the Vernacular Press Act was passed? Lord Lytton 25 Chandragupta Maurya figures prominently in whose book? Vishakhdatta 26 Coolgardie lies in the Australian province of which direction? Western Australia www.sirssolutions.in 91+9830842272 Email: [email protected] Please Post Your Comment at Our Website PAGE And our Sirs Solutions Face book Page Page 1 of 16 TRY -- TRUE -- TRUST NUMBER ONE SITE FOR COMPETITIVE EXAM SELF LEARNING AT ANY TIME ANY WHERE * * General Knowledge * * * * History * * SL Question Answer 27 During India’s Freedom Struggle, which led to the first‘All India Hartal’? Protest against Rawlatt Act. 28 During the Indian Freedom struggle, who started a journal “The Indian Sociologist”? Shyamji Krishna Varma 29 During the Mughal period which trader first came to India? English 30 During the reign of which Indian National Congress banned and over 1,20,000 persons Lord Willingdon were arrested? 31 During the reign of which Pallava ruler did the Chinese pilgrim Hieun Tsang visit Kanchi? Narasimha varam 32 During which movement was ‘Mahatma’added before Gandhiji ’s name? Chamapaan satya graham 33 During which reign did both Vardhaman Mahavira and Gautama Buddha preach their doctrines? Bimbisara 34 During which reign was Kalidasa lived? ChandraguptaII 35 During which reign was the East India Company founded in London? akbar 36 During which reign was the Purana Qila constructed? Sher Shah 37 During whose reign did the Mongols first invade India? Iltutmish 38 From where did Mahatma Gandhi start his historic Dandi March? Sabarmati Ashram 39 From where did the Quit India Movement start? Bombay on Aug.8,1942 40 In ancient India, at where was the earliest capital of Magadha kingdom? Rajgir 41 In ancient India, Nalanda University was a great centre for the study of which religion? Mahayana Buddhism 42 In India ,the concept of single citizenship is adopted from which country? England 43 In India, where did the Dutch establish their earliest factory? Masulipattanam 44 In Indus Valley, which one indicates the commercial and economic development? Seals 45 In the Interim Government formed in the year1946, who held the port folio of Defence? Baldev singh 46 In the Vedic society, which was the term used to denote a group of families? Grama 47 In which Aryans first settled? Punjab 48 In which country was Buddhism first propogated outside India? Sri Lanka 49 In which nomad man started settling? Neolithic Age 50 In which region of India was the Suharawadi order of Sufism popular? Punjab and Sind 51 In which state had Gautama Buddha had attained Mahaparinirvan? Malia 52 In which year did the Peshwa became the official head of Maratha administration? 1748A.D 53 In which year was Bombay was acquired by the English from the Portuguese? 1662 54 In which year was the Constituent Assembly which framed the Constitution for 1946 Independent India set up? www.sirssolutions.in 91+9830842272 Email: [email protected] Please Post Your Comment at Our Website PAGE And our Sirs Solutions Face book Page Page 2 of 16 TRY -- TRUE -- TRUST NUMBER ONE SITE FOR COMPETITIVE EXAM SELF LEARNING AT ANY TIME ANY WHERE 55 In which year was the Indus Valley Civilization discovered? 1921 56 In whose court was a Chinese embassy sent by Tang emperor? Harshavardhana 57 Chandra Gupta Kautilya was the Prime Minister of which Indian ruler? mayurja 58 Of which Religion-wise the sculpture were found at Kankali tila in Mathura? Jaina 59 On 13th April of which year Guru Gobind Singh established Khalsa? 1699 60 On the ruins of which Hindu kingdom was the kingdom of Golconda founded? Kakatiyas 61 On which thing did the Buddhism and Jainism both give stress? Non-violence 62 Person is called ‘Desert Fox’? Gen.Rommel 63 Purushsukta is a part of which veda? Rigveda 64 Rigveda is divided into 10 books.Which books are the oldest?- Second and seventh 65 Sirajuddaulah was defeated by Lord Clive in which battle? Plassey 66 The Arab conquest of Sind took place in which year? 712A.D 67 The first railway line in India was opened in which year? 1853 68 The Kalachuri era counted from A.D.248 what was mostly in currnet? Andhra 69 The Mansabdari system introduced by Akbar from which system was it borrowed from? Mangolia 70 The Maratha power reached its zenith during which Peshwaship? Balaji II 71 The Maratha power reached the zenith of its glory during which reign? Shivaji 72 The Musalman, the hand written daily newspaper in circulation since 1927, is published Chennai from which place? 73 The Portuguese traveller,Nuniz visited Vijayanagar during the reign of which rular? Achyuta Raya 74 The religious literature of the Jains at the early stage was written in which language? Ardhamagadhi 75 The Ruhr-Westphalia region is a famous industrial region of which country? Germany 76 The ruler of which State was removed from power by the British on the pretext of Awadh misgovernance? 77 The ruler which was not invited to join the confederacy to fight against Vijaynagar in the Berar battle of Talikota? 78 The term nishka,which meant an ornament in theVedic period,was used in A coin latertirnes,what did it denote? 79 The Upanishads were translated into Persian by the orders of which rular? Dara sikho 80 The ‘Misl’ of which Ranjit Singh was the leader? Sukerchakia 81 To which work is Devi Chandra guptam related? Chandra Gupta II 82 To whom the Sarnath's Lion Capital attributed? Ashoka 83 Under the leadership of which Guru did the Sikh become a political and military force? Guru Gobind Singh 84 Under which reign did Mughal Empire extend upto Tamil territory in the South? Aurangzeb 85 Uplift of the backward classes was the main programme of which famay? Satyashodhak Samaj www.sirssolutions.in 91+9830842272 Email: [email protected] Please Post Your Comment at Our Website PAGE And our Sirs Solutions Face book Page Page 3 of 16 TRY -- TRUE -- TRUST NUMBER ONE SITE FOR COMPETITIVE EXAM SELF LEARNING AT ANY TIME ANY WHERE * * General Knowledge * * * * History * * SL Question Answer 55 In which year was the Indus Valley Civilization discovered? 1921 56 In whose court was a Chinese embassy sent by Tang emperor? Harshavardhana 57 Kautilya was the Prime Minister of which Indian ruler? Chandra Gupta mayurja 58 Of which Religion-wise the sculpture were found at Kankali tila in Mathura? Jaina 59 On 13th April of which year Guru Gobind Singh established Khalsa? 1699 60 On the ruins of which Hindu kingdom was the kingdom of Golconda founded? Kakatiyas 61 On which thing did the Buddhism and Jainism both give stress? Non-violence 62 Person is called ‘Desert Fox’? Gen.Rommel 63 Purushsukta is a part of which veda? Rigveda 64 Rigveda is divided into 10 books.Which books are the oldest?- Second and seventh 65 Sirajuddaulah was defeated by Lord Clive in which battle? Plassey 66 The Arab conquest of Sind took place in which year? 712A.D 67 The first railway line in India was opened in which year? 1853 68 The Kalachuri era counted from A.D.248 what was mostly in currnet? Andhra 69 The Mansabdari system introduced by Akbar from which system was it borrowed from? Mangolia 70 The Maratha power reached its zenith during which Peshwaship? Balaji II 71 The Maratha power reached the zenith of its glory during which reign? Shivaji 72 The Musalman, the hand written daily newspaper in circulation since 1927, is published Chennai from which place? 73 The Portuguese traveller,Nuniz visited Vijayanagar during the reign of which