INDEX S. No. Topic Pg. No. 1. History Tests________________________________________________ 1 2. Geography Tests____________________________________________ 17 3. Science and Tech. Tests_____________________________________ 49 4. Business & Economy Tests_________________________________ 65 5. Finance & Banking Tests___________________________________ 89 6. Indian Polity, Govt. Schemes & Org. Tests_________________ 104 7. Sports, Books, Authors & Miscellaneous Tests____________ 134 8. Answer key 176 All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by mimeograph or any other means, without permission in writing from the publishers. Published by Bulls Eye Publications Pvt. Ltd. Vishwanath Apartment, off BMCC Road, Pune 411 004 1 GK Indian History Test 01 DIRECTIONS for the question: Mark the best option Question No. : 1 Who is known as the "Prophet of New India"? A﴿ Dayanand Saraswati B﴿ Sri Ramakrishna C﴿ Raja Ram Mohan Roy D﴿ Swami Vivekananda E﴿ Mahatma Gandhi Question No. : 2 Who among the following was the first woman to preside over the Indian National Congress? A﴿ Mrs. Indira Gandhi B﴿ Mrs. Annie Bessant C﴿ Mrs. Sucheta Kriplani D﴿ Sarojini Nadu Question No. : 3 The Gayatri Mantra is contained in the A﴿ Rigveda B﴿ Mundak Upanishad C﴿ Dharmashastras D﴿ Puranas Question No. : 4 Mahatma Gandhi’s first experiment with “Satyagraha” took place in A﴿ Champaran B﴿ South Africa C﴿ Ahmedabad D﴿ Kheda Question No. : 5 Who was the first to address M.K Gandhi as the “Father of the Nation”? A﴿ J.L. Nehru B﴿ V.B. Patel C﴿ Subhas Bose D﴿ C.R. Dass Question No. : 6 “Long, long ago, we had a tryst with destiny. And today we are going to renew that pledge, not partly or fully, but very substantially. Today, when the whole world sleeps, India shall wake to freedom at the strike of the midnight four ______”. These famous poetic lines were uttered by A﴿ Mahatma Gandhi B﴿ J.L. Nehru C﴿ Sardar Patel D﴿ B.R. Ambedkar Question No. : 7 Which freedom fighter died after 64 days of fasting in jail? A﴿ SN Sanyal B﴿ BC Vohra C﴿ Ras Behari Bose D﴿ Jatin Dass Question No. : 8 The Cheras used to rule in today's A﴿ Tamil Nadu B﴿ Gujarat C﴿ Kerala D﴿ Assam Question No. : 9 Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last Mughal emperor, was deported by the British to A﴿ Malaya B﴿ Rangoon C﴿ Singapore D﴿ The Andamans 2 GK Indian History Test 01 Question No. : 10 The basic idea of the Bhakti Movement was the A﴿ Denial of privileges to Brahmins B﴿ Renunciation of worldly pleasures C﴿ The devotion and love of devotee for his God D﴿ Attack on existing social systems Question No. : 11 The remains of the Vijayanagar Empire can be found in A﴿ Golconda B﴿ Bijapur C﴿ Thanjavur D﴿ Hampi Question No. : 12 The Apbhramshas are .A﴿ Jain books B﴿ Buddhist books C﴿ Corrupt languages D﴿ Sanskrit books Question No. : 13 The Third Battle of Panipat was fought between the _____ and _____. A﴿ Afghans and Marathas B﴿ Afghans and Sikhs C﴿ Marathas and Turkish D﴿ Marathas and Mughals Question No. : 14 Delhi Chalo – This slogan was a part of the A﴿ INA Movement B﴿ Limited Satyagraha Movement C﴿ Quit India Movement D﴿ Rowaltt Satygraha Question No. : 15 The language used in all of Ashoka’s edicts is A﴿ Brahmi B﴿ Pali C﴿ Prakrit D﴿ Sanskrit Question No. : 16 “I am the scourge of God“. Which medieval invader in India uttered this line? A﴿ Changez Khan B﴿ Mahmud of Ghazni C﴿ Mohammed Ghauri D﴿ Halaku Question No. : 17 Arrange the following in the correct chronological order. A. First Round Table Conference B. Non‐Cooperation Movement C. Rowlatt Act D. Dandi March A﴿ C‐ B‐ D‐ A B﴿ C‐ B‐ A‐ D C﴿ C‐ D‐ A‐ B D﴿ B‐ C‐ D‐ A Question No. : 18 The first woman to sit on the throne of Delhi was A﴿ Gulbadan Beghum B﴿ Chand Bibi C﴿ Ahilya Devi D﴿ Razia Sultan Question No. : 19 The revenue minister of Maharaja Ranjit Singh was A﴿ Faqir Azizuddin B﴿ Deewan Deena Nath C﴿ Sher Bahadur D﴿ Hari Singh Nalwa 3 GK Indian History Test 01 Question No. : 20 The Simon Commission came to India in A﴿ 1928 B﴿ 1927 C﴿ 1929 D﴿ 1930 Question No. : 21 The Bardoli Satyagraha took place in A﴿ 1922 B﴿ 1927 C﴿ 1928 D﴿ 1929 Question No. : 22 The Indian leader credited with the integration of princely States into India after independence was A﴿ J.L. Nehru B﴿ V.B. Patel C﴿ M.K Gandhi D﴿ C.R. Dass Question No. : 23 Who led the Bardoli Satyagraha against the resettlement enhancements proposed by the Government? A﴿ Babu Rajendra Prasad B﴿ Manik Lal Verma C﴿ Vallabhbhai Patel D﴿ Mahatma Gandhi Question No. : 24 Which important political party was formed in 1906? A﴿ Indian Swaraj Party B﴿ Indian National Congress C﴿ Muslim League D﴿ Indian Independence League Question No. : 25 Which period is referred to as the period of Hindu revival or renaissance? A﴿ Mauryan period B﴿ Period of Harsha C﴿ Gupta period D﴿ Kushan period Question No. : 26 The capital of Maharaja Ranjit Singh was at A﴿ Amritsar B﴿ Lahore C﴿ Patiala D﴿ Chandimandir Question No. : 27 Who emphasized democratization of local administration of India? A﴿ Charles Metcalf B﴿ Lord Mayo C﴿ Lord Ripon D﴿ Lord Dufferin Question No. : 28 Who among the following was a remarkably modern and scientific man / woman and took the French officers’ help to train his / her army? A﴿ Maharaja Ranjit Singh B﴿ Tipu Sultan C﴿ Rani Lakshmi Bai D﴿ Swai Jai Singh Question No. : 29 Who said “Go back to Vedas”? A﴿ Dayanand Saraswati B﴿ Ram Mohan Roy C﴿ R.K. Purandaradasa D﴿ Pandit Vidyasagar Question No. : 30 When was the ‘Vikrami Era’ started? .A﴿ 58 B.C. B﴿ 78 A.D. C﴿ 319 AD D﴿ 58 A.D 4 GK Indian History Test 01 Question No. : 31 The custom of sati was banned by the British in A﴿ 1829 B﴿ 1830 C﴿ 1885 D﴿ 1831 Question No. : 32 The first English newspaper in India was A﴿ The Bengal Gazette B﴿ The Calcutta Gazette C﴿ The Bengal Journal D﴿ The Bengal Herald Question No. : 33 The oldest book in vedic literature is A﴿ Sama Veda B﴿ Rig Veda C﴿ Yajur Veda D﴿ Atharva Veda Question No. : 34 The lion capital on currency notes was taken from A﴿ Bharut B﴿ Sanchi C﴿ Bodh Gaya D﴿ Sarnath Question No. : 35 Which Indian ruler was made a prisoner during the Revolt of 1857? A﴿ Rani of Jhansi‐Lakshmi Bai B﴿ Nana Saheb C﴿ Bahadur Shah Zafar D﴿ None of the above Question No. : 36 During whose reign did the East India Company establish its first factory in India? A﴿ Jahangir B﴿ Shahjahan C﴿ Aurangzeb D﴿ Bahadur Shah‐I Question No. : 37 The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place in A﴿ 1914 B﴿ 1916 C﴿ 1919 D﴿ 1929 Question No. : 38 Gautama Buddha attained Mahapariniban in A﴿ Anga B﴿ Magadha C﴿ Malla D﴿ Vatsa Question No. : 39 Who among the following was the founder of Agra? A﴿ Balban B﴿ Bahlol Lodhi C﴿ Sikandar Lodhi D﴿ Firoz Tughlaq Question No. : 40 ?﴿Who among the following led the agitation against the Partition of Bengal ﴾1905 A﴿ Surendranath Banerjee B﴿ C.R.Das C﴿ Ashutosh Mukherjee D﴿ Rabindra Nath Tagore 5 GK Indian History Test 02 DIRECTIONS for the question: Mark the best option Question No. : 1 Vasco de Gama arrived at Calicut in A﴿ 1492 B﴿ 1510 C﴿ 1491 D﴿ 1498 Question No. : 2 The founder of the Yoga school of philosophy was A﴿ Adiguru Shankracharya B﴿ Gemini C﴿ Charvaka D﴿ Patanjli Question No. : 3 Gautam Buddha belonged to a A﴿ Kshatriya clan B﴿ Shudra clan C﴿ Brahmana clan D﴿ Vaishya clan Question No. : 4 Who was the Prime Minister of England at the time of India’s Independence? A﴿ Winston Churchill B﴿ Lord Mountbatten C﴿ Alfred Powell D﴿ Clement Atlee Question No. : 5 The man who did the most for widow remarriges in India during British era was A﴿ Ram Mohan Roy B﴿ Ishwar Chander Vidyasagar C﴿ Jyotiba Phule D﴿ Swami Vivekanand Question No. : 6 The Dilwara Temples are situated in A﴿ Jaipur B﴿ Mt. Abu C﴿ Alwar D﴿ Udaipur Question No. : 7 Who is called the “wisest fool” in Indian history? A﴿ Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq B﴿ Mohammed Tughlaq C﴿ Feroz Tughlaq D﴿ Aurangzab Question No. : 8 The Quit India resolution was passed at the Bombay session of the Indian National Congress in A﴿ 1940 B﴿ 1941 C﴿ 1942 D﴿ 1945 Question No. : 9 Goswami Tulsidas was a contemporary of A﴿ Akbar B﴿ Jahangir C﴿ Shahjehan D﴿ Aurangzeb Question No. : 10 Which son of Shah Jehan was deeply religious and got the Vedas translated into Persian? A﴿ Shuja B﴿ Murad C﴿ Dara D﴿ Aurangzeb 6 GK Indian History Test 02 Question No. : 11 Which Mughal king died while coming down the stairs of his library? A﴿ Akbar B﴿ Humayun C﴿ Babar D﴿ Jahangir Question No. : 12 Most of the coins in Buddha’s times consist of A﴿ Silver B﴿ Gold C﴿ Iron D﴿ Copper Question No. : 13 Who among the following built the city of Jaipur? A﴿ Sawai Madho Singh B﴿ Rattan Singh C﴿ Sawai Jai Singh D﴿ Jairattan Singh Question No. : 14 The Shudras find mention first of all in the A﴿ Rigveda B﴿ Samveda C﴿ Yajurveda D﴿ Atharvaveda Question No. : 15 Hindi is written in the _____ script. A﴿ Persian B﴿ Roman C﴿ Devnagari D﴿ Sanskriti Question No. : 16 Vasco de Gama arrived at Calicut in A﴿ 1492 B﴿ 1510 C﴿ 1491 D﴿ 1498 Question No. : 17 The Cabinet Mission came to India in A﴿ 1946 B﴿ 1945 C﴿ 1942 D﴿ 1944 Question No. : 18 The All‐India Muslim League was formed in A﴿ Lahore B﴿ Karachi C﴿ Dhaka D﴿ Amritsar Question No.