Indian History And Culture Gk 3
General Knowledge : Indian History And Culture Gk 3
| Over which kingdom did Kharavela rule? | Kalinga. |
| Over which part of India did Queen Didda (980-1003)rule? | Kashmir. |
| Over which part of present-day India did the Pala dynasty rule? | Bengal. |
| Patanjali's Mahabhashya refers to some of the stories about Krishna's early life. Who does Patanjali call Samkarshana? | Balarama. |
| Permanent settlement in Bengal was introduced by | Lord Cornwallis |
| Poems of which Kashmiri poet are the oldest of the ones still available with us? | LallaDidi(LalDed) |
| Quit India Movement started in the year | 1942 AD |
| Rabindranath Tagore renounced his knighthood as a protest against an incident. Name the incident. | The Jailianwalla Baug massacre. |
| Rabindranath tagore was born in | 1861 AD |
| Ramanuja preached the philosophy of | Vishishtadvaita |
| Rani padmini was | Queen of Rana Ratna simha,the king of Chittoor |
| Ranjit Singh was appointed the governor of Kabul at the age of 19. Who appointed him? | ZamanShah. |
| Samudra Gupta is popularly known as | Napolean of India |
| Samudragupta is represented on coins as playing a particular musical instrument. Which musical instrument is that? | Veena. |
| Shankaracharya was associated with which movement | Bhakti |
| Shivaji died at age of | 50 years |
| Shivaji was crowned in | 1664 AD |
| Shivaji's mother was | Jeejabai |
| Sir Thomas Roe,English Ambassador, visited India during the reign of | Jahangir |
| Taj Mahal was built by | Shahjahan |
| The `Khalsa' at Anandpur Sahib was founded by | Guru Gobind Singh |
| The Akal Takht was built by | Guru Hargobind |
| The Allahabad Pillar inscription is the most authentic record about the reign of a famous Emperor. Identify that Emperor. | Samudra Gupta |
| The architect who designed the capital City of New Delhi was | E.L.Lutyens |
| The Bardoli satyagraha was started by | Mahatma Gandhi |
| The British created the Kingdom of Satara out of the Peshwa's lands. Who was it given to? | A descendant of Chhatrapati Shivaji. |
| The capital city of ancient India was | Indraprastha |
| The capital of king Vikramaditya's kingdom was | Ujjain |
| The capital of Mysore during the rule of Tipu Sultan was | Srirangapatnam |
| The capital of the Mauryan was | Patliputra |
| The capital of the state of Travancore became an important centre of Sanskrit scholarship towards the later half of the 18th century. How do we know it today? | Thiruvanthapuram (Trivandrum). |
| The Chinese traveller who visited India during the reign of Harshavardhana was | Hieun Tsang |
| The Choda Ganga dynasty of Orissa was responsible for the construction of some famous temples. Can you identify them? | The Jagannath temple at Puri and the Sun Temple at Konark. |
| The Cholas extended their territory in South India and also conquered the northern part of Sri Lanka. Who was the ruler who made northern Sri Lanka a province of his empire? | Rajaraja Chola. |
| The city of Ahmedabad was established by | Ahmed Shah I |
| The city of Calcutta was founded in | 1690 AD |
| The city of Fatehpur Sikri was built by | Akbar |
| The construction of Qutb Minar in Delhi was completed by | Ala-ud-din |
| The English obtained the royal Farman from the Nawabs of Bengal in 1717. There was one privilege in the Farman that was to prove an irritant. What was the privilege? | The freedom to export and import goods in Bengal without paying customs duties. |
| The English secured the Diwani of Bengal from the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam. This Diwani was however different from the existing practice by the Mughals. In what respect? | The English got their Diwani rights permanently as opposed to the practice of limited tenure. Also under the Mughal system the office was given to an individual. |
| The first British Governor General of free India was | Lord Mountbatten |
| The first Governor-General of Bengal under the East India Company was | Warren Hastings |
| The first Guru of the sikhs was | Guru Nanak Dev |
| The first Indian ruler who prohibited Sati was | Akbar |
| The First Mughal Emperor of India was | Babur |
| The first President of India was | Dr.Rajendra Prasad |
| The first Round Table Conference was a result of a suggestion by an Englishman to the then British Prime Minister. Who was the Britisher? | Sir John Simon (Chairman of the Simon Commission) |
| The first session of the Indian National Congress was held at | Bombay (Mumbai) |
| The first Tamil hero who fought against the British was | Veerapandya Kattabomman |
| The first Viceroy of India was | Lord Canning |
| The first war of Indian Independence fought in 1857 is also known as | The Sepoy Mutiny |
| The first woman ruler in India was | Razia Begum |
| The followers of Ramanuja are known as | Vaishnavas |
| The founder of Arya Samaj was | Swamy Dayanand Saraswati |
| The founder of Sikh religion was | Guru Nanak |
| The full name of Shahjehan was | Khurram Shihabuddin Mohammed Shahjehan |
| The Gol Gumbaz in Bijapur is one of the largest single domed structures constructed. Which dynasty built it? | The Adil Shahi dynasty. A whisper at one end can be heard at the other end. |
| The Golden Temple was built by | Guru Arjan Dev |
| The Governor General who abolished Sati was | Lord William Bentinck |
| The Grand Trunk road was built during the reign of | Shersa Suri |
| The Greeks called cotton "Sindon". There is a reason behind this name. What is it? | The people of the Indus Valley Civilisation were the first to produce cotton and therefore the Greeks called it Sindon. This word is derived from the name Sindh. |
| The Hindu kingdom of Champa flourished outside the present boundaries of India. Where would the kingdom be located in today's context? | Vietnam. During this period, the country was considered a great centre of Vedic education. |
| The Indian Association was formed in 1876 at | Calcutta |
| The Indian king who fought the last Anglo-Mysore War against the English was | Tipu Sultan |
| The Indian National Congress was formed in | 1885 AD |
| The Indian Prime Minister known as "Man of Peace" was | Lal Bahadur Shastri |
| The Indian social reformer who fought for the abolition of Sati was | Rajaram Mohan Roy |
| The Iron Pillar near Qutb Minar was erected by | Chandragupta II |
| The Jaina texts were finally compiled in the sixth century A.D. in Vallabhi in Gujarat. In which language were they written? | Prakrit. |
| The Jalianwala Bagh Massacre took place in the year | 1919 AD |
| The kingdom of South India well known for its Naval power was | The Cholas |
| The Lady ruler who participated in the 1857 Revolt was | Rani Laxmi Bai of Jhansi |
| The last Governor-General of India was | C.Raja Gopalachari |
| The last king of Maurya dynasty was | Brihadratha |
| The last king of the Vijayanagar empire was | Rama Raya |
| The Mauryan Empire was established in | 322 BC |
| The meaning of the word "Babar" is | Tiger |
| The most famous king of Vijayanagar Empire was | Krishnadevaraya |
| The movement launched in 1920 is known as | The Non-Co-operation Movement |
| The Mughal forces defeated a Rajput ruler at the pass of Haldighat. Which ruler are we talking about? | Rana Pratap. |
| The Mughal ruler who was to recruit Rajput nobles in his administration was | Akbar |
| The name of the famous horse of Rana Pratap was | Chetak |
| The original name of Nurjahan was | Mehrunisa |
| The period 1206 Ad to 1526 AD is known as | The Delhi Sultanate |
| The political teacher of shivaji was | Dadoji Konddev |
| The Razmnama in Persian was a compilation by several scholars. Of which Hindu epic was this a translation? | Mahabharata |
| The real name of Babar was | Zahiruddin Muhammed |
| The Red Fort in Delhi was built by | Shahjahan |
| The reforms announced by the British Govt.in 1909 are known as | The Morle-Minto Reforms |
| The Revolt of 1857 started in Meerut. To which regiment did the Sepoys belong? | 3rd Cavalry. |
| The Rowlatt Act was passed in the year | 1919 AD |
| The ruler of Bihar conferred upon the young Farid a title. What was the title and why was it conferred upon him? | Sher Khan, for killing a tiger single-handed. |
| The Sangama dynasty (1336 -1485), the Saluva dynasty (1485 - 1505) the Tuluva dynasty (1505 -1570), and the Aravidu dynasty (1570 - 1649). These dynasties ruled over, in the sequence given, the same kingdom. Which kingdom are we talking about? | Vijayanagara Empire. |
| The 'Sapta Sindhu' was the area of the initial Aryan settlement. To what region did it refer? | The land of the Sindhu (Indus) and its principal tributaries. |
| The Shakas and the Kushanas completely identified themselves with Indian culture. What factors helped them in this? | They did not have a script of their own nor did they have any organised religion. |
| The Sikhs were organised into a confederacy of 12 units. What was the term given to these units? | Misl. |
| The Simon Commission came to India in the year | 1928 AD |
| The tenth Guru of the sikhs was | Guru Gobind Singh |
| The Vijayanagar kings fought frequent wars with the | Bahamani Sultans |
| The word 'Aryan' originates from the Sanskrit word 'Arya'. What was the meaning of the word? | Of good family. |
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