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GK Questions and Answers 2021-22

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Q :  

The fourth Guru of the Sikhs was 

(A) Guru Ram Das

(B) Guru Angad Dev

(C) Guru Gobind Singh

(D) Guru Amar Das

Correct Answer : A

Q :  

Who among the following founded the Atmiya Sabha in 1815?

(A) Raja Rammohan Roy

(B) Keshab Chandra sen

(C) Bijoy Krishna Goswami

(D) Debendranath Tagore

Correct Answer : A

Q :  

Which one of the following pacts sought to resolve the    Hindu-Muslim differences?

(A) Lahore pact

(B) Gandhi-Irwin Pact

(C) Poona Pact

(D) Lucknow pact

Correct Answer : D

Q :  

Which instrument is Ustaad Amjad Ali Khan associated with?  

(A) Sitar

(B) Veena

(C) Tabla

(D) Sarod

Correct Answer : D

Q :  

Founder of the Holkar Dynasty  

(A) Malhar Rao

(B) Bana Misra

(C) Baji Rao

(D) Madhav Peshwa

Correct Answer : A

Q :  

Who has been named as ‘British Indian of the Year'?

(A) Abhinav Gandhi

(B) Ishwar Sharma

(C) Harsh Sharma

(D) Rakesh Sharma

(E) Nitin Khanna

Correct Answer : B
Explanation :

Ishwar Sharma was named British Indian of the Year in the Young Achiever category at the sixth annual awards ceremony held in Birmingham earlier this week.


Q :  

Sanchi Stupa was built by 

(A) . Bimbisar

(B) Raja Bhoj

(C) Ashok

(D) Kanishk

Correct Answer : C

Q :  

The Iqta system was provided institutional status by?

(A) Balban

(B) Alauddin Khilji

(C) Iltutmish

(D) Qutubuddin Aibak

Correct Answer : C

Q :  

Who was the founder of India House in London?

(A) Shyamji Bhave

(B) Rash Behari Bose

(C) Ramachandra

(D) Taraknath Das

Correct Answer : A
Explanation :

It is a meeting point outside of India for radical nationalists among Indian students in Britain at the time and one of the most prominent centers for revolutionary Indian nationalism. He represented India at the Berlin Congress of Orientalists in 1881. He worked for a number of Indian princely states in India as the Divan. He also founded the “The Indian Sociologist”. On 04 October 1989, The India Post has issued a postal stamp on Shyamji Krishna Varma. He founded the Indian Home Rule Society also.


Q :  

When did Gandhiji give the slogan 'Swaraj in one year'?

(A) At the time of dandi march

(B) During the non-cooperation movement

(C) During the civil disobedience movement

(D) At the time of the Goalmaze movement

Correct Answer : B
Explanation :

Gandhi told the Congress delegates assembled at Calcutta in September 1920 that if there was sufficient response to his programme, Swaraj could be attained within a year.


    

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