General Knowledge (GK) 2023-24: GK Questions, Topics, Mock Test, Practice Quiz
GK Questions
Q : Aihole was the capital of the ______.
(A) Chalukyas
(B) Pallavas
(C) Pandayas
(D) Cholas
Correct Answer : A
Who among the following devised the policy ‘Doctrine of Lapse’?
(A) Lord Dalhousie
(B) Lord Mountbatten
(C) Lord Cornwallis
(D) Lord Canning
Correct Answer : A
At which Buddhist site of India did Gautama Buddha first preach the Dharma?
(A) Kushinagar
(B) Barabar Caves
(C) Bodh Gaya
(D) Sarnath
Correct Answer : D
Alluri Sitaram Raju was a tribal freedom fighter from which state of India?
(A) Bihar
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Gujarat
Correct Answer : C
Who among the following was Akbar’s revenue minister?
(A) Tansen
(B) Todar Mal
(C) Raja Man Singh
(D) Birbal
Correct Answer : B
Who among the following freedom fighters of India revived the Indian National Army ‘Azad Hind Fauj’ (which was formed in 1942 by Rash Behari Bose and Captain-General Mohan Singh) in the year 1943?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru
(C) Bhagat Singh
(D) Subhas Chandra Bose
Correct Answer : D
Which of the following statement is correct with respect to the Prashastis and land grants?
I. Prashastis were composed by learned Brahmanas.
II. Kings often rewarded Brahmanas by grants of land which were recorded on copper plates.
(A) Only I
(B) Neither I nor II
(C) Both I and II
(D) Only II
Correct Answer : C
Battle of Buxar was fought in ______.
(A) 1767
(B) 1774
(C) 1757
(D) 1764
Correct Answer : D
The word India came from the Indus, called ______ in Sanskrit.
(A) Adya
(B) Sarvatr
(C) Bhanuh
(D) Sindhu
Correct Answer : D
Ghiyasuddin Balban (1265-1286 AD), ruler of the Slave dynasty, took up the title of ____________.
(A) Nur-al-Din (light of the faith)
(B) NurMahal (light of the palace)
(C) Zil-i-Ilahi (shadow of God)
(D) JahanPanah (protector of the world)
Correct Answer : C
Explanation :
He declared the sultan as representative of God on Earth. Persian court model influenced Balban's conception of kingship. He took up the title of Zil-i-Ilahi (a shadow of God) and impressed upon the people that the king was the deputy of God (Niyabat-i-Khudai).
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