GK Questions Quiz with Answers

During that time, Lord Irwin was the Viceroy of India.

The Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II granted the Diwani of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa to the East India Company in 1765. The Battle of Buxar was fought between the British and the combined forces of Mir Qasim, Shuja Ud Daulah who was the Nawab of Awadh, and the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II.

It was established on 12 April 1988 as an executive body and was given statutory powers on 30 January 1992 through the SEBI Act, 1992.

The President of India names an individual as the Prime Minister who is either the head of the gathering which holds a majority share of seats in the Lok Sabha or is an individual who can win the certainty of the Lok Sabha by picking up the help of other ideological groups. Any remaining ministers are named by the President on the counsel of the Prime Minister.

The Extremist Party was a faction within the Indian National Congress that emerged due to differences of opinion among the members, whose leaders were Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal. After the Partition of Bengal, this party came into clear conflict with the people of the moderate party of the Congress. [1] The Swadeshi movement started as a result of the Partition of Bengal (1905 AD) in which British goods were boycotted and indigenous production was encouraged. Extremist leaders Arvind Ghosh, Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Vipin Chandra Pal and Lal Lajpat Rai wanted to implement the Swadeshi movement in the entire country, while the moderates wanted to limit it only to Bengal. The differences increased and in the Surat session of the Congress in 1907, the Congress got divided into 'Moderate' and 'Extremist'. [The extremists wanted to make Vande Mataram the national anthem while the moderates were supporters of Jana Gana Mana.

Vinaya Pitaka was the book in which all the rules made for the Buddhist sangha was written down in.