Top 200 History GK Questions
Name of the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize is:
(A) Rabindranath Tagore
(B) D.B. Mahawar
(C) V.R. Gill
(D) R.N. Shukla
Correct Answer : A
The Maratha and The Kesri were the two main newspapers which were started by the following people?
(A) Lala Lajpat Rai
(B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(D) Madan Mohan Malviya
Correct Answer : C
From where is the first evidence of rice cultivation obtained?
(A) Ganges Valley
(B) Jamuna Valley
(C) Raman Valley
(D) Valley of Himalayas
Correct Answer : C
From which site of Indus Valley Civilization, Agnaveedikas have been obtained?
(A) Mohenjodaro
(B) Lothal
(C) Kalibangan
(D) Lothal
Correct Answer : C
Who is called Niganthana Niputa in Pali texts?
(A) Ashok
(B) Gautam Buddha
(C) Chandragupta Maurya
(D) Mahavir Swami
Correct Answer : D
Which Gupta king was called Lichchavi Dauhitra?
(A) Shreegupta
(B) Chandragupta I
(C) Chandragupta II
(D) Samudragupta
Correct Answer : D
Who declared ‘the only hope for the India is from the masses. The upper classes are physically and morally dead’?
(A) Gandhi ji
(B) Nehru ji
(C) Swami Vivekananda
(D) None of the above
Correct Answer : C
Explanation :
This statement is attributed to Swami Vivekananda. He emphasized the importance of the masses in bringing about positive change in India and expressed a belief that the upper classes were lacking in both physical and moral vitality. Swami Vivekananda was a key figure in the introduction of Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world and played a significant role in the revitalization of Hinduism in India.
The Ilbert Bill was a controversial move proposed by _______ in 1883 AD.
(A) Lord Hastings
(B) Lord Rippon
(C) Lord Dalhousie
(D) Lord Curzon
Correct Answer : B
Explanation :
The correct answer is the removal of disqualifications imposed on the Indian magistrates with regard to the trial of the Europeans. Ilbert bill was drafted by Sir Courtenay Ilbert on 9th February 1883 during the viceroyship of Lord Rippon.
________ composed the epic Ramcharitmanas.
(A) Valmiki
(B) Ved Vyas
(C) Vishnu Sharma
(D) Tulsidas
Correct Answer : D
What is the Vedic name of Ravi river?
(A) Kalindi
(B) Parushini
(C) Ostudri
(D) Askini
Correct Answer : B
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