Top 50 History GK Questions
What was the real name of chanakya?
(A) Vishnu Gupta
(B) Ramtanu Mishra
(C) Kautilya
(D) None of these
Correct Answer : A
Which was the first National News Agency of India?
(A) The Free Press of India
(B) The Associated Press of India
(C) The Indian Review
(D) None of the above
Correct Answer : A
Azad Hind Fauj was founded in 1943 in _______.
(A) Midnapore
(B) Kualalumpur
(C) Mandalay
(D) Singapore
Correct Answer : D
Gandhiji started Satyagraha in 1919 to protest against the ________.
(A) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
(B) Act of 1909
(C) Salt Law
(D) Rowlatt Act
Correct Answer : D
"We cannot fight new wars with old weapons", who said this?
(A) Dayanand Saraswati
(B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(C) Acharya Vinoba Bhave
(D) Swami Vivekanand
Correct Answer : C
Who described the Governement of India Act, 1935 as a new charter of bondage?
(A) Pt.Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) B.R Ambedkar
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Rajendra Prasad
Correct Answer : A
The most powerful women in business in India as rated by the ‘Fortune’ for the year 2012 is-
(A) Anjali Bansal
(B) Chanda Kochhar
(C) Prabha Parameswaran
(D) Debjani Ghosh
Correct Answer : A
Which of the following was the first Law Minister of Independent India?
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
(C) Abul Kalam Azad
(D) Asaf Ali
Correct Answer : B
Explanation :
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, popularly known as Baba Saheb, served as Independent India's first law minister. He was an Indian jurist, economist, politician, and social reforme, who was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1990.
The Chola Empire of the South emerged in the:
(A) 9th century BC
(B) 19th century AD
(C) 9th century AD
(D) 17th century AD
Correct Answer : C
Explanation :
The correct answer is 9th century AD. The Chola Empire of the South emerged in the 9th century AD (850-1279 AD). Vijayalaya captured Tanjore in 850 AD. The greatest Chola ruler was Rajaraja (985-1014 AD) and Rajendra I (1014-1044 AD).
The British ruled India for nearly:
(A) 50 years
(B) 200 years
(C) 100 years
(D) 500 years
Correct Answer : B
Explanation :
The British ruled India for 89 years (approx.). British domination, also known as colonialism, began in India after the Battle of Plassey in 1757. The British East India Company was ruling India before the rule of the Crown.
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