General Knowledge: History of India
1. Q: The third Battle of Panipath was faught in the year
A. 1707
B. 1739
C. 1757
D. 1761
Ans: D. 1761
2. Q: Who united all the Sikha and founder a kingdom in the Punjab?
A. Guru Nanak
B. Guru Gobind Singh
C. Maharaj Ranjit Singh
D. Guru Tegh Bahadur
Ans: C. Maharaj Rnjit Singh
3. Q: India’s famous Peacock Throne and the diamond Koh-e-Noor were taken away by
A. Ahmad Shah Abdali
B. Mohammad Ghori
C. Nadir Shah
D. Robert Clive
Ans: C. Nadir Shah
4. Q: Who among the following was called as ‘father of Indian Renaissance’?
A. BG Tilak
B. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
C. Lala Lajpat Rai
D. Raja Ram Mohan Ray
Ans: D. Raja Ram Mohan Rry
5. Q: The Asiatic Society was established in Calcutta by
A. Warren Hastings
B. Sir William Jones
C. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D. TB Macaulay
Ans: B. Sir William Jones
6. Q: Who among the following started the first newspaper in India?
A. Rabindra Nath Tagore
B. Dadabhai Naoroji
C. James A Hickey
D. JC Maishman
Ans: C. James A Hickey
7. Q: Shaddhi Movement ( conversion non-Hindu to Hinduism) was started by
A. Swami Vivekananda
B. Swami Dayanand Saraswati
C. Mahatma Gandhi
D. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Ans: Swami Dayanand Saraswati
8. Q: Who gave the Slogan ‘ Go Back to The Vedas’
A. Ram Krishna Paramhansa
B. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C. Swami Dayanand Saraswati
D. Swami Vivekanand
Ans: C. Swami Dayanand Saraswati
9. Q: “1893 he started using the traditional religious Ganpati Fastival to stimulate nationalism among young Maharashtrians…………...” This massage refar to
A. Vishnu Shastri Chiplunkar
B. VD Savarakar
C. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
D. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Ans: D. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
10. Q: Raja Ram Mohan Roy and David Hare were associated with the foundation of the
A. Hindu College
B. Rippon College
C. Mayo College
D. Sanskrit College
Ans: A. Hindu College