Deck 4: Historical

Question 1

Who coined the name 'Pakistan'?

A)Mohammad Ali Jinnah
B)Fazlul Haq
C)Liaquat Ali Khar
D)Choudhry Rehmat Ali

Answer 1

Choudhry Rehmat Ali

Question 2

Who built Shantiniketan?

A)Guru Ramdas
B)Maharaja Pratap Singh
C)Rabindra Nath Tagore
D)British Govt

Answer 2

Rabindra Nath Tagore

Question 3

Gateway of India was built by -

A)Frank Lloyd Wright
B)George Wittet
C)Frank Gehry
D)Zaha Hadid

Answer 3

George Wittet

Question 4

Who among the following from the first cabinet of independent India was responsible for mass religious conversion?

A)Dr. S. P. Mukherjee
B)Dr. John Mathai
C)Sardar Baldev Singh
D)Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

Question 5

The Bandung Conference was a major milestone in the history of:

A)The Non-aligned movement
B)Indo-Chinese relationship
C)U.S.-Vietnam War
D)Creation of ASEAN

Question 6

The only Viceroy to be assassinated in India was

A)Lord Harding
B)Lord Northbrook
C)Lord Ellenborough
D)Lord Mayo

Question 7

Who among the following great Mughals, was also a first-rate poet?

A)Akbar
B)Babur
C)Jahangir
D)Shah Jahan

Question 8

The World famous Red Fort of Delhi was built by which of the following Mughal rules?

A)Akbar
B)Aurangzeb
C)Jahangir
D)Shah Jahan

Question 9

Who painted the master piece "Hamsa Damayanthi"?

A)A.E. Menon
B)Raja Ravivarma
C)Rabindranath Tagore
D)Amritha Shergil

Question 10

First Governor General of India, after independence was -

A)Jawaharlal Nehru
B)Rajendra Prasad
C)Climent Atlee
D)Lord Mountbatten

Question 11

Who introduced leather token currency in India?

A)Akbar
B)Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq
C)Babur
D)Humayun

Question 12

Aurobindo Ghosh was arrested in connection with -

A)Alipore Bomb Case
B)Kolhapur Bomb Case
C)Lahore Conspiracy Case
D)Kakori Case

Question 13

Which country's constitution is the world's longest?

A)United States of America
B)China
C)India
D)Great Britain

Question 14

Jama Masjid in Delhi was constructed by -

A)Firoz Shah Tughlaq
B)Shah Jahan
C)Aurangzeb
D)Sher Shah Suri

Question 15

Ashoka was a king of which dynasty?

A)Pradyota
B)Haryanka
C)Maurya
D)Nanda

Question 16

Dara Shikoh was the brother of :

A)Humayun
B)Akbar
C)Shah Jahan
D)Aurangzeb

Question 17

The famous traitor 'Mir Zafar' is associated with the battle of

A)Haldighati
B)Plassey
C)Panipat
D)Buxar

Question 18

Battle of Panipat was fought in the year 1526 between Babur and             .

A)Rana Sanga
B)Muhammad Bin Tughlak
C)Hemu
D)Ibrahim Lodi

Question 19

When was Indian Navy Act passed?

A)1927
B)1937
C)1947
D)1957

Question 20

Who is the author of 'Akbarnama'?

A)Shahj ahan
B)Abul Fazl
C)Samudragupta
D)Alauddin Khilji

Question 21

Who was the first Speaker of Lok Sabha?

A)Dr. SP Mukherjee
B)GV Mavalankar
C)N Sanjeeva Reddy
D)BR Ambedkar

Question 22

Who has been conferred the first Indira Gandhi Peace award?

A)Mother Teresa
B)Mikhail Gorbachev
C)Nelson Mandela
D)Rajiv Gandhi

Question 23

What is the name of the court poet of King Harshavardhana?

A)Tulsidas
B)Banabhatta
C)Surdas
D)Raskhan

Question 24

Who of the following sultanate rulers introduced 'Jizya?

A)Alauddin Khilji
B)Firoz Tughlaq
C)Muhammed-bin-Tughlaq
D)Qutb-ud-din Aibak

Question 25

49th Parallel is the boundary line between which two countries?

A)USA and Canada
B)North and South Vietnam
C)Germany and France
D)Brazil and Chile