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Sr. Question Answer
1. In the Vedic society, which was the term used to denote a group of families? Grama
2. What was the script used in the earliest Tamil inscriptions? Brahmi
3. Which ports handled the north Indian trade during the Gupta period? Broach
4. Which Tomar ruler is credited to have established Delhi? Anangpal
5. Who was the Sultan of Delhi who is reputed to have built the biggest network
of canals in India?
Feroze Shan Tughlaq
6. Which school of paintings developed independently during the Mughal Period? The Bijapur School
7. Which ‘Englishmen was fellow of Gandhiji in South Africa? Polak
8. Who com merited that Cripps Mission was a postdated cheque on a crashing
bank?
Mahatma Gandhi
9. At which one place did Mahatma Gandhi first start his Satyagraha in India? Champaran
10. Bhakt Tukaram was a contemporary of which Mughal emperor? Jahangir
11. Who was called Zinda Pir (living saint) in Mughal India? Aurangzeb
12. In which nomad man started settling? Neolithic Age
13. Rigveda is divided into 10 books. Which books are the oldest? Second and seventh
14. Who was the last of the 24th Jain Tirthankaras? Mahavira
15. Which site, where Ashokan pillars exist, has the bull capital? Rampurva
16. During which reign was Kalidasa lived? Chandragupta II
17. Which Rashtrakuta ruler established a victory pillar in Rameshwaram? Krishna III
18. Who was the last ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate? Nasir-ud-din-Mahmud
19. The ruler which was not invited to join the confederacy to fight against Vijaynagar
in the battle of Talikota?
Berar
20. Who was the Afghan ruler of India whose administrative system was emulated
by the British?
Sher Shah Suri
21. Whose tomb is ‘Biwi Ka Maqbara’? Aurangzeb’s wife
22. Who organised a Maratha confederacy against the English leading to the Third
Anglo Maratha War?
The Peshwa
23. By whom was Shuddhi movement (conversion of non-Hindus to Hinduism)
started?
Swami Dayanand
Saraswati
24. “The best and bravest of the military leader of the rebels” about whom was this
said by Sir Hugh Rose?
Rani of Jhansi
25. During India’s Freedom Struggle, which led to the first ‘All India Hartal’? Protest against Rowlatt
Act
26. In ancient India, at where was the earliest capital of Magadha kingdom? Rajgir
27. Which Rajputa king defeated Muhammad Ghori for the first time? Prithviraj III
28. Which region of India was ruled by Sultan Zainul Abidin? Kashmir
29. Sirajuddaulah was defeated by Lord Clive in which battle? Plassey
30. Near the banks of which river excavations have brought to light that Indus Valley
Civilization percolated to far south?
Krishna
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Sr. Question Answer
1. The term nishka, which meant an ornament in the Vedic period, was used in
latertirnes, what did it denote?
A coin
2. Which are Tile earliest Buddhist literature that deal with the stories of the various
birth of Buddha?
Jatakas
3. Which was the most important factor in transforming ancient Indian society into
feudal society?
Practice of land grants
4. By whom was the ‘Shahnama’ written? Firdausi
5. The Portuguese traveller, Nuniz visited Vijayanagar during the reign of which
rular?
Achyuta Raya
6. Which Mughal Emperor gave land for the construction of the Golden Temple at
Amritsar?
Akbar
7. Under the leadership of which Guru did the Sikh become a political and military
force?
Guru Gobind Singh
8. Which decisive battle was fought during the Third Carnatic War between the
English and the French?
Wandiwash
9. The ruler of which State was removed from power by the British on the protext
of misgovernance?
Awadh
10. What was the original name of Tansen, the most famous musician at the court
of Akbar?
Ramtanu Pande
11. Which Indian ruler established embassies in foreign countries. on modern lines? Tipu Sultan
12. When was the Indus Valley Civilization flourished? During 2500-1750 B.C
13. What are the main channels of our knowledge about the Indus Valley
Civilization?
A r c h a e o l o g i c a l
excavations
14. What was the rate of land revenue as ‘given in the dharma shastras? 6-Jan
15. In which country was Buddhism first propogated outside India? Srilanka
16. Who was well-known patron of the Mahayana of Buddhism? Kanishka
17. Which Gupta king is famous for his courageous stand against the Hunas? Skanda Gupta
18. To which work is Devichandraguptam related? Chandra Gupta II
19. Who is most famous for” the establishment of an elaborate system of municipal
administration?
Chandragupta Maurya
20. By whom was the city of Agra founded in 1504? Sikandar Lodi
21. Why did Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq transfer his capital from Delhi to
Daulatabad?
To control South India
better
22. During which reign was the East India Company founded in London? Akbar
23. Who was known as ‘Lady with Lamp’? Florence Nightingale
24. Which Rajput dynasties did not surrender to Akbar? Sisodiya
25. Where was Shivaji crowned as an independent king? Raigarh
26. Which saint name is associated with Shivaji? Ram Das
27. By whom was Island of Bombay was given to the English Prince Charles II as dowry? Portuguese
28. Which first Europeans came to India? Portuguese
29. During which movement was ‘Mahatma’ added before Gandhiji’s name? Champaran satyagraha
30. Who was impeached in England for his actions in India? Warren Hastings
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Sr. Question Answer
1. Who was the first General-Secretary of the Indian National Congress? Dadabhai Naoroji
2. When was the monopoly of East India Company in trade brought under the
control of the British Crown?
1773 A.D.
3. By whom was the Home Rule Movement in India was started? Annie Besant and Tilak
4. After whose name was a women’s division of the Indian National Army
named?
Rani Jhansi
5. Who started the newspaper Shome Prakash? Ishwar Chandra
Vidyasagar
6. In whose court was a Chinese embassy sent by Tang emperor? Harshavardhana
7. Which inscription mentions Pulkesin II’s military success against
Harshavardhana?
Aihole Inscription
8. Chandragupta Maurya figures prominently in whose book? Vishakhdatta
9. Who stated that there was no slavery in India? Megasthenes
10. Which ruler had granted Diwani to the East India company? Shah Alam II
11. What is the name of the group of languages spoken by the largest number of
people in India?
Indo-Aryan
12. On which thing did the Buddhism and Jainism both give stress? Non-violence
13. Which silver coins Issued by the Guptas? Rupayaka
14. By whom was the rare work on architecture, Samarangana Sutradhara written? Bhoja Paramara
15. Who was the first Sultan of Delhi to introduce the practice of ‘Sijda’? Balban
16. Which Sultan of Delhi imposed Jazfya on the Brahmins also? Firoz Tughlaq
17. Who got the ‘Bharat Ratna’ award, before becoming the President of India? Dr. Zakir Hussain
18. The Mansabdari system introduced by Akbar from which system was it borrowed
from?
Mongolia
19. The Maratha power reached the zenith of its glory during which reign? Shivaji
20. Which Land tenure systems was introduced by Lord Cornwallis? Zamindari
21. By whom was Swaraj as a national demand first made? Dadabhai Naoroji
22. Who is the author of the book ‘Glimpses of World History’? Jawaharlal Nehru
23. Who attended the Second Round Table Conference as the representative of the
Congress?
Gandhiji
24. Which reservoir is constructed on Chambal? Gandhi Sagar
25. Which state was in the development of hydroelectricity the pioneering state? Karnataka
26. Which is the most malleable metal? Gold
27. During the Mughal period which trader first came to India? English
28. A Fortgotten Empire’, written by the renowned historian Robert Sewell, is about
which Empire?
Vijaynagar Empire
29. Which God lost his importance as the first deity during the Later Vedic period? Varuna
30. Who was the famous Indo-Greek king who embraced Buddhism? Menander
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History
Sr. Question Answer
1. During which reign did both Vardhaman Mahavira and Gautama Buddha preach
their doctrines?
Bimbisara
2. What is the name by which Ashoka is generally referred to in his inscriptions? Priyadarsi
3. Which Gupta ruler was equally great in the art of peace, wars and personal
accomplishment?
Chandragupta-II
4. Who contributed the Chalukya in Western India? Guptas
5. The Kalachuri era counted from A.D. 248 what was mostly in currnet? Andhra
6. By whom was the first estimate of national income in India made? Dadabhai Naoroji
7. Which region of northern India was not included in the empire of Ala-ud-din
Khalji?
Kashmir
8. Who destroyed the group of Forty Nobles? Balban
9. Who built Char Minar? Quli Qutb Shah
10. On the ruins of which Hindu kingdom was the kingdom of Golconda founded? Kakatiyas
11. Where is Buland Darwaza situated? Fatehpur Sikri
12. During which reign was the Purana Qila constructed? Sher Shah
13. By whom was the Sikh Khalsa founded? Guru Gobind Singh
14. On 13th April of which year Guru Gobind Singh established Khalsa? 1699
15. The Maratha power reached its zenith during which Peshwaship? Balaji II
16. Which lake in India has the highest water salinity? Sambhar
17. In which year did the Peshwa became the official head of Maratha
administration?
1748 A.D.
18. Bhopal gas tragedy struck in the year 1984 due to the leakage of which gas? Methyl-iso-cyanate
19. Which is the first company-managed major port in India? Ennore
20. Who was the Viceroy of India at the time of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre? Lord Chelmsford
21. What was the first venture of Gandhiji in all-India politics? Rowlatt Satyagraha
22. During the reign of which Indian National Congress banned and over 1,20,000
persons were arrested?
Lord Willingdon
23. Who led the agitation against the Partition of Bengal (1905)? Surendranath Banerjee
24. Who among the following had led the Swadeshi Movement in Delhi? Syed Haider Raza
25. A Buddhist Council during the reign of Kanishka was held at which place? Kashmir
26. Which dynasty was associated with Gandhara school of Art? Kushans
27. Which is the first multipurpose river valley project of independent India? Damodar Valley
Corporation
28. Recently reserves of diamond have been reported in Madhya Pradesh from
which place?
Devbhog
29. Who is associated with Tashkent Agreement? Lal Bahadur Shastri
30. In India, where did the Dutch establish their earliest factory? Masulipattanam
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History
Sr. Question Answer
1. In Indus Valley, which one indicates the commercial and economic
development?
Seals
2. In which year was the Indus Valley Civilisation discovered? 1921
3. Purushsukta is a part of which veda? Rigveda
4. What are the brothers Umakant and Ramakant Gundecha? Dhrupad vocalists
5. Which was common both to the Harappan society and the Rigvedic society? Horses
6. Who was the President of the First Buddhist Council held at Rajagriha? Mahakassapa
7. By which method is the age of most ancient geological formations estimated? C4 method
8. Ban-Ki-Moon the Secretary general of UNO belongs to which country? South Korea
9. In which state had Gautama Buddha had attained Mahaparinirvan? Malia
10. Who is the Father of local self government in India? Lord Ripon
11. Who was the last ruler of Sunga dynasty? Devabhuti
12. What was the pen name of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhaye? Kamla Kant
13. ‘Man-The Maker of His Own Destiny’ book was written by which person? Swami Vivekananda
14. Who is considered to be the father of Ayurveda? Charaka
15. In ancient India, Nalanda University was a great centre for the study of which
religion?
Mahayana Buddhism
16. By whom was the first Muslim invasion of India lead? Muharnmad-bin-Oasim
17. The Arab conquest of Sind took place in which year? 712 A.D.
18. Which was the medieval ruler who was the first to establish a ministry of
agriculture?
Mohammad Bin
Tughlaq
19. Why is Sher Shah is well known for his administrative skill,? Land revenue system
20. By whom was the Sarak-i-Azam which ran from the Indus to Sonargaon (in
Bangladesh) built?
Sher Shah
21. The Upanishads were translated into Persian by the orders of which rular? Dara Shikoh
22. ‘Padmavat’ of Malik Muhammad Jaisi, a notable, work in Hindi, was completed
during which reign?
Sher Shah
23. Who commanded the Maratha army in the third battle of Panipat? Sadashiv Rao Bhau
24. Tejaswini Sawant is the first Indian woman to be crowned World Champion in
which sports?
Shooting
25. Which forms the western boundary of the Indian sub-continent? Hindukush
26. Uplift of the backward classes was the main programme of which family? Satyashodhak Samaj
27. By whom was the practice of Sati was declared illegal? Lord William Bentinck
28. Who was the leader to have the unique distinction of firing the first shot in the
rebellion of 1857?
Mangal Pande
29. The world famous ‘Khajuraho’ sculptures are located in which State? Madhya Pradesh
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History
Sr. Question Answer
1. From where did Mahatma Gandhi start his historic Dandi March? Sabarmati Ashram
2. Who first voiced the idea of a separate Muslim state in India? Mohammad Iqbal
3. Who was responsible for the integration of Indian Princely States? Sardar Patel
4. By which was Yavanika (Curtain) introduced in Indian theatre? Greeks
5. The religious literature of the Jains at the early stage was written in which
language?
Ardhamagadhi
6. Kula, Kufri, Kajjair and Dalhousie are all tourists place of which state? Himachal Pradesh
7. Of which Religion-wise the sculpture were found at Kankali tila in Mathura? Jaina
8. By whom was the famous ‘Kirti Stambha’ at Chittor built? Rana Kumbha
9. Which of the British Officials defeated Portuguese at Sowlley? Thomas Best
10. Which element of Hinduism was practised in the Indus Valley Civilization? Cult of Shiva
11. What was the script of Indus Valley Civilization? Undeciphered
12. What are Brahmanas? Texts on sacrificial
rituals
13. What is the meaning of ‘Buddha’? The Enlightened one
14. Kautilya was the Prime Minister of which Indian ruler? Chandragupta Maurya
15. Before ascending the Maurya throne, Ashoka served as– As a Viceroy of Taxila
16. What were the two colossal images of the Buddha at Bamiyan? Works of the Gupta Art
17. Who has been called the ‘Napoleon of India’? Samudragupta
18. During the reign of which Pallava ruler did the Chinese pilgrim Hieun Tsang
visit Kanchi?
Narasimhavaram I
19. What was Sher Shah’s real name? Farid
20. Which battle was fought in 1192 A.D.? Second Battle of Tarain
21. During whose reign did the Mongols first invaded India? Iltutmish
22. Who was contemporary of Namdev? Sena
23. Who was the earliest Sufi Saint to have settled at Ajmer? Sheikh Moinuddin
Chisti
24. Under whose reign did Mughal Empire extend up to Tamil territory in the
South?
Aurangzeb
25. Which Rajput mansabdar revolted against Aurangzeb? Durgadas Rathore
26. Which was the last governor of Bengal appointed by the Mughal emperor? Murshid Quli Khan
27. Which Sikh Guru called himself the ‘Sachcha Badshah’? Guru Hargovind
28. Who was the first Indian to get selected in ICS? Surendranath Banerjee
29. Who was the first Governor General of Bengal? Warren Hastings
30. What was the real name of Tantiya Tope? R a m c h a n d r a
Panduranga
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Sr. Question Answer
1. Who was the British PM at the time of Revolt of 1857? Pamstern
2. The Cabinet Mission to India headed by– Lord Pethick Lawrence
3. Who advocated the policy of abolishing princely states in free India? Jawaharlal Nehru
4. Who also had the name Devanama Piyadasi? Mauryan King Ashoka
5. Who was thrice elected President of the Indian National Congress? Dadabhai Naoroji
6. Which historical personality of India is also known as Vishnugupta? Chanakya
7. The English East India Company founded a permanent factory at Surat in which
year?
1613
8. Which Harappan site had a dock? Lothal
9. Which Veda throws light on the beliefs and practices of the non-Aryans? Atharvaveda
10. Lathyrism is caused by excessive consumption of which thing? Khesari Dal
11. The code of conduct of the Vedic society was laid out in which text? Smritis
12. Who was the founder of the Nanda dyansty? Mahapadma Nanda
13. Who was a great ruler of Kalinga in ancient times? Kharavela
14. What was the language of the Satavahana inscription? Prakrit
15. The great grammarian Patanjali of ancient India was contemporary of– Pushyamitra Sunga
16. Who deciphered the Brahmi script? James Princep
17. Which ruler was adorned with the title of ‘Maharajadhiraja’ (King of Kings)? Chandragupta I
18. In ancient peninsular India, who assumed the title ‘Vatapikonda’? Narasimhavarman
19. Prithviraj Chauhan belonged to which Rajput dynasty? Gahadavalas
20. Under which Sultan, Khalisa land increased considerably? Alauddin Khilji
21. By whom was the structure of Qutab Minar was completed? Iltutmish
22. When Akbar was young, Who was his guardian? Bairam Khan
23. In which year Akbar assumed actual control over the administration of his
empire?
1560
24. By whom was Nishat Garden built? Jahangir
25. Which Mughal ruler banned music and dancing? Aurangzeb
26. Who succeeded Siraj-ud-Daulah as Nawab of Bengal after the Battle of
Plassey?
Mir Jafar
27. Where did Shahjahan build the Moti Masjid? Agra
28. In which year was Vande Mataram first sung at the session of the Indian National
Congress?
1896
29. Which State was first annexed by Lord Dalhousie under the Doctrine of Lapse? Satara
30. Which leader of the Revolution of 1857 had the real name of Ram Chandra
Pandurang?
Tatiya Tope
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Sr. Question Answer
1. Where has the largest concentration of Harappan sites been found? Ghaggar-Hakra
2. Where was a copper chariot of Harappa times was discovered? At Daimabad
3. Which Chola ruler converted the Bay of Bengal into a ‘Chela lake’? Rajendra I
4. Who laid the foundation of Rashtrakuta Empire? Dantidurga
5. Which ruler at first assumed the title of ‘Hazrat-i-Ala’ and afterwards ‘Sultan’? Sher Shah Suri
6. Mughal dynasty was to Bahadur Shah ‘Zafar’ as Lodi dynasty was to which
ruler?
Ibrahim Lodi
7. When the first metal tool came into being why was it used for? Clearing jungles
8. When did the concept of pollution emerge clearly? In the Post-Vedic
period
9. Which of the Vedas was divided into ‘White’ and ‘Black’ parts? Yajur
10. Who is often described as the second ‘Parasurama’ or the exterminator of the
entire kshatriya race?
Mahapadrna
11. Who, was the Nanda ruler at the time of Alexander’s invasion? Dhana Nanda
12. To whom the ‘Yavanas’ refer? Greeks
13. Who earned the title of a ‘Liberator’? Ashoka
14. Vatapi was the capital of the which reign? Chalukyas
15. Which Muslim emperor was attracted by the beauty of Queen Padmini? Alauddin Khilji
16. By whom was the ‘Tahqiq-i-Hind’, a famous literary work, written? Alberuni
17. Which Bhakti saint wrote the commentary on Vedanta sutras in Sanskrit? Vallabhacharya
18. During the reign of emperor was the artillery most perfect and numerous? Aurangzeb
19. Who was last Mughal emperor to sit on the peacock throne? Muhammad Shah
20. From which ruler did Albuquerque capture Goa? Bijapur
21. Which European were the last to come- to pre-independence India as traders? French
22. Who was the first Muslim President of Indian National Congress? Badruddin Tyyabji
23. Who was the first Englishman to preside over a Congress session? George Yule
24. Which Urdu poets was invited, to the Second and Third Round Table
Conference?
Muhammad Iqbal
25. Which first movement was launched against the British in India? Swadeshi Movement
26. When did East African Development Bank come into force? 1967
27. Who was the British Prime Minister at the time of the Second Round Table
Conference?
Ramsay Macdonald
28. By whom was the first republic of the world established in Vaishali? Lichhavi
29. Between which was the ancient town of Takshasila located? Indus and Jhelum
30. Who established Diwan-i-Mustakharaj (Department of Arrears)? Alauddin Khalji
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Sr. Question Answer
1. Who deserves the credit for contruction of Lal Quila? Shahjahan
2. Who was the daughter of Emperor Aurangzeb? Zebunnisa
3. Which veda contains the Gayatri Mantra? Rigveda
4. The Gayatri Mantra contained in the Rigveda is dedicated to which deity? Savitri
5. With which religion is Kalvalya associated? Jainism
6. Who was the greatest Buddhist commentator of the Buddhist canonical
literature?
Ashvaqhosha
7. During the Sangam Age which dynasty was not in power? Pallavas
8. With which external trade of the Sangam were people carried on? Romans
9. Which Chola king fought against the Shailendia king of Shri Vijaya and defeated
him?
Rajendra Chola I
10. The titles of ‘Mummadi Chola’, ‘Cholamartanda’ and ‘Raja Kesari Aromoli’
were assumed by which Chola ruler?
Rajaraja
11. In which field did Indians in ancient time learn a lot from the Greeks? Music
12. Which ruler died while playing ‘Chaugan’? Jalal-ud-din-Khilji
13. Who ruler was the builder of Jahan-Panah, Delhi’s fourth city? Sultan Muhammad-bin- Tughlaq
14. Which Kingdom was annexed by Bahlol Lodi, the Sultan of Delhi, in 1484
AD?
Jaunpur
15. When Akbar was born, Humayun was under the shelter of which king? Raja of Amarkot
16. The Maratha kingdom was founded by Shivaji during which reign? Aurangzeb I
17. The Maratha Chief, Sambhaji was executed during which reign? Aurangzeb
18. Who was the first European to translate the Bhagwad Gita into English? Charles Wilkins
19. By whom was the Asiatic Society established in Calcutta? Sir William Jones
20. Which reformer from Maharashtra was known as Lokhitavadi? Gopal Hari Deshmukh
21. Where was the sepoys revolted openly in 1857? Meerut
22. By whom was the Civil Disobedience Movement led in the North-West Frontier
Province?
Khan Abdul Ghaffar
Khan
23. What was the capital of Kakatiya dynasty? Warangal
24. During the freedom struggle, who established ‘The Deccan Educational
Society’?
M. G. Ranade
25. With whom was the last opportunity to avoid the partition of India lost? Cabinet Mission
26. Which ruler in India challenged the authority of the Ulemas or Muslim clergy? Alauddin Khilji
27. Who organised Ashwamedha Yajna in Gupta Period? Samudragupta
28. Who was the Mughal Emperor to have lifted the Jaziya on Hindus? Akbar
29. Who was defeated at kannauj in the hands of Sher Shah in 1540? Humayun
30. Where was first Madarasa set up by the British in India? Calcutta
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History
Sr. Question Answer
1. Which archaeologist initially discovered the Mohenjodaro site of the Indus
Valley Civilization?
Rakhal Das Banerji
2. What was the main characteristic of the Indus Valley Civilization? Town planning
3. Which Mauryan emperor abdicated his throne and migrated to the south to live
as Jain ascetic?
Chandragupta Maurya
4. Which Gupta ruler was a poet and a musician and was adorned with the title of
Kaviraja or King of poets?
Samudragupta
5. Who is considered as the first national ruler of India? Chandragupta Maurya
6. Which ruler was known as Amitraghata, the ‘destroyer of foes’? Bindusara
7. By whom was the largest grant of villages to temples and brahmanas given? The Guptas
8. Who was the first and the last woman ruler of Delhi? Razia Sultan
9. Which General of Ala-ud-din Khilji, was known as the Rustam of the age and
the hero of the time?
Malik Kafur
10. When Babur invaded India who was the ruler of Vijayanagara empire in South
India?
Krishna Deva Raya
11. Who was a contemporary of Chingiz Khan? Iltutmish
12. The number of wives of which Mughal ruler ‘fell short even of the Quranic
allowance of four’?
Aurangzeb
13. During which ruler were Upanishads translated into Persian? Shah Jahan
14. In where were Bengal the headquarters of East India Company located? Fort William
15. Who set up the Atmiya Sabha in Kolkata in the first half of the nineteenth
century?
Ram Mohan Roy
16. What was the original name of Swami Dayananda Saraswati? Mula Shankar
17. Who had started ‘Mitra Mela’ Association? Vinayak Damodar
Savarkar
18. Which was a revolutionary who later turned into a yogi and a philosopher? Aurobindo Ghosh
19. With how many volunteers did Gandhiji start on his famous Dandi march on
March 12, 1930?
20. Who opposed Mahatma Gandhi’s association with the Khilafat movement? Mohammed Alix
Jinnah
21. Where has the world’s largest monolithic statue of Buddha been installed? Bamiyan
22. Who taught the doctrine of Shunyata (Shunyavad)? Nagarjuna
23. Who appointed Ibn Batuta as the Chief Qazi of Delhi? M o h a m m a d - b i n -
Tughlaq
24. Which philosophical system was founded by Vallabhacharya? Suddhadvaita
25. Which Europeans, were the last to come to pre-independence India as traders? French
26. Who is the longest serving Chief Minister in India? Jyoti Basu
27. Which Indus citiy was known for water management? Mohenjo-daro
28. The vedic deity Indra was the god of which thing? Rain and thunder
29. A radio broadcast from Delhi on Monday at 7.30 p.m. it is heard at New York
on which day?
The same day at 7.30
a.m.
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