Top GK questions everyone should know - V 5.16

 Top GK questions everyone should know - V 5.16

General Knowledge Questions Every Student Should Know

GK is an important aspect of a student’s life and though it is not always prescribed in the syllabus but forms an important foundation for an intellectual building. Some important GK  questions have been mentioned below. 

GK Questions will help you in participating in all competitive exams  conducted in school and Entrance Exams and in Quiz programs

General Knowledge Questions on History 

Q1. The first foreigner to invite India was?

A1. Prasenajit.

Q2. Which language was used in the literature of the Sangam period?

A2. Tamil.

Q3. Lord Buddha was born in?

A3. Lumbini.

Q4. Buddhist historian Taranath belonged to?

A4. Tibet.

Q5. Which is considered the Magna Carta of the Indian people?

A5. Queen Victoria’s Proclamation.

Q6. What newspaper was started by Annie Besant?

A6. New India

Q7. Who was the real founder of the Aligarh Muslim University?

A7. Syed Ahmad Khan

Q8. Who was the alter ego of Tipu Sultan during the Treaty of Seringapatam?

A8. Lord Dalhousie.

Q9. Who was the first Indian to crack the British Indian Civil Services Examination for the first time in Indian History?

A9. Satyendranath Tagore.

Q10. Who was the Viceroy when the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place?

A10. Chelmsford

Q11. Champaran and Kheda Satyagrahas were led by?

A11. Mahatma Gandhi

Q12. Which book is written by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru?

A12. Outline of History.

Q13. Which reformer was associated with Prarthana Samaj?

A13. Atmaram Pandurang.

Q14. Who was the leader who made the famous ‘Objectives Resolution’, in the Constituent Assembly?

A14. Nawab Salimullah.

Q15. Who was the leader who headed the interim Government of 1946?

A15. Jawaharlal Nehru.

Q16. Who called Muazzam as Shah-i-Bekhabar?

A16. Kafi Khan.

Q17. Which Mughal Ruler’s gave permission for collecting Chauth and Sardesh Mukhi on Maratha land to Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath? 

A17. Farrukhsiyar

Q18. Who was Nur Jahan’s son-in-law?

A18. Shahryar

Q19. What is the main purpose of Brahmo Samaj?

A19. Purify Hinduism and to preach monotheism.

Q20. What are the legislative contributions of Raja Rammohan Roy?

A20. Abolition of sati.

Q21. Which committee and act are associated with the Sedition Act?

A21. Rowlatt Committee.

Q22. Which leader had given the term ‘insensate waste’ on the burning of foreign clothes during the Non-Cooperation Movement?

A22. Rabindranath Tagore.

Q23. When was the non-cooperation movement started by M.K Gandhi?

A23. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre.

Q24. Which event was the reason for the withdrawn of the non-cooperation movement?

A24. Gandhi’s Imprisonment

Q25. What was the Rigvedic name of the river Ravi?

A25. Parushni.

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