QUIZ ON HISTORY
Q.1 - Which one is the first European power to arrive in Gujarat?
A. France
B. English
C. Dutch
D. Portuguese
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Correct Answer: D
Q.2 - Gujarat formation day ?
A. 01 May
B. 01 April
C. 01 November
D. 02 May
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Correct Answer: A
Q.3 - The university which became famous in the post-Gupta Era was ?
A. Kanchi
B. Taxila
C. Nalanda
D. Vallabhi
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Correct Answer: C
Q.4 - Where did Lord Buddha breathe his last ?
A. Rajgir
B. Bodh Gaya
C. Sarnath
D. Kushinagar
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Correct Answer: D
Q.5 - The words “Satyameva Jayate†in the State Emblem of India were taken from
A. Upanishads
B. Sama Veda
C. Rig Veda
D. Ramayana
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Correct Answer: A
Q.6 - Where was Mahatma Gandhi born?
A. Madhya Pradesh
B. Assam
C. Rajasthan
D. Gujarat
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Correct Answer: D
Q.7 - Gateway of India was built by
A. Frank Lloyd Wright
B. George Wittet
C. Frank Gehry
D. Zaha Hadid
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Correct Answer: B
Q.8 - Who built Shantiniketan?
A. Guru Ramdas
B. Maharaja Pratap Singh
C. Rabindra Nath Tagore
D. British Govt.
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Correct Answer: C
Q.9 - The first woman to preside over the UN General Assembly:
A. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
B. Vijaylakshmi Pandit
C. Kamla Nehru
D. Indira Gandhi
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Correct Answer: B
Q.10 - Who coined the name ‘Pakistan’?
A. Mohammad Ali Jinnah
B. Fazlul Haq
C. Liaquat Ali Khan
D. Choudhry Rehmat Ali
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Correct Answer: D
Q.11 - Name the Pakistan Prime-Minister who signed the Simla Agreement in 1972.
A. Ayub Khan
B. Yahya Khan
C. Z.A. Bhutto
D. Benazir Bhutto
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Correct Answer: C
Q.12 - The first woman Governor of a State in free India was
A. Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
B. Mrs. Sucheta Kriplani
C. Mrs. Indira Gandhi
D. Mrs. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
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Correct Answer: A
Q.13 - Who discovered sea route to India via the ‘Cape of Good Hope’?
A. Vasco da Gama
B. Vasco da Gama
C. Christopher Columbus
D. robin zander
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Correct Answer: A
Q.14 - After Independence, Hyderabad, the State of Nizam, was taken over by the Indian Government through
A. police action
B. militay action
C. persuasion
D. negotiations
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Correct Answer: B
Q.15 - Which country offered its good office to resolve Indo-Pak conflict peacefully, in the year 1966?
A. U.S.A
B. Britain
C. U.S.S.R
D. Japan
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Correct Answer: C
Q.16 - The potato crop was introduced in India by the
A. British
B. Dutch
C. Portuguese
D. French
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Correct Answer: C
Q.17 - What is the name of the era on which the National Calendar of India is based?
A. Vikrama era
B. Kali era
C. Saka era
D. None of above
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Correct Answer: C
Q.18 - How many spokes are there in the Dharma Chakra of the National Flag ?
A. 22
B. 24
C. 18
D. 11
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Correct Answer: B
Q.19 - Who gave the concept of ‘Total Revolution ?
A. Jayaprakash Narayan
B. Mahatma Gandhi
C. Karl Marx
D. Lenin
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Correct Answer: A
Q.20 - First Indian Commander-in- Chief was
A. Gen. K. S. Thimayya
B. Gen. K.M. Kariappa
C. S.H.F.J. Manekshaw
D. None of the above
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Correct Answer: B
Q.21 - The first woman to become a Chief Minister of any State in India was
A. Nandini Satpathy
B. Dr. J. Jayalalitha
C. Sucheta Kripalani
D. Ms. Mayawati
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Correct Answer: C
Q.22 - The first Defence Minister of India was
A. K. M. Cariappa
B. Gopalaswami Aiyangar
C. Baldev Singh
D. Sardar Patel
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Correct Answer: C
Q.23 - When is the Independence Day of Pakistan celebrated ?
A. 15 August
B. 4 July
C. 16 August
D. 14 August
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Correct Answer: D
Q.24 - Who was the first Indian to be elected as a Member of the British House of Commons?
A. Jayaprakash Narayan
B. Dada Bhai Naoroji
C. Ram Manohar Lohia
D. Sarojini Naidu
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Correct Answer: B
Q.25 - Which of the following was not advocated by Mahatma Gandhi?
A. Prohibition
B. Heavy Industries
C. Village Panchayat
D. Dignity of Labour
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Correct Answer: B
Q.26 - Who was the first Indian Governor General of Independent India?
A. Rajendra Prasad
B. C. Rajagopalachari
C. A. Kriplani
D. Lord Mountbatten
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Correct Answer: B
Q.27 - Which of the following princely states did not accede to the Indian Union after independence?
A. Hyderabad
B. Junagarh
C. Kashmir
D. Jodhpur
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Correct Answer: A
Q.28 - In which of its sessions did the Indian National Congress declare ‘Purna Swaraj’ as its specific goal?
A. Lahore Session, 1929
B. Tripuri Session, 1939
C. Surat Session, 1905
D. Special
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Correct Answer: A
Q.29 - Who was known as the ‘Father of Indian Renaissance’ ?
A. Vivekananda
B. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D. Surendranath Banerjee
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Correct Answer: C
Q.30 - Which Governor General decided to make English as the medium of instruction in India?
A. Lord Wellesley
B. Lord Hardinge
C. Lord Dalhousie
D. Lord William Bentinck
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Correct Answer: D