Who was India's first
President? Dr. Rajendra Prasad
from 1950 to 1962.
What is the holy book of Parsis
called? The Zend Avesta.
Who built the Grand Trunk
Road? Sher Shah Suri
(1540-1545). A Muslim ruler of Afghan origin who drone out the Mugdal
emperor Humayun.
Where is the deer park in which Buddha first
preached his religion over 2500 years
ago? In Sarnatta, near Benares.
Who built Kutab Minar?
Qutb-ud-din Aibak in 1199.
Which Saint in believed to have introduced
christianity in to India (about A. D.
50)? St. Thomas.
What was the date on which Jawharlal Nehru
died? May 27th, 1964.
Who built the Agra
Fort? The Mughal Emperor Akbar.
What was the name of Maharana Pratap's
famous horse? Chetak.
What was the name of Greek Ambassador to the
court of Chandra gupta Maurya?
Megasthenes.
Which Irish woman was a staunch supporter of
the Indian freedom movement? Dr.
Annie Besant.
Who was the Prime Minister of Chandragupta
Maurya? Chanakya, also known as
Kautilya.
When did the First War of Independence
start? 1857 (10th,
May), The British called it The Indian Mutiny.
Who founded the Brahmo Samaj?
Raja Ram Mohan Roy.
Who was the last ruler of Mughal
dynasty? Bahadur Shah Zafar.
What Commission was appointed in 1927 to
enquire into the working of reforms in India and to consider the question of
further advance? The Simon
commission.
Who was the first Viceroy of
India? Lord George Canning.
Who was the founder of
Sikhism? Guru Nanak.
Which of Akbar's uncles served as his tutor
and guardian and won for Akbar the Delhi
throne? Bairamkhan (Bairamkhan
defeated Hemu in 1556 in the second battle of Panipat)
What religion has 24 great teachers called
Tirthankars? The Jain religion.
Who was the Rajput Princess whom Akbar
married? Jodha Bai.
When was the Quit India Movement
launched? 8th August 1942.
How many days did the Battle of Mahabharata
last? Eighteen
Who was defeated in the battle of Haldi Ghat?
Rana Pratap Singh.
Which Sikh Guru started the practice of
baptising the Sikhs by stirrings water with a pahul or
dagger? Guru Gobind Singh.
What was the capital of king Vikramaditya's
Kingdom? Ujjain, which become a
centre of art and culture.
Name the ancient Buddhist University in
Bihar which flourished from A. D. 425 to
1205. Nalanda.
Who was the last Governor-General of
India? C. Rajagopalachari.
When was the Gate way of India built and in
whose honour? 1911, in honour of
King George V.
Who was the founder of Indian National
Congress? Allan Octavian Hume.
Who fought the Battle of plassey?
Siraj-ud-daula and the British forces in 1757, Siraj-ud-daula was defeated.
When did British crown first assume
authority over India? September
1st, 1858 During the region of Queen Victoria.
Which reformer was responsible for
prohibition of Sati in India and
when? Lord William Cavendish
Bentinck, in 1829.
When was the East India Company formed and
granted charter? 1600.
Who founded Arya Samaj?
Swami Dayanand.
In which year did Indira Gandhi become the
Prime minister of India? January
24th, 1966.
Who was the first Defence minister of
India? Sardar Baldev Singh.
Who was the first woman to become a minister
in union cabinet? Raj kumari Amrit
Kaur.
When did the first battle of Panipat take
place and who defeated whom? In A.
D. 1526. Babur, founder of Mughal dynasty in India, defeated Sultan
Ebrahim Lodi.
What was the language of Educated Indians
during Mughal rule? Persian.
Who was called the 'Lion of
Punjab'? Lala Lajpat Rai (Ranjith
Singh is also referred to as 'Lion of Punjab')
Where is the Samadhi of Kasturba
Gandhi? In Agakhan palace grounds
in Poona. Gandhiji's secretary Maha dev Desai was also cremated in the
same place a few months before Kasturba died.
How did the war of 1857 affect the East
India Company? The Charter was not
renewed by the British crown and the crown took charge of the
administration.
In which Century was Lord Buddha
born? 6th century B. C. (Around
the year 560 B. C.)
To which dynasty did Sher Shah
belong? Suri dynasty.
Who built the Red fort in
Delhi? Emperor.
What was Patna known as in Ancient
times? Pataliputra.
What is the name of the place where Buddha
was born? Lumbini at the Nepalese
foot hills near Nepal-India border.
During the region of which king kalidasa
write his Abnijnan Sakuntala?
During the region of Chandra gupta Vikaramaditya.
For how many years did Aurang Zeb
reign? 49 years from 1658 to 1707.
How many times did Mahmud of Ghazni invaded
India and between which years! He
invaded India 17 times between A. D. 1000 and 1026. On his 17th
invasion he plundered and desecrated the famous temple of Somnath.
Who was first known as 'Grand old man of
India'? Dr. Dadabhai Naoroji.
He presided over the Indian National Congress of 1906 at Surat.
Where is the tower of Victory in Rajasthan?
At Chittor.
How many languages in India have been
approved under the 8th schedule of
constitution? Fifteen Assamese,
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya,
Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.
Name the philosophy advocated by Adishankara?
Advaita.
During whose reign did Fahien Visit
India? Chandra gupta II (Vikramaditya).
Whose reign is associated with the Visit of
Hieun Tsang? Harsha Vardhana.
What does Mohenjodara mean in
Sindhi? Mount of the dead.
What was the name of Ashoka's
son? Mahendra.
Who introduce the saka
era? Kanishka of Kushan dynasty.
Who wrote Buddha charita?
Asvagosha who adorned the court of Kanishka wrote Buddha charita.
Whom did Alexander defeat in the battle of
Hydasper? Alexander, son of Philip
(Greece) defeated Porus, the ruler of Jhelum territory in 327 B. C.
Which Gupta ruler is often referred to as
Indian Napoleon? Samudragupta.
When was the capital of British India
transferred from Calcutta to
Delhi? 1911.
Where do you find 'Gol Gumbaz'?
Gol Gumbaz is in Bijapur, Karnataka. Its dome is said to be biggest in the
world.
'Laila Majnu' is the literary work of which
person? Amir Khusrau.
Who founded the mamluks or Mughal
dynasty? Qutb-ud-dinaibak.
Name the famous female slave dynasty
ruler? Raziya (1236-1239)
Who founded the Khilji
dynasty? Jalaluddin Khilji started
the Khilji dynasty in 1920.
Who was the first President of Indian
National Congress? W. C. Banerji.
When was Muslim League
born? 1906.
Name the leaders who formed Swaraj
party? Swaraj party was formed in
1922 by Motilal Nehru and C. R. Das
When was Azad Hindu Fauj found and by
whom? S. C. Bose found Azad Hind
Fauj (INA) in 1943.
Who wrote Akbar
Name? Sheikh Abdul Fazal wrote
Akbar name in 1596.
who said, "Swaraj is my birth night and
I must have it"? Balgangadhar
Tilak.
