Sunday 17 June 2012

79) General Knowledge Questions on Indian History - Part 79

This section consists of 15 basic general knowledge questions on indian history.




1. In which among the following provinces of India, the first signs of unrest during the mutiny of 1857 appeared?

[A]Madras
[B]Bombay
[C]Punjab
[D]Bengal, Bihar and Odisha



2. Nana Saheb lead the revolutionaries of 1857 from which among the following placed?

[A]Gwalior
[B]Meerut
[C]Kanpur
[D]Lucknow



3. Diwan Mani Ram Datta was a leader of revolutionaries of 1857 in which among the following regions?

[A]Gujarat
[B]Rajputana
[C]Punjab
[D]Assam



4. The name of Baba Ram Singh is associated with which among the following movements?

[A]Sanyasi Rebellion
[B]Kuka Movement
[C]Khaksar Movement
[D]Santhal rebellion



5. Who among the following established Tattvabodhini Sabha?

[A]Raja Rammohan Roy
[B]Debendranath Tagore
[C]Keshub Chandra Sen
[D]Dwarkanath Tagore





6. In which among the following territories, Marco Polo had travels in the last decade of 13th century in India?

[A]Chola
[B]Pandya
[C]Madurai Sultanate
[D]Cheras



7. Which among the following empire was known as "Mulk-e-Khadim" ?

[A]Mysore Sultanate
[B]Madurai Sultanate
[C]Maratha Kingdom
[D]Bijapur Kingdom



8. Who among the following is said to be the pioneer of guerilla warfare in the Deccan region?

[A]Shivaji
[B]Shah ji Bhosle
[C]Malik Ambar
[D]Maloji Bhosale



9. Who among the following established the Dal Khalsa?

[A]Guru Gobind Singh
[B]Guru Arjun Dev
[C]Kanpur Singh
[D]Bhai Mani Singh



10. Kohinoor Diamond was found probably from which among the following mines?

[A]Golconda
[B]Kalahandi
[C]Panna
[D]Bijapur





11. 12 rules of conduct, propagated as "Dastur-ul-Amal" were of which mughal emperor?

[A]Akbar
[B]Jahangir
[C]Shahjahan
[D]Aurangzeb



12. Who among the following was the first to adopt the new religion propounded by Akbar called Din-i-Ilahi?

[A]Abul Fazal
[B]Faizi
[C]Birbal
[D]Raja Todarmal



13. Who propounded the ideal of "Hindu-pad-padshahi"?

[A]Baji Rao I
[B]Balaji Vishwanath
[C]Balaji Baji Rao
[D]Mahadji Scindia



14. Who among the following poets used to write the Urdu Ghazals with the pen name "Asad"?

[A]Mir Taqi Mir
[B]Dushyant
[C]Mirza Ghalib
[D]Amir Khusrow



 15. In which of the following half century, maximum number of Famines attacked India?

[A]1750-1800
[B]1800-1850
[C]1850-1900
[D]1900-1950