General Knowledge Based

Who was the first Indian Nobel Laureate?

Which city does not have Jantar Mantar observatories built by Jai Singh II in the early 18th century?

'Shramev Jayate' scheme was announced on ___________ by GOI.

Who among the following gave the popular slogan "Home Rule is my birthright and I will have it"?

Who painted the painting titled "In Memorium" ?

When was ‘Hampi’ declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO ?

Match List - I with List - II :

List - I		List - II
(A)	Abdur Razzak	(I)	Portugal
(B)	Domingo Paes	(II)	Russia
(C)	Afanasii Nikitin	(III)	Persia
(D)	Nicolo de Conti	(IV)	Italy

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Who among the following advocated for 'Hindi' to be declared as a National Language ?

Match List - I with List - II :

List - I		List - II
(A)	B. Pocker Bahadur	(I)	Maharashtra
(B)	Hansa Mehta	(II)	Madras
(C)	Jyotiba Phule	(III)	Mysore
(D)	A. Ramaswamy Mudaliar	(IV)	Bombay

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Archaeological site 'Palvai' is situated in

‘malfuzat’ an important source for constructing history is____.

Which Governed General adopted policies that abolished ‘Sati'?

The ‘great Calcutta Killings’ took place in which year?

Chairman of First Finance Commission was _______.

Lucknow city is situated on which Bank of River?

The original name of Swami Vivekananda was

A. On 19 March 2003, the US launched its invasion of Iraq.
B. US has lost over 3000 military personnel in the war
C. The ostensible purpose of the invasion was to destroy Iraq from developing weapons at mass destruction
D. More than forty other countries joined in the US led coalition of the willing after the UN refused to give its mandate to the invasion
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What was the Early-Medieval period ?

The second Maratha War was fought from-

Arrange the following kingdoms from North to South.
(A) Vakatakas
(B) Kushanas
(C) Satavahanas
(D) Cholas
(E) Guptas
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Match List - I with List - II.

List - I	List -II
(Instruments)	(Artists)
(A) Guitar	(I) Dr. Smt. N. Rajan
(B) Flute	(II) BishMillah Khan
(C) Shehnai	(III) Hari Prasad Chaurasia
(D) Violin	(IV) Brij Bhushan Kabra

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Bamboo dance is an important folk dance of which state?

First Female IAS officer of India was

Bangladesh was a part of Pakistan from____

The Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty of 1968 was an______

The first nuclear explosion undertaken by India in which year

Who coined the famous slogan Jai Jawan Jai Kisan

Who introduced mid-day meal scheme for School Chidren.

In which year Britain attacked Egypt over the Sues Canal issue

The first summit of NAM was held in Belgrade in____

Match List I with List II

List-I (Non-Cooperation Social Groups)		List-II (Participation in Non-Cooperation)
(A)	The working class	(I)	Refused to carry loads for colonial officers
(B)	Hill tribes in northern Andhra	(II)	Did not pay taxes
(C)	Peasants in Kumaun	(III)	Violated the forest laws
(D)	Farmers in Awadh	(IV)	Strike

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The resolution that the National flag of India be a "horizontal tricolour of saffron, white and dark green in equal proportion" with a wheel in navy blue in the centre, was proposed in the Constituent Assembly by one of the following leaders. Choose the correct answer.

Match List I with List II

List-I (Terms)		List-II (Meaning)
(A)	Zimmi	(I)	Tomb Shrine
(B)	Jizya	(II)	Protected
(C)	Dargah	(III)	Pilgrimage
(D)	Ziyarat	(IV)	A religious tax paid by Hindus

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Match List - I with List - II :-

List - I		List - II
(A)	Rama Raya	(I)	Aravidu dynasty
(B)	Harihara and Bukka	(II)	Saluva dynasty
(C)	Narasimha	(III)	Tuluva dynasty
(D)	Krishnadeva Raya	(IV)	Sangam dynasty

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Match List - I with List - II :-

List - I Agrarian Terms		List - II Meaning
(A)	Zamin-i paimuda	(I)	Revenue assessed in cash
(B)	Nagdi	(II)	Grant of revenue in charity
(C)	Suyurghal	(III)	Measured area
(D)	Mahal	(IV)	Administrative and fiscal division

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He was a famous surveyor and cartographer. In 1815, he was appointed as the first Surveyor General of India. Identify :

The chopper-chopping tools are associated with:

A celt is___ from the Neolithic period.

The prehistoric art appeared for the first time during:

In which of the following age copper was first used ?

The study of inscriptions is termed as ______.

Arrange the following in a chronological order :
(A) Mahabharata
(B) Sushruta Samhita
(C) Ashtadhyayi
(D) Sanskrit plays of Kalidasa
(E) Natyashastra
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Who among the following is often held as the Father of Indian Archaeology?

Archaeological study of a mound can provide cultural sequence for a site. Study of such layers is called_______.

What is the first animal domesticated by humans ?

Who discovered the ruins at Hampi and prepared first survey map of the site?

In which year was Hampi declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO ?

When was the Indian Museum at Calcutta was founded ?

'Palaeography' refers to:

Who ordered the annexation of Awadh from Wajid Ali Shah ?

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When did Dual Government of Bengal start ?

Where is Ajanta cave ?

The Manchester Cotton Company was formed in the year______.

Before the age of railway, the town of Mirzapur was a collection centre for cotton from which area?

Satyajit Ray's filin Jalshaghar' dealt with the subject matter of________

Where is 'Borah Bazaar' located?

Name the historian who remarked that South Africa was "the making of Mahatma".

In which year did the Royal Indian Navy Mutiny began in Bombay ?

Match List-I with List-II.

List-I		List-II
(A)	General Elections in India	(I)	1946
(B)	Constitution is signed	(II)	1949
(C)	India's Independence	(III)	1947
(D)	Constituent Assembly regions	(IV)	1945

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Who composed "Sare Jahan Se Achha Hindustan Hamara"?

The bazar of Chandni Chowk at the centre of Shahjahanabad was designed by: