General Knowledge Question Answer

Q. Who was the founder of Deccan Education Society?

1) Jyotiba Phule
2) Firoz Shah Mehta
3) M. G. Ranade
4) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Q. Which archaeological site is associated with the Mauryan Place?

1) Kaushambi
2) Taxila
3) Hastinapur
4) Kumrahar

Q. The basic reason of winter rainfall in northwestern part of India is -

1) south-west monsoon
2) trade wind
3) retreating of monsoon
4) western disturbances

Q. The worst famine in India under the British rule occurred during -

1) 1860-1861
2) 1876-1878
3) 1896-1897
4) 1899-1900

Q. ‘Servants of Indian Society’ was founded by -

1) Gopal Krishna Gokhale 
2) Bal Gangadhar Tilak 
3) Mahatma Gandhi 
4) Govind Ranade

Q. Under which Act were the Muslims provided separate electorates in British India ?

1) Indian Council Act, 1892 
2) Morely-Minto Reforms, 1909
3) Indian Council Act, 1861
4) Montagu – Chelmsford Reforms, 1919

Q. Ancient Monuments Preservation Act, 1904, was passed during the time of which Governor General?

1) Lord Minto 
2) Lord Hardinge 
3) Lord Curzon 
4) Lord Linlithgow

Q. The ‘Iqtadari’ system was introduced by -

1) Balban 
2) Iltutmish
3) Alauddin Khilji
4) Firuz Shah Tughlaq

Q. The system of ‘Dagh’ and ‘Huliya’ was introduced by -

1) Iltutmish 
2) Alauddin Khilji
3) Balban
4) Firuz Shah Tughlaq

Q. Who was the author of the famous text, Mudrarakshasa?

1) Vishakhadutta 
2) Kalidas
3) Sudraka
4) Rajshekhar

Q. Who among the following has called Tilak as ‘Father of Indian Unrest?

1) Mahatma Gandhi 
2) Jawaharlal Nehru 
3) Powell Price 
4) Valentine Chirol

Q. Rajarajeshwara temple at Tanjore is the finest example of which architecture?

1) Pallava
2) Chalukya 
3) Chola 
4) Pandya