Indian History & Culture-1

Indian History & Culture-1

No. Question Answer 01 Alexander invaded India in 326 BC 02 The Mauryan Empire was established in 322 BC 03 The First Mughal Emperor of India was Babur 04 Taj Mahal was built by Shahjahan 05 Lala Lajpat Rai was also known as Lion of Punjab 06 Chandragupta II was also known as Vikramaditya 07 The city of Fatehpur Sikri was built by Akbar 08 The Red Fort in Delhi was built by Shahjahan 09 Battle of Panipat was faught in 1761 AD 10 The first President of India was Dr.Rajendra Prasad 11 "Swaraj is my birthright!" was said by Bal Gangadhar Tilak 12 The capital of Mysore during the rule of Tipu Sultan was Srirangapatnam 13 Battle of Plassey was fought in 1757 AD 14 The first Governor-General of Bengal under the East India Company was Warren Hastings 15 Ashoka was born in 269 BC 16 Permanent settlement in Bengal was introduced by Lord Cornwallis 17 The last Governor-General of India was C.Raja Gopalachari 18 The first session of the Indian National Congress was held at Bombay (Mumbai) 19 Quit India Movement started in the year 1942 AD 20 Sir Thomas Roe,English Ambassador, visited India during the reign of Jahangir 21 In the battle of Plassey, Lord Clive defeated Siraj-ud-Daula 22 The city of Calcutta was founded in 1690 AD 23 The capital of king Vikramaditya's kingdom was Ujjain 24 The first Viceroy of India was Lord Canning 25 The name of the famous horse of Rana Pratap was Chetak 26 The Grand Trunk road was built during the reign of Shersa Suri 27 Tipu Sultan was born in 1750 AD 28 Home Rule Movement was started by Annie Besant 29 Shivaji was crowned in 1664 AD 30 East India Company was established in the year 1600 AD 31 The capital city of ancient India was Indraprastha 32 The first woman ruler in India was Razia Begum 33 The capital of the Mauryan was Patliputra 34 The construction of Qutb Minar in Delhi was completed by Ala-ud-din 35 Din-i-Ilahi was founded by Akbar 36 Rabindranath tagore was born in 1861 AD 37 The most famous king of Vijayanagar Empire was Krishnadevaraya 38 Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan was also known as Frontier Gandhi 39 Samudra Gupta is popularly known as Napolean of India 40 The first Tamil hero who fought against the British was Veerapandya Kattabomman 41 Akbar's tomb is situated at Sikandrabad 42 Gautama Buddha was the son of Shuddhodan 43 Shivaji's mother was Jeejabai 44 Gandhiji's mother was Puthali Bai 45 The political teacher of shivaji was Dadoji Konddev 46 Timur invaded India in the year 1398 AD 47 Mahmud Ghazni was the son of Sabaktageen 48 The city of Ahmedabad was established by Ahmed Shah I 49 Rani padmini was Queen of Rana Ratna simha,the king of Chittoor 50 The real name of Babar was Zahiruddin Muhammed 51 The meaning of the word "Babar" is Tiger 52 Vijayasthamba is located at Chittoor Fort 53 Timur was the ruler of Samarkhand,Central Asia 54 The Indian social reformer who fought for the abolition of Sati was Rajaram Mohan Roy 55 The first British Governor General of free India was Lord Mountbatten 56 Dadabhai Naoroji was associated with the theory of "Drain of Wealth" 57 The kingdom of South India well known for its Naval power was The Cholas 58 Aligarh Muslim University was founded by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan 59 The first Indian ruler who prohibited Sati was Akbar 60 The Mughal ruler who was to recruit Rajput nobles in his administration was Akbar 61 The reforms announced by the British Govt.in 1909 are known as The Morle-Minto Reforms 62 The architect who designed the capital City of New Delhi was E.L.Lutyens 63 At the time of independence, the number of princely states in India were 552 64 The Indian Prime Minister known as "Man of Peace" was Lal Bahadur Shastri 65 The Indian king who fought the last Anglo-Mysore War against the English was Tipu Sultan 66 Kohinoor Diamond was taken away by Nadir Shah 67 The full name of Shahjehan was Khurram Shihabuddin Mohammed Shahjehan 68 The Bardoli satyagraha was started by Mahatma Gandhi 69 The founder of Arya Samaj was Swamy Dayanand Saraswati 70 The Governor General who abolished Sati was Lord William Bentinck 71 Bihar was earlier known as Magadha 72 Agra was earlier known as Akbarabad 73 "Harsha Charit" was written by Banabatta 74 Chandragupta Maurya spent the last days of his life at Sravanabelagola 75 Jalianwala Bagh Massacre took place at Amritsar 76 Vijayanagar kingdom was situated on the banks of river Tungabhadra 77 In 1498,the sea route to india was discovered by Vasco-da-gama 78 King Bhoja was from the which dynasty Pratihara 79 The period 1206 Ad to 1526 AD is known as The Delhi Sultanate 80 Agra city was founded by Sikandar Lodhi 81 Vijaynagar Empire was founded by Harihara and Bukka 82 The Vijayanagar kings fought frequent wars with the Bahamani Sultans 83 The last king of the Vijayanagar empire was Rama Raya 84 Shankaracharya was associated with which movement Bhakti 85 Ramanuja preached the philosophy of Vishishtadvaita 86 The followers of Ramanuja are known as Vaishnavas 87 Kabir was the disciple of Ramanand 88 The founder of Sikh religion was Guru Nanak 89 Babar defeated Ibrahim Lodhi in the year 1526 AD 90 Babar died in the year 1530 AD 91 Humayun was defeated by Sher Shah Suri 92 Humayun died at the age of 48 years 93 Akbar was crowned in the year 1556 AD 94 In the second battle of Panipat, Akbar defeated Himu 95 Akbar died in the year 1605 Ad 96 The original name of Nurjahan was Mehrunisa 97 Jehangir was known for his Justice 98 Jehangir died in the year 1627 AD 99 Aurangzeb was the son of Shahjehan 100 Aurangzeb died in the year 1707 AD 101 The first Guru of the sikhs was Guru Nanak Dev 102 The tenth Guru of the sikhs was Guru Gobind Singh 103 Amritsar was founded by Guru Ram Das 104 The Golden Temple was built by Guru Arjan Dev 105 The Akal Takht was built by Guru Hargobind 106 Guru Gobind Singh was born in 1666 AD 107 The `Khalsa' at Anandpur Sahib was founded by Guru Gobind Singh 108 Maharaja Ranjit Singh was born in 1780 AD 109 Bahadur Shah Zafar died in the year 1862 AD 110 Shivaji died at age of 50 years 111 In tne year 1798,who was appointed as the Governor-General Wellesley 112 Wellesley started the policy of Subsidiary Alliance 113 Dalhousie became the Governor-General in 1848 AD 114 The first war of Indian Independence fought in 1857 is also known as The Sepoy Mutiny 115 The Lady ruler who participated in the 1857 Revolt was Rani Laxmi Bai of Jhansi 116 The Indian Association was formed in 1876 at Calcutta 117 The Indian National Congress was formed in 1885 AD 118 The Rowlatt Act was passed in the year 1919 AD 119 The Jalianwala Bagh Massacre took place in the year 1919 AD 120 The movement launched in 1920 is known as The Non-Co-operation Movement 121 The Simon Commission came to India in the year 1928 AD 122 Chandragupta Maurya was succeeded by Bindusara 123 Ashoka invaded Kalinga in the year 261 BC 124 Ashoka died in the year 232 BC 125 Ashoka ruled for a period of 40 years 126 The last king of Maurya dynasty was Brihadratha 127 Chandragupta was succeeded by Samudragupta 128 The Iron Pillar near Qutb Minar was erected by Chandragupta II 129 Fahien, a Chinese traveller visited india during the reign of Chandragupta II 130 Harshavardhana ascended the throne at the age of 16 years 131 Harshavardhana was defeated by Pulakeshin II 132 The Chinese traveller who visited India during the reign of Harshavardhana was Hieun Tsang 133 Akbar was succeeded by Jehangir 134 Jehangir was succeeded by Shahjehan 135 In ancient times this river was called Shatadru. How do we know it now? Sutlej. 136 In the Rigveda there is a reference to the "Dasharajna Yuddha". What does this refer to? It was a battle of 10 kings fought between Sudasa, a king of the Tritsu family on one side, and a confederacy of 10 tribes on the other. It was fought on the banks of the Parushni (Ravi). Sudasa defeated his enemies in this battle. 137 Who was the ruler of the territory between the Jhelum and the Ravi when Alexander invaded India? Paurava or Porus as the Greeks called him. 138 When Porus surrendered to Alexander, Alexander asked him how he wished to be treated. What was Porus' reply? "As one King would treat another". This was his famous reply that has become a classic. Hearing this Alexander not only reinstated Porus on the throne, but he also added territories towards the east and domains of many republican states to the existing kingdom of Porus (according to Plutarch). 139 Who was Megasthenes? Megasthenes was the Greek ambassador to the Mauryan Court. 140 Who sent Megasthenes as his ambassador to the Mauryan Court? Seleucus Nikator. 141 Where did Seleucus Nikator rule? Babylon. He gradually extended his empire from the Mediterranean Sea to the Indus. 142 Whom did Chandragupta Maurya defeat to establish his kingdom? The Nanda dynasty of Magadha. 143 Who helped Chandragupta Maurya defeat the Nanda rulers? Kautilya also called Chanakya. 144 Of which territories was Ashoka the Viceroy before he became the king? Taksha-Shila and Ujjain. 145 "Beloved of the gods" and "of amiable appearance". Ashoka used these titles in his inscriptions. Can you give the original titles? "Devanampiya" and "Piyadassi" (Devanampriya and Priyadarshin). 146 What was unique about the personal bodyguards of the Maurya rulers? They were women. 147 Who was the last Maurya King? Brihadratha. 148 Who overthrew Brihadratha? Pushyamitra, who was his Commander-in-chief. 149 What was the name of the dynasty that succeeded Mauryan dynasty? The Shunga dynasty. (Pushyamitra founded this dynasty after he overthrew the Mauryan ruler) 150 From which source have historians got some details of the overthrow of the Mauryan dynasty? Bana's Harshacharita written almost eight centuries after the event.