Latest Indian History General Knowledge(GK) Questions and answers

1 .

Where French established their first factory?

A)

Pulicat

B)

Cochin

C)

Surat

D)

Masaulipatam

Correct Answer : Surat

The first French factory in India was established at Surat in 1668 and later one at Machillipatnam.

2 .

Which of the following is called â€œMagna Carta of English Education in Indiaâ€?

A)

Macaulay Commission

B)

Woodâ€™s Dispatch

C)

Vernacular Act

D)

Both (A) & (B)

Correct Answer : Woodâ€™s Dispatch

Wood’s Despatch on Education in 1854 laid the foundation of Indian educational system and the establishments of Universities in Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai. The despatch came to be considered as the Magna Carta of English education in India. The Scheme of education, as proposed by Wood`s Despatch, envisaged a co-ordinated system of education through out the country.

3 .

Which of the following act led to the introduction of dual system of government in India?

A)

The Regulating Act, AD 1827

B)

Charter Act, 1813 AD

C)

Charter Act, 1793 AD

D)

Pittâ€™s India Act, AD 1784

Correct Answer : Pittâ€™s India Act, AD 1784

Pitt's India Act 1784 or the East India Company Act 1784 was passed in the British Parliament to rectify the defects of the Regulating Act 1773. It resulted in dual control or joint government in India by Crown in Great Britain and the British East India Company, with crown having ultimate authority.

4 .

What was the another name of 'Quit India movement'?

A)

Home Rule Movement

B)

Khilafat Movement

C)

Swadeshi Movement

D)

August Kranti

Correct Answer : August Kranti

Quit India Movement or 'Bharat Chodo Andolan', also known as August Kranti Movement, was a call given by Mahatma Gandhi at the Bombay session of All India Congress Committee on August 8, 1942, for an end to the British rule in India.

5 .

The Indus Valley people trated with the

A)

Mesopotamians

B)

Romans

C)

Chinese

D)

Parthians

Correct Answer : Mesopotamians

The Indus Valley people traded with the Mesopotamians.

Mesopotamia of harappan times is now Iraq and Kuwait. The composition of trade was almost exclusively to luxury goods like spices, textiles and precious metals.

Mesopotamians didn't have many natural resources. So, they depended mostly on the trade to get what they wanted. Parthians are the ones who ruled in NW frontier India during later ancient period of India.

6 .

The famous figure of a dancing girl found in the excavation of mohenjodaro was made up of

A)

steatite

B)

terracotta

C)

bronze

D)

red limestone

Correct Answer : bronze

Dancing Girl is a prehistoric bronze sculpture made in lost-wax casting about c. 2300–1750 BCE in the Indus Valley Civilisation city of Mohenjo-daro (in modern-day Pakistan), which was one of the earliest cities.

7 .

An advanced water management system of Harappan times has been unearthed at

A)

Lothal

B)

Dholavira

C)

Alamgirpur

D)

Kalibangan

Correct Answer : Dholavira

8 .

Rock cut architecture in Harappan culture context has been found at

A)

Kotdiji

B)

Kalibangan

C)

Dholavira

D)

Amri

Correct Answer : Dholavira

9 .

Who was the first European to designate Aryan as a race?

A)

H.H. Wilson

B)

General Cuningham

C)

Max Muller

D)

William Jones

Correct Answer : Max Muller

The first European to designate 'Aryans' as a race is max muller.

10 .

Who among the following wrote Sanskrit Grammer?

A)

Panini

B)

Charaka

C)

Aryabhatt

D)

Kalidasa

Correct Answer : Panini

Panini a patronymic meaning “descendant of Panini”) was a Sanskrit grammarian from Pushkalavati, Gandhara, in modern day Charsadda District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (6th century BCE) is known for his Sanskrit grammar, particularly for his formulation of the 3,959 rules of Sanskrit morphology, syntax and semantics in the grammar known as Ashtadhyayi, meaning “eight chapters”), the foundational text of the grammatical branch of the Vedanga, the auxiliary scholarly disciplines of Vedic religion.