Indian History - General Knowledge Questions

A)
1561
B)
1565
C)
1570
D)
1574

Correct Answer :   1565

Battle of Talikota, confrontation in the Deccan region of southern India between the forces of the Hindu raja of Vijayanagar and the four allied Muslim sultans of Bijapur, Bidar, Ahmadnagar, and Golconda. The battle was fought on January 23, 1565, at a site southeast of Bijapur, in what is now northern Karnataka state.

A)
Gwalior
B)
Lucknow
C)
Jhansi
D)
Meerut

Correct Answer :   Meerut

The rebellion began on 10 May 1857 in the form of a mutiny of sepoys of the Company's army in the garrison town of Meerut, 40 mi (64 km) northeast of Delhi (that area is now Old Delhi).

A)
Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
B)
Jawahar Lal Nehru
C)
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D)
Subash Chandra Bose

Correct Answer :   Subash Chandra Bose

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose gave the quote 'you give me blood I will give you freedom'.

A)
Mahatma Gandhi
B)
Dr. Ambedkar
C)
Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
D)
Indira Gandhi

Correct Answer :   Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru

The agreement was signed between then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and China's first Premier (Prime Minister) Chou En-Lai. The term “Panchsheel” is made from Panch + Sheel which means five principles or thoughts.

A)
Portugese
B)
Britishers
C)
Dutch
D)
French

Correct Answer :   Portugese

Portuguese India, Portuguese Estado da Índia, name once used for those parts of India which were under Portuguese rule from 1505 to December 1961. Portuguese India consisted of several isolated tracts: (1) the territory of Goa with the capital, a considerable area in the middle of the west coast of India;

A)
Faridabad
B)
Kurukshetra
C)
Sonepat
D)
Delhi

Correct Answer :   Kurukshetra

A)
Calicut
B)
Delhi
C)
Nalanda
D)
Calcutta

Correct Answer :   Calicut

Christopher Columbus' unsuccessful search for a western maritime route to India resulted in the "discovery" of the Americas in 1492, but it was Vasco da Gama who ultimately established the Carreira da India, or India Route, when he sailed around Africa and into the Indian Ocean, landing at Calicut (modern Kozhikode), etc,..

A)
Kushinagar
B)
Bodh Gaya
C)
Lumbini
D)
Sarnath

Correct Answer :   Sarnath

A popular subject in medieval Buddhist art is the Buddha preaching his first sermon in a deer forest at Sarnath, north of Bodhgaya, where he had experienced enlightenment some weeks prior.

A)
Kashmir
B)
Vatsa
C)
Pataliputra
D)
Kosambi

Correct Answer :   Pataliputra

A)
Pushyamitra Sung
B)
Harsha
C)
Ashoka
D)
Kanishka

Correct Answer :   Ashoka