INDIAN SCHOOL AL-GHUBRA

General Knowledge January17

Topic: History
1. Name the founder of the Indian Subhash Chandra Bose
National Army, who was
popularly known as Netaji.

2. Name the founder of

Shantiniketan.

Rabindranath Tagore
1.

(Shantiniketan is a small town near

Bolpur in the Birbhum district of
West Bengal, India.)

3. Name the person who is

Mahatma Gandhi

associated with the historical 1.

slogan My life is my message .

4. Name the person who is

associated with the historical
slogan Swaraj is my birthright1.
and I shall have it.

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

5. Name the person who is

Bhagat Singh

associated with the historical 1.

slogan Inquilab Zindabad.

2.

6. Name the Albanian born nun,

Mother Teresa

who became a citizen of India 1.

and founded the Missionaries of2.
charity.

7. Name the father of the Indian

Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Renaissance who founded the 1.

Brahmo Samaj.

8. Name the Mughal emperor who

built Fatehpur Sikri and Buland1.
Darwaza.

Akbar

( Fatehpur Sikri is a city and a municipal

board in Agra district in the state of
Uttar Pradesh, India)

9. Name the first English

1.

The Bengal Gazette

newspaper to be published in
India.
(It was the first major newspaper in
India, started in 1780.)

10.

Name the person whose

Asoka

inscriptions were written in

Kharoshti and Brahmi scripts.
He became a Buddhist after
the conquest of Kalinga war.
11. In ancient India which water

The Indian Ocean

body was known as Ratnakara?

12.

Name the two divisions of

vedic literature.

Sruti and Smriti

(Sruti that which is heard , Smriti
that which is remembered)

13.

What is the collection of 108 Vedantham

Upanishads called?
14.

When did Mahmud Ghazni

invade the temple of

Somanath?

(They are a collection of Vedic texts)

AD 1026

1.
15. In which period did the Indus

3000 - 1500BC

valley civilization flourish?

(The Indus Valley Civilization is also
known as the Harappan Civilization)

16.

Where was the Indian flag

Manipur

first hoisted on 12 April 1944

(Manipur is a state in northeastern

India, with the city of Imphal as its

by Subash Chandra Bose?

17.

capital)

What was the main purpose

of the Ancient Egyptian

Burial sites for the Pharaohs

1.

pyramids?

18.

Which Pharaoh built the

Djoser

first pyramid?

1.

19.

Which is the largest

The Great Pyramid of Giza

pyramid built by the Egyptians?

1.

20.

About how tall is the pyramid 480 feet

of Khufu at Giza?
21. In which two Indian cities

Mumbai and Rajkot

did Mahatma Gandhi practise as

a lawyer?
22. Which age does The Indus

Neolithic Age

Valley Civilization belong to?

(The Neolithic Era, or Period, or New

Stone Age, was a period in the
development of human technology)

23.

Who first translated the

Charles Wilkins

Bhagvad Gita into English?

24. What were the tools and

copper and bronze

weapons of Harappan
Civilization made up of?
1.

25.

Where was Gautam Buddha

Kapilvastu of Lumbini, Nepal

Born?
1.

26.

Which dynasty did king

Maurya

Ashoka belong to?

(The Mauryan dynasty was
geographically extensive and powerful.
It was a political military empire in
ancient India from 322-185 B.C.)

27.

What is the significance of

The Ashoka Chakra forms the

the Ashoka Chakra on the

centre of the national flag of

Indian flag?

India.

(The Ashoka Chakra is a depiction of

the Dharmachakra. The Ashoka Chakra
can also been seen on the base of Lion
Capital of Ashoka.

28.

Where was king Ashoka

Pataliputra

born?

(Pataliputra is the ancient name of

Patna, the present day capital of Bihar.

29.

Which monument was built to Gateway of India

commemorate the visit of King 1.
George V and Queen Mary to
Bombay?

30.

Karla, one of the best

Maharashtra

preserved Buddhist Caves, is in

which Indian State?
1.

31.

Which famous monument was Charminar

built by Mohammed Quli Qutab

Shah in 1951 to commemorate
the eradication of plague?
32. Name the town where

1.

Bodhgaya

Buddha attained
enlightenment?
33.

What is Jantar Mantar?

(The Jantar Mantar is located in the

An Astronomical Observatory

modern city of New Delhi)

1.

34.

Who built the Brihadisvara

Rajaraja Chola

temple at Thanjavur, Tamil

1.

Nadu?

2.

35. Who built the Sanchi Stupa?

Ashoka

1.

36.

In the middle of which lake

Amrit Sarovar

is the Golden Temple located? 1.

37.

In which state of India is

Rajasthan

the 'Hawa Mahal' located?

1.

38.

Under which Indian

emperor's reign was the Jama 1.

Shah Jahan

Masjid in Delhi built?

(The Jama Masjid in Fatehpur Sikri
is a mosque in Agra, Uttar Pradesh,
India)

39.

What are the gateways to

the Buddhist Stupas called?

40.

Toranas
1.

In whose memory did

Mumtaz Mahal

Emperor Shah Jahan build the 1.

Taj Mahal?

41.

Which temple dedicated to 1.

the sun-god is shaped like a

Konark Sun Temple

chariot?
42.

In which Indian city would

you find the first European

Cochin

fort built by Afonso

1.

Albuquerque ?

43.

Who was the Viceroy during

Brigadier - General Reginald

the Jallianwalla Baug tragedy in

1.
1919?

44.

Who was the famous Italian

Dyer

Marco Polo

explorer of the late thirteenth

and early fourteenth centuries?

45.

Name the queen of Egypt in

the first century B.C.

46.

Cleopatra
1.

Joseph Stalin was one of the

The former Soviet Union

greatest leaders of which

country?

47.

John F. Kennedy was the

35th

_______ President of the

1.

United States.

2.

48.

Who is the former president Lech Walesa

1.
of Poland and a Nobel Peace
Prize Winner?

49.

What did Rosa Parks fight

for?

Civil rights
1.

(Rosa Parks was a famous black

American woman who helped fight
for equal rights in Alabama.)

50. When was Goa captured by the 1510 AD

Portuguese?