General Awareness -Indian History
1- The last Mughal Emperor was Bahadur Shah.
2- Aryans lived in Gangetic valley.
3-The Indus Valley houses were built of bricks.
4-In the Battle of Wandiwash, the English defeated French.
5-The first president of the Republic of India was Dr Rajendra Prasad.
6-The first to establish regular trade with India was Portuguese.
7-The brain trust of Chandra Gupta Maurya was Kautilya.
8-Chanakya was known as Vishnugupta.
9-The capital of the kingdom of Maharaja Ranjit Singh was Lahore.
10-The well known king of slave dynasty was Balban.
11-In 1498, vasco da gama landed at Calicut.
12-Rousseau’s teachings inspired the French Revolution.
13-Mahabharata war took place in 900 BC.
14-India derives its name from ‘The River Indus’.
15-Sea route in India was discovered by Vasco da gama.
16-The king of Kalinga in the Maurya period was Kharavela.
17-The treaty of Seringapatnam was between Cornwallis and Tipu Sultan.
18-Chand Bibi was the ruler of Ahmednagar.
19-Lord William Bentick introduced English in India.
20-The quit India movement was started in the year 1942.
21-Lord Buddha made his first sermon at Sarnath.
22-The foundation for the Vijayanagar city and kingdom was laid by Harihara and Bukka.
23-A council of Eight Ministers known as the Ashta Paradhan assisted Shivaji.
24-The first ruler of Pala dynasty was Gopala.
25-The Aryans came from Central Asia to India around 2500 BC.
26-Babar entered India for the first time through Punjab.
27-The French made their advent through Pondicherry.
28-Taj Mahal is on the banks of Jamuna.
29-Panipat is modern Kurukshetra.
30-Indian Napoleon was Samudra Gupta.