History -Important Bits
1-In India the two important religions that originated in the middle Gangetic plains.Ans – Jainism and Buddhism
2-The revolutionary woman who led the revolution of 1857 in Oudh was .. ? – Begum Hazrat Mahal
3-The simon commission report submitted in 1930 formed the basis for .. ? – The Government of India Act, 1935
4-Who attended the second Round table conference in 1931 as the sole representative of the Congress? – Mahatma Gandhi
5-The Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College which later on grew into the Aligarh University was opened during the period of viceroyalty of .. ? – Lord Lytton
6-Kanpur Conspiracy case was against the leaders of .. ? – Communist Movement
7-The World War II came to a successful end to the Britishers during the period of viceroyalty of .. ? – Lord Wavell
8-Mahatma Gandhi gave the mantra of Do or Die in the national movement of .. ? – Quit India, 1942
9-Who was the wife of Akbar ? Begum Nur Jahan
10-The two important books, Akbarnama and Ain-e-Akbari were written during Akbar’s tenure by Abul Fazal
11-Shalimar and Nishant Bagh were built by Jahangir
12-Aurangzeb was the son of Shahjahan
13-Who was the son of Akbar ? Jehangir
14-Shahjahan was the son of Jahangir
15-Who was the founder of the Muslim Sur Empire (Sur Dynasty) in Northern India ? Sher Shah Suri also known as Sher Khan
16-Muhammad Ghori is also known as Shahabuddin Muhammad
17-The Slave Dynasty was founded by Qutbuddin Aibak
18-Who is considered to be the founder of Mughal empire ? Babar
19-The new religion started by Akbar was Din-e-Ilahi
20-Fatehpur Sikri and Buland Darwaja near Agra were established by Akbar
21-Gedrosia corresponds to modern Baluchistan
22-The first translator of Mahabharata into Tamil was Perundevanar
23-Deimachus was the ambassador in the Court of Bindusara
24-Darius I was the first Persian ruler who occupied part of Indian Territory
25-The Paleolithic man in India is also called Quartzite man
26-The term Neolithic was first coined by Sir John Lubbock in 1865
27-The first metal to be used by man was Copper
28-Pottery first appeared in Neolithic Age
29-Pataliputra, modern Patna was provided natural defence by which rivers ? The Ganges, Son and Gandak
30- Dog animal was tamed by Neolithic people