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History One-Liners for competitive examination Thank You for landing the History section page. Maximum questions come from this portion of different competitive exams. Here are some important History one-liners for students competing for various exams Watch some of the important Bits below. 1- Who among the following was selected as president of Khilafat Conference met at Delhi in 1919? A: Syed Ahmed Khan B: Motilal Nehru C: Ali Jinnah D: Mahatma Gandhi 2- Name the viceroy of India who passed the ‘Ancient Monuments Preservation Act’? A: Lord Chelmsford B: Lord Mountbatten C: Lord Curzon D: Lord Ripon. 3-Who among the following gave the ‘Inquilab Zindabad’ slogan? A: Iqbal B: M.K. Gandhi C: Bhagat Singh D: S.C. Bose 4- Name the popular person who returned the Knighthood to protest against the atrocities of Jaliwanwala Bagh Massacre? A: Rabindranath Tagore B: Arabinda Ghosh C: Bipin Chandra Pal D: Jawaharlal Nehru 5-In this period ‘Mahatma’ Titled was given before the name of Gandhi? A: During Champaran Satyagraha B: During the Swadeshi Movement C: During the Surat Session of 1907 D: During Implementation of Rowlatt Act in India. 6- This personality founded the first women university in India. A: Sucheta Kripalini B: Sarojini Naidu C: J.P Kripalini D: D.K Karve 7- Name the Urdu poet who was representative of both second and third round-table conference. A: Muhammad Iqbal B: Aruna Asaf Ali C: Fiaz Ahmad Faiz D: Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan 8- Name the Viceroy of India when the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place. A: Lord Chelmsford B: Lord Minto C: Lord Curzon D: Lord Bentick 9- Name the institution that was founded by Gandhi. A: Seva Ashram B: Jawaharlal Nehru University C: Vishwa Bharati D: Phoenix Ashram 10- In which year British had transferred the capital of India from Calcutta to Delhi? A: 1930 B: 1900 C: 1912 D: 1911 11- This among the following revolutionary turned into a philosopher. A: Dadabhai Naoroji B: Arabindo Ghosh C: Chittaranjan Das D: Bal Gangadhar Tilak 12-The lady representative from India in the second round table conference was- A: J. P Kripalini B: Lakshmi Ghosh C: Sarojini Naidu D: Sucheta Kripalani 13-National demand Swaraj was first spread by whom? A: Annie Besant B: Subhas Chandra Bose C: Gandhi D: Dadabhai Naoroji 14-Indian Independence League was set up by whom? A: Rasbihari Bose B: Subhas Chandra Bose C: S.M Yoshi D: Jawaharlal Nehru 15- Name the first movement against the British in India A: Quit India movement B: Non-Cooperative movement C: Swadeshi Movement D: Khilafat Movement ANS- 1-Mahatma Gandhi 2-Lord Curzon 3-Bhagat Singh 4-Rabindranath Tagore 5-During Champaran Satyagraha 6-D.K Karve 7-Muhammad Iqbal 8-Lord Chelmsford 9-Phoenix Ashram 10-1911 11-Arabindo Ghosh 12- Sarojini Naidu 13- Dadabhai Naoroji 14-Rasbihari Bose 15- Swadeshi movements , watch another post on History here Watch Current Affairs section for here
History- Important One-Liners 1-Sir Charles Wood introduced English as official language 2-First English newspaper in India is The Bengal Gazette 3-First Governor General of Bengal was Warren Hastings Warren Hastings 4- In the year 1896 Vande Mataram was first sung at the session of the Indian National Congress. 5-Indian Constitution was amended for the first time in 1951 6-Dadabhai Naoroji propounded the theory of economic drain of India during British imperialism. 7-Lord Curzon said ‘I am giving you a Muslim province’. 8- Under the Presidentship of Jawaharlal Nehru Purna Swaraj was declared as the goal of the Congress in the Congress session held in Lahore. 9-Kasturba Gandhi died in detention (in 1944) at Aga Khan Palace Kasturba Gandhi 10-Ramsay McDonald was the British Prime Minister who convened the First Round Table Conference in London 11- Rabindranath Tagore surrendered his knighthood in protest against Jallianwala Bagh tragedy Rabindranath Tagore 12-Buddhism was divided into Mahayana and Hinayana sects in the Fourth Buddhist Council 13-Third Buddhist Council took place in the year 250 B.C. 14- Fourth Buddhist Council was held at Kashmir 15-Bimbisara belonged to Haryanka dynasty 16-The great silk-route to the Indians was opened by Kanishka Kanishka 17-Ashoka belongs to Maurya Dynasty. 18- In Buddhism, Patiomokkha stands for the rules of the Sangha 19- Dhanvantri was a famous Physician during Gupta period. 20- Jainism religion is associated with Kaivalya 21-Hiuen Tsang Chinese traveler visited the kingdoms of Harshavardhana and Kumar Bhaskar Varma 22- Maski inscription referred to “Piyadassi ” as the second name for Asoka 23- The first evidence of the cultivation of cotton has been found in Nal site. 24- Kushana rulers were best known for controlling the ‘silk route’ around 2000 years ago 25-Ilahi was the name of the gold coin introduced by Akbar.
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Polity Rabindranath Tagore
1-Rabindranath Tagore was born in the year 1861, May 7th. He was born in the Jorasanko mansion in Calcutta to Debendranath Tagore (1817–1905) and Sarada Devi (1830–1875). 2- He was a Writer and Painter 3-Gitanjali, Gora, Ghare-Baire, Jana Gana Mana, Rabindra Sangeet, Amar Shonar Bangla (other works) are his notable works. 4-He founded, Visva-Bharati University. 5-Gitanjali (Song Offerings), Gora (Fair-Faced) and Ghare-Baire (The Home and the World) are his best-known works. 6-His compositions were chosen by two nations as national anthems: India’s Jana Gana Mana and Bangladesh’s Amar Shonar Bangla. 7-The Sri Lanka’s National Anthem was inspired by his work. 8- Tagore (nicknamed Rabi) 9- Tagore’s oldest brother Dwijendranath was a philosopher and poet. 10- Satyendranath, another brother was the first Indian appointed to the elite and formerly all-European Indian Civil Service. 11-Another brother, Jyotirindranath, was a musician, composer, and playwright. 12-His sister Swarnakumari became a novelist. 13-The period 1891–1895, Tagore’s Sadhana period, named after one of his magazines, was his most productive 14-In 1901 Tagore moved to Santiniketan to found an ashram with a marble-floored prayer halL, The Mandir, an experimental school, groves of trees, gardens, a library. 15- His father died in 1905. 16-He was awarded a knighthood by King George V in the 1915 Birthday Honours, but renounced it after the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre 17-Tagore was a prolific composer, with 2,230 songs to his credit. His songs are known as rabindrasangit 18-At sixty, Tagore took up drawing and painting; successful exhibitions of his many works 19-He Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 20- He died on 7 August 1941, Kolkata
