Indian History And Culture Gk 5
General Knowledge : Indian History And Culture Gk 5
| What was the path to be followed to be free from misery according to Buddha? | He recommended following the eight-fold path, (ashtanga magga) |
| What was the Poona Pact? | The pact between Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Ambedkar. This pact was against the separate electorates announced by the British. |
| What was the Rajasuya sacrifice (yajna)? | It was the yajna to mark the royal consecration. It included offerings to the gods in the houses of officials and a formal abhisheka by the priest. Other popular rites that followed were a cow-raid and a game of dice in which the king was made the Victor. |
| What was the reason for the importance of Kaveripattanam during the Sangam period? | It was among the chief ports of the Tamil countries that carried on trade with the Romans. |
| What was the result of the battle of Buxar? | The English won and established their supremacy in Bengal. |
| What was the result of the Battle of Karnal fought between Nadir Shah and Emperor Mohammad Shah? | The Mughals lost and the Emperor Muhammad Shah was taken prisoner, |
| What was the result of the battle of Wandiwash? | The British under Eyre Coote comprehensively routed the French |
| What was the result of the Treaty of Salbai? | Though the English did not gain materially, it gave them peace with the Marathas for 20 years, thereby enabling them to fight other enemies such as the French and Tipu Sultan. |
| What was the revolutionary Jatin Mukherji popularly known as? | Bagha Jatin. |
| What was the Rowlatt Act? | The Rowlatt Act sought to impose wartime restrictions on civil liberties on a permanent basis. It provided for detention without trial. |
| What was the slogan adopted by the Muslim League at its Karachi Session in 1943? | Divide and Quit. |
| What was the slogan that electrified the nation when Bengal was partitioned? | Bande Mataram. |
| What was the title adopted by Ahmed Shah Abdali when he crowned himself ruler of Afghanistan? | Durr-i-Durran, 'The pearl of the age.' His clan came to be known as Durrani. |
| What was the title assumed by Harsha when he ascended the throne? | Shiladitya |
| What was the title given to Mihr-un-nisa by Jahangir? | Nur Mahal (the light of the Palace). The title was later changed to Nur Jahan (Light of the World). |
| What was the title of the ruler of Calicut (Kozhikode)? | Zamorin. |
| What was the title that Bairam Khan adopted? | He became the wakil of the kingdom with the title Khan-I-Khanan. |
| What was the unique mode of protest of the population of Chirala (in present day Andhra Pradesh) against the British? | The whole town refused to pay the municipal tax and moved out of the village. |
| What was the Uttarapatha? | It was the route that was used for trade. It ran from Taksha-shila to Broach on the Western coast. |
| What was the Vishwajit sacrifice? | In the Vishwajit sacrifice, the (yajamana) performer had to give away all that he possessed. |
| What was the Wood's Despatch? What is its significance? | Sir Charles Wood sent an educational despatch that formed the basis of the subsequent development of university education in India. Based on the principles outlined in Wood's Despatch three universities were established in India in Calcutta (Kolkata}, Bombay (Mumbai) and Madras (Chennai). |
| What was unique about the ascension to the throne by Gopala, the founder of the Pala dynasty in Gauda (present day West Bengal)? | He was not a hereditary ruler, but was elected by the people to rule over them. |
| What was unique about the personal bodyguards of the Maurya rulers? | They were women. |
| What were Nalanda, Vikramshila in reality? | Buddhist monasteries. They later took on the shape of universities. |
| What were the articles of clothing introduced in India by the Shakas and the Kushanas? | Trousers, long coat, tunic and turban. The turban, however, is mentioned as a head dress in ancient India (Ushneesha) |
| What were the ceremonies introduced by Balban, merely to demonstrate his superiority to other nobles? | Sijada-Prostration Paibos - Kissing the emperor's feet. He introduced these ceremonies to demonstrate his superiority over the nobles. |
| What were the Dastaks? | They were passes that the East India Company had the right to issue for the movement of goods. The East India Company did not pay any taxes on these goods. |
| What were the European Factories that are referred to in Indian history? | Factories were nothing but fortified trading stations established by the European powers in India. |
| What were the four sights which Gautam saw, while being driven around the city? | An old man, a sick man, a corpse and an ascetic. |
| What were the important clauses of the treaty of Seringapatam? | Tipu Sultan had to cede about half his territories to the English and also pay Rs.330 lakhs as indemnity. His two sons were also kept as hostages. |
| What were the Indian soldiers in the English army called? | Sepoys. |
| What were the Jains originally called? | Nirgrantha. |
| What were the main articles of trade of the Southern Kingdoms of the Cholas, the Cheras and the Pandyas? | Spices especially pepper, ivory, pearls, muslin and silk. |
| What were the Morley Minto reforms? | In 1909, the reforms introduced by Morley and Minto provided for the association of qualified Indians with the Government of India to a greater extent in deciding public queries. |
| What were the reasons behind the refusal of the Greek soldiers to accompany Alexander beyond the Beas? | They were war weary and home sick. The hot climate of India did not suit them. Having experienced the fighting abilities of the Indian people they were apprehensive about the power of the Nandas. All these reasons contributed to their refusal. |
| What were the reasons why the British wanted to secure Bombay from the Portuguese? | Those controlling Bombay controlled trade on the west coast. And there was no interference from either the Mughals or the Marathas on this sea. |
| What words did Saint Ramanuja use to describe the scheduled castes? | Tirukulattar (Belonging to the family of God). |
| When and where did the first Congress session take place? | 1885, Bombay. Goculdas Tejpal Auditorium. |
| When did Bhikhaji Cama unfurl the Indian flag? | August 1907 at the International Socialist Congress held in Stuttgart. This was a tricolour in green, red and yellow. |
| When did Gandhiji start his Dandi March? | Marchl2,1930. |
| When did Mahatma Gandhi arrive in India from South Africa? | 1915 (January). |
| When did Mahatma Gandhi become the President of the Indian National Congress? | 1924 |
| When did the first invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni take place? | 1000 A.D. |
| When did the Gupta era begin in India? | In 320 A.D., after Chandragupta of the Gupta dynasty. |
| When did the Naval Mutiny break out? | Feb-46 |
| When did the revolt of 1857 start? | At Meerut, on May 10,1857. |
| When did the Shaka era begin in India? | 78A.D. |
| When did the Vikram Samvat begin in India? | It began in 57 B.C. |
| When did Timur sack Delhi? | 1398 |
| When Porus surrendered to Alexander, Alexander asked him how he wished to be treated. What was Porus' reply? | "As one King would treat another". This was his famous reply that has become a classic. Hearing this Alexander not only reinstated Porus on the throne, but he also added territories towards the east and domains of many republican states to the existing kingdom of Porus (according to Plutarch). |
| When was Bengal first partitioned by the British, leading to wide-spread agitation? | In 1905. |
| When was the "Quit India" Resolution passed? | August 8, 1942, in Goculdas Tejpal Auditorium in Bombay. |
| When was the Champaran Agitation launched? | The Champaran agitation was launched in the Champaran district of Bihar. It was against the English landlords who used to force the peasants, to cultivate indigo. When synthetic indigo was discovered they began to force the peasants to pay them compensation for not growing indigo any longer. |
| When was the Indian Tri-colour (saffron, white and green) hoisted for the first time? | December 31, 1929. At the Congress session. |
| When was the Poona Pact signed by Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar? | In 1932. |
| When was the Sharada Act for prevention of child marriage passed? | In 1929. It was to come into force from 1930. |
| Where and when did Mahavira pass away? | In 468 B.C at Pavapuri, in modern Bihar. |
| Where did Aurobindo Ghosh begin to live after renouncing an active political life? | In Pondicherry from 1910 till the end 1950. |
| Where did Buddha deliver his first sermon? | At Sarnath. |
| Where did Mahatma Gandhi establish his first ashram in India? | At Sabarmati, Ahmedabad. |
| Where did Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose set up the provisional government of free India? | In Singapore. It had been renamed Shonan. Subhas Chandra Bose regularly addressed Indians from Shonan Radio. |
| Where did Raja Sawai Jai Singh build astronomical observatories? | Delhi, Jaipur, Ujjain, Varanasi and Mathura. |
| Where did Seleucus Nikator rule? | Babylon. He gradually extended his empire from the Mediterranean Sea to the Indus. |
| Where did Sher Shah build a Mausoleum for himself? | Sasaram. (InBihar) |
| Where did the English set up their first factory? | Surat. |
| Where in Maharashtra are frescoes that depict the Jataka Stories? | At Ajanta, near Ellora caves. |
| Where is Angkor Vat located? | It is located in the ancient kingdom of Kambuja (modem Cambodia). It means Temple (Vat) of the city (Angkor). |
| Where is Babur buried? | He is buried in Kabul. |
| Where is Fort William located? | Present day Kolkata. |
| Where is Gandhara art found? | The ruins of Taksha-shila, in modern Pakistan and Afghanistan. |
| Where is Ghazni? | In modem Afghanistan. |
| Where is JalHanwala Baug? | In Amritsar. |
| Where is the famous Kamakhya temple (Kamakshi)? | At Guwahati. |
| Where was Akbar born? | Amarkotinl542. |
| Where was Akbar crowned? | Kalanaur in Punjab in 1556. |
| Where was Buddha born? | Buddha was born in the royal grove in Lumbini near Kapilavastu. |
| Where was Kabir born? What was he known for? | Kabir was born in Varanasi. Throughout his life he kept dwelling on the essential unity of all religions. |
| Where was Pataliputra situated? | It was situated at the confluence of the Gandak, the Son, and the Ganga. It is present-day Patna. |
| Where was the Battle of Talikota fought? | It was fought in the area between the villages of Rakassi and Tangadi (Tagdi). Due to the bloodshed and ruin that this battle brought on the Vijayanagara Empire it was also called 'Raktakshi Tangadi'. |
| Where was the decision to suspend the agitation taken? | Bardoli in Gujarat. |
| Which Act passed by the British was termed the Gagging Act? | The Vernacular Press Act, 1878. This Act empowered a magistrate to stop a publisher from publishing anything that would create disaffection against the government. |
| Which area did the Japanese hand over to the Azad Hind Government? | Andaman and Nicobar islands. |
| Which Bahmani ruler encouraged the study of astronomy and even built an observatory near Daulatabad? | Firuz Shah Bahmani. |
| Which British general defeated Haider Ali? | EyreCooteinJuly 1781. |
| Which city did Harsha make his capital? | Kanauj. |
| Which city did Job Charnock establish? | Colcutta. |
| Which city in ancient India was famous for its textile industry? | Mathura |
| Which common seasoning ingredient of today finds no reference in the Rig Veda? | Salt. |
| Which day was fixed as the first Independence Day? | 31st December 1929. |
| Which dynasties rose on the ruins of the Chola dynasty? | The Pandyas and the Hoysalas. |
| Which dynasty claimed its descent from Lakshmana, the brother of Shri Rama? | The Pratiharas. By the ninth century the influence of Pratiharas extended from the Punjab to central India and from Kathiawar to north Bengal. |
| Which dynasty succeeded the dynasty of Bimbisara? | The Shishunagas. They conquered the kingdom of Avanti, and made it a part of the Magadhan empire. |
| Which empire rose on the remains of the Kushan Empire? | The Gupta Empire. |
| Which empire rose on the ruins of the empire of the Pallavas of Kanchi? | The Chola Empire. |
| Which European power declared that trade in pepper, warhorses and arms and ammunitions was a royal monopoly? | Portugal. |
| Which European power established itself at chandernagore and Pondicherry? | The French. |
| Which famous Mughal courtier lost his life in a campaign against the tribesmen of the Khyber pass? | RajaBirbal. |
| Which French Governor has been given the credit of using Indian Sepoys in his army? | Dupleix. |
| Which great Chola Emperor started the tradition of installing epigraphs with historical introductions? | Rajaraja Chola. |
| Which Gupta ruler adopted the title 'Vikramaditya'? | Chandragupta II. He is regarded as the greatest of the Gupta rulers (376 to 414 AD). |
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