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Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Indus Valley Civilization, more precisely known as Harappan Civilization. It flourished around:
1500 BC
2500 BC
500 BC
1000 BC
The Vedic Civilization flourished along the river __________
Yamuna
Ganga
Saraswati
Brahmputra
The ________period has been described as the Golden Age of Indian history.
Gupta
Maurya
Mughal
British
In ______ Harshavardhana invaded the Chalukya kingdom in the Deccan, which was then ruled by Pulakesin II.
620 A.D.
650 A.D.
500 A.D.
700 A.D.
The Chalukyas were a great power in India between 6th and 8th century A.D.
Northern
Western
Eastern
Southern
The last ruler of this dynasty was _____________ under whose reign the Muslims invaded Bengal, and the empire fell.
Lakshamanasena
Samantasena
Vijaysena
Ballalasena
The first important ruler to emerge from The Chola Empire of the South was
Rajaraja Chola I
Rajendra I
Rajadhiraj
None
___________, the ferocious leader, led a series of raids against Rajput kingdoms and rich Hindu temples, and established a base in Punjab for future incursions.
Timur or Tamerlane
Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni
Prophet Muhammad
Umayyad caliph
Sikhism was founded by Guru Nanak Dev at the beginning of the ________ century
Fourteenth
Fifteenth
Sixteenth
Seventeenth
____________ of Iran sacked Delhi in 1739 and exposed the fragility of the power of Mughals
Bahadur Shah Zafar
Nadirshah
Aurangazeb
None
Battle of Plassey occurred in
1740
1757
1857
1800
The Non-Cooperation Movement was pitched in under leadership of Mahatma Gandhi and the Indian National Congress from September 1920 to _______________
December 1921
February 1922
March 1923
August 1920
Quit India movement was started in ________ by Gandhiji.
1940
1941
1942
1943
The Constitution of India which was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on
26th November 1949
26th January 1950
26th December 1949
26th January 1951
Jalianwala Bagh massacre occurred on
April 13, 1919
January 20,1920
March 18, 1918
February 12, 1921
Mahatma Gandhi led the Civil Disobedience Movement that was launched in the Congress Session of December _________
1928
1929
1932
1935
The royal city at Fatehpur Sikri, situated 26 miles west of Agra, Uttar Pradesh, was built under the orders of the great Mughal Emperor _______.
Akbar
Babar
Shahjahan
Aurangazeb
The Sheesh Mahal or the 'Palace of Mirrors' in ___________ was built by Maharaja Narinder Singh (1845-1862) behind the main Moti Bagh Palace.
Patiala (Punjab)
Amritsar (Punjab)
Jaipur (Rajasthan)
Udaipur (Rajasthan)
The Charminar is a massive arch built by Mohammed Quli Qutab Shah, in ___________ to commemorate the end of the plague in the city.
1490
1610
1591
1700
__________ is home to Kashi Vishwanath Temple, which is dedicated to Lord Shiva.
Gaya
Varanasi
Aayodhaya
Mathura
Jaisalmer Fort was built in _______ and is the second oldest in the state of Rajasthan.
1156
1235
1350
900
Radio Broadcasting started in India in the early_____.
1910's
1920's
1930's
1940's
__________ is invoked in his human incarnation as Krishna on his birth anniversary in the festival of Janmashtami.
Lord Shiva
Lord Vishnu
Lord Bhrahma
Lord Indra
Diwali commemorates Lord Rama's return to his kingdom Ayodhya after completing his ___-year exile.
10
12
14
20
The Government of India established Lalit Kala Akademi (National Akademi of Arts) at New Delhi in ____
1950
1954
1960
1962
Kisan Diwas commemorates the birth anniversary of the ___________
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Chaudhary Charan Singh
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
Indira Gandhi
___________ is recognised as the "founding father of the Republic of India".
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
Vallabhbhai Patel
None
Who is widely known as the "Iron Man of India"
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Chaudhary Charan Singh
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
Vallabhbhai Patel
Who is widely credited as the "nightingale of India".
Asha Bhosle
Lata Mangeshkar
Kavita Krishna murti
None
Major Dhyan Chand was an Indian _______ player.
Cricket
Football
Hockey
None
First Indian Governor-General of India was:
C. Rajagopalachari
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
Ram Manohar Lohia
Jayaprakash Narayan
N. R. Narayana Murthy is associated with field of
Music
Sports
IT sector
Politics
_____________ was an Indian physicist and astronomer who initiated space research and helped develop nuclear power in India.
Ramnath Goenka
Verghese Kurien
B. K. S. Iyengar
Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai
_______________ is also known as the "Hero of Quit India Movement" and he is remembered for leading the mid-1970s opposition against Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, for whose overthrow he had called for a "total revolution".
Jayaprakash Narayan
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Ram Manohar Lohia
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman won the Nobel Prize for Physics in ____ for his pioneering work on scattering of light.
1920
1930
1935
1940
_______________-was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize for Physics for his mathematical theory of black holes.
Satyendra Nath Bose
S. Chandrashekar
Visvesvaraya
CV Raman
Panchasheel agreement was signed by India and China in
1950
1954
1957
1960
First nuclear test codenamed Smiling Buddha carried out at Pokhran in
1970
1972
1974
1976
Kargil invasion by Pakistani troops occurred in:
1997
1998
1999
2000
Launch of India's first lunar probe, Chandrayaan-1:
2000
2004
2008
2010
Internet comes to India in:
1990
1995
2000
2005
First Indian satellite Aryabhatta launched, Imposition of Emergency in the country in:
1970
1975
1980
1982
Dandi March, Launch of the Civil Disobedience Movement occurred in:
1920
1925
1930
1935
First television service started in India in New Delhi in year:
1954
1959
1957
1952
Simla agreement signed between India and Pakistan in
1970
1972
1975
1978
First invasion in Sind by Arabs in:
650 A.D.
720 A.D.
712 A.D.
802 A.D.
First Battle of Panipat, Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodi; Foundation of Mughal rule by Babur:
1500
1526
1542
1560
East India Company established in
1550
1600
1630
1650
National Technology Day is celebrated on
February 12
May 11
March 15
December 17
Battle of Haldighati; Rana Pratap defeated by Akbar in:
1542
1576
1567
1538
