Indian Culture General Knowledge Questions and Answers Set 5
- Alexander invaded India in
Ans: 326 BC
- The Mauryan Empire was established in
Ans: 322 BC
- The First Mughal Emperor of India was
Ans: Babur
- Taj Mahal was built by
Ans: Shahjahan
- Lala Lajpat Rai was also known as
Ans: Lion of Punjab
- Chandragupta II was also known as
Ans: Vikramaditya
- The city of Fatehpur Sikri was built by
Ans: Akbar
- The Red Fort in Delhi was built by
Ans: Shahjahan
- Battle of Panipat was faught in
Ans: 1761 AD
- The first President of India was
Ans: Dr.Rajendra Prasad
- "Swaraj is my birthright!" was said by
Ans: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- The capital of Mysore during the rule of Tipu Sultan was
Ans: Srirangapatnam
- Battle of Plassey was fought in
Ans: 1757 AD
- The first Governor-General of Bengal under the East India Company was
Ans: Warren Hastings
- Ashoka was born in
Ans: 269 BC
- Permanent settlement in Bengal was introduced by
Ans: Lord Cornwallis
- The last Governor-General of India was
Ans: Dr.C. Raja Gopala Chary
- The first session of the Indian National Congress was held at
Ans: Mumbai
- Quit India Movement started in the year
Ans: 1942 AD
- Sir Thomas Roe,English Ambassador, visited India during the reign of
Ans: Jahangir
- In the battle of Plassey, Lord Clive defeated
Ans: Siraj-ud-Daula
- The city of Calcutta was founded in
Ans: 1690 AD
- The capital of king Vikramaditya's kingdom was
Ans: Ujjain
- The first Viceroy of India was
Ans: Lord Canning
- he name of the famous horse of Rana Pratap was
Ans: Chetak
- The Grand Trunk road was built during the reign of
Ans: Shersa Suri
- Tipu Sultan was born in
Ans: 1750 AD
- Home Rule Movement was started by
Ans: Annie Besant
- Shivaji was crowned in
Ans: 1664 AD
- East India Company was established in the year
Ans: 1600 AD
- The capital city of ancient India was
Ans: Indraprastha
- The first woman ruler in India was
Ans:Razia Begum
- The capital of the Mauryan was
Ans: Patliputra
- he construction of Qutb Minar in Delhi was completed by
Ans: Ala-ud-din
- Din-i-Ilahi was founded by
Ans: Akbar
- Rabindranath tagore was born in
Ans: 1861 AD
- The most famous king of Vijayanagar Empire was
Ans: Krishnadevaraya
- Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan was also known as
Ans: Frontier Gandhi
- Samudra Gupta is popularly known as
Ans: Napolean of India
- The first Tamil hero who fought against the British was
Ans: Veerapandya Kattabomman
- Akbar's tomb is situated at
Ans: Sikandrabad
- Gautama Buddha was the son of
Ans: Shuddhodan
- Shivaji's mother was
Ans: Jeejiabai
- Gandhiji's mother was
Ans: Puthali Bai
- The political teacher of shivaji was
Ans: Dadoji Konddev
- Timur invaded India in the year
Ans: 1398 AD
- Mahmud Ghazni was the son of
Ans: Sabaktageen
- The city of Ahmedabad was established by
Ans: Ahmed Shah I
- Rani padmini was
Ans: Queen of Rana Ratna simha,the king of Chittoor
- The real name of Babar was
Ans: Zahiruddin Muhammed
- The meaning of the word "Babar" is
Ans: Tiger
- Vijayasthamba is located at
Ans: Chittoor Fort
- Timur was the ruler of
Ans: Samarkhand,Central Asia
- The Indian social reformer who fought for the abolition of Sati was
Ans: Rajaram Mohan Roy
- The first British Governor General of free India was
Ans: Lord Mountbatten
- Dadabhai Naoroji was associated with the theory of
Ans: "Drain of Wealth"
- The kingdom of South India well known for its Naval power was
Ans: The Cholas
- Aligarh Muslim University was founded by
Ans: Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
- The first Indian ruler who prohibited Sati was
Ans: Akbar
- The Mughal ruler who was to recruit Rajput nobles in his administration was
Ans: Akbar
- The reforms announced by the British Govt.in 1909 are known as
Ans: The Morle-Minto Reforms
- The architect who designed the capital City of New Delhi was
Ans: E.L.Lutyens
- At the time of independence, the number of princely states in India were
Ans: 552
- The Indian Prime Minister known as "Man of Peace" was
Ans: Lal Bahadur Shastri
- The Indian king who fought the last Anglo-Mysore War against the English was
Ans: Tipu Sultan
- Kohinoor Diamond was taken away by
Ans: Nadir Shah
- The full name of Shahjehan was
Ans: Khurram Shihabuddin Mohammed Shahjehan
- The Bardoli satyagraha was started by
Ans: Gandhiji
- The founder of Arya Samaj was
Ans: Swamy Dayanand Saraswati
- The Governor General who abolished Sati was
Ans: Lord William Bentinck
- Bihar was earlier known as
Ans: Magadha
- Agra was earlier known as
Ans: Akbarabad
- "Harsha Charit" was written by
Ans: Banabatta
- Chandragupta Maurya spent the last days of his life at
Ans: Sravanabelagola
- Jalianwala Bagh Massacre took place at
Ans: Amritsar
- Vijayanagar kingdom was situated on the banks of river
Ans: Tungabhadra
- In 1498,the sea route to india was discovered by
Ans: Vasco-da-gama
- King Bhoja was from the which dynasty
Ans: Pratihara
- The period 1206 Ad to 1526 AD is known as
Ans: The Delhi Sultanate
- Agra city was founded by
Ans: Sikandar Lodhi
- Vijaynagar Empire was founded by
Ans: Harihara and Bukka
- The Vijayanagar kings fought frequent wars with the
Ans: Bahamani Sultans
- The last king of the Vijayanagar empire was
Ans: Rama Raya
- Shankaracharya was associated with which movement
Ans: Bhakti
- Ramanuja preached the philosophy of
Ans: Vishishtadvaita
- The followers of Ramanuja are known as
Ans: Vaishnavas
- Kabir was the disciple of
Ans: Ramanand
- The founder of Sikh religion was
Ans: Guru Nanak
- Babar defeated Ibrahim Lodhi in the year
Ans: 1526 AD
- Babar died in the year
Ans: 1530 AD
- Humayun was defeated by
Ans: Sher Shah Suri
- Humayun died at the age of
Ans: 48 Years
- Akbar was crowned in the year
Ans: 1556 AD
- In the second battle of Panipat, Akbar defeated
Ans: Himu
- Akbar died in the year
Ans: 1605 AD
- The original name of Nurjahan was
Ans: Mehrunisa
- Jehangir was known for his
Ans: Justice
- Jehangir died in the year
Ans: 1627 AD
- Aurangzeb was the son of
Ans: Shahjehan
- Aurangzeb died in the year
Ans: 1707 AD
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