M9. Miscellaneous

Question 1

The Vivekananda Rock
Memorial is located in

Answer 1

Kanyakumari

Question 2

Who wrote RamCharitraManas

Answer 2

Tulsidas

Question 3

The Bangladesh Liberation War
ended on

Answer 3

16 Dec 1971

Question 4

_____ was not only Sri
Lankan’s first woman Prime Minister, but also the first woman Prime Minister in the world

Answer 4

Sirimavo Bandaranaike

Question 5

‘Jorwe Culture’ was a
Chalcolithic archaeology site located in the present day Indian state of

Answer 5

Maharashtra

Question 6

Who among the following was
India’s Defence Minister during the
1971 war between India and Pakistan?

Answer 6

Jagjivan Ram

Question 7

Pingali Venkayya designed the

Answer 7

Indian Flag

Question 8

Opium war were fought
between the British and

Answer 8

China

Question 9

Which of the following indians
was one of the founders of Dartington Hall School in Japan?

Answer 9

Rabindranath Tagore

Question 10

The ‘Instrument of Surrender’
which ended the Portguese rule in
India was signed on

Answer 10

19th December 1961

Question 11

The Cheriyal Scrolls is a dying
art form of India practised by one
family called the Nakashi family for
many generations. Name the modern day State which owns this art form

Answer 11

Telangana

Question 12

Who among the following
establishes an institution named
‘Kalasharam’ for imparting training in dance and associated disciplines

Answer 12

Pandit Birju Maharaj

Question 13

Who became the acting prime
minister of India after the death of
Jawaharlal Nehru in 1964

Answer 13

Gulzarilal Nanda

Question 14

The Nehru-Liaquat Pact was
signed in

Answer 14

1950

Question 15

____founded the ‘Bal
Charkha Sangh’, where children were taught to spin & weave

Answer 15

Indira Gandhi

Question 16

When was the National Anthem adopted in its Hindi version

Answer 16

24 January, 1950

Question 17

Which of the following became
a Union Territory of India in 1954
after about 280 years of French rule

Answer 17

Puducherry

Question 18

The painting ‘My Mother’ was
made by

Answer 18

Abindranath Tagore

Question 19

The painting ‘Damayanthi’ was
painted by

Answer 19

Raja Ravi Varma

Question 20

What was the real name of
Sister Nivedita

Answer 20

Margaret Elizabeth Noble

Question 21

Which palace came to be
known as Dutch Palace

Answer 21

Mattancherry Palace

Question 22

Who among the following is
known as ‘Loknayak’

Answer 22

Jaiprakash Narayan

Question 23

Which leader gave us the C R
Formula?

Answer 23

C. Rajagopalachari
to solve
the political deadlock between the All India Muslim League and the Indian National Congress on the
independence of British India.

Question 24

Who among the following was
one of the speakers after Jawaharlal
Nehru to address the Parliament on the midnight of 15 August 1947?

Answer 24

Sarvepalli Radhakrishna

Question 25

The princely state
of Hyderabad was brought under the Indian Union in the year

Answer 25

1948

Question 26

The first Cotton Mill in India
was set up as a spinning mill in 1854 in

Answer 26

Bombay

Question 27

Guru Gobind Singh was the
_____Sikh Guru

Answer 27

10th

Question 28

Who started the Tamil weekly
magazine ‘Kudi Arasu’?

Answer 28

Periyar EV Ramasam

Question 29

The Aitchison Commission,
1886, was appointed to make
recommendations for reforms in the:

Answer 29

Indian civil services

Question 30

In which novel did the National
Song of India Feature?

Answer 30

Anandamath