M9. Miscellaneous Flashcards
The Vivekananda Rock
Memorial is located in
Kanyakumari
Who wrote RamCharitraManas
Tulsidas
The Bangladesh Liberation War
ended on
16 Dec 1971
_____ was not only Sri
Lankan’s first woman Prime Minister, but also the first woman Prime Minister in the world
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
‘Jorwe Culture’ was a
Chalcolithic archaeology site located in the present day Indian state of
Maharashtra
Who among the following was
India’s Defence Minister during the
1971 war between India and Pakistan?
Jagjivan Ram
Pingali Venkayya designed the
Indian Flag
Opium war were fought
between the British and
China
Which of the following indians
was one of the founders of Dartington Hall School in Japan?
Rabindranath Tagore
The ‘Instrument of Surrender’
which ended the Portguese rule in
India was signed on
19th December 1961
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
Telangana
Who among the following
establishes an institution named
‘Kalasharam’ for imparting training in dance and associated disciplines
Pandit Birju Maharaj
Who became the acting prime
minister of India after the death of
Jawaharlal Nehru in 1964
Gulzarilal Nanda
The Nehru-Liaquat Pact was
signed in
1950
____founded the ‘Bal
Charkha Sangh’, where children were taught to spin & weave
Indira Gandhi
When was the National Anthem adopted in its Hindi version
24 January, 1950
Which of the following became
a Union Territory of India in 1954
after about 280 years of French rule
Puducherry
The painting ‘My Mother’ was
made by
Abindranath Tagore
The painting ‘Damayanthi’ was
painted by
Raja Ravi Varma
What was the real name of
Sister Nivedita
Margaret Elizabeth Noble
Which palace came to be
known as Dutch Palace
Mattancherry Palace
Who among the following is
known as ‘Loknayak’
Jaiprakash Narayan
Which leader gave us the C R
Formula?
C. Rajagopalachari
to solve
the political deadlock between the All India Muslim League and the Indian National Congress on the
independence of British India.
Who among the following was
one of the speakers after Jawaharlal
Nehru to address the Parliament on the midnight of 15 August 1947?
Sarvepalli Radhakrishna
The princely state
of Hyderabad was brought under the Indian Union in the year
1948
The first Cotton Mill in India
was set up as a spinning mill in 1854 in
Bombay
Guru Gobind Singh was the
_____Sikh Guru
10th
Who started the Tamil weekly
magazine ‘Kudi Arasu’?
Periyar EV Ramasam
The Aitchison Commission,
1886, was appointed to make
recommendations for reforms in the:
Indian civil services
In which novel did the National
Song of India Feature?
Anandamath
