Famous Personalities and Their Contributions: GK Questions and Answers

1. The venue of the Kuka revolt led by Baba Ram Singh was:
(a) Bengal
(b) Punjab
(c) Assam
(d) Maharashtra
Answer: (b)

2. The venue of the first session of the All India Kisan Sabha was:
(a) Mumbai
(b) Kolkata
(c) Kanpur
(d) Lucknow
Answer: (d)

3. The venue of the Tebhaga revolt was:
(a) Bengal
(b) Bihar
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Punjab
Answer: (c)

4. The Viceroy of British India who resigned over the question of Egypt was:
(a) Curzon
(b) Dufferin
(c) Ripon
(d) Minto II
Answer: (c)

5. The word ‘National’ was added to the name of the Congress during the Nagpur session of:
(a) 1891
(b) 1892
(c) 1897
(d) 1899
Answer: (a)

6. The word ‘Swaraj’ was first used on the Congress platform in the 1906 session held at:
(a) Pune
(b) Lucknow
(c) Surat
(d) Kolkata
Answer: (d)

7. The year of the ‘Black Hole’ episode of Calcutta was:
(a) 1755
(b) 1756
(c) 1757
(d) 1758
Answer: (b)

8. Ulgulan was a movement of the:
(a) Agarias
(b) Juangs
(c) Mundas
(d) Hos
Answer: (c)

9. The real name of Bahadur Shah I, who emerged victorious in the War of Succession after Aurangzeb, was:
(a) Muazzam
(b) Salim
(c) Farid
(d) Khurram
Answer: (a)

10. Which modern historian opined that “the so-called First National War of Independence of 1857 is neither First, nor National, nor a War of Independence”?
(a) S.N. Sen
(b) Tara Chand
(c) R.C. Majumdar
(d) K.K. Dutta
Answer: (c)

11. Which session of the Indian National Congress decided to reorganise Provincial Congress Committees on a linguistic basis?
(a) 1920 Nagpur
(b) 1911 Kolkata
(c) 1916 Lucknow
(d) 1924 Belgaum
Answer: (a)

12. Which tribal leader was regarded as an incarnation of God and the Father of the World?
(a) Kanhu Santhal
(b) Rupa Naik
(c) Birsa Munda
(d) Joria Bhagat
Answer: (c)

13. Who among the following was the editor of Deenabandhu?
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) Jotiba Phule
(c) Robert Knight
(d) Manmohan Ghosh
Answer: (b)

14. In Rajasthan, the Panchayat Raj system was introduced in:
(a) 1950
(b) 1959
(c) 1960
(d) 1964
Answer: (b)

15. The major part of the Western Ghats lies in the state of:
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Karnataka
(c) Kerala
(d) Goa
Answer: (b)

16. The Lotus Temple in New Delhi belongs to which religion?
(a) Sikh
(b) Parsi
(c) Bahai
(d) Jain
Answer: (c)

17. In which Indian state is the Pahari language spoken?
(a) Assam
(b) Bihar
(c) Jharkhand
(d) Himachal Pradesh
Answer: (d)

18. Rajiv Gandhi was born in:
(a) Allahabad
(b) New Delhi
(c) Mumbai
(d) Dehra Dun
Answer: (c)

19. The headquarters of CAPART (Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural Technology) is located at:
(a) New Delhi
(b) Mumbai
(c) Hyderabad
(d) Kolkata
Answer: (a)

20. The Indian state having the largest number of Local Self-Government institutions is:
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Tamil Nadu
Answer: (b)

21. The smallest district in the Indian Union is:
(a) Lakshadweep
(b) Yanam
(c) Mahe
(d) Diu
Answer: (c)

22. The most urbanised state in India is:
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Goa
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)

23. The Indian states having an equal number of Lok Sabha members (42) are:
(a) Bihar and Maharashtra
(b) Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh
(c) Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal
(d) West Bengal and Maharashtra
Answer: (c)

24. Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra, a mosque built during the period of the Slave rulers, is situated at:
(a) Delhi
(b) Ajmer
(c) Badami
(d) Allahabad
Answer: (b)

25. Gopinath Bordoloi, an eminent freedom fighter and Bharat Ratna awardee, belonged to the state of:
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Assam
(c) West Bengal
(d) Bihar
Answer: (b)