India Quiz 62

India Quiz 62

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1. Who initiated the Khalsa tradition of Sikhism in 1699?

Guru Arjun Dev
Guru Hargobind
Gur Gobind Singh
Guru Tegh Bahadur

2. He became the first chief minister of the new Andra State, created along linguistic lines, in 1953 and is known as Andhra Kesari. Who is he?

Tanguturi Prakasam
B. Gopala Reddy
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
N. T. Rama Rao

3. The 'doctrine of lapse' was an annexation policy applied by the British East India Company in India before 1858. Which was the first princely state to be annexed on the basis of it?

Satara
Jaitpur
Sambalpur
Jhansi

4. This Indian fort is historically significant as it was the first fort captured by Shivaji Maharaj in 1643, at the age of 16. Which fort we are referring to?

Agra Fort
Torna Fort
Rajgarh Fort
Pratapgad Fort

5. “If I were asked under what sky the human mind has most fully developed some of its choicest gifts, .., I should point to India". Who said these words?

Winston Churchill
Adolf Hitler
Albert Einstein
Max Muller

6. Who among the following earned the epithet "Liberator of the Indian Press"?

Charles Metcalfe
Lord Dalhousie
Lord Mountbatten
Warren Hastings

7. Phool Walon Ki Sair meaning "procession of the florists" is an annual celebration by the flowers sellers of which city?

Delhi
Bangalore
Chennai
Kolkatta

8. Name the temple at Mehrauli which is believed to be built by the Pandavas

Jhandewalan Mandir
Shri Jagannath Mandir
Chhatarpur Mandir
Yogmaya Temple

9. Udayagiri and Khandagiri Caves are partly natural and partly artificial caves of archaeological, historical and religious importance. IIn which state you can find them?

Tamil Nadu
Odisha
Maharashtra
Madhya Pradesh

10. RGCCI is an important national survey organisation of India. Which one of the following types of surveys RGCCI conduct?

Population
Archaelogical
Cartographical
Religious

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