GK Questions and Answers, General Knowledge Quiz
Q. Who among the following made an offer to Humayun that he would surrender Bihar and pay an annual tribute of 10 lakh dinars if he was allowed to retain Bengal?
1) Sher Khan
2) Bairam Khan
3) Bahadur Shah
4) None of the above
Q. The Cabinet Mission was sent to India for which of the following?
1. To establish a national government.
2. To work out a constitutional arrangement for the transfer of power.
3. To work out the details of Jinnah's demand for Pakistan.
1) Only 1
2) Only 2
3) Only 3
4) None of the above
Q. The Congress took a critical stand over the Montford Reforms in 1918, which led to breaking up with the old moderate remnants (Sapru, Jayakar, and Chintamani) who formed the -
1) Servants of India Society
2) Swaraj Party
3) Indian National Liberal Federation
4) None of the above
Q. In 1940, Vinoba Bhave started individual Satyagraha from -
1) Nadiad in Kheda district, Gujarat
2) Pavnar, Maharashtra
3) Punnapra-Vayalar, Kerala
4) None of the above
Q. Who introduced the system of Mahalwari Settlement in Bengal?
1) Lord Cornwallis
2) Holt Mackenzie
3) Lord Hastings
4) None of the above
Q. Who among the following headed the two Boundary Commissions set up to delineate the international frontiers between India' and Pakistan in 1947?
1) A. P. Moon
2) A. V. Alexander
3) Cyril Radcliffe
4) None of the above
Q. In 1940, Patna Women's College was founded by which of the following societies?
1) Society of Jesus
2) Irish Christian Brothers
3) Sisters of the Apostolic Carmel
4) None of the above
Q. Who among the following famous rulers founded a suburban township of Nagala-Puram, near Vijayanagara, after his mother's name?
1) Harihara
2) Bukka
3) Krishnadevaraya
4) None of the above
Q. Tabaqat-i-Akbari, which has been sometimes considered more reliable than Abul Fazl's Akbarnama, was written by -
1) Nizamuddin Ahmad
2) Abdul Hamid Lahori
3) Gulbadan Begum
4) None of the above
Q. During the Delhi Sultanate, the designation Muqaddam or Chaudhari was used for -
1) revenue officials
2) village accountant
3) village headman
4) None of the above
