Who wrote Raghuvansam, Kumarsambhavam, Malvikagnimitram and Abhigyanshakuntalam
Kalidasa
‘The Loyal Mohammadans of India’ was the newspaper brought out by :
Sayyid Ahmad Khan
Who founded the ‘Servants of Indian Society ‘ in 1905 Gopal Krishna Gokhle
The biographyof Harshvardhan – Harshcharita was written by : Banabhatta
Huin-Tsang, the Chinese traveller visited India during the reigon of :
Harshvardhan’s region during fifth century A.D.
The famous book of Huin-Tsang which forms an invaluable source to ancient Indian History is
Si-Yu-Ki
The three great Chinese Pilgrims who visited India in search of Knowledge , manuscripts and relics between the fifth and seventh centuries A.D. are
Fa Hien, Huin-Tsang, and I- Tsing
Katyayanaprakarna is book on grammar of : Pali Language
The first Carnatic War between the French and the England took place between : 1746 and 1748
Swami Vivekanand was born : On January 12, 1863 in Calcutta
Who was the commander of revolt of 1857 in Rohilkhand ? Ahmadullah
Who wrote the book “The Wonder that was India” ? A.L. Basham
Who said that “The Mythology, as well as cosmogony of the Egyptians ,Greeks and Romans were borrowed from the doctrines of the Brahmins” Nanthaniel Halhed
The first definite mention of Bharata as a region is to be found in :
Panini who lived about sixth century B.C.
The Palaeolithic Age in India is divided into three phases namely :
Lower Palaeolithic (Handaxe and cleaver industries) , Middle Palaeolithic (Tools made on flakes ) and upper palaeolithic ( Tools made on flakes and blades )
The Harappan civilization was discovered in 1920-21 following excavation :
By R. D. Banerjee (at Mohenjodaro) and By D. R. Sahni (at Harappa)
Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah founded the state of Hyderabad in : 1724
Tipu Sultan was the Sultan (ruler) of Mysore from : 1782 to 1799
The Sikh Khalsa was formed to instil a strong martial spirit in the Sikhs by :
Tenth Sikh Guru Guru Govind Singh in 1699
The Chief of Sukarchakiya misl (a Sikh confederacy ) was : Maharaja Ranjit Singh
Which Sultan of Delhi established a separate agriculture department which planned rotation of crops ?
Mohammad Bin Tughlaq
The Dharm Chakra Pravartan mentioned in the Buddist test is :
The first sermon delivered by Buddha at Sarnath
Kitab-ul-Hind is a book by : Alberuni
Which river is most described in the Rigveda ? Sindhu River
When were the High Courts in Calcutta, Madras and Bombay established ?
In the year 1861
In which year were Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev hanged ? In the year 1861
The faous resolution on Non-Cooperation was adopted at a special session (Septamber 1920) held at :
Calcutta
The first offical Language Commission as required under Article 344 of the Constitution was constituted by the president in :
1955 with B.G.Kher as its Chairman
Who was the revolutionary leader to kill General O. Dyer responsible for Jalianwala Bagh tragedy ?
Udham Singh
In which province of undivided India was a referendum held to ascertain wheather it should join Pakistan or not ?
North West Frontier Province
The founder of the Karkota dynasty in Kashmir was :
Avantivarman
Under Harshvardhan in the seventh century A.D. the centre of political gravity in north Indian shifted from Magadh to :
Kannauj
The Chalukyas or Solankis ruled over Gujarat for almost three and a half centuries between :
The year 950-1300 A.D.
Who wrote Ain-i-Akbari ? Abul Fazi
During the Sultanate period the highest category of peasants were :
The Khots and muqaddams
During the Sultanate period the territories whose revenues went directly to the Sultan’s treasury called :
Khalisa
Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq is credited with the foundation of the third city of Delhi known as :
Tughlaqabad
Which Indian philosophy postulates a dualism of the matter and soul, and declares that salvstion depends on fully recognising the atomic nature of the universe and its difference with the soul ?
Vaisesika
The last Tirthankara in Jain tradition is : Vardhamana Mahavira
The two Jain Tirthankars who find mention in Rig Veda are Rishabhanath and Aristhanemia
Who attained Kaivalya (i.e. the supreme knowledge and final deliverance from the bonds of pleasure and pain ) at the age of 42 ? Vardhamana Mahavira
The fundamental principle of Budda’s teachings are represented by the Four Nobel Truths viz.,
Dukkha, Dukkha Samuddaya, Dukkha Nirodha and Dukkha Nirodh- Gamini- Pratipada
The four important dynasties that stand out prominently in the sixth century B.C. are
To ensure the overall development of citizens , the Fundamental Right have been provided in which part ?
Part-III (Articles 12-35) of the Constitution
The 86th Constitution (Amendment) Act, 2002 added a new Article 21A in
Right to Freedom (The Article 21A relates to Right to Education)
Who performs the duties of President if the office of President is temporarily vacant due to illness or otherwise or absence of President To each other
Money Bill can be initiated only in the House of People
The state Legislature cinsists of the
Governor , the Legislative Assembly and the Councils (If it is provided for in the state )
Which Article is concerned with abolition or creation of Legislative Councils in state ?
Articles 169
When was National Flag adopted by the Constituent Assembly On July 24, 1947
Which Schedule of the Constitution of India deals with powers , authority and responsibilites of municipalities ?
Twelfth Schedule
The provision of adjudication of disputes relating to waters of inter-state rivers or river valleys is laid down in :
Artices262
India is a republic, that means : The head of state of India is indirectly elected for a fixed period
The ideal of liberty , equality and fraternity as enshrined in the Preamble to the Constitution of India have been taken from :
The French Revolution (1789)
Whose remarks are these-the Preamble is the horoscope of our soveregin democratic repubilc ?
K.M.Munshi(a menber of the Drafting Committee of the Constitution Assembly)
Which part of Indian Constitution is described the MagnaCarta of India ?
Part III containing Fundemental Right (Article 12 to 35 )
Which Article of the Constitution defies the term ‘State’ in India contex ? Article 12
The right to property was d3leted from the lit of Fundamental Right by : 44th Constitution Act 1978
The only state in the Indian Union which has its own separate State Constitution is
Jammu & Kashmir
A person to be eligible for election as President of India should have completed : 35 years of age
Granville Austin has described the Directive Principles and the Fundamental Right as :
Panchayats at the intermediate level may not be constitution in a state having a population less than
Twenty Lakh
Who preside over the joint sitting of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha ? The speaker of the Lok Sabha
The electoral college the elects the Vice-President of India consists of
Members of both the Houses of Parliament
According to the preamble to the Constitution , India is Sovereign, Socialist, Secular and Democratic Republic
What is the maximum time interval permissible between two successive sessions of the Parliament ?
Six Months
Which are the two states (other than Uttar Pradesh) having the highest representation in Lok Sabha ?
Bihar and Maharashtra
Who has the power to summon and prorogue either House of Parliament or to dissolve the Lok Sabha ?
President of India
By which Act was a second chamber of India Legislature known as Council of States created ?
Government of India Ac 1919
Which body functioned as the Provisional Parliament until the Lok Sabha was constituton following General Election in 1952
Constitution Assembly
Under which Article can the President of India be impeached on the ground of violation of Constitution ?
Article 61
By the 69th Constitutional Amendment Act 1991 Union Territory of Delhi was redesigned as :
The National Capital Territory of Delhi in 1992
Cultural and Educational Right are enshrined in : Article 29-30
Which Article declares that a constitutional amendment a law and hence cannot be challenged ?
Article 13
The law which imposes penalties retrospectively (retroactively)-upon acts already done or which increases the penalties for such acts is known as Ex-post-facto law
The most important law enforcing Article 24 prohibiting the empolyment of children beow the age of 14 years in any factory or other hazardous activities is The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation )Act 1986
Under the Chapter Amendment of the constitution (Article 368 in Part XX) special majority of Parliament means :
More than 50%of the total membership of each House and a majority of two-thirds of the members of each House present and voting
In India, the president is the head of the state while the Prime Minister is the head of : The government
In scheme of bicameral legislature as provided in the Constitution of India, Rajya Sabha represent :
The State of Indian Federation
The Constitution of India has divided the powers between the Centre and the States in terms of :
The Union List, State List and ConcurrentList
Incomparison with the American Federation which is described as an indestructible union of indestructible states the Indian Federation is : As Indestructible Union of Destructible States
The leader of the largest opposition party having not less than one-tenth seats of the total strength of the House is recognised as the : Leaderof the opposition in each Houses of Parliament
The last session of the existing Lok Sabha,after a new Lok Sabha has been elected is called :
Lam-Duck Session
Which Constitutional Amendment Act facilitates the appointment of the same person as a governor for two or more states ?
7th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1956
Which Article of the Constitutin empowers the High Court to issue writes including habaes corpus, mandamus, certiorari, prohibition and quo warranto for the enforcement of fundamental right of the citizens and for any other purpose ?
Article 226
Who headed the committee on ‘Revitalisation of Panchayati Raj’ Institutions for Democracy and Development appoited by the Rajiv Gandhi Government in 1986 : L. M. Singhvi
73rd Constitutional Amendment Act 1992 has added a new Part-IX to the contitution of India entitled as the “Panchayats” which provides for : a Three-Tier System of Panchayati Raj System
The Central Recruiting Agency of India is : The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)
To be eligible as Vice-President a person should have completed : 35 years of age
The pardoning power of the president n India as enshrined in the Article 72 of the Constitutional of India includes :
Pardon, Commutation, Remission, Respite, Reprieve
Under which Article of the Constitution does the governor of state possess the pardoning power ?
Article 161
The Zonal Councils are the statutory bodies established by an Act of the Parliament that is :
States Reorganisation Act of 1956
The first proclamation of National Emergency was issued in October 1962 on account of :
Chinese aggression in the NEFA (North East Frontier Agency now Arunachal Pradesh)
The State has its own Constitution is : Jammu and Kashmir
The right to equal opportunity for all citizens in matters of public employment has been enshrined in :
Article 16
In the Constitution of India, the idea of Uniform Civil Code is provided in :
Directive Principle of State Policy
The Voting age in India was reduced to 18 years from 21 years in 1989 by :
The 61st Constitutional Amendment Act of 1988
Indian Constitution provides only for : Single Citizenship
In which schedule to the Constitution of India have the powers authority and responsibililtes of municipalities been mentioned ? Twelfth Schedule
The provision of suspension of Fundamental Right is borrowed from :
Weimer Constitution of Germany
Which Article makes a provision od Administrative Tribunals ? Article323-A
As per the peramble of the Constitution of India, the nature of India State is of :
A sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic and republican polity
The Indian National Congress adopted a resolution to establish a socialistic pattern of Society in :
Its Avadi session in 1955
The three words which were added in the Premble to the Constitution of India by the 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act 1976 are : Socialist , secular and integrity
Article 1 describes India that is Bharat as : A union of States
Part XVII of the Constitution deals with : Emergency Provision
Right to freedom of religion as enshrined in Articles 25-28 includes :
Freedom of Conscience, and free profession , practice and propagation of religion
The right to move the Supreme Court for the enforcement of fundamental right including the writs of habeas corpus, mandamus , prohibition , certiorari and quo warranto are the part of :
Right to Constitutional Remedies
The right to acquire, hold and dispose os property was deleted from the chapter of fundamental right by :
The 44th Constitutional Amendment Act of 1978
Which Article grants protection to persons who are arrested or detained ?
Article 22
The Article 40 which required the state to organise village panchayats and endow them with neccesary powers and authority to enable them to function as units of self government is part of:
Directive Principal of State Policy
The law which aims at protecting the monument, places and objects of national importance is:
The Ancient and Historical Monument and Archaelogical Sites and Remains Act(1951)
The Cabinet is the nucleus of power in: Parliament System
The foremost basic features of the Constitution of India includes:
Supremacy of the Constitution, Independance of Judiciary, Rule of Law, Principle of Equality, Judicial Review and Secularism
President of India can be reelected: For any number of terms
The Linguistic Provinces Commission appointed under the Chairmanship of S.K.Dhar in 1948 recommended the reorganisation of states on the basis of
Administrative Convenience rather than linguistic factor
The state which is neutral in matter of religion and does not uphold any particular religion as the state religion is called
Secular State
Which article authorises the Parliament to form a new state by separation of territory from any state ?
