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| 1 | Question 1: Who was the first Governor-General of India? Answer: Lord William Bentinck.
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| 2 | Question 2: Who is called the Father of the Indian Constitution? Answer: Dr B. R. Ambedkar.
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| 3 | Question 3: Who founded the Maurya Empire? Answer: Chandragupta Maurya.
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| 4 | Question 4: Which year did the Revolt of 1857 take place? Answer: 1857.
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| 5 | Question 5: Who gave the slogan “Do or Die”? Answer: Mahatma Gandhi.
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| 6 | Question 6: Where was the Jallianwala Bagh massacre held? Answer: Amritsar.
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| 7 | Question 7: Who wrote Arthashastra? Answer: Chanakya.
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| 8 | Question 8: Which is the oldest civilisation in India? Answer: Indus Valley Civilisation.
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| 9 | Question 9: Who was India’s first President? Answer: Dr Rajendra Prasad.
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| 10 | Question 10: When did India gain independence? Answer: 15 August 1947.
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| 11 | Question 11: Who was the first Indian woman to become President of India? Answer: Pratibha Patil.
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| 12 | Question 12: Who is known as Iron Man of India? Answer: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
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| 13 | Question 13: Which king built the Qutub Minar? Answer: Qutb-ud-din Aibak.
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| 14 | Question 14: Who founded the Mughal Empire? Answer: Babur.
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| 15 | Question 15: Which social reformer started the Brahmo Samaj? Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy.
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| 16 | Question 16: Who was the first Indian to win Nobel Prize? Answer: Rabindranath Tagore.
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| 17 | Question 17: Who was the first Governor-General after independence? Answer: Lord Mountbatten.
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| 18 | Question 18: Who was the first Indian Governor-General of India? Answer: C. Rajagopalachari.
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| 19 | Question 19: In which year was the Battle of Plassey fought? Answer: 1757.
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| 20 | Question 20: Who built the Taj Mahal? Answer: Shah Jahan.
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| 21 | Question 21: Who introduced the Doctrine of Lapse? Answer: Lord Dalhousie.
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| 22 | Question 22: Who started the Quit India Movement? Answer: Mahatma Gandhi.
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| 23 | Question 23: Who was the first woman ruler of Delhi? Answer: Razia Sultan.
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| 24 | Question 24: Which Indian leader is called Netaji? Answer: Subhas Chandra Bose.
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| 25 | Question 25: When was the Indian National Congress founded? Answer: 1885.
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| 26 | Question 26: Who was the first Prime Minister of India? Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru.
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| 27 | Question 27: Who gave the slogan “Jai Jawan Jai Kisan”? Answer: Lal Bahadur Shastri.
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| 28 | Question 28: Who introduced Permanent Settlement in Bengal? Answer: Lord Cornwallis.
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| 29 | Question 29: Who is known as Frontier Gandhi? Answer: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan.
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| 30 | Question 30: Who built the Sanchi Stupa? Answer: Ashoka.
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| 31 | Question 31: Which was the first newspaper in India? Answer: Bengal Gazette.
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| 32 | Question 32: Who is known as Father of Modern India? Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy.
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| 33 | Question 33: Who built the Red Fort in Delhi? Answer: Shah Jahan.
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| 34 | Question 34: Who started the Aligarh Movement? Answer: Sir Syed Ahmed Khan.
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| 35 | Question 35: When was the Simon Commission formed? Answer: 1927.
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| 36 | Question 36: Which Indian freedom fighter is called Punjab Kesari? Answer: Lala Lajpat Rai.
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| 37 | Question 37: Who was the last Mughal Emperor? Answer: Bahadur Shah Zafar.
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| 38 | Question 38: Who discovered the sea route to India? Answer: Vasco da Gama.
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| 39 | Question 39: Where did Vasco da Gama land in India? Answer: Calicut.
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| 40 | Question 40: Who gave the slogan “Inquilab Zindabad”? Answer: Bhagat Singh.
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| 41 | Question 41: Who was the founder of Arya Samaj? Answer: Swami Dayanand Saraswati.
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| 42 | Question 42: Who wrote the book “India Wins Freedom”? Answer: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.
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| 43 | Question 43: Who started the Home Rule Movement? Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Annie Besant.
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| 44 | Question 44: Who was the Viceroy during the partition of Bengal? Answer: Lord Curzon.
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| 45 | Question 45: Which king built the Charminar? Answer: Sultan Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah.
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| 46 | Question 46: Who founded the Ramakrishna Mission? Answer: Swami Vivekananda.
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| 47 | Question 47: Who was the last Governor-General of independent India? Answer: C. Rajagopalachari.
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| 48 | Question 48: Who started the Bhoodan Movement? Answer: Vinoba Bhave.
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| 49 | Question 49: Who is known as the Father of Green Revolution in India? Answer: M. S. Swaminathan.
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| 50 | Question 50: Who was the first Indian astronaut to go into space? Answer: Rakesh Sharma.
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Top 50 History GK Questions with Answers for Meghalaya Government Job Exams
