Top 50 History GK Questions with Answers for Meghalaya Government Job Exams

History GK Questions with Answers for Meghalaya Government Job Exams
No. General Knowledge Questions & Answers
1 Question 1: Who was the first Governor-General of India?
Answer: Lord William Bentinck.
2 Question 2: Who is called the Father of the Indian Constitution?
Answer: Dr B. R. Ambedkar.
3 Question 3: Who founded the Maurya Empire?
Answer: Chandragupta Maurya.
4 Question 4: Which year did the Revolt of 1857 take place?
Answer: 1857.
5 Question 5: Who gave the slogan “Do or Die”?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi.
6 Question 6: Where was the Jallianwala Bagh massacre held?
Answer: Amritsar.
7 Question 7: Who wrote Arthashastra?
Answer: Chanakya.
8 Question 8: Which is the oldest civilisation in India?
Answer: Indus Valley Civilisation.
9 Question 9: Who was India’s first President?
Answer: Dr Rajendra Prasad.
10 Question 10: When did India gain independence?
Answer: 15 August 1947.
11 Question 11: Who was the first Indian woman to become President of India?
Answer: Pratibha Patil.
12 Question 12: Who is known as Iron Man of India?
Answer: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
13 Question 13: Which king built the Qutub Minar?
Answer: Qutb-ud-din Aibak.
14 Question 14: Who founded the Mughal Empire?
Answer: Babur.
15 Question 15: Which social reformer started the Brahmo Samaj?
Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy.
16 Question 16: Who was the first Indian to win Nobel Prize?
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore.
17 Question 17: Who was the first Governor-General after independence?
Answer: Lord Mountbatten.
18 Question 18: Who was the first Indian Governor-General of India?
Answer: C. Rajagopalachari.
19 Question 19: In which year was the Battle of Plassey fought?
Answer: 1757.
20 Question 20: Who built the Taj Mahal?
Answer: Shah Jahan.
21 Question 21: Who introduced the Doctrine of Lapse?
Answer: Lord Dalhousie.
22 Question 22: Who started the Quit India Movement?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi.
23 Question 23: Who was the first woman ruler of Delhi?
Answer: Razia Sultan.
24 Question 24: Which Indian leader is called Netaji?
Answer: Subhas Chandra Bose.
25 Question 25: When was the Indian National Congress founded?
Answer: 1885.
26 Question 26: Who was the first Prime Minister of India?
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru.
27 Question 27: Who gave the slogan “Jai Jawan Jai Kisan”?
Answer: Lal Bahadur Shastri.
28 Question 28: Who introduced Permanent Settlement in Bengal?
Answer: Lord Cornwallis.
29 Question 29: Who is known as Frontier Gandhi?
Answer: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan.
30 Question 30: Who built the Sanchi Stupa?
Answer: Ashoka.
31 Question 31: Which was the first newspaper in India?
Answer: Bengal Gazette.
32 Question 32: Who is known as Father of Modern India?
Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy.
33 Question 33: Who built the Red Fort in Delhi?
Answer: Shah Jahan.
34 Question 34: Who started the Aligarh Movement?
Answer: Sir Syed Ahmed Khan.
35 Question 35: When was the Simon Commission formed?
Answer: 1927.
36 Question 36: Which Indian freedom fighter is called Punjab Kesari?
Answer: Lala Lajpat Rai.
37 Question 37: Who was the last Mughal Emperor?
Answer: Bahadur Shah Zafar.
38 Question 38: Who discovered the sea route to India?
Answer: Vasco da Gama.
39 Question 39: Where did Vasco da Gama land in India?
Answer: Calicut.
40 Question 40: Who gave the slogan “Inquilab Zindabad”?
Answer: Bhagat Singh.
41 Question 41: Who was the founder of Arya Samaj?
Answer: Swami Dayanand Saraswati.
42 Question 42: Who wrote the book “India Wins Freedom”?
Answer: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.
43 Question 43: Who started the Home Rule Movement?
Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Annie Besant.
44 Question 44: Who was the Viceroy during the partition of Bengal?
Answer: Lord Curzon.
45 Question 45: Which king built the Charminar?
Answer: Sultan Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah.
46 Question 46: Who founded the Ramakrishna Mission?
Answer: Swami Vivekananda.
47 Question 47: Who was the last Governor-General of independent India?
Answer: C. Rajagopalachari.
48 Question 48: Who started the Bhoodan Movement?
Answer: Vinoba Bhave.
49 Question 49: Who is known as the Father of Green Revolution in India?
Answer: M. S. Swaminathan.
50 Question 50: Who was the first Indian astronaut to go into space?
Answer: Rakesh Sharma.
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