History file 1

1) Which is the oldest text in the world?

1. Yajur Veda
2. Atharva Veda
3. Rig Veda
4. Sama Veda

2) Which Veda is important for Indian Music?

1. Sama Veda
2. Yajur Veda
3. Atharva Veda
4. Rig Veda

Note 1: The canonical division of the Vedas is fourfold:

1. Rigveda (RV)
2. Yajurveda (YV)
3. Samaveda (SV)
4. Atharvaveda (AV)
Of these, the first three were the principal original division, also called, "the triple
science" of reciting hymns (Rigveda), performing sacrifices (Yajurveda), and chanting
songs (Samaveda). The Rigveda is the oldest work,

3) Which Veda contains cure of diseases?

1. Sama Veda
2. Atharva Veda
3. Rig Veda
4. Yajur Veda

4) Where Gautama Buddha attained Nirvana (enlightenment)?

1. Lumbini
2. Sarnath
3. Kushinagar
4. Bodh Gaya
Note 2: Gautama Buddha

1. Born: Lumbini, Nepal

2. Died: Kushinagar
3. Spouse: Yasodharā
4. Children: Rāhula

• Where did Buddha attain enlightenment?

Ans : Bodh Gaya
• Where did Buddha have first disciples?
Ans : Sarnath
• What Mauryan ruler was the first to adopt Buddhism?
Ans : Ashoka
• Buddha belongs to which clan?
Ans : - Sakya/Shakya
• What is the Holy book of Buddhists?
Answer: Tripitika
• What is the language used by Buddhists?
Answer: Pali

5) The Sarvodaya Movement was initiated by

1. Mahatma Gandhi
2. J P Narayan
3. Vinoba Bhave
4. Bhagat Singh

6) The Qutub Minar at Delhi was built by?

1. Qutbuddin Aibak
2. Shahjhan
3. Aleu-din-khilji
4. Chandragupta

7) First Governor-General of Bengal was:

1. William Bentinck
2. Robert Clive
3. Warren Hastings
4. Sir Charles Metcalfe

8) First Governor-General of India

1. Robert Clive
2. Sir Charles Metcalfe
3. William Bentinck
 4. Warren Hastings

9) First battle of Panipat was fought between?

1. Babur and Lodi

2. Akbar and Hemu
3. Mughal and British
4. Akbar and Lodi

10) Second battle of Panipat was fought between?

1. Babur and Lodi

2. Akbar and Hemu
3. Mughal and British
4. Akbar and Lodi

11) Battle of Buxar was fought in?

1. 1762
2. 1764
3. 1768
4. 1772

Note 3: Important battles in history

1191 A.D. First Battle of Tarain Prithviraj Chauhan defeats Mohammed Ghori

1192 A.D. Second Battle of Tarain Ghori defeats Prithviraj Chauhan

1194 A.D. Battle of Chhandwar Ghori defeats Jaichandra of Kannauj

1526 A.D. First Battle of Panipat Babar defeats Ibrahim Lodhi

1527 A.D. Battle of Khanua Babar defeats Rana Sanga

1529 A.D. Battle of Ghaghara Babar defeats the Afghans

 1539 A.D. Battle of Chausa Sher Shah Suri defeats Humayun

Battle of Kannauj (or

1540 A.D. Sher Shah Suri defeats Humayun
Bilgram)

Second Battle of
1556 A.D. Bairam Khan (representing Akbar) defeats Hemu
Panipat

Vijaynagar empire (represented by Sadasiva) loses

Battle of Talikota (or
1565 A.D. against an alliance formed by Ahmednagar, Bijapur,
Banihatti)
Golkonda and Bidar

1576 A.D. Battle of Haldighati Akbar defeats Maharana Pratap

Robert Cive defeats Siraj-ud-daula, the Nawabs of

1757 A.D. Battle of Plassey
Bengal

1760 A.D. Battle of Wandiwash English defeat the French

1761 A.D. Third Battle of Panipat Ahmed Shah Abdali defeats Marathas

Hector Munro defeats combined armies of Nawab Mir

1764 A.D. Battle of Buxar Qasim of Bengal, Nawab Shuja-ud-daula of Awadh
and Mughal emperor Shah Alam

12) Azad Hind was created with the assistance of

1. USA
2. Russia
3. Japan
4. China
13) Who started Arya Samaj?

1. Swami Vivekananda
2. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
3. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
4. Swami Dayanand Saraswati

14) The title Punjab Kesari was conferred on?

1. Lala Lajpat Rai

2. Sardar Baldev Singh
3. Bhagat Singh
4. Ranjit Singh

Note 4: Nick names of famous Indian personalities:

• Nightingale of India: Sarojini Naidu

• Father of the nation, Bapu, Mahatma: MK Gandhi
• Iron man, Sardar: Vallabh Bhai Patel
• Mahamana: Madan Mohan Malviya
• Lokmanya: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
• Punjab Kesari: Lala Lajpat Rai
• Andhra Kesari: T. Prakasam
• Netaji: Subhash Chandra Bose
• Guruji: Rabindra Nath Tagore
• Magician of Hockey: Dhyan chand
• Udanpari: P T Usha
• Flying Sikh: Milkha singh
• Haryana Hurricane: Kapil dev

15) Zero was invented by?

1. Bhaskara
2. Chanakya
3. Aryabhatta
4. None of above
16) Who is known as "Father of Indian Renaissance"?

1. Lala Lajpat Rai

2. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
3. Shaheed Bhagat Singh
4. B. G. Tilak

17) Who was the founder of Indian National Congress?

1. Anand Mohan Bose

2. W.C. Bannerji
3. A.O. Hume
4. William Adam

18) Quit India Movement started in?

1. 1940
2. 1941
3. 1942
4. 1943

19) Government of India Act passed in?

1. 1933
2. 1935
3. 1938
4. 1947

20) Where Buddha delivered his first sermon?

1. Kushinagar
2. Palitana
3. Mithila
4. Sarnath

21) Who was first Governor General of free India?

1. Wavell
2. Linlithgow
3. Willingdon
 4. Mountbatten

22) Who was last Governor General of free India?

1. Mountbatten
2. Linlithgow
3. Willingdon
4. C. Rajagopalachari

23) Who founded Slave dynasty?

1. Razia Begum
2. altamash
3. Ibrahim Lodhi
4. Qutbuddin Aibak

Note 5: Important dynasties in India

1) Maurya dynasty (300 BC- 184 BC)

• Chandragupta Maurya - he founded the Maurya Empire in India with the help
of kautilya. Kautilya wrote Arthasastra.
• Ashoka the great- he conquered kalinga. He embraced Buddhism

2) Gupta dynasty (320-550 AD)

The Gupta period is described as the golden period in the history of ancient India.
The religion patronized and propagated by Guptas is Hinduism.
Capital of Gupta Empire: Pataliputra [Now known as Patna]

• Chandra Gupta I (founder of Gupta Dynasty)

• Samudra Gupta- also known as Napoleon of India. An expert musician
• Chandra Gupta II (is also known as Vikramaditya)
• Skand Gupta

Greater personalities of this period: - Kalidas, Aryabhatta.

Kalidas is called as Indian Shakespeare.

3) Slave dynasty (962-1116 AD)

Qutbuddin Aibak- he was the founder of slave dynasty. He commenced the building of
the Qutub Minar which was later completed by altamash who was succeeded by his
daughter Razia begum. Razia begum was 1st and the only female to rule Delhi.
4) Lodhi dynasty (1451-1526 AD)

Ibrahim Lodhi - he was a cruel ruler. He was defeated by Babur in 1526 at the first battle
of Panipat.

5) Mughal empire (1526-1857)

• Babur founded the Mughal Empire in India. Then
• Humayun [Humayun-nama was written by Gulbadan begum]
• Akbar [His biography akbarnama is written by Abul Fazl, Akbar started a religion
din-e-ilahi, Buland Darwaza in Fatehpur Sikri , Agra Built by Akbar]
• Jahangir
• Shahjahan [He built Taj Mahal, Red Fort of Delhi]
• Aurangzeb [also known as alamgir]

Important dynasty in the south-

6) Chalukyas- pulkeshin I was the founder of this dynasty.

7) Cholas- parantoka I was the founder of this dynasty. The great living chola temples
are built, These 3 temples are the Brihadisvara Temple at Thanjavur, the Temple of
Gangaikonda Cholapuram and the Airavatesvara Temple at Darasuram.

24) Who gave the slogan: Do or Die?

1. Bhagat Singh
2. Nehru
3. Subhash Chandra Bose
4. MK Gandhi

Note 6:- Slogans by freedom fighters

• Inquilab Zindabad – Bhagat Singh

• Jai Hind and You give me blood, I will give you freedom- Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
• Quit India, Do or die– Mahatma Gandhi
• Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it-- Bal Gangadhar Tilak
• Madan Mohan Malviya –Satyameva Jayathe(Truth alone will win)
• Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan-- Lal Bahadur Shastri
• Aaram haram hai-- Jawahar lal Nehru
• Meri Jhansi Nahi Doongi-- Rani Laxmibai
• Simon Go Back-- Lala Lajpat Rai
• Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna Ab Hamare Dil Mei Hai- Ram Prasad Bismil
• Vande Mataram-Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
25) When was Jallianwala Bagh massacre happened?
1. 1920
2. 1918
3. 1915
4. 1919

Note: 7 Modern Indian History Timeline [Freedom struggle]

1857- REVOLT. Mangal Pandey
1905- PARTITION OF BENGAL
1906- FORMATION OF MUSLIM LEAGUE.
1907- SURAT SPLIT OF CONGRESS.
1909- MORLEY MINTO REFORMS.
1915- RETURN OF GANDHI FROM SOUTH AFRICA.
1919- ROWLATT ACT.
1919- JALIANWALA BAGH MASSACRE.
1919- MONTAGU CHELMSFORD REFORMS.
1920- NON COOPERATION MOVEMENT STARTS.
1922- CHAURI CHAURA INCIDENT.
1923- FORMATION OF SWARAJ PARTY.
1925- KAKORI TRAIN ROBBERY.
1928- SIMON COMMISSION.
1930- SALT TAX, DANDI MARCH, CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE MOVEMENT STARTS.
1931- GANDHI-IRWIN PACT.
1931- BHAGAT SINGH HANGED.
1935- INDIA ACT 1937 , ELECTION IN STATES.
1942- CRIPPS MISSION.
1942- QUIT INDIA MOVEMENT.
1946- CABINET MISSION COMES TO INDIA.
1947- MOUNTBATTEN PLAN.
1947- INDEPENDENCE OF INDIA

All the best by Suryansh [Ur GK buddy]