Facts about India - Questions and Answers - 7

101. Which commission was enquired into the assassination of Indira Gandhi?

Thakkar Commission

102. Which portfolio was taken over by Jawaharlal Nehru from VK Krishna Menon in the wake of Chinese aggression of 1962?

Defence

103. Birla House, where Gandhiji was assassinated, is in:

Delhi

104. For how many days Gandhiji was imprisoned in South Africa?

249

105. In his life, Gandhijji was undergone imprisonment for ...... days.

2338

106. Jawaharlal Nehru met Gandhiji for the first time at the Lucknow session of Indian National Congress held in the year____ :

1916

107. Subash Chandra Bose became the President of  Indian National Congress for the first time in:

1938

108. The journals ‘Al Hilal’ and ‘Al Balal’ werelaunched by:

Abul Kalam Azad

109. The Prime Minister of India when India celebrated the golden jubilee of its

independence:

I.K.Gujral

110. What was the post held by Gandhiji in NatalIndian Congress in South Africa?

Honorary Secretary

111. Who authored Gandhiji’s favourite prayer ‘Vaishnava Janato’?

Narasimha Mehta

112. Who became the acting prime  minister of India after Jawaharlal Nehru:

Gulsarilal Nanda

113. Who formed the Widow Remarriage Association in Poona?

Dhondo Keshav Karve

114. Who wrote ‘India Divided’?

 Dr Rajendraprasad

115. Who is known as the father of Indian Politics and Economics?

Dadabhai Navroji

116. In which year Gandhiji established Sabarmati Ashram?

 1917

117. Gandhiji conducted his first Satyagraha in South Africa to protest against: Asiatic Law Amendment Ordinance Bill

118. In 1878, some of the followers left the organisation led by Keshav Chandra Sen and formed new organisation named Sadharan Brahma Samaj. Who among the following was the leader of it?

Anand Mohan Bose

119. The Mauryan emperor who gave attention to Municipal administration:

Chandragupta Maurya

120. The Viceroy when Rowlatt Act was passed?

Lord Chelmsford

121. Which event in Buddha’s life is symbolized by Stupa?

Mahaparinirvana

122. Who launched the journal ‘Pakhtoon’?

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

123. Who led Adi Brahma samaj after the schism in Brahma Samaj? Debendranath Tagore

124. Who wrote ‘Essays on Gita’ and ‘Life Divine’?

Aurobindo Ghosh

125. Who is regarded as the first great leader of modern India?-

Raja Ram Mohun Roy
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2. History of Rural Development
3. Rural Development Programmes
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5. Facts about Kerala
6. Constitution of India 
7. Constitutional Developments in India 
8. Indian National Movement
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