General Knowledge Pointers - 48

 

● If the Parliament passes a law which is against the Constitution, by whom can it be declared as unconstitutional?

Answer :- Supreme Court,

● By whom are the Chief Justice and other Judges of the High Court are appointed?

Answer :- President,

● How many High Courts in India have jurisdiction over more than one State (Union Territories not included)?

Answer :- 3,

● The President of Lahore Session of Indian National Congress (1920) was –

Answer :- Jawaharlal Nehru,

● Who dedicated the caves in Nagarjuni Hills to the Ajivikas?

Answer :- Dasharatha,

● Which Sultan of Delhi brought Ashokan Pillar to Delhi?

Answer :- Firozshah Tuglaq,

● Who abolished Sati system?

Answer :- Lord William Bentinck,

● In vedic period which animal was known as Aghanya?

Answer :- Cow,

● According to Kutiliya Arthashastra the-Civil Courts were called –

Answer :- Dharmasthiya,

● For the first time the token currency was introduced in India by –

Answer :- Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq,

● Which vows was added by Mahavira?

Answer :- Celibacy,

● Earliest human species is –

Answer :- Australopithecus,

● From where the first war of independence started in 1957?

Answer :- Meerut,

● Avadh was annexed to British Empire by the policy of –

Answer :- Declaring the state as mal-administered,

● In Indus Valley Civilization people worshipped -

Answer :- Pashupati,

● Who issued silver coins with Sanskrit legend on one side?

Answer :- Mahmud of Ghazni,

● Who translated Bhagavadgita into English for the first time?

Answer :- Charles Wilkins,

● An important centre of the Pashupatas during the time of Chandragupta II was –

Answer :- Tripuri,

● The first battle of Panipat was fought between –

Answer :- Babar and Ibrahim Lodi,

● During the Rigvedic period Nishka was an ornament of –

Answer :- Neck,

● Who is credited with the introduction of permanent settlement in Bengal and Bihar?

Answer :- Lord Cornwalis,

● Prithviraj Chauhan defeated Muhammad Ghori in the first Battle of –

Answer :- Tarain,

● Which Sultans of Delhi was the first to levi the irrigation tax?

Answer :- Firoz Shah Tughlaq,

● Last Viceroy of India was –

Answer :- Lord Mountbatten,

● The first factory established by East India Company was at –

Answer :- Surat,

● Ashtapradhan was the council of ministers in the -

Answer :- Maratha administration,

● The beginning of Shainism is traced to the priod of –

Answer :- Harappan,

● During which battles did Babar declare Jehad?

Answer :- Battle of Khanwa,

● Against which Mughal Emperor was a Fatwa issued from Jaunpur?

Answer :- Akbar,

● In the Chola Kingdom, a very large village administered a single unit was called–

Answer :- Taniyur,

● Which Upanishads contains the dialogue of Nachiketa and Yama on spiritual knowledge–

Answer :- Kathopanishad,

● Who was the first Gupta ruler to issue coins?

Answer :- Chandragupta I,

● The capital of Gurjara Pratihara was –

Answer :- Kannauj,

● Which medieval ruler introduced the system of patta and qabuliyat to help the peasants?

Answer :- Sher Shah,

● Who was the first to have successfully read the Ashokan inscriptions?

Answer :- James Prinsep,

● The evidence of a ploughed field was four at –

Answer :- Kalibangan,

● Shivaji defeated the Mughals in the battle of –

Answer :- Salhar (Salher),

● In which of the Vedas, Sabha and Samiti as called as two daughters of Prajapati?

Answer :- Atharvaveda,

● The Mughal emperor who allowed a chain with bell to be hung outside his palace to enable justice?

Answer :- Jahangir,

● The famous Lucknow Pact was signed between the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League in–

Answer :- 1916,

● The Mughal queen whose name was written on the Frmans and coins –

Answer :- Nurjahan,

 

● Which gases is used in cigarette lighters?

Answer :- Butane,

● Amnesty International is an organization which is associated with –

Answer :- protection of human rights,

● Who among the following was not associated with the excavation of Harappa and Mohenjo-daro?

Answer :- V. A. Smith,

● In which year was the Regulating Act passed?

Answer :- AD 1773,

● Who was the first Indian woman President of the Indian National Congress?

Answer :- Sarojini Naidu,

● The beginning of the domestication of animals as excavated evidence reveals goes back to-

Answer :- Mesolithic and Neolithic periods,

● Earliest evidence of agriculture are reported from -

Answer :- Lahuradeva,

● Who was the founder of Gangai-konda Cholapuram?

Answer :- Rajendra,

● Hindustan Socialist Republican Association was formed by –

Answer :- Chandra Shekhar Azad,

● The Buland Darwaza was built by Akbar to commemorate his victory of –

Answer :- Gujarat,

● The Uttaramerur Inscription belongs to the reign of Chola ruler –

Answer :- Paramtaka I,

● Who among the following was the first woman ruler of medieval India?

Answer :- Razia Sultan,

● The ruins of which place represent the old capital of Vijayanagar?

Answer :- Hampi,

● At which place Kumaradevi, the queen of Govindachandra Ga hadavala constructed Dharma- Chakra-Jina-Vihara ?

Answer :- Sarnath,

● Which animals is not represented in Harappan seals?

Answer :- Cow,

● Which Mughal emperors abolished the customs of Sijda?

Answer :- Shahjahan,

● Marriage of Samyogita, the daughter of Jaichandra with Prithviraja III is described in–

Answer :- Prithviraja Raso,

● Who was called Father of Indian Renaissance?

Answer :- Raja Ram Mohan Roy,

● The Chandella King who was responsible for the killing of Gurjara Pratihara ruler Rajyapala was–

Answer :- Vidyadhara,

● The composer of Allahabad Pillar Inscription (Prayag Prashasti) was –

Answer :- Harisen,

● Who were the first Europeans to come to India for trade?

Answer :- Portuguese,

● Which Sultan of Delhi was a contemporary of the Mongol Chengiz Khan?

Answer :- Iltutmish,