● 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,