Monday, 17 September 2012

FOR PA/SA EXAM - INDIAN HISTORY OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS


1. The youngest Prime Minister of India:
Ans. Rajiv Gandhi

2. The first Indian Prime Minister to get Bharat Ratna:
Ans. Jawaharlal Nehru

3. The Indian prime minister who signed on Shimla Pact:
Ans. Indira Gandhi

4. The Prime Minister of India when India made its nuclear explosion:
Ans. Indira Gandhi

5. The first non-congress Prime Minister of India to complete tenure:
Ans. A.B Vajpayee

6. In which year Indira Gandhi nationalized banks?
Ans. 1969

7. Indira Gandhi abolished privy purses through the ……….th amendment of the constitution.
Ans. 26

8. Which slogan was given by Indira Gandhi?
Ans. Garibi Hatao

9. Which country was formed with the support of Indira Gandhi in 1971?
Ans. Bangladesh

10. Which of the following events as happened during the period of Indira Gandhi?
Ans. Bhopal Gas tragedy of 1984

11. Morarji Dasai started his official career as:
Ans. Deputy Collector

12. Morarji Dasai was the Prime Minister of India when ‘Right to Property’ was deleted from Fundamental Rights through the …………… amendment of the Constitution:
Ans. 44

13. Morarji Desai is the first Indian prime minister whose resting place is outside Delhi. His Samadhi is at:
Ans. Ahmadabad

14. The prime minister who re-established the tenure of LokSabha from six years to five years:
Ans. Morarji Desai

15. First non-congress prime minister sto get Bharat Ratna:
Ans. Morarji Desai
16. Which was introduced for the first time during the period of Rajiv Gandhi?
Ans. Navodaya Vidhyalaya

17. Rajiv Gandhi announced new education Policy in …………….
Ans. 1986

18. The first person to become PM of India without any previous experience of holding the post of minister in centre or state.
Ans. Rajiv Gandhi

19. The finance minister who resigned during the period of Rajiv Gandhi:
Ans. VP Singh

20. Anti Defection Law came into force in:
Ans. 1985

21. First Asian Games was held in 1951 in:
Ans. New Delhi

22. The venue of the first international Film Festival of Indiaheld in 1952:
Ans. Mumbai

23. STD was introduced for the first time in India between Kanpur and Lucknow in:
Ans. 1960

24. The first ISD line was established between Mumbai and ……………. In 1976.
Ans. London

25. Who was the first woman Governor of an Indian State ?
Ans. Sarojini Naidu

26. Who is the first non-Indian to receive the Bharat Ratna ?
Ans. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

27. Dr. M.S. Subbulakshmi has distinguished herself in the field of..........
Ans. Vocal Music

28. Which of the following is not correctly matched ?
Ans. M.F. Hussain–Tabla

29. Who said, “You give me blood, I will give you freedom” ?
Ans. Subhash Chandra Bose

30. Nobel Prizes are not given for which of the following fields ?
Ans. Music

31. When is the ‘International Women’s Day’ observed ?
Ans. March 8

32. Indra Nooyi is the Chief Executive Officer of which company ?
Ans. Pepsi

33. The 2008 Olympics will be held in.........
Ans. Beijing

34. 6th April, 1930 is well known in the history of India because this date is associated with ……
Ans. Dandi March by Mahatma Gandhi

35. The concept of ‘Din-e-Elahi’ was founded by which king ?
Ans. Akbar

36. The central point in Ashoka’s Dharma was.........
Ans. Religious toleration

37. ‘Do or Die’ was one of the most powerful slogans of India’s freedom struggle. Who gave it ?
Ans. Gandhiji

38. Who among the following formed a party named as ‘Forward Block’ ?
Ans. Subhash Chandra Bose
39. Jaspal Rana is a distinguished athlete in which of the following games ?
Ans. Shooting

40. ‘The Dronacharya Award’ is associated with.........
Ans. Sport Coaches

41. The author of ‘Gitagovinda’ was...........
Ans. Jayadeva

42. Who wrote the book ‘India Wins Freedom’ ?
Ans. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

43. Baba Amte is famous as a ………
Ans. Social Worker

44. Where are the Dilwara Temple’s located ?
Ans. Mt. Abu

45. Who was the first Indian lady to preside over the Congress ?
Ans. Annie Besant

46. In India, there are three crop seasons. Two of them are Kharif and Rabi, name the third one ?
Ans. Zaid

47. In India agriculture of jute is maximum on which Delta area ?
Ans. Ganga

48. The most discussed Tehri Dam Project is located in which of the following States ?
Ans. Uttarakhand

49. Mahatma Gandhi for the first time practised his Satyagraha in India at..........
Ans. Champaran

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