India Quiz 64

India Quiz 64

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1. Prarthana Samaj, or "Prayer Society" in Sanskrit, was a movement for religious and social reform in Bombay founded in 1867. Name the founder

Swami Dayandanda Saraswati
Swami Vivekananda
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Atmaram Pandurang

2. Prithviraj Raso, an epic poem in Brajbhasa about the life of the Chahamana king Prithviraj Chauhan was written by

Bharavi
Magha
Amar Sinha
Chand Bardai

3. Mul Shankar was the original name of which Indian religious leader and scholar?

Swami Dayanand Saraswari
Swami Vivekananda
Sri Ramakrishna Paramahans
Naryana Guru

4. Which Mughal emperor banned music in his empire?

Akbar
Shahjahan
Aurangazeb
Jahangir

5. Which Indian ruler has been called a 'Prince of Moneyers' for carrying out several monetary experiments?

Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
Muhammad bin Tughluq
Alauddin Khalji
Qutub ud-Din Aybak

6. Khudai Khidmatgar, the servants of God, represented a non-violent struggle against the British Empire. Who was the leader of the struggle?

Maualana Abul Kalam Azad
Muhammed Ali Jinnah
Syed Mohammad Sharfuddin Quadri
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

7. Which city was founded by Sultan of Delhi Feroz Shah Tughlaq and named in memory of his cousin, Muhammad bin Tughluq?

Tughlakabad
Jaunpur
Ferozabad
Muzaffarnagar

8. The Uttar Pradesh government has renamed Kanpur Airport in 2017 to pay respect to which leader for the contribution for the independence of India?

Govind Ballabh Pant
Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari
Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya
Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi

9. Which famous recipient of "Kaisar-i-Hind Medal" returned the medal in 1920 as part of the national campaign protesting the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and in support of the Khilafat Movement?

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Raja Ravi Verma
Khan Bahadur Sher Jang
Rabindranath Tagore

10. Who among the following was known as Manikarnika in her childhood?

Annie Besant
Rani Lakshmibai
Rani Gaidinliu
Lakshmi Sahgal

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