G.S. QUIZ

1.      Who is the author of the book ‘Glimpses of World History’?
       (1) Abul Kalam Azad      

(2) Jawaharlal Nehru      

(3) S. Gopalan                

        (4) S. Radhakrishnan

2.      Who of the following was a contemporary of Alexander, the Great?
        (1) Bimbisara                  

(2) Chandragupta Mauiya

(3) Ashoka                     

(4) Pushyamitra Sunga

3.      Between whom was the Battle of Chausa fought?
(1) Bahadur Shah of Gujarat and Humyun        

(2) Humayun and Sher Khan     

(3) Akbar and Rana Pratap        

(4) Jehangir and Rana Amar Singh

4.      Which one among the following newspapers was published first?

(1) The Madras Mail       

(2) The Indian Social Reformer 

(3) The Bengal Gazette              

(4) The Times of India

5.      Who was the first Indian native ruler to accept the system of Subsidiary Alliance?

(1) Scindia of Gwalior                

(2) Nizam of Hyderabad

(3) Dalip Singh of Punjab                       

(4) Gaikwad of Baroda

6.      Who among the following was a founder of the Swaraj Party?
(1) Vallabbhai Patel                     (2) Rajendra Prasad  

(3) C. R. Das                               (4) Narendra Deb

7.      Who among the following national leaders did not opt to defend the case dealing with the trial of the soldiers of the Indian National Army in 1945?
(1) Sir Taj Bahadur Sapru                      

 (2) Bhulabhai Desai       

(3) C. Rajagopalachari               

(4) Jawaharlal Nehru

8.      Aruna Asaf All was associated with which one of the following?
(1) Bardoli Satyagraha               

(2) Quit India Movement

(3) Civil Disobedience Movement  

(4) Khilafat Movement

9.      Who was the Governor General of India during the launch of Civil Disobedience Movement?
(1) Lord Chelmsford                    (2) Lord Reading        

(3) Lord Irwin                               (4) Lord Wavell

10.    Who authored the Declaration of Independence (U.S.A.)?
(1) George Washington               (2) Benjamin Franklin            

(3) Thomas Jefferson                 (4) Calvin Coolidge

Answers:

1	2	6	3
2	2	7	3
3	2	8	2
4	3	9	3
5	2	10	3