Most Asked General Knowledge Questions in Competitive Exams 1) Delhi was declared as the Capital of Indiain the year __ ? A) 1900 B) 1905 C) 1911 D) 1920 AnswerC) 1911 2) India’s first General Electionwas in the year __ ? A) 1948 – 49 B) 1949 – 50 C) 1950 – 51 D) 1951 – 52 AnswerD) 1951 - 52 3) The Indigo Revolttaken place in __ ? A) Bengal B) Delhi C) Mumbai D) Surat AnswerA) Bengal (1859) 4) The main metal used by the Indus Valleypeople was A) Iron B) Copper C) Aluminum D) Bronze AnswerB) Copper 5) Gandhiji published ‘ Hindi Swaraj’in the year __ ? A) 1903 B) 1905 C) 1911 D) 1908 AnswerD) 1908 6) Which place in India was Gandhi’s first Satyagrahaheld at A) Champaran B) Dandi C) Kheda D) Surat AnswerA) Champaran (1917) 7) Indian National Congressdivided for the first time in __? A) 1885 B) 1907 (Surat Session) C) 1920 D) 1929 (Lahore session) AnswerB) 1907 (Surat Session) 8) Which one of the following territories was not affected by the revolt of 1857? A) Lucknow B) Jagdishpur C) Jhansi D) Chittor AnswerD) Chittor 9) The capital of the Maurya Dynastywas __ ? A) Pataliputra B) Taxila C) Kalinga D) Mathura AnswerA) Pataliputra 10) The first acting Prime Minister of Indiawas __ ? A) VV Giri B) Morarji Desai C) Gulsarilal Nanda D) Charan Singh AnswerC) Gulsarilal Nanda 11) The official language of the Satavahana dynastywas A) Sanskrit B) Prakrit C) Bengali D) Konkani AnswerB) Prakrit 12) Who was the Chinese pilgrim who visited India during Harsha Vardhana’s period? A) Megastinis B) Nishka C) Hiuen Tsang D) Fa-hien AnswerC) Hiuen Tsang 13) The Second Session of the Indian National Congress (INC)was at A) Kolkata B) Surat C) Mumbai D) Delhi AnswerA) Kolkata 14) Young Indiais a journal published by A) Subash Chandra Bose B) Gandhi C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel D) Swami Vivekananda AnswerB) Gandhi 15) Who started the ‘ Home Rule’ Movement? A) Sarojini Naidu B) Mohammad Mi Jinnah C) Annie Besant D) Gopalakrishna Gokhale Answer .C) Anne Besant