India General Knowledge Questions and Answers | Set 14

1. In which year Goa was captured by the Portuguese?

A.

1499


B.

1510


C.

1575


D.

1614




2. Which is the state bird of Kerala?

A.

Hill myna


B.

Asian koel


C.

Indian roller


D.

Great hornbill




3. Who was the founder of Sikhism?

A.

Guru Nanak


B.

Guru Angad


C.

Guru Teg Bahadur


D.

Guru Gobind




4. When was the Gujarat state formed?

A.

1 November 1966


B.

1 May 1960


C.

30 May 1987


D.

26 January 1950




5. Who was the author of Humayun-Nama?

A.

Humayun


B.

Salima Sultan Begum


C.

Akbar


D.

Gulbadan Begum




6. Who was the successor of Emperor Akbar?

A.

Jahangir


B.

Akbar II


C.

Shah Jahan


D.

Babur




7. Who is known as the Father of Indian cinema?

A.

D. D. Dabke


B.

Anna Salunke


C.

Dadasaheb Phalke


D.

V. Shantaram




8. Who was the first Indian to become a member of the British parliament?

A.

Bal Gangadhar Tilak


B.

Gopal Krishna Gokhale


C.

Lala Lajpat Rai


D.

Dadabhai Naoroji




9. In which year Project Tiger was launched?

A.

1971


B.

1973


C.

1985


D.

1999




10. Who was the first Viceroy of India?

A.

Lord Canning


B.

Lord Ripon


C.

Lord Mountbatten


D.

Lord Irwin




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