Ans: Mrs. Annie Besant
2. Sevagram Ashram is situated in:
Ans: Wardha
3. The newspaper 'National Paper' was founded by:
Ans: Debendra Nath Tagore
4. Who called Mahatma Gandhi as the 'Father of the Nation'?
Ans: Subhas Chandra Bose
5. The first viceroy who stayed in Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Ans: Lord Irvin
6. Who is popularly known as 'The Grand old man of Bengal'?
Ans: Surendra Nath Banerjee
7. Who passed The Vernacular Press Act' in 1878?
Ans: Lord Lytton
8. Indian statutory commission is also known as:
Ans: Symon Commission
9. Letters of Nehru to his daughter Indira Gandhi is compiled under name: Ans: Glimpses of World History
10. Gandhiji's wardha scheme of education relates to:
Ans: Basic education
11. Explain NAAC:
Ans: National Assessment and Accreditation Council
12. Dr. Lakshmana Swami Mudaliar Commission is also known as:
Ans: Secondary Education Commission
13. Right of minorities to establish and administer educational institutions is provided under which article?
Ans: Article 30
14. The premature withdrawal of students from school is known as:
Ans: Wastage and stagnation
15. Explain NEEM:
Ans: National Elementary Education Mission
16. The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) was established in which year?
Ans: 1961
17. Teachers day in India is celebrated on:
Ans: September 5
18. "A single shelf of a good European library is worth the whole native literature of India and Arabia? The above criticism was mooted by whom?
Ans: Lord Macaulay
19. Explain KANFEED:
Ans: Kerala Association for Non-Formal Education and Development
20. The Bangkok conference of 1970 was organised by:
Ans: UNESCO
21. The Swachh Bharat Abhiyan a total Sanitation campaign which aims at a clean India by 2nd October 2019 was officially launched in:
Ans: 2nd October 2014
22. Who was recently been appointed as the chairman of National Book Trust?
Ans: Baldev Sharma
23. The enclaves in India and Bangladesh are popularly known as:
Ans: Chit palaces
24. Right to Information Act came in to existence in which year?
Ans: 2005
25. The chairman of Constituent Assembly of India was:
Ans: Dr Rajendra Prasad
26. Bibek Debroy Committee was appointed to examine the restructuring of:
Ans: Indian Railways
27. River the Brahmaputra is called in Tibet as:
Ans: Tsangpo
28. Head quarters of 'Green Peace India' in India is located at:
Ans: Bangalore
29. Which constitutional amendment is also otherwise known as 'Mini Constitution'?
Ans: 42nd Amendment
30. The headquarters of 'Bharathiya Mahila Bank' is situated in:
Ans: New Delhi
31. Who was the first woman pilot in the Indian Air Force?
Ans: Haritha Kaur Deol
32. The birth place of cashew nut is:
Ans: Brazil
33. The film 'Making of the Mahatma' was directed by:
Ans: Shyam Benegal
34. Magna Carta was signed in the year:
Ans: 1215
35. In the 'NPK' fertilizers 'K' stands for?
Ans: Potassium
36. Which is the famous Buddhist centre where Buddha did not visit?
a) Saranath b) Gaya c) Sanchi d) Prayaga
Ans: Sanchi
37. Choudhari Charan Singh Airport is situated in:
Ans: Luck now
38. Richard Attenborough's film 'Gandhi' won _____'Oscars’:
Ans: Eight
39. The expansion of ATM is:
Ans: Automated Teller Machine
40. Swami Vivekananda Airport is in:
Ans: Raipur (Chhattisgarh)
41. Who was the Malayalam poet, closely related to freedom movement both in life and writing?
41. Who was the Malayalam poet, closely related to freedom movement both in life and writing?
Ans: Vallathol Narayana Menon
42. In which year, the weekly named 'The Harijan' was started its publication?
Ans: 1933
43. 'Formation of two independent nations with individual sovereignty was the core element of the Act. Name the act passed by the British Parliament.
Ans: Indian Independence act
44. 'Do or Die' this was the calling made by Gandhiji in connection with the movement for freedom- which was that movement?
Ans: Quit India Movement
45. A spiritual leader of Kerala made discussions with Mahatma Gandhi on the upliftment of lower classes. Who was the leader?
Ans: Sree Narayana Guru
