GK Olympiad Class 6 - Sample question paper 03
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Q) Arya Samaj was against idol worship and authority of the Brahmins. Who among the following social reformer founded it?
Options:
(a) Swami Vivekananda
(b) Rabindranath Tagore
(c) Swami Dayananda Saraswati
(d) Raja Rammohan Roy
Answer: (c) Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Q) The British Government took control of India from East India Company in
Options:
(a) 1850
(b) 1857
(c) 1858
(d) 1901
Answer: (c) 1858
Q) The first European nation to establish its territorial rule in India was
Options:
(a) Britain
(b) Holland
(c) France
(d) Portugal
Answer: (d) Portugal
Q) The slogan ‘Inquilab Zindabad’ was first raised by
Options:
(a) Lokmanya Tilak
(b) Veer Savarkar
(c) Chandrashekar Azad
(d) Bhagat Singh
Answer: (d) Bhagat Singh
Q) The call “Dilli Chalo” was given by
Options:
(a) Congress in 1942
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Subhash Chandra Bose
(d) Lala Lajpat Rai
Answer: (c) Subhash Chandra Bose
Q) From where did Mahatma Gandhi start his historic Dandi March?
Options:
(a) Champaran
(b) Sabarmati Ashram
(c) Chauri Chaura
(d) Dandi
Answer: (b) Sabarmati Ashram
Q) The Indian National Congress adopted the resolution of ‘Purna Swaraj’ (complete independence) at the session held at
Options:
(a) Calcutta (now Kolkata)
(b) Karachi
(c) Allahabad
(d) Lahore
Answer: (d) Lahore
Q) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place in the city of
Options:
(a) Amritsar
(b) Bombay
(c) Lahore
(d) Hyderabad
Answer: (a) Amritsar
Q) The Indus Valley Civilization was initially called
Options:
(a) Harappa Civilization
(b) Mohenjodaro Civilization
(c) Punjab-Sindh Civilization
(d) Lothal Civilization
Answer:(a) Harappa Civilization
Q) Which of the following rulers belonged to the Slave dynasty?
Options:
(a) Iltutmish
(b) Humayun
(c) Akbar
(d) Ahmad Shah Abdali
Answer: (a) Iltutmish
Q) His original name was Farid. He was given this title because he had once killed a tiger.
Options:
(a) Babur
(b) Humayun
(c) Sher Shah
(d) Akbar
Answer: (c) Sher Shah
Q) In which place did Gautama Buddha deliver his first sermon?
Options:
(a) Kushinagar
(b) Sarnath (Banaras)
(c) Patliputra
(d) Rajgir
Answer: (b) Sarnath (Banaras)
Q) Who founded the Maratha Kingdom in the 17th century CE?
Options:
(a) Mangal Pandey
(b) Chandragupta Maurya
(c) Shivaji
(d) Tipu Sultan
Answer: (c) Shivaji
Q) Which was the most famous building in Harappa?
Options:
(a) The Granary
(b) Houses
(c) Factory
(d) None of the above
Answer: (a) The Granary
Q) With whose permission did the English set-up their first factory in Surat?
Options:
(a) Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Shah Jahan
(d) Aurangzeb
Answer: (b) Jahangir
Q) Who of the following was the revenue minister of Akbar?
Options:
(a) Raja Man Singh
(b) Birbal
(c) Faizi
(d) Todar Mal
Answer: (d) Todar Mal
Q) Pallava Dynasty ruled between
Options:
(a) 3rd century - 8th century AD
(b) 4th century - 9th century AD
(c) 5th century - 10th century AD
(d) 6th century - 11th century AD
Answer: (c) 5th century - 10th century AD
Q) Who was the founder of Lodhi Dynasty?
Options:
(a) Bahlol Lodhi
(b) Ibrahim Lodhi
(c) Sikandar Lodhi
(d) Khazir Khan
Answer: (a) Bahlol Lodhi
Q) The iron age began around ______.
Options:
(a) 1000 BC
(b) 1100 BC
(c) 1200 BC
(d) 1300 BC
Answer: (c) 1200 BC
Q) The Aryans worshipped a number of gods such as
Options:
(a) Indra, Varun
(b) Mother Goddess
(c) Lord Shiva
(d) Surya
Answer: (a) Indra, Varun
Q) Bimbsara and Ajatshatru were rulers of______.
Options:
(a) Harappa
(b) Mohenjodaro
(c) Magadha
(d) Avanti
Answer: (c) Magadha
Q) _____ is the ancient name of coastal Odisha.
Options:
(a) Kalinga
(b) Harappa
(c) Mohenjodaro
(d) Kutch
Answer: (a) Kalinga
Q) Muhammad Ghori defeated Prithvi Raj in which year?
Options:
(a) 1191
(b) 1192
(c) 1195
(d) 1199
Answer: (b) 1192
Q) Which one was the dominant caste in the early medieval period?
Options:
(a) Brahmins
(b) Kshatriyas
(c) Vaishyas
(d) None of them
Answer: (a) Brahmins
Q) Annie Besant was British socialist, theosophist, women’s rights activist. What was the newspaper she started?
Options:
(a) The Hindu
(b) New Delhi Times
(c) New India
(d) Indian Express
Answer: (c) New India
Q) Bal Gangadhar Tilak in 1881 founded a newspaper named Kesari which was used as a mouthpiece for the Indian national freedom movement. In which language was it published?
Options:
(a) Hindi
(b) Marathi
(c) Gujarati
(d) English
Answer: (b) Marathi
Q) The first woman President of the Indian National Congress was
Options:
(a) Clara Barton
(b) Annie Besant
(c) Elizabeth Blackwell
(d) Pearl S Buck
Answer: (b) Annie Besant
Q) What were the main characteristics of the Indus Valley Civilization?
Options:
(a) Town Planning
(b) Drainage System
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
Answer: (c) Both (a) and (b)
Q) Which is the oldest Dravidian language of South that has been proclaimed a classical language?
Options:
(a) Kannada
(b) Telugu
(c) Malayalam
(d) Tamil
Answer: (d) Tamil