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1. In which battle did Qutb-ud-din Aibak defeat Prithviraj Chauhan in 1192?
a. Battle of Panipat
b. Battle of Tarain
c. Battle of Delhi
d. Battle of Plassey
2. The 'Operation Flood' increased the production of what in India?
a. Tea
b. Egg
c. Mineral water
d. Milk
3. What was captured by Alfonso de Albuquerque in India in 1510?
a. Cochin
b. Bombay
c. Goa
d. Calcutta
4. On whose death did Nehru state, 'The light has gone out of our lives, and there is darkness everywhere'?
a. Rabindranath Tagore
b. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
c. Subash Chandra Bose
d. Mahatma Gandhi
5. Before being annexed by India, Goa and Daman were colonies of which empire?
a. Portugal
b. French
c. British
d. Dutch
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Answers
1. In which battle did Qutb-ud-din Aibak defeat Prithviraj Chauhan in 1192?
a. Battle of Panipat
b. Battle of Tarain
c. Battle of Delhi
d. Battle of Plassey
Did You Know?
On the death of Mohammed Ghori, Qutb-ud-din Aibak, his general, declared himself Sultan and established Islamic rule in India. He also established the Delhi Sultanate.
Read more about it in this link.
2. The 'Operation Flood' increased the production of what in India?
a. Tea
b. Egg
c. Mineral water
d. Milk
Did You Know?
Operation Flood was instituted by Dr. Verghese Kurien to increase the milk production output in India.
Read more about it in this link.
3. What was captured by Alfonso de Albuquerque in India in 1510?
a. Cochin
b. Bombay
c. Goa
d. Calcutta
Did You Know?
The Church of Our Lady of Rosary, Goa's oldest surviving church, was built soon after Albuquerque conquered Goa. It's decorated with naval motifs like anchors and seashells to reflect the Portuguese mastery of seas.
Read more about it in this link.
4. On whose death did Nehru state, 'The light has gone out of our lives, and there is darkness everywhere'?
a. Rabindranath Tagore
b. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
c. Subash Chandra Bose
d. Mahatma Gandhi
Did You Know? After the death of Mahatma Gandhi, Nehru, his ardent follower, took efforts to stabilize India, and the religious clashes after Partition subsided in 1949.
Read more about it in this link.
5. Before being annexed by India, Goa and Daman were colonies of which empire?
a. Portugal
b. French
c. British
d. Dutch
Did You Know? It was only in 1961 that India started annexing the Portuguese colonies and the Indian Army called the process of annexation the 'Liberation of Goa'.
Read more about it in this link.
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