AFCAT One Liner Questions for Important General Awareness Topics for Quick Revision:
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1. Which Vidushi challenged Yajnavalkya in a debate?
Answer: Gargi
2. Who founded the Aligarh Movement?
Answer: Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
3. In which year was the Quit India Movement started?
Answer: 1942
4. Which European country was the first to establish trade in India?
Answer: Portugal
5. Where was the first Buddhist council held?
Answer: Rajgriha
6. In which session of the Indian National Congress was Purna Swaraj declared?
Answer: Lahore Session
7. Who introduced the Permanent Settlement in Bengal?
Answer: Lord Cornwallis
8. Who was the founder of Arya Samaj?
Answer: Swami Dayanand Saraswati
9. What was the name of the fort built by the British in Kolkata?
Answer: Fort William
10. Who laid the foundation of Portuguese power in India?
Answer: Alfonso de Albuquerque
11. Who compiled the stories of Panchatantra?
Answer: Vishnu Sharma
12. Who welcomed Vasco da Gama at Calicut?
Answer: Zamorin
13. What treaty concluded the First Anglo-Maratha War?
Answer: Treaty of Salabai
14. Which battle marked the end of French ambitions in India?
Answer: Battle of Wandiwash
15. Who discovered the stories of Panchatantra?
Answer: Vishnu Sharma
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16. Which three Vedas are jointly called 'Vedatrayi'?
Answer: Rigveda, Samaveda, Yajurveda
17. Who defeated the Marathas in the Third Battle of Panipat?
Answer: Ahmad Shah Abdali
18. Which British ruler received Bombay as a dowry?
Answer: Charles II
19. Where did the Salt Satyagraha end?
Answer: Dandi
20. Who was the Nawab of Bengal during the Second Anglo-Mysore War?
Answer: Siraj-ud-Daula
21. Who said, "Where there is no law, there is no freedom"?
Answer: John Locke
22. Who founded the Ramakrishna Mission?
Answer: Swami Vivekananda
23. Who founded the Ramakrishna Mission?
Answer: Swami Vivekananda
24. Who started the Civil Disobedience Movement by breaking the Salt Law?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
25. Who was the first Governor-General of India?
Answer: Lord William Bentinck
26. Which king of the Chola dynasty built the Brihadeeswarar Temple?
Answer: Raja Raja Chola
27. Where was the huge bath found?
Answer: Mohenjo-Daro
28. Who built the Akal Takht?
Answer: Guru Hargobind
29. Where was Guru Nanak Dev born?
Answer: Talwandi
30. Who compiled the Gayatri Mantra?
Answer: Derived from the Rigveda
31. What was the primary reason for the failure of the Non-Cooperation Movement?
Answer: Chauri Chaura incident
32. What was the political capital of Ranjit Singh's kingdom?
Answer: Lahore
33. Who discovered the Cape of Good Hope route to India?
Answer: Vasco da Gama
34. Who gave the title of King to Ranjit Singh?
Answer: Zaman Shah
35. Which European power was the first to establish trade settlements in India?
Answer: Portugal
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36. Who built the Kailashnath Temple at Ellora?
Answer: Krishna
37. What is the meaning of the word 'Buddha'?
Answer: Enlightened
38. Who is known as the 'Father of Indian Renaissance'?
Answer: Raja Rammohan Roy
39. What was the main reason for starting the Quit India Movement in 1942?
Answer: Failure of Cripps Mission
40. Who built the huge bath in Mohenjo-Daro?
Answer: Indus Valley Civilization
41. Where did the Salt March start?
Answer: Sabarmati Ashram
42. Who was the last Mughal emperor of India?
Answer: Bahadur Shah Zafar
43. Which ruler welcomed Vasco da Gama with a grand reception at Calicut?
Answer: Zamorin
44. Which Chola temples are mainly dedicated to Lord Shiva?
Answer: Most Chola temples
45. What metal was first used by Vedic people?
Answer: Copper
46. Which Chola ruler built Gangaikonda Cholapuram?
Answer: Rajendra I
47. Who defeated the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah in the Battle of Karnal?
Answer: Nadir Shah
48. Who betrayed Tipu Sultan during his battles with the British?
Answer: Mir Sadiq
49. Who discovered the sea route to India?
Answer: Vasco da Gama
50. Who created the concept of Sarvodaya?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
51. Which city was considered the religious capital of Ranjit Singh's kingdom?
Answer: Amritsar
52. Which treaty ended the First Anglo-Maratha War?
Answer: Treaty of Salabai
53. Who was the architect of Humayun's Tomb?
Answer: Mirak Mirza Ghiyath
54. What was the local name of Mohenjo-Daro?
Answer: Mound of the Dead
55. Who built the famous city of Fatehpur Sikri?
Answer: Akbar
56. Who was the Indian king who welcomed Vasco da Gama at Calicut?
Answer: Zamorin
57. What was the main food of the Vedic Aryans?
Answer: Milk and its products
58. Which Governor-General welcomed Ranjit Singh with great respect at Ropar?
Answer: Lord William Bentinck
59. What was the main objective of the Cabinet Mission?
Answer: To create a constitutional framework for the transfer of power
60. Who betrayed Siraj-ud-Daula in the Battle of Plassey?
Answer: Mir Jafar
61. Who compiled the Aitareya Brahmana?
Answer: Vedic Aryans
62. Who founded Banaras Hindu University?
Answer: Madan Mohan Malaviya
63. Who started the Khilafat Movement?
Answer: Ali Brothers
64. Who was the first ruler of the Delhi Sultanate to issue coins?
Answer: Iltutmish
65. Who gave the slogan "Inquilab Zindabad"?
Answer: Bhagat Singh
66. Who is known as the 'Prophet of New India'?
Answer: Raja Rammohan Roy
67. Which Vedic text is a collection of hymns and is the oldest?
Answer: Rigveda
68. Who was the savior of the Delhi Sultanate?
Answer: Iltutmish
69. Who founded the Peshwa dynasty?
Answer: Balaji Vishwanath
70. Which dynasty built most of the Ellora caves?
Answer: Rashtrakuta
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71. Who was the founder of the Brahmo Samaj?
Answer: Raja Rammohan Roy
72. Who was the ruler of Delhi during Nadir Shah's invasion?
Answer: Muhammad Shah
73. Who was the first President of independent India?
Answer: Dr. Rajendra Prasad
74. Who discovered the Rummindei Pillar inscription about Gautama Buddha's birthplace?
Answer: Ashoka
75. Who was the President of Congress when the Quit India Resolution was passed?
Answer: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
76. Which civilization is famous for its city planning?
Answer: Indus Valley Civilization
77. Which Mughal emperor fought the Battle of Haldighati?
Answer: Akbar (against Maharana Pratap)
78. Who fought in the Second Battle of Panipat?
Answer: Akbar and Hemu
79. Who translated the Ramayana into Persian?
Answer: Badauni
80. Who was the first ruler of the autonomous state of Awadh?
Answer: Saadat Khan
81. Who designed the city of New Delhi?
Answer: Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker
82. Who gave the title 'Mahatma' to Gandhi?
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore
83. Where was the state capital of Shivaji’s kingdom?
Answer: Raigad
84. Who was the founder of the Arya Samaj in Bombay?
Answer: Swami Dayanand Saraswati
85. Who used the first artillery in India?
Answer: Babur
86. Who was the Chola king who took the Ganges from north to south?
Answer: Rajendra Chola
87. Which Indian reformer is known as the 'Father of Modern India'?
Answer: Raja Rammohan Roy
88. Which treaty marked the end of the First Anglo-Maratha War?
Answer: Treaty of Salabai
89. In which year was the Khalsa Panth founded by Guru Gobind Singh?
Answer: 1699
90. Which war decided the fate of the French in India?
Answer: Battle of Wandiwash
91. Who established the Prarthana Samaj?
Answer: Atmaram Pandurang
92. What does Buddhism believe as the cause of human suffering?
Answer: Desires
93. Who was the founder of the Prarthana Samaj?
Answer: Atmaram Pandurang
94. Who was the first woman ruler of India?
Answer: Razia Sultana
95. Which Mughal emperor built the Taj Mahal?
Answer: Shah Jahan
96. Which Portuguese governor laid the real foundation of Portuguese power in India?
Answer: Alfonso de Albuquerque
97. Where was the earliest Dutch colony in India located?
Answer: Masulipatnam
98. Who was the first woman ruler of India?
Answer: Razia Sultana
99. Which Mughal emperor built the Taj Mahal?
Answer: Shah Jahan
100. Which Portuguese governor laid the real foundation of Portuguese power in India?
Answer: Alfonso de Albuquerque
