Some Basic GK Questions for Competitive Exams
After the Revolt of 1857 was put down by Britishers, which Mughal ruler was forced to leave the country?
(A) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(B) Farrukh Siyar
(C) Ahmad Shah Bahadur
(D) Muhammad Shah
Correct Answer : A
The popular sword dance in the Kumaun region of Uttarakhand is called-
(A) Lavani
(B) Chholiya
(C) Kathak
(D) Ghoomar
Correct Answer : B
Identify the name of the traditional folk theatre form of Maharashtra.
(A) Nautanki
(B) Swang
(C) Tamasha
(D) Rasleela
Correct Answer : C
At which Buddhist site of India did Gautama Buddha first preach the Dharma?
(A) Kushinagar
(B) Barabar Caves
(C) Bodh Gaya
(D) Sarnath
Correct Answer : D
Who among the following devised the policy ‘Doctrine of Lapse’?
(A) Lord Dalhousie
(B) Lord Mountbatten
(C) Lord Cornwallis
(D) Lord Canning
Correct Answer : A
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