PSC MODEL QUESTION - 6

1.Alexander defeated Porus in which battle?

Ans-The Battle of Hydaspas (326 BC).

2.First Battle of Tarain was fought between?

Ans- Prithviraj Chauhan defeated Mohd. Ghori (1191).

3.Second Battle of Tarain was fought between?

Ans-Mohd.Ghori defeated Prithviraj Chauhan (1192).

4.Battle of Chhandwar was fought between ?

Ans- Mohd. Ghori defeated Jaichandra of Kannauj (1194).

5.Babar defeated Ibrahim Lodhi in which battle?

Ans-First Battle in Panipat 1526.

6.Battle of Khanwa took place in which year ?

Ans- Babar defeated Rana Sanga in 1527.

7.Baber defeated the Afghans in which battle?

Ans-Battle of Ghaghara ,1529.

8.Battle of Chausa took place between?

Ans- Sher Shah Suri defeated Humayun , 1539.

9. Bairam Kahan (representing Akbar) defeated Hemu in which battle?

Ans- 1556 , Second Battle of Panipat .

10. Akbar defeated Maharana Pratap in which battle?

Ans-1576 , Battle of Haldighati 

11.Mahatma Gandhi was born as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi on?

Ans-1869 October 2 , He was born in the Porbandar city of Gujarat. His father, Karamchand Gandhi was the diwan of Porbandar.

Mother: - Putlibai.

12.Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, October 2nd is observed as?

Ans-International Day of Non-Violence. United Nations General Assembly decided to observe this day as International Day of Non-Violence from 2007

13.Gandhiji was married to?

Ans-Kasturba Makhanji, she is later known as Kasturba Gandhi. Gandhiji was married at the age of 13 and had four sons Harilal, Manilal, Ramdas and Devdas.

14.Gandhi went to University College of London to study as a barrister in the year?

Ans-1888

15.When did Gandhi travel to South Africa for legal work?

Ans-1893

16.Organization started by Gandhiji in 1894 that aimed to fight discrimination against Indians in South Africa?

Ans-Natal Indian Congress

17.Name the Newspaper established by Mahatma Gandhi which was an important tool for the political movement led by Gandhi and the Natal Indian Congress to fight racial discrimination and win civil rights for the Indian immigrant community in South Africa.

Ans-The Indian Opinion

18.Gandhi returned from South Africa in?

Ans-1915 January 9.

19.Which Satyagraha was the first to be started by Gandhiji in India?

Ans- Champaran in 1918

20. Which day is observed as Pravasi Bharatiya Divas every year as it was on this day in 1915 that Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from South Africa?

Ans-January 9. From 2003, this day is observed as Pravasi Bharatiya Divas