Daily GK Challenge

More practice: Indian History & Polity

5 more Railways questions from the same chapter, with step-by-step solutions. Try each one, then reveal the answer.

1. Q1medium

   Arrange the following events in chronological order: 1. Partition of Bengal 2. Launch of the Non-Cooperation Movement 3. Jallianwala Bagh massacre 4. Arrival of the Simon Commission in India

   • A1, 2, 3, 4
   • B3, 1, 2, 4
   • C1, 3, 2, 4
   • D1, 3, 4, 2
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   Correct answer: (C) 1, 3, 2, 4

   Write the year beside each event: Partition of Bengal – 1905 Jallianwala Bagh massacre – April 1919 Non-Cooperation Movement launched – 1920 Simon Commission arrives – 1928 Sorted order: 1, 3, 2, 4. Answer: 1, 3, 2, 4.

2. Q2medium

   The Directive Principles of State Policy are contained in which Part of the Indian Constitution?

   • APart III
   • BPart IV
   • CPart IVA
   • DPart V
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   Correct answer: (B) Part IV

   Part IV (Articles 36 to 51) contains the Directive Principles of State Policy, an idea borrowed from the Irish Constitution. Part III contains Fundamental Rights, Part IVA contains Fundamental Duties (Article 51A) and Part V deals with the Union government. Answer: Part IV.

3. Q3medium

   The Arya Samaj, which gave the call 'Go back to the Vedas', was founded in 1875 by:

   • ARaja Ram Mohan Roy
   • BSwami Vivekananda
   • CSwami Dayanand Saraswati
   • DKeshab Chandra Sen
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   Correct answer: (C) Swami Dayanand Saraswati

   Swami Dayanand Saraswati founded the Arya Samaj at Bombay in 1875 and wrote 'Satyarth Prakash'. Raja Ram Mohan Roy founded the Brahmo Samaj (1828), Swami Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Mission (1897), and Keshab Chandra Sen was a later Brahmo Samaj leader. Answer: Swami Dayanand Saraswati.

4. Q4hard

   Under which Article of the Constitution can the President proclaim a National Emergency on the grounds of war, external aggression or armed rebellion?

   • AArticle 352
   • BArticle 356
   • CArticle 360
   • DArticle 365
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   Correct answer: (A) Article 352

   Article 352 – National Emergency (war, external aggression or armed rebellion; 'armed rebellion' replaced 'internal disturbance' through the 44th Amendment, 1978). Article 356 – President's Rule in a state when its constitutional machinery fails. Article 360 – Financial Emergency. Article 365 – effect of a state failing to comply with Union directions. Answer: Article 352.

5. Q5hard

   Which Gupta ruler, praised in the Allahabad (Prayag) Pillar inscription composed by Harisena, was called the 'Napoleon of India' by historian V.A. Smith?

   • AChandragupta I
   • BChandragupta II
   • CSkandagupta
   • DSamudragupta
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   Correct answer: (D) Samudragupta

   Harisena, the court poet of Samudragupta, composed the Prayag Prashasti (Allahabad Pillar inscription) describing his many conquests. Because of these military campaigns, V.A. Smith called Samudragupta the 'Napoleon of India'. Chandragupta II is known as Vikramaditya, and Skandagupta for resisting the Huna invasions. Answer: Samudragupta.