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. Q1easy

   The famous 'Great Bath' of the Indus Valley Civilisation was discovered at which site?

   • AHarappa
   • BMohenjo-daro
   • CLothal
   • DKalibangan
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   Correct answer: (B) Mohenjo-daro

   The Great Bath, a large brick-lined water tank probably used for ritual bathing, was found at Mohenjo-daro (Sindh, now in Pakistan). Other sites are known for different finds: Lothal for its dockyard and Kalibangan for a ploughed field and fire altars. Harappa was the first site to be excavated (1921) but it is not the site of the Great Bath. Answer: Mohenjo-daro.

2. Q2easy

   Who was the Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly of India?

   • ADr Rajendra Prasad
   • BJawaharlal Nehru
   • CDr B.R. Ambedkar
   • DSachchidananda Sinha
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   Correct answer: (C) Dr B.R. Ambedkar

   The Drafting Committee was set up on 29 August 1947 with Dr B.R. Ambedkar as its Chairman. Dr Rajendra Prasad was the President of the Constituent Assembly, and Sachchidananda Sinha was its temporary President at the first meeting. Answer: Dr B.R. Ambedkar.

3. Q3easy

   The Jallianwala Bagh massacre of 13 April 1919 took place in which city?

   • ALahore
   • BDelhi
   • CMeerut
   • DAmritsar
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   Correct answer: (D) Amritsar

   On 13 April 1919 (Baisakhi day), troops under General Reginald Dyer fired on an unarmed gathering at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, Punjab. The people had assembled to protest against the Rowlatt Act and the arrest of local leaders. Answer: Amritsar.

4. Q4medium

   The First Battle of Panipat (1526), which laid the foundation of the Mughal Empire in India, was fought between:

   • ABabur and Ibrahim Lodi
   • BAkbar and Hemu
   • CBabur and Rana Sanga
   • DAhmad Shah Abdali and the Marathas
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   Correct answer: (A) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi

   First Battle of Panipat, 1526: Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodi, the last Sultan of Delhi, and began Mughal rule. Battle of Khanwa, 1527: Babur vs Rana Sanga. Second Battle of Panipat, 1556: Akbar's army (under Bairam Khan) vs Hemu. Third Battle of Panipat, 1761: Ahmad Shah Abdali vs the Marathas. Answer: Babur and Ibrahim Lodi.

5. Q5medium

   Fundamental Duties were added to the Indian Constitution by which Constitutional Amendment?

   • A44th Amendment, 1978
   • B42nd Amendment, 1976
   • C86th Amendment, 2002
   • D52nd Amendment, 1985
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   Correct answer: (B) 42nd Amendment, 1976

   On the recommendation of the Swaran Singh Committee, the 42nd Amendment Act, 1976 added 10 Fundamental Duties as Article 51A in a new Part IVA. The 86th Amendment, 2002 only added the 11th duty (parents or guardians to provide education to children aged 6 to 14). The 52nd Amendment (1985) is the anti-defection law, and the 44th (1978) mainly reversed Emergency-era changes. Answer: 42nd Amendment, 1976.