Top 100 GK (General Knowledge) Questions for NDA Exam

NDA General Ability Test Question Paper 2017

1. The three words which were added in the Preamble to the Constitution of India by the 42^nd Constitutional Amendment Act 1976 are : Socialist , secular and integrity


2. Article 1 describes India that is Bharat as : A union of States


3. Part XVII of the Constitution deals with : Emergency Provision


4. Right to freedom of religion as enshrined in Articles 25-28 includes :
   
   
   
   1. Freedom of Conscience, and free profession , practice and propagation of religion
   
   
   
   


5. The right to move the Supreme Court for the enforcement of fundamental right including the writs of habeas corpus, mandamus , prohibition , certiorari and quo warranto are the part of :
   
   
   
   1. Right to Constitutional Remedies
   
   
   
   


6. The right to acquire, hold and dispose os property was deleted from the chapter of fundamental right by :
   
   
   
   1. The 44^th Constitutional Amendment Act of 1978
   
   
   
   


7. Which Article grants protection to persons who are arrested or detained ?
   
   
   
   1. Article 22
   
   
   
   


8. The Article 40 which required the state to organise village panchayats and endow them with neccesary powers and authority to enable them to function as units of self government is part of:
   
   
   
   1. Directive Principal of State Policy
   
   
   
   


9. The law which aims at protecting the monument, places and objects of national importance is:
   
   
   
   1. The Ancient and Historical Monument and Archaelogical Sites and Remains Act(1951)
   
   
   
   


10. The Cabinet is the nucleus of power in: Parliament System


11. The foremost basic features of the Constitution of India includes:
    
    
    
    1. Supremacy of the Constitution, Independance of Judiciary, Rule of Law, Principle of Equality, Judicial Review and Secularism
    
    
    
    


12. President of India can be reelected: For any number of terms


13. The Linguistic Provinces Commission appointed under the Chairmanship of S.K.Dhar in 1948 recommended the reorganisation of states on the basis of
    
    
    
    1. Administrative Convenience rather than linguistic factor
    
    
    
    


14. The state which is neutral in matter of religion and does not uphold any particular religion as the state religion is called
    
    
    
    1. Secular State
    
    
    
    


15. Which article authorises the Parliament to form a new state by separation of territory from any state ?
    
    
    
    1. Article 3
    
    
    
    


16. Under the citizenship Actof 1955 the five ways Prescribed for acquring citizenship are
    
    
    
    1. By Birth, by descent , by registeration, by naturalisation and by incorporation of territory
    
    
    
    


17. Which article declares that all laws that are inconsistent with or in derogation of any of the fundamental right shall be void ?
    
    
    
    1. Article 13
    
    
    
    


18. The idea of Directive Principles of State Policy in the Constitution of India has been borrowed from
    
    
    
    1. The Irish Contitution
    
    
    
    


19. Which act provides for the disqualification of members of the Parliament of State Legislature for indulging in corrupt practices ? The Representation of People Act (1951)


20. The procedure for the amendment of the Constitution is laid down in Articles 368


21. The Union Executive consists of
    
    
    
    1. The President, The Prime Minister , The Council of Ministers and Attorney General of India
    
    
    
    


22. The provisions of financial emergency has been laid down in Article 360


23. The Administrative Head of the Cabinet Secretariat is Cabinet Secretary


24. The first President of the Constituent Assembly of India was : Rajendra Prasad


25. Who is known as the Father of the Constituion of India? B. R. Ambedkar


26. Article 1 of the Constitution of India describes India as : Union of States


27. In which Article is it mentioned that no person shall be compelled to pay any taxes for the promotion of a particular religion
    
    
    
    1. Article 27
    
    
    
    


28. As per Article 44 the state shall endeavour to secure for all the citizen :
    
    
    
    1. A Uniform Civil Code
    
    
    
    


29. The 73^rd Constitutional Amendment Act of 1992 gave Constitutional recognition to the panchayats by adding a
    
    
    
    1. A new Part IX and a new Schedule 11 to the Constitution
    
    
    
    


30. Power of President to promulgate ordinances during recess of Parliament is enshrined in :
    
    
    
    1. Articles 123
    
    
    
    


31. The concept of ‘Procedure established by Law’ as incorporated in the Constituion of India is borrowed from :
    
    
    
    1. Japanese Constitution
    
    
    
    


32. In which schedule to the Constitution of India is the division of power between the Union and the States in terms of the Union List and the State List Laid down ?
    
    
    
    1. Seventh Schedule
    
    
    
    


33. In which case did the Supreme Coury hold that the Preamble is not the part of the Constitution ?
    
    
    
    1. The Berubari Union Case (1960)
    
    
    2. INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT AND CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    
    
    
    


34. Maulvi Ahmadullahwas the leader of the 1857 Revolt of                                  Faizabad


35. Which section of Indian population did not support the 1857 Revolt ? Educated Middle Class


36. In whose viceroyalty the partition of Bengal effected ? Lord Curzon’s Viceroyalty


37. Which two leaders were popularly known as ‘no changers’ ?
    
    
    
    1. Rajendra Prasad and C.Rajagopalachari
    
    
    
    


38. The Champaran Satyagrah was against the Indigo planters


39. The Lahore Congress which passed the resolution of ‘Poorna Swaraj’ was presided over by
    
    
    
    1. Jawaharlal Nehru
    
    
    
    


40. Which island territory was called the ‘Swaraj’ by the INA ? The Nicobar


41. Who described the ‘Revolt of 1857’ as “a planned war of National Independence” ?
    
    
    
    1. D.Savarkar
    
    
    
    


42. Two Home leagues were founded in 1916. Their founded were ?                Annie Besant and B.G.Tilak


43. What was the most revolutionary secret organization of Bengal ? Abhinav Bharat


44. Who founded Tattvabodhini Sabha in 1839 ? Maharishi Devendranath Tagore


45. The eminent Bengali novelist and composer of national song Bande Mataram who aroused a new Consciousness in the 19^th century Bengal Society was : Bankim chandra chattopadhyay


46. Vivekanand established Ramakrishna Mission : In 1897


47. For the cause of national liberation Swami Dayanandastressed on :
    
    
    
    1. Swadwshi, Swadhharma, Swabhasha and Swarajya
    
    
    
    


48. Who founded Satya Shodhak Samaj in 1873 ? Jyotiba Phule


49. The first President of Indian National Congress was : Sir Wyomesh Chandra Banerjee


50. Who conveyed to the Indians – “I am with you wholeheartedly and in terms of culture I am one of you” ?
    
    
    
    1. Annie Besant
    
    
    
    


51. Aurobindo Ghose, Barindra Kumar Ghose, P.Mitra,  Abinash Bhattacharya and Bhupendranath Dutta were associated with the revolutionary organisation :                                                                     Anushilan Samiti (in Bengal)


52. The main centre of Gadar Moovement of 1915 was : United State of America


53. Who brought out a paper with the title of the ‘Loyal Muhammadanans of India’ ?
    
    
    
    1. Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan
    
    
    
    


54. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose was born in 1897 in Cuttack (Odisha)


55. When did British Qeen Victoria take the additinol title of Empress of India ? In the year 1876


56. The Defence of India Act 1915 passed in 1915 by the Britishers was an Emergency Criminal Law


57. Bahadur Shah Zafar was proclaimed Shenshah-e-Hindustan by the rebels on
    
    
    
    1. May 10, 1857
    
    
    
    


58. Which Act passed by the Britishers effectively allowed the election of Indians to the various Legislative councils in India for the first time ?
    
    
    
    1. Indian Councils Act 1909 (Also known Morley- Minto Reforms )
    
    
    
    


59. The organisation in the 20^th session of which the muslim League was founde in Dhaka was
    
    
    
    1. All India Muhammadan Educational Conference
    
    
    
    


60. Who established in 1893 the Society for the Removal of Obstacles to the Hindu Religion ?
    
    
    
    1. The chapekar Brothers
    
    
    
    


61. Whom did the Britishers call the Fatherof India Disaffection and Biggest Traitor ?
    
    
    
    1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    
    
    
    


62. United India Houses organised Unity among Indians in the United States of America in
    
    
    
    1. The year 1910
    
    
    
    


63. Who said ‘India for Indians’ ? Dayanand Saraswati


64. Who played an important role in the Gadar Movement in 1915 ? Lala Hardayal


65. Barindra Kumar Ghose and Bhupendranath Dutta started : The Paper Yugantar in 1906


66. Who formed the Hindu Dharma Sangrashini Sabha in 1893 ? Damodar and Balkrishna Chapekar


67. Lord Curzon announced the partition of Bengal on : 16 October, 1905


68. Who wrote in ‘Hind Swaraj’-“Our eaders are divided into two parties : the moderates and the extremists. These may be considered as the slow party and the impatient party. Some call the Moderates the timid party and the Extremists the bold party” Mahatma Ghandhi


69. Whose statement is this – “the Indians should no longer be satisfied with mere mendicancy neither should they beg the English for concessions”: Lala Lajpat Rai


70. Which Indian revolutionary was called by the Britishers as ‘The Father of Indian Disaffection and biggest traitor’ ?
    
    
    
    1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    
    
    
    


71. Who was the founded of a society known as ‘Abhinav Bharat’ ? Vinayak Damodar Savarkar


72. Maulana Qasim Nanautavi, Rashid Ahmad Gangohi, Sheikhul Hiind Maulana- Mahmud-ul-Hasan were the prominent figures who represented ? Deoband Movement


73. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre in Amritsar took place on : 13 April, 1919


74. In the history of Indian National Movement Santhal Rebellion took place between :
    
    
    
    1. 1855-1856
    
    
    
    


75. The famine which killed nearly 8 lakh people during British rule as per the report furnished b the Famine Commission of 1660 had struck : Western India in November 1876-77


76. Swami Vivekanand established the Ramakrishna Mission in The year 1897


77. The first President of the India National Congress was : Sir Wyomesh Chandra Banerjee


78. Who called the revolt of 1857 as a war between barbarism and civilisation ?
    
    
    
    1. R.Holmes
    
    
    
    


79. Who is the author of the book ‘The Great Rebellion’ ? Ashok Mehta


80. Who said, “This (the revolt 1857)was an erution of social volcano where many spent forces found vent. After the eruption, the whole social topography had changed; the scars of rebellion remained deep and shining”
    
    
    
    1. Ashok Mehta
    
    
    
    


81. Sir Kumar Ghosh, Shambhuchand Mukherjee, Kali Mohan Das and Jogesh Chandra Dutt were editors of:
    
    
    
    1. Amrit Bazar Patrika
    
    
    
    


82. Which of the British Acts provided for the establishment of All India Federation at the centre ?
    
    
    
    1. The Government of India, Act 1935
    
    
    
    


83. Ashfaqullah Khan, Chandra Shekhar Azad, Ram Prasad Bismil, Rajendra Lahiri, Roshan Singh and Sachindranath Sanyal were all associated with : The Kakori Conspiracy (1925)


84. Raja Rammohan Roy founded Brahma Samaj on : 20 August 1828


85. Ghandhiji launched the Non- Cooperation Movement in : The year 1920


86. Swami Sahajanand Saraswati was the first President of
    
    
    
    1. All India Kisan Mahasabha formed in Lucknow
    
    
    
    


87. Partition of Bengal was revoked in 1911 during the Viceroyalty of : Lord Hardinge


88. Quit India Movement began on : August 9, 1942


89. Under which document was the separate electorate granted for Muslims ?
    
    
    
    1. Morley Minto Reforms
    
    
    
    


90. Lucknow Pact of 1916 was betweem : Indian Muslim League and Indian National Congress


91. During the tenure of which Governor General was the resolution of total independence passed ?
    
    
    
    1. Bombay
    
    
    
    


92. Who regarded Gopal Krishna Gokhle as his Political guru Mahatma Gandhi


93. Abhinav Bharat organised in 1904 was : A secret society of revolutionary activists


94. Bal Gangadhar Tilak introduced the slogen ‘Swaraj is my birth right’ in : The year 1906


95. Lala Lajpat Rai was also known as: Sher-e-Punjab


96. Sri Aurobindo Ghosh was born in the year : 1872


97. ‘Doctrine of Passive Resistance’ was published in the daily Bande Mataram in :
    
    
    
    1. April 1907 by Sri Aurobindo Ghosh
    
    
    
    


98. Who said “Curzon’s partition of Bengal gave unwitting initiative to events of such magnitude which returned many years later to port with the cargo of freedom” : S. Gopal


99. The Hindu Dharama Sangrakshini Sabha was formed in : 1893


100. Who founded Abhinav Bharat? D. Savarkar