Super Revision Note (General Awareness)

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Super Revision Note (General Awareness)

ANCIENT HISTORY

• The earliest evidence of agriculture in Indian Subcontinent is found from
  

• The first Palaeolithic tools were discovered in India by
  

• The most common motif of the Indus Seals
  

• Harappan town which was divided into three parts
  

• The rows of distinctive fire altars with provision of ritual bathing have been found from
  

• The Shatapatha Brahmana is related to
  

• Veda which is partly in prose and partly in verses is
  

• In which sacrifice, the sacrificial materials used was sura in Vedic Era
  

• In Dasrajan Yudha (Battle of Ten Kings) the Bharatas emerged winner at the bank of
  

• The Boghazkoi inscription was discovered in
  

• King. Ashvapati of the Upanishadic Age was the ruler of
  

• In Pali texts, Nigantha Nataputta is referred to as
  

• The Mahasamghika School arose at
  

• The author of Abhidhamma treatise Kathavatthu –
  

• “Sandrokottus” of the Greco-Roman literature was identified with Chandragupta Maurya by
  

• The cotton cloth worn by Indians had a brighter white colour than any cotton found elsewhere. This view was recorded by
  

• The inscriptions of Ashoka and the Brahmi script were deciphered by
  

• Ashoka made his famous declaration, “All men are my children” in the inscription of –
  

• The beneficiaries of Asoka’s donations in the region of Barabar Hill were
  

• As per Asoka’s inscriptions, the place declared tax free and proclaimed only 1/8th part as taxable was
  

• The last Mauryan ruler, who was killed by his Commander-in-Chief was
  

• The Kushans issues the coins made of
  

• The first Satavahana King to introduce the Ruler’s head on the coins
  

• One of the writers of the Dharmashashtra disapproved the practice of Sati declaring it as an act of suicide
  

• Vallabhi era is identical with The Gupta era Gupta emperors who called himself “Lichchhavidauhitra” was
  

• The terms used for coins of the Gupta period
  

• Parnadatta was appointed the Provincial Governor of Saurashtra by
  

• According to the beliefs of the Pasupata sect, Siva is the lord of Pasu. Pasu refers to
  

• The title “Paramasaugata” was adopted by –
  

• The plays written by Harshavardhan in Sanskrit
  

• Garuda was adopted as dynastic emblem after the imperial Guptas by
  

• Among the five monolithic rathas of Pallavas at Mahabalipuram, the largest is
  

MEDIEVAL HISTORY

• Ibn Battuta, the famous Muslim explorer who came to India during regime of
  

• Rajatarangini was written by Kalhan As per the Prithviraja-Raso, the four Rajput Clans which emerged from Agni-Kunda of Mount Abu are
  

• The Medieval rulers who had stamped the figure of Goddess Lakshmi on his coins and had his name inscribed in Nagari Characters was –
  

Muhammad Ghori

• The highest officer under the Turkish / Khilji Rulers of the Delhi Sultanate was – Naib-i-Mulk During the Delhi Sultanate, Barids were
  

• The Gujarat ruler who defeated Muhammad Ghor near Mount Abu was
  

• At the time of invasion of Alauddin, Warangal was ruled by
  

• ‘Hazar Dinari’ during the regime of Alauddin Khilji was
  

• The single biggest item of import to the Vijayanagar empire was
  

• During Mughal Period who was named as “Zinda Pir” or ” Living Saint”
  

• Kabuliyat and Patta as instruments of settlement were introduced during the reign of
  

• The ambassadors of Qucen Elizabeth visited Akbar’s court to obtain a Firman for trade in Gujarat was
  

• Mahabharata translated into Persian and named -Akbar it as ‘Razmnamah’ by
  

• Mahzarnama was issued to take all the religious matters into his own hands by
  

• The portion of the actual produce fixed as state’s share under the Zabti System of Mughals was
  

• The most important source of information about the agrarian conditions during Mughals is
  

• French explorer who visited court of Emperor Shah Jahan and left a detailed account of Takht-1-Taus (Peacock throne) was
  

• The author of Tabqat-i-Akbari was
  

• Famous sufi saint Nizamuddin Auliya settled in Delhi during the reign of
  

• Shivaji had formed a council of eight ministers that a administered the Maratha empire. The council was named as
  

• The unit of measurement of land in Maratha dominions was
  

• The Royal cavalry of the Maratha Army System was called
  

MODERN INDIA

• The founder of French East India Company for trade in India was
  

• The British East India Company secured the Diwani right of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa through the treaty of
  

• Mahalwari System of Revenue Settlement was introduced in
  

• Triple alliance was formed against Haider immediately before the first Anglo-Mysore war of 176769 includes
  

• Treaty of Bassein in 1802 was signed between
  

• The first ‘victim of the British policy of Subsidiary Alliance was
  

• The famous book “Ghulamgiri” was written by
  

• Basumati, the oldest Bengali Daily paper was edited by
  

• Charter Acts that ended the commercial monopoly of East India Company in India was
  

• The magna carta of western education system in India is
  

• State annexed into the East India territories via the Doctrine of Lapse was
  

• The leader of revolt of 1857 in Lucknow was
  

• Indian Mirror edited and published in 1861 by
  

• Hindu Mela was started in 1867 by Nabagopal Mitra at
  

• Vernacular Press Act was passed by
  

• In 1879 “The Bengalee” Newspaper was started by
  

• First census was conducted in India in
  

• During the independence movement, newspaper Kesari’ was published by
  

• The first meeting of Indian National Congress was held in Bombay in 1885 AD under the leadership of
  

• The first Englishmen to preside over a Congress session was
  

• Father of Indian Unrest was
  

• The drain theory of Dadabhai Naoroji was formally accepted by the Indian National Congress in
  

Calcutta Session, 1896

• All India Muslim League was established in 1906 at
  

• The resolution of Swadeshi was adopted during the Congress session of
  

• Moderates and the Extremists in the Indian National Congress split in 1907 at
  

• The national anthem of India ‘Jana Gana Mana’ was first sung at
  

• The annulment of Partition of Bengal was done by
  

• Aurbindo Ghosh in the Alipore conspiracy case was defended by
  

• Ghadar Journal was first published in Urdu Bal Gangadhar Tilak was given the epithet of ‘Lokmanya’ during
  

• Lucknow session of Indian National Congress that took place in 1916 was presided by
  

• The first civil disobedience movement of Mahatma Gandhi in India was
  

• The leader who joined Gandhiji in the Champaran Satyagraha held on April 10, 1917 was
  

• Resigned from the membership of the Viceroy’s Executive Council as a protest against Jallianwala Bagh Massacre was
  

• Events that took place immediately before the massacre at Jallianwala Bagh was
  

• The Special Calcutta Session, 1920, in which Mahatma Gandhi moved the Non-cooperation resolution was presided by
  

• Bhil Seva Mandal was established in 1922 by
  

• The first woman president to chair the Indian National Congress at Kanpur session of 1925
  

• The historic Lahore session of 1929 of Indian National Congress was presided by
  

• First registered Trade Union of India was
  

• Salt march in the Eastern Coast in Tiruchirappalli to the coastal village of Vedaranyam was led by
  

• The city known for the “Jhanda Satyagraha” and observance of the All India Flag Day on June 18, 1923 is
  

• The Second Round Table Conference was held
  

• Execution of Bhagat Singh took place on
  

• Martyrdom of Chandrashekhar Azad took place on
  

• The only Indian prince who actively participated in the Revolutionary Movement within and outside India was
  

• Curzon Wyllie, who was murdered by Madan Lal Dhingra in London, was
  

• First Satyagrahi nominated by Mahatma Gandhi for the Individual Satyagraha of 1940 was
  

• Direct Action Day on August 16, 1946 was observed by
  

• President of Indian National Congress at the time of independence was