List-I (Period) List-II (Event)
A. 1757 AD 1. Battle of Plassey
B. 1764 AD 2. Treaty of Salbai
C. 1776 AD 3. Battle of Buxar
D. 1782 AD 4. Treaty of Purandhar
Codes: A B C DRaymond Kopa, the football legend has recently passed away. He hails from which country? Which of the following was an important port of the eastern coast during the Gupta period ? The Battle of Khanwa in 1527 was fought between— GK quiz set 730 – general knowledge quiz for teens to score good in test for government jobs. Multiple choice quiz on general knowledge with answers.
Who has been honoured with the 2017 Vishnudas Bhave award?
- Jayant Sawarkar
- Vikram Gokhale
- Paresh Rawal
- Mohan Joshi
Explanation:
Mohan Joshi, the veteran Indian film and television actor, has been honoured with the prestigious Vishnudas Bhave award for his contribution to theatre on November 5, 2017. He was honoured with the award at a ceremony held in Sangli on the eve of Marathi Rangbhumi Din. Joshi has acted in a number of Hindi, Marathi, Bhojpuri and Kannada films, besides in plays. The award is conferred in memory of Vishnudas Bhave, the founder of Marathi theatre. The award includes a trophy, a citation and a cash of Rs 25,000.
- Partition of Bengal
- Khilafat Movement
- Non-cooperation Movement
- Civil Disobedience Movement
- Aurobindo Ghosh
- Raja Rammohan Roy
- Devendranath Tagore
- Keshav Chandra Sen
- Pen Chao
- Pan Yang
- Chi Huang Ti
- Ho Ti
“Kuyil Pattu” is a famous work ascribed to which among the following Tamil Poets?
- Bharathidasan
- Avvaiyar
- Anandabharati Aiyangar
- Subramanya Bharathi
Explanation:
Subramanya Bharathi (1882-1921) was a Tamil writer, poet, journalist, Indian independence activist and social reformer, popularly known as Mahakavi Bharathiyar. He is a pioneer of modern Tamil poetry. On December 11, 2012 his 130th birth anniversary was celebrated.
Subramanya Bharati ‘s songs are a part of contemporary popular culture and have featured in Tamil cinema in last many decades and also been set to music by famous composers like Illayaraja and sung by celebrated artistes like M.S. Subbulakshmi.
He published his first two collections of poems Swades, Gitanga and Janmabhoomi in 1908. His entire Tamil Literature can be divided into several parts of which the most prominent are the patriotic poems and the devotional poems viz. the Kannan Pattu (collection of songs devoted to Krishna) and Kuyil Pattu (Songs of Kuyil). It was only after his death in 1921, that his literary greatness came to be more and more appreciated and the value of his works Kannan-pattu and Kuyil- pattu was fully recognized. Today, Bharathiar is a household name in Tamil Nadu and a revered poet in rest of India.
Skin works as a respiratory organ in which of the following Animals ?
- Cockroach
- Frog
- Whale
- Dog Fish
List-I (Period) List-II (Event)
A. 1757 AD 1. Battle of Plassey
B. 1764 AD 2. Treaty of Salbai
C. 1776 AD 3. Battle of Buxar
D. 1782 AD 4. Treaty of Purandhar
Codes: A B C D
- 2 3 4 1
- 1 3 4 2
- 2 4 3 1
- 1 4 3 2
- Germany
- Brazil
- France
- Russia
Explanation:
Raymond Kopa (85), the French football legend, has recently passed away in Paris, France. He was one of the best attacking midfielders of all time. Kopa is best remembered for a series of superb performances for France that helped his country to third place in the World Cup finals of 1958. But he was also a key member of the great Real Madrid side that won the European Cup three years running in 1957, 1958 and 1959.
- Kalyan
- Sopara
- Tamralipti
- Broach
- Babur and Rana Sanga
- Ibrahim Lodi and Rana Sanga
- Humayun and Sher Shah
- Humayun and Nusrat Shah
