General Knowledge MCQ — 17 Practice Questions with Answers

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Swami Vivekananda attended the World’s Parliament of Religions held in Chicago in 1893 and became widely known through his speeches there. Among the given options, this identifies Swami Vivekananda. Therefore option B is correct.

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Shyamji Krishna Varma founded India House in London in 1905 as a centre for Indian students and nationalist activity. Therefore, among the given options, the founder is correctly identified in option C. Madan Lal Dhingra and V. D. Savarkar were associated with revolutionary activity, but they were not the founders of India House.

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Champaran Satyagraha began in 1917, and official Government of India releases marked its centenary in April 2017. Hence, 100 years of Champaran Satyagraha were completed in 2017. Option B is therefore correct.

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Walter Charles Rand, the British Plague Commissioner at Poona, was assassinated in 1897 by Damodar and Balkrishna Chapekar. Hence the murder of Mr. Rand at Poona is associated with the Chapekar Brothers. Option C is correct.

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Rajkumar Shukla, an indigo cultivator from Champaran, persuaded Gandhi to come and examine the peasants’ condition. Government of India accounts also note that Gandhi reached Patna in April 1917 at Shukla’s request. Therefore option B is correct.