Haryana SI Constable Exam, (26-09-2021), (Shift-II)

1. The Elephanta cave temples were so named during the times of which rulers?

(1) The Palas
(2) The Chalukyas
(3) The Cholas
(4) The Rashtrakutas

Correct Answer: (4) The Rashtrakutas

Solution:The Elephanta Caves (earlier known as Gharapuri) are a network of sculpted caves located on Elephanta Island in (Mumbai) Maharashtra.

The date of the famous Elephanta Caves is still very much debated and varies from the 6th century to the 8th century.
The cave temple, dedicated to Lord Shiva, was excavated sometime in the 8th century by the Rashtrakuta kings.

2. In which place were the Vijayanagara empire ruins found?

(1) Gulbarga
(2) Hampi
(3) Bidar
(4) Rakhigarhi

Correct Answer: (2) Hampi

Solution:The site of Hampi (Vijayanagara district, Karnataka) comprises mainly the remnants of the capital city of the Vijayanagara Empire (14th-16th century CE), the last great Hindu Kingdom.

The Vijayanagara Empire was defeated by a coalition of sultanates in 1565 (Battle of Talikota), after which Hampi remained in ruins.

3. After suppression of the 1857 rebellion, Mughal ruler Bahadur Shah Zafar was exiled to:

(1) The Andamans
(2) Nepal
(3) Bhutan
(4) Myanmar

Correct Answer: (4) Myanmar

Solution:Bahadur Shah Zafar (also known as Aboo Zafar) ascended the Mughal throne in 1837 at the age of 62. He succeeded his father, Emperor Akbar Shah II.

On 4th December 1858, he along with his family was transported from Diamond Harbor to Rangoon (Myanmar) on the Ship ‘Magoera,’ and reached there on 10 December 1858.

4. Where were the headquarters of the Theosophical Society established in India?

(1) Calcutta
(2) Poona
(3) Bombay
(4) Adyar

Correct Answer: (4) Adyar

Solution:The Theosophical Society was founded by Madame Blavatsky and Col. Olcott in 1875 in New York.

It was only in 1879, that this ideology gained its roots in the Indian culture and Society.
It was crystallised in the Madras Presidency with its headquarters in Adyar.

5. Who surrendered the knighthood ‘Sir’ after the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre?

(1) Syed Ahmed Khan
(2) Chhotu Ram
(3) Haider Ali
(4) Rabindranath Tagore

Correct Answer: (4) Rabindranath Tagore

Solution:Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore renounced his knighthood after the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.

The massacre took place in Amritsar on April 13, 1919, when the crowd in Jallianwala Bagh was fired upon by British Indian Army.

6. The Cellular jail built in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands is presently named after which eminent personality?

(1) Veer Savarkar
(2) Subhas Chandra Bose
(3) Sardar Bhagat Singh
(4) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

Correct Answer: (1) Veer Savarkar

Solution:The construction of cellular jail was started in 1896 and completed in 1910 based on suggestions from Lyall-Lethbridge Commission.

In 1911, freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was sentenced to 50 years in the cellular jail of Andamans (also known as Kala Pani) for revolting against the Morley-Minto reforms (Indian Councils Act 1909).
He was released in 1924.
Cellular Jail built in Andaman is named after Veer Savarkar.

7. Who was honoured with the title ‘Rai Bahadur’ in Haryana?

(1) Rao Tula Ram
(2) Rao Virendra Singh
(3) Rao Indrajeet Singh
(4) Sir Chhotu Ram

Correct Answer: (4) Sir Chhotu Ram

Solution:Chhotu Ram was a co-founder of the National Unionist Party (a cross-communal alliance of Hindu and Muslim agriculturists) which ruled the United Punjab Province in pre-independent India.

He was awarded the title of ‘Rao Bahadur.’
He was knighted in 1937 and was popularly known as Deen Bandhu.

8. Who called the Brahma Sarovar of Haryana as a miniature sea?

(1) Abul Fazl
(2) Swami Paramanand
(3) Swami Shraddhanand
(4) Swami Gyananandji Maharaj

Correct Answer: (1) Abul Fazl

Solution:Brahma Sarovar is an ancient water pool sacred to Hinduism in Thanesar, Haryana.

Having seen its huge water body Abdul-Fazl the courtier of Mughal emperor Akbar during solar eclipse has described the vast water body of this sarovar as miniature sea.

9. At which place of Haryana did Muhammad Ghori defeat Prithvi Raj Chauhan?

(1) Tarawdi
(2) Nilokhedi
(3) Taraori
(4) Titram

Correct Answer: (3) Taraori

Solution:Muhammad of Ghori of the Muslim Ghurid dynasty defeated Prithviraj Chauhan of the Chauhan dynasty at the Second Battle of Tarain in 1192.

It took place near Tarain (modern Taraori in Haryana).

10. Who among the following was not the Governor of Haryana?

(1) Mahabir Prasad
(2) Acharya Devvrat
(3) Jaisukh Lal Hathi
(4) Paramanand

Correct Answer: (2) Acharya Devvrat

Solution:Mahaveer Prasad served as Governor of Haryana from 14 June 1994 to 1999.

Acharya Devvrat is the Governor of Gujarat since July 2019.
Jaisukhlal Hathi was appointed Governor of Haryana on 14 August 1976 to 1977.
Babu Paramanand served as Governor of Haryana from 19 June 1999 to 2 July 2004.