1)

Mathura was the second capital of ________ dynasty.

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A)

Kushana

B)

Gupta

C)

Maurya

D)

Maukhri

2)

In the Industrial Policy Resolution of 1948, which of the following was NOT the monopoly of the Central Government?

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A)

Railway

B)

Atomic energy

C)

Iron and Steel

D)

Arms and ammunition

3)

The bill which provide for the trial of British or European person by Indians was _______.

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A)

Ilbert Bill

B)

Dalhousie Bill

C)

Hastings Bill

D)

George Bill

4)

Babur ruled over Delhi till ________ year.

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A)

1526

B)

1539

C)

1530

D)

1545

5)

Who among the following was the founder of the Kanva dynasty?

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A)

Vasudeva

B)

Susharman

C)

Narayana

D)

Devabhuti

6)

The Paramhans Mandali was established to work for the abolition of caste in ______.

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A)

1820

B)

1840

C)

1830

D)

1850

7)

In 1873, the Satyashodhak Samaj was established in ______.

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A)

Bombay Presidency

B)

Madras Presidency

C)

Bihar Province

D)

Punjab Province

8)

Which of the following statement is correct with respect to the Shaka dynasty?
I. Some kingdoms of Shakas lasted for about 500 years.
II. The Shakas were followed by the Kushanas about 2200 years ago.

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A)

Both I and II

B)

Only I

C)

Neither I nor II

D)

Only II

9)

In which of the following years, did Subhas Chandra Bose refer to Mahatma Gandhi as the “Father of the Nation”?

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A)

1939

B)

1944

C)

1942

D)

1941

10)

Which of the following pairs of ‘Ruler – Ruling period’ is correctly matched?
I. Sher Shah Suri – 1540-1545
II. Akbar – 1556-1605

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A)

Only I

B)

Only II

C)

Neither I nor II

D)

Both I and II

11)

Which dynasty bronze statues were made using the “lost wax” technique?

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A)

Chalukya

B)

Pandya

C)

Chola

D)

Pala

12)

Battle of Buxar was fought in ______.

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A)

1764

B)

1757

C)

1767

D)

1774

13)

Who among the following gave up his traditional professions and took to arms, successfully established kingdom in Karnataka?

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A)

Pushyamitra Shunga

B)

Gurjara-Pratihara Harichandra

C)

Vasudeva Kanva

D)

Kadamba Mayurasharman

14)

After the ______, Mahatma Gandhi called off the Non-Cooperation Movement.

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A)

Bengal partition

B)

Chauri Chaura incidence

C)

Jallianwala Bagh massacre

D)

Round Table conferences

15)

Choose the correct pair from the following options.

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A)

Fourth Five-Year Plan - Jawaharlal Nehru

B)

Fifth Five-Year Plan - Indira Gandhi

C)

Sixth Five-Year Plan - Rajiv Gandhi

D)

Seventh Five-Year Plan - PV Narasimha Rao

16)

Based on Macaulay’s Minute, the English Education Act was introduced in ________.

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A)

1855

B)

1835

C)

1875

D)

1815

17)

Puhar or Kaveripattinam, was the port of which of the following dynasty?

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A)

Pandyas

B)

Cholas

C)

Cheras

D)

Vakatakas

18)

Abdul Karim Khan and Abdul Wahid Khan were the founders of the ______ gharana.

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A)

Agra

B)

Gwalior

C)

Jaipur - Atrauli

D)

Kirana

19)

Who among the following defeated Mughal emperor Humayun at Chausa?

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A)

Sher Khan

B)

Safavid Shah

C)

Mirza Hakim

D)

Mirza Kamran

20)

Who among the following ruled in India between 1266 and 1287?

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A)

Shams-ud-din-Iltutmish

B)

Aram Shah

C)

Qutub-ud-din-Aybak

D)

Ghiyasuddin Balban

21)

Which of the following revolutionary groups' members assassinated Assistant Superintendent of Police John Saunders in 1927?

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A)

Abhinav Bharat Secret Society

B)

Hindustan Republican Association

C)

Hindustan Sewa Dal

D)

Anushilan Samiti

22)

How many delegates attended the first session of Congress in 1885?

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A)

68

B)

78

C)

62

D)

72

23)

Samudragupta's mother belonged to which of the following gana?

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A)

Sakya

B)

Lichchhavi

C)

Koliya

D)

Vajji

24)

Which of the following city of India was a coastal settlement where ships unloaded goods from distant lands between 2200 and 1900 years ago?

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A)

Yanam

B)

Veerampattinam

C)

Karaikal

D)

Arikamedu

25)

Who was the Mughal emperor, when a massive rebellion against british rule broke out in 1857?

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A)

Akbar II

B)

Bahadur Shah Zafar

C)

Farrukhsiyar

D)

Aurangzeb

26)

The Anantraj Sagar Tank was built by the ______ rulers.

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A)

Pala

B)

Maratha

C)

Vijayanagara

D)

Chola

27)

Which of the following town was built by the ruler Vijayalaya in Kaveri delta?

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A)

Madurai

B)

Tiruppur

C)

Tiruchirappalli

D)

Thanjavur

28)

In which of the following Indian states, Harappan cities have NOT been found?

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A)

Rajasthan

B)

Gujarat

C)

Uttarakhand

D)

Haryana

29)

Which of the following Dynasties established the kingdom of Vijayanagara?

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A)

Soma Dynasty

B)

Nagama Dynasty

C)

Sangama Dynasty

D)

Tuluva Dynasty

30)

Which of the following British officers issued the infamous ‘crawling order’ whereby Indians had to crawl on all fours to pass an alley?

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A)

Lord Curzon

B)

General Dyer

C)

Warren Hastings

D)

Lord Irwin

31)

The ancient city of Champa is believed to be the capital of _________ Mahajanapada.

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A)

Anga

B)

Matsya

C)

Kashi

D)

Vajji

32)

Who among the following was the only martyr of the Quit India phase of the freedom movement who was hanged?

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A)

Potti Sreeramulu

B)

Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi

C)

Kaushal Konwar

D)

Senapati Bapat

33)

At which of the following jails was Khudiram Bose sent to the gallows?

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A)

Barishal

B)

Muzaffarpur

C)

Alipore

D)

Chittagong

34)

Which of the following Mauryan rulers did Seleucus fight against in the Seleucid–Mauryan War?

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A)

Samprati

B)

Ashoka

C)

Dasharatha

D)

Chandragupta Maurya

35)

The Mughal court chronicles are written in ______.

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A)

Urdu

B)

Turkish

C)

Persian

D)

Arabic

36)

Sikandra is the final resting place of Emperor ______.

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A)

Shah Jahan

B)

Jahangir

C)

Humayun

D)

Akbar

37)

In which of the following forts was Razia Sultan imprisoned by Malik Ikhtiyar-ud-din Altunia?

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A)

Qila Mubarak in Bathinda

B)

Mehrangarh fort in Jodhpur

C)

Golconda fort in Golconda

D)

Jaigarh fort in Jaipur

38)

After the death of Shri Guru Gobind Singh, the Sikhs revolted against the _______ under the leadership of Banda Bahadur.

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A)

British

B)

Mughals

C)

Gurkhas

D)

Marathas

39)

William Hawkins met Emperor Jahangir as a representative of the ______ East India Company.

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A)

Dutch

B)

Portuguese

C)

English

D)

French

40)

Which of the following events occurred before 1919?

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A)

Chauri Chaura Incident

B)

Partition of Bengal

C)

Lahore Session of Congress

D)

Gandhi-Irwin Pact

41)

Chandannagar was established as a French colony in 1673, obtaining permission from______ the then Nawab of Bengal, to establish a trading post on the right bank of the river Hooghly.

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A)

Ibrahim Khan

B)

Murshid Quli Khan

C)

Mansur Ali Khan

D)

Mir Zafar

42)

With reference to the administration of Delhi Sultanate, which of the following was the department of State Correspondence?

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A)

Diwan-i-risalt

B)

Diwan-i-khairat

C)

Diwan-i-arz

D)

Diwan-i-insha

43)

Which of the following varnas was responsible for protecting people and administering justice in ancient India as per rules laid down by the Dharmasutras and Dharmashastras?

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A)

Kshatriya

B)

Shudra

C)

Vaishya

D)

Brahmana

44)

In the context of Indian Freedom Movement, which of the following years is correctly paired with the event that took place that year?

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A)

1936 – The First Round Table Conference

B)

1944 – The Cripps Mission was sent by the British government to India to obtain Indian cooperation for the British war efforts in the 2nd World War

C)

1915 – Mahatma Gandhi returned from South Africa

D)

1945 – The All India Congress Committee met in Bombay and ratified the 'Quit India' resolution

45)

King Ajatashatru was a ruler of the ______ dynasty.

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A)

Shishunaga

B)

Haryanka

C)

Mauryan

D)

Nanda

46)

The Poona Pact of 1932 was an agreement between Mahatma Gandhi and ______.

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A)

Aurobindo Ghose

B)

BR Ambedkar

C)

Lord Irwin

D)

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

47)

During the rule of which dynasty were Nalanda and Vikramashila universities founded?

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A)

The Pratihara

B)

The Palas

C)

The Rashtrakutas

D)

The Senas

48)

On 21 October 1943, Subhash Chandra Bose proclaimed the formation of the Provisional Government of Free India in ________.

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A)

Japan

B)

Russia

C)

Singapore

D)

Germany

49)

Who among the following defeated Harshavardhana when he invaded the Chalukya kingdom in the Deccan?

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A)

Kirtivarman I

B)

Vikramaditya I

C)

Mangalesha

D)

Pulakesin II

50)

Dantidurga, who set up his capital at Malkhed was a ______ ruler.

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A)

Satavahana

B)

Rashtrakuta

C)

Pala

D)

Pratihara

51)

Which of the following events occurred first during the Indian National Movement?

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A)

Kheda Satyagraha

B)

Partition of Bengal

C)

Arrival of Simon Commission

D)

Dandi March

52)

In which of the following sessions of the Indian National Congress did George Yule become the President in 1888?

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A)

Madras

B)

Allahabad

C)

Calcutta

D)

Bombay

53)

King Lalitaditya Muktapida ruled over ______.

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A)

Kerala

B)

Sikkim

C)

Gujarat

D)

Kashmir

54)

What was the first name of the Mughal Emperor Babur?

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A)

Zahiruddin

B)

Giasuddin

C)

Hasanuddin

D)

Qaseemuddin

55)

Which of the following revolutionaries was arrested by the British as an accused in the Alipore Bomb Conspiracy Case?

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A)

Roshan Singh

B)

Rajendra Lahiri

C)

Kanailal Dutta

D)

Ashfaq Ullah Khan

56)

Who among the following was the ruler of the Rashtrakuta dynasty?

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A)

Samudragupta

B)

Kanishka

C)

Dhruva

D)

Ashoka

57)

During the rule of which of the following dynasties did Timur or Tamerlane invade India in 1398 AD?

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A)

The Slave dynasty

B)

The Tughlaq dynasty

C)

The Khilji dynasty

D)

The Sayyad dynasty

58)

Under which of the following rulers did Delhi first became a capital?

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A)

Iltutmish Dynasty

B)

Tomara Rajputs

C)

Chauhans of Ajmer

D)

Khilji Dynasty

59)

Which two kings fought in the Battle of Hydaspes?

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A)

Mihirakula and Yasodharman

B)

Ashoka and Mahapadmanabha

C)

Chandragupta and Dhana Nanda

D)

Alexander and Porus

60)

After Mahatma Gandhi's release from prison in January 1931, Congress leaders met at ______ to plan the future course of action.

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A)

Calcutta

B)

Allahabad

C)

Surat

D)

Lahore

61)

Which of the following was a fishing colony that was used as a port for trading with the Romans and the Greco-Romans in ancient India?

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A)

Lothal

B)

Arikamedu

C)

Badami

D)

Tulapurushandana

62)

______ was an important port city in ancient India.

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A)

Tamralipti

B)

Ahichhatra

C)

Champa

D)

Shravasti

63)

Who among the following Rajput rulers defeated Muhammad Ghori in the First Battle of Tarain in 1191 AD?

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A)

Maldeo Rathore

B)

Rana Kumbha

C)

Prithviraj Chauhan

D)

Bappa Rawal

64)

The British East India Company captured Pondicherry (Puducherry) from the French in the year ______.

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A)

1674

B)

1699

C)

1738

D)

1761

65)

Gandhiji hoped that by coupling non-cooperation with ______, India’s two major religious communities, Hindus and Muslims, could collectively bring an end to colonial rule.

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A)

Swadeshi Movement

B)

Khilafat Movement

C)

Sepoy Mutiny

D)

Civil Disobedience Movement

66)

The Ashok Chakra Class-III was renamed as the ______ in 1967.

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A)

Shaurya Chakra

B)

Mahavir Chakra

C)

Kirti Chakra

D)

Vir Chakra

67)

One of the main reasons for the defeat of Nawab Siraj-ud-daulah in the Battle of Plassey was that the forces led by ______, one of his commanders, never fought the battle.

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A)

Mahabat Khan

B)

Mir Jafar

C)

Mir Khalifa

D)

Mir Jumla II

68)

In pre-independent India, Dadabhai Naoroji was the first to discuss the concept of a ______.

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A)

bread line

B)

living wage

C)

subsistence level

D)

poverty line

69)

In order to overturn the British rule through arms, the Kakori train incident was planned by the members of the ______ in 1925.

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A)

Gadar Party

B)

Hindustan Republican Association

C)

Indian National Army

D)

Indian National Congress

70)

Which of the following water bodies is closest to the Palk Strait?

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A)

Gulf of Mannar

B)

Chilika Lake

C)

Gulf of Khambhat

D)

Mahim Creek

71)

‘Siri’, the second city of Delhi, was built by ______.

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A)

Prithviraj Chauhan

B)

Firuz Shah Tughlaq

C)

Alauddin Khilji

D)

Sher Shah Suri

72)

The Sati Pratha was abolished under the Governor - Generalship of ________.

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A)

Lord Auckland

B)

Lord William Bentinck

C)

Lord Ellenborough

D)

Lord Metcalfe

73)

Who among the following had been given the title of ‘Sultan Buland Iqbal’ by Shah Jahan?

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A)

Dara

B)

Aurangzeb

C)

Shuja

D)

Murad

74)

______ was elected as President of the Indian National Congress in December 1929 at its annual session in the city of Lahore.

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A)

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

B)

Subhas Chandra Bose

C)

Jawaharlal Nehru

D)

Lal Bahadur Shastri

75)

Lord Hastings initiated the ______ where the East India Company claimed that its authority was supreme and hence its power was greater than that of Indian states

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A)

Government's Stores Policy

B)

Doctrine of Lapse

C)

Imperial Policy

D)

Policy of ‘Paramountcy’

76)

Muhammad Ghori was defeated by a ______ ruler in 1191.

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A)

Maurya

B)

Chalukya

C)

Chahamana

D)

Gahadavala

77)

Which of the following Viceroys appointed the Hunter Commission in 1882?

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A)

Lord Mayo

B)

Lord Ripon

C)

Lord Lytton

D)

Lord Minto

78)

Who among the following did NOT belong to the Rajput kingdom of Marwar?

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A)

Rao Chanda

B)

Rao Jodha

C)

Rana Kumbha

D)

Maldeva

79)

The tomb of Itimad-ud-Daulah, inlaid with Pietra dura decoration, is located at:

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A)

Ajmer

B)

Aurangabad

C)

Agra

D)

Alwar

80)

Which of the following Stupa sites is NOT located in the state of Uttar Pradesh?

SSC CPO 2020

A)

Bharhut

B)

Ramabhar

C)

Chaukhandi

D)

Dhamek

81)

Who among the following was the first Portuguese viceroy of India?

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A)

Lopo Soares de Albergaria

B)

Francisco de Almeida

C)

Duarte de Menezes

D)

Alfonso de Albuquerque

82)

In which year did Prince Salim ascend the Mughal throne ?

SSC CPO 2020

A)

1558

B)

1625

C)

1572

D)

1605

83)

‘Ashta Mahasthana’ refers to the eight significant places associated with the life of the Buddha. Which among the following is NOT one of those?

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A)

Sarnath

B)

Raigad

C)

Lumbini

D)

Bodh Gaya

84)

Which among the following is a mature-phase of Harappan site situated in the state of Rajasthan?

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A)

Manda

B)

Chanhudaro

C)

Nageshwar

D)

Kalibangan

85)

Which of the following Presidents of India also served as the Union Labour Minister?

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A)

V.V. Giri

B)

Zakir Hussain

C)

Ramnath Kovind

D)

N Sanjeeva Reddy

86)

Who was the President of India when Rajiv Gandhi was sworn in as Prime Minister?

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A)

R Venkataraman

B)

Shankar Dayal Sharma

C)

Giani Zail Singh

D)

N Sanjiva Reddy

87)

In which month of 1915 did Mahatma Gandhi finally return from South Africa after his successful agitation against the racist regime?

, Avg: 00:05 , 75%✓ SSC CPO 2020

A)

March

B)

July

C)

May

D)

January

88)

The final defeat of Mir Qasim in the hands of British took place at the battle of _______.

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A)

Awadh

B)

Plassey

C)

Katwa

D)

Buxar

89)

Who among the following was NOT from the Mauryan Dynasty?

SSC Selection Post Matric 2022

A)

Ashoka

B)

Brihadratha

C)

Kharavela

D)

Bindusara

90)

The construction of the Victoria Memorial Hall at Kolkata as a memorial to the deceased Queen Victoria was envisaged by which of the following Viceroys of British India?

SSC Selection Post Matric 2022

A)

Lord Canning

B)

Lord Minto II

C)

Lord Curzon

D)

Lord Elgin Il

91)

What was the name of the department of the Delhi Sultanate which was established to look after the military organization of the empire?

SSC Selection Post Matric 2022

A)

Diwan-i-Insha

B)

Diwan-i-Rasalat

C)

Diwan-i-Adalat

D)

Diwan-i-Arz

92)

The Harshacharita, a biography of Harshavardhana, the ruler of Kannauj is composed in which language by his court poet, Banabhatta?

, Avg: 00:09 , 100%✓ SSC Selection Post Matric 2022

A)

Aramaic

B)

Sanskrit

C)

Pali

D)

Kharosthi

93)

Who led a Salt March from Trichinopoly to Vedaranyam on Tanjore coast in Tamil Nadu in support of the Civil Disobedience Movement?

SSC Selection Post Matric 2022

A)

Koyapalli Kelappan

B)

P Krishna Pillai

C)

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

D)

Chakravarti Rajagopalachari

94)

Who was the Governor General of Bengal when the Permanent Settlement was introduced there in 1793?

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A)

Robert Clive

B)

John Cartiers

C)

 Warren Hastings

D)

 Charles Cornwallis

95)

After the death of Tipu Sultan in 1799 in the Battle of Seringapatam and the fall of Mysore, the state was placed under which of the following dynasties?

SSC Selection Post Matric 2022

A)

Pusapati

B)

Wodeyars

C)

Chera

D)

Nizam

96)

In ancient India, the Jatakas were written in which of the following languages, around the middle of the first millennium CE?

SSC Selection Post Matric 2022

A)

Pali

B)

Sanskrit

C)

 Aramaic

D)

Kharosthi

97)

During the Mughal reign, panchayats were headed by a headman known as_______.

SSC Selection Post Matric 2022

A)

Muqaddam

B)

Pradhan

C)

Patwari

D)

Mansabdar

98)

Which of the following acts was passed in 1919, which authorised the British government to arrest and imprison any person without trial in a court of law?

SSC Selection Post Matric 2022

A)

Defence of India Act

B)

Rowlatt Act

C)

Indian Councils Act

D)

Prevention of Seditious Meetings Act

99)

Which of the following Mughal Emperors was so concerned about the addiction of tobacco that he banned it?

, Avg: 00:16 , 100%✓ SSC Selection Post Matric 2022

A)

Akbar

B)

Shah Jahan

C)

Aurangzeb

D)

Jahangir

100)

Which Governor General of British India had described the kingdom of Awadh as "acherry that will drop into our mouth one day"?

SSC Selection Post Matric 2022

A)

Charles Metcalfe

B)

Charles Canning

C)

Lord William Bentinck

D)

Lord Dalhousie

101)

In 1928, who wrote the Congress Party's Nehru Report, a future constitution for independent India based on the grating of dominion status?

, Avg: 00:10 , 75%✓ SSC Selection Post Matric 2022

A)

Motilal Nehru

B)

Swarup Rani Nehru

C)

Kamala Nehru

D)

Jawaharlal Nehru

102)

Which of the following French travelers, who wrote accounts of what he saw, frequently comparing India with the situation in Europe, was closely associated with the Mughal court, as a physician to Prince Dara Shikoh?

, Avg: 00:13 , 50%✓ SSC Selection Post Matric 2022

A)

Jean-Baptiste Tavernier

B)

Duarte Barbosa

C)

Jesuit Roberto Nobili

D)

Francois Bernier

103)

Lord Buddha was born in ______.

, Avg: 00:03 , 85%✓ SSC Selection Post Matric 2022

A)

Lumbini, Nepal

B)

Bihar, India

C)

Bamyan, Afghanistan

D)

Cumilla, Bangladesh

104)

_______ was land granted to a Brahmana, who was usually exempted from paying land revenue and other dues to the king, and was often given the right to collect these dues.

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A)

A dakshina

B)

An agrahara

C)

An ahuti

D)

A namaskaram

105)

After West Bengal, with which of the following Indian states does Bangladesh have the common longest border?

, Avg: 00:16 , 25%✓ SSC Selection Post Matric 2022

A)

Meghalaya

B)

Mizoram

C)

Assam

D)

Tripura

106)

In which of the following years was the Battle of Imphal won?

, Avg: 00:06 , 66%✓ SSC Selection Post Matric 2022

A)

1944

B)

1934

C)

1956

D)

1912

107)

Who was the Viceroy of India at the times of the Dandi March initiated by Gandhiji?

, Avg: 00:04 , 50%✓ SSC Selection Post Matric 2022

A)

Lord Willingdon

B)

Lord Reading

C)

Lord Irwin

D)

Lord Linlithgow

108)

Who among the following was given the title of 'Khan-e-Khana' by Akbar?

, Avg: 00:11 , 40%✓ SSC Selection Post Matric 2022

A)

Abul Fazl

B)

Faizi

C)

Tansen

D)

Mirza Abdul Rahim Khan

109)

Place Sikandara which comes under suburb of Agra is associated with the tomb of________.

, Avg: 00:13 , 68%✓ SSC Selection Post Matric 2022

A)

Akbar

B)

Shivaji

C)

Jahangir

D)

Babur

110)

Who among the following took part in India's freedom struggle from the North-East?

SSC Selection Post Matric 2022

A)

Malati Choudhuri

B)

Anjalai Ammal

C)

Sucheta Kriplani

D)

Rani Gaidinliu

111)

Tomara Rajputs were defeated in the twelfth century by the Chauhans of ______.

, Avg: 00:03 , 25%✓ SSC Selection Post Matric 2022

A)

Jodhpur

B)

Ajmer

C)

Udaipur

D)

Bikaner

112)

How many sections are there in the Government of India Act, 1935?

, Avg: 00:26 , 55%✓ SSC Selection Post Matric 2022

A)

198

B)

222

C)

321

D)

342

113)

In which of the following years was the Indian Universities Act passed during the tenure of Lord Curzon?

, Avg: 00:09 , 53%✓ SSC Selection Post Matric 2022

A)

1904

B)

1900

C)

1932

D)

1897

114)

Who among the following was responsible for the partition of Bengal in 1905?

, Avg: 00:03 , 74%✓ SSC CHSL 2021

A)

Lord Ripon

B)

Lord Curzon

C)

Lord Mayo

D)

Lord Canning

115)

In which of the following years did the Indian National Congress make the demand for a Constituent Assembly?

, Avg: 00:11 , 33%✓ SSC CHSL 2021

A)

1934

B)

1939

C)

1928

D)

1919

116)

The Indian Mutiny of 1857 effectively ended in the city of ______.

, Avg: 00:19 , 100%✓ SSC CHSL 2021

A)

Amritsar

B)

Lucknow

C)

Gwalior

D)

Vadodara

117)

After over 21 years stay in South Africa, Gandhiji returned to India in ______.

, Avg: 00:04 , 80%✓ SSC CHSL 2021

A)

1915

B)

1917

C)

1916

D)

1919

118)

The Battle of Bedara was fought between the British Army and the Dutch Army in:

, Avg: 00:04 , 40%✓ SSC CHSL 2021

A)

1764

B)

1760

C)

1772

D)

1759

119)

Who was the Nawab of Bhopal that ruled from 1868 to 1901?

SSC CHSL 2021

A)

Sultan Kaikhusrau Jahan Begum

B)

Sikander Jahan Begum

C)

Shah Jahan Begum

D)

Begum Sajida Sultan

120)

Who among the following travellers came to India from Uzbekistan in the 11th century?

, Avg: 00:16 , 28%✓ SSC CHSL 2021

A)

Abdur Razzaq Samarquandi

B)

Ibn Battuta

C)

Al-Biruni

D)

Francois Bernier

121)

Who among the following rulers belonged to the Tuluva dynasty?

, Avg: 00:06 , 61%✓ SSC CHSL 2021

A)

Simha Vishnu

B)

Vishnuvardhana

C)

Pushyamitra Sunga

D)

Krishnadeva Raya

122)

Who was the Governor-General of Bengal when the Permanent Settlement was introduced there in 1793?

, Avg: 00:10 , 75%✓ SSC CHSL 2021

A)

Warren Hastings

B)

Lord Cornwallis

C)

Sir John Macpherson

D)

Sir John Shore

123)

Which part of India did the Nizams of Asafjahi dynasty rule?

, Avg: 00:10 , 33%✓ SSC CHSL 2021

A)

Western kingdoms

B)

Northern India

C)

 Deccan provinces

D)

Eastern states

124)

In 711 CE, Arab general _______ conquered Sind, which became a part of the Caliph’s domain.

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A)

Muhammad Bin Qasim

B)

Muhammad Ghori

C)

Qutub-ud-din Aibak

D)

Muhammad-Bin-Tughlaq

125)

Who was the President of the Indian National Congress when India won its freedom in the year 1947?

, Avg: 00:05 , 78%✓ SSC CHSL 2021

A)

Vallabhbhai Patel

B)

J. B. Kripalani

C)

Jawaharlal Nehru

D)

Abul Kalam Azad

126)

In which year did Akbar analyse the state revenue statistics for the last 10 years, which contained information on price fluctuations and land productivity?

, Avg: 00:26 , 50%✓ SSC CHSL 2021

A)

1548

B)

1569

C)

1580

D)

1536

127)

Where were the terracotta models of the plough excavated in Harappan civilization?

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A)

Kashmir

B)

Banawali

C)

Amrinal

D)

Lothal

128)

In Indian history who were referred to as the 'atavika rajya'?

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A)

South Indian kingdom

B)

Forest kingdom

C)

Mughal empire

D)

Republican state

129)

Hamideh Banu Maryam Makani was the wife of Mughal emperor ______.

, Avg: 00:14 , 71%✓ SSC CHSL 2021

A)

Jahangir

B)

Babur

C)

Humayun

D)

Shah Jahan

130)

Who among the following presided over the special session of Congress in September 1923 and at the age of 35 became the youngest man to be elected as the President of the Congress?

, Avg: 00:13 , 66%✓ SSC CHSL 2021

A)

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

B)

Ram Manohar Lohia

C)

Mahadev Govind Ranade

D)

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

131)

Which of the following statements is correct?

, Avg: 00:15 , 33%✓ SSC CHSL 2021

A)

In 1775, the Siraj ud-Daulah was defeated in the Battle of Plassey.

B)

In 1776, the first railway service began from Bombay to Thane.

C)

In 1774, the Asiatic Society was founded by Sir Williams Jones.

D)

In 1793, the Cornwallis code was enacted.

132)

Who was the founder of the Mamluk dynasty in India?

, Avg: 00:06 , 50%✓ SSC CHSL 2021

A)

Iltutmish

B)

Bakhtiyar Khilji

C)

Qutub-ud-din Aibak

D)

Razia Sultan

133)

Which was the first empire in ancient India to use elephants in its war on a large scale?

, Avg: 00:11 , 66%✓ SSC CHSL 2021

A)

Kushans

B)

Chola

C)

Magadha

D)

Shunga

134)

Who among the following politicians was the Home Minister of India in Rajiv Gandhi's cabinet from 1986 to 1989?

, Avg: 00:12 , 20%✓ SSC CHSL 2021

A)

Madhavrao Scindia

B)

Ashoke Kumar Sen

C)

Buta Singh

D)

Ajit Kumar Panja

135)

Which maharaja of Manipur signed the Instrument of Accession with the Government of India?

, Avg: 00:07 , 25%✓ SSC CHSL 2021

A)

Kulachandra Singh

B)

Bodhchandra Singh

C)

Nara Singh

D)

Gambhir Singh

136)

______’s foster mother Mahapajapati Gotami was the first woman to be ordained as a bhikkhuni.

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A)

Bindusara

B)

Ashoka

C)

Buddha

D)

Arjuna

137)

In which year did the Central Government of India appoint the States Reorganisation Commission?

, Avg: 00:13 , 50%✓ SSC CHSL 2021

A)

1953

B)

1958

C)

1950

D)

1951

138)

Who was appointed as the first Surveyor General of India in 1815?

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A)

John Hodgson

B)

Thomas Hickey

C)

Colin Mackenzie

D)

Henry Walpole

139)

Which of the following battles did Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah fight, defeating the forces under Henry Lawrence?

, Avg: 01:36 , 20%✓ SSC CHSL 2021

A)

Battle of Najafgarh

B)

Battle of Saragarhi

C)

Battle of Chinhat

D)

Battle of Kintoor

140)

In which of the following years was the Cornwallis Code enacted?

, Avg: 00:16 , 50%✓ SSC CHSL 2021

A)

1723

B)

1857

C)

1793

D)

1805

141)

Who was the ruler of Delhi sultanate when Ibn Batuta came in India?

, Avg: 00:10 , 100%✓ SSC CHSL 2021

A)

Alauddin Khalji

B)

Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

C)

Ibrahim Lodi

D)

Firuz Shah Tughlaq