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SSC CGL TOPIC WISE QUESTION PAPER : HISTORY

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1. Arrange the following in chronological order :  (SSC CGL, 2010)

1. Tughlaqs
2. Lodis 3. Saiyids
4. Ilbari Turks
5. Khiljis

(a) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
(b) 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
(c) 2, 4, 5, 3, 1
(d) 4, 5, 1, 3, 2

ANS (D)

2. Who was the founder of The Servants of India Society? (SSC CGL, 2010)

(a) G..K. Gokhale
(b) M.G. Ranade
(c) B.G. Tilak
(d) Bipin Chandra Pal

ANS (D)

3. Mahatma Gandhi was profoundly influenced by the writings of ?  (SSC CGL, 2010)

(a) Bernard Shaw
(b) Karl Marx
(c) Lenin
(d) Leo Tolstoy

ANS (D)

4. The monk who influenced Ashoka to embrace Buddhism was?  (SSC CGL, 2010)

(a) Vishnu Gupta
(b) Upa Gupta
(c) Brahma Gupta
(d) Brihadratha

ANS (B)

5. The Lodi dynasty was founded by ?  (SSC CGL, 2010)

(a) Ibrahim Lodi
(b) Sikandar Lodi
(c) Bahlol Lodi
(d) Khizr Khan

ANS (C)

6. Harshvardhana was defeated by ? (SSC CGL, 2010)

(a) Prabhakaravardhana
(b) Pulakesin II
(c) Narasimhasvarma Pallava
(d) Sasanka

ANS (B)

7. Who among the following was an illiterate ?  (SSC CGL, 2010)

(a) Jahangir
(b) Shah Jahan
(c) Akbar
(d) Aurangazeb

ANS (C)

8. Which Governor General is associated with Doctrine of Lapse ?  (SSC CGL, 2010)

(a) Lord Ripon
(b) Lord Dalhousie
(c) Lord Bentinck
(d) Lord Curzon

ANS (B)

9. The Greek ambassador sent to Chandragupta Maurya's Court was :  (SSC CGL, 2011)

(a) Kautilya
(b) Seleucus Nicator
(c) Megasthenes
(d) Justin

ANS (C)

10. Identify the European power from whom Shivaji obtained cannons and ammunition:  (SSC CGL, 2011)

(a) The French
(b) The Portuguese
(c) The Dutch
(d) The English

ANS (B)

11. The call of "Back to the Vedas" was given by: (SSC CGL, 2011)

(a) Swami Vivekananda
(b) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(c) Aurobindo Ghosh
(d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

ANS (B)

12. Simon Commission was boycotted by the nationalist leaders of India because: (SSC CGL, 2011)

(a) they felt that it was only an eyewash
(b) all the members of the Commission were English
(c) the members of the Commission were biased against India
(d) it did not meet the demands of the Indians

ANS (B)

13. Who among the following British persons admitted the Revolt of 1857 as a national revolt? (SSC CGL, 2011

(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Lord Canning
(c) Lord Ellenborough
(d) Disraeli

ANS (D)

14. Which of the following is called the 'shrimp capital of India'? (SSC CGL, 2011)

(a) Mangalore
(b) Nagapatnam
(c) Kochi
(d) Nellore

ANS (D)

15. Mention the place where Buddha attained enlightenment ?  (SSC CGL, 2011)

(a) Sarnath
(b) Bodh Gaya
(c) Kapilavastu
d) Rajgriha

ANS (B)

16. Coronation of Shivaji took place in  (SSC CGL, 2011)

(a) 1627 A.D.
(b) 1674 A.D.
(c) 1680 A.D.
(d) 1670 A.D.

ANS (B)

17. The System of Dyarchy was introduced in India in  (SSC CGL, 2011)

(a) 1909
(b) 1935
(c) 1919
(d) 1945

ANS (C)

18. The Editor of 'Young India' and 'Harijan' was (SSC CGL, 2011)

(a) Nehru
(b) Ambedkar
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Subash Chandra Bose

ANS (C)

19. Who of the following attended all the Three Round Table Conferences? (SSC CGL, 2011)

(a) B.R. Ambedkar
(b) M.M. Malavia
(c) Vallabhbhai Patel
(d) Gandhiji

ANS (A)

20. Which king is referred to as Devanampiya Piyadassi (Beloved of the Gods) in the inscriptions?  (SSC CGL, 2012)

(a) Asoka
(b) Harsha
(c) Bindusara
(d) Chandragupta Maurya

ANS (A)

21. Name the Maratha Saint who was a contemporary of Shivaji. (SSC CGL, 2012)

(a) Saint Eknath
(b) Saint Tukaram
(c) Saint Dhyaneshwar
(d) Namdev

ANS (B)

22. Which of the following cereals was among the first to be used by man?  (SSC CGL, 2012)

(a) Rye
(b) Wheat
(c) Barley
(d) Oat

ANS (B)

23. The treaty of Versailles restored Alsace-Lorraine to: (SSC CGL, 2012)

(a) Italy
(b) Britain
(c) France
(d) Belgiun

ANS (C)

24. The Asokan Edicts were deciphered first by: (SSC CGL, 2012)

(a) Sir John Marshall
(b) Sir William Jones
(c) Charles Wilkins
(d) James Princep

ANS (D)

25. Who favoured the Artic Home thoery of the Aryans?  (SSC CGL, 2012)

(a) Pargiter
(b) A. C. Das
(c) B. G. Tilak
(d) Jacobi

ANS (C)

26. Who was the teacher of Gautama Buddha?  (SSC CGL, 2012)

(a) Panini
(b) Alara Kalama
(c) Kapila
(d) Patanjali

ANS (B)

27. The prose collection of the vedic poems are: (SSC CGL, 2012)

(a) Samhitas
(b) Upanishads
(c) Aranyakas
(d) Brahmanas

ANS (A)

28. Non-violence as taught and practised by Mahatma Gandhi is rooted in the Indian Doctrine of (SSC CGL, 2012)

(a) Swaraj
(b) Swadeshi
(c) Satyagraha
(d) Ahimsa

ANS (D)

29. Who was the founder of the Aligarh Movement ? (SSC CGL, 2012)

(a) Syed Amir Ali
(b) Maulvi Chiragh Ali
(c) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
(d) Abdul Halim Sharar

ANS (C)

30. 'Prince of Pilgrims' was the name attributed to  (SSC CGL, 2012)

(a) Plutarch
(b) Hiuen Tsang
(c) Fa-Hien
(d) I-Tsing

ANS (B)

31. Where did Buddha deliver his first sermon ? (SSC CGL, 2012)

(a) Sarnath
(b) Rajagriha
(c) Kapilavastu .
(d) Bodh-Gaya

ANS (A)

32. Name the Mughal Prince, who translated Bhagavat Gita into Persian ?  (SSC CGL, 2012)

(a) Dara Shukoh
(b) Sulaiman Shukoh
(c) Khusru
(d) Murad

ANS (A)

33. The surgery that was practised in ancient India is known from the works of which of the following scholars ? (SSC CGL, 2012)

(a) Atreya
(b) Sushruta
(c) Charaka
(d) Vagbhata

ANS (B)

34. Who among the following was the First Viceroy of India? (SSC CGL, 2012)

(a) Lord Ripon
(b) Lord Curzon
(c) Lord Mountbatten
(d) Lord Canning

ANS (D)

35. Prithvi Raj Chauhan was defeated in the Second Battle of Tarain by (SSC CGL, 2012)

(a) Mahmud Ghazni
(b) Muhammad Ghori
(c) Qutbuddin Aibak
(d) Yalduz

ANS (B)

36. The original name of Nana Phadnavis was  (SSC CGL, 2012)

(a) Mahadaji Sindhia
(b) Tukoji Holkar
(c) Narayan Rao
(d) Balaji Janardan Bhanu

ANS (D)

37. Who among the following first propounded the idea of Basic Education? (SSC CGL, 2012)

(a) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Dayanand Saraswati

ANS (C)

38. Arrange the following in chronological order: (SSC CGL, 2012)

I. Dandi March
II. Simon Commission
III. Poona Pact
IV. Gandhi Irwin Pact

(a) II, I, III, IV
(b) II, I, IV, III
(c) IV, III, I, II
(d) IV, III, II, I

ANS (B)

39. The city of Prayag was named Allahabad - the city of Allah by?  (SSC CGL, 2012)

(a) Aurangzeb
(b) Akbar
(c) Shahjahan
(d) Bahadur Shah Zafar

ANS (B)

40. Who gave the title of "Mahamana" to Madan Mohan Malviya ? (SSC CGL, 2013)

(a) Bal Gandadhar Tilak
(b) Dada Bhai Naurozi
(c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(d) Mahatma Gandhi

ANS (D)

41. Who was the Viceroy of the time of Quit India Movement ? (SSC CGL, 2013)

(a) Lord Irwin
(b) Lord Mountbatten
(c) Lord Wavell
(d) Lord Lin Lithgow

ANS (D)

42. Who was the other Congress leader who joined with Motilal Nehru to start the Swaraj Party in 1923?  (SSC CGL, 2013)

(a) G.K. Gokhale
(b) B.G. Tilak
(c) Chittaranjan Das
(d) M.K. Gandhi

ANS (C)

43. What is the first sermon of Buddha called as ?  (SSC CGL, 2013)

(a) Mahaparinivansutta
(b) Brahmajalasutta
(c) Dhammachakkapabattanasutta
(d) Kachchayanagottasutta

ANS (C)

44. From which of the following banks did Madan Mohan Malaviya take loans for financing "The Hindustan Times"? (SSC CGL, 2013)

(a) State Bank of India
(b) Punjab National Bank
(c) Bank of Maharashtra
(d) Bank of Baroda

ANS (B)

45. Where are the Todas found ? (SSC CGL, 2013)

(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Tamil nadu
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Aruncachal Pradesh

ANS (B)

46. Rowlatt Act 1919 was enacted during the period of ?  (SSC CGL, 2013)

(a) Lord Chelmford
(b) Lord William
(c) Lord Minto
(d) Lord Bentinck

ANS (A)

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47. Panchayati Raj System was implemented first in the pair of states?  (SSC CGL, 2013)

(a) Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan
(b) Assam and Bihar
(c) Arunachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh
(d) Punjab and Chandigarh

ANS (A)

48. Which of the following tribes is associated with the "Tana Bhagat" movement?  (SSC CGL, 2013)

(a) Uraon
(b) Munda
(c) Santhal
(d) Kondadora

ANS (A)

49. Who founded the Naujawan Bharat Sabha? (SSC CGL, 2013)

(a) B. C. Pal
(b) G. Subramania Iyer
(c) Sardar Bhagat Singh
(d) Rukmani Lakshmipathi

ANS (C)

50. The Narendra Mandal or Chamber of Princes was inaugurated in 1921 by? (SSC CGL, 2013)

(a) Lord Curzon
(b) Lord Wellesley
(c) Duke of Cannaught
(d) Duke of Wellingdon

ANS (C)

51. Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha together are known as ? (SSC CGL, 2013)

(a) Triratna
(b) Trivarga
(c) Trisarga
(d) Trimurti

ANS (A)

52. Who was called Lichchavi Dauhitra? (SSC CGL, 2013)

(a) Chandragupta I
(b) Skandagupta
(c) Kumaragupta
(d) Samudragupta

ANS (A)

53. Pulakesin II was the greatest ruler of the ? (SSC CGL, 2013)

(a) Chalukyas of Kalyani
(b) Pallavas of Kanchi
(c) Cholas of Tamil Nadu
(d) Chalukyas of Badami

ANS (B)

54. The Uttaramerur inscription provides information on the administration of the ? (SSC CGL, 2013)

(a) Pallavas
(b) Cholas
(c) Chalukyas
(d) Satavahanas

ANS (B)

55. Pitts India Act of 1784 was a/an ? (SSC CGL, 2013)

(a) Ordinance
(b) Resolution
(c) White paper
(d) Regulation Act

ANS (B)

56. Which one of the following statements is not true in respect of A.O. Hume?  (SSC CGL, 2013)

(a) He founded the Indian National Congress.
(b) He presided over the Congress Annual Sessions twice.
(c) He was an ornithologist.
(d) He was a member of the Indian Civil Service.

ANS (B)

57. Which of the following movements saw the biggest peasant guerilla war on the eve of independence? (SSC CGL, 2013)

(a) Punnapra Vayalar Movement
(b) Telangana Movement
(c) Noakhali Movement
(d) Tebhaga Movement

ANS (B)

58. The founder of the Lodi Dynasty was ? (SSC CGL, 2013)

(a) Bahlol Lodi
(b) Sikandar Shah Lodi
(c) Jalal Khan Lodi
(d) Ibrahim Lodi

ANS (A)

59. The Gandharva School of art is also known as the ? (SSC CGL, 2013)

(a) Buddhist-Roman art
(b) Dravidian-Roman art
(c) Greco-Roman art
(d) Greco-Roman-Buddhist art

ANS (D)

60. The Bolshevik Revolution of Russia symbolized following: (SSC CGL, 2013)

(a) coming of the Communist Rule
(b) establishment of Republic of Russia
(c) establishment of Democracy in Russia
(d) overthrow of Romanov Dynasty

ANS (A)

61. Which General, who commanded the British forces against the Americans in their War of Independence later became Governor-General of India ?  (SSC CGL, 2013)

(a) Dalhousie
(b) William Bentinck
(c) Wellesley
(d) Cornwallis

ANS (B)

62. Who established the Indian Civil Liberties Union in 1936? (SSC CGL, 2013)

(a) Subhash Chandra Bose
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(d) Rajendra Prasad

ANS (C)

63. Which of the following was established first?  (SSC CGL, 2013)

(a) Banaras Hindu University
(b) University of Bombay
(c) Aligarh Muslim University
(d) University of Allahabad

ANS (B)

64. The first Indian Satellite Aryabhatta was launched in : (SSC CGL, 2013)

(a) 1972
(b) 1975
(c) 1977
(d) 1979

ANS (B)

65. Where did Aurangzeb die? (SSC CGL, 2013)

(a) Pune
(b) Aurangabad
(c) Ahmad Nagar
(d) Mumbai

ANS (C)

66. Who gave the title of "Sardar" to Ballabh Bhai Patel? (SSC CGL, 2013)

(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Vinoba Bhave
(c) Women of Bardoli
(d) Peasants of Gujrat

ANS (A)

67. What Satyagraha was held at Nagpur in 1923? (SSC CGL, 2013)

(a) Salt Satyagraha
(b) Individual Satyagraha
(c) Ryots Satyagraha
(d) Flag Satyagraha

ANS (D)

68. Which one of the following is not a sect of Buddhism? (SSC CGL, 2013)

(a) Mahayana
(b) Hinayana
(c) Digambar
(d) Theravad

ANS (C)

69. Who was the viceroy when Delhi became the capital of British India? (SSC CGL, 2013)

(a) Lord Curzon
(b) Lord Minto
(c) Lord Hardinge
(d) Lord Waveli

ANS (C)

70. Multan was named by the Arabs as  (SSC CGL 2014)

(a) City of beauty
(b) City of wealth
(c) Cityof gold
(d) Pink city

ANS (C)

71. Which one of the following was the book written by Amoghvarsha, the Rashtrakuta King?  (SSC CGL 2014)

(a) Adipurana
(b) Ganitasara Samgraha
(c) Saktayana
(d) Kavirajamarga

ANS (D)

72. Who built the Kailasanatha Temple at Ellora?   (SSC CGL 2014)

(a) Rajendra I
(b) Mahendra Varman I
(c) Krishna I
(d) Govinda I

ANS (C)

73. The land measures of the Second Pandyan Empire was mentioned in : (SSC CGL 2014)

(a) Thalavaipuram Copper Plates
(b) Uttirameru Inscription
(c) Kudumiyammalai Inscription
(d) Kasakudi Copper Plates

ANS (A)

74. Who was the greatest ruler of the Satavahanas?  (SSC CGL 2014)

(a) Satkarni I
(b) Gautamiputra Satkarni
(c) Simuka
(d) Hala

ANS (B)

75. The greatest king of the Pratihara dynasty was : (SSC CGL, 2015)

(a) Bhoj (Mihir-Bhoj)
(b) Dantidurga
(c) Nagbhatta II
(d) Vatsaraj

ANS (A)

76. In 1939 Subhash Chandra Bose was elected as President of the Congress Party defeating :  (SSC CGL, 2015)

(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(c) V.B. Patel
(d) Pattabhi Sitharamayya

ANS (D)

77. Jallianwala incident took place at : (SSC CGL, 2015)

(a) Lucknow
(b) Surat
(c) Amritsar
(d) Allahabad

ANS (C)

78. Who was the founder of Lodhi dynasty ?  (SSC CGL, 2015)

(a) Sikandar Lodhi
(b) Bahlol Lodhi
(c) Ibrahim Lodhi
(d) Daulat Khan Lodhi

ANS (B)

79. Which one of the following pair is not correctly matched ?  (SSC CGL, 2015)

(a) Akbar - Todarmal
(b) Chanakya - Chandragupta
(c) Vikramaditya - Chaitanya
(d) Harshvardhan - Hiuen Tsang

ANS (C)

80. The South East trade winds are attracted towards the Indian sub continent in the rainy season due to  (SSC CGL, 2015)

(a) the effect of easterlies
(b) the effect of Northern-East trade winds
(c) the presence of low atmospheric pressure over North- West India

ANS (C)

81. What is 'Reformation'?   (SSC CGL, 2015)

(a) Revival of classical learning
(b) The revolt against authority of pope
(c) Rise of absolute monarchy
(d) Change in attitude of man

ANS (B)

82. Swaraj is my Birth Right and I shall have it. This was advocated by :  (SSC CGL, 2015)

(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Lala Lajpat Rai
(c) Sardar Patel
(d) Lokmanya Tilak

ANS (D)

83. Gandhiji's Famous Quit India Movement call to the British was given in :   (SSC CGL, 2015)

(a) 1940
(b) 1942
(c) 1941
(d) 1943

ANS (B)

84. In which year was the Indian National Congress formed :  (SSC CGL, 2015)

(a) 1901
(b) 1835
(c) 1875
(d) 1885

ANS (D)

85. Bangladesh was created in : (SSC CGL, 2015)

(a) 1973
(b) 1970
(c) 1972
(d) 1971

ANS (D)

86. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the founder of :  (SSC CGL, 2015)

(a) Brahmo Samaj
(b) Prathna Samaj
(c) Ram Krishna Mission
(d) Arya Samaj

ANS (A)

87. Who initiated the movement to form the Indian National Congress : (SSC CGL, 2015)

(a) Annie Besant
(b) A.O. Hume
(c) W.C. Banerjee
(d) Gandhi ji

ANS (B)

88. Kamarup is an ancient name of which region of India? (SSC CGL, 2016)

(a) Bihar
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Karnataka
(d) Assam

ANS (C)

89. Which battle led to the downfall of the Vijayanagar empire? (SSC CGL, 2016)

(a) Battle of Takkolam
(b) Battle of Talikota
(c) Battle of Kanwah
(d) Battle of Panipat

ANS (B)

90. Who introduced Mansabdari system in India? (SSC CGL, 2016)

(a) Babur
(b) Humayun
(c) Akbar
(d) Jahangir

ANS (C)

91. The 'Cabinet Mission' of 1946 was led by 1946 : (SSC CGL, 2016)

(a) Lord Linlithgow
(b) Lord Mountbatten
(c) Sir Pethic Lawrence
(d) Sir Mountford

ANS (C)

92. What did Gandhiji meant by 'Sarvodaya'? (SSC CGL, 2016)

(a) Non-violence
(b) Upliftment of untouchables or dalits
(c) The birth of a new society based on ethical values
(d) Satyagraha

ANS (C)

93. Harsha moved his capital from _____ to ____. (SSC CGL, 2016)

(a) Thanesar, Kanauj
(b) Delhi, Deogiri
(c) Kamboj, Kanauj
(d) Valabhi, Delhi

 ANS (A)

94. A collective term used by the Jains for their sacred books is (SSC CGL, 2016)

(a) Prabandhas
(b) Agamas
(c) Nibandhas
(d) Charits

ANS (B)

95. Who propounded the "Doctrine of Passive Resistance"?  (SSC CGL, 2016)

(a) Balgangadhar Tilak
(b) Aurobindo Ghosh
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(d) Bipin Chandra Pal

ANS (B)

96. The first Muslim to be elected President of 'Indian National Congress' was? (SSC CGL, 2016)

(a) Maulana Azad
(b) Mohammed Ali
(c) Badruddin Tyabji
(d) Shah Wali-ullah

ANS (C)

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