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) Oats
ANS (B)
23. The treaty of Versailles restored Alsace-Lorraine to: (SSC CGL, 2012)
- (a) Italy
- (b) Britain
- (c) France
- (d) Belgium
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)
