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Q.3. Fire altars were found in which of SSC MTS 08/09/2023 (3rd Shift)
History the following groups of Harappan cities? (a) It was used for grain storage.
SSC Stenographer 13/10/2023 (Afternoon) (b) It was used for farming.
Ancient History (a) Kalibangan and Lothal (c) It was used as the water tank of the
(b) Banawali and Chanhudaro city.
Prehistoric And Indus Valley (c) Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa (d) It was probably used for religious
(d) Mohenjo-Daro and Dholavira purpose.
Q.1. Select the correct alternative of the Sol.3.(a) Kalibangan and Lothal. Sol.6.(c) "Great bath" is a public water
basis of the given statements on the Findings of different Indus valley tank located in Mohenjo Daro (Pakistan).
drainage system of the Harappan civilization sites: Kalibangan - Lower It was a large rectangular tank in a
civilisation. fortified town, Boustrophedon style, courtyard surrounded by a corridor on all
Statement I: In most of the Harappan Wooden drainage, Copper Ox, Evidence four sides. There were two flights of
cities, the houses had open drainage of earthquake, Wooden plough, Camel’s steps on the north and south leading into
systems outside. bone. Lothal - Port Town, Evidence of the tank, which was made watertight by
Statement II: In the Harappan civilisation, Rice, Graveyard, Ivory scale, Copper dog. setting bricks on edge and using a
water and garbage used to drain out Mohenjo-Daro - Prepared Garments, mortar of gypsum. There were rooms on
from the drains located outside the Temple-like Palace, Pashupati seal, three sides, in one of which was a large
houses and go into the main Statue of a dancing girl, The Great Bath, well.
underground drain. The Great Granary etc.
SSC Stenographer 12/10/2023 (Morning) Q.7. Which of the following Indus Valley
(a) Only Statement I is true. Q.4. Select the correct alternative on the sites is now located in Pakistan ?
(b) Both Statement I and Statement II are basis of the given statements on the SSC MTS 11/09/2023 (1st Shift)
true. Great Bath of Harappan civilization. (a) Harappa (b) Lothal
(c) Only Statement II is true. Statement I: The Great Bath was found in (c) Alamgirpur (d) Kalibangan
(d) Neither Statement I nor Statement II Mohenjo-Daro site of Harappan
is true. civilisation. Sol.7.(a) Harappa. The Indus valley
Statement II: The Great Bath was lined civilization (Bronze Age) is also called
Sol.1.(c) Only Statement II is true. with bricks, coated with plaster and the Harappan culture. Other Important
Drainage System of Harappan cities: made water-tight with a layer of natural Sites : Harappa (river Ravi) - Excavated by
There were covered drains on both sides tar. Daya Ram Sahini in 1921, Mohenjodaro
of the streets. Streets with drains were SSC Stenographer 13/10/2023 (Evening) (Mound of Dead, river Indus) - Excavated
laid out first and then houses built along (a) Neither Statement I nor Statement II by R.D Banerjee in 1922; Sutkagendor
them. If domestic wastewater had to is true. (Dast river, Balochistan); Chanhudaro
flow into the street drains, every house (b) Both Statement I and Statement II are (Pakistan, Indus river); Kalibangan
needed to have at least one wall along a true. (Rajasthan, Ghaggar river); Lothal
street. (c) Only Statement I is true. (Gujarat, Bhogva river); Alamgirpur
(d) Only Statement II is true. (Meerut, Hindon river).
Q.2. Select the correct alternative on the
basis of the given statements on the Sol.4.(b) Mohenjo Daro is an Q.8. Iron age is so named because
cities of Harappan civilisation. archaeological site in the Sindh province during this time iron mostly replaced
Statement I: Most of the Harappan cities of Pakistan. The meaning of Mohenjo _______ in implements and weapons,
were divided into two parts: Higher Town Daro is The mound of the dead. It was beginning in the Middle East and
and Lower Town. discovered in 1922 by RD Banerjee. It South-eastern Europe.
Statement II: The archaeologists was developed around 3000 BCE and it SSC CGL 27/07/2023 (2nd shift)
describe the lower part of the towns as was the largest city of the ancient Indus (a) wood (b) brass (c) bronze (d) stone
Citadel. Valley Civilization.
SSC Stenographer 12/10/2023 (Afternoon) Sol.8.(c) Bronze. The Iron Age is the final
(a) Both Statement I and Statement II are Q.5. Mohenjodaro site of Harappan period of the three-age division of the
true. civilization is situated on the bank of prehistory of humanity. It was introduced
(b) Only Statement II is true. which river ? after the Stone Age (Paleolithic,
(c) Only Statement I is true SSC CPO 04/10/2023 (Afternoon) Mesolithic, Neolithic) and the Bronze
(d) Neither Statement I nor Statement II (a) Ghaghara river (b) Beas river Age.
is true. (c) Jhelum river (d) Indus river Q.9. In 1948, Ernest Mackay mentioned
Sol.2.(c) Only Statement I is true. The Sol.5.(d) Indus river. List of Harappan that in the Harappan city of Lothal, the
Harappan civilization was one of the civilisation and its location on River: drains for the drainage system were
oldest civilizations in the world. It Harappa (Ravi river), Lothal (Bhogava made of______________ bricks.
flourished in the Indus River Valley region river), Kalibangan (Ghaggar River), Amri Matric Level 28/06/2023 (Shift - 4)
from around 2500 - 1500 BC. Harappan (Indus river), Chanhudaro (Indus river), (a) red (b) burnt (c) mud (d) sandstone
civilization: Excavated by - Daya Ram Suktagendor (Dast river). Sol.9.(b) Burnt. Lothal is located near the
Sahni in 1921. Location - Situated on the Gulf of Cambay/ Gulf of Khambhat in
bank of river Ravi in Punjab (Pakistan). Q.6. Which of the following statements is
true about the Great Bath of the Indus Gujarat, on the bank of river Bhogavo,
Important Findings - Granaries, Bullock tributary of Sabarmati.
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Q.10. Pottery was first traceable to which stone), Capstone (Single megaliths Q.17. Which of the following Harappan
period of ancient Indian history? placed horizontally over burial town was located on Khadir Beyt in the
Matric Level 28/06/2023 (Shift - 4) chambers), Dolmen (A large capstone on Runn of Kutch and was divided into three
(a) Chalcolithic (b) Palaeolithic two or more support stones creating a parts?
(c) Neolithic (d) Mesolithic chamber). Megalith Sites - Nilaskal SSC CHSL 14/03/2023 (4th Shift)
(Karnataka), Hanamsagar (Karnataka), (a) Sotka - koh (b) Chanhudaro
Sol.10.(c) Neolithic. Pottery has been Junapani (Maharashtra), Hire Benakal (c) Surkotada (d) Dholavira
discovered in the early villages of (Karnataka), etc.
Mehrgarh. The Palaeolithic (the first and Sol.17.(d) Dholavira. Discovered in 1968
longest part of the Stone Age) was a Q.14. Which of the following ancient by archaeologist Jagat Pati Joshi. Fifth
period of prehistory when humans made sites is NOT situated in India? largest metropolis of Indus Valley
stone tools. Mesolithic (microliths) was SSC MTS 19/05/2023 (Morning) Civilization, 40th Indian site on UNESCO’s
the period between the Paleolithic and (a) Hunsgi (b) Hallur World Heritage list. Surkotada:
Neolithic periods of the Stone Age. (c) Inamgaon (d) Mehrgarh Discovered in 1964-68 by Jagat Pati
Joshi, located in northeast Bhuj in
Q.11. The prehistoric period in the early Sol.14.(d) Mehrgarh - It is a Neolithic Gujarat. Chanhudaro: Discovered in 1931
development of human beings is Archeological Site, located on the Bolan by N. G. Majumdar, located in Sindh,
commonly known as the _________. river (bolan pass) in Balochistan Pakistan. Sotka koh - Discovered by
SSC MTS 02/05/2023 (Afternoon) (Pakistan), Discovered by - French George F. Dales, located on the Makran
(a) Old stone age (b) Mesolithic age Archaeologist Jean Francois Jarrige coast, near the city of Pasni, Balochistan
(c) Iron age (d) New stone age (1974). Findings: The earliest known (Pakistan).
center of agriculture in South Asia; First
Sol.11.(a) Old stone age. Old stone age evidence of Cotton; Early Beadmakers; Q.18. Bhimbetka, a noted site of the
also known as the Paleolithic Period. Shell Trade and Shell Working. Hunsgi - It Palaeolithic period, is located in which
Tools - handaxes, choppers and cleavers. is a Paleolithic Site, Located in Yadgir state of India?
The earliest lower Palaeolithic site - Bori (Karnataka). Hallur - It belongs to the SSC CGL Tier II 02/03/2023
(Maharashtra). Mesolithic age - Sites - earliest Iron Age Site (Neolithic), (a) Bihar (b) Uttar Pradesh
Gujarat (Langhnaj), Rajasthan (Bhilwara, Location - Bank of River Tungabhadra (c) Rajasthan (d) Madhya Pradesh
Bagor), Uttar Pradesh (Damdama, (Karnataka). Inamgaon - It is a post
Chopani Mando), Madhya Pradesh -Harappan agrarian village and Sol.18.(d) Madhya Pradesh. Bhimbetka
(Pachmarhi, Bhimbetka), Karnataka archaeological site located in Rock Paintings (UNESCO World Heritage
(Sanganakallu). New stone age also Maharashtra (situated on Ghod river). Site, 2003) is located in the Vindhya
known as Neolithic age. Tools - Weapons ranges of Madhya Pradesh. It was
made of bones - needles, arrowheads, Q.15. Mohenjodaro belongs to which of discovered by V. S. Wakankar in 1957.
etc. Sites - Burzahom (Kashmir), Chirand the following civilizations. The paintings at Bhimbetka belong to the
(Bihar), Mehrgarh (Balochistan). SSC MTS 13/06/2023 (Evening) Upper Paleolithic, Mesolithic,
(a) Maya civilization Chalcolithic, early historic, and medieval
Q.12. The ancient city of Dholavira, is (b) Indus Valley civilization periods. The complex is surrounded by
located in which state? (c) Mesopotamian civilization the Ratapani Wildlife Sanctuary.
SSC MTS 10/05/2023 (Evening) (d) Egyptian civilization
(a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Rajasthan Q.19. In which of the following Indian
(c) Karnataka (d) Gujarat Sol.15.(b) Indus Valley civilization. states, Harappan cities have NOT been
Mohenjo-Daro (Mound of the Dead Men) found?
Sol.12.(d) Gujarat. Dholavira : It was - Excavated by R. D Banerjee in 1922. SSC CGL 01/12/2022 (1st Shift)
discovered in 1968 by J.P. Joshi in Rann Evidence - Great bath, Granary, Unicorn (a) Uttarakhand (b) Gujarat
of Kachchh in Gujarat. It is situated on Seals (Most numbers of it in here), (c) Rajasthan (d) Haryana
the banks of river Luni. It has a fortified Bronze dancing girl statue, Pashupati
citadel, and a lower town with walls Seals, Steatite statue of beard man. Sol.19.(a) Uttarakhand. Harappan sites -
made of sandstone or limestone. The Important Sites in India : Rajasthan Gujarat (Lothal, Dholavira, Babar Kot,
first astronomical observatory of the (Kalibangan), Gujarat (Lothal, Dholavira, Bhagatrav, Desalpur, Gola Dhoro, Kaj,
Harappan Civilization is located in Rangpur, Surkotada), Haryana (Banawali), Kanjetar, Khirasara, Kotada Bhadli,
Dholavira. Punjab (Ropar). In Pakistan - Harappa Kuntasi, Loteshwar, etc), Rajasthan
(on river Ravi), Mohenjodaro (on the bank (Baror, Kalibangan, and Karanpura),
Q.13. In India, the practice of erecting Haryana (Balu, Rakhigarhi, Banawali,
megaliths began about __________ ago. of the Indus River in Sindh), and
Chanhudaro (in Sindh). Bhirrana, Farmana, Hisar mound, Jogna
SSC MTS 15/05/2023 (Evening) Khera, Kunal, Mitathal, Tigrana, etc).
(a) 3000 years (b) 2000 years Q.16. Cotton was probably grown at
(c) 500 years (d) 1000 years Mehrgarh from about ________. Q.20. During which of the following
SSC MTS 14/06/2023 (Evening) period Ostriches were found in India?
Sol.13.(a) 3000 years. A megalith is a SSC CGL 02/12/2022 (3rd Shift)
large stone that has been used to (a) 7000 years ago (b) 8000 years ago
(c) 6000 years ago (d) 5000 years ago (a) Mesolithic (b) Chalcolithic
construct a pre - historic structure or (c) Neolithic (d) Palaeolithic
monument. Type - Clairn Circles type of Sol.16.(a) 7000 years ago. It is the
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around the grave. Menhir (standing Patne, Maharashtra.
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Q.21. In which of the following sites of Granaries, Coffin burials (Only founded in lower town. Rakhigarhi (Haryana) is the
jadeite stone was found? Harappa), Terracotta figurines. largest Harappan site in India.
SSC CGL 03/12/2022 (3rd Shift) Chanhudaro (only city without a citadel) -
(a) Mahagara (b) Mehrgarh Bangle factory, Inkpot. Q.30. What was the shape of the Great
(c) Hallur (d) Daojali Hading Bath of Mohenjo Daro?
Q.26. Which of the following types of SSC MTS 15/07/2022 (Evening)
Sol.21.(d) Daojali Hading - A neolithic house remains were found in Mehrgarh (a) Rectangular (b) Square
site in Dima Hasao District of Assam. site of Harappan civilization? (c) Elliptical (d) Circular
Situated near Brahmaputra valley close SSC CGL 09/12/2022 (1st Shift)
to routes leading into China and (a) Triangular or circular Sol.30.(a) Rectangular. Findings of
Myanmar. Artifacts found - Jadeite stone (b) Rectangular or circular Mohenjo-Daro: Prepared Garments,
(must have been transported from (c) Square or rectangular Temple-like Palace, Pashupati seal,
China). 4 types of ceramic - cord-marked, (d) Circular or square Statue of a dancing girl, Ivory weight
incised, stamped, and plain fine red ware. balance, The Great Bath, The Great
Sol.26.(c) Square or rectangle. Major Granary, and Priest-king statue.
Q.22. In which among the following findings at Mehrgarh are evidence of
periods Catal Huyuk was one of the most animal bones and the remains of houses. Q.31. Most Harappan seals made of ____.
famous sites? Mehrgarh was discovered in 1974 by SSC MTS 21/07/2022 (Evening)
SSC CGL 05/12/2022 (2nd Shift) Jean-Francois Jarrige. It is the first place (a) Bricks (b) Granite (c) Steatite (d) Brass
(a) Neolithic (b) Mesolithic where people started growing barley and Sol.31.(c) Steatite (a kind of soft stone).
(c) Palaeolithic (d) Chalcolithic wheat, reared the sheep and goat as it Some seals were also made of
was one of the oldest villages. terracotta, gold, agate, chert, ivory, and
Sol.22.(a) Neolithic. Catal Huyuk site
located near the modern city of Konya in Q.27. The word India came from the faience. Two important seals were the
south central Turkey. Features - Indus, called ______ in Sanskrit. Pashupati seal and the Unicorn seal.
substantial size and great longevity of SSC CGL 12/12/2022 (1st Shift) Q.32. A celt is ______ from the Neolithic
the settlement, distinctive layout of (a) Bhanuh (b) Adya (c) Sarvatr (d) Sindhu period.
back-to-back houses with roof access. SSC CGL 20/04/2022 (Morning)
Neolithic sites in India - Marakdola, Sol.27.(d) Sindhu (the local name of
Indus). Other names of India: Bharat, (a) a tomb (b) a house (c) a tool (d) an urn
Daojali Hading and Sarutaru in Assam.
Aryavarta, Hindustan, Tenjiku, and Sol.32.(c) a tool. The term Neolithic
Q.23. According to the archaeologists, in Jambudweep. Period refers to the last stage of the
Harappan cities the part to the west was Stone Age. Three different periods:
smaller and higher, was known as Q.28. The duration of the Mesolithic
period is from about ______ years ago to Palaeolithic (Old Stone Age), Mesolithic
___________. (Middle Stone Age), and Neolithic (New
SSC CGL 06/12/2022 (1st Shift) ____ years ago.
SSC CGL 12/12/2022 (4th Shift) Stone Age). The Neolithic period is
(a) citadel (b) Olympus significant for its megalithic architecture,
(c) lower town (d) colosseum (a) 14000, 10000 (b) 17000, 12000
(c) 12000, 10000 (d) 10000, 7000 the spread of agricultural practices, and
Sol.23.(a) Citadel. Chanudaro was the the use of polished stone tools.
only Harappan city without a Citadel. Sol.28.(c) 12000, 10000. The Mesolithic
Period (Middle Stone Age) is the earliest Q.33. ‘Microliths’ were ______ used by
Important Excavations : Harappa (by early humans.
Daya Ram Sahni in 1921), Chanhudaro Holocene culture. Feature: Microliths,
technological innovations (bow and SSC MTS 06/10/2021 (Morning)
(by NG Majumdar in 1931) and (a) coins (b) stone tools
Surkotada (by JP Joshi in 1964). arrow for hunting, querns, grinders, etc.),
Excavated sites (Tilwara, Bagor, Tarsang, (c) clothes (d) earthen pots
Q.24. Which of the following metals was Morkhana, Lekhahia, Birbhanpur, etc.). Sol.33.(b) Stone tools. The microliths
used to make weapons and tools in Paleolithic age (old stone age): Period - were used in spear points and
Harappan cities? (500,000 – 10,000 BCE), Neolithic age arrowheads. These tools were used to
SSC CGL 06/12/2022 (4th Shift) (new stone age): Period - (7000 - 1000 cut, pound, crush, and access new
(a) Silver (b) Gold (c) Copper (d) Iron BCE). foods—including meat from large
Sol.24.(c) Copper was the first metal Q.29. Which of the following were NOT a animals.
used in Indus Valley (Bronze Age part of a citadel in Harappan Q.34. Which of the following is a
civilization) to make tools, utensils, and architecture? Palaeolithic site of archaeological
other objects. Other metals used were SSC CPO 10/11/2022 (Afternoon) importance in India?
lead, gold, bronze and silver. (a) Storehouses for grains SSC MTS 06/10/2021 (Afternoon)
(b) Great Bath for important people (a) Chirand (b) Burzahom
Q.25. The Harappan brought Gold from
(c) Fire altars for religious ceremonies (c) Hunasagi (d) Mehrgarh
present-day _______ in India.
(d) Residential buildings for masses
SSC CGL 08/12/2022 (4th Shift)
Sol.34.(c) Hunasagi is a palaeolithic site
(a) Telangana (b) Tamil Nadu Sol.29.(d) A citadel is the core fortified of archaeological importance in India.
(c) Karnataka (d) Kerala area of a town. Harappan Civilization Some Old Stone Age stone-cutting
Sol.25.(c) Karnataka. Gold ornaments (Indus Valley Civilization or Bronze Age equipment has been found and kept in
are found at both Mohenjo-daro and civilization), lasted from 2600 –1900 the Hunasagi Gram Panchayat office.
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Q.35. Which of the following Harappan Q.39. Which of the following Vedas is Kulapa (Head of the family), Visu (The
sites is located in Afghanistan? found in two recensions, black and white, group of villages commanded by
SSC MTS 12/10/2021 (Evening) and is full of rituals to be performed ‘Vishayapati’), Gana (Assembly).
(a) Shortughai (b) Balakot publicly or individually?
(c) Nageswar (d) Kalibangan SSC Stenographer 13/10/2023 (Afternoon) Q.43. In which of the following Vedas
(a) Rigveda (b) Atharvaveda was Dasarajna war (the war of ten kings)
Sol.35.(a) Shortughai. Shortugai was a (c) Yajurveda (d) Samaveda mentioned?
trading post of Harappan times and it SSC CGL 21/07/2023 (4th shift)
seems to be connected with lapis lazuli Sol.39.(c) Yajurveda: Notable (a) Yajurveda (b) Samaveda
mines located in the surrounding area. It Upanishads of Yajurveda - (c) Rigveda (d) Atharvaveda
also might have connections with Tin Brihadaranyaka, Isha, Taittriya, Katha,
trade (found in Afghanistan) and camel and Maithri. The Rigveda - It also Sol.43.(c) Rigveda (Book of Mantras) -
trade, along with other Afghan valuables. includes the famous Gayatri mantra and The oldest of all Vedas (around 1500
the Purusha Sukta. Atharva Veda (‘Book BC); Has 10552 mantras, 1028 hymns
Q.36. Which of the following sites of of magic spells’) - Has 730 hymns and 10 mandalas (Mandalas 1 and 10
Indus valley civilization is not on the bank (Suktas), and 20 books (Khandas). are the youngest and the longest books).
of river Indus?
SSC CHSL 20/10/2020 (Morning) Q.40. Which of the following Gods Q.44. Which of the following varnas
(a) Chanhudaro (b) Mohenjodaro acquires a new epithet ‘Lord of the primarily used to do cultivation, animal
(c) Ropar (d) Kot-Diji Plough’ in the later Vedic period? husbandry and trade during the later
SSC Stenographer 13/10/2023 (Evening) Vedic period?
Sol.36.(c) Ropar is situated on the banks (a) Varuna (b) Brahma SSC CGL 25/07/2023 (2nd shift)
of the Sutlej River. Features - It was (c) Vishnu (d) Indra (a) Kshatriya (b) Brahmana
identified by excavations such as the (c) Shudra (d) Vaishya
steatite seal and marks on charred clay. Sol.40.(d) Indra is the Vedic god of
Copper implements, as well as terracotta thunder, lightning, rain, and war. Rig Veda Sol.44.(d) Vaishya. Vedic Age (1500-600
beads and bangles, were discovered. contains about 250 hymns in praise of BC): Vedas (Rig, Yajur, Sama and
Indra, and was also considered as chief Atharva) were composed in this period.
god in it. Varuna is the Vedic god of the Four Varnas : Brahmans (priests and
Vedic Age teachers of law), Kshatriyas (warriors,
ocean, cosmic order, and law.
kings, administrators), Vaishyas
Q.37. Asikni, which was a part of
Q.41. The Vedic Aryans lived in the area (merchant-traders), Shudras (artisans
Sapta-Sindhu, is the name of which of
called Sapt-Sindhu, which means area and laborers).
the following rivers in present times ?
drained by seven rivers. One of the rivers
SSC Stenographer 12/10/2023 (Afternoon) Q.45. The main (chief) social unit of the
among the seven is Jhelum. What was
(a) Jhelum (b) Beas Aryans was______ .
its ancient name?
(c) Chenab (d) Ravi SSC CGL 26/07/2023 (1st shift)
SSC CGL 14/07/2023 (1st shift)
(a) Askini (b) Parushni (a) Rajan (b) Parishad (c) Gana (d) Jana
Sol.37.(c) Chenab. Ancient names of
Indian Rivers - Vitastata (Jhelum), (c) Vipash (d) Vitasta Sol.45.(d) Jana (Tribes). Gana - Tribal or
Purushni (Ravi), Shatudri (Satluj), clan based assemblies, Parishad - A
Sol.41.(d) Vitasta. Sapta Sindhu rivers
Vipasha (Beas), Sadanira (Gandak), small body similar to Samitis/sabhas
and their ancient/alternate names - Indus
Drishdvati (Ghaghara). consisting exclusively of Brahmins, Rajan
(Sindhu, Singi Khamban), Jhelum
(Hydaspes), Chenab (Asikini, - A kind of Chief or King. Other terms
Q.38. Which of the following Vedas
Chandrabhaga), Ravi (Parushni, Airavati), used by Aryans : Ayas – Terms used for
depicts the life of the early Vedic people
Beas (Vipasha, Hyphasis), Sutlej (Sutudri, metals (copper/bronze), Kula – Family,
of India and has a collection of 1028
Zarodros) and the Saraswati river. Punjab Kulapas – Head of a family, Gramanis –
hymns divided into 10 mandalas?
was known as 'Sapta Sindhu' in the Vedic Head of the village (Grama), Sangrihitri -
SSC Stenographer 12/10/2023 (Evening)
literature. Treasurer.
(a) Samaveda (b) Atharvaveda
(c) Yajurveda (d) Rigveda Q.46. Which of the four Vedas contains a
Q.42. A wealthy person in the early Vedic
period was known as___________ collection of magic spells and charms to
Sol.38.(d) Rigveda. There are 1028
SSC CGL 14/07/2023 (3rd shift) fend off evil spirits and diseases?
mantras in the Rigveda which include the
(a) Duhitri (b) Gaveshna (c) Gomat (d) Ravi SSC CGL 26/07/2023 (2nd shift)
unpromising Valakhilia hymns. They were
(a) Rig Veda (b) Sama Veda
composed in an archaic language
Sol.42.(c) Gomat. Early Vedic Period (c) Yajur Veda (d) Atharva Veda
(evolved into classical Sanskrit). The Rig
(1500 - 1000 BC), also known as Rig
Veda is the earliest of the four Vedas and Sol.46.(d) Atharva Veda (‘Book of magic
Vedic Period. Later Vedic Period (1000 -
one of the most important texts of the spells’) - Has 730 hymns/suktas, 5987
600 BC). Other Terminologies during
Hindu tradition. It is a large collection of mantras, and 20 books (Khandas). Sama
Vedic Period: Rajan (Chief) was called
hymns in praise of the gods, which are Veda (‘Book of Chant’) - The earliest
Janasya Gopati or Gopa (Protector of
chanted in various rituals. Other Vedas:- reference for singing; 1875 verses. Yajur
Cows), Gavisthis or Gavenshana (Battle
Samaveda (The earliest reference for Veda (‘Book of Rituals’) - Has two types,
for Cows), Purohit (Chief priest and
singing), Yajurveda (It is also called the Krishna (or black) and Shukla (or white).
Minister), Senani (Leader of the Army),
book of prayers), Atharvaveda (The book These four Vedas are also 'Samhitas' (a
Samiti (General Assembly of people) and
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of magic and charms). collection).
Sabha (Council of elders), Kula (Family),
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Q.47. The Purva Mimansa school of allowed to study the Vedas, and they had century BCE.
philosophy was founded by ________ in to follow the ashramas chosen by their
ancient India. husbands. Q.56. The iron implement site of
Graduate Level 28/06/2023 (Shift - 3) Hastinapur was found in which present
(a) Vyasa (b) Kapila Q.51. Sanskrit is a part of a family of day state of India?
(c) Patanjali (d) Jaimini languages known as ___________ . SSC MTS 11/07/2022 (Evening)
SSC MTS 19/05/2023 (Afternoon) (a) Bihar (b) Uttar Pradesh
Sol.47.(d) Jaimini. Purva Mimansa (a) Indo-European (b) Indo-Asian (c) Haryana (d) Madhya Pradesh
(‘Prior Study’) also known as Dharma (c) Indo-Tibetan (d) Indo-Dravidian
Mimamsa and Karma Mimamsa (‘Study Sol.56.(b) Uttar Pradesh. Excavations at
of Actions’). The six principal Hindu Sol.51.(a) Indo-European - It includes Hastinapur were carried out in the early
darshans are Samkhya, Yoga, Nyaya, Sanskrit, Assamese, Gujarati, Hindi, 1950s by B.B. Lal, Director General of the
Vaisheshika, Mimamsa, and Vedanta. Kashmiri, and Sindhi. Archaeological Survey of India.
Badarayana - Author of Brahma Sutra or Hastinapur is famous for many historical
Q.52. How many Vedas are there in temples like Karna temple, Pandeshwar
Vedanta Sutra. Patanjali - Philosophy of Indian literature of classical Hinduism?
Yoga sutra. Kapila - Philosophy of temple, Kailash Parvat. It was also
SSC CHSL 21/03/2023 (1st Shift) known as the capital city of Pandavas
Sankhya. Vyasa - Author of the (a) Three (b) Four (c) One (d) Two
Mahabharata, Vedas and Puranas. and Kauravas at the time of
Sol.52.(b) Four. Types of Vedas: Rigveda, Mahabharata.
Q.48. Which of the following is the oldest Samaveda, Yajurveda, and Atharvaveda.
text of ancient India? Q.57. As per the Rigvedic or Early Vedic
Each Veda has four subdivisions - The Period (1500-1000 BC), who among the
Higher Secondary 30/06/2023 (Shift - 2) Samhitas (mantras and benedictions),
(a) Mahabhashya (b) Arthashastra following was a River Goddess?
the Aranyakas (text on rituals, SSC MTS 25/07/2022 (Afternoon)
(c) Rig Veda (d) Manu Smriti ceremonies, sacrifices and symbolic (a) Agni (b) Sindhu (c) Arika (d) Usha
Sol.48.(c) Rig Veda. Indra is the chief -sacrifices), the Brahmanas
deity. Gayatri mantra (dedicated to (commentaries on rituals, ceremonies Sol.57.(b) Sindhu. The seven rivers
Savitri) taken from Rig-Veda. and sacrifices), and the Upanishads mentioned in the Rig-Veda - Sindhu
Mahabhashya - Patanjali. Arthashastra - (texts discussing meditation, philosophy (Indus), Vitasta (Vehit/Jhelum), Asikni
Chanakya. In 2007, 30 Rig Veda and spiritual knowledge). (Chenab), Prusni/Eravati (Ravi) Vipasha
manuscripts dating from 1800 to 1500 (Beas), Sutudri (Sutlej) and Sarasvati
Q.53. How many Vedangas are there in (which dried up). Agni (fire-god of
BC were included in the UNESCO's total ?
Memory of the World Register. Hinduism), Usha (Goddess of Dawn),
SSC CHSL 20/10/2020 (Afternoon) Arika (God of Beauty).
Q.49. India was named 'Bharat' after the (a) Ten (b) Six (c) Five (d) Two
name of the Bharat clan. In which of the Q.58. In the Rig Veda there is a hymn in
Sol.53.(b) Six Vedangas are - Shiksha the form of a dialogue between Sage
following Vedas is this clan first (Phonetics), Kalpa (Ritual Canon),
mentioned ? Vishvamitra and two rivers that were
Vyakaran (Grammar), Nirukta worshipped as goddesses. Which are
Matric Level 27/06/2023 (Shift - 1) (Explanation), Chhanda (Vedic meter)
(a) Atharvaveda (b) Yajurveda these rivers?
and Jyotisha (Astrology). SSC CGL 13/04/2022 (Morning)
(c) Samaveda (d) Rigveda
Q.54. How many Mandalas are there in (a) Alakananda and Bhagirathi
Sol.49.(d) Rigveda. There are 1028 the Rigveda? (b) Ravi and Chenab
Suktas in 10 Mandals (Chapters). Higher Secondary 02/08/2022 (Shift - 2) (c) Ganga and Yamuna
Mandalas - 1st and 10th mandals are the (a) Six (b) Four (c) Eight (d) Ten (d) Beas and Sutlej
newest mandals. Chaturvarna (Brahmin,
Kshatriya, Vaishya, Shudra) is mentioned Sol.54. Ten mandals (books). Rig Veda is Sol.58.(d) Beas and Sutlej are two rivers
for the first time in Purusha Sukta of 10th the oldest of the four Vedas. It is a that were worshipped as goddesses in
Mandal. collection of 10,600 verses and 1,028 the Rig Veda. Devprayag is the place
hymns. The Famous Gayatri mantra is in where the rivers Alaknanda and
Q.50. Four ashrams were recognised by Rig Veda Mandala 3. Each mandala Bhagirathi confluence. The most
Brahmins around the time when Jainism consists of Suktas which are basically prominent river in the Rig Veda is
and Buddhism were becoming popular. eulogies. Saraswati.
Which of the following was NOT a
recognised ashrama? Q.55. The language of the Aryan texts Q.59. Which of the following statements
SSC MTS 17/05/2023 (Evening) was: about the ‘Gotra’ practice in ancient India
(a) Parmarth (b) Vanaprastha Higher Secondary 03/08/2022 (Shift - 4) is true?
(c) Brahmacharya (d) Grihastha (a) Ardh-Magadha Prakrit (b) Prakrit SSC CGL 18/04/2022 (Morning)
(c) Persian (d) Sanskrit (a) Men and women were expected to
Sol.50.(a) Parmarth. Ashram (A stage of marry within the same gotra.
life): There were four stages in which the Sol.55.(d) Sanskrit was the first (b) People belonging to the same gotra
lives of people were divided - language spoken in India. Ardhamagadhi were regarded as descendants of the
Brahmacharya, Grihastha, Vanaprastha, Prakrit was a Middle Indo-Aryan person after whom the gotra was
and Sanyasa. Men (Brahmin, Kshatriya language. Prakrit is a group of vernacular named.
and Vaishya) were allowed to follow the Middle Indo-Aryan languages spoken in
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famous king. and its relationship with the society. The
four goals determining a person’s Q.68. Who was the last tirthankara of the
Sol.59.(b) Gotra originally referred to the approach are - Kama, Artha, Dharma and Jainas?
seven lineage segments of the Brahmans Moksha. SSC MTS 16/05/2023 (Afternoon)
(priests), who trace their derivation from (a) Vardhamana Mahavira
seven ancient seers: Atri, Bharadvaja, Q.64. According to 'The Ramayana', (b) Chandraprabha
Bhrigu, Gotama, Kashyapa, Vasishtha, Ratnakar was the other name of ______. (c) Rishabhanatha
and Vishvamitra. SSC CGL 17/08/2021 (Evening) (d) Padmaprabha
(a) Vishvamitra (b) Gautam
Q.60. Which of the following varnas was (c) Durbasa (d) Valmiki Sol.68.(a) Vardhamana Mahavira: He
responsible for protecting people and lived in the 6th century BCE and is
administering justice in ancient India as Sol.64.(d) Valmiki was born as Agni considered to be the founder of modern
per rules laid down by the Dharmasutras Sharma to a Brahmin named Pracheta Jainism. He belonged to the Jnatrika
and Dharmashastras? (also known as Sumali) of Bhrigu gotra. Clan and was connected to the royal
SSC CGL 18/04/2022 (Afternoon) According to legend he once met the family of Magadha. He delivered his first
(a) Vaishya (b) Shudra great Sage Narada and had a discourse sermon at Vipulachla hill, Rajgriha.
(c) Kshatriya (d) Brahmana with him on his duties. Chandraprabha was the 8th tirthankara.
Padmaprabha was the 6th tirthankara.
Sol.60.(c) Kshatriyas (warriors, kings, Q.65. The main collections of Vedic Parsva Natha was the 23th tirthankara.
administrators), Brahmins (priests, hymns are called ______.
teachers, intellectuals), Vaishyas SSC CGL 18/08/2021 (Morning) Q.69. At the age of _____ Mahavira left
(agriculturalists, traders, farmers) and (a) Sutra (b) Pad (c) Samhita (d) Mukh home and went to live in a forest.
Shudras (workers, labourers, artisans). SSC MTS 21/07/2022 (Morning)
Dharmasutras - It contains guidelines for Sol.65.(c) Samhita. The Rigveda Samhita (a) 35 (b) 27 (c) 33 (d) 30
individual and social behaviour, ethical is the oldest known Vedic Sanskrit text. It
norms, as well as personal, civil and is a collection of 1,028 Vedic Sanskrit Sol.69.(d) 30 . Vardhaman Mahavira
criminal law. hymns and 10,600 verses in all, (540 - 468 B.C.) was considered the last
organised into ten books (Sanskrit: Tirthankara of Jainism. He attained
Q.61. Which of the following Vedas dealt mandalas). The hymns are dedicated to highest spiritual knowledge at
with music? Rigvedic deities. Jimbhikagrama village under a sal tree
SSC MTS 12/10/2021 (Afternoon) aged 42, called as Kaivalya. He preached
(a) Sama Veda (b) Rig Veda Q.66. ‘Purusha Sukta’ is a hymn from his teachings for 30 years and died at
(c) Yajur Veda (d) Atharva Veda which Veda? Pava (near Rajagriha) aged 72.
SSC CHSL 05/08/2021 (Afternoon)
Sol.61.(a) Sama Veda (‘Book Of Chant’) - (a) Atharvaveda (b) Yajurveda Q.70. Where did Lord Mahavira attain
Vedic verses are provided with musical (c) Rigveda (d) Samaveda salvation?
notation and are intended as an aid to SSC MTS 13/10/2021 (Afternoon)
the performance of sacred songs. Other Sol.66.(c) Rigveda. The most commonly (a) Sonagiri (b) Pawapuri
Vedas - The Rig Veda (‘Book Of used portion of the Sukta contains 24 (c) Shravanabelagola (d) Mount Abu
Mantras’), The Yajur Veda (‘Book Of mantras or stanzas. Purusha Suktam is
Ritual’), The Atharva Veda (‘Book Of dedicated to Lord Vishnu, who is Sol.70.(b) Pawapuri. Pawapuri or Pawa
Spell’). described as the great Purusha in the is located in the Nalanda district in the
hymn. Purusha Suktam is one of the Bihar state. It is also called Apapapuri,
Q.62. According to the Puranas, Lord Pancha Suktam (5 Suktams) – Purusha meaning 'the Sinless town'.
Vishnu took the shape of ______ in order Suktam, Vishnu Suktam, Sri Suktam, Bhu
to rescue the earth, which had sunk into Suktam, and Nila Suktam. Q.71. Name the holy city recognized as
the water. the birthplace of the first and fourth Jain
Tirthankaras.
SSC CGL 16/08/2021 (Morning) Jainism
(a) a lion (b) a boar SSC CHSL 26/10/2020 (Morning)
(c) a tiger (d) an elephant Q.67. The Jain temple at Pattadakal was (a) Varanasi (b) Dwaraka
built by ________. (c) Ayodhya (d) Gaya
Sol.62.(b) A boar. Varaha (Boar), the SSC MTS 02/05/2023 (Afternoon)
third of the 10 incarnations (avatars) of Sol.71.(c) Ayodhya is recognized as the
(a) Chalukyas (b) Cholas birthplace of the first (Rishabhdev) and
the Hindu god Vishnu. According to (c) Rashtrakutas (d) Hoysalas
Hindu iconography, the boar is a symbol fourth (Abhinandannath) Jain
of all aspects of sacrifice. Sol.67.(c) Rashtrakuta. Other temples Tirthankaras.
made by Rashtrakutas - The Q.72. According to Jain Philosophy, the
Q.63. A person's Vedic approach and his Kailasanatha Temple in Ellora, the
relationship with society are determined term 'Jina' means _____.
Navalinga Temples in Pattadakal. SSC CGL 07/03/2020 (Evening)
by the four goals of life. Which of the Chalukya dynasty - Ravana Phadi Cave
following is not among these goals? (a) Iord (b) free from fetters
(Aihole), Durga Temple (Aihole), Lad (c) worthy (d) the conqueror
SSC CGL 17/08/2021 (Morning) Khan temple (Aihole). Chola dynasty -
(a) sidhi (b) artha (c) moksha (d) dharma Brihadeeswara temple (Thanjavur), Sol.72.(d) the conqueror. Jainism -
Sol.63.(a) Sidhi is not the goal which Vijayala - @ebookstore01
Cholesvara (Narta Malai), There were 24 Tirthankaras (great
Rajarajeshwar (Tanjore), Balasuramanya teachers who had attained all knowledge
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(Moksha) while living and preached it to Stupa/Temple - Built on the original site Sol.80.(c) Prayer Hall. It is a rectangular
the people), First was Rishabnatha and of the Buddha’s enlightenment (Bodh hall with a semi-circular apse at one end,
last was Lord Vardhamana Mahavira. Gaya, Bihar). which contains a stupa or relic chamber.
Five Doctrines - Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Other types of architecture : Stupa - It
Aparigraha, Brahmacharya. Q.77. The Shailendra kings who founded contained the Buddha's ashes. Vihara -
their empire in South-east Asia in the 8th Residence hall for the monks.
Century AD were the followers of ______.
Buddhism
SSC CGL 14/07/2023 (3rd shift) Q.81. Which of the following structure is
(a) Buddhism (b) Shaivism associated with Buddhism?
Q.73. Which of the following locations is
(c) Jainism (d) Hinduism SSC MTS 10/05/2023
famous for having a hemispherical
(a) Pallava (b) Mandapa
dome- structured monument ? Sol.77.(a) Buddhism. Shailendra (King of (c) Shikhara (d) Stupa
SSC Stenographer 13/10/2023 (Morning) Indonesia) - He Built the Borobudur
(a) Sanchi (b) Kolhapur temple (Java) for the devotees of Sol.81.(d) Stupa - It is a symbolic
(c) Jashpur (d) Ranchi Mahayana Buddhism, It became a representation of the Buddha’s burial
UNESCO World Heritage site in 1991. mound. Some famous Stupas: -
Sol.73.(a) Sanchi. Stupa: A dome-shaped
Mahabodhi Stupa (Bodh Gaya), Sanchi
sacred burial mound of brick that was Q.78. _______ was the first woman to be Stupa (Madhya Pradesh), Shanti Stupa
used to house Buddha’s relics. Anda: The ordained as a bhikkhuni in Buddhism. (Ladakh), Dhamekh Stupa (Sarnath).
central structure consists of a SSC CGL 18/07/2023 (3rd shift)
hemispherical dome. The Sanchi Stupa (a) Dhammananda Bhikkhuni Q.82. The rules made for the Buddhist
was built by Emperor Ashoka in the 3rd (b) Sujata "Sangha” were written down in a book
Century Bc. It is a world heritage site by (c) Mahapajapati Gotami called ________ .
UNESCO in 1989. (d) Sanghamitta SSC MTS 12/05/2023 (Evening)
(a) Abhidhamma Pitaka (b) Sutta pitaka
Q.74. Which of the following is the Sol.78.(c) Mahapajapati Gotami. (c) Vinaya pitaka (d) Milinda Panha
largest Stupa in India? Sanghamitta was an Indian Buddhist nun
SSC Stenographer 13/10/2023 (Afternoon) and the eldest daughter of Ashoka. Sol.82.(c) Vinaya Pitaka. Buddhist
(a) Kesariya Stupa (b) Shanti Stupa Sujata fed Gautama Buddha a bowl of teachings were divided into Three
(c) Sanchi Stupa (d) Maha Stupa kheera, a milk-rice pudding, ending his Pitakas at the First Buddhist Council in
six years of asceticism. Venerable 483 BC. Vinaya Pitaka: It consists of
Sol.74.(a) Kesariya Stupa (Bihar): It was
Dhammananda Bhikkhuni is the first fully rules of conduct and discipline
discovered in 1958 during an excavation
ordained Theravadin nun in Thailand. applicable to the monastic life of the
led by K.K Muhammed. Shanti Stupa
monks and the nuns. It was compiled by
(Leh): It was built in 1991 by Japanese Q.79. Which Kushana ruler was famous Upali, and was written in Pali language.
Buddhist Bhikshu Gyomyo Nakamura. in history as a great patron of Buddhism
Sanchi Stupa (Raisen, Madhya Pradesh): and organized the fourth Buddhist Q.83. In Buddhist architecture, which
Its construction was commissioned by Council? among the following are meditation cells
Ashoka. SSC CGL 25/07/2023 (4th shift) and living quarters for the monks?
(a) Vasudeva I (b) Vima Kadphises SSC MTS 19/05/2023 (Morning)
Q.75. Who among the following has
(c) Kanishka (d) Huvishka (a) Viharas (b) Chaitya Grihas
written the biography of Buddha,
(c) Pietra dura (d) Stupas
Buddhacharita Sol.79.(c) Kanishka (Kushan Dynasty).
SSC CPO 04/10/2023 (Morning) Fourth Buddhist Council (72 AD): Place - Sol.83.(a) Viharas were dwelling places
(a) Ashvaghosha (b) Nagarjuna Kundalvana (Kashmir), Presided By - used by wandering monks during the
(c) Vasumitra (d) Charaka Vasumitra and Ashvaghosha. Buddhism rainy season. Important Buddhist viharas
divided into two sects Mahayana (the - Ajanta, Ellora. Nasik, Karle, Kanheri,
Sol.75.(a) Ashvaghosha. He was the
Greater Vehicle) and Hinayana (the Bagh.
court poet of king Kanishka. Other
Lesser Vehicle) in this fourth council. 1st
writers and books: Nagarjuna - Q.84. Buddha meditated for days on end
Buddhist Council (483 BC): King -
Mulamadhyamakakarika. Vasumitra - under a peepal tree at _____ where he
Ajatashatru (Haryanka dynasty), Presided
Mahavibhasa. Charaka - Charaka attained enlightenment.
- By Mahakashyapa, Place - Rajagriha.
Samhita. SSC CHSL 17/03/2023 (2nd Shift)
2nd Buddhist Council (383 BC): King-
Kalashoka (Shishunaga dynasty), (a) Sarnath (b) Bodh Gaya
Q.76. Which is the oldest Stupa of the
Presided - Sabakami, Place - Vaishali. 3rd (c) Kushinagar (d) Ujjain
Buddhist Period?
SSC MTS 04/09/2023 (2nd Shift) Buddhist Council (250 BC): King - Ashoka Sol.84.(b) Bodh Gaya. Gautam Budha
(a) Dhamek Stupa (b) Mahabodhi Stupa (Maurya dynasty), Presided - By (Siddharta, Sakyamuni & Tathagata).
(c) Kesariya Stupa (d) Sanchi Stupa Mogaliputta Tissa, Place - Pataliputra. Father: Suddhodana, Mother: Mayadevi.
Q.80. With reference to Buddhist Birth Place (563 B.C.): Lumbini (Nepal),
Sol.76.(d) Sanchi Stupa was built by the
architecture, what does chaitya mean? Capital of Sakya republic. Teachers:
Mauryan emperor Ashoka in the 3rd
SSC MTS 09/05/2023 (Afternoon) Alarakalama and UdrakaRamputra.
century BC in Madhya Pradesh. It was
(a) Buddha Relics Enlightenment : At age of 35 under the
declared a world heritage site by
(b) Temple entrance Peepal tree at Uruvela (Bodhgaya) on
UNESCO in 1989. Dhamek Stupa - A
(c) Prayer Hall banks of river Niranjana (Falgu).
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(d) Residence/Monastery Mahaparinirvana (483 B.C.): At
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh). Mahabodhi
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Kushinagar at age of 80. Sign:- Lotus and our National Emblem. the Ganges and the Varuna rivers.
Bull - Birth, Horse - Renunciation, Bodhi
Tree - Enlightenment, Dhammachakra Q.89. Bharhut Stupa depict the Jataka Q.94. At which of the following places
Pravartana (Sarnath) - First sermon. tales and stories. It is located in which of did Lord Buddha give his first sermon on
the following states ? the Four Noble Truths?
Q.85. What was the pedestrian path for SSC MTS 14/07/2022 (Afternoon) SSC CGL 20/08/2021 (Morning)
devotees to wave in homage to Stupa (a) Bihar (b) Madhya Pradesh (a) Bodh Gaya (b) Lumbini
called in Buddhist architecture? (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Uttar Pradesh (c) Rajgir (d) Sarnath
SSC MTS 05/07/2022 (Afternoon)
(a) Medhi (b) Torana (c) Anda (d) Chattra Sol.89.(b) Madhya Pradesh (located in Sol.94.(d) At Sarnath, Lord Buddha gave
Satna District). It was built during the his first sermon on the Four Noble
Sol.85.(a) Medhi. Features of Stupa - reign of the Shunga dynasty. The stupa Truths: Dukkha (There is sorrow in the
Medhi (A circular terrace), Toranas (wall tells the journey of Lord Buddha to world), Samudaya (There are causes of
with decorated gateways), Anda enlightenment, the story of the Yakshas. sorrow), Nirodha (There is a cure for
(hemispherical mound), Chattra (A suffering), Marga (There are eightfold
central pillar supporting a triple-umbrella Q.90. Which of the following statements paths for prevention).
form), and Harmika (A square railing). is correct?
I. Gautama Buddha belonged to a small Q.95. The ‘Gandhara’ School of Art was
Q.86. Ramabhar Stupa, which marks the gana known as the Sakya gana and was influenced by the art from which of the
site where Lord Buddha was cremated, is a Kshatriya. following European countries?
situated in which state of India? II. Gautama Buddha passed away at SSC CPO 23/11/2020 (Morning)
SSC MTS 07/07/2022 (Evening) Kusinara. (a) Italy (b) Belgium
(a) Himachal Pradesh (b) Bihar SSC MTS 20/07/2022 (Morning) (c) Hungary (d) Greece
(c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Uttar Pradesh (a) Only I (b) Neither I nor II
(c) Only II (d) Both I and II Sol.95.(d) Greece. Gandhara School of
Sol.86.(d) Uttar Pradesh. Important Art : Features - Grey-sandstone is used,
places related to Lord Buddha (Founder Sol.90.(d) Both I and II. Important places Mainly Buddhist images are found,
of Buddhism): Mahabodhi Temple, Bodh related to the life of Buddha are - Birth Patron - Kushanas, Found in north-west
Gaya (He attained enlightenment); (Lumbini); Enlightenment (Bodh Gaya at India. Mathura and Amaravati School of
Dhamekh Stupa, Sarnath (He gave his Bihar); His first Sermon also known as art emerged in the same period.
first sermon to his five disciples Dharma-Chakra-Pravartana (Sarnath); His
post-enlightenment). death or Mahaparinirvana in Kushinagara Mahajanapadas
(Pali: Kusinārā), Uttar Pradesh.
Q.87. Which of the following is NOT a
Q.96. The capital of Vajji Mahajanapada
part of Buddhist stupas? Q.91. 'Chethiyagiri Vihara' is a ______
was ________ .
SSC MTS 11/07/2022 (Afternoon) festival celebrated in Sanchi.
SSC CGL 19/07/2023 (4th shift)
(a) Harmika (b) Gopura SSC MTS 14/10/2021 (Afternoon)
(a) Pataliputra (b) Champa
(c) Anda (d) Chhatra (a) Jain (b) Sikh (c) Hindu (d) Buddhist
(c) Vaishali (d) Koshala
Sol.87.(b) Gopura (Gopuram) - The Sol.91.(d) Buddhist. It is a festival
Sol.96.(c) Vaishali (Bihar). Other
gateway of a temple in southern India celebrated to attract thousands of
Mahajanapadas and their capitals: Anga
often : the massive tower resembling a Buddhists monks and pilgrims to Sanchi
(Champa), Magadha (Rajagriha), Kasi
pyramid above the gateway. Harmika - to see the relics of Sai Puttha and Maha
(Varanasi), Vatsa (Kaushambi), Kosala
The stone balustrade surrounding the Moggallana, two of Buddha's earliest
(Shravasti), Shurasena (Mathura),
upper portion of a stupa. Anda is the disciples.
Panchala (Ahichchhatra and Kampilya),
Hemispherical dome. The chhatra
Q.92. The earliest Buddhist texts were Kuru (Indraprastha), Matsya
(umbrella) is an auspicious symbol in
written in: (Viratanagara), Chedi (Sothivati), Avanti
Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.
SSC MTS 22/10/2021 (Afternoon) (Ujjaini or Mahishmati), Gandhara
Q.88. The Lion Capital was built to (a) Pali (b) Apabhramsha (Taxila), Kamboja (Poonch), Asmaka
commemorate the historical event of (c) Prakrit (d) Sanskrit (Potali and Poddana), Malla (Kusinara).
_________ of Buddha.
Sol.92.(a) Pali. Pali canon, also called Q.97. Kosala Mahajanapada (6th century
SSC MTS 13/07/2022 (Morning)
Tipitaka (Pali: “Triple Basket”), is the BCE) is a part of modern day:
(a) Home abandonment
complete canon, first recorded in Pali, of SSC CGL 21/07/2023 (1st shift)
(b) acquisition of knowledge
the Theravada (“Way of the Elders”) (a) Maharashtra (b) Haryana
(c) death
branch of Buddhism. (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Uttar Pradesh
(d) First Sermon
Q.93. Which of the following Buddhist Sol.97.(d) Uttar Pradesh. Modern day
Sol.88.(d) First sermon. The National
sites is located in Uttar Pradesh? names of other Mahajanapadas: Munger
Emblem of India was adopted from the
SSC CGL 13/08/2021 (Evening) and Bhagalpur (Anga), Gaya and Patna
Lion Capital of Ashoka at Sarnath on 26
(a) Karle (b) Sarnath (Magadha), Banaras (Kashi), Prayagraj
January 1950, the day India became a
(c) Amaravati (d) Sanchi (Vatsa), Malwa and Madhya Pradesh
republic. The ‘capital’ has four Asiatic
(Avanti), Rawalpindi (Gandhara), North
lions symbolizing power, courage, pride Sol.93.(b) Sarnath is one of the famous Bihar (Vajji), Jaipur (Matsya), Meerut and
and confidence seated on a circular Buddhist sites located in Uttar Pradesh.
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abacus. Dinanath Bhargava has designed Sarnath is located near the confluence of
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(Shurasena and Panchala), Bundelkhand ancient India collected taxes on crops at (c) Mahavamsa (d) Arthasastra
region (Chedi), Rajouri, Hajra and North the rate of _____ of what was produced.
-West Frontier Province (Kamboja), SSC MTS 05/07/2022 (Evening) Sol.106.(c) Mahavamsa - It was written
Banks of Godavari (Asmaka or Assaka), (a) 1/3rd (b) 1/5th (c) 1/6th (d) 1/4th by Mahanama in Pali language. Literary
Deoria and Uttar Pradesh (Malla). Sources of Mauryan Period:
Sol.102.(c) 1/6th. Rulers of "Arthashastra” (Kautilya), “Indica”
Q.98. Iron mines in Jharkhand attributed mahajanapadas in ancient India (Megasthenes). Buddhist Literature
to the rise of which of the following collected a tax called 'Bhaga' from the (Jatakas, Digha Nikaya and
kingdoms in ancient India? Farmers in their region. Sumangalavilasi) , Jain Literature
SSC CGL 25/07/2023( 1st shift) (Hemchandra’s Jaina Parishishta
(a) Kuru (b) Magadha (c) Kashi (d) Kushan Q.103. Which of the following pairs of describes Chandragupta’s life including
‘Name of Ruler – Empire’ is correctly his embrace of Jainism) etc .
Sol.98.(b) Magadha. Kuru (Meerut and matched?
Haryana) - Ruled by an Indo-Aryan clan I. Mahapadma Nanda – Magadha Empire Q.107. Who among the following was the
in the iron age Vedic India (1200 - 900 II. Ajatasatru – Maurya Empire last Mauryan ruler and was killed by his
BC) who ruled the regions between SSC MTS 26/07/2022 (Afternoon) commander-in-chief?
Saraswati and the Ganga river. (a) Only II (b) Neither I nor II SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (Afternoon)
(c) Both I and II (d) Only I (a) Dashratha (b) Brihadratha
Q.99. Magadha Mahajanapada was (c) Shatadhanvan (d) Bindusara
surrounded by the rivers______. Sol.103.(d) Only I. Mahapadma Nanda
SSC CGL 26/07/2023 (3rd shift) established the Nanda dynasty in Eastern Sol.107.(b) Brihadratha. He was killed by
(a) Ganga and Jhelum Magadha. He established Pataliputra Pushyamitra Shunga who founded the
(b) Ganga and Yamuna (Patna, Bihar) as his kingdom's capital. Shunga Dynasty. Mauryan Empire was
(c) Ganga and Son He is called the “first historical emperor founded by Chandragupta Maurya in 321
(d) Ganga and Ghaghara of India.”. B.C by defeating Dhanananda of Nanda
dynasty. Their capital was Patliputra. List
Sol.99.(c) Ganga and Son. Magadha Q.104. Ajatshatru, a ruler of the of Mauryan Empire Rulers -
became the most powerful among the Haryanka Dynasty, was the son of Chandragupta, Bindusara, Ashoka,
mahajanapadas in 6th Century AD due to _______. Dasharatha, Samprati, Shalishuka,
these rivers and fertility of land. Now SSC CGL 03/03/2020 (Afternoon) Devavarman, Shatadhanvan, Brihadratha.
Magadha is a part of Bihar region. (a) Naga-Dasak (b) Udayin
(c) Anurudha (d) Bimbisara Q.108. Who among the following
Q.100. In ancient times, the area to the Mauryan kings turned to Buddhism and
south of the Ganga was known as ______. Sol.104.(d) Bimbisara was the first ruler its tenet of non-violence after the Kalinga
SSC CGL 07/12/2022 (3rd Shift) of Magadha from the Haryanka dynasty. war ?
(a) Magadha (b) Kosala Ajatashatru (492 to 460 BCE or early 4th SSC CPO 04/10/2023 (Afternoon)
(c) Anga (d) Matsya century BCE) was a king of the Haryanka (a) Ashoka (b) Dasharatha
dynasty of Magadha in East India. He (c) Chandragupta Maurya (d) Bindusara
Sol.100.(a) Magadha. The earliest was the son of King Bimbisara and was a
reference to the Magadha people occurs contemporary of both Mahavira Sol.108.(a) Ashoka - He was the third
in the Atharvaveda, where they are found (Nigantha Nataputta) and Gautama Mauryan emperor. Ashoka’s 13th Rock
listed along with the Angas, Gandharis Buddha. Edict describes the Kalinga war. He
and Mujavats. Magadha (Capitals - patronised the third Buddhist council in
Rajgriha and Pataliputra), Kosala Q.105. Who among the following was the Pataliputra presided over by
(Sravasti), Anga (Champa) and Matsya last ruler of the Nanda dynasty? Moggaliputta Tissa. Chandragupta
(Viratnagar) were among the 16 SSC CGL 03/03/2020 (Afternoon) Maurya was a follower of Jainism.
Mahajanapadas. (a) Dhanananda (b) Panduka Bindusara was a follower of Ajivika
(c) Govishanaka (d) Kaivarta religion.
Q.101. ________ in Bihar was the capital
of Magadha for several years. Later the Sol.105.(a) Dhana Nanda (died 321 BCE) Q.109. Who among the following
capital was shifted to Pataliputra was the last ruler of the Nanda dynasty. Mauryan kings fasted to death and died
(present-day Patna). He was the youngest of the eight at Shravanabelagola?
Higher Secondary 01/08/2022 (Shift - 3) brothers of the dynasty's founder SSC CPO 05/10/2023 (Evening)
(a) Lumbini (b) Kalinga Ugrasena. The Nanda dynasty ended (a) Bindusara (b) Dasharatha
(c) Mathura (d) Rajagriha with him in about 321 BCE when (c) Ashoka (d) Chandragupta Maurya
Chandragupta Maurya led the foundation
Sol.101.(d) Rajagriha. Magadha Empire of the Mauryan Dynasty. Sol.109.(d) Chandragupta Maurya: His
was ruled by following dynasties: Greek name was Sandrocottos. He was
Haryanka Dynasty (Bimbisara),
Mauryan Dynasty the founder of the Mauryan Empire. He
Shishunaga Dynasty (Shishunaga), and occupied patliputra (Magadh Empire) in
Nanda Dynasty (Mahapadma Nanda). Q.106. Which of the following was a 322 B.C by defeating Dhanananda of
Alexander invaded North-Western India Ceylonese chronicle that acted as an Nanda Empire. During his tenure
in 326 BC during the reign of Dhana important literary source of the Mauryan Megasthenese (Greek Historian) visited
Nanda (last emperor of Nanda). empire? India. He used to follow Jainism. He was
Q.102. Rulers of Mahajanapadas in SSC Stenographer 12/10/2023 (Morning)
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the successor of Bindusara. Dashratha Q.114. Who among the following was (a) Rathadhyaksha (b) Hastyadhyaksha
was the Grandson of Ashoka. defeated by Mauryan emperor (c) Ashwadhyaksha (d) Patyadhyaksha
Chandragupta Maurya?
Q.110. The foundation of Sanchi Stupa SSC CGL 20/07/2023 (1st shift) Sol.118.(c) Ashwadhyaksha. Officers in
was laid by which of the following Kings? (a) Cassander (b) Seleucus Nicator Mauryan Empire: Mantrin (Chief
SSC MTS 08/09/2023 (1st Shift) (c) Antigones (d) Ptolemy Minister), Senapati (Commander-in
(a) Samudragupta -Chief), Yuvraj (Crown prince),
(b) Bimbisara Sol.114.(b) Seleucus Nicator. Shulkadhyaksha (Officer in-charge of
(c) Ashoka Megasthenes: He wrote the book royal income), Prashasti (Prison head),
(d) Chandragupta Maurya “Indica”. After Alexander's death his Koshadhyaksha (Treasury officer),
empire was divided between four of his Vyabharika (Chief Judge), Dandapala
Sol.110.(c) Ashoka. Other Famous generals: Cassander, Ptolemy, Antigonus, (Head of Police), Annapala (Head of food
Stupas in India - Mahabodhi Stupa, Bodh and Seleucus. grains department), Pradeshika (District
Gaya (Bihar); Shanti Stupa, Leh (Ladakh); administrator), Hastyadhyaksha (Chief
Dhamekh Stupa, Sarnath (Uttar Pradesh); Q.115. Chandragupta Maurya overthrew Commander of Elephant Corps),
Amaravati Stupa (Andhra Pradesh); the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha with the Rathadhyaksha (Chief Commander of
Dro-dul Chorten Stupa (Sikkim). help of _________. Chariot Corps) and Nayaka (City security
SSC CGL 21/07/2023 (3rd shift) officer).
Q.111. What was the function of an (a) Skandagupta (b) Chandragupta II
officer called Samaharta? (c) Vishnugupta (d) Samudragupta Q.119. The Mauryan pillar capital found
SSC CGL 17/07/2023 (2nd shift) at __________ is popularly known as the
(a) Reserve the state treasury Sol.115.(c) Vishnugupta (Kautilya). Lion Capital.
(b) Tax assessment Chandragupta Maurya - Founder of SSC CGL 27/07/2023 (3rd shift)
(c) Security assurance Maurya dynasty (321-185 BCE). The (a) Bhabru (b) Bairat
(d) To correspond Nanda dynasty (343 BCE to 321 BCE) - (c) Sanchi (d) Sarnath
founded by Mahapadma Nanda.
Sol.111.(b) Tax assessment. Officers Magadha was ruled by the Haryanka Sol.119.(d) Sarnath Lion Capital -
during the Mauryan administration: dynasty, the Shishunaga dynasty, the Erected by Ashoka (Around 250 BCE) in
Shulkadhyaksha (Officer-in-charge of Nanda dynasty, the Mauryan dynasty, the commemoration of Dhammachakra
royal income), Koshadhyaksha (Treasury Shunga dynasty and the Kanva dynasty. pravartana or the first sermon of Buddha.
officer), Lakshanadhyaksha (Coin Samudragupta - Known as the “Indian The Lion Capital of Ashoka at Sarnath is
minting), Rajjukas (Land measurer), Napoleon”. the Indian National Emblem. The
Yukta (Subordinate revenue officer), inscription Satyamev Jayate is taken
Sannidata (Treasury head), Q.116. Emperor Ashoka conquered from the Mundaka Upanishad.
Panyadhyaksha (Office of commerce Kalinga after how many years of his
department). coronation? Q.120. Which of the following texts lays
SSC CGL 24/07/2023 (1st shift) down minute details of the
Q.112. Ashoka sent a mission to spread (a) 5 years (b) 8 years administrative and military organisation
the principle of Dhamma led by his son, (c) 11 years (d) 15 years during the Mauryan empire?
Mahendra and daughter, Sanghamitra Higher Secondary 27/06/2023 (Shift - 3)
to_________. Sol.116.(b) 8 years. Ashoka fought the (a) Brihat Samhita (b) Nitisara
SSC CGL 17/07/2023 (4th shift) Kalinga War in 261 BC. King Ashoka (c) Shulba Sutra (d) Arthashastra
(a) Kalinga (b) Ceylon (268 - 232 BC) was the third king of the
(c) Cambodia (d) Thailand Mauryan Empire best known for his Sol.120.(d) Arthashastra - It focused
renunciation of war, and development of primarily on principles and practice of
Sol.112.(b) Ceylon. They were appointed the concept of dhamma (pious social statecraft, Written in the Sanskrit
to carry out the duties of a Buddhist conduct). language by Kautilya (Chanakya
missionary. Ashoka the Great (268-232 /Vishnugupta), who was the Prime
BCE) was the third Mauryan emperor Q.117. How many classes of Indian Minister under Chandragupta Maurya’s
who embraced Buddhism and promoted society are mentioned in Megasthenes reign. Brihat Samhita (Written by
the concept of dhamma (righteousness). book Indica? Varahamira) - It is an exhaustive study on
SSC CGL 24/07/2023 ( 3rd shift) architecture, temples, planetary motions,
Q.113. Who sent the Greek ambassador (a) 12 (b) 10 (c) 5 (d) 7
Megasthenes to the court of eclipses, timekeeping, astrology and
Chandragupta Maurya? Sol.117.(d) 7 . They were Brahmins mathematics. Nitisara (Written by
SSC CGL 18/07/2023 (4th shift) (upper class), Philosophers, Farmers, Kamandaki) - Ancient Indian treatise on
(a) Seleucus (b) Tolmi Herders, Artisans, Military, Overseers, politics and statecraft. Shulba Sutra - It
(c) Dionysus (d) Sikandar Councillors and Assessors. Other provides geometry relevant to the
Foreign travelers and their books: Al fire-altar building and is part of the
Sol.113.(a) Seleucus I Nicator (founded -biruni (Kitab-ul-hind), Ibn Battuta (Rihla). Srauta rite.
the Seleucid Empire) was a Macedonian
Greek general, officer and successor of Q.118. According to Kautilya's Q.121. Nagarjuni Caves were donated to
Alexander the Great. Chandragupta Arthashastra, the Commanding Officer of which of the following sects by
Maurya - Became a Jain monk and the cavalry in the Mauryan administration Mauryans?
committed Sallekhana (Practice of was known as: Higher Secondary 28/06/2023 ( Shift - 2)
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(c) Lokayat (d) Jainism Mauryan empire. Which of the following - Located in Jehanabad district of Bihar,
cities was located on the southernmost Constructed by Emperor Ashoka for the
Sol.121.(a) Ajivika - It was founded by side? benefit of Ajivika ascetics. They were cut
Goshala Maskariputra. It is based on the SSC MTS 14/06/2023 (Afternoon) from a single solid granite block.
philosophy that the affairs of the entire (a) Girnar (b) Topra
universe were ordered by a cosmic force (c) Brahmagiri (d) Rupnath Q.129. Somewhat before the time of the
called Niyati that determined all events, Mauryan empire, about _______ years
including an individual’s fate. The seven Sol.125.(c) Brahmagiri. The Maurya ago, emperors in China began building
caves were created by Mauryan time for Empire: Founder - Chandragupta Maurya, the Great Wall.
the Ajivika Sect. Barabar Caves - Karna Capital - Pataliputra (modern Patna). SSC CHSL 10/03/2023 (2nd Shift)
Chaupar, Sudama Cave, Lomas Rishi Three important rulers of the Mauryan (a)1200 (b) 3500 (c) 2400 (d) 600
Cave, Vishwamitra (Visva Zopri) Cave. Empire - Chandragupta, his son
Nagaragunja Caves - Gopi Cave, Bahayak Bindusara, and Bindusara’s son, Ashoka. Sol.129.(c) 2400 . Emperor Qin Shi
Cave and Vedantika Cave. Important animals on capital of Ashoka: Huang ordered construction of the Great
Sarnath Pillar (Varanasi) - Four Lions, Wall around 221 B.C. It was meant to
Q.122. According to the Ashokan Sanchi Pillar (Madhya Pradesh) - Four protect the northern frontier of the
Inscription, which of the following was lions, but it is broken, Rampurva Pillar empire from pastoral people.
NOT a provincial center in the Magadha (Bihar) - Single Bull, Sankissa Pillar
Empire? Q.130. Pushyamitra, who was the
(Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh) - Single commander of Brihadratha, the last
SSC MTS 02/05/2023 (Morning) Elephant, Lauriya Nandangarh Pillar
(a) Tosali (b) Ujjayini Mauryan emperor, killed the king and
(West Champaran Bihar) - Single Lion. established a new dynasty. Which of the
(c) Taxila (d) Indraprastha
Q.126. Which of the following places following was his dynasty?
Sol.122.(d) Indraprastha. James Prinsep does not contain the major inscription of SSC CGL Tier II (06/03/2023)
- First person to decipher Ashoka’s Ashoka ? (a) Shunga (b) Kanva
edicts. These Ashoka’s inscriptions are SSC MTS 15/06/2023 (Afternoon) (c) Satavahana (d) Chedi
the first tangible evidence of Buddhism. (a) Girnar (b) Kandahar (c) Sanchi (d) Kalsi Sol.130.(a) Shunga. Shunga Dynasty
Q.123. As per the contents mentioned in Sol.126.(c) Sanchi. It is a famous Founder - Pushyamitra Sunga. Ruled -
Asokan inscriptions, how many major Buddhist site with several stupas and From 185 BCE to 73 BCE. Last Ruler -
political centres were there in the monasteries. Language used in Ashoka’s Devabhuti. Kanva Dynasty Founder -
Mauryan empire? inscriptions - Prakrit. Major inscriptions Vasudeva Kanva. Ruled - From 73 BCE to
SSC MTS 16/05/2023 (Morning) found at Allahabad, Kandahar, Kalinga, 28 BCE. Last Ruler - Susarma.
(a) five (b) six (c) four (d) three Sannati, Rummindei, Girnar, Satavahana Dynasty Founder - Simuka .
Shahbazgarhi and Mansehra. Ashoka's Famous Ruler - Gautamiputra Satakarni.
Sol.123.(a) Five. Major Rock Edicts of
Ashoka: Rock Edict I - prohibits animal name is only used in four of these Q.131. Ashoka appointed ______ to solve
slaughter. Rock Edict II - describes Chola, locations: Maski, Brahmagiri (Karnataka), the social problems in his region.
Pandyas, Satyapur and Keralaputra Gujjara (Madhya Pradesh) and Nettur SSC CGL 09/12/2022 (2nd Shift)
Kingdom of South India. Rock Edict IV - (Andhra Pradesh). (a) samaharta (b) nyayadhish
Impact of Dhamma on society. Rock Q.127. What was the purpose behind the (c) amatya (d) dhamma mahamatta
Edict VIII - Describes Asoka’s first Pillars of Ashoka?
Dhamma Yatra to Bodhgaya and Bodhi Sol.131.(d) Dhamma Mahamatta.
SSC MTS 20/06/2023 (Morning) Tirthas: The highest category of officials
Tree. Rock Edict XIII: Asoka’s victory over (a) To spread bherighosha
Kalinga. The victory of Asoka’s Dhamma in the administration. There were 18
(b) To spread mass conversion Tirthas. Amatyas: High ranking officials
over Greek Kings, Antiochus, Ptolemy, (c) To spread sectarian faith
Antigonus, Magas, Alexander and Cholas, almost like present-day secretaries. The
(d) To spread the dharma policies important officials in the revenue
and Pandyas. This is the Largest Edict. It
mentions Kamboj, Nabhaks, Bhoja, and Sol.127.(d) To spread the dharma of department are Sannidhata: Chief
Andhra. policies. Pillars are inscribed with edicts treasury, Samaharta: collector general of
by the 3rd Mauryan Emperor Ashoka the revenue. Yuktas: Subordinate officers
Q.124. Which Mauryan ruler was called Great (c. 268 to 232 BCE). There are responsible for the Empire’s revenue.
Amitrochates by the Greeks? seven pillar edicts. The Seventh Pillar Rajjukas: Officers in charge of land
SSC MTS 16/05/2023 (Evening) Edict mentions Dhamma Mahamattas measurement and boundary-fixing.
(a) Samudragupta (b) Kanishka and it is the longest pillar almost of all.
(c) Bindusara (d) Chandragupta Ⅰ Q.132. Which of the following
Q.128. Which caves are considered as statements is correct?
Sol.124.(c) Bindusara. He was the son of the oldest surviving rock-cut caves in I. Most of Ashoka’s inscriptions were
Chandragupta Maurya and was the India dating back to the Maurya period? written in Brahmi script.
second Mauryan emperor of India whose SSC MTS 20/06/2023 (Evening) II. Many of Chanakya’s ideas were written
reign from 297 - 273 BCE . He was also (a) Barabar and Nagarjuni caves down in a book called the Arthashastra.
known as Amitrochates (in Greek) or (b) Bagh Caves SSC MTS 08/07/2022 (Afternoon)
Amitraghata (in Sanskrit) meaning Slayer (c) Elephanta Caves (a) Only II (b) Only I
of all enemies. (d) Ajanta and Ellora Caves (c) Neither I nor II (d) Both I and II
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inscription was written in Brahmi Script. the Punjab region of the Indian (d) V Gordon Childe
Brahmi Script was deciphered by James subcontinent.
Prinsep. Sol.140.(b) James Prinsep was the first
Q.137. Ashokan Minor Rock Edicts are scholar to decipher the Ashokan edicts.
Q.133. Which of the following rulers did found in different parts of India. Which of Most of the dialects of Ashokan edicts
NOT belong to the Maurya dynasty? the following is NOT a find spot of were written in Prakrit language using
SSC MTS 20/07/2022 (Afternoon) Ashokan Minor Rock Edicts in Brahmi and Kharosthi scripts. Alexander
(a) Bindusara (b) Ashoka Karnataka? Cunningham is also known as the father
(c) Chandragupta (d) Bimbisara SSC CGL 21/04/2022 (Morning) of Indian Archaeology.
(a) Brahmagiri (b) Gavimath
Sol.133.(d) Bimbisara is considered the (c) Rupnath (d) Maski Q.141. Which was the first empire in
main founder of the Haryanka dynasty. ancient India to use elephants in its war
He had his capital at Girivraja/Rajagriha Sol.137.(c) Rupnath. Minor rock edicts on a large scale?
(Rajgir). He was a contemporary and a of Ashoka - Kandahar (Afghanistan), SSC CHSL 05/08/2021 (Afternoon)
follower of the Buddha. He was the first Lampaka (Afghanistan), Bahapur (Delhi), (a) Shunga (b) Chola
king to have a standing army. Bairat (Rajasthan), Bhabru (Rajasthan), (c) Kushans (d) Magadha
Gujarra (Madhya Pradesh), Rupnath
Q.134. Who among the following was the (Madhya Pradesh), Panguraria (Madhya Sol.141.(d) Magadha. The Maurya
first Mauryan ruler who tried to spread Pradesh), Sasaram (Bihar), Barabar Empire was a geographically extensive
his message to the people through Caves (Bihar), Rajula-Mandagiri, Andhra Iron Age historical power in South Asia
inscriptions? Pradesh, Suvarna Giri (Andhra Pradesh), based in Magadha, founded by
SSC MTS 26/07/2022 (Morning) Brahmagiri (Karnataka), Jatina- Chandragupta Maurya in 322 BCE. King
(a) Chandragupta (b) Ashoka Rameshwara, Karnataka, Siddapur Porus used elephants against Alexander
(c) Brihadratha (d) Bindusara (Karnataka), Maski (Karnataka), Nittur in the battle of hydaspes.

Sol.134.(b) Ashoka (Mauryan Emperor). (Karnataka), Udegolam (Karnataka), Q.142. In Indian history, who were
His inscriptions were carved on pillars, as Palkigundu and Gavimath (Karnataka). referred to as the 'atavika rajya'?
well as on rock surfaces. James Prinsep, Q.138. A type of court called SSC CHSL 06/08/2021 (Evening)
was the first person to decipher Ashoka’s 'Kantakasodhana' was prevalent in the (a) South Indian kingdom
edicts. These Ashoka’s inscriptions are ______ Empire. (b) Republican state
the first tangible evidence of Buddhism. SSC CGL 20/08/2021 (Morning) (c) Forest kingdom
There are 14 major rock edicts, 15 minor (a) Kushana (b) Mauryan (d) Mughal empire
rock edicts, and 7 pillar inscriptions. (c) Chola (d) Rashtrakuta Sol.142.(c) Forest kingdom. Their early
Q.135. Which of the following names Sol.138.(b) Mauryan Empire. It literally reference is found in the Mauryan period.
was used for the Indian subcontinent by means ‘removal of the thorns’ and was During the age of Mahajanpadas,
ancient travellers like Megasthenes, used in reference to criminal justice in Jharkhand state was a part of Magadha
FaHien, Huen Tsang, Al Beruni, Ibn Batuta ancient India. Kautilya also mentioned and Anga. In the Mauryan period, this
etc. for active contribution of Indian the cases that are subject to kantaka region was ruled by a number of states,
traders? shodhana in his book Arthashastra. which were collectively known as the
SSC CHSL 07/06/2022 (Afternoon) Atavika (forest) states.
(a) Suvara Bhoomi (b) Suvara Jagat Q.139. Who among the following
(c) Suvara Bet (d) Suvara Desh published a set of Ashokan inscriptions Q.143. Which of the following was NOT a
in 1877 ? type of sacrifice performed by kings in
Sol.135.(a) Suvara Bhoomi (Indian SSC CGL 20/08/2021 (Afternoon) ancient India to establish their position ?
Subcontinent), appears in many ancient (a) DC Sircar SSC CGL 09/03/2020 (Evening)
Indian literary sources and Buddhist texts (b) MS Vats (a) Vajapeya (b) Rajasuya
such as the Mahavamsa, Jataka tales, (c) Alexander Cunningham (c) Ashvamedha (d) Muvendavelan
the Milinda Panha, and the Ramayana. (d) Colin Mackenzie
The famous book on India: Sol.143.(d) Muvendavelan was a
Megasthenes- ‘Indica’, Fahein- ‘Fo - kwo - Sol.139.(c) Alexander Cunningham prominent military officer for a king of
ki’, Hiuen Tsang- ‘Si-yu-ki', Al-Biruni- published a set of Ashokan inscriptions the Chola Throne. Vajapeya was a Soma
‘Kitab-ul-Hind’, and Ibn Batuta- ‘The Rihla’. in the year 1877. He was the founder of Yajna. Rajasuya (Imperial Sacrifice or the
the Archaeological Survey of India. In king's inauguration sacrifice) is a Srauta
Q.136. Which two kings fought in the 1851, he explored the Buddhist ritual of the Vedic religion. It is a
Battle of Hydaspes? monuments of Central India. He had consecration of a king. Ashvamedha is a
SSC CGL 11/04/2022 (Evening) conducted excavations at Sarnath, horse sacrifice ritual followed by the
(a) Chandragupta and Dhana Nanda Sankasya and Sanchi. Śrauta tradition of Vedic religion.
(b) Alexander and Porus
(c) Ashoka and Mahapadmanabha Q.140. Who among the following was the Gupta Dynasty
(d) Mihirakula and Yasodharman first scholar to decipher the Ashokan
edicts? Q.144. Samudragupta’s achievements
Sol.136.(b) Alexander (Sikandar) and SSC CGL 23/08/2021 (Afternoon) are recorded in a long inscription called
Porus fought in the Battle of Hydaspes. It (a) Alexander Cunningham Prashasti by his court poet,
was fought in the year 326 BC. It took (b) James Prinsep
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(a) Harisena (b) Rudrasena (c) Bithur pillar inscription (c) Vetala Bhatta (d) Amarasimha
(c) Kalhan (d) Kalidasa (d) Lucknow pillar inscription
Sol.153.(c) Vetala Bhatta. Nine jewels
Sol.144.(a) Harisena. Samudragupta is Sol.148.(a) Allahabad pillar inscription (Navratna) of Chandragupta II -
the successor of Chandragupta I. He also composed in Sanskrit by Harishena, the Amarasimha, Dhanvantari, Harisena,
assumed the titles of Kaviraj and court poet of Samudragupta. Kalidasa, Kshapanaka, Shanku,
Vikramanka. Varahamihira, Varuchi, Vetala- Bhatta.
Q.149. Who is given the credit for The great Sanskrit poet and playwright
Q.145. The paintings in the Bagh caves starting the Gupta era? Kalidasa was the most notable of nine
belong to which of the following periods? Matric Level 27/06/2023 (Shift - 2) jewels.
SSC Stenographer 13/10/2023 (Morning) (a) Samudragupta (b) Chandragupta II
(a) Maukhari (b) Maurya (c) Kumaragupta (d) Chandragupta I Q.154. The reign of Kumaragupta I the
(c) Chola (d) Gupta son and successor of _____ was one of
Sol.149.(d) Chandragupta I (320 - 335 peace and relative inactivity.
Sol.145.(d) Gupta. Bagh Caves are CE). Sri Gupta (late 3rd century CE) - SSC MTS 13/06/2023 (Afternoon)
located in Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh). Founded the Gupta dynasty. (a) Chandragupta I (b) Skandagupta
These are a group of nine rock-cut Skandagupta (455-467 CE) - Considered (c) Chandragupta II (d) Samudragupta
monuments. These caves were founded the last of the great Gupta Emperors.
by the Buddhist monk Dataka. Caves in Sol.154.(c) Chandragupta II (successor
India - Undavalli caves (Andhra Pradesh), Q.150. Amar singh was one of the of Samudragupta). He adopted the title
Barabar Caves (Bihar), Badami Cave luminaries in the court of ________. ‘Vikramaditya’. Kumaragupta I: He was
Temples (Karnataka), Udaygiri Caves Matric Level 30/06/2023 (Shift - 3) also known as Shakraditya and
(Madhya Pradesh), Ajanta Caves and (a) Chandragupta II (b) Kumaragupta Mahendraditya. He founded Nalanda
Ellora Caves (Maharashtra). (c) Chandragupta I (d) Samudragupta Mahavihara in 5th century CE. His
Sol.150.(a) Chandragupta II (380 - 415 successor - Skandagupta.
Q.146. The Vakataka dynasty was
directly related to which Gupta emperor? CE). He was the third ruler of the Gupta Q.155. Which king was shown on his
SSC CGL 20/07/2023 (4th shift) Dynasty, Son of Samudragupta. He coins as a Veena player?
(a) Chandra Gupta I (b) Shree Gupta defeated the Sakas to annex Gujarat and SSC MTS 14/06/2023 (Morning)
(c) Samudra Gupta (d) Chandra Gupta II Saurashtra and made Ujjain his second (a) Ashoka
capital. First Gupta ruler to issue Silver (b) Chandragupta Maurya
Sol.146.(d) Chandra Gupta II. Vakataka coins known as ‘Rupaka’. (c) Samudragupta
dynasty : Founded by Vindhyashakti in (d) Chandragupta I
250 CE. Ajanta caves (numbers ⅩⅥ, Q.151. Who was the court poet of
ⅩⅦ, ⅩⅨ) are the best examples of Harshavardhana? Sol.155.(c) Samudragupta - He was a
Vakataka excellence in the field of SSC MTS 03/05/2023 (Afternoon) ruler of the Gupta dynasty. On several of
painting. Shree Gupta (240 to 280 CE) (a) Hema Saraswati (b) Parmanand his coins, he was depicted as seated on
was founder of the Gupta dynasty. (c) Banabhatta (d) Sri Ponna a sofa and playing a Veena. He is known
Chandra Gupta I (319 to 335 CE) Sol.151.(c) Banabhatta - His teacher's as the Napoleon of India. He was given
assumed the title of ‘Maharajadhiraja. name was Bhatsu or Bharvu. the title of Kaviraj.
Samudra Gupta ("Napolean of India" title Banabhatta's three works are famous -
given by VA Smith, 335 to 375 CE) - He Q.156. After the victory over Sakas, who
“Harshacharita”, “Kadambari” and among the following adopted the title of
was given the title of Kaviraj. “Chandishtak”. Harshvardhan was the 'Vikramaditya"?
Q.147. In which period is the first ruler of the Pushyabhuti dynasty of SSC MTS 20/06/2023 (Afternoon)
inscriptional example of the practice of Thaneshwar. (a) Chandragupta I (b) Chandragupta II
Sati found? Q.152. Chandragupta, was the first ruler (c) Skandagupta (d) Kumaragupta I
SSC CGL 26/07/2023 (4th shift) of the Gupta dynasty to adopt the grand Sol.156.(b) Chandragupta II - He was the
(a) Maukhari (b) Vardhana title of . son of Samudragupta and Datta Devi. He
(c) Satavahana (d) Gupta SSC MTS 11/05/2023 (Evening) ruled the Gupta Empire from 380 to 415
Sol.147.(d) Gupta. Practice of Sati has (a) dharamraja (b) maharaja-dhiraja AD during the Golden Age of India. He
been found in the Eran Pillar Inscription (c) maharaja (d) devanampriya established the Mehrauli iron pillar.
of Bhanugupta, Madhya Pradesh. Sati Gupta Empire (320 - 550 CE) - It
Sol.152.(b) Maharaja-dhiraja. Gupta
Movement : Raja Ram Mohan Roy stretched across northern, central and
Dynasty: Founder - Sri Gupta (Maharaja).
described ‘Sati’ as ‘murder’ according to parts of southern India.
Chandragupta - 1 married the Lichchhavi
every shastra. By his efforts, Bengal Sati Princess Kumaradevi. Fahien visited Q.157. Who among the following
Regulation Act was passed to criminalize India during the reign of Chandragupta II. succeeded Ghatotkacha, the Gupta ruler?
the practice of Sati in 1829. Kumaragupta laid the foundation of SSC MTS 20/06/2023 (Evening)
Q.148. The famous source of the Gupta Nalanda University. (a) Kumaragupta I (b) Chandragupta I
empire, the Prayaga Prashasti is also (c) Chandragupta II (d) Skandagupta
Q.153. Who among the following
known as the ________. Navratnas from Chandragupta II court Sol.157.(b) Chandragupta I. Founder - Sri
Graduate Level 27/06/2023 ( Shift - 4) wrote 'Mantrashastra’ ? Gupta, Next Successors - Ghatotkacha,
(a) Allahabad pillar inscription SSC MTS 12/05/2023 (Morning) Chandragupta I, Samudragupta,
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Nalanda University). Ranjak), Visitors (Hiuen Tsang, I-Tsing). daughter of Kuberanaga and ______.
SSC CHSL 13/04/2021 (Evening)
Q.158. Ruler of which dynasty built the Q.162. Samudragupta's mother belonged (a) Skandagupta (b) Chandragupta I
famous Iron pillar in Delhi? to which of the following gana? (c) Chandragupta II (d) Kumaragupta
SSC CHSL 10/03/2023 (4th Shift) SSC CGL 13/12/2022 (4th Shift)
(a) Gupta (b) Pallava (a) Koliya (b) Lichchhavi (c) Sakya (d) Vajji Sol.166.(c) Chandragupta II. Prabhavati
(c) Maurya (d) Pushyabhuti Gupta was a Gupta princess and
Sol.162.(b) Licchavi. Samudragupta (335 Vakataka queen who was the consort of
Sol.158.(a) Gupta dynasty. In Mehrauli -375 CE, Kaviraja) was the son of Maharaja Rudrasena II. She ruled the
(Delhi) an iron pillar was constructed by Chandragupta I and Queen Kumaradevi Vakataka kingdom as regent from about
the famous king Chandragupta II, India, (Licchavi clan). He is called ‘Napoleon of 390 to 410.
notable for the rust-resistant India’ by V.A. Smith.
composition of the metal used in its Q.167. The Gupta imposed a fine called
construction. The inscription on the pillar Q.163. Which of the following titles was _____ which was a plough tax paid by
is in Sanskrit, about Gupta emperor held by Samudragupta, a ruler of the every cultivator owing a plough.
Chandragupta II. Gupta Dynasty? SSC CGL 03/03/2020 (Evening)
SSC MTS 25/07/2022 (Morning) (a) Hiranya (b) Kara
Q.159. Which of the following offices (a) Jahan Panah (b) Sahib-e-Qiran (c) Sulka (d) Halvakara
was NOT held by the poet Harishena? (c) Kaviraja (d) Mahendraditya
SSC CGL 03/12/2022 (1st Shift) Sol.167.(d) Halvakara was a kind of tax
(a) Sandhi-vigrahika Sol.163.(c) Kaviraja. Samudragupta: for those who owned a plough during the
(b) Maha-danda-nayaka Ruled under Gupta dynasty from 335 Gupta administration.
(c) Nagara-shreshthi /336 CE to 375 CE; Called ‘Napoleon of
(d) Kumar-amatya India’ by V.A. Smith and Kaviraja (king
among poets); His campaigns are
Vardhana Dynasty
Sol.159.(c) Nagara-shreshthi (Chief mentioned in the Eran inscription
Q.168. According to which of the
banker or merchant). Offices held by (Madhya Pradesh).
following foreign travellers did
Poet Harishena: Maha-danda-Nayaka
Q.164. In the context of Gupta Dhruvasena II attend Harsha’s assembly
(Chief Judicial Officer), Kumar-amatya
administration, the term 'vithi' referred to at Prayag (Allahabad)?
(Important minister) and a sandhi -
a/an: SSC CGL Tier II 26/10/2023
vigrahika (Minister of War and Peace).
SSC MTS 05/10/2021 (Evening) (a) Marco Polo (b) Hiuen Tsang
Q.160. Fa Xian began his journey back (a) elephantry unit (c) Fa-Hien (d) I-tsing
home from which of the following Indian (b) administrative unit
Sol.168.(b) Hiuen Tsang (Xuanzang) -
state? (c) personal guard of the king
Chinese Buddhist monk who travelled
SSC CGL 08/12/2022 (1st Shift) (d) soldier
from China to India to study Buddhism
(a) Bihar (b) Maharashtra
Sol.164.(b) Administrative unit. In and obtain Buddhist scriptures during the
(c) Bengal (d) Odisha
Gupta's period, there was a hierarchy of reign of King Harsha Vardhan. Assembly
Sol.160.(c) Bengal. Fa-Xian (Chinese administrative divisions from top to of Prayag (Maha Moksha Parishad) -
traveller) started his journey back home bottom. The empire was called by Harsha Vardhan gave all his belongings
from Bengal by boarding a merchant various names such as Rajya, Rashtra, in charity for the welfare of the public.
ship. He traveled from China to India on Desha, Mandala, Prithvi, and Avani. It was
Q.169. Who sent an envoy to the Chinese
foot to acquire Buddhist texts. He came divided into provinces, which were
court in 641 AD?
to India, under the reign of Chandragupta further divided into Vishayas. A
SSC Stenographer 13/10/2023 (Afternoon)
II, and arrived at Pataliputra from the Vishayapati administered the Vishaya. A
(a) Narsimhavarman I
northwest. part of the Vishaya was called Vithi.
(b) Harsha Vardhan
Q.161. Xuan Zang and other pilgrims Q.165. Who among the following Gupta (c) Narsimhavarman II
spent time studying in Nalanda, the most rulers married a girl from the Lichchhavi (d) Pulakeshin I
famous Buddhist monastery, located in clan?
Sol.169.(b) Harsha Vardhan. In 641 AD
which of the following Indian states? SSC MTS 08/10/2021 (Afternoon)
Harshavardhan sent an envoy to Taizong
SSC CGL 13/12/2022 (2nd Shift) (a) Samudragupta (b) Sri Gupta
(Tai-Tsung), the Tang emperor of China
(a) Odisha (b) Bengal (c) Bihar (d) Sikkim (c) Chandragupta-I (d) Ramagupta
and in return, the Chinese ruler sent three
Sol.161.(c) Bihar. Kumaragupta Sol.165.(c) Chandragupta-I was a Gupta embassies to Harsha court. Hiuen-Tsang,
(Shakraditya) of the Gupta dynasty ruler and married a girl from the a Chinese pilgrim who visited Harsha’s
founded Nalanda University in modern Lichchhavi clan. Chandragupta married a court, wrote a book ‘Si-Yu-Ki’ (the world
Bihar in the early 5th century. Bakhtiyar girl named Kumaradevi who belonged to of the west) after going back to China.
Khilji (general of Qutbuddin Aibak) was the Lichchavi clan. The Lichchhavi clan Hiuen-Tsang in his book also praised two
demolished in the 12th century (1193 AD). was headquartered at Vaishali in other kings than Harsha Vardhan
Nalanda: UNESCO World Heritage Site, present-day Bihar during the time of Narsimha Varman of the Pallava dynasty
Institute of National Importance, Famous Gautama Buddha. and Pulakesin II of the Chalukya dynasty.
scholars (Nagarjuna (Madhyamika Q.170. After about 75 years of
Sunyavada) and Aryabhatta), 3 buildings Q.166. Prabhavati Gupta, the Queen
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(Ratnasagar, Ratna Dadhi, and Ratna power in Kannauj.
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SSC Stenographer 13/10/2023 (Evening) Pulakeshin II on to the Chalukya throne. (a) Dantidurga (b) Singhavishnu
(a) Yashovarman (b) Yadagiri Kirttivarman I was a ruler of the (c) Upendra Rai (d) Vijayalaya
(c) Mahendravarman (d) Pulakeshin II Chalukya dynasty of Vatapi (present-day
Badami) in India. Sol.178.(d) Vijayalaya. Chola Dynasty:
Sol.170.(a) Yashovarman. He was the Vijayalaya - Given the title
founder of the Varman dynasty of Kanauj Q.174. King Shashanka, against whom Parakesarivarman. Other South Indian
and surrounding areas during the 8th and Harshvardhana declared war, was a ruler Dynasties: Chera Dynasty: Founder -
the 9th centuries. Mahendravarman (600 of the ______ kingdom. Uthiyan Cheralathan (Perum Chorru).
AD - 630 AD) was a ruler of the Pallava SSC MTS 14/10/2021 (Evening) Pandya Dynasty - Kadungon.
dynasty. Pulakeshin II (610 - 642 AD) was (a) Kanyakubja (b) Junagarh Vijayanagara Empire - Harihara I and
a ruler of the Chalukya dynasty and was (c) Magadha (d) Gauda Bukka Raya . Satavahana Dynasty -
a contemporary of Harshavardhana. Simuka. Hoysala Dynasty - Sala / Nrip
Sol.174.(d) Gauda. Karnasubarna was kaam dwitiya .
Q.171. What was the period of the capital of Gauda Kingdom during the
Harshavardhana's reign? reign of Shashanka, the first important Q.179. In the 11th century, the army of
SSC CGL 25/07/2023 (3rd shift) king of ancient Bengal who ruled in the which of the following Cholas reached
(a) 647 CE to 700 CE 7th century. upto Ganga to invade Bengal?
(b) 570 CE to 610 CE SSC CHSL 04/08/2023 (4th shift)
(c) 606 CE to 647 CE Q.175. Pushyabhuti, who ruled from (a) Rajendra I (b) Rajaraja I
(d) 545 CE to 570 CE Thaneswar, was the founder of ______ (c) Vijayalaya (d) Rajadhiraj I
dynasty.
Sol.171.(c) 606 CE to 647 CE. SSC CGL 17/08/2021 (Morning) Sol.179.(a) Rajendra I (1014 and 1044
Harshavardhana - Last ruler of the (a) Vardhana (b) Chera CE) - He was also known as
Vardhana Empire (Pushyabhuti dynasty); (c) Pandya (d) Chalukya Gangaikonda Chola. He led a successful
Undisputed ruler of Thaneshwar (modern military expedition to the Ganges,
Sol.175.(a) Vardhana dynasty. Prabhakar
-day Haryana). Empire covers present bringing Ganges water to his new capital
Vardhana was the first notable king of
day states of Odisha, Bengal, Punjab and in the Kaveri Delta, Gangaikonda
the Vardhana Dynasty. The dynasty
the whole of Indo-Gangetic plain. cholapuram. He defeated Mahipala, the
reached its glory under the last king of
Chinese monk and traveler Xuanzang Pala king of Bengal and Bihar.
this dynasty, Harshavardhana.
(Hiuen Tsang) spent eight years in his
empire. He was author of three Sanskrit Q.180. Who among the following rulers
Q.176. King Harshavardhan ascended
plays - Nagananda, Ratnavali, invaded Malaya to liberate their trade
the throne of Thaneshwar and Kannauj
Priyadarshika. His Court Poet - with China?
on the death of his brother, ______.
Banabhatta. SSC CHSL 07/08/2023 (2nd shift)
SSC CGL 04/03/2020 (Morning)
(a) Pallava (b) Chola
(a) Indravardhan (b) Suryavardhan
Q.172. Which of the following is NOT (c) Chalukya (d) Rashtrakuta
(c) Rajyavardhana (d) Chandravardhan
correct regarding king Harshavardhana?
SSC CGL 02/12/2022 (2nd Shift) Sol.176.(c) Rajyavardhana. He was the Sol.180.(b) Chola dynasty. Founder -
(a) Harshavardhana ruled nearly about eldest son of Prabhakaravardhana and a Vijayalaya, capital - Tanjore.
1400 years ago member of the Pushyabhuti Dynasty. He Q.181. Sabha and Ur, two kinds of village
(b) Xuan Zang spent a lot of time at ascended the throne after his father's assemblies are referred to in which of the
Harsha's court death and was succeeded by his younger following dynasties?
(c) Harshavardhana's court poet was brother Harsha. SSC CGL 20/07/2023 (1st shift)
Harishena (a) Chola (b) Rashtrakuta
(d) Harshacharita is a biography written Chola Dynasty (c) Gurjara Pratihara (d) Chalukya
on Harshavardhana
Q.177. The Brihadeswara Temple at Sol.181.(a) Chola. Ur - Assembly of
Sol.172.(c) Harishena - He was the court common villagers. Sabha - Assembly in
Tanjavur built by:
poet of Samudragupta (Gupta dynasty). the villages which were inhabited
SSC MTS 14/09/2023 (2nd Shift)
Q.173. Who among the following (a) Rajaraja II (b) Samudragupta predominantly by the Brahmanas.
defeated Harshavardhana when he (c) Rajendra Chola (d) Rajaraja I Nagaram - Assembly of merchants,
invaded the Chalukya kingdom in the traders and artisans. The Chola dynasty
Deccan? was founded by Vijayalaya Chola.
SSC CGL 13/04/2022 (Afternoon) Sol.177.(d) Rajaraja I: The greatest ruler Rajendra Chola III - the last ruler. Capital -
(a) Mangalesha (b) Pulakesin II of the Chola Dynasty (Founder - Thanjavur (Tanjore).
(c) Vikramaditya I (d) Kirtivarman I Vijayalaya). Other temples made by the
Chola Rulers: Rajaraja I - Tiruvalisvaram Q.182. "Brahmadeya" , a type of land
temple (Brahmadesam); Aditya I - during the Chola Period was the ________.
Sol.173.(b) Pulakesin II defeated
Balasuramanya temple (Kannanur); SSC MTS 10/05/2023
Harshavardhana when he invaded the
Rajendra Chola - Gangaikondachola (a) land gifted to Brahmans
Chalukya kingdom in the Deccan on the
-puram temple; Kulothunga III - (b) land of non-Brahmana peasant
banks of Narmada River. Mangalesha
Kampahareswarartemple (tribhuvanam). proprietors
was a king of the Chalukya dynasty of
(c) land gifted to temples
Vatapi in Karnataka. Vikramaditya I was
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Sol.182.(a) Land gifted to Brahmans. Sol.186.(d) Thanjavur is an important SSC CGL 08/12/2022 (3rd Shift)
There were five types of 'land gifts' that agricultural centre located in the Kaveri (a) Bhillasvamin (b) Ajmer
Chola kings gave to their people on the Delta (Tamil Nadu), built by Vijayalaya (c) Ahmedabad (d) Ahmednagar
basis of Chola inscriptions : Vellanvagai - who belonged to the Chola family of
For non-Brahmana, peasant proprietors. Uraiyur. Tiruppur (Located on the banks Sol.190.(a) Bhillasvamin. Famous Chola
Shalabhoga - For the maintenance of a of Noyyal River in Tamil Nadu, built dynasty temples: Moovar Koil
school. Devadana or Tirunamattukkani - during the reign of Cholas and Pandyas), (Kodumbalur), Koranganatha (Musiri),
Land gifted to temples. Pallichchhandam Madurai (Located on the river of Vaigai), Valisvara Temple, Kampaheswarar
- Land donated to Jaina institutions. Tiruchirappalli (located in Kaveri delta in Temple (Thirubuvanam). All temples
Tamil Nadu). mentioned above are in Tamil Nadu.
Q.183. The Airavatesvara Temple in
Tamil Nadu was built by _________ . Q.187. Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni was a Q.191. Which of the following territories
SSC MTS 14/06/2023 (Afternoon) contemporary of which Chola king? to the south and north were made part of
(a) Rajaraja Chola II SSC CGL 02/12/2022 (4th Shift) the Chola kingdom by the successors of
(b) Rajaraja Chola I (a) Rajaraja I (b) Rajendra II the ruler Vijayalaya?
(c) Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II (c) Rajadhiraja (d) Rajendra I SSC CGL 09/12/2022 (2nd Shift)
(d) Maharaja Pratap Singh (a) Pallava and Chera
Sol.187.(d) Rajendra I who ruled from (b) Pandyan and Pallava
Sol.183.(a) Rajaraja Chola II. 1014 to 1044 CE. Ghazni invaded India (c) Rashtrakuta and Chera
Airavatesvara Temple is a Hindu temple seventeen times. In 1018 he plundered (d) Vakataka and Satavahana
built in the Dravidian style of architecture. the holy city of Mathura and also
Dedicated to - Lord Shiva. Rajaraja Chola attacked Kannauj. Sol.191.(b) Pandaya and Pallava. The
I - Built Brihadeeswarar Temple in Pallava dynasty (275 CE to 897 CE,
Thanjavur. Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II Q.188. In the early eleventh century, the Capital - Kanchipuram) ruled in Deccan
(Founder of Jaipur).. Chola king Rajendra I built a Shiva temple (Tondaimandalam). Pandya (Capital -
and filled it with a Sun-pedestal seized Madurai). The Cheras (Capital - Vanji),
Q.184. The term "Vetti" in Chola empire from the ______. Greatest ruler of Cheras - Senguttuvan,
is related to ___________ SSC CGL 03/12/2022 (1st Shift) also known as Red Chera.
SSC MTS 14/06/2023 (Evening) (a) Palas (b) Vakatakas
(a) part payments (b) army (c) Chalukyas (d) Kalingas Q.192. Which dynasty bronze statues
(c) forced labour (d) gold coins were made using the "lost wax"
Sol.188.(c) Chalukyas. Chola king technique?
Sol.184.(c) Forced labour. Cholas (8th - Rajendra-I (reigned between 1014 and SSC CGL 12/12/2022 (1st Shift)
12th century AD) - A southern region 1044 CE) built a Shiva temple in his (a) Chola (b) Pandya (c) Chalukya (d) Pala
ruling dynasty began when they defeated capital, Gangaikondacholapuram (north
the Pallavas to come into power. The Tamil Nadu) and filled it with prized Sol.192.(a) Chola bronzes are created
empire was founded by Vijalaya. Some statues seized from defeated rulers such using the lost wax technique (Cire
types of taxes in their empire: Kadmai or as Sun-pedestal (Chalukyas), a Ganesha Perdue). Bronze is an alloy of copper and
Irai - Tax on land; Pattam and ayam - statue and several statues of Durga, a tin. The lost wax technique is a method
Taxes imposed on non-agricultural Nandi statue, an image of Bhairava and of metal casting in which molten metal is
professions like artisans and merchants; Bhairavi (Kalingas of Orissa), and a Kali poured into a mold that has been created
Nirvilai or nirkkirai - Water tax; Ulku and statue (Palas of Bengal). by means of a wax model. Examples:
sungam - Toll tax; Tattar-pattam - A tax Nataraja Bronze Casting, Shiva and
levied on gold -smiths; Sangam - Export Q.189. Who among the following Parvati (Sivagami, 1012 CE), etc.
and import taxes; Kannala Kanam - belonged to the ancient chiefly family of
the Cholas from Uraiyur, captured the Q.193. Puhar or Kaveripattinam, was the
Marriage tax; Poorvi - War tax. port of which of the following dynasty?
Kaveri delta from the Muttaraiyar in the
Q.185. Rajaraja I, considered the most middle of the ninth century ? SSC CGL 13/12/2022 (3rd Shift)
powerful Chola ruler, became king in SSC CGL 06/12/2022 (1st Shift) (a) Cheras (b) Cholas
______. (a) Gandaraditya (b) Vijayalaya (c) Pandyas (d) Vakatakas
SSC CHSL 15/03/2023 (2nd Shift) (c) Parantaka I (d) Aditya I Sol.193.(b) Cholas (8th-12th century AD)
(a) 999 (b) 979 (c) 971 (d) 985 was founded by Vijayalaya in the 8th
Sol.189.(b) Vijayalaya founded the Chola
Sol.185.(d) 985. Rajaraja Chola I Empire and captured Thanjavur (Capital century. Rajaraja Chola (greatest king of
(985-1014 AD) is the greatest Chola ruler. of Chola Empire) in 850 CE. He the Chola Empire) reigned between 985
He was known as "Rajaraja the Great''. constructed a temple for the goddess and 1014 C.E.
Other names - Arunmozhivarman and Nishumbhasudini in Thanjavur. Aditya I Q.194. Rajendra I was the son of which
Ponniyin Selvan. He built Rajarajeshwara succeeded him in 871 CE. Parantaka I of the following Chola kings?
temple (Brihadeshwara) in Thanjavur, was successor of Aditya I. He was Higher Secondary 02/08/2022 ( Shift - 2 )
Tamil Nadu. He conquered Sri Lanka. known as the destroyer of Madurai (the (a) Virarajendra (b) Rajaraja I
capital city of the Pandyas). (c) Vijayalaya (d) Gandaraditya
Q.186. Which of the following towns was Gandaraditya succeeded Parantaka I
built by the ruler Vijayalaya in Kaveri delta? Sol.194.(b) Rajaraja I (ruler of Imperial
SSC CGL 01/12/2022 (3rd Shift) Q.190. Which of the following towns was Chola). Rajendra I (1012-1044 A.D)
(a) Tiruchirappalli (b) Tiruppur grown as a temple town during the Chola
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(c) Madurai (d) Thanjavur dynasty?
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Chera and Pandya countries. He Mayurasharma) was an ancient Indian dynasty traces its origins to the ancient
defeated Jayasimha II, the Western dynasty that ruled over parts of South Trigarta Kingdom, mentioned in the
Chalukya king. He founded the city of India, particularly the present-day Mahabharata epic. Forts in India:
Gangaikondacholapuram and Karnataka region, from the 4th to the 6th Golconda Fort - Hyderabad, Mehrangarh
constructed the famous Rajesvaram centuries CE. They are originally the Fort - Jodhpur (Rajasthan), Srirangapatna
temple in that city. tributary princes under the Kadambas of Fort - Karnataka, Panhala Fort -
Banavasi who ruled the Kanara coast Maharashtra, Daulatabad Fort -
Miscellaneous from about the 4th century AD. Aurangabad (Maharashtra).

Q.199. Which of the following pairs of Q.202. Brihat Samhita was the treatise of
Q.195. Who was the author of
locations are famous for Buddhist which of the following subjects ?
“Mahabhashya”?
railings and gateways? SSC Stenographer 13/10/2023 (Evening)
SSC Stenographer 12/10/2023 (Morning)
SSC Stenographer 12/10/2023 (Evening) (a) Botany (b) Astronomy
(a) Bana (b) Panini
(a) Bharhut and Amravati (c) Geography (d) Natural History
(c) Patanjali (d) Kautilya
(b) Patna and Rajgir
(c) Parasnath and Ajanta Sol.202.(b) Astronomy. Brihat Samhita -
Sol.195.(c) Patanjali. “The Yoga Sutra”
(d) Sarnath and Kushinagar It is the noted work of Varahamihira. It is
was also written by Patanjali. Authors
an important encyclopedic text in
and their books: Kalhana -
Sol.199.(a) Bharhut and Amravati. Sanskrit. This text exists in many Indian
“Rajatarangini”. Vatsayana - “Kamasutra”.
Bharhut Stupa is located in Satna, scripts and is preserved in Hindu, Jain,
Vishnu Sharma - “Panchatantra”. Kautilya
Madhya Pradesh. It was discovered in a and Buddhist temples and monasteries.
- “Arthasastra”. Panini - “Ashtadhyayi”.
ruined state by Alexander Cunningham Other Samhitas - Jaya Samhita
Megasthenes - “Indica”. Jayadeva -
and his team. The discovered railing and (Mahabharat), Charak Samhita
“Gitagovinda”. Sri Harsha - “Naishadha
gateway are now on display at the Indian (Medicinal Science), Sushruta Samhita
Charita”. Banabhatta - “Harshacharita”,
Museum (Kolkata). Amravati Stupa was (Book on Surgeries and related science).
“Kadambari”.
discovered by Colin Mackenzie (1797). It
has a circular altar, which depicts Lord Q.203. Shore temple of Mamallapuram
Q.196. Which of the following dynasties
Buddha in his human form atop an was built by:
succeeded the Palas of Bengal ?
elephant. The high platforms of the stupa SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (Morning)
SSC Stenographer 12/10/2023 (Afternoon)
are spread in four directions. (a) Cholas (b) Chalukyas
(a) Senas (b) Devas
(c) Pallavas (d) Nagas
(c) Maukharis (d) Gaudas
Q.200. Junagadh inscription of
Kathiawar is related to which of the Sol.203.(c) Pallavas (Narasimhavarman
Sol.196.(a) Senas Dynasty: A hindu
following kings ? II). The famous Shore Temple is located
dynasty that ruled over eastern Bengal
SSC Stenographer 13/10/2023 (Morning) at Mahabalipuram or Mamallapuram
and western Bihar for about two
(a) Kanishka (Tamil Nadu), located along southeastern
centuries. Important Rulers - Vijaya Sena,
(b) Gautamiputra Satakarni India’s Coromandel Coast. It was
Ballal Sena, Lakshmana Sena. Deva
(c) Narasimhavarman declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site
dynasty - Ruled over eastern Bengal after
(d) Rudradaman I in 1984. Pallavas Dynasty (275 - 897 CE)
the Sena dynasty. Maukharis dynasty - A
- Founder - Simhavishnu, Capital -
post-Gupta dynasty that ruled over the
Sol.200.(d) Rudradaman I. Junagadh Kanchipuram. Famous rulers of Pallavas
vast plains of Ganga-Yamuna for over six
rock inscription (Girnar rock inscription) dynasty - Sivaskandavarman,
generations.
is written in the Sanskrit language. These Mahendravarman.
Q.197. Who had Sialkot as his capital ? rocks contain inscriptions Rudradaman I
and Skandgupta. Inscription and Q.204. Which ruler of the Chahamana
SSC Stenographer 12/10/2023 (Afternoon)
Belongs to King: The Rabatak inscription dynasty made Ajmer his capital?
(a) Menander (b) Demetrios
(Afghanistan) - Kanishka. The Nasik SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (Morning)
(c) Eukratides (d) Pushyamitra
prasasti inscription - Gautamiputra (a) Prithviraj III (b) Prithviraj II
Sol.197.(a) Menander: A Greek king who Satakarni. Aihole Inscription - Pulakeshin (c) Arnoraj (d) Ajayaraja
ruled over the Indo-Greek kingdom. (II). Gwalior Inscription - Bhoja. Allahabad Sol.204.(d) Ajayaraja. Chahamanas or
Demetrios (Greek king): His capital was Inscription - Samudragupta. Chauhans dynasty: Chauhans of Delhi
Takshashila. Eucratides: Expanded the
Q.201. Which of the following is the and Ajmer, also known as the
Indo-Greek territories into Bactria and the
oldest dated fort in India ? Chahamanas of Shakambhari, ruled over
northern regions of India. Pushyamitra
SSC Stenographer 13/10/2023 (Morning) part of modern-day Rajasthan. Important
Sunga - An Indian king who ruled over the
(a) Kangra Fort Kings : Vasudeva, Ajayaraja, Arnoraja,
Sunga dynasty. His capital was
(b) Mehrangarh Fort Vigraharaja IV, Prithviraj Chauhan III, and
Pataliputra.
(c) Srirangapatna Fort Hariraja.
Q.198. To which of the following (d) Golconda Fort Q.205. Prithviraj Raso, an epic poem
dynasties were the Vatapi Chalukyas
Sol.201.(a) Kangra Fort (Nagarkot Fort). about the life of the 12th century Indian
tributary princes?
This fort was built by Susharm Chand king, Prithviraj Chauhan, was written by:
SSC Stenographer 12/10/2023 (Evening)
(Katoch Dynasty). Mohammed Ghazni in SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (Morning)
(a) Kalyani Chalukyas (b) Cholas
1009 A.D plundered the Shahi treasury at (a) Chand Bardai (b) Banabhatta
(c) Pallavas (d) Kadambas
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Sol.198.(d) Kadamba dynasty (Founder -
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Sol.205.(a) Chand Bardai. Indian Epics (Rajasthan) - Solankies; Virupaksha Panhho. Milinda Panho (The questions of
and writers - Mahabharata (Sage Ved Temple (Karnataka) - Chalukyas; Sun Menander is a book) describes the
Vyasa), Ramayana (Valmiki), Temple (Gujarat) - Solankis. dialogue between Nageshwar
Raghuvamsa (Kalidasa), Buddhacharita (Nagasena) and Milinda (king of Bactria).
(Asvogosha), Silapadikaram (Ilango Q.209. Malavikagnimitra, a drama of the The book was written by Nageshwar in
Adigal in Tamil), Ramcharitmanas 5th century CE, was written by the Pali language originally.
(Tulsidas in Awadhi), Kumarasambava SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (Evening)
(Kalidasa in Sanskrit). Banabhatta wrote (a) Kalidasa (b) Harisena Q.212. The star-shaped temples were
Harshacharita and Bharavi wrote (c) Bhavabhuti (d) Pingala built during the reign of:
Kiratarjuniya. SSC CPO 05/10/2023 (Morning)
Sol.209.(a) Kalidasa. He was a court (a) Hoysala (b) Chalukya
Q.206. Dhruvasena II is related to which poet of Chandragupta-II (Vikramaditya). (c) Badami (d) Cholas
of the following ruling dynasties? Other Books: Meghaduta,
SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (Morning) Kumarasambhava, Raghuvasa, and Sol.212.(a) Hoysala. Hoysala
(a) Vakataka (b) Maitraka Vikramorvasiya. Harisena - Court poet of Architecture Temples: Aralaguppe is the
(c) Pushyabhuti (d) Maukhari Samudragupta and composed Prayag temple dedicated to Lord
pillar inscription in Sanskrit. Bhavabhuti - Channakeshava (Vishnu). The temple
Sol.206.(b) Maitraka dynasty, which A great playwright, best known for his was built during the rule of the Hoysala
ruled over Gujarat and Saurashtra from play Uttara-Ramacharitam (latter part of Empire King Vira Someshwara. There are
the 5th to the 8th centuries CE. Vakataka Rama's life). Pingala - Ancient Indian poet five features that can be seen in their
dynasty : Founded by Vindhyashakti. and mathematician, and the author of the temples - Star-shaped sanctum
Ajanta caves (numbers ⅩⅥ, ⅩⅦ, ⅩⅨ) Chandasastra. sanctorum, jagati, Decorative panels,
are the best examples of Vakataka Shikara and Pillars.
excellence in the field of painting. Other Q.210. Ravana Phadi cave and Durga
dynasties and their founders - Vardhana Temple at Aihole portray the architectural Q.213. Which of the following was the
dynasty (Pushyabhuti), Reddi kingdom style of which dynasty? capital of the Hindu Shahi Kingdom?
(Prolaya Vema Reddi). SSC CPO 04/10/2023 (Morning) SSC CHSL 07/08/2023 (1st shift)
(a) Vijayanagara (b) Chalukya (a) Srinagar (b) Lahore
Q.207. The ‘Tripartite struggle’ was (c) Hoysala (d) Pallava (c) Waihind (d) Multan
between Gurjara Pratiharas in North
India, Palas in Eastern India and ________ Sol.210.(b) Chalukya dynasty: Sol.213.(c) Waihind. Hindu Shahi
in South India. Established by King Pulakesin I. Famous kingdom was founded by Kallar. It ruled
SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (Afternoon) architecture: Chalukya - Meguti Jain over Kabul and the old province of
(a) Cheras (b) Cholas Temple (Aihole), Pattadakal Temples Gandhara from the decline of the Kushan
(c) Marathas (d) Rashtrakutas (Bagalkot), Virupaksha Temple empire. This kingdom was known as the
(Vijayanagara). Hoysala - Chennakesava Kabul Shahi dynasty. Ancient Dynasties
Sol.207.(d) Rashtrakutas. The Tripartite Temple (Belur), Hoysaleswara Temple with their Capital: Haryanka Dynasty -
Struggle, also known as The Kannauj (Halebidu), Kesava Temple Rajgriha/Pataliputra, Shishunaga Dynasty
Triangle Wars, for control of northern (Somanathapura). Pallava - Ratha - Rajgir, Nanda - Pataliputra, Satavahana
India took place in the ninth century in temples or seven pagodas - Pratishthana/Amaravati.
which Pratiharas emerged victorious. (Mahabalipuram), Kailasanathar Temple
Rashtrakutas: Founder - Dantidurg, (Kanchipuram), Shore Temple Q.214. The Gahadavalas ruled over
Capital - Malkhed. Gurjara Pratiharas: (Mahabalipuram). which region of India ?
Founder - Nagabhatta-I, Capital - SSC CHSL 08/08/2023 (3rd shift)
Kannauj. Palas - Founder - Gopala. Q.211. Consider the following (a) Ajmer (b) Malwa (c) Kanauj (d) Patan
statements regarding the Indo Greeks.
Q.208. Siddheshwar Mahadev Temple in 1. The most celebrated Indo-Greek ruler Sol.214.(c) Kanauj. Gahadavalas or
Bengal depicts the architecture of which was Menander. Rathors of Kanauj (1090-1194 AD):
dynasty.? 2. Menander has been identified with Founder - Chandradeva. After the failure
SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (Evening) King Milinda mentioned in the famous of the Pratiharas, the Gahadavalas
(a) Pala Dynasty Buddhist text Milindapanha. established themselves on the throne of
(b) Hussain Shahi dynasty 3. Milindapanho contains philosophical Kanauj. Jai Chand - The last great ruler of
(c) Chalukya dynasty questions that Milinda asked Amrapali. this dynasty. He was killed in the Battle
(d) Shunga Dynasty 4. Impressed by the answers, King of Chandawar in 1194 AD by Mohammad
Milinda accepted Buddhism as his Ghori.
Sol.208.(a) Pala Dynasty. Temples and religion.
their associated Dynasty: Khajuraho Q.215. Which of the following ancient
Which among the above statements are texts is a source to study
Temple (Madhya Pradesh) - Bundelas or correct.
Chandelas; Kailash Temple Bharatanatyam?
SSC CPO 04/10/2023 (Evening) SSC CHSL 08/08/2023 (4th shift)
(Maharashtra) - Rashtrakutas; Thousand (a) Only 3, 2 and 4 (b) Only 1, 2 and 4
Pillared Temple, Ramappa Temple (a) Abhinaya Darpana
(c) Only 1, 3 and 4 (d) Only 1, 2 and 3 (b) Abhigyan Shakuntalam
(Telangana) - Kakatiyas; Brihadeeswara
Temple (Tamil Nadu) - Cholas; Sol.211.(b) Only 1, 2 and 4. Nageshwar (c) Ashtadhyayi
Kailashnath Temple, Shore Temple (Buddhist monk) gave the answer to (d) Arthashastra
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Bharatnatyam (classical dance from have accepted Jainism under the Dharmapala (770 - 810 AD) captured
Tamil Nadu). Natyashashtra (written in influence of a Jain scholar Kanauj and conducted a grand darbar. He
Sanskrit) by Bharata Muni and Abhinay Hemachandra? took the titles of Parama Bhattaraka,
Darpan by Nandikeshvara are considered SSC CHSL 14/08/2023 (1st shift) Paramesvara and Maharajadhiraja.
to be the original sources of (a) Pratihara (b) Parmara
Bharatanatyam. (c) Chalukya (d) Chahman Q.223. Who among the following was the
author of the play 'Mrichchhakatika'?
Q.216. Alvars were the devotees of Sol.219.(c) Chalukya. The Chalukya SSC CGL 14/07/2023 (2nd shift)
which South Indian cult? Dynasty was founded by Pulakesin I. (a) Kalidasa (b) Amarasimha
SSC CHSL 09/08/2023 (1st shift) Capital: Badami (Vatapi). Pratihara (c) Shudraka (d) Bhasa
(a) Shaktism (b) Saivism dynasty - Nagabhatta I was the founder.
(c) Jainism (d) Vaishnavism The Pratiharas who ruled over Kannauj Sol.223.(c) Shudraka. Mrichchhakatika
for a longtime are also called Gurjara- play was translated into English by Arthur
Sol.216.(d) Vaishnavism. Nayanars and Pratiharas. Parmar dynasty - Founded by W. Ryder in 1905 as “The Little Clay Cart”.
Alvars saints belonged to South India. Upendra or Krishnaraja. Capital: Ujjain, Other Sanskrit plays of Shudraka:
Some famous Vaishnava devotees : Later - Dharan Nagari (Dhar). “Vinavasavadatta”, “Padmaprabhritaka”,
Ramanuja, Madhvacharya, Chaitanya “a bhana” (short one -act monologue).
Mahaprabhu, Nimbarkacharya. Jainism - Q.220. Which of the following
Devotees of Jainism are called Jains universities was founded by Pala rulers ? Q.224. The Ashtadhyayi of Panini is a
such as Rishabhadeva, Parshvanath, SSC CHSL 14/08/2023 (2nd shift) renowned work on ______.
Bhadrabahu. Shaktism - Devotees of (a) Vikramasila (b) Nalanda SSC CGL 18/07/2023 (1st shift)
Shaktism are called Shaktas. Famous (c) Valabhi (d) Taxila (a) Mauryan Polity
Shaktas: Adi Shankaracharya, Sarada (b) Gupta Administration
Devi, Paramahansa Yogananda. Sol.220.(a) Vikramasila : Location - (c) Medicine
Bihar. Founded - 8th-9th Century. Events - (d) Sanskrit Grammar
Q.217. The book ‘Rajatarangini' is about Destroyed by Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar
the history of which state written in 12th Khalji (1193). Nalanda University : Sol.224.(d) Sanskrit Grammar. Ancient
century CE? Founded by - Gupta Dynasty in the 4th - Authors and books : (Kautilya)
SSC CHSL 10/08/2023 (2nd shift) 5th century. Taxila University - An Chanakya's work - “Arthashastra” (on
(a) Bengal (b) Kashmir ancient Indian university in Taxila city, statecraft, political science, economic
(c) Sindh (d) Assam which is now in north-western Pakistan. policy and military strategy). Maharshi
Valabi University (Gujarat) : Established Charak - “Charaka Samhita” (a famous
Sol.217.(b) Kashmir. Ancient Texts and by - The Maitrak King, Bhattarka. text of ayurveda) - Ayurveda. “Sushruta
Authors: Rajatarangini (River of Kings) - Samhita” - A comprehensive textbook on
Kalhana, Harsha Charita - Bana Bhatta, Q.221. Alha and Udal, who gave stiff medicine and surgery.
Akbar-Nama - Abul Fazl, Prithviraj Raso - resistance to the enemy, belonged to
Chand Bardai, Humayun Nama - which of the following Rajput States? Q.225. Who among the following was the
Gulbadan Begum, Meghdoot - Kalidasa, SSC CHSL 14/08/2023 (3rd shift) most famous Shaka ruler, who got the
Arthashastra - Kautilya, Geet Govinda - (a) Parmar (b) Kalchuri Sudarshana Lake in Kathiawar
Jaya Deva, Ratnavali - Harshavardhana. (c) Chandella (d) Gahadavala renovated?
SSC CGL 20/07/2023 (2nd shift)
Q.218. In the middle of which century did Sol.221.(c) Chandella (Founder - (a) Rudradaman I (b) Maues
the Arab traveller Sulaiman visit India? Nannuk). They were originally vassals of (c) Rudrasimha III (d) Chashtana
SSC CHSL 11/08/2023 (1st shift) the Gurjara - Pratiharas. The Chandelas
(a) 15th (b) 9th (c) 11th (d) 6th initially ruled as feudatories of the Sol.225.(a) Rudradaman I (130 - 150
Gurjara-Pratiharas of Kanyakubja AD). Sudarshan Lake was constructed by
Sol.218.(b) 9th. Travellers Who Visited (Kannauj). Original capital - Khajuraho. the order of Chandragupta Maurya by the
India: Hiuen Tsang (China) - During the The last King of this dynasty - Paradidev Governor ‘Pushyagupta Vaishya’
reign of Harshavardhana. Al Biruni (Parmadi). His generals - Alha and Udal. appointed in his Girnar. Rudradaman I
{Khwarizm (present-day Uzbekistan)} - In Battle of Mahoba: Fought between issued the first long inscription in chaste
11th century. During the reign of Sultan Paradidev and Prithviraj Chauhan-III in Sanskrit. Five branches of the Sakas in
of Mahmood Ghaznavi. Ibn Battuta 1182 AD. the Indian subcontinent: Afghanistan,
(Morocco) - During the reign of Punjab with Taxila as capital, Mathura,
Muhammad Bin Tughlaq, Marco Polo Q.222. The Pala Dynasty rulers were Western India, Upper Deccan with Ujjain
(Italy) - During the reign of Pandya primarily patrons of which religion? as their capital.
Kingdom. Megasthenes (Greece) - During SSC CHSL 17/08/2023 (1st shift)
the reign of Chandragupta Maurya. Abdur (a) Buddhist (b) Jain Q.226. Who was the last king of the
Razzaq (Persia) - During the reign of (c) Hindu (d) Islam Shunga dynasty?
Deva Raya II (Sangama dynasty). Fa Hien SSC CGL 24/07/2023 (2nd shift)
(China) - During the reign of Sol.222.(a) Buddhist. Pala Dynasty - (a) Pushya mitra (b) Bhavbhuti
Chandragupta II. Al Masudi (Arab) - In Founded by Gopala, in 750 AD. They were (c) Shashanka (d) Devabhuti
10th century AD. staunch supporters of Mahayana
Buddhism. They were in a tripartite Sol.226.(d) Devabhuti. He was
Q.219. The rulers of which of the struggle between the Palas, the assassinated by his minister (Vasudeva
following Rajput dynasties patronised Pratiharas and the Rashtrakutas for the Kanva). Other Kings of Shunga Dynasty:
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Dynasty), Agnimitra, Vasujyeshtha, (d) Vasistha Putra Pulumavi overthrew his Chalukya overlord and
Vasumitra, Bhagabhadra. Shashanka: performed a ritual literally called a
The first king of ancient Bengal, governed Sol.230.(b) Gautamiputra Shri Satakarni. ___________.
the Gauda Kingdom from 600 to 625 AD. In the 2nd century BCE, Satavahana SSC MTS 16/05/2023 (Afternoon)
Bhavabhuti: A famous Sanskrit empire emerged in Deccan (a) Prarthna sabha (b) Golden womb
playwright who wrote famous plays like (Dakshinapatha). The Nasik inscription (c) Horse ride (d) Subsidiary alliance
Mahaviracharita, Malatimadhava etc. of Gautami Balashri mentioned the shri
Satakarnis rule. He is described as the Sol.234.(b) Golden womb
Q.227. Of which of the following destroyer of the Sakas, Pahlavas and (Hiranyagarbha). This ritual was
Pratihara kings was Rajashekhara, the Yavanas. performed with the help of Brahmanas, it
famous poet and dramatist, the court was thought to lead to the “rebirth” of the
poet? Q.231. The Rampurva bull that was part sacrificer as a Kshatriya, even if he was
SSC CGL 25/07/2023( 2nd shift) of a Mauryan pillar found in Rampurwa, not one by birth. The first known ruler of
(a) Rajapala (b) Devapala Bihar is now placed at _______. the dynasty was Dantidurga who
(c) Ramabhadra (d) Mahendrapala SSC MTS 09/05/2023 (Evening) conquered Badami in 752 A.D., defeating
(a) Pradhan Mantri Bhavan the Chalukyas.
Sol.227.(d) Mahendrapala (885-910 AD). (b) Sansad
Works of Rajshekhara: (c) Rajpath Q.235. The emblem of the Chera Dynasty
Viddhashalabhanjika, Balabharata, (d) Rashtrapati Bhawan that controlled the central and northern
Karpuramanjari, Balaramayana, parts of Kerala and the Kongu region of
Kavyamimamsa. Gurjara Pratihara Sol.231.(d) Rashtrapati Bhawan. The Tamil Nadu was _________ .
dynasty (8th to 11th century): Founder - Pillars of Ashoka are the most famous SSC MTS 16/05/2023 (Evening)
Harichandra. Mihira Bhoja (836-885 AD) - examples of Mauryan art. The (a) birds (b) fish
Most powerful Partihara king. Yashpala Rashtrapati Bhavan houses the imposing (c) bow and arrow gan (d) tiger
(1024- 1036) - last ruler of the Gurjara 3rd century BC Ashoka pillar of
Pratihara dynasty. sandstone known as the Rampurva bull. Sol.235.(c) Bow and Arrow Gan. The
It got its name from the place of its symbol also appears on the coins the
Q.228. Who were the first to make land discovery, Rampurwa in Bihar. dynasty minted. The dynasty controlled
grants to Brahmins? the central and northern parts of Kerala
Graduate Level 30/06/2023 ( Shift - 1) Q.232. Who among the following was the and the Kongu region of Tamil Nadu.
(a) Sakas (b) Satavahanas last Pallava king? Their capital was Vanji, Tamil Nadu.
(c) Guptas (d) Kushans SSC MTS 11/05/2023 (Evening)
(a) Mahendravarman - I Q.236. Which of the following is NOT
Sol.228.(b) Satavahanas (1st Century BC (b) Aparajitavarman part of six schools of Indian Philosophy?
to 3rd Century AD): Simuka was the (c) Narasimhavarman - I SSC MTS 17/05/2023 (Afternoon)
founder. Sakas (2nd century BCE to the (d) Simhavishnu (a) Samkhya (b) Yoga
4th century CE) - The most famous (c) Nyaya (d) Dravida
Shaka ruler in India was Rudradaman Sol.232.(b) Aparajitavarman. Pallava
(130 A.D to 150 A.D.), came to an end dynasty (275 CE to 897 CE) - Also known Sol.236.(d) Dravida. Samkhya: Founded
with the defeat of the last Shaka ruler, as Tondaimandalam. Founder - Simha by - Kapila (Book - Samkhya sutra) : It
Rudrasimha III by Chandragupta-II (Gupta Vishnu (Avanisimha). Mahendravarman - holds that reality is constituted of two
dynasty). Kushans (First – Third He defeated the Kalabhras and principles of one female (Prakriti) and the
Centuries) - Founded by Kujula re-established the Pallava kingdom. other male (Purusha). Yoga - Union of the
Kadphises. Narashimhavarman-1 - Son of two principal entities. Nyaya: A technique
Mahendravarman. of logical thinking. Author of the Nyaya
Q.229. During the reign of which of the Sutras - Gautama.
following Pallavas, Hiuen Tsang visited Q.233. The Kandariya Mahadeva Temple
the Pallava capital Kanchi? was constructed in 999 A.D. by the king Q.237. Which among the following rulers
SSC MTS 08/05/2023 (Morning) Dhangadeva of ______ dynasty. adopted the title devaputra?
(a) Narasimhavarman I SSC MTS 15/05/2023 (Evening) SSC MTS 17/05/2023 (Afternoon)
(b) Narasimhavarman II (a) Chandela (b) Pala (c) Pallava (d) Chola (a) Hoyasala (b) Kushana
(c) Mahendravarman II (c) Chola (d) Saka
Sol.233.(a) Chandela. Kandariya
(d) Mahendravarman I Mahadeva temple - built at Khajuraho Sol.237.(b) Kushana. Kanishka (Kushana
Sol.229.(a) Narasimhavarman I. He was (Madhya Pradesh), made up of Dynasty) minted the gold and copper
also known as Mahamalla or Mamalla, sandstone. Its first mention is found in ‘al coins in which he named himself as
which means "great wrestler”. He took Biruni’ And ‘Ibn Battuta’ work. It follows ‘Devaputra’. Scholars in Kanishka’s court
the title Vatapikonda (the conqueror of the Nagara Style of architecture and was - Vasumitra, Asvaghosa (Court poet),
Vatapi). recognized by UNESCO as a world Nagarjun, Charaka, Sushruta and Parsva.
heritage site in 1986. Other temples built Other rulers of the Kushana dynasty:
Q.230. The most important ruler of the by Chandela dynasty (Founder - Nanuka): Kujula Kadphises (Founder), Vima
Satavahanas was _______. Devi Jagdamba Temple, Chitragupta Kadphises, etc.
SSC MTS 08/05/2023 (Afternoon) Temple, Laxmana Temple.
(a) Pulumavi IV Q.238. The Amaravati School of art was
(b) Gautamiputra Shri Satakarni Q.234. In the mid-eighth century, developed under the patronage of
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SSC MTS 17/05/2023 (Evening) Sol.242.(b) Sangam Period. Three Sangam at Madurai. Sangam literature
(a) Cholas (b) Cheras dynasties ruled during the Sangam Age. (the poetry of the noble ones, ancient
(c) Satavahanas (d) Palas Cheras: Modern-Day City (Kerala), Tamil literature) is the earliest known
Ancient Capital (Vanji), Important Ruler literature of South India. Tolkappiyam,
Sol.238.(c) Satavahans. Different School (Cheran Senguttuvan), Important Ports Ettutogai, Pattuppattu,
of arts: Gandhara School of Art (Musiri, Tondi), Emblem (Bow and Pathinenkilkanakku, and the two epics
(Kushana) - It developed in the North Arrow). Cholas: Modern-Day City (Tamil (Silappathikaram and Manimegalai)
West Frontier, in the modern-day Nadu), Ancient Capital (Uraiyur, Puhar), comprise the Sangam literature. Sangam
Kandahar region. It is also known as Important Ruler (Karikala), Important Literature: 2 categories (Aham and
Indo-Greek art because of the heavy Ports. (Kaveripattinam), Emblem (Tiger). Puram), Tinai (seven minor genres),
influence of Greek or Hellenistic Pandyas: Modern-Day City (Tamil Nadu), Ainkurunuru (collection of 500 short
sculpture. Mathura School of Art Ancient Capital (Madurai), Important poems).
(Kushana) - It developed around Mathura. Ruler (Nedunchezhiyan), Important Ports
{Muziris (Muchiri), Korkai, Kaveri}, Q.246. Who among the following gave up
Q.239. Who among the following was a his traditional professions and took to
famous ruler of the Pandya dynasty of Emblem (Carp).
arms, successfully established a
South India? Q.243. The term 'Kammakaras' in ancient kingdom in Karnataka?
SSC MTS 18/05/2023 (Morning) times is related to ________. SSC CGL 13/12/2022 (1st Shift)
(a) Nedunjeliyan II (b) Karikala SSC MTS 16/06/2023 (Evening) (a) Vasudeva Kanva
(c) Ashoka (d) Nizam Shah (a) Landless agricultural labourers (b) Gurjara-Pratihara Harichandra
Sol.239.(a) Nedunjeliyan II. He was (b) Craftsmen (c) Pushyamitra Shunga
made ‘Pandya supreme in the south’. He (c) Tax collecting officer (d) Kadamba Mayurasharman
defeated a confederacy of the Cholas (d) Goldsmith
Sol.246.(d) Kadamba Mayurasharman
and Cheras at Talaiyalanganam near Sol.243.(a) Landless agricultural was a Brahmana. The Kadamba
Tiruvarur. His deeds have been described labourers. Terminologies related in Mayurasharman (345–365 C.E.) was the
in the Maduraikkanci. Pandya Empire - ancient times - Shrenis: In ancient times, founder of the Kadamba Kingdom of
Established by King Kadungon in the 6th crafts persons and merchants formed Banavasi (Karnataka). Kadimi Chettu
century AD. Capital - Korkai, Madurai. associations. Samaharta and Sanidata - (story of Mayur Sharma) was written by
Q.240. Around 2000 years ago _________ Tax collecting officers in ancient times. Visawanatha Satyanarayana {Padma
became the second capital of the Sonalika is a Sanskrit word that refers to Bhushan (1970), Jnanpith Award (1971)}.
Kushanas. a goldsmith. Grihapatis- independent
farmers. Dasa Karmakara - Men and Q.247. Which of the following pairs of
SSC MTS 19/05/2023 (Morning) ‘Dynasty – Ruled region’ is correctly
(a) Patliputra (b) Madurai women such as the dasa karmakara, who
did not own land, and had to earn a living matched?
(c) Vaishali (d) Mathura I. Shakas – North west and north India
working on the fields owned by others.
Sol.240.(d) Mathura. Kushan Dynasty An agrahara was land granted to a II. Vakatakas – Central and western India
(First-Third Centuries): Rulers - Kujula Brahmana. SSC CGL 08/12/2022 (2nd Shift)
Kadphises (Founder). Vima Kadphises - (a) Neither I nor II (b) Only I
First ruler to introduce pure gold coins in Q.244. Which famous ruler was known (c) Only II (d) Both I and II
India. Kanishka - He administered the as the "Second Ashoka" ?
SSC MTS 19/06/2023 (Morning) Sol.247.(d) Both I and II. The Sakas (first
territory from two capitals: Purushapura shaka king, Maues or Moga) ruled over
(now Peshawar in northern Pakistan) and (a) Chandragupta II (b) Rudradaman I
(c) Milinda (d) Kanishka the north-west frontier, and north India
Mathura, in northern India. Vasudeva I - (Punjab, Sindh, Kashmir, western Uttar
Last Kushana Ruler. Sol.244.(d) Kanishka. He was from the Pradesh, Saurashtra, Kathiawar,
Q.241. Sangam poems mention a Tamil Kushan Dynasty reign from 127 - 151 AD. Rajputana, Malwa, and the north Konkan
word 'Muvendar' which means ________. He was famous for his military, political, belt of Maharashtra). Vakatakas (founder
SSC MTS 13/06/2023 (Morning) and spiritual achievements. - Vindhyashakti) ruled over Central -
(a) Three taxes (b) Three ports Western India (southernmost points of
Q.245. Which of the following Malwa and Gujarat in the north to the
(c) Three chiefs (d) Three horses statements is correct with respect to the Tungabhadra River in the south, and from
Sol.241.(c) Three chiefs. It is a reference Sangam literature? the Arabian Sea in the west to the edges
to the three ruling families of Tamil Nadu I. These texts were supposed to be of Chhattisgarh in the east).
during the Sangam period: the Cholas, composed and compiled in assemblies
the Cheras, and the Pandyas. of poets. Q.248. Merchants and migrants first
II. The Sangam literature compiled in brought the teachings of the holy Quran
Q.242. The kingdoms of Chola, Chera assemblies of poets were held in the city to India in the_______century.
and Pandyas belong to which period in of Madurai. SSC CGL 02/12/2022 (3rd Shift)
ancient India? SSC CGL 13/12/2022 (1st Shift) (a) fourth (b) seventh (c) ninth (d) sixth
SSC MTS 15/06/2023 (Evening) (a) Neither I nor II (b) Both I and II
(a) Gupta Period (c) Only I (d) Only II Sol.248.(b) seventh. Different religions
(b) Sangam Period and their holy books: Islam (Quran and
(c) Mauryan Period Sol.245.(b) Both I and II. Siddhar Sunnah), Sikhism (Guru Granth Sahib),
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(Tipitaka), Hinduism (Bhagwat Gita, Ved, 1400 years ago. (d) Chandela Dynasty
Upnishad), Christianity (Bible), Rastafari
(Bible, Kebra Nagast, The Promise Key, Q.252. According to the Brihat Samhita, Sol.255.(d) Chandela Dynasty. The
Holy Piby), Shinto (Kojiki, Nihon Shoki, what do you call the process of making Khajuraho Group of Monuments are a
Fudoki), Zoroastrianism (Zend Avesta), scents, mouth perfumes and bath group of Hindu and Jain temples in
etc. powders? Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh,
SSC CGL 05/12/2022 (1st Shift) Known for its Erotic Sculpture. The
Q.249. Which of the following is NOT (a) Jatuka (b) Gandhayukli Pratiharas, also known as the Gurjara
associated with Aryabhata? (c) Kamplcica (d) Pattanga -Pratiharag (Founder - Harichandra). The
SSC CGL 06/12/2022 (3rd Shift) most well-known king of this dynasty
(a) Stated that day and night were Sol.252.(b) Gandhayukli . Varahmihir’s was Bhoja or Mihira Bhoja.
caused by the rotation of the earth Brihat Samhita is a sort of encyclopedia,
on its axis. which was composed in the sixth century Q.256. In which of the following
(b) Developed a scientific explanation for CE. It informs about the preparation of languages did Amoghavarsha write
eclipses glutinous material to be applied on walls Kavirajamarga?
(c) Found a way of calculating the and roofs of houses and temples. It also SSC CPO 11/11/2022 (Afternoon)
circumference of a circle gives references to perfumes and (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit
(d) Spoke about elaborate surgical cosmetics. A number of classical texts, (c) Kannada (d) Telugu
procedures like Atharvaveda (1000 BCE) mention
some dye stuff, the material used were Sol.256.(c) Kannada. Amoghavarsha
Sol.249.(d) Sushruta {the father of turmeric, madder, sunflower, orpiment, (Rashtrakuta ruler) also wrote
surgery} spoke about elaborate surgical cochineal and lac. ‘Prasnottara Ratna Malika’ (Sanskrit). He
procedures in his book ‘Sushruta patronized many Indian scholars
Samhita’. Aryabhata invents: Q.253. Which of the following book was including mathematician Mahaviracharya
Mathematics {place value system and written by Aryabhata? , who wrote Ganita -sara- samgraha,
zero, Approximation of π, Trigonometry, SSC CGL 07/12/2022 (2nd Shift) Jinasena, Virasena, Shakatayan, and Sri
Indeterminate equations, Algebra}, (a) Dhatupatha (b) Aryabhatiyam Vijaya (a Kannada language theorist). He
Astronomy {Motions of the solar system, (c) Natya Shastra (d) Romaka Siddhanta held titles such as Nrupathunga,
Eclipses, Sidereal periods, Atishadhavala, Veeranarayana,
Sol.253.(b) Aryabhatiyam . Books Rattamarthanda , and Srivallabha during
Heliocentrism}. written by Aryabhata: ‘Dashgeetika’, ‘Arya his reign. Historian Panchamukhi called
Q.250. Ravikirti was the court poet of Siddhanta’, ‘Rishab’s Good Theory of him the ‘Ashoka of South’.
which of the following dynasty rulers ? Indian’, etc. Aryabhata (a great
SSC CGL 03/12/2022 (4th Shift) mathematician-astronomer) Q.257. Which king of the Pala dynasty
(a) Cholas (b) Cheras contributions towards mathematics defeated Indrayudh and made
(c) Pallavas (d) Chalukyas include algebra, approximation of pi, Chakrayudha as the ruler of Kannauj?
place value system and zero, Graduate Level 04/08/2022 (Shift - 2)
Sol.250.(d) Chalukya dynasty. The Jain trigonometry, etc. His contributions (a) Dharmapala (b) Mahendrapala
poet Ravikirti was the court poet of towards astronomy include Solar system (c) Devapala (d) Gopala
'Pulakeshin II' (610 to 642 CE), the first motion, Sidereal periods, Eclipses,
sovereign ruler of the Chalukya dynasty Heliocentrism, etc. Dhatupatha (Panini), Sol.257.(a) Dharampala (770-810)
of Vatapi (modern Badami). Ravikirti's Natya Shastra (Bharata), and Romaka founded the Vikramshila University
Aihole inscription (a nineteen-line Siddhanta (Varahmihira). (Bhagalpur, Bihar) and built Somapuri
Sanskrit inscription), in honour of his monastery, Bihar. In 750 AD, Gopala
patron king, is found in the Meguti Jain Q.254. Who among the following was the founded the Pala dynasty. Capital:
temple at Aihole, Karnataka. Chalukya founder of the Kanva dynasty? Muddagiri/ Munger (Bihar). Pala period
dynasty (between 6th and 12th SSC CGL 12/12/2022 (3rd Shift) (golden period in history of Bengal).
centuries). Pallava dynasty (275 CE to (a) Narayana (b) Susharman Devapala (810-850), his Court poet was
897 CE). Chera dynasty (in the Sangam (c) Vasudeva (d) Devabhuti Buddhist scholar Vajradatta (author of
period and before). Chola dynasty (300 Lokesvarasataka).
Sol.254.(c) Vasudeva Kanva (73-63 BCE)
BCE to 1279 CE). founded the Kanva dynasty (72–28 BCE, Q.258. Manuscripts were usually written
Q.251. The Durga temple at Aihole, built Kanvayanas). Rulers of the Kanva on:
about ______ years ago. dynasty - Bhumimitra (64-50 BCE), SSC MTS 07/07/2022 (Morning)
SSC CGL 05/12/2022 (1st Shift) Narayana (50-38 BCE), Susarman (38-28 (a) marbles (b) palm leaf
(a) 1700 (b) 2000 (c) 1100 (d) 1400 BCE). Capital: Patliputra . Devabhuti - the (c) tulsi leaves (d) iron
last ruler of the Sunga Dynasty.
Sol.251.(d) 1400 . Durga temple, Aihole, Sol.258.(b) palm leaf. A manuscript is a
Karnataka - dedicated to Surya but Q.255. The rulers of which of the handwritten composition on paper, bark,
named Durga because a durg or fortified following dynasties built the Khajuraho cloth, metal, palm leaf, or any other
lookout was constructed on top of it temples between 950 to 1050 A.D in material dating back at least seventy-five
after the 13th-century during the wars central India? years. The National Mission for
between Hindu kingdoms and Islamic SSC CPO 09/11/2022 (Morning) Manuscripts was launched in February
Sultanates. Construction - late 7th - early (a) Gurjara-Pratihara Dynasty 2003 under the Ministry of Tourism and
8th century (during Chalukya dynasty) (b) Rashtrakuta Dynasty
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Q.259. Mukteshwara Temple is a Greco-Romans in ancient India? Gharapuri, in Mumbai Harbour. There are
10th-century Hindu temple dedicated to SSC CGL 11/04/2022 (Afternoon) about 34 caves. These are declared a
Shiva, located in _______. (a) Lothal (b) Badami World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1987.
SSC MTS 12/07/2022 (Afternoon) (c) Arikamedu (d) Tulapurushandana
(a) Assam (b) Odisha Q.268. In which of the following temples
(c) Maharashtra (d) Gujarat Sol.263.(c) Arikamedu. Lothal is a port will you find Gopurams?
town located along the Bhogava river in SSC CGL 13/08/2021(Afternoon)
Sol.259.(b) Odisha (Bhubaneswar). Gujarat. Badami is located in a ravine at (a) Shiva Temple, Chidambaram
Ancient temples - Virupaksha Temple, the foot of a rugged, red sandstone (b) Bhabatarini Temple, Dakshineswar
Hampi (Built by Lakkan Dandesha, a outcrop that surrounds Agastya lake (c) Golden Temple, Amritsar
chieftain under the ruler Deva Raya II), (Karnataka). The King's Balance, also (d) Dilwara Temple, Mount Abu
Ellora Kailashanatha Temple (Krishna I of known as Tulapurushandana, is located
Rashtrakuta), Sun Temple Konark southwest of Vittala temple(Telangana). Sol.268.(a) Shiva Temple, Chidambaram.
(Eastern Ganga King Narsimhadeva-1). A gopuram or gopura is a monumental
Q.264. The Mesopotamians wrote on tower, usually ornate, at the entrance of
Q.260. Which of the following is NOT a tablets made of: any temple, especially in Southern India.
Buddhist architectural marvel of India ? SSC CGL 13/04/2022 (Evening) They are a prominent feature of koils,
SSC MTS 18/07/2022 (Evening) (a) clay (b) sandstone Hindu temples built in the Dravidian style.
(a) Pataleshwar Caves (b) Sanchi Stupa (c) limestone (d) slate They are topped by the kalasam, a
(c) Bharhut Stupa (d) Ajanta Caves bulbous stone finial. Nataraja temple in
Sol.264.(a) Clay. It is a sedimentary rock. Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu is one of the
Sol.260.(a) Pataleshwar Caves (Pune) is Sandstones are siliciclastic sedimentary famous examples of Gopuram.
dedicated to Shiva, it was a monumental rocks. Limestone is a sedimentary rock
monolithic excavation with a notable made of calcium carbonate (CaCO3), Q.269. Who among the following wrote
circular Nandi mandapam and a large usually in the form of calcite or the basic text of Vaisheshika philosophy?
pillared mandapam. The Cave Temple is aragonite. Slate, fine-grained, clayey SSC CGL 17/08/2021 (Morning)
an 8th-century rock-cut shrine built by the metamorphic rock. (a) Kanada (b) Shankaracharya
Rashtrakuta Dynasty. (c) Patanjali (d) Jaimini
Q.265. Which place had a water
Q.261. Queen Rudramadevi belonged to harvesting system channeling the flood Sol.269.(a) Kanada. It is an ancient
which dynasty of India? water of the Ganga river in the first Sanskrit text at the foundation of the
SSC MTS 26/07/2022 (Afternoon) century B.C ? Vaisheshika school of Hindu philosophy.
(a) Chola (b) Kakatiya SSC MTS 06/10/21 (Evening) Vaisheshika is one of the six classical
(c) Chalukya (d) Chera (a) Kanpur (b) Gorakhpur schools of Indian philosophy, often
(c) Mirzapur (d) Sringaverapura referred to as "Darshanas."
Sol.261.(b) Kakatiya. Marco Polo
mentioned her in his writings. Rudradeva Sol.265.(d) Sringaverapura (near Q.270. The story of Maynamati and
I was the first independent ruler of this Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh). Water Gopichandra is a part of which of the
kingdom of Warangal. Their capital was harvesting in India - Dholavira in following literary works?
Orugallu, now known as Warangal. In Harappan civilization, Bhopal Lake (built SSC CGL 17/08/2021 (Evening)
1323 Prince Jaunakhan (Muhammad bin by the Paramara Raja Bhoj in 11th (a) Nath literature
Tughlaq) defeated Prataparudra Deva century), Iltutmish constructed a tank in (b) Chandimangal Kavya
(the last ruler of this kingdom) and Hauz Khas for supplying water to the Siri (c) Manasamangal Kavya
annexed their kingdom Fort (14th century). (d) Sanskrit epics
Q.262. ______ was an important port city Q.266. Which state of India was ruled by Sol.270.(a) Nath literature. It includes
in ancient India. the Ningthouja dynasty? stories concerning the worship of
SSC CGL 11/04/2022 (Morning) SSC MTS 14/10/2021 (Afternoon) Dharma Thakur, and fairy tales, folk tales
(a) Tamralipti (b) Shravasti (a) Manipur (b) Haryana and ballads.
(c) Ahichhatra (d) Champa (c) Gujarat (d) Assam
Q.271. Yashovigraha, Mahichandra and
Sol.262.(a) Tamralipti was a port city Sol.266.(a) Manipur . It has 125 Chandradeva were the first three rulers of
and capital of Suhma Kingdom in ancient extended families. It was apparently ______ dynasty.
Bengal, located on the coast of the Bay founded by King Nongda Lairen SSC CGL 24/08/2021 (Afternoon)
of Bengal. Shravasti was the capital of Pakhangba in 33 CE. (a) Maratha (b) Chauhans
Kosala kingdom in ancient India and the (c) Gahadavala (d) Wadiyar
place where the Buddha lived most after Q.267. The Caves of Elephanta are
his enlightenment. Ahichhatra near the predominantly dedicated to which of the Sol.271.(c) Gahadavala. Yashovigraha
modern Ramnagar village in Aonla tehsil, following deities? was the founder of the Gahadavala
Bareilly district in Uttar Pradesh. SSC MTS 26/10/2021 (Afternoon) dynasty. The majority of the Gahadavala
Champa, city of ancient India, the capital (a) Lord Shiva (b) Lord Krishna epigraphic records were discovered in
of the kingdom of Anga. (c) Lord Rama (d) Lord Ganesha Uttar Pradesh.

Q.263. Which of the following was a Sol.267.(a) Lord Shiva. The caves of Q.272. Who among the following was
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(a) Nahapana (b) Vasishka (c) Kerala (d) Bihar Sol.281.(b) Jaychand and Muhammad
(c) Vasudeva (d) Huvishka Ghori. Battle of Chandawar (1194) :
Sol.277.(c) Kerala. Kolathunadu - land Fought at - Chandawar (modern
Sol.272.(a) Nahapana was an important lying between Perumba river in the north Firozabad). Jaychand (Gahadavala
ruler of the Western Kshatrapas, a and Putupattanam river in the south. dynasty) was defeated and killed.
descendant of the Indo-Scythians, in Valluvanad (Founder - Ilayi Raja) - Region
northwestern India, who ruled during the between Meenachil and Pamban rivers. Q.282. The famous Arabic scholar Al
1st or 2nd century CE. Thekkumkoor - The region between the Biruni came into contact with India
Nila river and Panthaloor Hills. through _____ in the eleventh century A.D.
Q.273. Identify the Indian state which SSC CGL 21/07/2023 (3rd shift)
was known as 'Pragjyotisha' during the Q.278. When did the Vikrama Era begin? (a) Abdullah Shah Ghazi
epic period. SSC CGL 06/03/2020 (Morning) (b) Mahmud Ghaznavi
SSC CHSL 04/08/2021 (Morning) (a) 47 BC (b) 55 BC (c) 57 BC (d) 50 BC (c) Al-Walid I
(a) Assam (b) Odisha (c) Kerala (d) Bihar (d) Muhammad Bin Qasim
Sol.278.(c) 57 BC. The Vikram Samvat
Sol.273.(a) Assam was known as calendar starts half a century before the Sol.282.(b) Mahmud Ghaznavi (998-
Pragjyotisha or the place of eastern Gregorian calendar and works on an 1030 AD) attacked India 17 times
astronomy during the epic period and Indian calendar cycle. The first day of the between 1000 to 1027 AD. His Important
later named Kamrupa. Vikram Samvat calendar is celebrated Invasions in India : In 1018, he plundered
after Diwali in the states of Gujarat and the holy city of Mathura and also
Q.274. In which of the following caves is Maharashtra.
the painting named ‘Padmapani attacked Kanauj (ruler - Rajyapala); In
Bodhisattva’ found? 1025 he attacked Somnath. Al-Biruni’s
SSC CHSL 04/08/2021 (Afternoon) Medieval History Books : Kitab-ul-Hind and Tahkik-e- Hind.
(a) Ajanta Cave No. 4 Q.283. When did the Mongol ruler
(b) Ajanta Cave No. 2 Foreign Invasions Genghis Khan die?
(c) Ajanta Cave No. 3 SSC CGL 02/12/2022 (3rd Shift)
(d) Ajanta Cave No. 1 Q.279. In which year Timur's invasion of (a) 1219 (b) 1210 (c) 1235 (d) 1227
Delhi took place?
Sol.274.(d) Ajanta Cave No. 1. The Sol.283.(d) 1227. Genghis Khan (1162 –
SSC CPO 04/10/2023 (Afternoon)
iconic Ajanta paintings Padmapani and 1227) was the founder and first Great
(a) 1398 (b) 1221 (c) 1492 (d) 1526
Vajrapani glorify the walls of the Cave 1 Khan of the Mongol Empire. He invaded
of Ajanta. Cave 1 of Ajanta was built in Sol.279.(a) 1398. Timur: They invaded India during the reign of Iltumish (3rd
the second phase of excavation under India during the reign of Nasir-ud-Din ruler of Mamluk dynasty). The Mongol
the patronage of King Harisena of the Mahmud Shah Tughluq . He nominated Empire launched several invasions into
Vakataka dynasty. Khizr Khan (Sayyid Dynasty - 1414 to the Indian subcontinent from 1221 to
1451) to rule Punjab. Tughlaq Dynasty 1327.
Q.275. Bhaskaravarman of the Varman
(1320 - 1414): Rulers - Ghiyasuddin
dynasty ruled in the ______ region. Q.284. Who among the following was the
Tughlaq (founder), Muhammad bin
SSC CHSL 04/08/2021 (Afternoon) best-known Chahamana ruler?
Tughlaq, Firoz shah Tughlaq, and
(a) Kamarupa (b) Ujjain SSC CGL 05/12/2022 (4th Shift)
Muhammad Shah.
(c) Magadha (d) Vaishali (a) Prithviraja III (b) Vigraharaja II
Q.280. Which of the following was the (c) Prithviraja l (d) Vasudeva
Sol.275.(a) Kamarupa (Present day
last invasion by Mahmud Ghazni outside
Assam). Varman dynasty (350-655 CE)- Sol.284.(a) Prithviraj III (1168-1192). He
Punjab?
Rulers - Pushyavarman (Founder, defeated Sultan Muhammad Ghori in
SSC CHSL 14/08/2023 (4th shift)
contemporary of Samudragupta), 1191 (first Battle of Tarain), But he was
(a) Somnath (b) Mathura
Bhutivarman, Bhaskaravarman. defeated by Ghori in 1192 (second Battle
(c) Kalinjar (d) Kanauj
Q.276. The famous caves of Udayagiri of Tarain). Vigraharaja II {(971-998),
Sol.280.(a) Somnath Temple (attacked in Chahamana dynasty}. Prithviraj I {(1090
and Khandagiri are located in :
1025 AD). India was first invaded by -1110), Chahamana dynasty}. Vasudeva
SSC CPO 23/11/2020 (Evening)
Mahmud of Ghazni in 1001 AD and he {(73 BCE to 28 BCE), founder of Kanvas
(a) Tripura (b) Uttarakhand
defeated the army of Raja Jayapala. dynasty}.
(c) Odisha (d) Chhattisgarh
Foreign Invaders in India: Mohammed
Sol.276.(c) Odisha. Udayagiri-Khandagiri: Bin Qasim (712 AD), Alexander's Invasion Q.285. In which year did the Mongols
Ancient caves near Bhubaneswar. (326 BC), Invasion of Nadir Shah (1739), under Genghis Khan invade Transoxiana
Referred to as "Kumari Parvat" in the Mahmud Ghazni Attacked India 17 times. in North-East Iran?
Hathigumpha inscription and Built by SSC MTS 07/07/2022 (Evening)
Q.281. Between who among the (a) 1219 (b) 1208 (c) 1213 (d) 1205
King Kharvela. 18 caves in Udayagiri, 15
following did the Battle of Chandawar
in Khandagiri. Sol.285.(a) 1219. The Mongol conquest
take place?
Q.277. Kolathunadu, Valluvanad and SSC CHSL 08/08/2023 (2nd shift) of Persia comprised three Mongol
Thekkumkoor were ancient small-time (a) Jaychand and Mahmood Gaznavi campaigns against Islamic states in the
kingdoms in which state of India? (b) Jaychand and Muhammad Ghori Middle East and Central Asia between
SSC CGL 03/03/2020 (Morning) (c) Prithviraj III and Mahmood Gaznavi 1219 and 1256. The Mongols had
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times, including in 1241, 1245, 1257, and (Rama, Venkata), Aravidu Dynasty (Intelligence agents), Khwaja (Accounts
1285. (Tirumala Raya, Sriranga III). Officer), Kotwal (Head of city law and
order), Muhatasib (Head of municipality
Q.286. Zoroaster was a/an ______ prophet. Q.290. Which of the following systems of law and order), Muftis (Expounder of
SSC MTS 19/07/2022 (Evening) the Delhi sultanate had a influence on the law).
(a) Indian (b) Chinese Bahmani and Vijayanagar kingdoms?
(c) British (d) Iranian SSC CGL 17/07/2023 (2nd shift) Q.294. Who among the following was the
(a) Walis (b) Chahalgani daughter of Iltumish, a ruler of Slave
Sol.286.(d) Iranian. Avesta, also called (c) Bitikchi (d) Iqtadari Mamluk dynasty?
Zend-avesta, sacred book of SSC MTS 15/06/2023 (Afternoon)
Zoroastrianism containing its Sol.290.(d) Iqtadari System:- Introduced (a) Kubra Noorzai (b) Harkha
cosmogony, law, and liturgy, the by Shamsuddin IIltutmish (3rd Sultan of (c) Razia Sultan (d) Shafiqa Ziayee
teachings of the prophet Zoroaster Delhi). Provision - Under this system, the
(Zarathushtra). land of the empire was divided into Sol.294.(c) Razia Sultan. In 1236, Razia
several large and small tracts called Iqta Sultan (Mamluk dynasty), succeeded her
Q.287. Who among the following built and assigned these Iqtas to his soldiers, father to the Sultanate of Delhi. She sent
the first European fort in India in the year officers and nobles. Administrative an expedition against Ranthambore to
1503 ? Terms used in Sultanate Period: Dabir control the Rajputs. Mamluk dynasty
SSC MTS 11/10/2021(Morning) (Secretary), Faujdar (Commander of (1206 to 1290) - Founded by Qutbuddin
(a) Dutch (b) British army), Sipahsalar (Commander), Amil Aibak (Lakh Baksh). He was succeeded
(c) French (d) Portuguese (Revenue officer), Diwan (Office: the by Iltutmish who was his son-in-law.
Sol.287.(d) Portuguese. Fort Emmanuel central secretariat).
Q.295. Under the Delhi Sultanate, a
was built in 1503 by the Portuguese. Q.291. Who among the following was the religious tax ________ was imposed on
Situated at Fort Kochi, it was once a head of the Diwan-i-Insha department the wealthy and rich Muslims in India.
symbol of the alliance between the ruler under the Delhi sultanate? SSC MTS 16/06/2023 (Evening)
of Kochi and the monarch of Portugal. SSC CGL 26/07/2023 (2nd shift) (a) Firuz (b) Mamluk (c) Zakat (d) Kismat
(a) Dabir-i-Khas (b) Barid-i-Mumalik
Delhi Sultanate (c) Amir-i-Dad (d) Wakil-i-Dar Sol.295.(c) Zakat. Zakat tax was
abolished by Sikander lodi. Firoz Shah
Q.288. The office of Diwan-i-Insha dealt Sol.291.(a) Dabir-i-Khas. Tughlaq introduced four types of taxes
with which affair in administration? Diwan -i-Bandagan - A slave department. based on the Quran. They were Kharaj
SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (Afternoon) Diwan-i-kohi - Agricultural department. (Land tax), Khams (Tax on booty
(a) Military (b) Religious affairs Diwan-i-Mustakhraj - Arrears department. captured in war), Jizya (Imposed on non
(c) Finance (d) State correspondence Barid-i-Mumalik - Head of the muslim), and Zakat.
information and intelligence department.
Sol.288.(d) State correspondence. Delhi Amir-i-Dad - The law officer. Wakil-i-Dar - Q.296. In which year was Razia removed
Sultanate Administration : Diwan Controller of the royal household. from the throne of the Delhi Sultanate?
-i-Wizarat (Department of Revenue and SSC CHSL 09/03/2023 (1st Shift)
Finance), Diwan-i-Arz (Department of Q.292. The Tomb of Razia Sultan in the (a) 1244 (b) 1240 (c) 1238 (d) 1236
Military), Diwan-i-Risalat (Department of state of Haryana is made of which
building material? Sol.296.(b) 1240. Razia Sultana (1236
Religious affairs), Diwan-i-bandagan
Graduate Level 28/06/2023 ( Shift - 3) -1240) married Malik Ikhtiar-ud-Altunia
(Department of slaves), Diwan-i-Khairat
(a) Red sandstone (b) Granite (the governor of Bhatinda under the rule
(Charity department), Diwan-i-mustakhraj
(c) Marble (d) Baked bricks of the Delhi Sultanate under Mamluk
(to realise arrears), Diwan- i-kohi
dynasty). She was killed on 15 October
(Department of agriculture).
Sol.292.(d) Baked bricks. Raziya sultan 1240 at Kaithal (Haryana). Tomb - Kaithal
Q.289. Who was the Sultan of Delhi at (1236 - 1240): Her tomb is situated in (Haryana).
the time of the establishment of Kaithal (Haryana). She is the only female
ruler ever to rule in the Delhi sultanate. Q.297. Who composed Tabaqat-i-Nasiri
Vijayanagara Empire?
Monuments built by Red sandstone: in the Delhi Sultanate period?
SSC CHSL 10/08/2023 (3rd shift)
Qutub Minar, Red Fort and Humayun's SSC CGL Tier II 02/03/2023
(a) Nasiruddin Mahmud
Tomb. Taj mahal (white marble) - Tomb (a) Hasan Nizami (b) Amir Khusrau
(b) Iltutmish
of Mumtaz Mahal. (c) Minhaj-us-Siraj (d) Ziauddin Barani
(c) Mohammad bin Tughlaq
(d) Alauddin Khilji Q.293. During the Sultanate of Delhi, the Sol.297.(c) "Tabaqat-i-Nasiri'' (1260) was
term "Ulema" was associated with ______. written by Minhaj-i-Siraj in Persian
Sol.289.(c) Mohammad bin Tughlaq .
SSC MTS 03/05/2023 (Afternoon) language. Hasan Nizami (Persian
Vijaynagar Empire: Established - 1336 by
(a) Learned theologians and Jurists language poet) wrote Tajul-Maasir (the
Harihara and Bukka. Capital - Hampi. The
(b) Commander-in-chief first official history of the Delhi
Empire stretched from Krishna river in
(c) Postal officer Sultanate). Sufi poet Amir Khusro was
the north to extreme south of the
(d) Village Revenue officer the court poet of Alauddin Khilji. His
peninsula. Dynasties with first and last
famous works: Tughluq Nama,
rulers - Sangama Dynasty (Harihara I, Sol.293.(a) Learned theologians and Wast-ul-Hayat, Nuh Sipihr, Ashiqa,
Rajasekhara), Saluva Dynasty (Saluva Jurists. Officers in Delhi Sultanate - State Khamsa, Baqia-Naqia. Ziauddin Barani
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Sultanate) wrote Tarikh-i-Firozshahi and sultanate when Ibn Batuta came to India? normal forms of salutations to the king
Fatwa-i-Jahandari. SSC CHSL 04/08/2021 (Afternoon) as a part of _______etiquette.
(a) Alauddin Khilji SSC CHSL 04/08/2023 (2nd shift)
Q.298. Zafar khan was a famous General (b) Firuz Shah Tughlaq (a) Army (b) Family
of which of the following rulers of the (c) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq (c) Religious (d) Court
Delhi Sultanate? (d) Ibrahim Lodi
SSC CGL Tier II 03/03/2023 Sol.306.(d) Court.
(a) Alauddin Khilji (b) Iltutmish Sol.302.(c) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq was
(c) Muhammad bin Tughluq (d) Balban the ruler of the Delhi sultanate when Ibn Q.307. Who started the practice of
Batuta came to India. Muhammad bin celebrating Nauroz during the Delhi
Sol.298.(a) Alauddin Khilji’s Generals : Tughluq was the Sultan of Delhi from Sultanate period?
Hizabruddin (Zafar Khan), Almas Beg 1325 to 1351 from the Tughlaq Dynasty. SSC CHSL 07/08/2023 (3rd shift)
(Ulugh Khan), Malik Kafur (Taj al-Din Izz (a) Sikandar Sur
al-Dawla), Nusrat Khan (Malik Nusrat (b) Shamsuddin Iltutmish
Jalesari). Muhammad bin Tughlaq
Slave Dynasty (c) Ghiyasuddin Balban
(Jauna Khan): Introduced token currency. (d) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
Q.303. Mameluke style of architecture
Q.299. Which of the following belongs to which dynasty? Sol.307.(c) Ghiyasuddin Balban. Nowruz
combinations of 'Ruler - Predecessor' is SSC Stenographer 13/10/2023 (Evening) is the Iranian New Year, also known as
correct with respect to the Delhi (a) Lodi dynasty (b) Slave dynasty the Persian New Year. Ghiyasuddin
Sultanate? (c) Khilji dynasty (d) Tughlaq dynasty Balban (1266-1287) was the first Sultan
SSC CGL 02/12/2022 (1st Shift) of Delhi to introduce the practice of
Sol.303.(b) Slave dynasty (1206 - 1290) -
(a) Alauddin Khilji - Jalaluddin Khilji 'Sijda' (prostration) and Paibos (kissing
It is also known as the Mamluk Dynasty.
(b) Jalaluddin Khilji - Alauddin Khilji the feet of monarch) as the normal form
Established by - Qutbuddin Aibak.
(c) Muhammad Tughlaq - Firuz Shah of Salutation of the king.
Capitals - Lahore (1206 - 1210). Famous
Tughluq
buildings built by rulers of the slave Q.308. Balban served as naib to which of
(d) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq - Muhammad
dynasty: Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque, Qutub the following sultans of Delhi?
Tughluq
Minar, Adhai Din ka Jhonpra, Tomb of SSC CHSL 07/08/2023 (4th shift)
Sol.299.(a) Rulers of Khilji dynasty - Nasir-ud-Din Mohammed, Tomb of (a) Iltutmish
Jalaluddin Khalji (founder) - Alauddin Shams-ud-Din Iltutmish. (b) Razia
Khalji - Qutb ud-Din Mubarak. Rulers of (c) Nasiruddin Mahmud
Q.304. The Delhi sultan, who succumbed
Tughlaq dynasty - Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq (d) Qutb ud-Din Aibak
to injuries as a result of his fall from
(founder) - Muhammad bin Tughlaq -
horse, was __________ . Sol.308.(c) Nasiruddin Mahmud
Firoz Shah Tughlaq .
SSC CPO 05/10/2023 (Afternoon) (1246-1266 AD) - Eighth ruler of Slave
Q.300. Who among the following rulers (a) Qutubuddin Aibak (b) Behram Shah dynasty (Mamluk dynasty). Minhaj -i-Siraj
ruled before Prithviraj Chauhan over (c) Balban (d) Iltutmish was his court historian. Balban
Delhi? (1266-1287 AD) : He pursued the policy
Sol.304.(a) Qutubuddin Aibak (Known as
SSC CGL 05/12/2022 (2nd Shift) of ‘blood and iron’. He established the
Lakh Baksh). He was the slave of
(a) Ghiyasuddin Balban department of military (Diwan-i-Ariz).
Muhammad Ghori and was the first
(b) Ananga Pala Razia Sultan (1236-1240 AD) : First
sultan of Delhi Sultanate. He established
(c) Jalaluddin Khalji muslim woman to rule over Delhi
the slave dynasty (Mamluk dynasty).
(d) Qutbuddin Aibak sultanate.
Famous Ruler of Slave Dynasty (1206
Sol.300.(b) Ananga Pala Tomar - AD–1290 AD): Qutbuddin Aibak Q.309. Iltutmish introduced a copper
founded Delhi in 1052. An inscription of (1206-1210), Shamsuddin Iltutmish coin called _________ in place of the silver
Vikram Samvat 1383 in the Delhi (1210-1236), Raziya Sultan (1236-1240), coin.
Museum confirms the founding of Delhi Balban (1266-1287). SSC CGL 18/07/2023 (2nd shift)
by the Tomars. (a) Rupak (b) Rupee (c) Jittal (d) Tanka
Q.305. The Tomb of Iltutmish was built in
Q.301. Who was the author of Tarikh - i - which year? Sol.309.(c) Jittal. Shamsuddin Iltutmish
Mubarak Shahi which is a Persian SSC CPO 05/10/2023 (Afternoon) was the third Sultan of the Delhi
language chronicle of the Delhi (a) 1458 AD (b) 1388 AD Sultanate. He introduced the Chahalgani
Sultanate? (c) 1235 AD (d) 1199 AD system. He coined tanka (Silver) and
SSC CPO 10/11/2022 (Afternoon) Jittal (Copper).
Sol.305.(c) 1235 AD. Iltutmish (Reign
(a) Jawahar-fi-Jawahir
1210 - 1236 AD) introduced silver coin Q.310. Who among the following
(b) Khazain-ul-Futuh
(Tanka) and copper coin (Jital), and revolted against Balban, Sultan of Delhi,
(c) Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi
completed the construction of Qutub and declared himself as an independent
(d) Yahya bin Ahmad Sirhindi
Minar. He also constructed a large ruler of Bengal in 1279?
Sol.301.(d) Yahya bin Ahmad Sirhindi. reservoir Hauz-i-Sultani just outside SSC CGL 27/07/2023 (1st shift)
Amir Khusrau (Books - ‘Tughlaq Nama’, Dehli-i-Kuhna. (a) Muhammad Khan
‘Nuh Sipihr’, ‘Khazain ul Futuh’ ). (b) Tughril Beg
Q.306. Ghiyasuddin Balban introduced
(c) Bughra Khan
Q.302. Who was the ruler of Delhi the customs@ebookstore01
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Sol.310.(b) Tughril Beg. Balban Sultan’s reign, he was appointed as Chahalghani (Council of 40 nobles),
(Mamluk dynasty or Slave Dynasty) - principal of Madrasa in Delhi. During the Introduced Persian customs as sizdah
introduced the practice of Sijda reign of Muiz ud-Din Bahram, he was (prostration), paibos (kissing feet of
(prostration) and paibos (kissing the feet appointed to the post of Chief Qazi. sultan), established Diwan-i-Ariz (defence
of monarch). Ghiyas-ud-Din Balban During the reign of Nasiruddin Mahmud, department).
appointed his own son Bughra khan as he was made a court poet. He dedicated
governor of Bengal. Nasir-ud-Din his work 'Tabaqat-e-Nasiri' to Nasiruddin Q.319. Which of the following is the
Mahmud Shah Tughluq also known as Mahmud. He died in Delhi, during the correct chronological order of early
Nasiruddin, was the last sultan of the reign of Balban. Turkish rulers who ruled over Delhi from
Tughlaq dynasty. the year 1206 to 1290?
Q.315. Quwwat al-Islam mosque and SSC MTS 14/07/2022 (Evening)
Q.311. Who occupied Badaun (A.D. minaret, built during the last decade of (a) Qutubuddin Aybak, Shamsuddin
1197-98) and appointed Iltutmish as its the ______ century. Iltutmish, Raziyaa
first Muslim Governor? SSC CGL 08/12/2022 (4th Shift) (b) Raziyya, Shamsuddin Illtutmish,
SSC MTS 12/05/2023 (Evening) (a) eleventh (b) thirteenth Qutubuddin Aybak
(a) Prithviraj Chauhan (c) fourteenth (d) twelfth (c) Qutubuddin Aybak, Raziyya,
(b) Maharana Pratap Shamsuddin Illtutmish
(c) Muhammad Ghori Sol.315.(d) Twelfth. Quwwat-ul-Islam (d) Shamsuddin Illutmish, Raziyya,
(d) Qutbuddin Aibak Mosque (1192-1198) built by Qutubuddin Qutubuddin Aybak
Aibak. Other Monuments of Qutub
Sol.311.(d) Qutbuddin Aibak {1206- complex - Alai Darwaza (by Ala-ud-din Sol.319.(a) Qutubuddin Aibak,
1210 (First ruler of Slave Dynasty Khalji in 1311 AD). Tomb of Iltutmish Shamsuddin Illtutmish, Raziyaa.
/Mamluk Dynasty)}: He established the (1235). Tomb of Imam Zamin (1537). Chronological order of the rulers is Qutb
first Muslim dynasty and was also known ud-Din Aibak (founder) → Aram Shah →
as Lakh Baksh. He died in Lahore, Q.316. What is the approximate height Iltutmish → Rukn-ud-din Feroze → Razia
Pakistan after falling from a horse ride. (in metres) of the Qutub Minar situated in al-Din → Muiz-ud-din Bahram →
Delhi ? Ala-ud-din Masud → Nasiruddin Mahmud
Q.312. Qutub Minar is an example of SSC CPO 11/11/2022 (Morning) → Ghiyas-ud-din Balban → Muiz-ud-din
______ architecture. (a) 75 (b) 77 (c) 73 (d) 71 Muhammad Qaiqabad.
SSC CHSL 21/03/2023 (2nd Shift)
(a) Indo-Islamic (b) Dravidian Sol.316.(c) 73 (237.8 ft). Qutub Minar Q.320. In which of the following forts
(c) Sufi (d) Mauryan has five storeys. It was started in 1199 by was Razia Sultan imprisoned by Malik
Qutb ud-Din Aibak, completed in 1220 by Ikhtiyar-ud-din Altunia?
Sol.312.(a) Indo - Islamic. Indo-Islamic his son-in-law Iltutmish. UNESCO (1993). SSC CGL 19/04/2022 (Evening)
architecture is the architecture of the Other Important Minars - Charminar, (a) Qila Mubarak in Bathinda
Indian subcontinent produced for Islamic Hyderabad (1591) by Muhammad Quli (b) Jaigarh fort in Jaipur
patrons and purposes. Famous Qutb Shah, height is 48.7 m (160 ft). (c) Golconda fort in Golconda
Examples - City of Mandu (Madhya Chand Minar - height 64 m (210 ft) built (d) Mehrangarh fort in Jodhpur
Pradesh), Taj Mahal (Agra), Gol Gumbaz by Ala-ud-din Bahmani in Daultabad,
(Karnataka), Jama Masjid (Delhi) etc. Maharashtra. Sol.320.(a) Qila Mubarak in Bathinda,
Dravidian architecture Examples - built by Raja Dab. Jaigarh fort in Jaipur
Brihadeshwara temple, Annamalaiyar Q.317. Who among the following was the was built in 1726 AD by Jai Singh II.
Temple, Meenakshi temple, Wazir of Sultan Iltutmish? Golconda fort in Golconda was built by
Airavatesvara temple etc. Graduate Level 05/08/2022 ( Shift - 3) Qutb Shahi dynasty. Mehrangarh fort in
(a) Sai’d Fakhr-I-Mudabbir Jodhpur was built by Rao Jodha.
Q.313. Who had assumed the title of (b) Malik Naik
Balban? (c) Nizam ul-Mulk Junaidi
Khilji Dynasty
SSC CGL Tier II (07/03/2023) (d) Nusrat Khan
(a) Kabir Khan (b) Farid Khan Q.321. Who among the following Sultans
(c) Ulugh Khan (d) Ayaz Khan Sol.317.(c) Nizam ul-Mulk Junaidi.
Iltutmish is known as the real founder of framed a series of regulations to weaken
Sol.313.(c) Ulugh Khan. Delhi Sultanate who occupied the throne the power of nobles?
in 1210 AD after KIlling Aram Bakshsh. SSC Stenographer 13/10/2023 (Afternoon)
Q.314. Minhaj-i-Siraj was a chronicler He shifted his capital from Lahore to (a) Muhammad bin Tughluq
during the rule of ______. Delhi. (b) Balban
SSC CGL 08/12/2022 (2nd Shift) (c) Alauddin Khilji
(a) Sultan Iltutmish Q.318. Ghiyasuddin Balban, ruler of the (d) Iltutmish
(b) Qutbuddin Aibak Slave dynasty, took up the title of _______.
(c) Ghiyasuddin Balban SSC MTS 05/07/2022 (Morning) Sol.321.(c) Alauddin Khilji (Khilji Dynasty
(d) Alauddin Khalji (a) Nur-al-Din (light of the faith) 1290-1320): He made nobles pay land
(b) NurMahal (light of the palace) tax for their holdings. This curbed the
Sol.314.(a) Iltutmish (ruler of Slave (c) Zil-i-Ilahi (shadow of God) excess of wealth owned by nobles. The
dynasty). Minhaj-i-Siraj was a (d) JahanPanah (protector of the world) nobles were also ordered not to have
13th-century Persian historian. He social gatherings or intermarriages
worked as a teacher in a madrasa under Sol.318.(c) Zil-i-Ilahi (shadow of God). without his permission. The group of
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Q.322. Who among the following Malwa (1305) and Jalore (1311). Shah (Hyderabad).
classical poets of the Sultanate period in Administrative Reforms - implemented
India popularized Qawwali, a form of the system of "dagh Pratha ," branding Q.330. Which officer under Alauddin Khilji
music which derived its name from the horses, and "Huliya Pratha (a system of was required to maintain a register of
Arabic word ‘qaul’, meaning ‘to speak’? ranks)" keeping records of soldiers. merchants to ensure an adequate supply
SSC CPO 05/10/2023 (Evening) of goods?
(a) Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi Q.326. During Alauddin Khilji's reign, the SSC CGL Tier II (06/03/2023)
(b) Amir Khusrau cloth market was known as______. (a) Nazir (b) Rais Parwana
(c) Nizam al-Din Awliya SSC CGL 24/07/2023 (1st shift) (c) Muhtasib (d) Shahna-i-Mandi
(d) Shams al-Din Muhammad Hafiz (a) Sarai-i-Adl (b) Mandi
(c) Munhiyans (d) Shahna-i-Mandi Sol.330.(d) Shahna-i-Mandi. Alauddin
Sol.322.(b) Amir Khusrau - He was also set up three markets at Delhi - First for
known as Tuti-e-Hind (Parrot of India). He Sol.326.(a) Sarai-i-Adl (Place of justice). food-grains, the second for cloth, sugar,
was the court musician of Alauddin Khilji. Alauddin Khilji, under his market policy, ghee, oil, dry fruits and the third for
He also lived in courts of different rulers built three markets of foodgrain, precious horses, slaves and cattle. Diwan- e -
such as Balban, Muhammad, Cakubad, clothes and slave cattle near Kushke Riyasat - Head of Market. The prices of
Jalaluddin Khilji, Mubarak Shah Khaliji, Sabz (Hara Rajmahal) within the Badaun all varieties of grains were fixed by the
and Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq . He was also a gate in Delhi. These were government - first regulation or Zabita. Munhiyans -
disciple of Nizammuddin Auliya. aided markets. Secret agents under Allauddin. Parwana
Rais - Permit officer under Allauddin.
Q.323. Which of the following Sultans of Q.327. Who was the first Sultan of the
Delhi was appointed as Amir-i-Tuzuk Delhi Sultanate to start military Q.331. How many types of taxes were in
(Master of Ceremonies) before expeditions into southern India? the reign of the ruler Alauddin Khalji?
becoming the Sultan? Matric Level 27/06/2023 (Shift - 1) SSC CGL 03/12/2022 (2nd Shift)
SSC CPO 05/10/2023 (Evening) (a) Ghiyasuddin Balban (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 2
(a) Alauddin Khalji (b) Alauddin Khalji
(c) Muhammad Tughluq Sol.331.(a) 3 types of taxes: Jaziya
(b) Balban (religious tax on Hindu community),
(c) Iltutmish (d) Shamsuddin Iltutmish
Ghari tax (tax on Houses), and Chari tax
(d) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq Sol.327.(b) Alauddin Khalji (tax on cattles). He resisted the Mongol
Sol.323.(a) Alauddin Khalji (1296 - (1296–1316):- He was the second ruler invasion more than 12 times. He
1316). He was the second ruler of Khilji of the Khilji dynasty of the Delhi followed the Divine Right Theory of
dynasty after Jalaluddin Khilji (Founder - Sultanate. Battles related to Alauddin Kingship. He was the first to bring the
‘Khalji Dynasty’). He was also appointed Khilji : Gujarat Vijay : (1299) Karna standing army system. He died in 1316
Arizi-i-Mumalik (Minister of War) during rescued himself and his family to A.D.
the reign of Jalaluddin Khilji and laid the Devagiri. Ranthambore Vijay : (1301)
foundation of his capital Siri in 1303 A.D. Chauhan King Hammir Dev defeated Tughlaq Dynasty
Sultan Alauddin Khilji, under Nusrat
Q.324. Who was the first to mention the Khan. Chittor Vijay : (1303) Alauddin Q.332. Who among the following was the
incident of Jauhar in Persian ? Khalji defeated Raja Ratan singh. successor of Muhammad-Bin Tughlaq to
SSC CHSL 11/08/2023 (3rd shift) the throne?
(a) Ibn Batutah (b) Amir Khusrau Q.328. Who among the following was the
SSC CPO 04/10/2023 (Evening)
(c) Ziauddin Barani (d) Hasan Nizami founder of the Khilji Dynasty?
(a) Ghiyath-ud-din Tughlaq Shah II
SSC MTS 08/05/2023 (Evening)
(b) Abu Bakr Shah Tughlaq
Sol.324.(b) Amir Khusrau. ‘Jauhar’ - The (a) Jalal-ud-din Firoz Khilji
(c) Nais-ud-Din Mahmud Shah Tughlaq
collective self-immolation by women in (b) Alauddin Khilji
(d) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
order to escape capture and forced into (c) Nasiruddin Khusrau Shah
slavery by invaders in face of imminent (d) Qutbuddin Mubarak Shah Sol.332.(d) Firuz Shah Tughlaq (1351 -
defeat. In 1303, Alauddin Khilji laid the 1388). He was known as the father of the
size of Chittor. Sol.328.(a) Jalal-ud-din Firoz Khilji. He
irrigation approach in India. Diwan
ascended to the throne in 1290 AD after
-e-Khairat which was built for collecting
Q.325. Who among the following was the deposing Qutbuddin Mubarak Shah, the
money for charitable work. He imposed
slave-general Alauddin Khilji, who led his last ruler of the Slave Dynasty.
Jizya upon the Brahmins and made it a
army in the battle against Ramachandra
Q.329. Which monument of Khilji dynasty separate tax. Tughlaq Dynasty (1320 A.D
of Devagiri?
in Delhi has the utilization of red - 1414 A.D) Founder - Ghiyas-ud-din
SSC CGL 17/07/2023 (4th shift)
sandstone? Tughluq (Ghazi Malik).
(a) Nusrat Khan (b) Malik Kafur
(c) Ulugh Khan (d) Zafar Khan SSC MTS 19/05/2023 (Evening)
Q.333. Who amongst the following
(a) Moti Masjid (b) Victoria memorial
raised the banner of revolt against
Sol.325.(b) Malik Kafur - Also known as (c) Charminar (d) Alai Darwaza
Nasiruddin Khusrau?
'Hazar Dinari’ Was a slave of the Delhi
Sol.329.(d) Alai Darwaza. Built by SSC CHSL 09/08/2023 (4th shift)
Sultanate ruler Ala-ud-din Khilji
Allaudin Khilji the Sultan of Delhi in 1311 (a) Nasiruddin Tughlaq
(1296–1316). Alauddin Khilji - second
AD. Moti Masjid - Aurangzeb (Delhi). (b) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
sultan of Khilji dynasty. Important
Victoria memorial - George V (Kolkata). (c) Feroz Shah Tughlaq
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Charminar - Mohammed Quli Qutub (d) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
Ranthambore (1301), Chittor (1303),
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Ghazi malik (1320-1325 AD) - He was Tughluq, Muhammad Tughluq City. Ala-ud-din Shah - Last ruler of
the governor of Punjab during the reign (b) Firuz Shah Tughluq, Muhammad Sayyid dynasty. Rulers- Khizr Khan Sayyid
of Allauddin khilji. He was the founder of Tughluq, Ghiyasuddin Tughluq → Mubarak Shah →Muhammad Shah →
the Tughlaq dynasty who fought against (c) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq, Muhammad Ala-ud-Din Shah.
Mongols, and started Tughlaqabad Fort Tughluq, Firuz Shah Tughluq
construction. (d) Muhammad Tughluq, Firuz Shah Lodi Dynasty
Tughluq, Ghiyasuddin Tughluq
Q.334. Who among the following
Q.341. Which of the following
appointed Aziz Khummar a wine distiller Sol.337.(c) 1320–1324 (Ghiyas-ud-din
mosques/masjids was built during the
to high administrative post? Tughlaq; Founder of Tughlaq dynasty) -
reign of Lodi dynasty of the Delhi
SSC CHSL 10/03/2023 (3rd Shift) 1324–1351 (Muhammad ibn Tughluq) -
Sultanate?
(a) Alauddin Khalji 1351–1388 (Firuz Shah Tughlaq) -
SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (Evening)
(b) Muhammad Tughluq (Muhammad Shah).
(a) Begumpuri mosque, Delhi
(c) Jalaluddin Khalji
Q.338. Who among the following (b) Quwwat al-Islam, Delhi
(d) Firuz Shah Tughluq
founded the city of Tughlaqabad? (c) Lal Masjid, Delhi
Sol.334.(b) Muhammad bin Tughluq SSC MTS 25/07/2022 (Evening) (d) Moth ki Masjid, Delhi
(1324 -1351) - He was the eldest son of (a) Ala-ud-din Khilji
Sol.341.(d) Moth ki Masjid, Delhi. It was
Ghiyasuddin Tughluq (founder of the (b) Ghiyas ud-din Tughluq
built in 1505 by Wazir Miya Bhoiya.
Tughlaq dynasty). He appointed Firuz (c) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
Begumpuri mosque (Delhi) - It was
Hajjam - a barber, Mank a Tabbakh - a (d) Muhammad bin Tughluq
constructed by Muhammad Tughluq .
cook, and two gardeners - Ladha and
Sol.338.(b) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq (Ghazi Quwwat al-Islam (Delhi) - It was
Pira, to high administrative posts. He
Malik). He founded the Tughlaq dynasty constructed by Qutub-Ud-din Aibak. Lal
also decided to transfer his capital from
in 1320. He replaced men with horses in Masjid (Delhi) - It was built by the
Delhi to Devagiri (Daulatabad).
the courier system. He started Dawk Mughal emperor during Akbar's regime.
Q.335. Ziyauddin Barani wrote his chowkies. His son Jaunakhan ascended
Q.342. “Double Dome” feature of
chronicle first in 1356 and another the throne and took the title Muhammad
Indo-Islamic architecture was introduced
version _____ years later. bin Tughlaq .
by which dynasty of Delhi Sultanate?
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Q.339. Which Sultan established a SSC MTS 20/06/2023 (Morning)
(a) three (b) eight (c) two (d) five
separate department (Diwan-i-Amir Kohi) (a) Slave Dynasty (b) Khilji Dynasty
Sol.335.(c) Two. Ziauddin Barani to take care of agriculture? (c) Tughlaq Dynasty (d) Lodi Dynasty
(1285–1358 CE) wrote his chronicle first SSC CGL 24/08/2021 (Morning)
Sol.342.(d) Lodi Dynasty (1451-1526). It
in 1356 and wrote another version two (a) Khizr Khan
was the fifth and final dynasty of the
years later. He was a Muslim political (b) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
Delhi Sultanate and was founded by
thinker of the Delhi Sultanate during (c) Tughril Beg
Bahlul Khan Lodi when he replaced the
Muhammad bin Tughlaq and Firuz Shah's (d) Jalal-ud-din Khalji
Sayyid dynasty. Double dome - built of
reign. Other Books: Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi
Sol.339.(b) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq two layers. There is one layer inside
and Fatwa-i-Jahandari, Sana-i-
established a separate department which provides a ceiling to the interior of
Muhammadi, Tarikh-i-Barmaki, etc.
(Diwan-i-Amir Kohi) to take care of the building. The other layer is the outer
Q.336. Who among the following agriculture. This department was headed one which crowns the buildings. Example
Moroccan travellers came to India during by officer Amir-e-Kohi with the aim to - Humayun's Tomb.
the reign of Muhammad bin Tughlaq? improve the condition of cultivation in
Q.343. Who was the last sultan of the
SSC CPO 11/11/2022 (Evening) doab.
Lodi Dynasty?
(a) Abd-al-Razzaq (b) Al Masudi
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(c) Suleiman al-Tajiri (d) Ibn Battuta Sayyid Dynasty (a) Khizr Khan (b) Sikander Lodi
Sol.336.(d) Ibn Battuta (Moroccan (c) Ibrahim Lodi (d) Bahlol Lodi
Q.340. Who was the first ruler of the
traveler) came to India during the reign of
Sayyid Dynasty? Sol.343.(c) Ibrahim Khan Lodi
Muhammad bin Tughlaq in 1333-1347.
SSC MTS 11/05/2023 (Morning) (1517-1526 AD) was the last Sultan of
Book: Rihla. Abd-al-Razzaq visited
(a) Khizr Khan the Lodi Dynasty (1451 to 1526). The
Vijaynagar Kingdom during the reign of
(b) Alauddin Alam Shah first battle of Panipat (1526 AD) - Babar
Deva Raya II (Sangama dynasty).
(c) Muhammad Shah defeated and killed Ibrahim Lodi. The
Al-Masudi (Herodotus of the Arabs)
(d) Mubarak Khan tomb of Ibrahim Lodi is in Panipat
visited India around 10th century AD.
(Haryana).
Suleiman al-Tajiri visited India around the Sol.340.(a) Khizr Khan (In 1414 A.D) -
9th century during the Pala empire. He captured the Delhi sultanate from the Q.344. Bahlol Lodi was succeeded by his
Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud Shah Tughluq son __________under the title of Sultan
Q.337. Which of the following is the
(Tughlaq dynasty) and founded the Sikandar Shah in 1489.
correct chronological order of the rulers
Sayyid Dynasty. He was succeeded by Graduate Level 03/08/2022 (Shift - 3)
of the Tughlaq dynasty who ruled over
Mubarak Shah (first Sultan ruler to (a) Nizam Khan (b) Khizr Khan
Delhi from the year 1320 to 1414? @ebookstore01
appoint Hindu nobles in the court of (c) Bahlul Shah (d) Sher Shah
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Sol.344.(a) Nizam Khan {assumed the emperor Jahangir) built “Pathar Ki upanishads from their original Sanskrit to
title Sikandar Shah,founded Agra in 1504, Masjid” on the banks of River Ganga, Persian in 1657 so that they could be
relocated the capital from Delhi to Agra, Patna (Bihar) in 1621. studied by muslim scholars.
pen name Gulrukh}. Bahlul Lodi {founder
of Lodi Dynasty, Conquered Gwalior, Q.349. On 12 August ________ the Mughal Q.354. Who was the Mughal Emperor at
Samthal, Sakit and Mewat, died in 1489 emperor appointed the East India the time of Battle of Plassey?
A.D}. Company as the Diwan of Bengal. SSC CHSL 26/10/2020 (Evening)
SSC CHSL 16/03/2023 (1st Shift) (a) Alamgir II (b) Siraj- Ud- Daulah
Q.345. The _____ sultanate is ruled by the (a) 1765 (b) 1768 (c) 1772 (d) 1760 (c) Mir Qasim (d) Shah Alam II
Sharqi dynasty.
SSC CGL 18/08/2021 (Afternoon) Sol.349.(a) On 12 August 1765, the Sol.354.(a) Aziz-ud-din Alamgir II.
(a) Agra (b) Delhi Mughal emperor (Shah Alam II) Alamgir II (Reign - 1754-1759) was the
(c) Jaunpur (d) Bharatpur appointed the East India Company as the fifteenth Mughal Emperor.
Diwan of Bengal.
Sol.345.(c) The Jaunpur sultanate was Babur
ruled by the sharqi dynasty. It was Q.350. _______ in Gujarat was the
founded by Khwajah-i-Jahan Malik emporium of western trade during the
Q.355. Who made the use of Gunpowder
Sarwar in 1394. In 1479, Sultan Hussain Mughal Period.
common in North India to defeat
Khan was defeated by the forces of SSC MTS 20/07/2022 (Evening)
enemies?
Afghan chieftain Bahlul Lodhi and this (a) Navasari (b) Narmada
SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (Evening)
dynasty came to an end. (c) Porbandar (d) Surat
(a) Ibrahim Lodi (b) Babur
Sol.350.(d) Surat. It grew famous for all (c) Rana Sanga (d) Daulat Khan Lodi
Mughal Period types of textiles, particularly cotton
Sol.355.(b) Babur (1526-1530): The first
textiles.
Q.346. Who among the following was Mughal emperor, succeeded to the
given the charge of looking after the Q.351. The Mughal court chronicles are throne of Ferghana in 1494, when he was
imperial household during the Mughal written in _____ only 12 years old. His battles: First Battle
administration? SSC CGL 20/04/2022(Afternoon) of Panipat (1526) - Defeated Ibrahim Lodi
SSC CHSL 17/08/2023 (2nd shift) (a) Arabic (b) Persian (c) Turkish (d) Urdu and his Afghan supporters at Panipat.
(a) Mir Saman (b) Mir Bahri Battle of Khanwa (1527) - Defeated Rana
Sol.351.(b) Persian. Mughal chronicles Sanga, Rajput rulers and allies at Khanua.
(c) Mir Bakshi (d) 'Mir-e-aatish'
such as the Akbar Nama were written in Battle of Chanderi (1528) - Defeated the
Sol.346.(a) Mir Saman. Mir Bahri Persian. Some of the famous Books Rajputs at Chanderi. Battle of Ghaghra
(mir-i-bahr) - Responsible for the during Mughal Reign are Humayun (1529) - Fought between Babar and
maintenance of the river and seaports. Nama was written by Gulbadan Begum, Afghans.
Mir Bakshi - Headed military department, Tuzuk E Babari - Babur, Akbar Nama-
nobility, information and intelligence Abul Fazl, Tarikh E Akbari - Abul Fazl, Q.356. Who was the eldest of four sons
agencies. Mir-e-aatish - Head of the Tahakik E Hind- Albiruni, Laila Majnu- of Babur?
ordinance department. Amir Khasuru, Shahnamah- Firdousi etc SSC CPO 04/10/2023 (Evening)
(a) Askari (b) Humayun
Q.347. Name the French jeweler who Q.352. With reference to the Land (c) Hindal (d) Kamran
traveled to India at least six times during Revenue System of Mughal Empire, the
the Mughal period. term ' was the amount assessed. Sol.356.(b) Humayun - The second ruler
SSC CGL 17/07/2023 (1st shift) SSC CPO 09/11/2022 (Morning) of the mughal empire. The Afghan
(a) Antonio Monserrate (a) Banjar (b) Polaj (c) Hasil (d) Jama soldier Sher Shah Suri defeated him at
(b) Jean-Baptiste Tavernier the war in Chausa 1539 and Kannauj in
Sol.352.(d) Jama. The arrangements for 1540. Humayun was the first person who
(c) Seydi Ali Reis
collection of land revenue consisted of developed a citadel in Delhi, named as
(d) Peter Mundy
two stages : first assessment and then “Din Panah”.
Sol.347.(b) Jean-Baptiste Tavernier. He actual collection. The Jama was the
Came to India during the reign of Shah amount assessed whereas the Hasil was Q.357. The first battle of Panipat took
Jahan. Antonio Monserrate : A Spanish the amount received or collected. Banjar place between Babur and _________.
missionary, came during the reign of was the worst kind of land that was left SSC CHSL 09/08/2023 (3rd shift)
Akbar. Seydi Ali Reis : He was a Turkish out of cultivation for five years or (a) Medini Rai (b) Sikandar Lodi
traveler who visited India in the 16th upwards. (c) Ibrahim Lodi (d) Rana Sanga
century. Peter Mundy : A European
Q.353. Which Mughal prince translated Sol.357.(c) Ibrahim Lodi. The First
philosopher and foreign traveler came to
the Upanishads into Persian in 1657? Battle of Panipat was fought in 1526.
India during the reign of Shah Jahan.
SSC CGL 17/08/2021 (Afternoon) Second Battle of Panipat (1556): Hemu
Q.348. Who built the Pathar Ki Masjid in (a) Sultan Luftallah (b) Dara Shikoh Vikramaditya and Akbar . Third Battle of
Patna, Bihar? (c) Murad Mirza (d) Shah Suja Panipat (1761): Marathas and Ahmad
SSC CHSL 14/03/2023 (2nd Shift) Shah Abdali.
Sol.353.(b) Dara Shikoh. He was the
(a) Feroz shah Tughlaq (b) Parwez Shah
eldest son and heir-apparent of the Q.358. Babur defeated Mahmud Lodi and
(c) Aurangzeb (d) Alauddin Khilji
Mughal emperor Shah Jahan.
@ebookstore01 He Sultan Nusrat Shah thus establishing
Sol.348.(b) Parwez Shah (Son of Mughal completed the translation of fifty Mughal rule in India in the Battle of
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__________ in 1529. Sol.363.(a) Babur. Battle of Khanwa Q.368. Which of the following rulers is
SSC MTS 04/05/2023 (Morning) (1527) - Babur defeated Rana Sanga of credited with the construction of Purana
(a) Chausa (b) Khanwa Mewar and his allies and gained the title Quila in Delhi?
(c) Ghagra (d) Kannauj Ghazi. Higher Secondary 28/06/2023 ( Shift - 2)
(a) Babar and Akbar
Sol.358.(c) Ghagra (Babur vs Sultan Q.364. ‘Memoirs of Babur’ or (b) Qutub ud din and Iltutmish
mahmud Lodhi) - Babur defeated Sultan ‘Baburnama’, also known as ‘Tuzk-e (c) ShahJahan and Jahangir
mahmud Lodhi. Battle of Chausa (1539) Babri’, was written by: (d) Humayun and Sher Shah
- Fought between Humayun and Sher SSC CHSL 6/8/2021 (Afternoon)
Shah Suri. Battle of Kannauj (1540) - (a) Faizi (b) Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khanan Sol.368.(d) Humayun and Sher Shah.
Fought between Sher Shah Suri and (c) Babur (d) Talib Amah Sher Shah Suri was the founder of the
Humayun. Suri dynasty. He defeated Humayun in
Sol.364.(c) Babur (Reign 1526-1530) - 1539 and 1540 in the battle of Chausa
Q.359. Who among the following Mughal Original name - Zahiruddin Muhammad, and Kannauj respectively. The
Emperors had assumed the title of Founder of the Mughal Empire. construction of Purana Qila was started
Padshah? in the reign of Humayunas a part of his
SSC MTS 12/05/2023 (Afternoon) Humayun and Sher Shah Suri new city of Dinpanah in the 16th century
(a) Jahangir (b) Babur and completed by Sher Shah Suri (‘The
(c) Humayun (d) Akbar Q.365. Which of the following cities was Lion King’).
built by Humayun in Delhi?
Sol.359.(b) Babur. He was the first Q.369. The historical Sher-Shah Suri
SSC CHSL 03/08/2023 (1st shift)
Timurid ruler who, after his conquest of Marg runs between ___________.
(a) Akbarabad (b) Dinpanah
Kabul (1507), assumed the title of SSC MTS 14/06/2023 (Morning)
(c) Muhammadabad (d) Siri
Padshah which means "king of kings" or (a) Kanpur and Kanyakumari
"emperor in persian". Sol.365.(b) Dinpanah. Humayun’s (b) Delhi and Manali
Contribution to Architecture: Humayun's (c) Delhi and Amritsar
Q.360. After years of wandering Babur
Tomb (UNESCO World Heritage Site in (d) Lucknow and Kolkata
seized Kabul in_________.
1993) - It was built by his widow Biga
SSC MTS 19/05/2023 (Evening) Sol.369.(c) Delhi and Amritsar. The
Begum (Hajji Begum), Purana Quila
(a) 1501 (b) 1504 (c) 1503 (d) 1502 Grand Trunk Road (formerly known as
(Delhi) - Built as a part of the new city
Sol.360.(b) 1504. Babur - Founder of the Dinpannah. Akbarabad (Agra) - Sikandar Uttarapath, Sarak-e-Azam and Badshahi
Mughal Empire in India. Other Battles : Lodi founded it in 1504. Siri Fort - It was Sarak) - Part of National Highway (12, 27,
First Battle of Panipat (1526) - Babur built by Alauddin Khilji. Muhammadabad 19, 44, 3) in India.
defeated Ibrahim Lodi, Battle of Chanderi - Mahmud Begarha (ruler of Gujarat)
Q.370. Humayun’s Tomb situated in Delhi
(1528) - Babur defeated Madiniray. captured the fort of Champaner which
is built by ______ .
controlled Malwa and Khandesh and
Q.361. The famous monument, Aram SSC CHSL 13/03/2023 (1st Shift)
constructed a new town called
Bagh, was built by Babur. It is located in (a) Gulbadan Begum (b) Biga Begum
Muhammadabad.
__________. (c) Hamida Begum (d) Maham Begum
SSC CHSL 09/03/2023 (2nd Shift) Q.366. In which State of India is Sher
Sol.370.(b) Biga Begum. The architect
(a) Delhi (b) Uttar Pradesh Shah's Tomb located?
was Mirak Mirza Ghiyath.
(c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Bihar SSC CHSL 02/08/2023 (4th shift)
(a) Bihar (b) Uttar Pradesh Q.371. Mirza Kamran was the brother of
Sol.361.(b) Uttar Pradesh. Aram Bagh - (c) Punjab (d) Bengal which of the following Mughal emperors?
Built by Babur in 1528 in Agra. Babur was SSC CGL 03/12/2022 (3rd Shift)
the founder of the Mughal Empire. Sol.366.(a) Bihar (Sasaram). Tombs of
(a) Humayun (b) Akbar
Monuments Built by Babur: The avenue Mughal Emperors - Gardens of Babur
(c) Jahangir (d) Shah Jahan
garden in Kabul, the Panipat Mosque and (Kabul, Afghanistan), Humayun's Tomb
the Kabuli Bagh Mosque. (New Delhi), Akbar's Tomb (Sikandra, Sol.371.(a) Humayun and son of Babur
Uttar Pradesh), Tomb of Jahangir and Gulrukh Begum. He came to India in
Q.362. Where was Babur buried for the (Lahore, Pakistan), The Taj Mahal (Agra), 1538.
first time in 1530 ? Tomb of Aurangzeb (Ahmednagar).
Graduate Level 02/08/2022 ( Shift - 3 )
Q.367. Who among the following
Akbar
(a) Kabul (b) Agra (c) Delhi (d) Fargana
medieval rulers focused his attention on
Sol.362.(b) Agra. On December 26, 1530, Q.372. Tansen, the famous musician,
the construction of sarais (shelter) for
Babur died at Agra. His body was first often sang in the court of which ruler?
the convenience of travellers ?
laid at Arambagh in Agra but was later SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (Morning)
SSC CHSL 10/08/2023 (4th shift)
taken to Kabul, where it was buried. (a) Akbar
(a) Babur (b) Sher Shah Suri
(b) Sher Shah Suri
(c) Akbar (d) Humayun
Q.363. Who among the following took (c) Feroz Shah Tughlaq
the title of ‘Ghazi’ after defeating Rana Sol.367.(b) Sher Shah Suri (1540-1545): (d) Allaudin Khilji
Sanga in the Battle of Khanwa in 1527? Administrative reforms - Introduction of
SSC MTS 06/07/2022 (Evening) Sol.372.(a) Akbar was the third Mughal
Rupiya, Built Grand-Trunk Road, Staged
(a) Babur (b) Daulat Khan Lodhi emperor, and he ruled over India from
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in Sarais.
(c) Humayun (d) Mahmud Shah I 1556 to 1605. Tansen was born into a
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Hindu Gaur Brahmin family in Behat, near Tansen was the title given to him by Raja SSC CHSL 21/03/2023 (4th Shift)
Gwalior, India. Ramtanu was his birth Vikramjit of Gwalior. (a) Revenues (b) Ancestors
name and was a disciple of Swami (c) Army (d) Administration
Haridas in earlier days and later on, he Q.377. During the reign of Akbar,
learned music from Hazrat Muhammad _________ was the land that has lain Sol.381.(b) Ancestors. Abul Fazl
Ghaus. Navratnas of Akbar - Abul Fazl, fallow for three or four years. (Akbar’s court historian) wrote a
Faizi, Tansen, Birbal,Todar Mal, Raja Man SSC CGL 21/07/2023 (1st shift) three-volume history of Akbar’s reign,
Singh, Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana, Fakir (a) Parauti (b) Polaj (c) Chachar (d) Banjar titled Akbar Nama. The first volume
Aziao-Din, Mullah Do Piaza. (Akbar’s ancestors), second volume
Sol.377.(c) Chachar. Parauti - The land (events of Akbar’s reign) and The third
Q.373. When was Khandesh merged into kept out of cultivation temporarily in (the Ain-i Akbari). It deals with Akbar’s
the Mughal empire by Akbar ? order to recoup its lost fertility. Polaj - administration, household, army, the
SSC CPO 05/10/2023 (Morning) The ideal and best type of land revenues and geography of his empire.
(a) 1595 (b) 1601 (c) 1597 (d) 1605 throughout the empire and it was Ain-i Akbari is divided into five volumes .
cultivated always and was never allowed
Sol.373.(b) 1601. Khandesh was to lie fallow. Q.382. Ajmer became the suba
situated in the Tapti valley, Maharashtra. headquarters under the ______.
It was founded by Malik Raja Faruqi. Q.378. Which of the following cities was SSC CGL 03/12/2022 (4th Shift)
Major military campaigns by Akbar - In the first planned city of the Mughals? (a) Pallavas (b) Cholas
1568 the Sisodiya capital of Chittor was SSC MTS 08/05/2023 (Evening) (c) Mughals (d) Delhi Sultanate
seized and in 1569 Ranthambore. 1585 (a) Mirzapur (b) Fatehpur Sikri
-1605 – expansion of Akbar’s empire. (c) Lucknow (d) Lahore Sol.382.(c) Mughals. Ajmer Subah - one
of the original 12 subahs of Mughal
Q.374. Who introduced the Mansabdari Sol.378.(b) Fatehpur Sikri. It is located Empire (1526 - 1858). It was established
system into the administration under the near Agra in Uttar Pradesh. It was built by during Akbar's administrative reforms of
Mughals? the Mughal Emperor Akbar in the 16th 1572–1580. The last Mughal - Bahadur
SSC CHSL 02/08/2023 (3rd shift) century. Fatehpur Sikri was built during Shah Zafar.
(a) Akbar (b) Shah Jahan 1571 and 1585. Fatehpur Sikri was
(c) Aurangzeb (d) Jahangir declared as UNESCO World Heritage Q.383. Who among the following is said
Sites in 1986. to have devised many Raagas or
Sol.374.(a) Akbar. The Mansabdari melodies in Hindustani music?
system was a grading system used by Q.379. When was the Battle of Tukaroi SSC CGL 06/12/2022 (1st Shift)
the Mughal rulers to fix the rank and fought where Akbar defeated the (a) Tansen (b) Raja Beerbal
salary of a Mansabdar. His rank was Sultanate of Bengal and Bihar? (c) Todar Mal (d) Raja Man Singh
determined by a numerical value called SSC MTS 15/05/2023 (Evening)
‘Zat’. Mansabdars maintained a (a) 1564 (b) 1582 (c) 1575 (d) 1591 Sol.383.(a) Tansen (Ramtanu Pandey).
stipulated number of sawars with horses Ragas - Multani, Bhairavi and Todi, Night
Sol.379.(c) 1575. The Battle of Tukaroi raga (Darbari Kanhra), Morning raga
and equipment. ‘Sawar’ rank indicated (Battle of Bajhaura/ Moghalmari) -
the number of cavalrymen he was (Mian Ki Todi), Mid-day raga (Mian ki
Fought at Balasore (Odisha) in which Sarang), Seasonal raga (Mian ki Malhar).
required to maintain. Akbar (Mughal Emperor) defeated Daud
Q.375. Jaimal and Patta were the Khan Karrani (Ruler of Bengal). The battle Q.384. In which year was Kashmir
warriors who were given charge of led to the Treaty of Katak in which Daud annexed to the Mughal Empire by Akbar?
defending the fort of ______ Khan Karrani ceded the whole of Bengal Graduate Level 01/08/2022 (Shift - 4)
SSC CHSL 03/08/2023 (4th shift) and Bihar, retaining only Odisha. (a) 1586 (b) 1590 (c) 1592 (d) 1580
(a) Raisen (b) Ajmer Q.380. _________ administration became Sol.384.(a) 1586. Military Conquests of
(c) Udaipur (d) Chittor the model followed by the great emperor Akbar (Mughal Emperor, 1556-1605):
Sol.375.(d) Chittor. Siege of Chittorgarh Akbar when he consolidated the Mughal Malwa (conquered in 1562), Gondwana
(1567 - 1568) - It was a military Empire. region of central India (1564), Gujarat
expedition of the Mughal Empire under SSC CHSL 15/03/2023 (4th Shift) (1573), Mewar (1576), both Bihar and
Akbar against the Mewar kingdom that (a) Sher Shah Suri's Bengal (1576).
commenced in 1567 during which the (b) Alauddin Khalji's
(c) Muhammad Tughluq's Q.385. The revenue system of the
Mughals successfully captured the fort Mughal period during Akbar’s reign was
of Chittorgarh. (d) Genghis Khan's
called ______.
Q.376. Tansen, the music legend, was a Sol.380.(a) Sher Shah Suri's. Although SSC MTS 26/07/2022 (Evening)
courtier in which of the following courts the Suri dynasty ruled for only a short (a) Iqta (b) Zabti (c) Ghari (d) Charai
before coming to Akbar ? period i.e. 15 years, it introduced an
administration that borrowed elements Sol.385.(b) Zabti System (Dahsala
SSC CPO 04/10/2023 (Morning) System), a land revenue system, was
(a) Rewa (b) Benaras from Alauddin Khilji and made them
more efficient. introduced by Mughal emperor Akbar’s
(c) Gandhara (d) Maghad finance minister Raja Todarmal in
Sol.376.(a) Rewa. Tansen was initially Q.381. Ain-i Akbari, a document on life of 1580-82. Under this system, average
the court singer of King Ram Chand. His Mughal ruler Akbar does not contain produce of ten years was derived. In the
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lands of the Delhi Sultanate were divided (d) A reward for good governance -Din Muhammad Salim) - Wrote his
into several large and small tracts called autobiography Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri
Iqta and assigned these Iqtas to the Sol.390.(c) A tax levied on the lands over (Jahangirnama).
Sultan’s soldiers, officers and nobles. and above the original rent in Mughal
Allaudin Khilji imposed taxes called Ghari India all temporary and circumstantial Q.395. Sarai Nurmahal is a centrally
and Charai (tax on cattle). taxes and impositions levied by the protected monument of India. It is
government over and above regular taxes situated in which state of India?
Q.386. As described in ‘Ain-i-Akbari’ by were called “abwab”. SSC MTS 08/07/2022 (Afternoon)
Abul Fazl-i-Allami, ‘gaz’ (unit of (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) West Bengal
measuring length) was divided into equal Jahangir (c) Punjab (d) Himachal Pradesh
parts called ______.
SSC CGL 20/04/2022 (Morning) Sol.395.(c) Jalandhar (Punjab). Shalimar
Q.391. Who succeeded in securing
(a) tassuj (b) liksha (c) rajahkan (d) angul Bagh, the Begum Shahi Mosque, and the
trading concessions for the East India
Bachcha Taj are the monuments built by
Company from Mughal Emperor
Sol.386.(a) tassuj. Akbarnama is divided the Jahangir (Fourth Mughal emperor).
Jahangir?
into three books - The first book dealt
SSC Stenographer 12/10/2023 (Evening) Q.396. Mehrunnisa married Emperor
with Akbar's ancestors. The second
(a) John Mildenhall (b) Captain Hawkins Jahangir in ______.
recorded the events of Akbar's reign. The
(c) Captain Best (d) Thomas Roe SSC MTS 26/07/2022 (Morning)
third is the Ain-i Akbari.
(a) 1620 (b) 1602 (c) 1611 (d) 1603
Sol.391.(d) Thomas Roe was an English
Q.387. Military commanders in Akbar’s
diplomat sent by the East India Company Sol.396.(c) In 1611, Jahangir married
empire were called ‘______’.
in 1615. John Mildenhall was the first Mehrunnisa who was known as Nur
SSC MTS 11/10/2021 (Afternoon)
British explorer to make an overland Jahan (Light of World). She encouraged
(a) faujdars (b) bakhshis
journey to India. Captain William Persian art and culture in the court.
(c) kotwals (d) diwans
Hawkins was an English sea captain who
Sol.387.(a) ‘Faujdars’. Kotwals often visited the court of Jahangir in 1608. Shah Jahan
controlled the fort of a major town or an
Q.392. Sisodiya Rajput ruler of Mewar,
area of smaller towns on behalf of Q.397. Who among the following has
Amar Singh accepted Mughal services
another ruler. written the ‘Badshah Nama’?
during the reign of ________.
SSC CGL 18/07/2023 (3rd shift) SSC CGL Tier II 26/10/2023
Q.388. Who among the following issued
(a) Akbar (b) Jahangir (a) Babur (b) Abdul Hamid Lahori
Mahzarnama in 1579 ?
(c) Aurangzeb (d) Babur (c) Inayat Khan (d) Abul Fazl
SSC CGL 23/08/2021 (Evening)
(a) Humayun (b) Jahangir Sol.397.(b) Abdul Hamid Lahori - A
Sol.392.(b) Jahangir. Amar singh was
(c) Shah Jahan (d) Akbar historian and traveler who later became a
the eldest son and successor of
Maharana Pratap. Akbar (1556–1605). court historian of Shah Jahan. “Badshah
Sol.388.(d) Akbar issued Mahzarnama in
Aurangzeb belonged to the aristocratic Nama” (Padshahnama) is the official
1579. It is a declaration that gives
Timurid dynasty, and held administrative history of Shah Jahan. This book
authority to change the religious laws of
and military posts under his father Shah described the life and activities of Shah
Islam.
Jahan (1628 – 1658). Jahan during the first twenty years of his
Q.389. Which Mughal emperor built the reign. “Akbarnama” and "Ain-I-Akbari"
city called 'Makhsudabad' later popularly Q.393. Who among the following wrote were written by Abul Fazl.
known as Murshidabad? the biography of Jahangir known as
Iqbalnama-i Jahangiri? Q.398. The mausoleum of the Taj Mahal
SSC CHSL 12/04/2021 (Afternoon)
SSC MTS 09/05/2023 (Morning) was designed by _________________.
(a) Bahadur Shah Zafar (b) Humayun
(a) Mutamid Khan (b) Inayat Khan SSC MTS 12/09/2023 (1st Shift)
(c) Akbar (d) Shah Jahan
(c) Abdul Rahim Khan (d) Abul Fazl (a) Bhaktiyar Lahori
Sol.389.(c) Akbar. Murshidabad was (b) Mohammad Isha
named by Nawab Murshid Qulī Khan. Sol.393.(a) Mutamid Khan. He was in the (c) Shah Jahan
Akbar (reign - 1556 - 1605) - Constructed court of Mughal Emperor Jahangir (4th (d) Ustad Ahmad Lahori
Fatehpur Sikri (made it his capital in Mughal ruler, 1605 to 1627). ‘Iqbalnama-i
Jahangiri’ book was written in Persian Sol.398.(d) Ustad Ahmad Lahori was the
1569), Started a new religion Din-i Ilahi
and it covers the first 19 years of chief Mughal architect during the reign of
(1582), His biography titled Akbarnama
Jahangir's reign. Inayat Khan wrote” Shah Jahan. He was responsible for the
(Wrote by Abul Fazl).
Shajahanama”. Abdul Rahim Khan construction of the Taj Mahal in Agra and
Q.390. In the context of Mughal translated “Babarnama” to the Persian the Red fort in Delhi.
administration, which of the following is language. Q.399. The Taj Mahal was built by:
the most appropriate definition of
Q.394. ‘Tuzuk- i -Jahangiri’ was originally SSC MTS 12/09/2023 (3rd Shift)
‘Abwab’?
written in which of the following (a) Humayun (b) Jahangir
SSC CHSL 16/04/2021 (Evening)
languages? (c) Akbar (d) Shah Jahan
(a) A clerk in the government treasury
(b) A court jester SSC CPO 11/11/2022 (Evening) Sol.399.(d) Shah Jahan (1627-1658 AD):
(c) A tax levied on the lands over and (a) Pali (b) Arabic (c) Persian (d) Sanskrit He was the fifth Mughal ruler after Babur
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Sol.394.(c) Persian. Jahangir (Nur - ud
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1555-1556), Akbar (1556-1605) and was the highly valued minister in the the court and also the activities of
Jahangir (1605-1627). Monuments court of Shah Jahan and is credited with ‘jharokha’ (public audience).
constructed by Shah Jahan: Red Fort writing the first collection of Urdu poetry.
(Delhi), Jama Masjid (Delhi), Moti Masjid Q.409. Who among the following Mughal
(Lahore). Q.405. Who among the following had emperors assumed the title Alamgir,
been given the title of ‘Sultan Buland World Conqueror ?
Q.400. The art of decoration, called Iqbal’ by Shah Jahan? SSC MTS 10/05/2023 (Evening)
Pietra dura became popular during SSC CPO 25/11/2020 (Morning) (a) Akbar (b) Aurangzeb
whose reign? (a) Shuja (b) Murad (c) Babur (d) Shah Jahan
SSC CGL 19/07/2023 (4th shift) (c) Dara (d) Aurangzeb
(a) Jahangir (b) Sher Shah Suri Sol.409.(b) Aurangzeb (1658-1707)
(c) Shah Jahan (d) Akbar Sol.405.(c) Dara Shikoh (Eldest Son of (sixth Mughal Emperor). He was also
Shah Jahan). Sultan Buland Iqbal (Prince known as Zinda Pir (living saint), Fakir,
Sol.400.(c) Shah Jahan. Pietra dura - An of High Fortune) - Title given on 10 Darbesh. He gave the French permission
inlay technique using cut and fitted, September 1642. His works - Majma to build a factory in Surat in 1667. He
highly polished colored stones to create -ul-Bahrain (Mingling of Two Oceans), banned singing, dancing and playing
images. Some other buildings and Sirr-i-Akbar (Great Mystery). He was musical instruments, and Kalma writings
monuments by Shah Jahan:- Red Fort executed in 1659 by Aurangzeb in the on coins.
(Delhi), Jama Masjid (Delhi), and war of succession.
Shalimar Bagh (Lahore). Q.410. Bijapur was annexed by
Aurangzeb in which year?
Q.401. Who among the following Mughal
Aurangzeb SSC CPO 09/11/2022 (Evening)
emperors built Sheesh Mahal in Agra? (a) 1689 (b) 1686 (c) 1687 (d) 1683
Q.406. Who among the following was the
SSC MTS 09/05/2023 (Morning)
successor of Mughal emperor Shahjahan Sol.410.(b) 1686. Aurangzeb invaded
(a) Shah Jahan (b) Humayun
to the throne ? Bijapur under Sikandar Adil Shah and
(c) Babur (d) Akbar
SSC CPO 04/10/2023 (Morning) annexed it. This brought an end to the
Sol.401.(a) Shah Jahan. Buildings built (a) Murad Bakhsh (b) Dara Shikoh Adil Shahi dynasty. The Deccan
by Shah Jahan - Taj Mahal, Jama Masjid (c) Aurangzeb (d) Shah Shuja Sultanates were the five different
in Delhi, Red Fort, Moti Masjid. Muslim-ruled dynasties of the medieval
Sol.406.(c) Aurangzeb (1658-1707) was
period that ruled in Golconda (Quli Qutub
Q.402. Which among the following was the last of the powerful Mughal rulers.
- ul- Shah), Bijapur (Yusuf Adil Shah),
the son of the Mughal emperor Mughal Emperors: Babur (1526-1530),
Bidar (Qasim Barid), Ahmednagar (Malik
Shahjahan? Humayun (1530-1540, 1555-1556), Akbar
Ahmad Nizam Shah), and Berar
SSC MTS 15/05/2023 (Morning) (1556-1605), Jahangir (1605-1627), Shah
(Fathullah Imad-ul-Mulk). Bijapur (Gol
(a) Humayun (b) Jahangir Jahan (1627-1658). Mughals were
Gumbaz, 1656 - the mausoleum of
(c) Aurangzeb (d) Sikandar Lodhi descendants of Genghis Khan (mother
Muhammad Adil Shah).
side) and Timur (Father side). In 1856,
Sol.402.(c) Aurangzeb. He was the third Governor-General Lord Canning decided Q.411. Who among the following was
son of Shajahan from his wife Mumtaz that Bahadur Shah Zafar would be the defeated by Aurangzeb in the Battle of
Mahal. He is widely considered as the last Mughal king. Deorai?
last effective ruler of the Mughal SSC MTS 20/10/2021 (Afternoon)
Dynasty. Q.407. Under whose reign was the
(a) Shah Jahan (b) Shah Shuja
maximum number of books in Persian on
Q.403. Ahmadnagar was finally annexed (c) Dara Shikoh (d) Murad Baksh
classical Indian Music written?
by the Mughals in_______ SSC CGL 20/07/2023 (2nd shift) Sol.411.(c) Dara Shikoh was defeated by
SSC CGL 06/12/2022 (4th Shift) (a) Shah Jahan (b) Jahangir Aurangzeb in the Battle of Deorai(1659).
(a) 1627 (b) 1632 (c) 1630 (d) 1635 (c) Akbar (d) Aurangzeb Aurangzeb is known for being the
Sol.403.(b) In 1632, during the period of emperor of India from 1658 to 1707.
Sol.407.(d) Aurangzeb (1658 - 1707). He
Shah Jahan, Ahmednagar was merged reimposed Jizya and Pilgrim tax in 1679 Q.412. Who is the author of the book
into the Mughal empire. Malik Ahmed and ended the celebration of Navroz. He ‘Tarikh-i Dilkusha'?
was the founder of Ahmednagar banned music, singing and dancing in the SSC CGL 17/08/2021(Evening)
(Maharashtra), who established the Royal court but not the playing of (a) Panini (b) Bhimsen
Nizam Shahi dynasty. musical instruments. (c) Sushruta (d) Charaka
Q.404. Who among the following had Q.408. Which Mughal Emperor has Sol.412.(b) Bhimsen. Bhimsen, as a
written the book ‘Char Chaman’, during attempted to vandalise the Kailash historian, is of the reign of Aurangzeb
the reign of Shah Jahan, describing the Temple at Ellora? and is remarkable for his ability to think
Mughal nobility? SSC MTS 02/05/2023 (Evening) independently and record these thoughts
SSC CGL 16/08/2021 (Afternoon) (a) Aurangzeb (b) Humayun on paper.
(a) Chandrabhan Brahman (c) Shah Jahan (d) Babur
(b) Gulbadan Begum
Sikh Guru
(c) Muhammad Waris Sol.408.(a) Aurangzeb {Alamgir, original
(d) Abu’l Dazl name MuI al-Din Muammad (1658 to
Q.413. After the death of Shri Guru
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Sol.404.(a) Chandrabhan Brahman. He Gobind Singh, the Sikhs revolted against
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the ______ under the leadership of Banda SSC MTS 11/05/2023 (Afternoon) customs at ports.
Bahadur. (a) Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath
SSC CGL 19/04/2022 (Afternoon) (b) Raghunath Rao Q.421. The Vijayanagar kingdom was
(a) Gurkhas (b) Mughals (c) Shivaji established by _________ in 1336.
(c) British (d) Marathas (d) Madhav Rao SSC CPO 04/10/2023 (Afternoon)
(a) Venkata II
Sol.413.(b) Mughals. He is famous for Sol.417.(a) Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath (b) Devaraya II
his creation of the Khalsa (Pure) , the (1713- 1720). He was the first of a line of (c) Harihara and Bukka
military brotherhood of the Sikhs. Patna hereditary Peshwas from the Bhat family. (d) Krishnadevaraya
Sahib city was founded by Maharaja Baji Rao I (1720-40) - Succeeded Balaji
Ranjit Singh. Dasam granth was written Vishwanath. He was the Seventh Peshwa Sol.421.(c) Harihara and Bukka
by Guru Gobind Singh. (Prime Minister) of the Maratha Empire (Sangama dynasty): They were originally
and one of the greatest exponents of feudatories of the Kakatiyas of Warangal.
Q.414. Who among the following Sikh Guerrilla tactics after Shivaji. Maratha Bukka-I sent an ambassador to the court
spiritual gurus is said to have assisted families: Shindes (Gwalior), Holkars of a Chinese king belonging to the Ming
Khusrau, the rebellious son of Jahangir? (Indore), Gaikwads (Baroda), Bhosles dynasty. Vijayanagara Empire: Capital -
SSC MTS 22/10/2021 (Morning) (Nagpur), Peshwas (Poona). Hampi (along the river Tungabhadra).
(a) Guru Angad Dev (b) Guru Ramdas Ruled by 4 Dynasties - Sangama, Saluva,
(c) Guru Amar Das (d) Guru Arjun Dev Q.418. Who among the following was a Tuluva, and Aravidu. Krishnadevaraya
famous ruler of the Maratha dynasty? (1509-29 AD) - Ruler of the Tuluva
Sol.414.(d) Guru Arjan Dev assisted SSC CHSL 13/03/2023 (2nd Shift) dynasty of Vijayanagar empire. Dev Raya
Khusrau, the rebellious son of Jahangir. (a) Porus II - He was the ruler of the Sangama
He compiled the first official edition of (b) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj dynasty.
the Sikh scripture called the Adi Granth, (c) Man Singh
which later expanded into the Guru (d) Prithviraj Chauhan Q.422. Who founded the Tuluva dynasty
Granth Sahib. He completed the of the Vijayanagar Empire?
construction of the Golden Temple in Sol.418.(b) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. SSC CHSL 04/08/2023 (3rd shift)
Amritsar. The Maratha Empire formerly existed (a) Achyut Deva Raya
from 1674 with the coronation of (b) Deva Raya I
Q.415. Who among the following Sikh Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and ended in (c) Krishna Deva Raya
Gurus laid the foundation of ‘Khalsa 1818 with the defeat of Peshwa Bajirao II (d) Narsimha Deva Raya
Panth’ ? at the hands of the British East India
SSC CHSL 19/04/2021 (Afternoon) Company. Wars fought by Shivaji - Battle Sol.422.(c) Krishna Deva Raya (1509
(a) Guru Gobind Singh (b) Guru Arjan Dev of Pratapgad (1659), Battle of Purandar -1529).The Ashtadiggajas (a group of
(c) Guru Teg Bahadur (d) Guru Nanak Dev (1665), Battle of Sinhagad (1670), Battle eight scholars) were a group of poets in
of Sangamner(1679), etc. his court., Wrote Amuktamalyada (Telugu
Sol.415.(a) Guru Gobind Singh laid the Poem).
foundation of ‘Khalsa Panth’ on April 13, Q.419. The Council of Ministers during
1699, situated in Punjab. It is a name the time of Shivaji Maharaj was known Q.423. Who among the following
given to the religious structure and the as: Vijaynagar rulers married his daughter to
community that manages the affairs of SSC CGL 07/03/2020 (Morning) Firuz Shah Bahmani?
the global Khalsa community. (a) Agraharam (b) Ashtadiggajas SSC CHSL 10/08/2023 (1st shift)
(c) Ashta Pradhan (d) Navaratnas (a) Deva Raya II (b) Deva Raya I
Maratha Empire (c) Krishna Deva Raya (d) Bukka I
Sol.419.(c) Ashta Pradhan. The
Q.416. Twenty five percent of the land coronation of Shivaji Maharaj was held in Sol.423.(b) Dev Raya I. In 1406 -07, Firuz
revenue collected by Marathas in the 1674, at the fort of Raigad in present-day Shah the ruler of the Bahmani Sultanate,
Deccan was __________ . Indian state of Maharashtra. defeated Deva Raya-I, the ruler of the
SSC MTS 02/05/2023 (Morning) Vijayanagara Empire. Dynasty and Ruler:
Sangama Dynasty - Harihara I and Bukka
(a) Bhoga (b) Sardeshmukhi Vijaynagar Empire
(c) Chauth (d) Bhaga ; Saluva dynasty - Narasimha Deva Raya,
Thimma Bhupala, Narasimha Raya II.
Q.420. What was the dominant source of
Sol.416.(c) Chauth - It was paid to the Tuluva dynasty- Krishnadeva Raya.
income in the Vijaynagar Empire?
Marathas in order to avoid the Maratha
SSC Stenographer 12/10/2023 (Morning) Q.424. The founders of Vijayanagara
raids. It was levied on the lands which
(a) Mining (b) Industrial duty Empire were the feudatories of which of
were under the nominal Mughal rule.
(c) Land revenue (d) Import duty the following dynasties?
Sardeshmukhi was an additional ten
percent levy on lands on which the SSC CHSL 17/08/2023 (4th shift)
Sol.420.(c) Land revenue. Vijayanagar
Marathas claimed hereditary rights. (a) Hoysala (b) Pandya
empire: Harihara and Bukka are the
Bhoga (Gupta period) refers to the tax on (c) Kakatiya (d) Chola
founders of the Vijayanagar Empire in
gifts, flowers, wood, fruits, etc. Bhaga 1336 A.D. on the southern banks of Sol.424.(c) Kakatiya. Vijayanagar
(Mauryan period) - Tax on agricultural Tungabhadra River. Hampi was the Empire: Founders - Harihara and Bukka.
land levied at the rate of 1/6th. capital of Vijayanagar. Sources of Established - 1336. Vijayanagara Empire
income - Land Revenue, tributes, and ruled by 4 dynasties: Sangama dynasty,
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the son of ________.
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dynasty. Greatest ruler of Vijayanagar (b) finance officers Empire. The Battle of Raichur - Fought
Empire - Krishna Deva Raya (Tuluva (c) ordinary peasants between the Vijayanagara Empire and the
Dynasty). Last ruler of Vijayanagar (d) military commanders Sultanate of Bijapur in 1520.
Empire - Aliya Ramarai.
Sol.429.(d) Military commanders. They Q.433. Provida style of architecture
Q.425. The origin of 'Carnatic music' is were given territories to govern by the belongs to which empire?
related to which of the following Raya and used to collect taxes and other SSC MTS 13/06/2023 (Evening)
Dynasties ? dues from the peasants, traders and (a) Vijayanagar Empire (b) Gupta Empire
SSC CGL 19/07/2023 (2nd shift) craftspersons of the area. Gramas (c) Mauryan Empire (d) Bahmani Empire
(a) Bahamani (b) Chola (villages), Gauda (village headman),
(c) Pandya (d) Vijayanagar Sthalas (sub districts), Nadus (districts), Sol.433.(a) Vijayanagar Empire
{Mandalams or rajyas (provinces)}, Land (Founded by Harihara and Bukka in
Sol.425.(d) Vijayanagar. Carnatic Music: tax (sist). 1336). Temples: Virupaksha temple
Purandara Dasa - A poet-composer of (Hampi), The Vittala temple,
Vijayanagar is the ‘Father of Carnatic Q.430. While historians use the term Someshwara (Kolar city), Hazara Rama
Music’. Vijayanagara Empire and contemporaries (Hampi), etc. Architectural Wonders of
of this empire described it as the _______. Vijayanagara: Queen’s Bath, Lotus Mahal,
Q.426. Vijayanagara emperor SSC CGL 25/07/2023( 3rd shift) Elephant stables, Royal platform, Water
Krishnadeva Raya founded a suburban (a) Gajapati Samarajya tanks.
township near Vijayanagara called (b) Karnataka Samrajyamu
Nagalapuram after his __________.. (c) Andhra Samarajyu Q.434. The Anantraj Sagar Tank was
SSC CGL 14/07/2023 (4th shift) (d) Sthalapati Samrajya built by the __________rulers.
(a) father (b) teacher (c) sister (d) mother SSC CGL 01/12/2022 (3rd Shift)
Sol.430.(b) Karnataka Samrajyamu. (a) Vijayanagara (b) Maratha
Sol.426.(d) Mother. Vijayanagara Empire Vijayanagara Empire (1336 -1646) - (c) Pala (d) Chola
(City of victory) : Founded in 1336 AD by Established by Harihara and Bukka on
Harihara and Bukka of the Sangama the banks of river Tungabhadra. Ruled by Sol.434.(a) The Vijayanagara empire
dynasty. Capital - Hampi (along the river 4 Dynasties - Sangama (1336-1485), built the Anantraj Sagar water storage
Tungabhadra). Krishnadevaraya : Ruler Saluva (1485-1505), Tuluva (1505-1570), tank using a 1.37 km long dam on the
of the Tuluva dynasty of Vijayanagar Aravidu (1570-1646). Foreign Visitors - Maldevi river. Maldevi river runs through
empire (1509-29 AD), Book - Nicholo de conti (Devaraya I), Abdul the Nellore district in the Indian state of
“Amuktamalyada”. Razzaq (Devaraya II), Domingo Paes and Andhra Pradesh and empties into the
Barbosa (Krishnadevaraya), Nuniz Pennar river. Vijayanagara Empire was
Q.427. The local communities of established in 1336 by the brothers
merchants were known as _________ in (Achyuta Devaraya).
Harihara I and Bukka Raya I of the
the Vijayanagara empire. Q.431. Raichur doab, the land between Sangama dynasty.
SSC CGL 20/07/2023 (3rd shift) Krishna and Tungabhadra was a reason
(a) Rachavarus (b) Narapattis of conflict between the kings of Wars and Treaties
(c) Kudirai Chettis (d) Gajapattis Vijayanagar and _________ .
Sol.427.(c) Kudirai Chettis (Horse Matric Level 28/06/2023 (Shift - 4) Q.435. Which Peshwa signed the treaty
merchants). Rachavarus (Rajulu) - (a) Malwa (b) Golconda of Bassein with the East India Company?
Associated with the ruling dynasty (rulers (c) Bahamani (d) Bengal SSC Stenographer 12/10/2023 (Morning)
and generals were actually Sudras). (a) Raghunath Rao (b) Narayan Rao
Sol.431.(c) Bahamani . The Bahmani
Narapati (Rayas) - Lord of Men. Gajapati - (c) Baji Rao II (d) Madhav Rao
-Vijayanagar conflict started during the
lord of elephants. period of HariHara Raya I. Both kingdoms Sol.435.(c) Baji Rao II. The Treaty of
wanted to control the fertile and rich Bassein (1802): It was signed between
Q.428. The 'Pattanulkars' migrated from
Raichur doab lying between rivers Lord Wellesley and Baji Rao II. Baji Rao II
the Gujarat region to the Vijayanagar
Krishna and Tungabhadra. was restored as Peshwa and accepted
state. They Were ___________ .
SSC CGL 24/07/2023( 3rd shift) all the terms of the Subsidiary Alliance
Q.432. Which battle led to the
(a) goldsmiths (b) cotton traders system. Other Treaty: Treaty of Surat
destruction of the Vijayanagara empire?
(c) silk weavers (d) diamond makers (1775) was signed between Raghunath
SSC MTS 03/05/2023 (Evening)
Rao and the British. The Treaty of Salbai
(a) Battle of Raichur
Sol.428.(c) silk weavers. Important (1782) was signed between the Maratha
(b) Battle of Haldighati
terms related to Medieval history:- Empire and the British East India
(c) Battle of Talikota
Bargir - Cavalrymen, Din - Religion, Company.
(d) Battle of Arcot
Gomashta - Commercial agent, Shiqdar -
Head of Administrative unit (Shiqq), Q.436. Which king of Punjab signed a
Sol.432.(c) Battle of Talikota
Subhas - Provinces, Zawabit - Secular tripartite treaty with Shah Shujah and the
(Rakshasi–Tangadi) - It was fought on 23
law. English Company ?
January 1565 between the Vijayanagara
SSC Stenographer 12/10/2023 (Afternoon)
Empire and an alliance of the Deccan
Q.429. The Amara-Nayakas were (a) Ranjit Singh (b) Lal Singh
sultanates. Aliya Rama Raya (King of the
in the Vijayanagara Empire. (c) Kharak Singh (d) Dileep Singh
Vijaynagar Empire) was defeated and
SSC CGL 25/07/2023( 1st shift)
killed in the battle, which eventually led to Sol.436.(a) Ranjit Singh. The Tripartite
(a) forced laborers @ebookstore01
the political collapse of the Vijayanagara Treaty was signed by Shah Shujah, Ranjit
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Singh and Lord Auckland (Governor in the world. Reason behind the Seven India?
-General of India) in 1838. Lahore treaty Years War - Both England and France SSC CHSL 03/08/2023 (4th shift)
(In 1846) - A peace treaty marking the wanted territories in North America. (a) Battle of Kirkee (b) Battle of Buxar
end of the First Anglo-Sikh War. It was (c) Battle of Plassey (d) Battle of Lahore
concluded between the East India Q.440. Who was the Iranian ruler who
Company and Maharaja Duleep Singh attacked the city of Delhi and took away Sol.443.(b) Battle of Buxar (1764) : It
Bahadur. an immense amount of wealth in 1739 ? was fought between the forces of the
SSC MTS 05/09/2023 (3rd Shift) British East India Company (led by
Q.437. In 1850, Kashmir was sold under (a) Ahmad Shah Qajar (b) Nadir shah Hector Munro) and the combined army
which of the following treaties to the (c) Ahmad Shah Abdali (d) Abbas | of an alliance of Shuja-ud-Daulah,
Dogra dynasty of Jammu ? Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II and Mir
SSC Stenographer 13/10/2023 (Morning) Sol.440.(b) Nadir Shah. Battle of Karnal Qasim. The Treaty of Allahabad (1765)
(a) Treaty of Allahabad (1739) : Fought between - Nadir Shah was signed after this Battle.
(b) Treaty of Sugauli and Muhammad Shah. Victory - Nadir
(c) Treaty of Amritsar Shah easily outnumbered the Mughal Q.444. The second Anglo-Mysore War
(d) Treaty of Purandar forces and the Mughal emperor came to an end by signing which of the
surrendered. Nadir Shah invaded India following treaties?
Sol.437.(c) Treaty of Amritsar - It was four times between 1748 and 1767. SSC CHSL 04/08/2023 (3rd shift)
executed by the British East India Nadir Shah took the famous Kohinoor (a) The Treaty of Arcot
Company and Raja Gulab Singh of diamond from India and Shah Jahan's (b) The Treaty of Madras
Jammu after the First Anglo-Sikh War. jewel studded peacock from the throne. (c) The Treaty of Wandiwash
Treaty of Allahabad : Signed in - 1765 (d) The Treaty of Mangalore
between the Mughal emperor Shah Alam Q.441. Which of the following was the
II and Lord Clive of the British East India first major and decisive victory for the Sol.444.(d) The Treaty of Mangalore
Company. Treaty of Sugauli - signed East India Company on the soil of India? (1784). The second Anglo-Mysore War
between Nepal and the East India SSC MTS 13/09/2023 (2nd Shift) (1780 - 84) was fought by Hyder Ali, the
Company in 1815 and ratified by 4 March (a) Battle of Sindhuli Nizam and the Marathas against the
1816. Treaty of Purandar – Signed (b) First Anglo-Maratha War British. Anglo-Mysore Wars : First (1767
between Jai Singh I and Chhatrapati (c) Battle of Plassey - 69) - Between Hyder Ali and the British,
Shivaji Maharaj in 1665. (d) Battle of Tiruvannamalai concluded with the Treaty of
Madras.Third (1790 - 92) - The British,
Q.438. French possessions in India were Sol.441.(c) Battle of Plassey (1757). the Nizam and the Marathas fought
restored after the Battle of Wandiwash This battle was fought between the together against Tipu Sultan, concluded
by the Treaty of _____________signed in British East India Company led by Robert with the Treaty of Seringapatam. Fourth
the year 1763 between Britain and Clive and the Nawab of Bengal (1798 - 99) - Between Arthur Wellesley
France. Siraj-ud-daula and his French allies. The and Tipu Sultan (Died).
SSC CPO 05/10/2023 (Afternoon) Battle of Sindhuli was part of the
(a) Purandar (b) Paris unification of Nepal led by Prithvi Q.445. The Battle of Karnal is known for
(c) Tordesillas (d) Surat Narayan Shah, King of Gorkha (later King the invasion of which of the following
of Nepal). First Anglo-Maratha War (1775 aggressors against India?
Sol.438.(b) Paris. The Battle of - 1782) - Fought between the British East SSC CHSL 14/08/2023 (3rd shift)
Wandiwash was fought in Vandavasi, India Company and the Maratha Empire. (a) Nadir Shah (b) Nasir Khan
Tamil Nadu between the French and the Battle of Tiruvannamalai (1767) - Fought (c) Ahmad Shah Abdali (d) Shah Shuja
British in 1760. This battle was part of between the forces of the East India
the Third Carnatic War. The British Company and the Kingdom of Mysore, Sol.445.(a) Nadir Shah. The Battle of
defeated the French. Battle of Plassey - led by Hyder Ali. Karnal - Fought between Nadir Shah
This battle was fought between Siraj (Persian Empire of the Afsharid dynasty)
-ud-Daula of Bengal and the British East Q.442. Which of the following and Muhammad Shah (Mughal Emperor)
India Company in 1757 at Palashi, Anglo-Maratha wars resulted in merging in 1739. Nadir Shah emerged victorious
Bengal. the Peshwas' territories with the Bombay in the battle. He took the famous Koh - i -
Presidency? Noor diamond and Shah Jahan's
Q.439. The seven years of war in the SSC CHSL 02/08/2023 (1st shift) jewel-studded Peacock Throne. He was
18th century was fought between Britain (a) Fourth (b) Third (c) Second (d) First the founder of the Afsharid dynasty of
and ________. Iran.
SSC CPO 05/10/2023 (Evening) Sol.442.(b) Third (1817-1819). Anglo
(a) Germany (b) Portugal -Maratha war (The Great Maratha War) - Q.446. Who was the Mughal emperor
(c) France (d) Spain The War was fought over territorial during the third battle of Panipat?
disputes, political dominance, and SSC CGL 24/07/2023 (4th shift)
Sol.439.(c) France. The Seven Years’ control over resources. First (1775-1782) (a) Akbar II
War, which took place between - The Marathas won, Second (1803-1805) (b) Shahalam II
1756-1763, was a global conflict that - The British won. Warren Hastings - The (c) Bahadur Shah I
spanned five continents, though it was first Governor - General of Bengal (d) Bahadurshah Jafar
known in America as the ‘French and (1773–1785).
Indian War’. It solidified Britain’s stance Sol.446.(b) Shahalam II (Ali Gauhar) -
as the most dominant European country Q.443. Mir @ebookstore01
Qasim name is associated Son of Alamgir II. Third Battle of Panipat
with which of the following battles of (14 January, 1761): Between Maratha
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Empires and Ahmad Shah Abdali. defending his capital Seringapatam? Sol.456.(c) Battle of Chinhat. In the
(Victory - Ahmad Shah Abdali). SSC MTS 13/07/2022 (Afternoon) Battle of Chinhat, Barkat Ahmad was
(a) 1799 (b) 1802 (c) 1792 (d) 1794 declared Chief Army Officer of the rebels.
Q.447. The Battle of Khatoli fought was
The Battle of Chinhat was fought on the
in 1517 between the kingdom of Mewar Sol.451.(a) 1799. He is known as Tiger morning of 30 June 1857, between
under Rana Sanga and ______. of Mysore. Tipu Sultan was inspired by British forces and Indian rebels.
SSC CPO 09/11/2022 (Evening) the Ideals of the French Revolution. Daria
(a) Sikander Lodi (b) Babur Daulat Bagh is known as Tipu Sultan’s Q.457. In the Battle of Swally (1612) the
(c) Ibrahim Lodi (d) Mahmud Lodi Summer Palace. He was finally defeated British fought against the ______.
at the hands of Lord Wellesley. SSC CHSL 06/08/2021 (Morning)
Sol.447.(c) Ibrahim Lodhi. The Lodi
(a) Danish (b) Portuguese
dynasty (1451 - 1526, an Afghan dynasty Q.452. Who emerged victorious in ‘The (c) French (d) Dutch
was the fifth and final dynasty of the Siege of Arcot’ in 1751 AD ?
Delhi Sultanate. SSC MTS 05/10/21 (Afternoon) Sol.457.(b) Portuguese. The battle took
Q.448. In which of these battles the (a) French (b) Dutch place on 29–30 November 1612 off the
involvement of the Mughal army was not (c) Portuguese (d) British coast of Suvali, a village near Surat city.
there? This relatively small naval battle is
Sol.452.(d) British. The Siege of Arcot
SSC CPO 10/11/2022 (Evening) historically important as it marked the
was the battle between British and
(a) Battle of Haldighati beginning of the end of Portugal’s
combined forces of French and Nawab
(b) Battle of Buxar commercial monopoly over India and the
of Arcot. Robert Clive captured the Arcot
(c) Second Battle of Panipat beginning of the ascent of the English
after the battle. The war ended with the
(d) Battle of Aliwal East India Company’s presence in India.
Treaty of Pondicherry in 1754 which
Sol.448.(d) Battle of Aliwal (1846) - made Mohammad Ali Khan Walajah as Q.458. The Battle of Bedara was fought
British (led by Sir Harry Smith) defeated Nawab of Arcot. between the British Army and the Dutch
Sikh forces (led by Ranjodh Singh Army in:
Q.453. In which year was the Treaty of
Majithia). Other battles of the First SSC CHSL 11/08/2021 (Afternoon)
Versailles signed?
Anglo-Sikh War (1845-1846) - Battle of (a) 1760 (b) 1759 (c) 1772 (d) 1764
SSC MTS 13/10/2021 (Evening)
Mudki, Ferozeshah, Buddewal, Sobraon. (a) 1921 (b) 1919 (c) 1933 (d) 1940 Sol.458.(b) 25 November 1759, during
First war concluded with the Treaty of
the Seven Years' War between a force of
Lahore and Bhairowal in 1846. Sol.453.(b) 1919. The defeated Germany
British troops mainly of the British East
after the First World War signed the
Q.449. Which of the given statements is India Company and a force of the Dutch
Treaty of Versailles on 28 June 1919.
correct? East India Company.
I. When Alivardi Khan died in 1756, Q.454. Which of the following regions
Q.459. The British annexed Punjab after
Siraj-ud-daulah became the nawab of was annexed by the British East India
defeating the Sikhs in the Anglo-Sikh War
Bengal. Company through the Treaty of Yandabo
in the year ______.
II. In 1757, Robert Clive led the (1826) ?
SSC CPO 24/11/2020 (Evening)
company’s army against Siraj-ud-daulah SSC MTS 20/10/2021 (Morning)
(a) 1835 (b) 1839 (c) 1849 (d) 1845
at Plassey. (a) Assam (b) Kashmir
SSC MTS 07/07/2022 (Afternoon) (c) Odisha (d) Ladakh Sol.459.(c) 1849. This war resulted in
(a) Only II (b) Neither I nor II the fall of the Sikh Empire and The East
(c) Only I (d) Both I and II Sol.454.(a) Assam. Treaty was signed
India Company annexed Punjab and it
between Myanmar and the United
became part of North West Frontier
Sol.449.(d) Both I and II. Battle of Kingdom.
Province.
Plassey (23 June 1757) - Bengal (led by
Siraj ud-Daulah - last independent Nawab Q.455. In 1818, the Holkar Dynasty
Q.460. Who signed the treaty of Alinagar
of Bengal) annexed by the British East signed the Treaty of Mandsaur with the
with the British?
India Company (led by Robert Clive - First ______.
SSC CGL 09/03/2020 (Afternoon)
British Governor of the Bengal SSC MTS 27/10/2021 (Evening)
(a) Mir Qasim (b) Siraj-ud-Daula
Presidency). (a) Danish (b) Dutch (c) British (d) French
(c) Alivardi Khan (d) Mir Jafar

Q.450. In the 18th century, the British Sol.455.(c) British. After Malhar Rao II
Sol.460.(b) Siraj-ud-Daula . The Treaty
fought ______ wars with the Mysore was defeated in the battle of Mahidpur
of Alinagar was signed on 9 February
rulers. (1817) the treaty of Mandsaur was
1757 between Robert Clive of the British
SSC MTS 07/07/2022 (Evening) signed.
East India Company and the Nawab of
(a) Two (b) Six (c) Three (d) Four Q.456. Which of the following battles did Bengal, Mirza Muhammad Siraj Ud Daula.
Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah fight, defeating Based on the terms of the accord, the
Sol.450.(d) Four wars were fought
the forces under Henry Lawrence? Nawab would recognize all the
between British and Mysore rulers: First
SSC CHSL 04/08/2021 (Evening) provisions of Mughal Emperor
Anglo-Mysore War (1767-69), Second
(a) Battle of Kintoor Farrukhsiyar farman of 1717.
Anglo-Mysore War (1780-84), Third
Anglo-Mysore War (1790-92), and Fourth (b) Battle of Saragarhi
(c) Battle of Chinhat Miscellaneous
Anglo-Mysore War (1799).
(d) Battle of Najafgarh
@ebookstore01 Q.461. After the breakup of the Bahmani
Q.451. In which year did Tipu Sultan die
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kingdom, how many independent states first Europeans to come to India by Sea (a) Shaheed Minar–1828 CE
arose? routes in 1498, led by Vasco da Gama at (b) Char Minar–1664 CE
SSC Stenographer 13/10/2023 (Morning) Calicut (Kerala). European nations (c) Chand Minar–1435 CE
(a) 3 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 5 arrived in India after Portuguese: Dutch, (d) Jhulta Minar–1452 CE
English, Danish, and French. The
Sol.461.(d) 5. The Bahmani Empire Sol.468.(b) Char Minar–1664 CE. It was
Portuguese were also the last to leave
(Established - 1347 A.D.) was founded by built by Sultan Mohammed Quli Qutb
India in 1961.
Ala-ud-Din Hasan Bahman Shah. It was Shah in 1591. It was built in honour of his
located in the Deccan region. First Q.465. Who was the teacher of the wife, Bhagmati in Hyderabad. Shaheed
Capital - Gulbarga (1347 to 1425) and famous musician Tansen? Minar: It was built in the memory of
After that Bidar. After the death of SSC CPO 04/10/2023 (Evening) Major-general Sir David Ochterlony,
Muhammad Shah-III (ruler) in 1482, the (a) Ravidas (b) Kalidas commander of the British East India
Kingdom was disintegrated into five (c) Surdas (d) Swami Haridas Company. Chand Minar: It was built by
kingdoms: Bijapur, Ahmednagar, Bera, King Ala-ud-din Bahmani in Daulatabad,
Golconda and Bidar. Sol.465.(d) Swami Haridas. Miyan Maharashtra. Jhulta Minar: It is a
Tansen - Akbar considered him as a surviving part of Sidi Bashir Mosque in
Q.462. Who among the following Navaratnas (nine jewels), and gave him Ahmedabad.
Bahmani sultans transferred his capital the title Mian. His books on music are Sri
from Gulbarga to Bidar? Ganesh Stotra and Sangita Sara. Ravidas Q.469. Ajmer Sharif is the shrine of
SSC CPO 04/10/2023 (Morning) - He was a North Indian mystic poet of which of the following Sufi saints?
(a) Ahmad Shah (b) Humayun the bhakti movement. Kalidas - His SSC MTS 08/09/2023 (2nd Shift)
(c) Mujahid Shah (d) Firuz Shah Sanskrit literary compositions are (a) Mohammad Ghori
Abhijnana Sakuntalam, (b) Mohammad Bin Tughlaq
Sol.462.(a) Ahmad Shah (1422-1435). Malavikagnimitram. Surdas - He was a (c) Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti
Bahmani sultanate was established by contemporary of Akbar; his books are Sur (d) Bakhtiyar Khilji
Alauddin Hasan Bahman Shah (Zafar Sagar, Sur-Saravali.
Khan) in 1347. Bahmani kingdom Sol.469.(c) Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti
comprises the parts of the current day’s Q.466. Which of the following did not was an extremely pious saint who
Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Andhra come into existence as a result of the devoted himself to providing relief to the
Pradesh. Rulers of the Bahmani disintegration of the Bahmani Empire poor. He reached Ajmer, via Lahore, and
Kingdom: Muhammad Shah-I during the 16th century? made it his home from 1192 till his death
(1358-1377), Muhammad Shah-ll SSC CPO 05/10/2023 (Morning) in 1236 AD. Ajmer Sharif Dargah :
(1378-1397), Feroz Shah Bahmani (a) Ahmednagar (b) Golconda Situated in - Rajasthan. Built by -
(1397-1422), Mahmud Gawan. (c) Bidar (d) Gaur Humayun during the rule of the Mughal
Empire .
Q.463. Which Rajput princess belonged Sol.466.(d) Gaur kingdom was situated
to the Bhakti tradition of Medieval India, in Sylhet region of West Bengal. The Q.470. What did the term 'bhoga' refer to
whose songs were devoted to Lord Bahmani Empire was founded by during the medieval period?
Krishna ? Ala-ud-Din Hasan Bahman Shah. It was SSC CHSL 08/08/2023 (4th shift)
SSC CPO 04/10/2023 (Afternoon) located in the Deccan region. First (a) Revenue assignments
(a) Muddupalani (b) Akka Mahadevi Capital - Daulatabad/Devagiri and (b) Donations to temples
(c) Mirabai (d) Lal Ded Second Capital - Gulbarga. After the (c) A festival
death of Muhammad Shah-III (ruler) in (d) Religious function
Sol.463.(c) Mirabai was the Rajput 1482, the Kingdom was disintegrated
princess of Kudki (Now present in Pali Sol.470.(a) Revenue Assignment. Other
into five kingdoms: Bijapur, Ahmednagar, Type of Tax : Kara - It was a generic term
district of Rajasthan) who lived in the Berar, Golconda and Bidar.
16th century. She was married to Bhoj used for taxes. Bhaga - it was King’s
Raj, crown prince of Mewar. Sant Ravidas Q.467. Who succeeded Alivardi Khan as customary share of produce normally
(Raidas) was her teacher. Other Bhakti Nawab of Bengal ? amounting to 1/6th of the total produce.
saints: Lal Ded (Lalleshwari) - A Kashmiri SSC CPO 05/10/2023 (Afternoon) Hiranya - Tax on special produce taken in
mystic of Kashmir Shaivism, who created (a) Shaukat Jang (b) Siraj-ud-Daulah cash. Chat - Security Tax. Prataya -Toll
a style of mystic poetry called vatsun or (c) Mir Kasim (d) Mir Jaffar Tax.
Vakhs. Akkamahadevi - A 12th-century Q.471. Joseph Francois Dupleix was the
bhakti saint of Lingayat Shaivism sect Sol.467.(b) Siraj-ud-Daulah (Reign: 1756
-1757) - Last independent Nawab of Governor General of which of the
who belonged to the southern region of following East India companies in India?
Karnataka. Bengal. Alivardi Khan - Nawab of Bengal
from 1740 to 1756. He is known for his SSC CHSL 08/08/2023 (2nd shift)
Q.464. Europeans entered India with a victory during the battle of Burdwan (a) Dutch (b) French
mindset of trading only. This streak was against Maratha Empire during the (c) English (d) Portuguese
initiated by which of the following Maratha invasion of Bengal. Mir Qasim - Sol.471.(b) French (Last European to
European nations ? Nawab of Bengal (1760-1763). arrive in India). Governor-General Dupleix
SSC CPO 04/10/2023 (Afternoon) was appointed in 1742. French East India
(a) Dutch (b) French Q.468. Select the INCORRECT pair of a
famous minaret and its construction year Company : Established in - 1664. The
(c) British (d) Portuguese First French Factory - Surat (1668),
in India. @ebookstore01
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Headquarters - Pondicherry. Europeans (a) Berar (b) Bidar was succeeded by his son Muhammed
in India - Portuguese (1498), Dutch (c) Ahmednagar (d) Golkonda Shah I (who defeated Bukka I of
(1602), British (1608), Danes (1616). Vijaynagar). Feroz Shah Bahmani
Sol.475.(a) Berar (Maharashtra). Imad
(1397-1422 A.D.) - defeated Deva Raya I,
Q.472. Rajaram was the leader of which Shahi Dynasty: Established by - Fathullah
emperor of Vijayanagara Empire, and
of the following revolts against the Imad Ul Mulk (1490). He fortified
married his daughter.
Mughlas? Gavilgad and Narnala. Berar Sultanate
SSC CHSL 11/08/2023 (2nd shift) was annexed by Sultan Murtaza Shah of Q.480. Name the Bhakti Saint from South
(a) Satnami (b) Bundela Ahmednagar Kingdom in 1574. Capital - India who was initially a Jaina and a
(c) Jat (d) Munda Ellichpur. Bahamani sultanate broke up minister in the court of a Chalukya king in
into five states. the twelfth century.
Sol.472.(c) Jat revolt (Mathura). In 1669 SSC CGL 27/07/2023 (3rd shift)
CE against Aurangzeb. Satnami revolt Q.476. In the 15th century, a text called
(a) Karaikkal Ammaiyar
(1672) - The Satnamis were a sect _____ is ascribed popularly to Lochan Kavi.
(b) Basavanna
comprising peasants, artisans and SSC CGL 21/07/2023 (3rd shift)
(c) Eknath
untouchables who rebelled against the (a) Hridayprakash (b) Sangeet Darpan
(d) Tallapaka Annamacharya
Aurangzeb in Narnaul (Haryana). (c) Anup Vilas (d) Raag Tarangini
Bundela Rebellion (1842) - Jawahar Sol.480.(b) Basavanna - Founder of
Sol.476.(d) Raag Tarangini - Initiated an
Singh Bundela of Chandrapur and Lingayatism; Prime minister of
alternative system of the division of rags,
Madhukar Shah of Narhat were the Kalachurya king Bijjala (1157-1167);
'the Thaat system'. Lochan Kavi (Lochan
leaders of the revolt. There was an Founded the Anubhava Mantapa.
Panit) belonged to the Mithila region
upsurge in the Sagar-Narmada territory Karaikkal Ammaiyar (5th century AD) -
(Bihar). “Sangeet Darpan” was written by
against British tyranny. Munda Revolt One of the three women amongst the 63
Damodar Pandit. “Anup Rag Vilas” is
(1899 -1900) is a tribal rebellion. Birsa Nayanars. Eknath (1533–1599) - Devotee
written by Kumar Gandharva.
Munda led this movement south of of the Hindu deity Vitthal and is a major
Ranchi. Q.477. Who founded the independent figure of the Warkari movement.
State of Bengal? Tallapaka Annamacharya (1408-1503) -
Q.473. Who composed 'Shahnama" ? Devotee of Venkateswara, a form of Lord
SSC CGL 21/07/2023 (4th shift)
SSC CHSL 11/08/2023 (4th shift) Vishnu and composed songs called
(a) Alivardi khan (b) Murshid Quli Khan
(a) Abdulla (b) Alberuni Sankirtana.
(c) Sarafraz Khan (d) Shuja-ud-Din
(c) Ferdowsi (d) Utbi
Sol.477.(b) Murshid Quli Khan (Zamin Ali Q.481. The eleventh century structure of
Sol.473.(c) Ferdowsi (Court poet of Bhojshala in the state of Madhya
Quli) was born as Surya Narayan Mishra;
Mahmud of Ghazni) - A Persian poet and Pradesh was constructed under the
the first Nawab of Bengal (1717 to 1727).
the author of Shahnameh ("Book of patronage of which dynasty?
He built the Katra Masjid (1723-1724)
Kings''), which is one of the world's Graduate Level 27/06/2023 ( Shift - 4)
where he was buried after his death.
longest epic poems created by a single (a) Chandela (b) Paramara
poet, and the greatest epic of Q.478. Who among the following was the (c) Nanda (d) Gurjara-Pratihara
Persian-speaking countries. Books and Maharana of Mewar and composed a
Authors : Astadhyayi (Panini), book on music called 'Sangeet Raj' ? Sol.481.(b) Paramara. 'Bhojshala' is an
Mahabhasya (Patanjali), Nagananda SSC CGL 25/07/2023 (1st shift) ancient and the only temple of Mata
(Harshavardhana), Mrichhakatikam (a) Maharana Sanga Saraswati. It is located in Dhar district of
(Sudraka), Gitagovinda (Jayadev). (b) Maharana Pratap Madhya Pradesh. The Paramara dynasty
(c) Maharana Kumbha (Rajput) ruled Malwa and the adjacent
Q.474. Malik Ambar, who resisted regions in west-central India from the 9th
(d) Maharana Udai Singh
Mughals in Deccan, was an able century to the 14th century. Founder -
administrator of which state? Sol.478.(c) Maharana Kumbha Upendra or Krishnaraja.
SSC CGL 18/07/2023 (1st shift) (1433-1468 AD) belonged to the Sisodia
(a) Bidar (b) Bijapur clan of Rajputs. Titles of Maharana Q.482. Initially who among the following
(c) Golconda (d) Ahmednagar Kumbha: Abhinav Bhattacharya, Rajguru, were subordinate to the Chalukyas of
Daanguru, Halguru, Rano Raso. Karnataka?
Sol.474.(d) Ahmednagar. Malik Ambar Graduate Level 28/06/2023 ( Shift - 3)
was an African-origin statesman and Q.479. Who among the following was the (a) Rashtrakutas (b) Satavahanas
military leader who served as the regent founder of the Bahmani Sultanate, who (c) Pratiharas (d) Palas
of the Nizam Shahi dynasty in the took the title of Bahman Shah after his
Deccan, of Ahmednagar (now part of accession to the throne? Sol.482.(a) Rashtrakutas : Capital -
Maharashtra). He changed the capital SSC CGL 26/07/2023 (1st shift) Manyakheta. Founder - Dantidurga, he
from Paranda to Junnar and founded a (a) Muhammad Shah defeated Chalukya King Kirtivarman II.
new city, Khadki which was later on (b) Ghiyas ud din Tahmatan Shah Chalukya dynasty: founder - Pulakeshin I.
changed to Aurangabad by the Emperor (c) Daud Shah Satavahana dynasty: founder - Simuka .
Aurangzeb. He is especially famous for (d) Alauddin Hasan Pala dynasty - founder - Gopal I.
the Neher water system of the city.
Sol.479.(d) Alauddin Hasan (Hasan Q.483. In which of the following places is
Q.475. The Imadshahi family was known Gangu): Reign - 1347 to 1358. He the Tomb of Ahmad Shah Al Wali
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(a) Fatehpur Sikri (b) Agra temple (Gujarat). The Sikh style of Sol.491.(c) Brahmaputra valley.
(c) Ashtoor (d) Ajmer architecture - Keshgarh Sahib and the Chaolung Sukapha founded the Ahom
Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple). kingdom (13th century) that ruled Assam
Sol.483.(c) Ashtoor. Ahmed Shah Al Wali for six centuries. It was annexed by
Bahamani (1422 to 1436, Bahmani Q.487. Udaipur was founded by _________ British India in 1826 with the signing of
Sultanate) - Ashtoor is an important after the fall of Chittor to Akbar in 1568. the Treaty of Yandaboo. Lachit
center of Indo-Saracenic monuments. SSC MTS 08/05/2023 (Afternoon) Borphukan (military general of Ahom
Twelve imposing mausoleums are (a) Sawai Jai Singh (b) Raja Bharmal kingdom) defeated mughal forces in the
located at Ashtur east of Bidar. Major (c) Man singh (d) Rana Udai Singh Battle of Saraighat 1671.
tombs in Ashtoor: Tomb of Ahmad
Shah’s Queen, Tomb of Sultan Allauddin Sol.487.(d) Rana Udai Singh. Udaipur is Q.492. What did the medieval term
Shah II, Tomb of Sultan Humayun, Tomb known as 'Venice of the East' and the city "Raqs" mean ?
of Malika-i-Jahan. of lakes. SSC MTS 15/06/2023 (Evening)
Q.488. Which architectural style of India (a) Dancing (b) Singing
Q.484. The Hoysaleshvara temple was (c) Chanting (d) Ritual
built with which of the following stones was distinguished by the use of
by a Hoysala king in 1150? overhanging balconies and arched Sol.492.(a) Dancing. Medieval Terms
Matric Level 27/06/2023 (Shift - 1) cornices? and Meaning: Amils (Revenue), Bargir
(a) Dark Schist Stone (b) White Marble SSC MTS 11/05/2023 (Evening) (Cavalrymen), Daam (Coin), Dhimmis
(c) Sandstone (d) Grey Basalt (a) Rajput (b) Sikh (c) Nagar (d) Mughal (Non-Muslims people), Din (Religion),
Sol.488.(a) Rajput. The Rajput fort ‘Hawa Diwan (Function of finance), Wilayat (The
Sol.484.(a) Dark Schist Stone. The spiritual territory of a Sufi).
temples were known for its pillared hall Mahal’ (Jaipur) is an example of Rajput
and stellate plan. Capital of Hoysala - Architecture. Sikh Style - The Harimandir Q.493. Islamic style of architecture is
Dorasamudra (Dwarasamudra). Founder Sahib (Golden Temple). Nagara Style - also known as __________ style.
- Sala. Famous poets: Harihar, Sun Temple (Modhera), Sun Temple SSC MTS 19/06/2023 (Morning)
Rahavanka and Janna. Jain temple of (Konark), Kandariya Mahadeva (Madhya (a) Hegira (b) Yashmak
Dilwara in Mount Abu (Rajasthan) made Pradesh). Mughal Style - Taj Mahal, (c) Alim (d) Mehrab
of white marble. The temples of Humayun’s Tomb, Agra Fort.
Khajuraho (Madhya Pradesh) were built Sol.493.(d) Mehrab - It indicates the
Q.489. Who among the following built direction of Mecca (Qibla), which
entirely of sandstone. the Hawa Mahal in Jaipur? Muslims face when praying. Islamic
Q.485. Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri SSC MTS 17/05/2023 (Afternoon) architecture includes use of specific
is a gateway to which of the following (a) Maharaja Narinder Singh ornamental forms, including
mosques? (b) Krishnarajendra Wadiyar IV mathematically complicated, elaborate
Matric Level 27/06/2023 (Shift - 2) (c) Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh geometric patterns, floral motifs like the
(a) Moti Masjid (d) Raja Man Singh - I arabesque, and elaborate calligraphic
(b) Jama Masjid Sol.489.(c) Maharaja Sawai Pratap inscriptions. Other Terms: Hegira -
(c) Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra Singh. Hawa Mahal - Its five story Muhammad's journey from Mecca to
(d) Jamali Kamali outside is likened to a honeycomb with Medina in 622 AD. Yashmak - A piece of
its 953 little windows called Jharokhas. material covering most of the face, worn
Sol.485.(b) Jama Masjid (Great by some Muslim women. Alim - A person
Mosque). The Buland Darwaza (Victory Q.490. Ananga Pala was a ruler of which who became a scholar in the Islamic
Gate, Highest gateway in the world) at dynasty ? tradition.
Fatehpur Sikri (World Heritage site, 1986) SSC MTS 13/06/2023 (Evening)
was built by Mughal emperor Akbar (a) Rajput Dynasty Q.494. Bhakti saints, Nayanars were
(reigned 1556–1605) to commemorate (b) Gurjara-Pratihara Dynasty devotees of which of the following gods?
his victory over Gujarat. (c) Pallava Dynasty SSC MTS 20/06/2023 (Morning)
(d) Khilji Dynasty (a) Murugan (b) Shiva (c) Vishnu (d) Indra
Q.486.Bahmani Monuments at Gulbarga,
Karnataka represent _________ style of Sol.490.(a) Rajput Dynasty - It was Sol.494.(b) Shiva. The Nayanars were a
architecture. founded by Simharaj, who is famously group of 63 saints devoted to Lord Shiva
SSC MTS 03/05/2023 (Afternoon) known as the founder of the city of who lived during the 6th to 8th centuries
(a) Mameluke (b) Sikh Ajmer. Ananga Pala - He was a king of CE. The Alwars were Tamil poet-saints of
(c) Deccan (d) Nagara the Tomara dynasty, who ruled over South India who espoused devotion to
areas of Delhi in India. Lord Vishnu.
Sol.486.(c) Deccan. The Deccan style of
architecture is a fusion of Persian and Q.491. The Ahom Kingdom in India was Q.495. Which among the following forts
Indian architectural styles. It is mainly located in the _______. was principal capital of Qutb Shahi
inspired by styles from the Delhi SSC MTS 14/06/2023 (Morning) dynasty in Hyderabad?
Sultanate and later Mughal architecture. (a) Chota Nagpur plateau SSC CHSL 16/03/2023 (1st Shift)
Example: Vatapi, Aihole, Pattadakal, etc. (b) Vindhayas (a) Chiktan Fort (b) Rajgad Fort
The Nagara style of architecture - (c) Brahmaputra valley (c) Red Fort (d) Golconda Fort
Kandariya Mahadev Temple (Madhya (d) Coastal Odisha
Pradesh), Sun temple (Konark), Sun Sol.495.(d) Golconda Fort - It was built
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principal capital of the Qutb Shahi Q.499. Nagabhata was the king of which Vijayanagar Kingdoms.
dynasty in Hyderabad. Rajgad Fort - of the following dynasty?
Pune ( Maharashtra). Chhatrapati Shivaji SSC CGL 06/12/2022 (3rd Shift) Q.503. Who was the architect of the
renovated this fort and made it his (a) Kakatiya (b) Vardhana famous Mysore Palace in Karnataka?
capital in 1674 AD. Chiktan Fort - Kargil (c) Pratihara (d) Reddy Graduate Level 03/08/2022 (Shift - 3)
(Ladakh). (a) Henry Irwin
Sol.499.(c) Pratihara dynasty. (b) William Emerson
Q.496. Which of the following books was Nagabhata ruled from 730 – 760 CE. (c) Frederick William Stevens
written by the Roman writer Pliny the Capital of Pratihara dynasty: first Ujjain (d) Edwin Lutyens
elder? then Kannauj. Kakatiya dynasty {Founder:
SSC CGL Tier II (03/03/2023) Rudradeva- I}. Vardhana dynasty Sol.503.(a) Henry Irwin. Mysore Palace
(a) Indica {founder: Pushyabhuti}. Reddi kingdom (also known as Amba Villas) is a
(b) Natural History {Prolaya Vema Reddi}. historical palace at Mysore in Karnataka.
(c) Geographica It was the official residence of the
(d) Periplus of the Erythraean Sea Q.500. The craftspersons of Bidar were Wadiyar dynasty. Mysore Palace was
so famed for their inlay work in ______. constructed in Indo-Saracenic style
Sol.496.(b) Natural History. Important SSC CGL 08/12/2022 (4th Shift) architecture.
Books and Authors: “Gathasaptashati” - (a) Gold and Bronze (b) Bronze and Silver
Hala, “Indica” - Megasthenes, (c) Gold and Copper (d) Copper and Silver Q.504. The Vimana in the Dravidian style
“Geographica” - Strabo, “Periplus of the of temple architecture is usually in which
Erythraean Sea:” - William H Schoff, Sol.500.(d) Copper and Silver. Work of shape?
“Kathasaritsagara” - Somadeva, Bidar (Karnataka) craftsperson called Higher Secondary 01/08/2022 (Shift - 3)
“Mudrarakshasa” - Vishakhadatta, BIdri. Bidar was the capital of Bahmani (a) Semi-Circular (b) Cylindrical
“Rajtarangini” - Kalhana. Kingdom in the 14th century. Bidar fort (c) Pyramidal (d) Rectangular
was built by Ahmad Shah Wali Bahman.
Q.497. Which of the following cities Bidar is also considered one of the Sol.504.(c) Pyramidal. Gopuram
became the capital of Bengal in 1704 ? holiest places for Sikh pilgrimage. (entrance gateway in the center of the
SSC CGL 12/12/2022 (4th Shift) front wall). Antarala (vestibular tunnel),
(a) Howrah (b) Murshidabad Q.501. In 1342, one of the nobles, Haji garbhagriha (the innermost sanctuary of
(c) Kharagpur (d) Kolkata Ilyas Khan united Bengal and became its a Hindu and Jain temple). Famous
ruler under the title of __________and laid Dravidian Temples - Rajarajeswara or
Sol.497.(b) Murshidabad. Murshid Quli the foundation of the Ilyas Shah dynasty. Brihadeshwara temple (Rajaraja Chola at
Khan (Zamin Ali Quli) transferred his SSC CPO 11/11/2022 (Morning) Thanjavur), Gangaikondacholapuram
capital to the then Mukhsusabad later (a) Shams-ud-din Iliyas Shah temple (Rajendra I), Annamalaiyar
came to be known after Murshid Quli (b) Ghiyasuddin Azam Temple (Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu),
Khan as Murshidabad in 1704 A.D. (c) Sultan Abu al-Mujahid Meenakshi Temple (Tamil Nadu),
Murshidabad (West Bengal) on the banks (d) Sultan Sayf ad-Din Airavatesvara Temple (Tamil Nadu) etc.
of the Bhagirathi became the center of
silk. Murshid Quli Khan (1717-1727) was Sol.501.(a) Shams-ud-din Ilyas Shah Q.505. Most Mughal buildings are
the first Nawab of Bengal. {(founder of Bengal Sultanate and Ilyas constructed using which building
Shahi dynasty (First dynasty of Bengal)}. material?
Q.498. Which of the following statement Dynasties of Bengal Sultanate - Ilyas Higher Secondary 05/08/2022 (Shift - 2)
is correct with respect to the Prashastis Shahi (1342-1415), Ganesha (1414 (a) Grey sandstone (b) Yellow sandstone
and land grants? -1435), Restorer of Ilyas Dynasty (c) Red sandstone (d) Granite
I. Prashastis were composed by learned (Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah-I, 1435
Brahmanas. -1487), Habshi rule (Shahzada Barbak, Sol.505.(c) Red sandstone. Features of
II. Kings often rewarded Brahmanas by 1487-1494) and Hussain Shahi dynasty Mughal Architecture: a mix of Indian,
grants of land which were recorded on (Alauddin Hussain Shah - 1494-1519). Persian, and Turkish architectural styles,
copper plates. building materials (red sandstone and
SSC CGL 12/12/2022 (1st Shift) Q.502. Which Bahmani ruler granted the white marble), Charbagh gardens,
(a) Only I (b) Both I and II title of 'Chief of the Merchants' or arabesque, geometric patterns on pillars
(c) Only II (d) Neither I nor II Malikut-Tujjar to Mahmud Gawan? and walls, large entrances, and
SSC CPO 11/11/2022 (Morning) magnificent calligraphy.
Sol.498.(b) Both I and II. Prashastis (a) Humayun Shah
(metal plates) were written by Brahmans (b) Alauddin Hasan Bahman Shah Q.506. Consider the following
in Sanskrit or any regional language. (c) Muhammmad Shah statements about a fort:
They have been written in the 1st (d) Feroz Shah 1. It was originally known as Mankal.
millennium and onwards in the form of 2. It was built on a hilltop in 1143.
prose or poetry. Example: Allahabad Sol.502.(a) Humayun Shah (1458 – In the above mentioned sentences, forts
Pillar Inscription Sanskrit poem (by 1461) Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah founded is being talked about?
Harishena in praise of King Bahmani Kingdom in 1347. Gulbarga Fort SSC MTS 05/07/2022 (Evening)
Samudragupta). Agrahara (Agraharam, in Karnataka was built by him. (a) Chitradurg Fort (b) Daulatabad Fort
Ghatoka, Boya) refers to the land, village, Mohammed Shah I was the 2nd ruler of (c) Fort Aguada (d) Golconda Fort
or fields that were given to Brahmans. the Bahmani Sultanate. Tajuddin Feroz
Shah (Bahmani KIngdom) is famous for Sol.506.(d) Golconda fort (Hyderabad;
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Chitradurga fort (Karnataka; built by the (a) Neither I nor II (b) Both I and II 1782 and was succeeded by his son
Chalukyas and Hoysalas, later the (c) Only II (d) Only I Tipu.
Nayakas of Chitradurga of the
Vijayanagar Empire. Daulatabad fort Sol.510.(b) Both I and II. Different styles Q.515. What was the capital of the
(Maharashtra; built by Yadava dynasty), of Temple architecture in India Nagara Satavahana Dynasty (60 BC-225 AD)?
and Aguada Fort (Goa; built by or the north Indian temple style SSC MTS 22/07/2022 (Morning)
Portuguese). Rekha-prasada/Latina, Phamsana, and (a) Pratishthana (b) Vidisha
Valabhi; Dravida Or South Indian Temple (c) Patliputra (d) Vanji
Q.507. The temples of Khajuraho are a Style Kuta or Caturasra, Shala or
magnificent example of the ______ of the Ayatasra, Gaja-prishta or vrittayata, Vritta, Sol.515.(a) Pratishthana. Satavahanas
temple. and Ashtasra. (Simuka was the founder) succeeded the
SSC MTS 07/07/2022 (Morning) Mauryas in Deccan and in Central India.
(a) Vesara style (b) Nagara style Q.511. Tipu Sultan became the ruler of They had two capitals one was
(c) Eastern style (d) Dravidian style Mysore in ______. Pratishthana (modern Paithan) on the
SSC MTS 14/07/2022 (Evening) Godavari in Aurangabad district and the
Sol.507.(b) Nagara style. Basically, there (a) 1765 (b) 1782 (c) 1775 (d) 1762 second one was Amravati.
are 3 kinds of temple architecture:
Nagara Style, Dravida Style, and Vesara Sol.511.(b) December 1782. Tipu Sultan Q.516. The Mughal emperor Bahadur
Style. Examples of Nagara-style temples (Tiger of Mysore) succeeded his father Shah Zafar died in______.
in India are- Khajuraho temples in MP, Hyder Ali as the Ruler of Mysore. The SSC MTS 25/07/2022 (Afternoon)
Kandariya Mahadev Temple in Madhya Mysore Palace was the residence of the (a) 1857 (b) 1858 (c) 1862 (d) 1859
Pradesh, Sun temple at Konark, Sun Wodeyar Dynasty.
Sol.516.(c) 1862. Bahadur Shah Zafar
temple at Modhera, Gujarat, and Ossian Q.512. Who among the following was was a titular Emperor, as the Mughal
temple in Gujarat, etc. given the title of ‘Uttarapatha Swamin’ ? Empire existed in name only and his
Q.508. Which of the following is a SSC MTS 15/07/2022 (Afternoon) authority was limited only to the walled
famous example of a temple built in (a) Mahipala (b) Devapala city of Old Delhi (Shahjahanabad).
complete Dravidian style? (c) Dharmapala (d) Gopala Following his involvement in the Indian
SSC MTS 08/07/2022 (Evening) Mutiny of 1857, the British exiled him to
Sol.512.(c) Dharmapala assumed the Rangoon in British-controlled Burma in
(a) Konark Sun temple, Konark title of Uttarapatha Swamin, Parama
(b) Kandariya Mahadeo temple at 1858, after convicting him on several
Bhattaraka, Paramesvara, and charges.
Khajuraho Maharajadhiraja. He was the successor
(c) Kamakhya temple at Guwahati of Gopala (founder of the Pala empire). Q.517. In 1590, the Govind Deva temple
(d) Kailasa temple at Ellora He was a pious Buddhist. He founded of Vrindavan, near Mathura was
Sol.508.(d) Kailash Temple at Ellora was Vikramshila University in Bhagalpur, constructed from ______ sandstone.
built by Krishna I of the Rashtrakuta Bihar. SSC MTS 26/07/2022 (Morning)
Dynasty. King Narasimhadeva I built (a) yellow (b) black (c) white (d) Red
Q.513. Which of the following was an
Konark temple. Kandariya Mahadeo integral part of the Indo-Islamic form of Sol.517.(d) Red. The Govind Deva temple
temple was built by Vidyadhara - a architecture? was built by the king of Jaipur, Man
powerful Chandela king. Kamakhya SSC MTS 18/07/2022 (Morning) Singh, in 1590 in Vrindavan in Uttar
temple was built by the Mlechchha (a) dome Pradesh.
dynasty. Rebuilt by Koch King Nara (b) Shutter windows
Narayan and Ahom kings. (c) Tall and steep slopes Q.518. The book ‘Man Kautuhal’ was
(d) Square roofs compiled by which of the following kings
Q.509. The ancient Neemrana Baori is of Medieval India?
located in which of the following districts Sol.513.(a) Dome (large hemispherical SSC CHSL 06/06/2022 (Morning)
of Rajasthan? roof), arch, and Muqarnas vault. Styles of (a) Raja Mansingh Tomar
SSC MTS 11/07/2022 (Evening) Indo-Islamic Architecture: The Imperial (b) Krishna II
(a) Ajmer (b) Alwar (c) Bikaner (d) Jaipur Style (Delhi sultanate); The Provincial (c) Parantaka Viranarayana
Sol.509.(b) Alwar. Famous Baori in India styles (Mandu, Gujarat, Bengal, and (d) Rajashekhara Varman
- Chand Baori (Rajasthan), Agrasen Ki Jaunpur); The Mughal Style (Delhi, Agra,
and Lahore); The Deccani style (Bijapur Sol.518.(a) Raja Mansingh Tomar. He
Baoli (New Delhi), Rani ki Vav (Gujarat), was the ruler of Gwalior. He was a patron
Pushkarani (Karnataka), Baoli Ghaus Ali and Golconda).
of the Dhrupad genre from Hindustani
Shah (Haryana), Mata Bhavani ni Vav Q.514. Who was the ruler of Mysore in Classical Music. He built Gwalior fort
(Gujarat), Rajon ki Baoli (New Delhi), 1761 ? (Gujari Mahal and Man Mandir Palace).
Surya Kund (Gujarat). SSC MTS 21/07/2022 (Afternoon) The founder of the Tomar dynasty in
Q.510. Which of the given statements (a) Baji Rao (b) Murshid Quli Jafar Khan India was Anangapala I.
related to the temples of India is correct? (c) Hyder Ali (d) Nizam-ul-Mulk
Q.519. King Lalitaditya Muktapida ruled
I. The Nagara style of architecture is also Sol.514.(c) Hyder Ali. In 1769, he over ______.
known as the North Indian style defeated the British forces several times SSC CGL 12/04/2022 (Evening)
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the first independent sultan of Gujarat, rulers to lead an armed rebellion against of Krishna worship for adoration.
who founded Ahmedabad (1411).The the British East India Company in 1824
Chogyal (king who governs with against the implementation of the Q.529. Who among the following was the
righteousness) Palden Namgyal Thodup Doctrine of Lapse. founder of the Suryavamsi Gajapati
was crushed in 1975 and Sikkim merged SSC MTS 07/10/2021 (Morning) dynasty that ruled parts of Orissa and
with India as its 22nd state. King (a) Kittur Chennamma (b) Titumir Andhra Pradesh in the 15th century?
Mahabali ruled over Kerala. (c) Jayi Rajaguru (d) Pazhassi Raja SSC MTS 26/10/2021 (Morning)
(a) Bhanu Deva (b) Vasu Deva
Q.520. During the rule of which dynasty Sol.524.(a) Kittur Chennamma was one (c) Surendra Deva (d) Kapilendra Deva
were Nalanda and Vikramashila of the first Indian rulers to lead an armed
universities founded? rebellion against the British East India Sol.529.(d) Kapilendra Deva was the
SSC CGL 13/04/2022(Evening) Company in 1824 against the founder of the Suryavamsi Gajapati
(a) The Palas (b) The Senas implementation of the Doctrine of Lapse. dynasty that ruled parts of Orissa and
(c) The Pratihara (d) The Rashtrakutas Andhra Pradesh in the 15th century
Q.525. Which of the following cities (1434–66 CE).
Sol.520.(a) The Palas. Kumargupta became the capital of Bahamani
founded Nalanda University in the 5th sultanate immediately after its Q.530. Which city was the capital of the
century A.D. Vikramashila was foundation? French Colony in India?
established by the Pala emperor SSC MTS 08/10/2021 (Afternoon) SSC MTS 26/10/2021 (Evening)
Dharmapala . (a) Devagiri (b) Daulatabad (a) Cochin (b) Tuticorin
(c) Asanabad (d) Berar (c) Pondicherry (d) Panjim
Q.521. Chandannagar was established
as a French colony in 1673, obtaining Sol.525.(c) Ahsanabad. Bahamani Sol.530.(c) Pondicherry. Five French
permission from______ the then Nawab Sultanate (Sunni Muslim empire that colonies are Pondicherry, Karaikal in
of Bengal, to establish a trading post on ruled the Deccan) - Founded in 1347 by Tamil Nadu and Yanaon in Andhra
the right bank of the river Hooghly. ʿAlaʾ al-Din Bahman Shah. Between 1490 Pradesh on the Coromandel Coast, Mahe
SSC CGL 18/04/2022 (Evening) and 1518 dissolved into the five in Kerala on the Malabar Coast and
(a) Mansur Ali Khan successor powers of Bijapur, Chandernagore in West Bengal.
(b) Murshid Quli Khan Ahmadnagar, Golconda, Berar, and Bidar. Q.531. Who among the following was the
(c) Ibrahim Khan Nizam of Hyderabad in 1947?
(d) Mir Zafar Q.526. Vikramaditya VI, whose biography
was composed by his court poet Bilhana, SSC CGL 16/08/2021 (Morning)
Sol.521.(c) Ibrahim Khan. French was a ruler of ______ dynasty. (a) Mir Mahbub Ali Khan (b) Osman Ali
Colonies In India- Pondicherry, Karaikal, SSC MTS 11/10/2021 (Evening) (c) Akbar Ali Khan (d) Nasir Jung
Yanam (Andhra Pradesh) on the (a) Chalukya (b) Ganga Sol.531.(b) Osman Ali. He was the last
Coromandel Coast, Mahe on the Malabar (c) Rashtrakuta (d) Pallava Nizam (ruler) of the Princely State of
Coast and Chandernagor in Bengal. Hyderabad. He ruled the Kingdom of
Sol.526.(a) Chalukya. Vikramaditya VI,
Q.522. Hafiz (Hafez) was a ______ whose biography was composed by his Hyderabad between 1911 and 1948.
century poet whose collection of poems court poet Bilhana, was a ruler of Q.532. Which of the following is the
is known as 'Diwan' or 'Diwan-e-Hafiz'. Chalukya dynasty. The Chalukya dynasty meaning of ‘Pishtaq’ in the context of
SSC MTS 05/10/2021 (Morning) was established by Pulakeshin I in 543 medieval Indo-Islamic Architecture?
(a) 14th (b) 15th (c) 16th (d) 17th AD. SSC CGL 16/08/2021 (Morning)
Sol.522.(a) 14th-century '. Hafez was an Q.527. 'Rang Ghar', one of Asia's oldest (a) Dome (b) Tall gateway
Iranian poet. His collection of poems amphitheatres, was built by the king of (c) True arch (d) Water tank
‘Diwan’ is in Persian language. Most of the ___dynasty. Sol.532.(b) tall gateway. Pishtaq is a
the parts of ‘Diwan’ are Ghazals. SSC MTS 18/10/2021 (Evening) Persian/Farsi word that means ‘front of
(a) Sen (b) Ahom (c) Mughal (d) Gupta arch’. It is a rectangular frame around an
Q.523. In the context of Sufi traditions,
what is the meaning of the word 'sama'? Sol.527.(b) Ahom Dynasty. Rang Ghar, arched opening of a building like
SSC MTS 05/10/2021 (Evening) constructed by the Ahom King mosques and palaces.
(a) recitation of sacred songs Swargadeo Promotta Singha. Q.533. Prophet Muhammad founded the
(b) Magical feat faith of Islam in the ______ century.
(c) disciple Q.528. Who among the following was the
founder of the Bhakti sect named SSC CGL 24/08/2021 (Morning)
(d) Ashram (a) sixth (b) eighth (c) seventh (d) ninth
'Pushtimarg'?
Sol.523.(a) recitation of sacred songs. SSC MTS 20/10/2021 (Morning) Sol.533.(c) Seventh century. Islam is the
Sufism (tasawwuf) is a mystic sect of (a) Vallabhacharya (b) Kabir 2nd largest religion in the world. Largest
Islam that emphasizes introspection and (c) Shankaracharya (d) Ramanuja religion - Christianity.
spiritual closeness with God. They
believe in inner purity rather than Sol.528.(a) Vallabhacharya founded the Q.534. Who among the following was
external conduct and rituals. Krishna-centered PushtiMarg sect of appointed as the curator of ancient
Vaishnavism in the Braj region of India, monuments in 1880?
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(a) Alfred Foucher (b) HH Cole Mundi, tasting Chaa (tea) in China and (c) John Shore
(c) John Marshall (d) Rajendra Lal Mitra travelled extensively in Asia, Russia and (d) Warren Hastings
Europe.
Sol.534.(b) HH Cole. He was a British Sol.543.(b) 2nd Earl Cornwallis. The
civil servant and inventor who facilitated Q.539. Who among the following was the resultant war lasted three years and was
many innovations in commerce and first Portuguese viceroy of India? a resounding defeat for Mysore.
Education. SSC CPO 23/11/2020 (Evening)
(a) Alfonso de Albuquerque Q.544. In which year did the Portuguese
Q.535. Which of the following dynasties (b) Duarte de Menezes capture Goa?
made Kanauj (Kanyakubja) its capital (c) Francisco de Almeida SSC CGL 09/03/2020 (Morning)
city? (d) Lopo Soares de Albergaria (a) 1510 AD (b) 1540 AD
SSC CHSL 15/04/2021 (Afternoon) (c) 1610 AD (d) 1475 AD
(a) Pala dynasty (b) Pratihara dynasty Sol.539.(c) Francisco de Almeida was
(c) Sena dynasty (d) Chola dynasty the first Portuguese viceroy of India in Sol.544.(a) 1510 AD. Portuguese
1505. He was given the credit of Governor Afonso de Albuquerque
Sol.535.(b) Pratihara dynasty was an Portuguese possession in India. His captured Goa (became the capital of the
imperial power during the Late Classical policy was to maintain a strong naval Portuguese) from the Adil Shahis. The
period on the Indian subcontinent that army over the Indian ocean. Portuguese were the first European to
ruled much of Northern India from the come (1498) and the last one to leave
mid-8th to the 11th century. They ruled Q.540. Who among the following did India (1961).
first at Ujjain and later at Kannauj. NOT belong to the Rajput kingdom of
Marwar?
Q.536. Which part of India did the SSC CPO 24/11/2020 (Morning)
Modern History
Nizams of Asaf Jahi dynasty rule? (a) Rao Jodha (b) Rao Chanda
SSC CHSL 10/08/2021 (Morning) (c) Rana Kumbha (d) Maldeva The Revolt of 1857
(a) Western kingdoms (b) Eastern states
(c) Deccan provinces (d) Northern India Sol.540.(c) Rana Kumbha was Q.545. Who among the following leaders
associated with the Mewar Kingdom. He led the Revolt of 1857 in Bihar?
Sol.536.(c) Deccan provinces. The Asaf belonged to the Sisodia clan. He Built SSC MTS 04/09/2023 (3rd Shift)
Jahi was a Muslim dynasty that ruled the Vijaya Stambha (dedicated to lord (a) Rajendra Prasad (b) Devi Singh
Kingdom of Hyderabad. It was founded Vishnu) within Chittor Fort in 1448 to (c) Rajkumar Shukla (d) Kunwar Singh
by Nizam al-Mulk who was intermittently commemorate his victory over the army
viceroy of the Deccan (peninsular India) of Malwa led by Mahmud Khalji in the Sol.545.(d) Kunwar Singh. He belonged
under the Mughal emperors from 1713 to Battle of Sarangpur. to a family of the Ujjainiya clan of the
1721 and who resumed the post again Parmar Rajputs of Jagdishpur (Bhojpur).
under the title Aaf Jah in 1724. Q.541. Kalinjar Fort, which was The Revolt of 1857 is known by several
strategically important during medieval names: the Sepoy Mutiny, the Indian
Q.537. Who among the following was a times, is located in: Mutiny, the Great Rebellion, and the First
Portuguese writer who wrote about the SSC CPO 24/11/2020(Morning) War of Independence (by Vinayak
trade and society in South India? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Rajasthan Damodar Savarkar).
SSC CHSL 10/08/2021 (Morning) (c) Punjab (d) Sind
(a) Niccolao Manucci Q.546. From which place did the Revolt
(b) Francois Bernier Sol.541.(a) Uttar Pradesh (Banda of 1857 start?
(c) Jean-Baptiste Tavernier district). Kalinjar Fort - Built by the SSC CHSL 04/08/2023 (1st shift)
(d) Duarte Barbosa Chandelas. Main attraction of Kalinjar is (a) Agra (b) Meerut
the Neelkanth Temple built by Chandela (c) Kanpur (d) Delhi
Sol.537.(d) Duarte Barbosa was the ruler Paramaditya Dev.
Portuguese writer who visited India Sol.546.(b) Meerut (10 May 1857). The
during (1500-1516) and wrote about the Q.542. In which year Sanchi was Revolt of 1857 - Also called Sepoy
trade and society in South India in his discovered after being abandoned for Mutiny (By the British Historians), First
manuscript, ‘The Book of Duarte nearly 600 years? War of Independence (by Vinayak
Barbosa’. SSC CGL 03/03/2020 (Morning) Damodar Savarkar). Lord Canning was
(a) 1818 (b) 1816 (c) 1820 (d) 1814 the British Governor general during the
Q.538. Who among the following foreign
revolt.
travellers is NOT correctly matched with Sol.542.(a) 1818. It was discovered in
their respective country they hail from? 1818 by General Taylor. Sanchi is a Q.547. Nana Sahib, a rebel at Kanpur
SSC CHSL 12/08/2021 (Evening) Buddhist complex, famous for its Great was the son of which of the following
(a) Marco Polo – Italy Stupa, on a hilltop at Sanchi Town in Peshwas?
(b) Peter Mundy – China Raisen District of the State of Madhya SSC CGL 17/07/2023 (4th shift)
(c) Ibn Battuta – Morocco Pradesh, India. (a) Baji Rao I (b) Balaji Baji Rao
(d) Al-Biruni – Uzbekistan (c) Baji Rao II (d) Balaji Vishwanath
Q.543. Who was the Governor General of
Sol.538.(b) Peter Mundy (Britain) was a Bengal during the 3rd Anglo-Mysore war? Sol.547.(c) Bajirao II (10 January 1775 –
seventeenth-century British merchant SSC CGL 06/03/2020 (Evening) 28 January 1851) was the last Peshwa of
trader, traveller and writer. He was the (a) John Macpherson the Maratha Empire. Leaders and Places
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Bihar, Rani Lakshmibai - Jhansi, Begum Sol.552.(c) Queen Victoria’s was laid in 1853 from Bombay (now
Hazrat Mahal (wife of the deposed proclamation of November 1, 1858. Mumbai) to Thane, a distance of 21
Nawab of Awadh, Wajid Ali Shah) - miles (34 km) and was operated by the
Lucknow, Bahadur shah Zafar - Delhi, Governors and Viceroys Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company.
Tatya tope and Nana saheb - Kanpur, Warren Hastings (1772-1785) - First
Khan Bahadur Khan Rohilla - Bareilly. Q.553. Match List-I with List-II. Governor-General of Bengal. Lord
List-I (Governor General) List-II (Period) Cornwallis (Governor-General, 1786-93) -
Q.548. Khan Bahadur led the revolt of First to bring into existence and organize
A. Warren Hasting 1. 1772-1785
1857 from: civil services. Lord William Bentinck
B. Lord Cornwallis 2. 1786-1793
SSC CGL 24/07/2023 (2nd shift) (1828-1835) - First Governor-general of
C. Sir John Shore 3. 1793-1798
(a) Delhi (b) Kanpur India
D. Lord Wellesley 4. 1798-1805
(c) Lucknow (d) Bareilly
SSC CHSL Tier II 02/11/2023
Q.556. Which of the following Governor
Sol.548.(d) Bareilly. Bahadur Shah II, the (a) A – 4, B – 3, C – 2, D – 1
Generals, under the British rule in India,
last Mughal Emperor led the revolt from (b) A – 2, B – 1, C – 4, D – 3
professionalized, bureaucratised and
Delhi. Nana Sahib led the revolt from (c) A – 1, B – 2, C – 3, D – 4
Europeanised the administration of East
Kanpur, he was the adopted son of (d) A – 2, B – 1, C – 3, D – 4
India Company?
Peshwa Baji Rao II. SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (Evening)
Sol.553.(c) A – 1, B – 2, C – 3, D – 4.
Q.549. Which Mughal ruler contributed to The first Governor of Bengal - Robert (a) Warren Hastings (b) Lord Canning
the revolt of 1857? Clive. The first Governor General of (c) Lord Dalhousie (d) Lord Cornwallis
SSC CGL 25/07/2023( 4th shift) Bengal in 1773 - Warren Hastings
Sol.556.(d) Lord Cornwallis: He
(a) Shahalam II (b) Bahadur shah I (1772-1785). The first Governor General
introduced the Permanent settlement of
(c) Alamgir II (d) Bahadur shah II of India - William Bentinck. The first
Bengal (1793). Third Mysore War
Viceroy of India - Lord Canning.
Sol.549.(d) Bahadur Shah II (Bahadur (1790-92) and Treaty of Seringapatam
Shah Zafar). He was the twentieth and Q.554. Identify the INCORRECTLY (1792) took place during his time period.
last Mughal Emperor of India. In 1857 matched pair(s) of the British Warren Hastings - First Governor General
Bahadur Shah II was deposed by the Governor-Generals of India and the of Bengal in 1773.
British and exiled to Rangoon. Revolt of events with which they are associated.
Q.557. During British rule in India, which
1857 (the Sepoy Mutiny) is called the i) Lord Dalhousie - Revolt of 1857
of the following Governor Generals
First War of Independence by V.D. ii) Lord Auckland - First Afghan War
devised the 'Doctrine of Lapse', a policy
Savarkar. Lord Canning was the iii) Lord Canning - Wood’s Despatch 1854
of annexation ?
Governor-General during the revolt. SSC CGL Tier II 26/10/2023
SSC CPO 04/10/2023 (Morning)
(a) Only (ii) and (iii) (b) Only (ii)
Q.550. The sepoys of Meerut arrived at (a) Lord Dalhousie (b) Warren Hastings
(c) Only (i) and (iii) (d) Only (i)
the Gates of Red Fort to meet the Mughal (c) Lord Cornwallis (d) Lord Canning
emperor, Bahadur Shah on _____________. Sol.554.(c) Only (i) and (iii). Governor
Sol.557.(a) Lord Dalhousie was the
SSC MTS 16/05/2023 (Evening) general and the related events: Lord
Governor-General from 1848 to 1856.
(a) 11 March, 1857 (b) 10 March, 1857 Dalhousie (1848-1856) - Doctrine of
The doctrine declared that if an Indian
(c) 10 May, 1857 (d) 11 May, 1857 Lapse policy, Wood’s Despatch 1854.
ruler died without a male heir his
Lord Cornwallis (1786 - 1793) -
Sol.550.(d) 11 May, 1857. The Indian kingdom would “lapse”, that is, become
Introduction of the Charter Act of 1793,
Mutiny began from Meerut on 10 May part of Company territory. States
the Third Anglo-Mysore War began and
1857. annexed under Doctrine of lapse: Satara
ended with the Treaty of Seringapatam.
(1848), Sambalpur (1850), Udaipur
Warren Hastings (1772 -1785) -
Q.551. Mangal Pandey was hanged to (1852), Nagpur (1853), Jhansi (1854) and
Introduction of the Regulating Act of
death for attacking British officers in Awadh (1856).
1773 by the British Parliament, First
Barrackpore on ______.
Anglo-Maratha War began (ended with Q.558. Who among the following was the
SSC MTS 13/07/2022 (Evening)
the Treaty of Salbai). Lord Wellesley viceroy of India at the time of India's
(a) 21 March 1857 (b) 23 March 1857
(1798–1805) - The Second independence from colonial rule on 15
(c) 31 March 1857 (d) 29 March 1857
Anglo-Maratha War began and ended August 1947 ?
Sol.551.(d) 29 March 1857. Mangal with multiple treaties. SSC MTS 11/09/2023 (1st Shift)
Pandey was a Sepoy in the 34th Bengal (a) Lord Wavell (b) Lord Willingdon
Q.555. Who was the Governor-General
Native Infantry regiment of the British (c) Lord Mountbatten (d) Lord Linlithgow
when the first railway line was laid ?
East India Company.
SSC Stenographer 13/10/2023 (Evening) Sol.558.(c) Lord Mountbatten
Q.552. Whose proclamation of (a) Lord Cornwallis (1947-1948): Events During his Regime -
November 1, 1858 declared that (b) Warren Hastings Redcliff commission (1947). Lord Wavell
thereafter India would be governed by (c) Lord William Bentinck (1944-1947) - C. Rajagopalachari’s CR
and in the name of the British Monarch (d) Lord Dalhousie Formula (1944), Cabinet Mission (1946).
through a Secretary of State? Lord Willingdon (1931-1936) - Communal
Sol.555.(d) Lord Dalhousie (Governor
SSC MTS 08/10/2021 (Morning) Award (1932), Third Round Table
-General of India from 1848 to 1856). He
(a) King Louis’ (b) King Philips’ Conference, Poona Pact (1932). Lord
was also known as the father of Indian
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Railways. The first railway line in India
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and formation of Forward Bloc (1939), Sir Andrew Frazer and Lord Curzon. partition of Bengal Presidency In July
Cripps Mission (1942), Quit India Hunter Commission of 1882 was 1905.
Movement (1942). presided over by Sir William Hunter and
was appointed by Lord Ripon to examine Q.566. Under whom was CP Ilbert a law
Q.559. English as the official language of the country's educational situation at the member of the council?
India for higher education was time and make recommendations for SSC CGL 14/07/2023 (4th shift)
incorporated in the resolution reforms. The Hunter Commission of (a) Lord Lytton (b) Lord Cornwallis
formulation by _______. 1919 (the Disorders Inquiry Committee) (c) Lord Ripon (d) Lord Curzon
SSC CHSL 03/08/2023 (3rd shift) was constituted to examine and
(a) Lord Hastings (b) Lord Wellesley Sol.566.(c) Lord Ripon (1880 - 1884) -
scrutinize the horrific slaughter at the He repealed the Vernacular Press Act of
(c) Lord Macaulay (d) Lord Dalhousie Jallianwala Bagh. McDonnell 1878 which was Introduced by Lord
Sol.559.(c) Lord Macaulay - Considered Commission - Following famine of 1899 Lytton. CP Ilbert introduced the IIbert Bill
to be the founder of the British education -1900, Lord Curzon appointed a famine that would have granted the right of
system in India. He was also the commission led by MacDonnell. Indian judges to judge Europeans in
chairman of the first Law Commission of Q.563. Who among the following was the court.
pre - independent India. Governor General of India when the Q.567. Elphinstone was the Governor of
Q.560. The Vernacular Press Act was Permanent Settlement was introduced in which province of India during 1819-27 ?
enacted during the regime of which Bengal for revenue collection by the East SSC CGL 20/07/2023 (1st shift)
viceroy of India? India Company ? (a) North West Frontier province
SSC CHSL 04/08/2023 (1st shift) SSC CHSL 14/08/2023 (2nd shift) (b) Madras
(a) Lord Dalhousie (b) Lord Hastings (a) Lord Cornwallis (b) Lord Wellesly (c) Bengal
(c) Lord Ripon (d) Lord Lytton (c) Lord Dalhousie (d) Lord Canning (d) Bombay

Sol.560.(d) Lord Lytton (1876-1880). Sol.563.(a) Lord Cornwallis. Provision of Sol.567.(d) Bombay. Elphinstone: Known
Vernacular Press Act (The gagging Act) Permanent Settlement - The Zamindars' for the compilation of the Elphinstone
1878 - Enacted to control the vernacular proprietorship would stay as long as he code (a uniform scheme of criminal law).
press and effectively punish and repress paid the fixed revenue at the said date to In 1808 he was sent to negotiate an
seditious writing. the government. Other States where alliance with the Afghan ruler Shah Shoja
Permanent Settlement Implemented - to prevent a Napoleonic advance upon
Q.561. Who among the following signed Bihar, Odisha. Other Settlements Related India.
a Tripartite treaty on behalf of the British to Agriculture - Ryotwari System (Sir
Government to interfere in the affairs of Thomas Munro), Mahalwari System (Holt Q.568. Who designed the administrative
Afghanistan? Mackenzie). code to separate revenue administration
SSC CHSL 07/08/2023 (2nd shift) from judicial administration?
(a) Lord Mayo (b) Lord Auckland Q.564. Who among the following has SSC CGL 21/07/2023 (2nd shift)
(c) Lord Wellesly (d) Lord Canning been accused of committing the judicial (a) Lord Lytton (b) Lord Cornwallis
murder of Raja Nand Kumar? (c) Lord Auckland (d) Warren Hastings
Sol.561.(b) Lord Auckland (1836 - SSC CHSL 17/08/2023 (4th shift)
42).Tripartite treaty (1838): It was (a) Lord Wellesly (b) Lord Dalhousie Sol.568.(b) Lord Cornwallis. He
signed between Governor-General Lord (c) Lord Cornwallis (d) Warren Hastings introduced Permanent settlement in
Auckland (British), Maharaja Ranjit Singh 1793 in Bengal. He is known as 'the
(Sikhs), and Shah Shuja (who had been Sol.564.(d) Warren Hastings. Raja Nand Father of civil service in India', Governor
deposed from the Afghan throne in 1809 Kumar (Nuncomar) was an Indian tax general of Bengal (1786-93).
and had been living since then as a collector and He was the first Indian to
British pensioner at Ludhiana). Lord be executed by hanging. Lord Wellesley - Q.569. The Viceroy who took keen
Mayo (1869 - 1872) - He ordered the first Established the Subsidiary Alliance interest in the restoration and protection
census of India in 1871. Lord Wellesly system that brought the princely of historical monuments was .
(1798 - 1805) - Subsidiary Alliance came kingdoms under British rule. Lord SSC CGL 25/07/2023( 1st shift)
in 1798. Lord Canning (1856 - 62) - First Dalhousie - Introduced Railway, Electric (a) Lord Ellenborough (b) Lord Auckland
Viceroy of India. Telegraph, Postal Service. Lord (c) Lord Lytton (d) Lord Curzon
Cornwallis - Zamindari System.
Q.562. Which of the following Sol.569.(d) Lord Curzon (1899-1905):
Commissions was appointed by Lord Q.565. ____________ announced the Passed the Ancient Monuments
Curzon to enquire into the working of the bifurcation of the British Indian Empire Preservation Act in 1904. Archaeological
police administration? into a secular India and Islamic Pakistan. Survey of India (ASI) - Founded in 1861
SSC CHSL 11/08/2023 (3rd shift) SSC CGL 14/07/2023 (3rd shift) by Alexander Cunningham;
(a) Kitchener Commission (a) Lord Ripon Headquarters: New Delhi. Lord
(b) Hunter Commission (b) Lord Dalhousie Ellenborough (1842-1844) - Annexation
(c) Frazer Commission (c) Lord Louis Mountbatten Of Sindh (1843). Lord Auckland (1836 -
(d) MacDonnell Commission (d) Lord Curzon 1842) - The first Anglo-Afghan war
occurred during his reign. Lord Lytton
Sol.562.(c) Frazer Commission (The Sol.565.(c) Lord Louis Mountbatten (last (1876-1880) - The Great Indian Famine
Indian Police Commission of 1902-03) - Viceroy of India). Lord Curzon - Viceroy of 1876-1878.
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Q.570. For the political education of the Sol.573.(c) Awadh. Lord Dalhousie said education policy titled Minute on Indian
people at the local level, who brought the this in 1851. Awadh Kingdom was Education in 1835. Lord Macaulay was
resolution on local self-government? formally annexed to the British Empire in India’s First Law member of the
SSC CGL 25/07/2023( 3rd shift) 1856. The doctrine declared that if an Governor-General's Council.
(a) Lord Ripon (b) Lord Mayo Indian ruler died without a male heir his
(c) Lord Canning (d) Lord Lytton kingdom would “lapse”, that is, become Q.578. In 1856, Governor-General ______
part of Company territory. One kingdom decided that Bahadur Shah Zafar would
Sol.570.(a) Lord Ripon (Father of local after another was annexed simply by be the last Mughal king and after his
self Government, 1880-1884) - Hunter applying this doctrine:- Satara (1848), death none of his descendants would be
Commission on Education (1882). Lord Sambalpur (1850), Udaipur (1852), recognised as kings – they would just be
Mayo (1869 -1872) - Decentralization of Nagpur (1853) and Jhansi (1854). called princes.
finances; Mayo College in Ajmer for SSC CPO 10/11/2022 (Afternoon)
educating children of the aristocratic Q.574. Under ________ (Governor General (a) Canning (b) Cornwallis
families. Lord Canning (1856-1862) - from 1813 to 1823) a new policy of (c) Hastings (d) Munro
First Viceroy of India; Abolished doctrine "paramountcy" was initiated. Now the
of lapse; East India Company was Company claimed that its authority was Sol.578.(a) Lord Canning (1856-1862) -
abolished and powers were transferred paramount or supreme, hence its power (Last Governor-General and first viceroy
to the Crown. Lord Lytton (1876 -1880) - was greater than that of Indian states. of India) - introduced Indian Penal Code
Second Afghan war (1878-1880); Arms SSC CHSL 17/03/2023 (2nd Shift) (IPC), withdrew Doctrine of Lapse.
Act (1878); The Vernacular Press Act (a) Lord Amherst (b) Lord Cornwallis Q.579. Who among the following was the
(1878); Tax on Cotton was abolished for (c) Lord Hastings (d) Lord Auckland Viceroy of India during the formation of
the British traders. the Indian National Congress?
Sol.574.(c) Lord Hastings (Anglo-Nepal
Q.571. The policy of dual system of War took place between 1814 and 1816). SSC CPO 11/11/2022 (Evening)
government of Bengal was the brainchild Lord Amherst was Governor-General of (a) Lord Lytton (b) Lord Ripon
of which Governor-General? India from 1823 to 1828. (c) Lord Dufferin (d) Lord Mayo
SSC CGL 26/07/2023 (4th shift) Sol.579.(c) Lord Dufferin (1884-1888).
(a) Lord Hastings (b) Lord Clive Q.575. “A History of British India” is a
work published by ______. Indian National Congress (INC) was
(c) Lord Lytton (d) Lord Dalhousie formed by A.O Hume under the
SSC CGL 07/12/2022 (1st Shift)
Sol.571.(b) Lord Clive (First governor of (a) Lord Canning (b) Lord Dalhousie presidency of W.C. Benerjee in 1885. The
Bengal in 1765). Dual system - The (c) James Mill (d) Warren Hastings First session of INC was held in
administration of Bengal was divided into December 1885 at Gokuldas Tejpal
two parts : Diwani - The right to collect Sol.575.(c) James Mill in 1817, a Sanskrit College in Bombay, attended by
revenue was given to the company, and Scottish economist and political 72 delegates. 1st woman president of INC
Nizamat - Administrative rights were philosopher, published a massive - Annie Besant (1917).
given to Nawab. Warren Hastings three-volume work "The History of British
India". In his book history was divided Q.580. Which of the following Viceroys
abolished this system in Bengal in 1772. of British India took the first step to
Lord Hastings (Governor - General of into three periods: Hindu, Muslim, and
British. separate provincial finance from central
India, 1813 - 1823) - He introduced a new finance and introduced financial
'paramountcy' policy. Q.576. Subsidiary alliance treaty was dece-ntralisation in India in 1870?
Q.572. Who among the following imposed on Awadh in ______. Graduate Level 03/08/2022 (Shift - 3 )
Governor Generals of Bengal outlawed SSC CGL 08/12/2022 (1st Shift) (a) Lord Chelmsford (b) Lord Northbrook
the practice of Sati? (a) 1802 (b) 1803 (c) 1801 (d) 1804 (c) Lord Mayo (d) Lord Dufferin
SSC MTS 04/05/2023 (Afternoon) Sol.576.(c) 1801. Subsidiary alliance, Sol.580.(c) Lord Mayo’s Resolution of
(a) Charles Canning drafted by Lord Wellesley (Governor 1870 on Financial Decentralisation
(b) Charles Cornwallis general of India , 1798 to1805) was a visualised the development of local
(c) Warren Hastings treaty between the British East India self-government institutions.
(d) William Bentinck Company and the Indian princely states
that gave the English dominion over the Q.581. _________ introduced the daroga
Sol.572.(d) William Bentinck. He was the system, replacing zamindari thanedars
first Governor General of India from 1828 Indian kingdoms. Indian states annexed
under Subsidiary alliance: Hyderabad under the direct control of the district
to 1835. Lord Cornwallis - Permanent head and on its payroll.
Settlement, Mint in Calcutta. Lord (1798), Mysore (1799), Tanjore (1799),
Peshwa (1802), ScIndia (1803), and Graduate Level 05/08/2022 (Shift - 3)
Canning - Governor general during the (a) Lord Minto I (b) Lord Cornwallis
revolt of 1857. Gaekwad (1803).
(c) Lord Hastings (d) Lord Wellesley
Q.573. Governor general Lord Dalhousie Q.577. Based on Macaulay’s Minute, the
English Education Act was introduced in Sol.581.(b) Lord Cornwallis - Cornwallis
described the Kingdom of _______"as a Code (1793), Father of Civil Services in
cherry that will drop into our mouth one ______.
SSC CGL 13/12/2022 (2nd Shift) India, Third Anglo-Mysore War (1789 -
day". 1792) - (Lord Cornwallis and Tipu sultan),
SSC MTS 08/05/2023 (Evening) (a) 1875 (b) 1835 (c) 1855 (d) 1815
Permanent Settlement (1793) in Bengal.
(a) Ahom (b) Mysore Sol.577.(b) 1835 by Lord William
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Q.582. Which of the following Sol.585.(d) Major acts/policies with Council Act, 1909 (Morley-Minto
statements is correct? respective year during British rule : Reforms) - The legislative councils at the
I. Robert Clive had come to Madras from Regulating Act (1773), Pitt's India Act Centre and the provinces increased in
England in 1743 at the age of 18. (1784), The act of good governance size from 16 to 60 Members.
II. After the battle of Buxar, the East India (1858), The Prevention of seditious Government of India Act, 1919 discarded
Company appointed Residents in Indian meetings Act (1907), The Explosives the 'dyarchy’ system at the provincial
states. Substances Act (1908), Rowlatt Act level and allowed for the emergence of
SSC MTS 08/07/2022 (Evening) (1919), Permanent settlement (1793), popularly elected provincial legislatures.
(a) Only I (b) Neither I nor II Cornwallis Code (1793). The Charter Act, 1813 - It ended the trade
(c) Only II (d) Both I and II monopoly of the East India Company in
Q.586. Which of the following Acts is India except for trade in tea and trade
Sol.582.(d) Both I and II. Robert Clive also known as Morley-Minto Reforms? with China. It asserted the sovereignty of
was a soldier and first British SSC Stenographer 12/10/2023 (Morning) the British Crown over the Indian
administrator of Bengal, who was one of (a) Indian Councils Act, 1909 territories held by the Company.
the creators of British power in India. (b) Government of India Act, 1935
(c) Government of India Act, 1919 Q.589. Under the Regulating Act of 1773,
Q.583. Which of the following British
(d) Indian Councils Act, 1892 the King-in-Council created a Supreme
officers issued the infamous ‘crawling
Court in which of the following places?
order’ whereby Indians had to crawl on all Sol.586.(a) Indian Councils Act, 1909. SSC CPO 04/10/2023 (Evening)
fours to pass an alley? Features of the Act: Morley-Minto (a) Madras (b) Bombay
SSC CGL 21/04/2022(Afternoon) Reforms (Lord Morley was the then (c) Calcutta (d) Delhi
(a) General Dyer (b) Warren Hastings Secretary of State for India and Lord
(c) Lord Irwin (d) Lord Curzon Minto was the then Viceroy of India). It Sol.589.(c) Calcutta. Regulating Act
introduced separate electorates on the 1773 - It was passed by the British
Sol.583.(a) General Dyer. He was
basis of religion. It was instituted to Parliament to control the territories of the
responsible for the Jallianwala Bagh
placate the Moderates (Congress). Lord East India Company majorly in Bengal.
massacre in Amritsar.
Minto - Father of the Communal The act provided for the appointment of
Q.584. Which of the following Viceroys Electorate in India. Satyendra P Sinha a Governor-General along with four
of India addressed the Bengal famine of was appointed the first Indian member of Councillors in the Presidency of Fort
1943 by ordering the army to distribute the Viceroy’s Executive Council. William (Calcutta), jointly called the
relief supplies to the starving rural Governor-General in Council. As per this,
Q.587. The Provincial elections were held Warren Hastings was appointed as the
Bengalis?
for the first time in _______ under the Governor-General of the Presidency of
SSC CGL 05/03/2020 (Evening)
Government of India Act, 1935. Fort William (Bengal).
(a) Lord Wavell (b) Lord Mountbatten
SSC Stenographer 12/10/2023 (Evening)
(c) Lord Willington (d) Lord Linlithgow
(a) 1935 (b) 1937 (c) 1936 (d) 1938 Q.590. Which of the following terms
Sol.584.(d) Lord Linlithgow was the indicates a system/arrangement
Sol.587.(b) 1937, Indian provincial implemented in Bengal by Lord
viceroy of India during the Bengal famine
elections: Elections were held in eleven Cornwallis, under which zamindars were
1943. It is believed that the Bengal
provinces - Madras, Central Provinces, granted legal ownership of land for
famine of 1943 which is estimated to
Bihar, Orissa, the United Provinces, the receiving a certain revenue by a certain
have killed up to three million people was
Bombay Presidency, Assam, the date?
not caused by drought but instead was a
North-West Frontier Province, Bengal, SSC CPO 05/10/2023 (Morning)
result of a "complete policy failure" of the
Punjab and Sind. The Indian National (a) Talukdari system
then-British Prime Minister Winston
Congress (INC) won the majority of seats (b) Rayatwari system
Churchill.
in the provincial elections, and formed (c) Mahalwari system
governments in seven provinces. (d) permanent settlement
British Acts and Policies Government of India Act, 1935 : It
provided for the establishment of all Sol.590.(d) Permanent settlement - It is
Q.585. Match the following Acts/Policies Indian federations consisting of also known as the Zamindari System. It
with the respective years in which they provinces and princely states as units. A was introduced by the East India
were put into place. feature of the Act - Bicameral legislature. Company headed by the Governor
Acts/Policies Year -General Lord Cornwallis in 1793, and
A. Pitt’s India Act 1. 1784 Q.588. Which of the following Acts, implemented in Bengal, Bihar and
enacted by the British Parliament, Odisha. Mahalwari system - Holt
B. Permanent Settlement of 2. 1793 provided for the establishment of a Law Mackenzie (1822). Ryotwari system -
Bengal Commission for the consolidation and Alexander Read and Thomas Munro
C. Introduction of the 3. 1798 codification of Indian Laws? (1820).
Subsidiary Alliance System SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (Evening)
D. Abolition of Sati 4. 1829 (a) Charter Act, 1833 Q.591. The Arms Act was passed in
SSC CHSL Tier II 10/01/2024 (b) Indian Council Act, 1909 _____ that prevented Indians from
(a) A – 4, B – 3, C – 2, D - 1 (c) Government of India Act, 1919 keeping arms without an appropriate
(b) A – 2, B - 1, C – 4, D – 3 (d) Charter Act, 1813 license.
(c) A - 2, B - 1, C - 3, D- 4 SSC CPO 05/10/2023 (Evening)
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Sol.591.(a) 1878. The Arms Act was SSC CHSL 09/08/2023 (2nd shift) the company and the Nizamat by the
enacted to regulate the manufacture and (a) Act of 1858 (b) Act of 1947 Nizam.
sale of guns in the country. Only (c) Act of 1892 (d) Act of 1961
Europeans were allowed to carry arms Q.599. Ryotwari system of revenue
without a licence. It was enacted during Sol.595.(b) Act of 1947. The Indian collection in India, introduced by the
the tenure of Viceroy Lytton. Vernacular Independence Act 1947 was an Act of British, was based on the_______.
Press Act (1878) - Proposed by Lord Parliament of the United Kingdom that SSC CGL 14/07/2023 (1st shift)
Lytton and this act allowed the granted independence to British India. (a) Smith's theory of rent
government to confiscate the assets of The Act was passed on July 18, 1947, (b) Ricardian theory of rent
newspapers including their printing and came into effect on August 15, 1947. (c) Malthusian theory of rent
presses if the newspapers published The Act divided British India into two (d) Marx's theory of rent
anything that was found “objectionable”. independent dominions, India and
Pakistan. Sol.599.(b) Ricardian theory of rent -
Q.592. In which year were the Arms Act The land of higher fertility gets higher
and Vernacular Press Act passed? Q.596. In India which Act divided the rent than less fertile land. Ryotwari
SSC MTS 08/09/2023 (2nd Shift) powers between the Central and units in System - The peasants or cultivators
(a) 1878 (b) 1879 (c) 1877 (d) 1876 terms of three lists? were regarded as the owners of the land.
SSC CHSL 09/08/2023 (3rd shift) The cultivators had to pay annual taxes
Sol.592.(a) 1878. The Vernacular Press (a) 1862 (b) 1919 (c) 1909 (d) 1935 directly to the government. Introduced by
Act - The Act allowed the government to Thomas Munro and Alexander Read in
confiscate the assets of newspapers Sol.596.(d) 1935. Government of India 1820 in the Madras and Bombay
including their printing presses if the Act, 1935 : Contain three lists, Federal presidency. Mahalwari system - The land
newspapers published anything that was List (for Centre containing 59 items), revenue was collected from the farmers
found “objectionable”. It was repealed by Provincial List (for provinces containing by the village headmen on behalf of the
Lord Ripon in 1881. The Arms Act - It 54 items) and the Concurrent List (for whole village. Introduced by - Holt
restricts Indian access to firearms by both containing 36 items). The seventh Mackenzie in 1822 in areas of Uttar
asking them to procure licenses whereas schedule (Article 246) deals with the Pradesh.
the British and Anglo-Indians are division of powers between the union
exempted from it. Vernacular Press Act and the states. Q.600. When was the Secretary of State
and Arms Act, both enacted by Viceroy for India made responsible for the
Q.597. From which places did Lord Government of British India by bringing
Lord Lytton. Cornwallis start the permanent about changes in the Home
Q.593. When was the Defence of India settlement system? Government?
Act enacted? SSC CHSL 10/08/2023 (3rd shift) SSC CGL 14/07/2023 (3rd shift)
SSC MTS 12/09/2023 (2nd Shift) (a) Bengal and Bihar (a) 1858 (b) 1833 (c) 1857 (d) 1813
(a) 1920 (b) 1918 (c) 1915 (d) 1921 (b) Madras and Bihar
(c) Bombay and Bihar Sol.600.(a) 1858. Charter Act 1858 -
Sol.593.(c) 1915. The Defence of India (d) Bengal and Madras The term Governor General changed to
Act (1915) - It was an emergency law Viceroy for the British crown. The first
that gave the British government in India Sol.597.(a) Bengal and Bihar. Provision viceroy was Lord Canning. The act ended
wide powers to suppress dissent and of Permanent Settlement (Introduced in ‘The Doctrine of Lapse’. It ended the Dual
maintain public order during World War I. 1793 AD) - The owners of the land were government scheme initiated due to
It was passed by the then Governor known as landlords or Zamindars, Pitt’s India Act. Charter Act of 1833 - It
General of India Lord Hardinge. Hereditary rights of succession of the made the Governor-General of Bengal as
lands under them were granted to them, the Governor-General of India. Lord
Q.594. Under which Act was the rule of The sum which the landlords had to pay William Bentinck - The first governor
British Crown established over India? was fixed, The Zamindars could sell or -general of India.
SSC MTS 14/09/2023 (1st Shift) transfer the land as they wished. Other
(a) Government of India Act 1833 Settlements Related to Agriculture - Q.601. The rule of the English East India
(b) Charter Act of 1813 Ryotwari System (Sir Thomas Munro, company was ended in British India
(c) Regulating Act of 1773 1820), Mahalwari System (Holt under the Government of India Act,
(d) Government of India Act 1858 Mackenzie, 1822). _______.
SSC CGL 18/07/2023 (4th shift)
Sol.594.(d) Government of India Act Q.598. In which of the following years did (a) 1858 (b) 1857 (c) 1859 (d) 1856
1858. Provisions - East India Company the East India Company abolish the
was liquidated. The Court of Directors diarchy system of Bengal? Sol.601.(a) 1858. Government of India
and the Board of Control were scrapped. SSC CHSL 11/08/2023 (1st shift) Act 1858 (Good governance Act) - India
The Viceroy was to be assisted with an (a) 1772 (b) 1765 (c) 1757 (d) 1779 became a direct British colony through
Executive Council. Made India a direct the passage of this act; A viceroy would
British colony. Abolished the dual Sol.598.(a) 1772. The system of Dual be appointed who would serve as the
government of the Pitt’s India Act. Ended Government: Introduced in Bengal by representative of the British crown (First
the doctrine of lapse. First viceroy of Robert Clive of British East India Viceroy - Lord Canning).
India - Lord Canning Company. It lasted from 1765 to 1772.
Under this system, the administration of Q.602. The Cabinet Mission came to
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divided into Nizamat and India in _________ to discuss the ultimate
rule in India would end by 30 June 1948? Diwani. The Diwani was carried out by transfer of power.
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SSC CGL 20/07/2023 (2nd shift) Sol.605.(a) Cripps. It was sent to India to (c) Charter Act, 1793
(a) 1946 (b) 1945 (c) 1943 (d) 1942 secure Indian cooperation for the British (d) Charter Act, 1813
war efforts. It was headed by Sir Richard
Sol.602.(a) 1946. Cabinet Mission Stafford Cripps. Gandhi called it 'A Sol.608.(a) Pitt's India Act (1784):
launched by the British government to post-dated cheque drawn on a failing passed in the British Parliament to rectify
discuss plans for the transfer of power bank'. the defects of the Regulating Act 1773.
from the British Raj to Indian leadership.
Members: Lord Patrick Lawrence Q.606. The question consists of two Q.609. The result of the English
(Secretary of State for India), Stafford statements, namely, Assertion (A) and Education Act of 1835 was to make
Cripps (President of the Board of Trade), Reason (R). Use them to choose the ________ as a medium of instruction for
A.V. Alexander (First Lord of the correct alternative. ___________ education.
Admiralty). Assertion (A): During the British rule, SSC MTS 08/05/2023 (Morning)
India's exports exceeded the imports (a) vernacular, higher
Q.603. With which of the following (b) English, primary
leading to surplus of balance of trade.
Government of India Acts did the (c) English, higher
Reason (R): The surplus of balance of
Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms introduce (d) vernacular, primary
trade was used for growth and
Dyarchy in the provinces?
development of India. Sol.609.(c) English, Higher. English
SSC CGL 24/07/2023( 3rd shift)
SSC CGL 27/07/2023 (3rd shift) Education Act (1835) was proposed by
(a) Government of India Act, 1945
(a) Both A and R are true, and R is the William Bentinck on the Advice of
(b) Government of India Act, 1935
correct explanation of A Macaulay. Reforms by William Bentick :
(c) Government of India Act, 1923
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the The abolition of Sati, the suppression of
(d) Government of India Act, 1919
correct explanation of A female infanticide and Thuggee, the
Sol.603.(d) Government of India Act, (c) A is false but R is true abolition of lawlessness, and the
1919. Montague was the secretary of (d) A is true and R is false abolition of human sacrifices.
state for India and Chelmsford was the
Sol.606.(d) British Economic policies - Q.610. Which among the following Acts
viceroy of India. This act introduced
Mercantile development (1757-1813) - discarded the 'dyarchy’ system at the
Dyarchy in provinces by dividing the
Revenue collected from Bengal was used provincial level and allowed for the
provincial subjects into transferred and
to finance exports to England. Industrial emergence of popularly elected
reserved, bicameralism. It provided for
phase (1813-1858) - One-way trade provincial legislatures?
the establishment of a Public Service
flooded the Indian market with cheap, SSC MTS 09/05/2023 (Morning)
Commission which was established in
machine-made imports from newly (a) Charter Act, 1793
1926. Minto- Morley Reforms (Indian
industrialized Britain and Indian traders (b) Montague-Chelmsford Reform
Council Act 1909).
lost foreign markets. Financial phase (Government of India Act), 1919
Q.604. When was a comprehensive (1860 onwards) - Converted India into a (c) (Government of India Act), 1935
despatch on education called Wood's market for British manufacturers while (d) Pitt's India Act, 1784
despatch on education sent? still being a supplier of foodstuffs and
SSC CGL 26/07/2023 (1st shift) raw materials. Sol.610.(c) Government of India Act,
(a) 1833 (b) 1854 (c) 1858 (d) 1813 1935. The act proposed constitutional
Q.607. Which among the following Acts proposals and reforms and had many
Sol.604.(b) 1854. Charles Wood (the introduced the Diarchy, i.e., rule of two features which included the bicameral
President of the Board of Control) sent a which means executive councillors and legislature, provincial autonomy, separate
despatch to Lord Dalhousie popular ministers? communal electorate and the creation of
(Governor-General of India). It suggested SSC MTS 04/05/2023 (Morning) an all India federation.
introducing vernacular languages in the (a) Charter Act, 1813
primary schools of India, high schools (b) Government of India Act, 1858 Q.611. As a result of which act did Queen
use anglo-vernacular mediums and that (c) Montague-Chelmsford Reform Victoria, who was the monarch of Britain,
English should be the medium for (Government of India Act), 1919 also became the sovereign of British
college-level education. Hence, the (d) Indian Council Act, 1861 territories in India, with the title "Empress
Wood’s Despatch is considered as of India" in 1858?
‘Magna-Carta’ of English Education in Sol.607.(c) Montague - Chelmsford SSC MTS 10/05/2023 (Morning)
India. Wood’s despatch led to the Reform (Government of India Act), 1919. (a) Indian Councils Act
establishment of the first three Indian Council Act 1909 - It is also (b) Government Of India Act
universities in 1857, at Calcutta, Bombay known as Minto Morley reforms. This act (c) Charter Act
and Madras. Important Educational introduced communal representations (d) Regulating Act
commissions during British rule in India - for the Muslims.
Hunter Commission (1882), Raleigh Sol.611.(b) Government Of India Act
Q.608. Which among the following Acts (1858): known as ‘Act of Good
Commission (1902) , Sadler Commission established the dual system of control by
(1917), Hartog Commission (1929). governance’. Abolished the Dual
the British government and the East India government scheme initiated due to
Q.605. In 1942, the British government Company in India? Pitt’s India act. Ended controversial
sent the___________mission to India. SSC MTS 04/05/2023 (Evening) ‘Doctrine of Lapse’. The powers of the
SSC CGL 26/07/2023 (4th shift) (a) Pitt's India Act, 1784 Company’s Court of Directors -
(a) Cripps (b) Linlithgow (b) Montague-Chelmsford Reform transferred to the Secretary of State for
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the various presidencies - appointed by Sir John Shore (1793 -1798). Q.620. Which act was passed by the
the Crown. British Government of India to introduce
Q.616. When was the Champaran provincial autonomy?
Q.612. The Charter Act of 1813 extended Agrarian Law passed by the British SSC CHSL 16/03/2023 (4th Shift)
the East India Company's rule in India to Government? (a) Indian Council Act of 1892
another _________ years. SSC MTS 16/06/2023 (Afternoon) (b) Government of India Act of 1935
SSC MTS 11/05/2023 (Afternoon) (a) 1918 (b) 1919 (c) 1917 (d) 1916 (c) Charter Act of 1853
(a) 15 (b) 5 (c) 20 (d) 10 (d) Indian Independence Act of 1947
Sol.616.(a) 1918. Mahatma Gandhi had
Sol.612.(c) 20. The Charter Act of 1813 launched his historic champaran Sol.620.(b) Government of India Act
(The East Indian Company Act 1813) - movement in 1917 to abolish the forcible 1935. It provided for the establishment
Features: It ended the monopoly of the cultivation of indigo on the land of of an All India Federation consisting of
East India Company over commercial farmers. This bill was introduced by W. provinces and princely states as units. It
trade except trade with China and trade Maude. After the bill had passed the land provided for the establishment of a
in tea with India. The company’s dividend revenue was reduced by 20-26%. Reserve Bank of India to control the
was fixed at 10.5% per annum. The Act regulation of currency and credits of the
gave more powers to the courts in India Q.617. Which act was passed by the
British Parliament to control the country. It is also the largest source of
over European British subjects. the Indian Constitution which formed
territories of the East India Company
Q.613. Which of the following reforms majorly in Bengal in the year 1773? after independence.
led to the enactment of the Government SSC MTS 20/06/2023 (Afternoon) Q.621. _______ is an Act of the
of India Act of 1919? (a) Charter Act Parliament of the United Kingdom that
SSC MTS 12/05/2023 (Evening) (b) Regulating Act partitioned British India into two new
(a) Montagu- Chelmsford reforms (c) Indian Councils Act independent dominions of India and
(b) Anti Slavery reforms (d) Government Of India Act Pakistan in 1947.
(c) Morley-Minto reforms SSC CHSL 17/03/2023 (3rd Shift)
(d) Young Bengal movement Sol.617.(b) Regulating Act 1773 - This
Act was passed by the British (a) Rowlatt Act
Sol.613.(a) Montagu - Chelmsford Parliament and Governor General Warren (b) Indian Independence Act
reforms. The purpose of this act was to Hastings and brought forth the basic (c) Government of India Act
ensure the representation of Indians in principles of central administration in (d) Pitt's India Act
the administration of their country. At India. Indian Councils Act 1861 - It Sol.621.(b) Indian Independence Act.
that time, Montagu - Secretary of State changed the composition of the The Indian Independence Act 1947 is an
for India, Lord Chelmsford - Viceroy of Governor General's Council for executive Act of the Parliament of the United
India. and legislative purposes. Kingdom that partitioned British India
Q.614. The objective of Simon Q.618. In __________, the British into the two new independent dominions
Commission was to________. government enacted a legislation of India and Pakistan.
SSC MTS 19/05/2023 (Morning) banning the use of printed cotton textiles Q.622. The Pitts India Act of___________
(a) decide India's Political future - chintz - in England. Interestingly, this distinguished between the commercial
(b) decide India's Religious future Act was known as the Calico Act. and political functions of the British East
(c) decide India's Educational future SSC CHSL 14/03/2023 (3rd Shift) India Company.
(d) decide India's economical future (a) 1720 (b) 1700 (c) 1740 (d) 1730 SSC CHSL 21/03/2023 (2nd Shift)
Sol.614.(a) Simon Commission - It was Sol.618.(a) 1720. The cotton textiles (a) 1818 (b) 1792 (c) 1784 (d) 1802
appointed by the British Government in which the Portuguese took back to Sol.622.(c) Pitt’s India Act, 1784
1927 under the chairmanship of John Europe, along with the spices, came to be established the dual system of control by
Simon (other members were Pathick called "calico". Calico Act , Reason - the British government and the East India
Lawrence and Clement Atlee) to review Textile makers in England were Unable to Company. The Company became a
the workings of Government of India compete with Indian textiles. Highest subordinate department of the State and
(GOI) Act, 1919 and suggest measures. cotton producing state (Gujarat). its territories in India were termed ‘British
Q.615. Which act of the British Q.619. In which year was a law passed in possessions’. In this act members of the
Parliament was also known as East India India to make conversion to Christianity Executive Council were reduced to 3, and
Company Act 1793? easier? the Governor-General served as its
SSC MTS 19/05/2023 (Morning) SSC CHSL 14/03/2023 (3rd Shift) commander in chief.
(a) The Government of India Act, 1793 (a) 1845 (b) 1850 (c) 1830 (d) 1840 Q.623. Which act allows the government
(b) The Charter Act, 1793 to confiscate the assets of newspaper in
(c) The Regulating Act, 1793 Sol.619.(b) 1850. This law allowed
Indians who had converted to case of publishing anything
(d) The Indian Councils Act, 1793 “objectionable” ?
Christianity to inherit the property of his
Sol.615.(b) The Charter Act, 1793. The ancestors. The Charter Act of 1813 SSC CGL 09/12/2022 (2nd Shift)
act was passed by the British Parliament allowed Chirstian missionaries to enter (a) Ilbert Act, 1883
to renew the charter of the East India India and Preach Christianity. This Act (b) Vernacular Press Act, 1878
Company to trade within India for next 20 asserted the Crown's sovereignty over (c) Media Act, 1883
@ebookstore01 (d) Newspaper Act, 1855
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Sol.623.(b) Vernacular Press Act, 1878. (b) Charter Act of Press. Later this act was replaced by
Proposed by Lord Lytton (1876–80). Lord (c) Rowlatt Act the Official Secrets act 1923.
Ripon (1880–84) repealed the Vernacular (d) Industrial Disputes Act
Act in 1881. Samachar Darpan (1818) Q.632. In 1877, which of the following
was the first vernacular newspaper of Sol.627.(d) Industrial disputes Act 1947. viceroys organized a durbar to
India published by Carey and Marshman The Rowlatt Act 1919 authorized the acknowledge Queen Victoria as the
from Serampore during the period of arrest, for 2 years without trial, of any Empress of India?
Lord Hastings. person suspected of terrorism living in SSC MTS 12/10/2021(Evening)
British India. Indian Council acts (1861, (a) Lord Lytton (b) Lord Ripon
Q.624. The bill which provide for the trial 1892, and 1909). Charter Acts (1793, (c) Lord Minto (d) Lord Dufferin
of British or European person by Indians 1813, 1833, and 1853).
magistrates was_________ Sol.632.(a) Lord Lytton organized a
SSC CGL 12/12/2022 (4th Shift) Q.628. In which year was the Child durbar to acknowledge Queen Victoria as
(a) Hastings Bill (b) Dalhousie Bill Marriage Restraint Act passed in India? the Empress of India. This was the
(c) Ilbert Bill (d) George Bill SSC MTS 06/07/2022 (Afternoon) culmination of the transfer of control of
(a) 1929 (b) 1931 (c) 1935 (d) 1933 British India from the East India
Sol.624.(c) Ilbert Bill was introduced in Company to the Crown.
1883 by Lord Ripon. It allowed senior Sol.628.(a) On 28 September 1929, in
Indian magistrates to preside over cases the Imperial Legislative Council of India, Q.633. The capital of the British Indian
involving British subjects in India. The bill fixed the age of marriage for girls at 14 Empire was transferred from Calcutta to
was enacted by the Indian Legislative years and boys at 18 years. In 1949, after Delhi in:
Council on Jan. 25, 1884. It was written India's independence, it was amended to SSC MTS 13/10/2021(Afternoon)
by Sir Courtenay Pergine Ilbert. 15 for girls, and in 1978 to 18 for girls (a) 1911 (b) 1905 (c) 1907 (d) 1909
and 21 for boys.
Q.625. Which of the following Indian Sol.633.(a) 1911. The British
states was the first to sign a subsidiary Q.629. Which Act passed by British government believed that ruling India
alliance with the British? Government of India abolished the from Delhi was easier and more
SSC CPO 09/11/2022 (Afternoon) Council of India? convenient than from Calcutta.
(a) Hyderabad (b) Cochin SSC MTS 14/07/2022 (Afternoon) Therefore, Delhi was officially announced
(c) Travancore (d) Maratha (a) Indian Independence Act of 1947 as the capital of British Raj by Emperor
(b) India Council Act of 1892 George V, on December 12, 1911.
Sol.625.(a) Hyderabad. In this system, (c) Government of India Act of 1935
an Indian ruler had to maintain British (d) Charter Act of 1853 Q.634. By which British statute were
troops in his state, either by giving some Indian representatives, for the first time,
of his territories or by paying for the Sol.629.(c) Government of India Act allocated seats for election in Indian
maintenance of the troops. It was first 1935 were as follows: Abolition of Legislative Councils?
introduced by the French East India provincial dyarchy and introduction of SSC MTS 13/10/2021 (Evening)
Company Governor Joseph Francois dyarchy at centre. Abolition of Indian (a) Government of India Act, 1833
Dupleix, Later used by Lord Wellesley, Council and introduction of an advisory (b) Indian Councils Act, 1892
Governor-General of India (1798 to body in its place. Provision for an All (c) Government of India Act, 1915
1805). India Federation with British India (d) Indian Councils Act, 1861
territories and princely states.
Q.626. What is the original name of the Sol.634.(b) Indian Councils Act, 1892.
Empress of India Act and when was it Q.630. Which Act was passed in 1929 The act made a limited and indirect
instituted? prohibiting marriage of girls below 14 provision for the use of election in filling
Higher Secondary 04/08/2022 (Shift - 3) and boys below 18 years of age? up some of the nonofficial seats both in
(a) The Royalty Act of 1876 SSC MTS 15/07/2022 (Afternoon) the Central and provincial legislative
(b) The Royal Titles Act of 1876 (a) Pitt’s India Act (b) Sharda Act councils.
(c) The Royal Titles Act of 1877 (c) Vernacular Press Act (d) Rowlatt Act
Q.635. Which law was imposed in India
(d) The Titles Act of 1875 Sol.630.(b) Sharda act. The act fixed the during the command of General Dyer?
Sol.626.(b) The Royal Titles Act 1876 marriageable age for girls at 14 years SSC MTS 20/10/2021 (Evening)
was an Act of the Parliament of the and 18 years for boys. It was sponsor by (a) Preventive detention
United Kingdom which officially Harbilas Sarda. Pitt’s India act (1784), (b) Discrimination law
recognized Queen Victoria (and Rowlatt Act (1919), Vernacular press act (c) Simon law
subsequent monarchs) as “Empress of (1878). (d) Martial law
India”. This act was introduced by Q.631. In which year through the Indian Sol.635.(d) Martial law. General Dyer
Benjamin Disraeli. It was repealed on 22 Official Secrets Act was freedom of enacted an Act on April 13, 1919, called
June 1948. press curbed? martial law stating that no more than 2
Q.627. Which of the following Acts of SSC MTS 21/07/2022 (Evening) people can form a group and meet at a
1947 regulates the Indian labor law with (a) 1919 (b) 1921 (c) 1904 (d) 1909 place.
regard to trade unions as well as Sol.631.(c) 1904. It was enacted during Q.636. In order to curb the East India
individual workmen? the time of Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India Company traders’ unrestrained
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some order in territories under the (c) Sir Pethick Lawrence (d) Alexander 1911.
Company control, the British Parliament
enacted a series of laws among which Sol.640.(b) Lord Wavell. The members of Q.644. Before the Partition of Bengal in
the ______ stood first. the Cabinet Mission were Lord Penthick 1905, Bengal was the biggest province of
SSC MTS 22/10/2021 (Evening) Lawrence, Secretary of State for India, Sir British India. It consisted of parts of
(a) Charter Act of 1813 Stafford Cripps, President of the Board of which of the following states?
(b) Government of India Act 1833 Trade, and A.V Alexander, First Lord of SSC CHSL 20/03/2023 (3rd Shift)
(c) Regulating Act of 1780 Admiralty. (a) Uttar Pradesh and Orissa
(d) Regulating Act of 1773 (b) Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
Partition of Bengal and (c) Bihar and Orissa
Sol.636.(d) Regulating Act of 1773. It (d) Bihar and Chhattisgarh
Swadeshi Movements
provided for the establishment of the
Supreme Court at Calcutta (1774) and Sol.644.(c) Bihar and Orissa. Partition
Q.641. What was the Swadeshi of Bengal in 1905 {Lord Curzon
changed the post of Governor of Bengal
Movement called in the state of Andhra announced the partition of Bengal on
to “Governor-General of Bengal”. Warren
Pradesh? 20th July 1905, reorganization separated
Hastings was made the first Governor
SSC MTS 12/09/2023 (1st Shift) the largely Muslim eastern areas from
-General of Bengal.
(a) Gadar Movement the largely Hindu western areas}.
Q.637. In which year was the office of the (b) Quit India Movement
first Accountant General established in (c) Khilafat Movement Q.645. At which of the following places
India? (d) Vande Mataram Movement was the formal proclamation of the
SSC MTS 27/10/2021 (Morning) Swadeshi movement made on 7 August
Sol.641.(d) Vande Mataram Movement. 1905?
(a) 1858 (b) 1845 (c) 1890 (d) 1867
The Swadeshi Movement started in SSC CPO 09/11/2022 (Afternoon)
Sol.637.(a) In 1858 (the year the British August 1905 from Calcutta Town Hall (a) Wellington Square, Calcutta
took over administrative control of India against Lord Curzon’s decision of (b) Calcutta Town Hall
from the East India Company) the office dividing the province of Bengal. The (c) Kanai Dhar Lane, Calcutta
of the first Accountant General was partition led to protest meetings in (d) Bengal National College, Calcutta
established in India. In 1860 Sir Edward Bengal under which the pledge to boycott
Drummond was appointed as the first foreign goods was first taken. Leaders of Sol.645.(b) Calcutta Town Hall. The
Auditor-General. the movement - Poona and Bombay Swadeshi movement was a direct fallout
(Lokmanya Tilak), Punjab (Lala Lajpat Rai of the decision of the British India
Q.638. Which Committee among the and Ajit Singh), Delhi (Syed Haider Raza), government to partition Bengal. The
following was formed in Bombay in Madras (Chidambaram Pillai). features of the Swadeshi movement :
March 1919? encourage the use of indigenous goods,
SSC MTS 27/10/2021 (Afternoon) Q.642. Lord Curzon declared the boycott foreign goods. The partition of
(a) Hunter Committee partition of _________ in 1905. Bengal was annulled in 1911 by Lord
(b) Khilafat Committee SSC CGL 19/07/2023 (2nd shift) Hardinge to curb the revolutionaries.
(c) Sargent Committee (a) Central Provinces (b) Punjab
(d) Sapru Committee (c) United Provinces (d) Bengal Q.646. Which of the following parties
supported the move for partition of
Sol.638.(b) Khilafat Committee. Formed Sol.642.(d) Bengal. Partition of Bengal: Bengal?
to defend the powers of the Ottoman Announcement – by Viceroy Curzon. The SSC CGL 18/04/2022 (Afternoon)
Caliph which was restricted by the Treaty Swadeshi Movement was declared on (a) Gadar Party
of Sevres after World War I. Leaders - August 7, 1905 in Calcutta Town Hall, (b) Forward Bloc
Mohammed Ali, Shaukat Ali, Maulana Bengal. 16 October was celebrated as (c) All India Muslim League
Azad, Hakim Ajmal Khan and Hasrat 'National Mourning Day' throughout (d) Communist Party of India
Mohani. Bengal. It was cancelled by Lord
Hardinge in 1911. Sol.646.(c) All India Muslim League
Q.639. Who was the Prime Minister of supported the move for partition of
Britain/UK when the British Parliament Q.643. What is the official reason given Bengal. Founders of All India Muslim
passed an independence bill for India in by Britishers after partition of Bengal in League are Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Aga
July 1947 ? 1905? Khan III, Khwaja Salimullah, Hakim Ajmal
SSC CHSL 18/03/2020 (Afternoon) SSC MTS 08/05/2023 (Morning) Khan, Waqar-ul-Mulk. It was founded on
(a) Clement Attlee (a) Easy Movement of army 30 December 1906.
(b) Neville Chamberlain (b) To check on Extremist activities
(c) Ramsay Macdonald (c) Economic Progress Q.647. Moved by the Swadeshi
(d) Winston Churchill (d) Administrative Convenience Movement, ______ painted his famous
image of Bharat Mata portraying her as
Sol.639.(a) Clement Attlee. Sol.643.(d) Administrative Convenience. an ascetic figure.
The real reason for the partition was to SSC MTS 05/10/2021(Morning)
Q.640. Who among the following was divide and weaken the growing (a) Satyendranath Tagore
NOT a minister of Cabinet Mission Plan, nationalist movement in Bengal. After (b) Abanindranath Tagore
1946 ? Partition Swadeshi movement gained (c) Jyotirindranath Tagore
SSC CGL 06/03/2020 (Evening) even more momentum, and the British (d) Dwijendranath Tagore
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painted his famous image of Bharat (c) Shrimad Rajchandra
Mata portraying her as an ascetic figure (d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale Sol.655.(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
in 1905. The painting is depicted as a (The Iron Man of India) - First Home
saffron-clad divine woman, holding a Sol.651.(d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale: He Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of
book, sheaves of paddy, a piece of white was a senior leader of the Indian India. Bardoli satyagraha (1928) - It was
cloth, and a rosary in her four hands. National Congress and the founder of the against the increased taxation of farmers
Servants of India Society (1905). by the colonial government.

Gandhian Era Q.652. Which of the following events Q.656. The famous scientist, Albert
occurred in 1919? Einstein was inspired by whose idea on
Q.648. Salt Satyagraha was associated SSC MTS 14/09/2023 (2nd Shift) non-violence?
with the: (a) Renewal of Charter Act SSC CGL 18/07/2023 (4th shift)
SSC Stenographer 13/10/2023 (Evening) (b) Representation of the People Act was (a) Mahatma Gandhi
(a) Civil Disobedience Movement passed (b) Vardhaman Mahavira
(b) Quit India Movement (c) Suppression of Fraud and Dacoity Act (c) Gautam Buddha
(c) Champaran Satyagraha passed (d) B.R. Ambedkar
(d) Kheda Movement (d) Satyagraha against Rowlatt Act
Sol.656.(a) Mahatma Gandhi. His Ideas -
Sol.648.(a) Civil Disobedience Sol.652.(d) Satyagraha against Rowlatt Truth and nonviolence, Satyagraha,
Movement (1930) - Salt Satyagraha (12 Act. Events in 1919: Jallianwala Bagh Sarvodaya (Progress of All), Swaraj
March 1930 - 6 April 1930) - Started from Massacre (13 April), Start of Khilafat (self-rule), Trusteeship (Wealthy people
Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi Beach. A movement in India. Other events and to look after the welfare of the people).
distance of about 375 km was covered their years: Charter Acts - 1793, 1813,
1833, 1853. The Representation of the Q.657. 'Hind Swaraj' or 'Indian Home
for breaking the salt law.
People Act - 1950. Thuggee and Dacoity Rule' is written by which of the following
Q.649. Vallabhbhai Patel and ________ Suppression Act - 1836 . freedom fighters?
helped Gandhi in Kheda by organising his SSC CGL 19/07/2023 (3rd shift)
tour of the villages and urging the Q.653. In which year was Mohandas (a) Dadabhai Naoroji
peasants to stand firm against the Karamchand Gandhi born? (b) Mahatma Gandhi
government. SSC CHSL 10/08/2023 (4th shift) (c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (Morning) (a) 1659 (b) 1869 (c) 1889 (d) 1879 (d) Annie Besant
(a) Motilal Nehru
Sol.653.(b) 1869. Mahatma Gandhi: Born Sol.657.(b) Mahatma Gandhi. In “Hind
(b) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
on 2nd October (observed as Swaraj” he expressed his views on
(c) Indulal Yajnik
International Day of Non-violence). He Swaraj, modern civilization,
(d) Jamunalal Bajaj
came back to India on 9th January mechanisation, among other matters.
Sol.649.(c) Indulal Yajnik. Mahatma (celebrated as ‘NRI day’ or ‘Pravasi Books: “My experiment with truth”, “The
Gandhi returned to India on 9 January Bhartiya Divas’ since 2003) 1915 from Words of Gandhi”, “Non-Violent
1915. South Africa. Some Satyagraha Resistance”. Dadabhai Naoroji: “Poverty
movements by Gandhiji: Champaran and Un-British Rule in India” . Bal
Q.650. Who among the following satyagraha (1917), Kheda satyagraha Gangadhar Tilak: “Geeta Rahasya”, “The
designed a campaign that came to be (1918), Ahmedabad Mill Strike (1918). Arctic Home in the Vedas”. Annie Besant:
known as the 'Rowlatt Satyagraha'? “Thought Forms”, “Occult Chemistry”.
SSC CPO 04/10/2023 (Morning) Q.654. Who was the founder of Harijan
(a) Mahatma Gandhi Sevak Sangh founded in 1932? Q.658. Who among the following signed
(b) Feroze Shah Mehta SSC CGL 17/07/2023 (3rd shift) the Poona pact with Mahatma Gandhi?
(c) Mahadev Govind Ranade (a) Jawaharlal Nehru SSC CGL 20/07/2023 (2nd shift)
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (b) Mahatma Gandhi (a) Ali Brothers (b) Chittaranjan Das
(c) Jyotiba Phule (c) Jyotiba Phule (d) Bhimrao Ambedkar
Sol.650.(a) Mahatma Gandhi. Rowlatt (d) BR Ambedkar
Satyagraha (1919): A nationwide Sol.658.(d) Bhimrao Ambedkar. Poona
satyagraha against the proposed Rowlatt Sol.654.(b) Mahatma Gandhi. Pact (24 september 1932) was signed in
Act (1919). Rowlatt Act was based on Organisation Founded by MK Gandhi: Yerwada central Jail in Pune during the
the Sedition Committee. It gave the Majdoor Mahajan (1916) in Ahmedabad. time of Lord Willington. It provides the
government enormous powers to repress It was related to the labour movement or depressed classes with the reservation
political activities, and allowed detention textile movement in Gujarat. All-India of the electoral seats in British India
of political prisoners without trial for two Spinners Association (1925), All-India Parliament.
years. In Rowlatt Satyagraha Gandhiji Village Industries Association (1934).
Q.659. Who among the following gave
tried to utilize the home rule league.
Q.655. Who among the following leaders the famous 'Do or Die' slogan during Quit
Q.651. On whose advice did Gandhi led the Bardoli Satyagraha? India Movement?
spend a year traveling around British SSC CGL 18/07/2023 (2nd shift) SSC CGL 21/07/2023 (1st shift)
India to know the people of India? (a) Lala Lajpat Rai (a) Abul Kalam Azad
SSC MTS 14/09/2023 (1st Shift) (b) Motilal Nehru (b) Jawaharlal Nehru
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successfully led a strike of ________.
Sol.659.(d) Mahatma Gandhi. Other SSC MTS 09/05/2023 (Evening) Sol.667.(d) September 1932. Poona
slogans of famous Indian leaders: (a) Army Soldiers (b) Dalits Pact - Agreement between Mahatma
Jawaharlal Nehru (‘Aaram haraam hai’), (c) Mill workers (d) Traders Gandhi and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar - Seats
Bhagat Singh (‘Inquilab Zindabad’), Lal reserved for the depressed classes were
Bahadur Shastri (‘Jai Jawan, Jai Kisaan’), Sol.663.(c) Mill workers. Ahmedabad increased from 71 to 147 in provincial
Subhas Chandra Bose (‘Give me blood Mill Strike (1918) - This is considered legislatures and 18 percent of the total in
and I will give you freedom’), Bal the first hunger strike led by Gandhi. the Central Legislature. Dr. B.R.
Gangadhar Tilak (‘Swaraj is my birthright Ambedkar - Established All India
and I shall have it’), Lala Lajpat Rai Q.664. In which Indian movement, were Depressed Classes Association in 1930 -
(‘Simon, Go Back’). the issues faced by indigo planters, first Rao Bahadur M. C. Rajah (First
brought to light in 1917? President). All India Depressed Classes
Q.660. Primarily under whose persuasion SSC MTS 15/06/2023 (Evening) League (1935) - Jagjivan Ram.
did Mahatma Gandhi visit Champaran to (a) Champaran Satyagraha
understand the problems of peasants? (b) Kheda Satyagraha Q.668. When was the Champaran
SSC CGL 26/07/2023 (3rd shift) (c) Ahmedabad Mill Strike Agrarian Act passed?
(a) Jaiprakash Narayan (d) Non-Cooperation Movement SSC CHSL 20/03/2023 (4th Shift)
(b) Maulana Mazharul Haque (a) 1920 (b) 1922 (c) 1918 (d) 1924
(c) Vallabhbhai Patel Sol.664.(a) Champaran Satyagraha
(d) Rajkumar Shukla (1917). The first satyagraha movement Sol.668.(c) 1918. Champaran Agrarian
led by Mahatma Gandhi. bill was introduced by W. Maude in the
Sol.660.(d) Rajkumar Shukla. Legislative Council on 29th November
Champaran Satyagrah (1917) : Gandhiji Q.665. Mahatma Gandhi called off the 1917. Mahatma Gandhi was convinced
was requested to look into the problems Non-cooperation Movement in February by Raj Kumar Shukla to visit Champaran
of the farmers in the context of indigo 1922 after which incident? in 1917 to abolish the forcible cultivation
planters of Champaran in Bihar. The SSC MTS 19/06/2023 (Morning) of Indigo.
European planters were forcing the (a) Bomb Blast in central assembly
peasants to grow indigo on 3/20 part of (b) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Q.669. Gandhiji, aged ______, arrived in
the total land (called the Tinkathia (c) Kakori train robbery India in 1915 from South Africa.
system). (d) Chauri Chaura Incident SSC CHSL 21/03/2023 (3rd Shift)
(a) 52 (b) 46 (c) 28 (d) 34
Q.661. Who among the following Sol.665.(d) Chauri Chaura Incident. On
returned his/her medal of Kaisar-i-Hind in 4th February 1922, an angry mob set fire Sol.669.(b) 46. Gandhiji (born on 2nd
1920 ? to the police station at Chauri Chaura. October 1869 in Porbandar, Gujarat) went
Higher Secondary 27/06/2023 ( Shift - 3) Gandhi called off the movement on 12th to South Africa in 1893 as a lawyer,
(a) S Subramania iyer February 1922. settling first in Durban before moving to
(b) Sarojini Naidu Johannesburg. In South Africa (1893
Q.666. In Kheda, Gujarat, Patidar -1915), he had successfully fought the
(c) Rabindranath Tagore peasants organised non-violent
(d) Mahatma Gandhi racist regime with a novel method of
campaigns against which of the mass agitation, which he called
Sol.661.(d) Mahatma Gandhi. following demand of the British? satyagraha.
Kaiser - e - Hind title was given to SSC CHSL 14/03/2023 (2nd Shift)
Mahatma Gandhi by Governor-General of (a) Low labour rates Q.670. Which of the following Indian
India Lord Hardinge in 1915 for his (b) Long working hours freedom fighter said that "Be the change
services during the Boer War (1899 - (c) High land revenue you wish to see in the world" ?
1902). Gandhi returned his title in (d) Low price for crops SSC CGL 03/12/2022 (2nd Shift)
response to the Jallianwala Bagh (a) Bipin Chandra Pal
Sol.666.(c) High land revenue. Kheda (b) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Massacre (13th April 1919). Satyagraha of 1918 was a satyagraha
Rabindranath Tagore returned his (c) Surendranath Banerjee
movement in the Kheda district of (d) Mahatma Gandhi
Knighthood title in response to the Gujarat in India organized by Mahatma
massacre. Gandhi during the period of the British Sol.670.(d) Mahatma Gandhi. His other
Q.662. In 1895, Mahatma Gandhi, along Raj. The peasant-Patidar community of Famous Quotes: “A man is but the
with other Indians has established _____ Kheda, who refused to accept a 23 product of his thoughts. What he thinks,
to fight against racial discrimination. percent tax increase imposed on them he becomes.”, “Nobody can hurt me
SSC MTS 03/05/2023 (Evening) despite a devastating crop failure and an without my permission.”
(a) Dev Samaj (b) Brahmo Samaj outbreak of plague and cholera, served
as the focal point of this satyagraha. Q.671. In the ____________, Sarojini Naidu
(c) Natal Congress (d) Sabarmati Ashram persuaded Mahatma Gandhi to allow
Sol.662.(c) Natal Congress :- A political Q.667. When did depressed classes get women to join the movement.
organisation founded in the South Africa the reserved seats in provincial and SSC CGL 08/12/2022 (1st Shift)
province of Natal, then ruled by central legislative councils, but they were (a) Quit India Movement
Britishers. It later served an important to be voted in by the General electorate? (b) Champaran Satyagraha
role in opposing apartheid. SSC CHSL 15/03/2023 (3rd Shift) (c) Salt Satyagraha
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Sol.671.(c) Salt Satyagraha. It was a The Salt Satyagraha was a mass civil Q.679. Which of the following is NOT a
mass civil disobedience movement disobedience movement initiated by reason for slowing down the
initiated by Mahatma Gandhi against the Mahatma Gandhi against the salt tax Non-cooperation Movement?
salt tax imposed by the British imposed by the British government in SSC MTS 19/07/2022 (Morning)
government in India. He led a large group India. It was started by Sabarmati (a) Due to the absence of alternative
of people from Sabarmati Ashram on Ashram on 12th March 1930 and was Indian institution, boycott of British
12th March 1930 till Dandi, a coastal ended by Gandhi- Irwin pact in 1931. Institutions posed a problem.
village in Gujarat, to break the salt law by (b) Leaders of the movement shifted
producing salt from seawater. Q.676. Which of the following events their focus towards domestic work
occurred as an after-effect of the thus created a void.
Q.672. In which of the following years, Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (13th April (c) Many lawyers resigned but then
did Subhas Chandra Bose refer to 1919) ? absence of income for a longer
Mahatma Gandhi as the “Father of the SSC MTS 08/07/2022 (Afternoon) period of time compelled them to
Nation”? (a) Hunger strike to settle disputes rejoin.
SSC CGL 12/12/2022 (2nd Shift) between the mill owners and the (d) Khadi cloth was often more
(a) 1942 (b) 1944 (c) 1939 (d) 1941 workers expensive than mass-produced
(b) Individual princes could sign a mill cloth and poor people could not
Sol.672.(b) 1944. Subhas Chandra Bose separate agreement with the British
called Mahatma Gandhi the ‘Father of the afford to buy it.
(c) Hunter Commission was appointed
Nation’ in a radio address from by the British Government Sol.679.(b) Mahatma Gandhi started the
Singapore on 6 July 1944. (d) Popularisation of Charkha and Khadi Non- Cooperation Movement on 4
Q.673. The All-India Khilafat Conference and Jail Bharo by Congress September 1920. Lord Chelmsford was
in November 1919 took place at: volunteers. the viceroy of British India during the
SSC CPO 10/11/2022 (Morning) Non-Cooperation Movement. The Chauri
Sol.676.(c) Hunter Commission was
(a) Lucknow (b) Delhi -Chaura incident was the driver of
appointed by the British Government.
(c) Bombay (d) Lahore subsequent withdrawal of the Non
The Hunter Commission came to India in
-Cooperation Movement. Bhagwan Ahir
1919 under the leadership of William
Sol.673.(b) Delhi. In early 1919, the All was the pioneer of the Chauri Chaura
Hunter to investigate the Jallianwala
India Khilafat Committee was formed incident. Singaravelu Chettiar saw the
Bagh massacre. 1600 Indian civilians
under the leadership of the Ali brothers non-cooperation movement as capitalist
were killed in the Jallianwala Bagh
(Maulana Muhammad Ali and Shaukat autocracy.
massacre, for which General Dyer was
Ali), Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Ajmal
responsible. Another Hunter Q.680. In which of the following years
Khan and Hasrat Mohani, to force the
Commission was on Indian Education, was the civil disobedience campaign
British Government to change its attitude
prepared in 1882 by William Wilson completely Ceased?
to Turkey.
Hunter. SSC CGL 12/04/2022 (Evening)
Q.674. Who among the following called (a) 1917 (b) 1934 (c) 1923 (d) 1943
Q.677. Who among the following was a
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose a patriot of
leader of the Khilafat Movement? Sol.680.(b) 1934. It began with the
patriots?
SSC MTS 12/07/2022 (Afternoon) famous Dandi March of Gandhiji, on 12
Graduate Level 03/08/2022 (Shift - 3)
(a) Bhagat Singh March 1930.
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Kasturba Gandhi
(b) Chittaranjan Das Q.681. Who among the following
(c) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(c) Mahatma Gandhi freedom fighters hoisted the Indian flag
(d) Jyotiba Phule
(d) Pattabhi Sitaramayya at the Gowalia Tank Maidan in Mumbai
Sol.677.(c) Abul Kalam Azad. Its aim during the Quit India Movement?
Sol.674.(c) Mahatma Gandhi.
was to put pressure on the British SSC CGL 13/04/2022 (Afternoon)
Rabindranath Tagore called Subhash
government to keep the Ottoman Sultan's (a) Aruna Asaf Ali
Chandra Bose a 'Desh Nayak'. The
rule as Caliph of Islam after the Ottoman (b) Sarojini Naidu
famous slogan given by Subhas Chandra
Empire disintegrated at the end of the (c) Tara Rani Srivastava
Bose: “Dilli Chalo, Jai Hind”, "Give me
war. (d) Matangini Hazra
blood, I will give freedom". Subhas
Chandra Bose Autobiography: “The Q.678. In which year did Mahatma Sol.681.(a) Aruna Asaf Ali. Aruna Asaf
Indian Struggle”. Gandhi first introduce a nationwide Ali popularly known as the 'Grand Old
satyagraha in India? Lady' of the Independence Movement.
Q.675. Who among the following
SSC MTS 15/07/2022 (Morning)
persuaded Mahatma Gandhi to allow
(a) 1915 (b) 1921 (c) 1919 (d) 1916 Q.682. Who among the following was the
women to join the Salt Satyagraha
only martyr of the Quit India phase of the
movement? Sol.678.(c) 1919. The first nationwide freedom movement who was hanged?
SSC MTS 05/07/2022 (Evening) Satyagraha was launched in 1919 by SSC CGL 21/04/2022 (Evening)
(a) Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Mahatma Gandhi and other leaders to (a) Potti Sreeramulu
(b) Annie Besant end the Rowlatt Act passed by the (b) Senapati Bapat
(c) Ashalata Sen Imperial Legislative Council, which gave (c) Kushal Konwar
(d) Ambabai them the power to arrest any person (d) Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi
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Sol.682.(c) Kushal Konwar.
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India Resolution was passed by the
Congress Working Committee on 8 Sol.690.(a) Queen Elizabeth I. By the
Q.687. Where was the first jute mill set
August 1942 in Bombay. ‘Quit India’ or Charter (1600 A.D), they got the sole
up in India?
‘Bharat Chodo 'slogan was given in this right to trade with the East, without
SSC CHSL 04/08/2023 (3rd shift)
movement . Gandhiji gave the slogan to competition from other British traders.
(a) Mumbai (b) Rishra
the people – ‘Do or die’; It is also known The Company's ships first arrived in
(c) Chennai (d) Haryana
as the India August Movement or August India, at the port of Surat, in 1608.
Kranti. Sol.687.(b) Rishra (West Bengal, 1855).
Q.691. The first English factory was set
First Jute mill (Acland Mill) - Established
Q.683. Which Newspaper was founded up on the banks of the river _______ in
by British entrepreneur George Acland
by Mahatma Gandhi in South Africa in 1651.
and Bengali financier Babu By Sumber
1903? SSC CHSL 13/03/2023 (3rd Shift)
Sen in Bengal Presidency. Central
SSC MTS 13/10/2021 (Evening) (a) Son (b) Yamuna (c) Ganga (d) Hugli
Research Institute for Jute and Allied
(a) Young India (b) Indian Opinion Fibers is located in West Bengal. Sol.691.(d) Hugli. First English factory
(c) Swaraj Hind (d) Navajivan National jute Board formed by National (Temporary) in India - Masulipattam
Jute board Act, 2008 under the Ministry (1611). First English factory (Permanent)
Sol.683.(b) Indian Opinion.
of Textile. In 1854, the first modern in India - Surat (1613). First factory of
The Indian Opinion was an important
cotton mill was established in Mumbai other European Companies in India:
newspaper established in 1903 in
by Cowaszee Nanabhoy Davar. Dutch - Masulipatnam (Andhra Pradesh)
Durban, South Africa, by Mahatma
Gandhi and M. H. Nazar. It was a primary in 1605, Portuguese - Calicut (Kerala) in
Q.688. Which of the following modern
communication organ of the Natal Indian 1500, French - Surat (Gujarat) in 1668.
industries were in operation in India
Congress. during the British Rule ? Q.692. Which of the following pairs is
a. Cotton b. Jute c. Iron and Steel correct regarding the East India
Q.684. Who among the following was
SSC CGL 24/07/2023 (1st shift) Company army?
one of the leaders who was instrumental
(a) All of a, b and c (b) Both a and b I. Sawar — Men on horses
in convincing Mahatma Gandhi about the
(c) Only a (d) Only c Il. Musket — A heavy gun used by infantry
need to start a non-cooperation
movement in support of The Khilafat? soldiers
Sol.688.(a) All of a, b and c. British rulers
SSC CGL 16/08/2021(Evening) SSC CHSL 17/03/2023 (3rd Shift)
never permitted modernization nor did
(a) Shaukat Ali (a) Only l (b) Only ll
they encourage the growth of industries.
(b) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (c) Both l and lI (d) Neither I nor Il
The unbalanced and lopsided growth
(c) Abdul Ghaffar Khan structures were a legacy of British rule in Sol.692.(c) Both l and II.
(d) Mohammad Ali Jinnah India. The first iron and steel mill was
established in 1907, in Jamshedpur by Q.693. The British East India Company
Sol.684.(a) Shaukat Ali. captured Pondicherry (Puducherry) from
Tata Iron and Steel Company.
Q.685. C Rajagopalachari led the Salt the French in the year ______.
Q.689. In the 18th century, the SSC CGL 11/04/2022 (Morning)
Satyagraha in which of the following
development of cotton industries in (a) 1761 (b) 1699 (c) 1674 (d) 1738
states ?
Britain resulted in _________ .
SSC CGL 20/08/2021(Morning) Sol.693.(a) 1761. Pondicherry got its
SSC MTS 02/05/2023 (Morning)
(a) Gujarat (b) Maharashtra freedom from the French on 1st
(a) Increase in demand of Indian textile
(c) Tamil Nadu (d) Rajasthan November 1954. The Union Territory of
in Britain
Sol.685.(c) Tamil Nadu. (b) Decline of textiles production in India Puducherry comprises the erstwhile
Salt March (Dandi Satyagraha, 12th (c) Increase in demand of Indian textile French colonies viz. Puducherry, Karaikal,
March 1930 to 6th April, 1930 ) was an in India Mahe and Yanam.
act of nonviolent civil disobedience led (d) Decline of British textiles industries in
Q.694. William Hawkins met Emperor
by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Other India
Jahangir as a representative of the ______
leaders - K. Kelappan (Malabar), East India Company.
Sol.689.(b) Reason for decline: Export of
Gopabandhu Chaudhary (Orissa). SSC CGL 19/04/2022 (Morning)
textiles to England became more and
Q.686. ______ was a mentor to both more difficult because the British (a) Portuguese (b) Dutch
Mahatma Gandhi and Mohammed Ali Government imposed high duties on (c) French (d) English
Jinnah. Indian textiles. Thorp Mill (1764) - The Sol.694.(d) English. East India Company
SSC CHSL 20/10/2020 (Evening) first water-powered cotton mill in the founded on 31st December 1600. The
(a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale world was constructed at Royton, Dutch established their first factory in
(b) Rabindranath Tagore Lancashire (England). The first cotton Masulipatnam in 1605. Vasco da Gama,
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai textile mill (India) - Established at Fort discoverer of the sea route to India (1498),
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak Glastor near Kolkata (1818). established the first Portuguese factory
(trading station). The first French factory
Sol.686.(a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale. Q.690. In 1600, the East India company
was founded by Francois Caron in 1668 in
acquired a charter from_________.
Surat.
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Q.695. Which monument was built in of Armed rebellion to overthrow the seven Members, not a single Indian
1924 to welcome King George V and British. member in it, Headed by Sir John Simon.
Queen Mary? Simon Commission came to India in
Q.699. On 8th April 1929, who among the
SSC CHSL 15/04/2021 (Morning) 1928.
following two revolutionists threw a
(a) Gateway of India (b) Bombay Castle
bomb in the Central Legislative Q.703. By what name did Vinayak
(c) Victoria Memorial (d) Chattri Brighton
Assembly? Savarkar form a secret organization of
Sol.695.(a) Gateway of India. The SSC MTS 04/09/2023 (1st Shift) revolutionaries in the year 1904 ?
Gateway of India is an Arch-Monument (a) Bhagat Singh and Rajguru SSC CHSL 11/08/2023 (4th shift)
built in the early 20th century in the city (b) Bhagat Singh and Ram Prasad Bismil (a) Hindustan Republican Association
of Mumbai. (c) Bhagat Singh and Batukeshawar Dutt (b) Naujawan Bharat Sabha
(d) Bhagat Singh and Sukhdev (c) Abhinav Bharat
The Revolutionaries Sol.699.(c) Bhagat Singh and
(d) Forward Block

Batukeshwar Dutt. They threw bomb Sol.703.(c) Abhinav Bharat. Vinayak

Q.696. The 'Servants of India Society'
against the passage of the Public Safety Damodar Savarkar - Hindu nationalist
was the brainchild of which of the
Bill and the Trade Disputes Bill which political ideology of Hindutva and
following leaders ?
would reduce the civil liberties of established Free India Society at India
SSC CPO 05/10/2023 (Morning)
citizens. They were members of the House in London. He wrote "The History
(a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Hindustan Socialist Republican of the War of Indian Independence".
(b) BR Ambedkar
Association. On 23rd March, 1931
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai Q.704. Sohan Singh Bhakna and Har
Bhagat Singh was hanged in the Lahore
(d) Chittaranjan Das Dayal were primarily associated with
jail at the age of 23.
which of the following organisations?
Sol.696.(a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Q.700. Who is regarded as the 'Mother of SSC CGL 17/07/2023 (3rd shift)
founded - Ranade Institute of Economics
Indian Revolution' ? (a) Ghadar Party (b) Kisan Sabha
(1908). He started an English weekly
SSC MTS 06/09/2023 (2nd Shift) (c) Anushilan Samiti (d) Yugantar
newspaper, The Hitavada (The people's
(a) Annie Besant (b) Usha Mehta
paper). Servants of India Society was Sol.704.(a) Ghadar Party: Founded in
(c) Madame Cama (d) Kasturba Gandhi
founded in 1905. Chitranjan Das is San Francisco (USA) on 15 July 1913. It
popularly known as Deshbandhu. B.R. Sol.700.(c) Madame Cama : She is publishes a weekly newspaper 'the
Ambedkar - All India Scheduled Caste famous for hosting the precursor to the Ghadar'. Kisan Sabha (Akhil Bhartiya
Federation and the Independent Labour Indian National Flag on foreign soil Kisan Sabha): Formed in 1936 at
Party. Lala Lajpat Rai - Punjab National (Stuttgart in Germany). Lucknow, headed by Swami Sahajanand
bank. Saraswati. Anushilan Samiti Formed by
Q.701. The Koya movement in
Q.697. Who among the following Satish Chandra Basu in 1902, influenced
Malkangiri, during 1880, (now in Odisha)
freedom fighter lawyers from Bengal is by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee’s
was led by:
known as Deshbandhu? “Anandamath”. Yugantar - Founded by
SSC CHSL 08/08/2023 (4th shift)
SSC MTS 01/09/2023 (2nd Shift) Barindra Kumar Ghosh in Calcutta.
(a) Ratna Naik (b) Tama Dora
(a) Chittaranjan Das (c) Rindo Majhi (d) Dayanidhi Dharua Q.705. In 1908, ___________ and Prafulla
(b) Durga Mohan Das
Chaki threw a bomb at a carriage that
(c) Bipin Chandra Pal Sol.701.(b) Tama Dora. Koya revolt - It
was occupied, they believed, by
(d) Satish Ranjan Das took place in the eastern Godavari track
Kingsford, the unpopular judge of
(modern Andhra Pradesh) in (1803 -
Sol.697.(a) Chittaranjan Das. He Muzaffarpur.
1862). After Tomma Sora's death, Raja
co-founded the Swaraj Party (in January SSC CGL 19/07/2023 (4th shift)
Anantayyar organized another revolt in
1923). Famous Personalities and their (a) Bhagat Singh (b) Khudiram Bose
1886. Other major tribal revolts :
Nicknames: Lal, Bal, Pal - Lala Lajpat Rai, (c) Rajguru (d) Jatindra Nath Bose
Paharias Rebellion (1778), Chuar
Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Uprising (1776), Kol Mutiny (1831), Ho Sol.705.(b) Khudiram Bose. He was
Pal. Man of Iron - Vallabh bhai Patel. and Munda Uprisings (1820-37), The hanged on 11th August 1908. Bhagat
Sher-e-Kashmir - Sheikh Abdullah. Santhal Rebellions (1855-56). Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev were hanged
Q.698. ‘Mitra Mela’ was a revolutionary on 23 March 1931 at Lahore Central jail.
Q.702. Which great leader died due to his
organisation founded by: Ram Prasad Bismil was hanged in 1927
injuries in the Anti-Simon Commission
SSC MTS 01/09/2023 (2nd Shift) at Gorakhpur Jail. Chandra Shekhar Azad
Protest of 1928?
(a) Bhupendra Nath Bose shot himself and died on 27 February
SSC CHSL 11/08/2023 (1st shift)
(b) Khudiram Bose 1931 at Alfred Park (Now Azad Park) in
(a) Lala Lajpat Rai (b) Lala Hardayal
(c) Vinayak Savarkar Prayagraj.
(c) Bhagat Singh (d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Sisir Kumar Bose
Q.706. Who among the following, along
Sol.702.(a) Lala Lajpat Rai (Freedom
Sol.698.(c) Vinayak Savarkar. Mitra Mela with her close associates, started the
fighters). He was also called ‘Punjab
was founded in the year 1899 in Nashik. secret congress radio during the Quit
Kesari’ and 'Lion of Punjab'. Bal
He and his brother Ganesh Damodar India Movement?
Gangadhar Tilak - Founded the Home
established the society (later renamed SSC CGL 25/07/2023 (4th shift)
Rule League in 1916. Simon Commission
Abhinav Bharat Society or the Young @ebookstore01 (a) Bhikaiji Cama (b) Lakshmi Sehgal
- Indian Statutory Commission, group of
India Society). It believed in the concept (c) Sarojini Naidu (d) Usha Mehta
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Sol.706.(d) Usha Mehta. Awards - Association (HRA). Ram Prasad Bismil, the British colonial authority and the
Padma Vibhushan (1998). Bhikaiji Cama Ashfaqulla Khan, and Roshan Singh were corrupt upper caste zamindari system.
- First person to hoist the Indian flag at hanged on 19 December 1927. Rajendra The Bheel Revolt of 1818, one of the first
foreign land (Germany) in 1907. Sarojini Nath Lahiri hanged on December 17, uprisings undertaken by a tribal group in
Naidu (Nightingale of India) - First Indian 1927. the country.
woman President of the Indian National
Congress and Governor of state (Uttar Q.710. Who among the following led the Q.714. Which of the following
Pradesh) after independence. Annie Chittagong Armory Raid or the revolutionaries stated during his trial that
Besant - First woman President of Indian Chittagong Rebellion? "he did not wish to glorify the cult of the
national Congress. Sucheta Kriplani - SSC MTS 19/06/2023 (Afternoon) bomb and pistol but wanted a revolution
First woman Chief Minister (Uttar (a) Surya Sen in society"?
Pradesh) of Independent India. (b) Vinayak Damodar Savarkar SSC CGL 09/12/2022 (1st Shift)
(c) Rabindranath Tagore (a) Bhagat Singh
Q.707. Hindustan Republican (d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (b) Surya Sen
Association took to socialist ideas, under (c) Sachindra Nath Sanyal
whose leadership, in 1928? Sol.710.(a) Surya Sen (Master Da). He (d) Barindra Kumar Ghosh
Graduate Level 30/06/2023 ( Shift - 1) led the Chittagong Armory Raid in 1930.
(a) Ram Prasad Bismil He was a revolutionary who was inspired Sol.714.(a) Bhagat Singh and
(b) Rajguru by the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland. Batukeshwar Dutt threw a bomb in the
(c) Bhagat Singh Central Legislative Assembly on 8 April
Q.711. The Revolutionary Socialist Party 1929. Surya Kumar Sen was hanged on
(d) Chandra Sekhar Azad was established in ________. 12 January 1934 by the British for the
Sol.707.(d) Chandra Sekhar Azad. SSC CGL 01/12/2022 (4th Shift) Chittagong Armoury Raid (1930).
Hindustan Socialist Republican (a) 1936 (b) 1925 (c) 1940 (d) 1929 Sachindra Nath Sanyal was co-founder of
Association (HSRA): Founded by Ram Sol.711.(c) 19 March 1940 by Tridib the Hindustan Republican Association
Prasad Bismil in 1928 by a group of Chaudhuri. It has its roots in the Bengali (HRA) in 1924. Barindra Kumar Ghosh
Indian revolutionaries including liberation movement Anushilan Samiti (younger brother of Sri Aurobindo)
Ashfaqulla Khan, Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and the Hindustan Socialist Republican published the Bengali weekly Jugantar
Thapar and Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee Association . The first general secretary patrika (1906).
at Feroz Shah Kotla (New Delhi). Bhagat of the party was Jogesh Chandra
Singh: “Principal Secretary” of HSRA in Q.715. Abhinav Bharat Society was a
Chatterjee. secret society of revolutionaries. It was
1928.
Q.712. Who said the following words? established in______
Q.708. The statement- "We shall die to “Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil me SSC CGL 09/12/2022 (1st Shift)
awaken the nation" was made by. hai, dekhna hai zor kitna baazu-e-qaatil (a) Bombay Presidency
SSC MTS 13/06/2023 (Evening) mein hai” (b) United Provinces
(a) Bagha Jatin SSC CGL 03/12/2022 (4th Shift) (c) Punjab Province
(b) Pingali Venkayya (a) Ramprasad Bismil (d) Calcutta Presidency
(c) Bir Tikendrajit Singh (b) Bhagat Singh
(d) Surya Sen Sol.715.(a) Bombay Presidency. Abhinav
(c) Ras Bihari Bose Bharat Society (Young India Society) was
Sol.708.(a) Bagha Jatin (Jatindranath (d) Subhash Chandra Bose founded by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Mukherjee) - Born on 7th December 1879 Sol.712.(a) Ramprasad Bismil (poet, and his brother Ganesh Damodar
in Kayagram (Nadia district) present-day writer, freedom fighter) - He participated Savarkar in 1904. Savarkar was
Bangladesh. He acquired the moniker in the Mainpuri Conspiracy of 1918, and imprisoned in the Cellular Jail (Andaman
‘Bagha Jatin’ when he single-handedly the Kakori Conspiracy of 1925. Subhash Islands) in 1910. His books are ’The
killed a Bengal tiger in 1906. Bir Chandra Bose - “Jai Hind” & “Tum Mujhe Indian war of independence, 1857’,
Tikendrajit Singh - He was a prince of the Khoon Do, Mai Tumhe Azadi Dunga”. ‘Essentials of Hindutva’.
independent Kingdom of Manipur. Mahatma Gandhi - “Karo ya Maro”. Q.716. Who among the following
Q.709. Which freedom fighter was Muhammad Iqbal - “Sare Jahan Se revolutionaries was associated with
involved in the Kakori Train Action in Achha Hindustan Hamara”. Bankim Swadesh Bandhav Samiti?
1925, for which the British government Chandra Chatterjee - “Vande Mataram”. SSC CGL 13/12/2022 (2nd Shift)
condemned him to death? Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya - (a) Chandrasekhar Azad
SSC MTS 15/06/2023 (Morning) “Satyameva Jayate”. (b) Bhagat Singh
(a) Ram Prasad Bismil Q.713. Which of the following revolts (c) Rajguru
(b) Lala Hardayal was led by Kanhu and Sidhu? (d) Ashwini Kumar Dutta
(c) Vinayak Damodar Savarkar SSC CGL 05/12/2022 (4th Shift)
(d) Mahatma Gandhi Sol.716.(d) Ashwini Kumar Dutta
(a) Bheel Revolt (b) Khasi Revolt founded the Swadesh Bandhab Samiti on
Sol.709.(a) Ram Prasad Bismil. Kakori (c) Munda Revolt (d) Santhal Revolt 6th August 1905 in Barisal district
Train Action - It was a train robbery (part Sol.713.(d) Santhal Revolt (1855-56), (Bangladesh). Weekly paper: Barisal
of Kakori Conspiracy) that took place on {during Lord Dalhousie (1848-1856) Hitaishi. He was responsible for the
9 August 1925, near Lucknow. It was tenure} the native rebellion in present-day creation of the Cooperative Hindustan
organised by the Hindustan Republican @ebookstore01 Bank in 1908. Hindustan Socialist
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Republican Association (Chandrasekhar (a) Orissa (b) the United Provinces (a) 20 (b) 23 (c) 30 (d) 26
Azad, Ashfaqulla Khan, Bhagat Singh, (c) Bihar (d) Bengal
Rajguru). Sol.725.(b) 23. On March 23, 1931,
Sol.721.(a) Odisha. Koraput revolution Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev were
Q.717. Which of the following {On August 25, 1942, 19 people died on hanged for the killing of British officer JP
revolutionary groups' members the spot in police firing at Paparandi in Saunders. In 1926, Bhagat Singh founded
assassinated Assistant Superintendent Nabarangpur (Odisha). More than a the 'Naujawan Bharat Sabha (Youth
of Police John Saunders in 1927? thousand were jailed in Koraput district Society of India) and joined the
SSC CGL 13/12/2022 (4th Shift) (Odisha). Veer Lakhan Nayak (Gandhi of Hindustan Socialist Republican
(a) Hindustan Sewa Dal Odisha) was hanged}. Quit India Association.
(b) Hindustan Republican Association movement (8 August 1942 - 1944) - led
(c) Abhinav Bharat Secret Society by Mahatma Gandhi. Q.726. At which of the following jails was
(d) Anushilan Samiti Khudiram Bose sent to the gallows?
Q.722. Which of the following SSC CGL 20/04/2022 (Evening)
Sol.717.(b) Hindustan Republican statements about Bharat Naujawan (a) Chittagong (b) Barishal
Association (HRA). Sabha is INCORRECT? (c) Muzaffarpur (d) Alipore
Graduate Level 05/08/2022 (Shift - 3)
Q.718. Who among the following (a) It was founded in Punjab Sol.726.(c) Muzaffarpur. Khudiram
organized the armed rebellion against (b) Bhagat Singh became its founding Bose was arrested for trying to
the British Raj in 1879 in Maharashtra? secretary assassinate British judge Douglas
SSC CPO 09/11/2022 (Afternoon) (c) It was established in 1927 Kingsford, he was executed on August
(a) Vasudev Balwant Phadke (d) It started political work among the 11, 1908, in Muzaffarpur jail in Bihar.
(b) Birsa Munda youth, peasants, and workers
(c) Buddhu Bhagat Q.727. Who among the following
(d) Tikendrajit Singh Sol.722.(c) Bharat Naujawan Sabha was persons was associated with the
founded in Lahore (1926) by Bhagat Chittagong Armoury Raid?
Sol.718.(a) Vasudev Balwant Phadke - Singh. SSC CGL 21/04/2022 (Evening)
Known as the First Revolutionary and (a) Vishnu Sharan Dublish
also the ‘Father of militant nationalism Q.723. Who among the following led of (b) Sachindra Nath Bakshi
in India.’ Birsa Munda also known as the famous Indigo Revolt in Bengal? (c) Manmath Nath Gupta
Dharti Aaba (Father of Earth), belonged SSC MTS 20/07/2022 (Afternoon) (d) Ardhendu Dastidar
to the Munda tribe in the Chotanagpur (a) Mahatma Gandhi
Plateau area. (b) Bishnu Charan Biswas and Digambar Sol.727.(d) Ardhendu Dastidar. Surya
Biswas Sen led the Chittagong armory attack on
Q.719. The Communist Party of India (c) Vasudev Balwant Phadke April 18, 1930. Surya Sen and Tarakeswar
was founded at ________ in October 1920. (d) Madari Pasi Dastidar were found guilty and hanged in
SSC CPO 10/11/2022 (Morning) the year 1934.
(a) Calcutta (b) Britain Sol.723.(b) Digambar Biswas and Bishnu
(c) Lahore (d) Tashkent Biswas of Nadia district Bengal led Q.728. Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya is
Indigo revolt. This Revolt began as a credited with popularising the slogan
Sol.719.(d) Tashkent. M.N. Roy nonviolent strike in March 1859, as the '______'.
(Manabendra Nath Roy), Abani Mukherji, ryots of a village in Bengal's Nadia SSC MTS 07/10/2021 (Evening)
founded the Communist Party of India district all agreed to refuse to grow any (a) Vande Mataram
(CPI) in 1920 in Tashkent (now the more indigo. (b) Inquilab Zindabad
capital of Uzbekistan). The Communist (c) Jai Jawan Jai Kisan
Party of India was officially formed Q.724. Which of the following (d) Satyameva Jayate
(1925) in Kanpur. Its founders included revolutionaries was arrested by the
M. N. Roy, his wife Evelyn Trent, Abani British as an accused in the Alipore Sol.728.(d) ‘Satyameva Jayate’.
Mukherji, and M. P. T. Acharya Bomb Conspiracy Case? Malaviya also served on the Imperial
(Mandayam Parthasarathi Tirumal SSC CGL 12/04/2022 (Afternoon) Legislative Council (1909–20). Vande
Acharya). (a) Kanailal Dutta (b) Rajendra Lahiri Matram was written by Bankim Chandra
(c) Roshan Singh (d) Ashfaq Ullah Khan Chatterjee. The famous slogan Inquilab
Q.720. The Anushilan Samiti was active Zindabad was given by Maulana Hasrat
in which part of the Indian subcontinent Sol.724.(a) Kanailal Dutta was among Mohani. Jai Jawan Jai Kisan was the
in the 20th century? the 33 revolutionaries who got arrested slogan given by Lal Bahadur Shastri.
SSC CPO 11/11/2022 (Morning) in the Emperor vs Aurobindo Ghosh
(a) Madras (b) Bengal (Alipore Bomb Case). The Alipore Bomb Q.729. Who among the following killed
(c) Punjab (d) Bombay case was a historic trial in which the Michael O'Dwyer, the British officer
British Government tried to implicate Sri responsible for the Jallianwala Bagh
Sol.720.(b) Bengal. Satish Chandra Basu Aurobindo in various revolutionary massacre?
established Anushilan Samiti in 1902. activities. SSC MTS 08/10/2021(evening)
(a) Ram Prasad Bismil
Q.721. The Koraput Revolution occurred Q.725. What was the age in years of the (b) Udham Singh
in _________ during the Quit India revolutionary Bhagat Singh when he was (c) Chandrashekhar Azad
Movement. hanged till death? (d) Bhagat Singh
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Sol.729.(b) Udham Singh. O'Dwyer, was and also received Padma Vibhusan from Sol.737.(d) Madras. Annie Besant
shot dead at a joint meeting of the East the President of India for his (British socialist) - Founded Home rule
India Association and the Central Asian contributions to the peasants' league in India and she was first woman
Society in Caxton Hall, in retaliation for movement. president of Indian National Congress
the massacre in Jallianwala Bagh (1917, Calcutta session). Lala Lajpat Rai
Amritsar. Q.734. Who among the following was a founded “The Indian Home Rule League
leader who led a revolt against British of America” in New York in 1917.
Q.730. Who among the following Indian rule from North East India? Balgangadhar Tilak founded the first
revolutionaries conceived an armed SSC CHSL 13/04/2021 (Afternoon) home rule league at the Bombay
insurrection against the British in (a) Pritilata Waddedar provincial congress at Belgaum in April
cooperation with Germany? (b) Rani Gaidinliu 1916.
SSC MTS 14/10/2021 (Evening) (c) Durgawati Devi
(a) Prafulla Chaki (b) Ashfaqulla Khan (d) Matangini Hazra Q.738. Who among the following leaders
(c) Khudiram Bose (d) Bagha Jatin founded the women's wing of Congress
Sol.734.(b) Rani Gaidinliu was a Naga in 1940 ?
Sol.730.(d) Bagha Jatin. The epithet spiritual and political leader who led a SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (Evening)
'Bagha Jatin' was earned by young revolt against British rule in India. At the (a) Aruna Asaf Ali (b) Sucheta Kriplani
Jatindranath Mukherjee in 1906 when he age of 13, she joined the Heraka religious (c) Lakshmi Sangal (d) Sarojini Naidu
fought with a Royal Bengal tiger all alone movement established by her cousin
for three hours and killed it using a Haipou Jadonang in Manipur. Sol.738.(b) Sucheta Kriplani (First
dagger. female Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
Q.735. Identify the revolutionary from from 1963 - 67). She sang Vande
Q.731. Who among the following West Bengal who participated in the Mataram on 14th August 1947 in the
assassinated Sir William Hutt Curzon freedom movement. opening session of Parliament. Aruna
Wyllie in London? SSC CHSL 15/04/2021 (Afternoon) Asaf Ali hoisting the Indian National flag
SSC CGL 13/08/2021 (Afternoon) (a) Khudiram Bose (b) Balakrishnan Nair at the Gowalia Tank Maidan, Bombay.
(a) Surya Sen (c) Puli Thevar (d) Mukunda Kakati Sarojini Naidu (first female Governor of
(b) Madan Lal Dhingra Uttar Pradesh) convinced Mahatma
(c) Sukhdev Thapar Sol.735.(a) Khudiram Bose was among
the youngest martyrs of India's freedom Gandhi to permit women to participate in
(d) Khudiram Bose the Dandi March.
struggle against the British. At just 15, he
Sol.731.(b) Madan Lal Dhingra was an had joined Anushilan Samiti and took Q.739. On 15 August 1947, the first
Indian revolutionary independence part in several revolutionary activities prime minister of India, Jawaharlal
activist. While studying in England, he against the British Raj. Nehru, raised the Indian National Flag
assassinated Sir William Hutt Curzon above the ____________ of Red Fort in
Wyllie, a British official, cited as one of Struggle for Independence Delhi.
the first acts of revolution in the Indian SSC MTS 01/09/2023 (1st Shift)
independence movement in the 20th Q.736. Which of the following (a) Delhi Gate (b) Kashmiri Gate
century. Satyagrahas was started by Dr B R (c) Ajmeri Gate (d) Lahori Gate
Ambedkar in 1927?
Q.732. Veer Surendra Sai was a freedom Sol.739.(d) Lahori Gate. The National
SSC Stenographer 13/10/2023 (Afternoon)
fighter from: Flag of India was adopted on 22 July
(a) Nasik Temple Satyagraha
SSC CGL 13/08/2021(Afternoon) 1947, Designed by Pingali Venkayya. The
(b) Dharasana Satyagraha
(a) Nagaland (b) Sikkim President of India unfurls the Indian flag
(c) Mulshi Satyagraha
(c) Telangana (d) Odisha on Republic Day (January 26) at Kartavya
(d) Mahad Satyagraha
Sol.732.(d) Odisha. Veer Surendra Sai Path (formerly called Rajpath) in New
Sol.736.(d) Mahad Satyagraha: It is also Delhi.
started his revolt against British rule long
known as the Chavdar Tank Satyagraha,
before 1857 and continued his guerrilla Q.740. Who moved the resolution
begun in Mahad (Raigad), Maharashtra. It
war against the British authority from proposing that the National Flag of India
centered around the Chavdar Tank, a
1857 till 1864 long after 1857 the be a 'horizontal tricolor of saffron, white
public water source that was reserved
struggle led by the Rani of Jhansi, Tantia and dark green in equal proportion '?
exclusively for upper castes. In 1923, The
Tope, Kunwar Singh and others had SSC MTS 11/09/2023 (1st Shift)
Bombay Legislative Council passed a
subsided. (a) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
resolution that people from the
Q.733. Who was the first general depressed classes should be allowed to (b) Jawaharlal Nehru
secretary of the All India Farmer’s use places which were built and (c) Mahatma Gandhi
Congress? maintained by the government. (d) Dr Rajendra Prasad
SSC CGL 17/08/2021(Afternoon) Sol.740.(b) Jawaharlal Nehru. The
Q.737. ‘Home Rule League’ of Annie
(a) Acharya Narendra Dev Tricolour was adopted as our national
Besant was centred at which of the
(b) Swami Sahjanand Saraswati flag at a Congress Committee meeting in
following places in India?
(c) Sardar Vallabhai Patel Karachi in 1931. The design of the
SSC Stenographer 13/10/2023 (Afternoon)
(d) N.G. Ranga National Flag was adopted by the
(a) Bombay (b) Banaras
Sol.733.(d) NG Ranga. He was a (c) Calcutta (d) Madras Constituent Assembly of India on 22 July
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the current one came into existence in Sol.744.(d) Karachi Resolution (1931). League of America” in New York in 1917.
1923. It was designed by Pingali The Karachi Session of Congress in 1931
Venkayya and had saffron, white and was presided by Sardar Vallabhbhai Q.748. Motilal Nehru, C.R. Das gave up
green stripes with the spinning wheel Patel. Gandhi Irwin Pact - 5 March 1931. their legal practices during which
placed in the white section. It marked the end of civil disobedience. Movement?
SSC MTS 17/05/2023 (Morning)
Q.741. Who among the following was the Q.745. Chittaranjan Das along with (a) Self-respect Movement
founder of 'Tiger Legion' or 'Free India _________set up the Swaraj Party in 1923 (b) Quit India Movement
Legion'? to contest the elections. (c) Non-Cooperation Movement
SSC CGL 14/07/2023 (1st shift) SSC CGL 27/07/2023 (2nd shift) (d) Civil Disobedience Movement
(a) Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (a) Vallabhbhai Patel
(b) Subhas Chandra Bose (b) Rajendra Prasad Sol.748.(c) Non-Cooperation Movement
(c) Sohan Singh Bhakhna (c) Motilal Nehru (1920 - 1922). It was organized by
(d) Lala Hardayal (d) Jawahar Lal Nehru Mahatma Gandhi to obtain self
governance. Many lawyers gave up their
Sol.741.(b) Subhas Chandra Bose - Sol.745.(c) Motilal Nehru. The Swaraj practices such as Motilal Nehru,
founder of 'Azad Hind Fauj'. 'Tiger Legion' Party:- The two most important leaders C.Rajagopalachari, Saifuddin Kitchlew,
was formed in 1941 with the help of the were Chittaranjan Das, who was its Vallabhbhai Patel, Asaf Ali, T. Prakasam
German Government to fight against the president and Motilal Nehru, who was its and Rajendra Prasad. Self-respect
British. secretary. Main Leaders : Vithalbhai J. Movement (1925) - started by E.V.
Patel, Dr. Ansari, M. N. Roy, Muzaffar Ramaswamy Naicker.
Q.742. Pathans in North-West India Ahmed, B. R. Ambedkar, P. C. Joshi,
organised the society of Khudai Motilal Nehru and C. R. Das. Q.749. When was Alluri Sitarama Raju
Khidmatgars, popularly known as Red arrested ending a two-year armed tribal
Shirt, under whose leadership? Q.746. Which of the famous struggle?
SSC CGL 14/07/2023 (2nd shift) personalities belonged to the extremist SSC CHSL 21/03/2023 (3rd Shift)
(a) Muhammad Ali phase of modern history? (a) May 1924 (b) January 1921
(b) MA Ansari SSC MTS 10/05/2023 (Afternoon) (c) April 1919 (d) December 1929
(c) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (a) P.M. Mehta
(d) Hasrat Mohani (b) A.O. Hume Sol.749.(a) May 1924. He was publicly
(c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale executed in Koyyuru on May 7 after being
Sol.742.(c) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak tied to a tree and shot. His final resting
(frontier Gandhi/Sarhadi Gandhi/ place (tomb) is at Krishna Devi Peta, 111
Badshah Khan/ Bacha Khan) - In 1921 Sol.746.(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak. He is km from Visakhapatnam. In August
he was elected president of a district also known as Lokmanya Tilak. 1922, he launched the Rampa Rebellion
Khilafat committee. Khudai Khidmatgar Mahatma Gandhi had called him “The (Manyam Rebellion) against the British.
movement was founded in 1929-30. Maker of Modern India”. The Congress During this rebellion, he was helped by
Award: Bharat Ratna (1987), He was the split into two parts - Moderates and Bobbili Dora. The Prime Minister has
first non-Indian to receive this honour. Extremists in 1907 at the Surat Session. unveiled a bronze statue of Alluri
Moderate leaders - Madan Mohan Sitharama Raju in Andhra Pradesh to
Q.743. The authorities of which country Malviya, M.G.Ranade, Gopal Krishna celebrate 125th birth anniversary on 4th
denied permission to land the ship Gokhale, Dadabhai Naoroji, Surendranath July 2022.
Komagata Maru, carrying Indians? Banerjee. Extremist leaders - Lala Lajpat
SSC CGL 18/07/2023 (1st shift) Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Bipin Chandra Q.750. On learning about the Jallianwala
(a) New Zealand (b) America Pal, Aurobindo Ghosh, Rajnarayan Bose, Bagh massacre, _________ expressed the
(c) Australia (d) Canada A K Dutt, V.O.C. Pillai. pain and anger of the country by
renouncing his knighthood.
Sol.743.(d) Canada. The Komagata Maru Q.747. Who among the following SSC CHSL 21/03/2023 (4th Shift)
was a coal-transport steamship that had freedom fighters was one of the (a) Dadabhai Naoroji
been converted into a passenger ship by founders of the Fergusson College in (b) Badruddin Tyabji
Hong Kong-based businessman Gurdit Pune in 1885 ? (c) Rabindranath Tagore
Singh. It set off from Hong Kong in April SSC MTS 10/05/2023 (Afternoon) (d) Surendranath Banerji
1914, reaching Vancouver’s harbour a (a) Subhash Chandra Bose
month later with 376 people on board, (b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak Sol.750.(c) Rabindranath Tagore. The
most of them Sikhs. The steamship (c) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel Jallianwala Bagh massacre (the Amritsar
eventually ended up back in India on 29th (d) Lala Lajpat Rai massacre) (13th April 1919, Baisakhi
Sep 1914 at Budge Budge, Calcutta. day).
Sol.747.(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak. Other
Q.744. The origin of Directive Principles Co-founding members of Fergusson Q.751. In which year, the Koya rebellion
of State Policy can be traced to which of College :- Vaman Shriram Apte, took place in the eastern Godavari tract?
the following? Vishnushashtri Chiplunkar, Mahadeo SSC CGL Tier II (07/03/2023)
SSC CGL 18/07/2023 (3rd shift) Ballal Namjoshi and Gopal Krishna (a) 1882-1883 (b) 1874-1875
(a) Gandhi Irwin Pact Agarkar. Subhas Chandra Bose Founded (c) 1879-1880 (d) 1887-1888
(b) Poona Pact the ‘Forward Bloc' in 1939. Lala Lajpat
(c) Second Round Table Conference Sol.751.(c) 1879-1880. The Koya
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1879-80. Other important revolts are Kol SSC CHSL 20/10/2020 (Morning) Q.760. Which of the following
Mutiny (1831), Ho and Munda Uprisings (a) C Natarajan Annadurai statement(s) is/are correct about the
(1820-1837), The Santhal Rebellion (b) SK Patil servants of India society ?
(1855-56), Ramosi Uprising (1822- 1829), (c) Atulya Ghosh A. The ‘Servants of India Society’ was
etc. (d) Ram Manohar Lohia founded by Gopal Krishna Gokhale at
Fergusson hill on 12 June 1905 in Pune
Q.752. In which of the following regions Sol.756.(d) Ram Manohar Lohia. district of Maharashtra.
did Baba Ramchandra mainly lead the Congress Socialist Party (Socialist B. The Society focused on nation-
peasant struggle during colonial rule? caucus within the Indian National building activities such as education,
SSC MTS 14/10/2021 (Evening) Congress) - Founded in 1934. Other social welfare , upliftment of the
(a) Awadh (b) Mysore founders - Jayaprakash Narayan and downtrodden and betterment of the
(c) Jodhpur (d) Hyderabad Acharya Narendra Dev. under -privileged sections of society.
Sol.752.(a) Awadh. He led a peasant Q.757. In which city was the Jhanda SSC CHSL Tier II 02/11/2023
movement in Awadh against Talukdars Satyagraha or Flag Satyagraha of 1923 (a) Only A (b) Both A and B
and Landlords. held? (c) Only B (d) Neither A nor B
SSC CGL 04/03/2020 (Afternoon) Sol.760.(b) Both A and B. Mahatma
Q.753. At which of the following places (a) Bombay (b) Nagpur
did C. Rajagopalachari break the salt law Gandhi considers Gopal krishna Gokhele
(c) Calcutta (d) Ahmedabad his mentor in politics. Some Socio
in the year 1930 ?
SSC MTS 22/10/2021 (Morning) Sol.757.(b) Nagpur. Flag Satyagraha is a religious organizations and their
(a) Vedaranyam (b) Tiruchi part of civil disobedience during the founders : Servants of People Society
(c) Tirupati (d) Madurai Indian independence movement. (1921) - Lala Lajpat Rai, Theosophical
Society (1875) - Madame H P Blavatsky
Sol.753.(a) Vedaranyam. Q.758._______was executed at Lahore in and Col H S Olcott, Brahmo Samaj (1828)
C. Rajagopalachari broke the salt law in November 1915 for his role in the Ghadar - Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Prarthana Samaj
1930 at Vedaranyam, a small coastal Conspiracy in February 1915. (1867) - Atmaram Pandurang.
town in the then Tanjore District. The first SSC CGL 09/03/2020 (Evening)
Indian governor of free India was C. (a) Kartar Singh Sarabha Q.761. Sree Narayana Guru considered
Rajagopalachari. (b) Tantia Mama the differences based on caste and
(c) Maganbhai Patel religion as meaningless and advocated
Q.754. What was the name of the (d) Vijay Singh Pathik the principle of ‘One Caste, one Religion
women's regiment in the Indian National and one God’ for all. He belonged to
Army founded by Subhash Chandra Sol.758.(a) Kartar Singh Sarabha. which of the following organisations?
Bose? Ghadar Conspiracy (1915) - Plan to SSC Stenographer 12/10/2023 (Morning)
SSC CGL 18/08/2021(Evening) initiate a pan-India mutiny in the British (a) Veda Samaj
(a) Rani of Jhansi Regiment Indian Army during World War by the (b) Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana
(b) Rani Ahilyabai Regiment Ghadar Party (United States), the Berlin Yogam
(c) Rani Padmawati Regiment Committee (Germany), the Indian (c) Brahmo Samaj
(d) Rani of Didda Regiment revolutionary underground in British India (d) Arya Samaj
and the German Foreign Office.
Sol.754.(a) Rani of Jhansi Regiment was Sol.761.(b) Sree Narayana Dharma
the name of the women's regiment in the Paripalana Yogam. Sree Narayana Guru:
Indian National Army founded by
Socio Religious Reforms In 1888, he built a temple dedicated to
Subhash Chandra Bose. Lord Shiva at Aruvippuram which was
Q.759. Which of the following
against the caste-based restrictions of
Q.755. Which maharaja of Manipur statement(s) is/are correct about
the time. Other organisation and their
signed the Instrument of Accession with Prarthana Samaj?
founders - Veda Samaj (1864): Keshab
the Government of India? A. Prarthana Samaj or ‘Prayer Society’ in
Chandra Sen and K. Sridharalu Naidu.
SSC CHSL 05/08/2021 (Afternoon) Sanskrit, was a movement for religious
Brahmo Samaj (1828): Ram Mohun Roy.
(a) Kulachandra Singh and social reforms.
Arya Samaj (1875): Swami Dayanand
(b) Bodhchandra Singh B. Prarthana Samaj was founded in 1863
Saraswati.
(c) Nara Singh by Dadoba Pandurang and his brother
(d) Gambhir Singh Atmaram Pandurang. Q.762. Chembeti Sridharalu Naidu was a
SSC CHSL Tier II 10/01/2024 social reformer and was associated with
Sol.755.(b) Bodhachandra Singh, signed (a) Neither A nor B (b) Only A which of the following organisations ?
the Instrument of Accession with the (c) Both A and B (d) Only B SSC Stenographer 12/10/2023 (Afternoon)
Indian government on the assurance that (a) Veda Samaj
the internal autonomy of Manipur would Sol.759.(b) Only A. The Prarthana Samaj
(b) Arya Samaj
be maintained. ‘Instrument of Accession’ was established in Bombay by Dr. Atma
(c) Brahmo Samaj
which meant that their state agreed to Ram Pandurang in 1867. Aim - To
(d) Paramahansa Mandali
become a part of the Union of India. remove caste restriction, abolish child
marriage, encourage women education Sol.762.(a) Veda Samaj. Organizations
Q.756. Who among the following was and promotes widow remarriages. and Social reformers- Brahmo Samaj
one of the founders of the Congress Members - R.C. Bhandarkar and Justice (Raja Ram Mohan Roy), Prarthana Samaj
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(Dayanand Saraswati), Theosophical Q.766. Which of the following Q.770. Which of the following
Movement (Madame Blavatsky and organizations was founded in Poona, movements was founded in Bengal ?
Colonel Olcott), Ramakrishna Mission Satara and other towns of Maharashtra SSC MTS 01/09/2023 (1st Shift)
(Swami Vivekananda), Satyashodhak that worked against Brahmanical (a) Ramakrishna Mission
Samaj (Jyotirao Govindrao Phule). orthodoxy and tried to reform Hinduism? (b) Arya Samaj
SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (Afternoon) (c) Satyashodhak Samaj
Q.763. Which of the following is related (a) Brahmo Samaj (d) Prarthana Samaj
to a purificatory ceremony called shuddhi (b) Paramahansa Mandali
for those Hindus who had been (c) Ramakrishna Mission Sol.770.(a) Ramakrishna Mission. The
converted to other religions like Islam (d) Arya Samaj society was founded near Calcutta (now
and Christianity? Kolkata) by Vivekananda in 1897. Other
SSC Stenographer 12/10/2023 (Evening) Sol.766.(b) Paramahansa Mandali - It movements and their Propounders : Arya
(a) Veda Samaj was a secret socio-religious group, Samaj (Swami Dayananda Saraswati in
(b) Ramakrishna Mission established in 1849, in Bombay and was 1875), Satyashodhak Samaj (Jyotiba
(c) Brahmo Samaj closely related to Manav Dharma Sabha Phule in 1873), Prarthana Samaj
(d) Arya Samaj which was founded in 1844 in Surat. (Atmaram Pandurang in 1867).

Sol.763.(d) Arya Samaj:- Formation - 10 Q.767. Who among the following was Q.771. Which of the following institutes
April 1875 (Bombay). Founder - NOT associated with ‘Prarthana Sabha’? was founded by MG Ranade and GV
Dayananda Saraswati. Purpose - SSC CPO 04/10/2023 (Evening) Joshi?
Educational, Religious studies, (a) RG Bhandarkar SSC MTS 01/09/2023 (1st Shift)
Spirituality, Social Reforms. (b) Govind Ranade (a) Abhinav Bharat
(c) Motilal Nehru (b) The Indian National Congress
Q.764. Who among the following (d) Atmaram Pandurang (c) The Bombay Presidency Association
pioneered the movement in the support (d) Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
of widow remarriage and girls’ education Sol.767.(c) Motilal Nehru. Prarthana
in Andhra region? Sabha : Founder - Atmaram Pandurang in Sol.771.(d) Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
SSC Stenographer 13/10/2023 (Evening) 1867. Objective - Rational worship and (1870). Important Organization and their
(a) Kandukuri Veeresalingam social reform. The Four point social founders : Abhinav Bharat organization
(b) Chembeti Sridharalu Naidu agenda of Prarthana Samaj were: founded by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in
(c) Sree Narayana Guru Disapproval of caste system, Women 1904. Indian National Congress :
(d) C Rajagopalachari education, Widow remarriage, Raising the Established in 1885, by Sir Allan Octavian
age of marriage for both males and Hume. The Bombay Presidency
Sol.764.(a) Kandukuri Veeresalingam females. Association was founded in 1885 in
(1848-1919) was a social reformer and response to Lytton's reactionary policies
writer from Andhra Pradesh. He is Q.768. The Landholders Society was and the Ilbert Bill controversy.
considered as the father of the Telugu founded to look after the interests of
Renaissance movement. He also fought which class? Q.772. Who started the temple entry
against child marriage and the dowry SSC CPO 04/10/2023 (Evening) movement in 1927?
system. (a) Traders (b) Labour SSC MTS 04/09/2023 (2nd Shift)
(c) Farmers (d) Landlords (a) Mahadev Govind Ranade
Q.765. Which of the following was (b) Bhimrao Ambedkar
established by Jyotirao Govindrao Phule Sol.768.(d) Landlords. Landholders’ (c) Mahatma Gandhi
in 1873 to fight against idolatry and the Society also known as the Zamindari (d) Annie Besant
caste system? Association is considered to be the first
SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (Morning) political association of modern India. It Sol.772.(b) Bhimrao Ambedkar. It was a
(a) Young Bengal Movement was formally launched in Calcutta in movement to allow lower caste people to
(b) Satyashodhak Samaj March 1838. Raja Radhakant dev, enter temples. Dalits Movements led by
(c) Shree Narayan Guru Dharma Dwarkanath tagore, Prasanna Kumar Bhimrao Ambedkar: The second biggest
Paripalana (SNDP) Movement Tagore, Rajkamal Sen and Bhabani movement for the entry of untouchables
(d) Arya Samaj Charan Mitra were its founding in the famous Kalaram temple of Nashik
members. in 1930. Mahad Satyagraha (1927) was a
Sol.765.(b) Satyashodhak Samaj was movement for the Dalits to get the right
established in Pune district of Q.769. When was the Atmiya Sabha to drink water from the tank.
Maharashtra. Other Reform movements founded to attack the evils within
and their founders : Young Bengal Hinduism ? Q.773. Visva Bharati a famous
Movement - Henry Vivian Derozio; Shree SSC CPO 05/10/2023 (Morning) educational institute was founded in
Narayan Guru Dharma Paripalana (SNDP) (a) 1839 (b) 1814 (c)1828 (d) 1845 1921 by:
Movement (1903) - Dr. Padmanabhan SSC MTS 05/09/2023 (1st Shift)
Palpu; Arya Samaj (1875) - Swami Sol.769.(b) 1814. Atmiya Sabha was (a) Rabindranath Tagore
Dayanand Saraswati; Tattvabodhini started by Raja Ram Mohan Roy (father (b) Vinoba Bhave
sabha (1839) - Debendranath Tagore. of Indian renaissance). Aim - To (c) Mother Teresa
Amitya sabha (1814) - Raja Rammohan campaign against idolatry, caste (d) Swami Chinmayananda
Roy. rigidities, meaningless rituals and other
social ills. @ebookstore01 Sol.773.(a) Rabindranath Tagore. He
received the Noble Prize in Literature for
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“Geetanjali” in 1913. His Notable works: Sol.777.(b) Ramabai Sarasvati was an in 1828. He also launched a movement
‘’Ghare Baire’’, ‘’Gora’’, ‘’Gitabitan’’, ‘’The Indian social reformer, a pioneer in the for the abolition of Sati through his
Post Office’’. He wrote India's national education and emancipation of women journal Sambad Kaumudi (first half of
anthem "Jana Gana Mana'' and in India. She was the first woman to be 19th century). He established Mirat - ul -
Bangladesh's national anthem "Amar accorded the titles of Pandita. She was Akhbar (first Persian journal).
Shonar Bangla''. Visva-Bharati one of the 10 women delegates of the
University: It is located in Shantiniketan, Congress session of 1889. In the late Q.781. Narayan Guru, a social reformer
West Bengal and became the world's first 1890s, she founded Mukti Mission at from Ezhava caste and who propagated
"living heritage university". Kedgaon village, and established an anti-caste movement, was born in
Sharada Sadan (Home of Wisdom), a which of the following states of India?
Q.774. Who established Bharatiya Vidya school for widows, in Mumbai. In 1919, SSC CHSL 03/08/2023 (3rd shift)
Bhavan to promote education and the king of England bestowed on her the (a) Karnataka (b) Kerala
culture? Kaiser-I - Hind award. (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Tamil Nadu
SSC MTS 05/09/2023 (2nd Shift)
(a) Dr. Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi Q.778. Which of the following Sol.781.(b) Kerala. Shri Narayan Guru:
(b) Dr. Atmaram Pandurang associations was formed in Maharashtra He led a reform movement against the
(c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale to get social justice for the weaker injustice in the caste-ridden society of
(d) Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar sections of society Kerala in order to promote spiritual
SSC CHSL 02/08/2023 (4th shift) enlightenment and social equality. His
Sol.774.(a) Dr. Kanhaiyalal Maneklal (a) Theosophical Society famous quote: "One caste, one religion
Munshi. Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan - A (b) Arya Samaj and one god for all".
charitable public trust founded on (c) Satya Shodhak Samaj
November 7, 1938. Q.782. Who founded the East India
(d) Dharma Paripalana Yogam Association in London?
Q.775. Who had founded the first Sol.778.(c) Satya Shodhak Samaj - SSC CHSL 04/08/2023 (2nd shift)
Women’s University in India ? Jyotiba Phule established in 1873 in (a) Justice Ranade
SSC MTS 05/09/2023 (3rd Shift) Pune (Maharashtra). It was a (b) Ananda Mohan Bose
(a) Dhondo Keshav Karve reformational society that promoted (c) AO Hume
(b) Ashutosh Mukherjee education, increased social rights, justice (d) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) William Hunter and political access in the deprived
(d) Sayed Ahmed Khan Sol.782.(d) Dadabhai Naoroji (Grand Old
sections. Man of India). He was the President of
Sol.775.(a) Dhondo Keshav Karve Q.779. Who is known as the founder of the Indian National Congress from 1886
(Maharishi Karve)- He founded the first the Widow Remarriage Association to 1887, 1893 to 1894 and 1906 to 1907.
women university (SNDT Women's (1861)? His book - “Poverty and Un-British Rule in
University) in 1916 in India. Awards - SSC CHSL 02/08/2023 (1st shift) India”. East India Association : Formed in
Bharat Ratna (1958), Padma Vibhushan (a) Dr. Atma Ram Pandurang - 1866, Main goal - To raise awareness
(1955). The Widow Remarriage (b) RG Bhandarkar among British people about the
Association was founded by Vishnu (c) Dwarkanath Tagore conditions in India and to generate
Shastri Pandit. (d) Mahadev Govind Ranade popular support for Indian welfare.

Q.776. Who among the following Sol.779.(d) Mahadev Govind Ranade. Q.783. Who among the following started
reformers initially set up a school for Widow Remarriage Association - Started the Shivaji Festival to generate
girls in Calcutta? by Vishnu Shastri Pandit in 1856. Aim - nationalism among the common people?
SSC MTS 06/09/2023 (2nd Shift) Promote widow remarriage and SSC CHSL 04/08/2023 (3rd shift)
(a) Narayana Guru campaigned against Child Marriage. (a) Aurobindo Ghosh
(b) Mahatma Phule Karsondas Mulji - He started the 'Satya (b) Surendranath Banerjee
(c) Swami Dayanand Saraswati Prakash' in Gujarati in 1852 to promote (c) Lokmanya Tilak
(d) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar the remarriage of widows. Organization (d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Sol.776.(d) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. founded by Mahadev Govind Ranade - Sol.783.(c) Lokmanya Tilak - started
His Works : Widow remarriage, women Poona Sarvajanik Sabha (1870), Ganeshotsav and Shivaji Utsav (Started
education, introduction of punctuation Vaktrutvottejak Sabha (1875). at Fort Raigad) in 1894 for national
mark in Bengali language and writing Q.780. In which language was the work awakening.
book Barnaparichay, protests against of Raja Ram Mohan Roy, 'Gift to
child marriage. Q.784. Who among the following
Monotheists' originally written ? founded the Indian Association along
Q.777. Who received the title Pandita SSC CHSL 03/08/2023 (2nd shift) with Anand Mohan Bose?
from the faculty of Calcutta University for (a) Arabic (b) Persian SSC CHSL 08/08/2023 (2nd shift)
her knowledge of Sanskrit? (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit (a) Dada Bhai Naoroji
SSC MTS 12/09/2023 (1st Shift) Sol.780.(b) Persian. Raja Ram Mohan (b) Gopal krishna Gokhale
(a) Rokaya Sakhawat Hossain Roy: Father of Modern India’s (c) Pheroze Shah Mehta
(b) Ramabai Sarasvati Renaissance. Given the title ‘Raja’ by (d) Surendranath Banerjee
(c) Sarojini Naidu Akbar II (Mughal Emperor). He founded
(d) Rash Sundari Devi Sol.784.(d) Surendranath Banerjee.
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Aimed to unify Indian people on a Sol.787.(a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale: SSC CHSL 17/08/2023 (2nd shift)
common political programme and create Political mentor of Mahatma Gandhi and (a) Swami Dayanand
a strong public opinion on political Founder of Servants of India Society (b) Swami Sahajnanada
questions. Political Organization (till (1905). He became president of Indian (c) Swami Vivekananda
1885) : Landholders Society (1838), National Congress (INC) in Benaras (d) Swami Shraddhanand
Bengal British India Society (1843), The session (1905).
British Indian Association of Calcutta Sol.791.(c) Swami Vivekananda
(1851), The East India Association Q.788. Who founded the Arya Samaj and (1863-1902) - He was the founder of
(Dadabhai Naoroji, 1866), India League pleaded for the right of individuals to Ramakrishna Mission (1897), Vedanta
(Sisir Kumar Ghose in 1875), The interpret Vedas and free themselves Society of New York (1894).
Bombay Presidency Association from the tyranny of priests? Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (19th
(Pherozeshah Mehta, K.T. Telang, SSC CHSL 11/08/2023 (2nd shift) century saint) - Disciple of Ramakrishna -
Badruddin Tyabji, 1885). (a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy Swami Sadananda, Swami
(b) RG Bhandarkar Brahmananda, Swami Shivananda,
Q.785. Who is credited with setting up of (c) Swami Dayananda Saraswati Swami Akhandananda. Swami
Brahmo Sabha, for religious reforms, in (d) MG Ranade Sahajanand was the disciple of Mahatma
1828, which was later called Brahma Gandhi. Swami Shraddhanand was the
Samaj? Sol.788.(c) Swami Dayanand Saraswati. disciple of Swami Dayanand.
SSC CHSL 08/08/2023 (3rd shift) Atmiya Sabha (1815), The Calcutta
(a) Rabindranath Tagore Unitarian Association (1821), Brahmo Q.792. Who among the following
(b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy Sabha (1828) - Founded by Raja Ram devoted his life for the upliftment of
(c) Keshub Chandra Sen Mohan Roy. Prathana Sabha - It was widows and established the Widow
(d) Devendra Nath Tagore founded by Atmaram Pandurang on 31 Remarriage Association in 1893?
March 1867 when Keshav Chandra Sen SSC CHSL 17/08/2023 (3rd shift)
Sol.785.(b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy (Father visited Maharashtra. (a) DK Karve (b) Annie Besant
of Modern India’s Renaissance): Given (c) KC Sen (d) BM Malabari
the title ‘Raja’ by Akbar II (Mughal Q.789. The Mohammedan Literary
Emperor). Socio-Religious Movements Society founded in Calcutta in 1863 was Sol.792.(a) D K Karve. Karve’s
in India - Young Bengal Movement founded by: autobiographical works: Atmawrutta
(Henry Vivian Derozio), Arya Samaj SSC CHSL 14/08/2023 (4th shift) (1928) in Marathi, and Looking Back
(Dayanand Saraswati), Prayer Society (a) Nawab Abdul Latif (1936) in English. Awards - Bharat Ratna
(Atmaram pandurang), Theosophical (b) Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1958), Padma Vibhushan (1955). The
Society (Madame Blavatsky and Karnal (c) Sayyid Ahmad first Widow Remarriage Association, in
Alcott), Ramakrishna Mission (Swami (d) Syed Ahmad Khan 1850’s, was started by Vishnu Shastri
Vivekananda), Aligarh Movement (Syed Pandit.
Sol.789.(a) Nawab Abdul Latif (Father of
Ahmed Khan). muslim renaissance in Bengal). Lord Q.793. Who was the first social reformer
Q.786. Who among the following Lytton gave him The title of "Nawab''. to view modern education as a vehicle
organized Sarvajanik Ganesh Utsav to Lord Dufferin gave him the title of Nawab for the spread of modern ideas in the
inculcate national sentiments among the Bahadur. Mohammedan Literary Society country?
masses? was a literary society of Muslims in SSC CGL 17/07/2023 (1st shift)
SSC CHSL 09/08/2023 (1st shift) British India. (a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(a) Lokmanya Tilak (b) DK Karve
Q.790. Rast-Goftar, a newspaper, (c) Savitribai Phule
(b) Bipin Chandra Pal propagated the messages of socio
(c) Aurobindo Ghosh (d) Swami Vivekananda
-religious reforms for which of the
(d) Lala Lajpat Rai following societies? Sol.793.(a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy (Father
Sol.786.(a) Lokmanya Tilak (Bal SSC CHSL 17/08/2023 (1st shift) of modern India), Organizations founded
Gangadhar Tilak): Tilak launched the (a) Hindu (b) Muslim (c) Sikh (d) Parsi : Brahmo Samaj (1828, Kolkata), Atmiya
Indian Home Rule League in April 1916 at Sabha (1815, Kolkata). He was given the
Sol.790.(d) Parsi. Rast Goftar ("The title of Raja by Akbar II, the Mughal
Belgaum (Annie Besant launched the Truth Teller") was an Anglo-Gujarati
Home Rule League in September 1916 at emperor. He campaigned against caste
paper operating in Bombay that was system, untouchability, superstition and
Madras). His famous declaration “Swaraj started in 1854 by Dadabhai Naoroji and
is my birthright, and I shall have it”. The use of intoxicants. Books : “The Precepts
Kharshedji Cama and championed social of Jesus: The Guide to Peace and
British Government termed him as the reform among Parsis in Western India.
"Father of Indian Unrest". Happiness”, “Sati: a writeup of Raja Ram
Publishers and their Newspaper : James Mohan Roy”.
Q.787. 'The Deccan Sabha' was founded Augustus Hicky - “Bengal Gazette”, Pt.
by which of the following nationalists? Jugal Kishore Shukla - “Udant Martand”, Q.794. Which of the following
SSC CHSL 10/08/2023 (4th shift) Raja Ram Mohan Roy - “Samvad organisations is credited with writing
(a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale Kaumudi” and “Mirat-ul-Akbar”, literary pieces for the abolition of Sati
(b) Pherozeshah Mehta Madhusudan Ray - “Hindoo Patriot”, Pratha?
(c) Surendranath Banerjee Devendra Nath Tagore - “Indian Mirror”. SSC CGL 17/07/2023 (1st shift)
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji (a) The Harijan Sevak Sangh
Q.791. Who among the following was the
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(c) The Satya Shodhak Samaj Congress at Kolkata (1886). Keshab members - R.C. Bhandarkar and Justice
(d) The Bahujan Samaj Chandra Sen - He established Indian Mahadev Govind Ranade. Objective -
Reform association (1870), Member of Women Education, Widow remarriage
Sol.794.(b) The Brahmo Samaj. Founder Brahmo Samaj (1828). Atmaram and Disapproval of caste system.
- Raja Ram Mohan Roy. Founded - 20 Pandurang: Founded - Prarthana Samaj Brahmo Sabha (1828) : Founder - Raja
August 1828, Kolkata. Harijan Sevak (1867) with the help of Keshab Chandra Ram Mohan Roy, which was later
Sangh (1932) : Founder - Mahatma Sen. renamed as Brahmo Samaj.
Gandhi, Headquarters - New Delhi. Satya Debendranath Tagore : Founded -
Shodhak Samaj (1873) : Founder - Q.798. 'Back to Vedas' was the slogan of Tattvabodhini Sabha (in 1839). Keshav
Jyotirao Phule. Founded in - Pune. which Reform Movement? Chandra Sen : Founded - Indian Reform
Bahujan Samaj : A political party formed SSC CGL 25/07/2023( 1st shift) Association (1870).
by Kanshi Ram on 14 April 1984. (a) Dev Samaj (b) Brahmo Samaj
(c) Prarthana Samaj (d) Arya Samaj Q.802. The Veda Samaj of Madras was
Q.795. Who among the following was the inspired by the________.
founder of the Aligarh Movement, which Sol.798.(d) Arya Samaj: Founded in Graduate Level 27/06/2023 ( Shift - 4)
was largely responsible for the revival of 1875 by Swami Dayanand Saraswati. Dev (a) Brahmo Samaj
Muslims in India? Samaj (Divine Society) - Founded by (b) Arya Samaj
SSC CGL 18/07/2023 (2nd shift) Pandit Shiv Narayan Agnihotri in 1887 at (c) Deoband Movement
(a) Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Lahore. (d) Wahabi Movement
(b) Muhammad Iqbal
(c) Abdul Gaffar Khan Q.799. Karsondas Mulji and Dadoba Sol.802.(a) Brahmo Samaj (1828).
(d) Sayyid Ahmad Khan Pandurang were associated with______, Founded - by Raja Rammohan Roy. It
which worked against evils like caste denounced polytheism and opposed
Sol.795.(d) Sayyid Ahmad Khan. He system and encouraged widow idolatry. Ved Samaj (1864) : Founder -
established the Mohammedan Anglo remarriage. Keshab Chandra Sen and K.Sridharalu
-Oriental College (also known as Aligarh SSC CGL 26/07/2023 (1st shift) Naidu. Deobandi Movement (1866) :
Muslim University) at Aligarh in 1875. (a) Paramahansa Mandali Founder - Mohammad Qasim Nanotavi
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad - Founder of the (b) Arya samaj and Rashid Ahmed Gangohi. Wahabi
Ahmadiyya movement. Muhammad (c) Brahmo Samaj Movement (1820) : Founder - Syed
Allama Iqbal wrote the famous song (d) Ramakrishna Mission Ahmed.
'Saare jahan se achha'. He is also known
for giving birth to the 'idea of Pakistan'. Sol.799.(a) Paramahansa Mandali: A Q.803. The Principal of a Sanskrit
secret socio-religious group, established College who represented a blend of
Q.796. Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar in 1849 in Mumbai. Brahmo Samaj: Indian and Western culture was ________ .
and Mahadev Govind Ranade carried out Founder - Raja Ram Mohan Roy. Graduate Level 28/06/2023 ( Shift - 3)
their work of religious reforms in Established in 1828. Aim - to end sati, (a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Maharashtra through which of the polygamy, caste system. Ramkrishna (b) Keshab Chandra Sen
following organisations? Mission: Founder - Swami Vivekananda. (c) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
SSC CGL 19/07/2023 (2nd shift) Established in 1897. Aim - to spread the (d) Devendranath Tagore
(a) Prarthana Samaj teachings of Vedanta.
(b) Atmiya Sabha Sol.803.(c) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(c) Theosophical Society Q.800. Who founded the Tattvabodhini ("Father of Bengali Prose"). Hindu Widow
(d) Brahmo Samaj Sabha that was set up to explore spiritual Remarriage Act of 1856 was enacted
truth? with the efforts of Ishwar Chandra
Sol.796.(a) Prarthana Samaj (1867). SSC CGL 26/07/2023 (2nd shift) Vidyasagar. Raja Ram Mohan Roy -
Other Socio religious moment and their (a) Keshab Chandra Sen Founder of Brahmo Samaj (1828), Atmiya
pioneers: Atmiya Sabha (1815) - Raja (b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy sabha (1815). Devendranath Tagore -
Rammohan Roy, Deva Samaj (1887) - (c) Debendranath Tagore founder of Adi Brahmo Samaj (1866).
Shiv Narayan Agnihotri, Theosophical (d) Dayanand Saraswati
Society (1875) - Helena Petrovna Q.804. Rani Gaidinliu is associated with
Blavatsky, Henry Steel Olcott. Sol.800.(c) Debendranath Tagore (Father which of the following movements?
of Rabindranath Tagore) founded the Matric Level 27/06/2023 (Shift - 1)
Q.797. Who among the following was Tattvabodhini Sabha in 1839. He joined (a) Heraka (b) Meira Paibi
one of the founders of Rahnumai the Brahmo Samaj in 1842, which was (c) Nupi Lan (d) Nisha Bandh
Mazdayasnan Sabha or Religious Reform founded by Raja Rammohan Roy in 1828.
Association? Sol.804.(a) Heraka was a socio-religious
SSC CGL 24/07/2023( 4th shift) Q.801. Who among the following is NOT movement that arose in the 1920s in the
(a) Keshab Chandra Sen associated with Brahmo Samaj? Zeliangrong territory. Meira Paibi : This
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji Graduate Level 27/06/2023 ( Shift - 4) movement was founded in 1977 in
(c) Muhammad Iqbal (a) Atmaram Panduranga Kaching district. Nupi Lan : There were
(d) Aatmarang Pandurang (b) Keshav Chandra Sen two demonstrations led by women
(c) Debendranath Tagore against the colonial authorities in
Sol.797.(b) Dadabhai Naoroji (Grand Old (d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy Manipur, British India. In 1904, The
man of India). Founded - East India second Nupi Lan began in 1939 in
Association (1866). He presided over the Sol.801.(a) Atmaram Pandurang
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War II. Nisha Bandh : The women's elected successor Hakeem Noor-ud-din. Banaras Hindu University - Founded by
movement developed in the late 1970s. Mir Nisar Ali (Titu mir) - Narkelbaria Madan Mohan Malviya in 1916.
Its origin is attributed to the Meitei movement, 1831. Haji Shariatullah -
women's activism to fight against Faraizi movement. Shah Walliullah - Q.812. Annie Besant laid the foundation
alcoholism and drug addiction. Wahabi movement. of the Central Hindu College in______ in
1898 where both Hindu religion and
Q.805. Some of Swami Dayanand's Q.808. Who among the following Western scientific subjects were taught.
followers started a network of schools founded the Widow Remarriage SSC MTS 18/05/2023 (Evening)
and colleges called D.A.V. What does 'A' Association? (a) Pune (b) Chennai
stand for in D.A.V.? SSC MTS 11/05/2023 (Evening) (c) Banaras (d) Kolkata
Matric Level 28/06/2023 (Shift - 4) (a) Raja Rammohan Roy
(a) Author (b) Angel (c) Anglo (d) Accept (b) Pandit Vishnu Shastri Sol.812.(c) Banaras. Annie Besant: A
(c) Swami Vivekananda British socialist, educationist and
Sol.805.(c) Anglo. The acronym DAV (d) Keshav Chandra Sen women’s rights activist. She came to
translates as 'Dayanand Anglo Vedic', the India in 1893. She set up her All-India
melange of the Vedas and Modernity. Sol.808.(b) Pandit Vishnu Shastri. Raja Home Rule League in 1916 in Madras
Mahatma Hansraj established the first Ram Mohan Roy: Atmiya-Sabha (1815), and covered a major part of India
DAV School at Lahore on June 1, 1886. Brahmo Samaj (1828). Swami (including Bombay city). She became the
Other Educational Establishments in Vivekanand: Ramakrishna Mission first woman president of the Indian
India: 1835 - Calcutta Medical College (1897), The Vedanta Society of the city of National Congress (INC) in 1917.
and the Elphinstone College of Bombay. New York (1894).
1857 - University of Bombay, Calcutta, Q.813. When was the Dev Samaj
and Madras. 1882 - The University of Q.809. Lala Lajpat Rai was an active founded in Lahore by Shiv Narayan
Punjab. 1887 - The University of member of which organisation? Agnihotri?
Allahabad. SSC MTS 16/05/2023 (Afternoon) SSC MTS 13/06/2023 (Morning)
(a) Arya Samaj (b) Brahmo Samaj (a) 1892 (b) 1887 (c) 1876 (d) 1863
Q.806. The ________ was started by the (c) Brahmo Sabha (d) Prathana Sabha
Sikh reformers to purify their religious Sol.813.(b) 1887. Dev Samaj is a Hindu
places by removing the evil social Sol.809.(a) Arya Samaj (founded by reform movement that was founded in
practices that had slowly crept into them. Swami Dayanand Saraswati in 1875). It response to the perceived ills of orthodox
SSC MTS 03/05/2023 (Morning) promoted the study of the Vedas and the Hinduism. Other Famous Reforms:
(a) Namdhari Movement Upanishads, and it advocated for social Brahmo Samaj : Founded by Raja
(b) Akali Movement reform, including the abolition of caste Rammohun Roy in 1828. Prarthana
(c) Ghadar Movement discrimination. Samaj: Founded by Atmaram pandurang
(d) Nirankari Movement and Mahadev Govind Ranade in 1867.
Q.810. Who was the founder of Dharma
Sol.806.(b) Akali Movement (Gurdwara Sabha ? Q.814. What was the objective of "Arya
Reform Movement).Namdhari Movement SSC MTS 18/05/2023 (Morning) Samaj" founded by "Swami Dayanand
(Kuka Movement) - A Sikh reform (a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy Saraswati"?
movement that began in the Punjab (b) Dadoba Pandurang SSC MTS 13/06/2023 (Morning)
region of India (Founded by Baba Ram (c) R.G. Bhandarkar (a) To establish autocratic rule
Singh in 1857). Ghadar Movement: (d) Radhakanta Deb (b) To rise against Britishers
President - Sohan Singh Bhakna, (c) To encourage the practice of barter
Sol.810.(d) Radhakanta Deb founded it trade
Founded - 15 July 1913, Dissolved - in 1830 in Calcutta. The Dharma Sabha
January 1948, Preceded by - Pacific (d) To reform Hinduism
was a conservative Hindu society. It
Coast Hindustan Association. Nirankari campaigned against the Hindu Widow Sol.814.(d) To reform Hinduism. Arya
Movement - It was a social reform Remarriage Act, 1856. Chief public organ Samaj (1875) was founded by Swami
movement for Sikhism (founded by Baba - Bengali newspaper “Samachar Dayanand Saraswati. It also campaigned
Dyal Das in 1851). Chandrika” {Editor - Bhabani Charan against social evils such as caste
Q.807. The Ahmadiyya forms a sect of Bandyopadhyay (Secretary of Dharma discrimination and untouchability.
Islam which originated from India. It was Sabha)}.
Q.815. Swami Vivekananda gave his
founded by___________in 1889. Q.811. The Hindu College was famous speech at the Parliament of
SSC MTS 11/05/2023 (Morning) established in Benaras in___________. World Religions in Chicago in _________ .
(a) Mir Nisar Ali SSC MTS 18/05/2023 (Morning) SSC MTS 15/06/2023 (Afternoon)
(b) Haji Shariatullah (a) 1785 (b) 1786 (c) 1791 (d) 1784 (a) 1893 (b) 1891 (c) 1892 (d) 1894
(c) Shah Walliullah
(d) Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Sol.811.(c) 1791. Jonathan Duncan Sol.815.(a) 1893. Swami Vivekananda's
suggested establishing a Sanskrit childhood name was Narendranath
Sol.807.(d) Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. The college to develop and preserve Sanskrit Datta. In 1893, Maharaja Ajit Singh
Ahmadiyya Movement The movement, Vangmaya to demonstrate British (Khetri State) gave him the title of
like Brahma Samaj, was founded on support for Indian education. In 1958 The ‘Vivekananda’. He preached the
liberal principles and principles of a Sanskrit college became a university and Philosophy ‘neo-Vedanta’ and was the
universal religion for all humanity. After in 1974 the name was changed to disciple of Ramakrishna Paramhansa. He
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(Headquarter - Belur Math). Netaji (b) Baba Ram Singh (1928) in Marathi, and Looking Back
Subhas Chandra Bose had called (c) Baba Dayal Das (1936) in English.
Vivekananda the “Maker of modern (d) Guru Gobind Singh
India.” Q.823. The first session of All India
Sol.819.(c) Baba Dayal Das - Founder of Depressed Classes congress was held at
Q.816. Which Indian reformer is regarded the Nirankari Movement. He emphasized __________ in 1930.
as the "Father of Bengali Prose"? the worship of god as Nirankar SSC CGL 09/12/2022 (2nd Shift)
SSC MTS 15/06/2023 (Afternoon) (formless). Baba Ram Singh - The leader (a) Nagpur (b) Surat (c) Delhi (d) Kanpur
(a) Keshab Chandra Sen of the Kuka movement in Punjab.
(b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Maharaja Ranjit Singh (“Sher-e-Punjab” or Sol.823.(a) Nagpur. The All-India
(c) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee "Lion of Punjab") - First Maharaja of the Depressed Classes Association (Dr. B. R.
(d) Swami Dayanand Saraswati Sikh Empire. Guru Gobind Singh - The Ambedkar, 1930). 'Bahishkrit Hitkarini
tenth and last Sikh Guru. Sabha (Outcastes Welfare Association)’,
Sol.816.(b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar - 1923. Independent Labour Party (ILP)
He was a social reformer from Bengal. Q.820. The Ramakrishna Mission 1936. Dr.B.R.Ambedkar (Bharat Ratna,
He is credited with reconstructing the stressed the ideal of____________ through 1990).
Bengali Alphabet. His Book - social service and of selfless action.
‘BornoPorichoy’. Due to his consistent SSC CGL 01/12/2022 (1st Shift) Q.824. Who founded the Arya Mahila
effort, the Government of India passed (a) bhakti (b) education Samaj?
the Widow Remarriage Act in 1856. (c) salvation (d) God Graduate Level 01/08/2022 (Shift - 4)
Swami Dayanand Saraswati (Martin (a) Sarojini Naidu
Luther of India) - Founder of the Arya Sol.820.(c) Salvation. This mission was (b) Sarla Devi Chaudhurani
Samaj (1875). Keshab Chandra Sen (with established by Swami Vivekananda (c) Pandita Ramabai
K. Sridharalu Naidu) - Founder of Veda (disciple of Swami Ramakrishna (d) DK Karve
Samaj (1864) in Madras. Paramahamsa) in 1897. The organization
primarily promotes Advaita Vedanta, a Sol.824.(c) Pandita Ramabai (women's
Q.817. The Young Bengal Movement was Hindu philosophy, as well as four yogic rights & education activist). She was the
founded by _____ . ideals: Jnana, Bhakti, Karma, and Raja first woman to be awarded the titles of
SSC CHSL 13/03/2023 (4th Shift) yoga. Motto (Atmano Mokshartham Pandita as a Sanskrit scholar and
(a) Henry Louis Vivian Derozio Jagaddhitaya Cha). Math (First Math - Sarasvati after being examined by the
(b) Dayanand Saraswati Baranagar; Second Math - Belur in 1899). faculty of the University of Calcutta. She
(c) Lala Hansraj was awarded with the Kaiser-i-Hind
(d) Keshav Chandra Sen Q.821. In which of the following Medal for community service in 1919.
languages did Jyotiba Phule write She was one of the ten women delegates
Sol.817.(a) Henry Louis Vivian Derozio 'Gulamgiri' in 1873 ? of the Congress session of 1889.
had come to Calcutta in 1826 and was SSC CGL 01/12/2022 (2nd Shift)
appointed in the Hindu College as a (a) English (b) Marathi Q.825. In 1930, _________ led a
teacher of English literature and History. (c) Hindi (d) Gujarati satyagraha for the rights of
Lala Hansraj (Mahatma Hansraj): He was untouchables’ entry to the Kalaram
an educationist born in 1864 in a small Sol.821.(b) Marathi. Jyotiba Phule was temple at Nasik.
town in Bajwara, in the Hoshiarpur born on 11 April 1827 in Pune, Graduate Level 01/08/2022 ( Shift - 4 )
district in Punjab. He was immensely Maharashtra. In 1873, he formed the (a) MC Rajah
influenced by the ideologies of Swami Satyashodhak Samaj, Maharashtra. (b) Dr. BR Ambedkar
Dayanand Saraswati. Some of his famous books; Gulamgiri (c) Madan Mohan Malaviya
(Slavery) and Shetkaryacha Asud (d) Mahatma Gandhi
Q.818. Who among the following started (Cultivator's Whipcord) , 'Tritiya Ratna',
the Kuka Movement? 'Sarvajanik Satyadharma', etc. Sol.825.(b) Dr B.R. Ambedkar. In 1920,
SSC CHSL 14/03/2023 (1st Shift) he began the publication of the weekly
(a) Thakur Singh Sandhawalia Q.822. Dhondo Keshav Karve was an Mooknayak (Leader of the Silent) in
(b) Baba Dayal Das eminent Indian who championed the Mumbai with the help of Shahu of
(c) Balak Singh cause of____________. Kolhapur. His important writings: ‘The
(d) Satguru Ram Singh SSC CGL 2022, 07/12/2022 (4th Shift) Annihilation of Caste’, ‘Who Were the
(a) allowing child marriages Shudras’, ‘The Untouchables’, ‘Riddles in
Sol.818.(d) Satguru Ram Singh. The (b) prohibiting widow remarriages Hinduism’, etc. Poona Pact {signed
Kukas, a sect within Sikhism, formed (c) strengthening the caste norms between Ambedkar and Madan Mohan
with a motive to purify Sikhism. Baba (d) spread of women education Malvaiya (on behalf of Mahatma Gandhi)
Dayal Das: founded the Nirankari in 1932 (Yerwada jail Pune), to provide
Movement. Balak Singh: An Indian Sikh Sol.822.(d) spread of women's reservation to depressed classes}.
religious leader who founded the education. On the line of promoting
Namdhari sect. Thakur Singh women's education, he founded the first Q.826. Which of the following was
Sandhawalia: Founder of Singh sabha. women's university in India - SNDT known as the forerunner of the Brahmo
Women's University . The Government of Samaj?
Q.819. Who emphasized the worship of India awarded him the Bharat Ratna Graduate Level 02/08/2022 (Shift - 3)
God as Nirankar (Formless) in Punjab? (1958) and Padma Vibhushan (1955). (a) Prarthana Sabha (b) Atmiya Sabha
SSC CHSL 14/03/2023 (2nd Shift) His two autobiographies
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(a) Maharaja Ranjit Singh
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Sol.826.(b) Atmiya Sabha. Brahmo Q.830. Who among the following (a) Aligarh (b) Calcutta
Samaj {Raja Ram Mohan Roy founded founded the Vedanta College in 1825 ? (c) Delhi (d) Lahore
Brahmo Sabha in 1828, Aim - worship of Higher Secondary 05/08/2022 (Shift - 2)
the eternal God. It split into two in 1866 (a) Swami Dayanand Saraswati Sol.834.(a) Aligarh and evolved into the
(Brahmo Samaj of India led by Keshub (b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College.
Chandra Sen and Adi Brahmo Samaj led (c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy He has often been criticized as the father
by Debendranath Tagore), Prominent (d) Swami Vivekananda of Two nation theory which led to the
Leaders: Debendranath Tagore, Keshub formation of two separate nations i.e.
Chandra Sen, Pt. Sivnath Shastri, and Sol.830.(c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy (Father India and Pakistan. His writings include-
Rabindranath Tagore}. of Modern India) established the Atmiya “The Causes of the Indian Revolt''
Sabha (1815) and the Brahmo Sabha (paper), “Tahzebul Akhlaq” (magazine),
Q.827. Vishnushastri Chiplunkar started (1828). The Mughal Emperor of Delhi, ‘Asbab-e-Baghawat-e-Hind’ (Booklet),
a monthly Marathi magazine __________, Akbar II, bestowed upon him the title of ‘Commentary on the Holy Bible’ (book),
in 1874 for the cause of social reform. 'Raja’. etc.
Graduate Level 04/08/2022 (Shift - 2)
(a) Prabhakar (b) Kesari Q.831. The Begums of Bhopal founded a Q.835. Which of the following
(c) Nibandhmala (d) Pudhari primary school for girls in the early organisations was the earliest to be
twentieth century at _____. established, as compared with the other
Sol.827.(c) Nibandhmala. Gopal Hari SSC MTS 07/07/2022 (Evening) three during British rule?
Deshmukh is writer of Prabhakar (a) Lahore (b) Bombay SSC MTS 11/10/2021 (Evening)
newspaper. Kesari (Marathi newspaper, (c) Aligarh (d) Pune (a) Brahmo Samaj
1881, Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak). (b) Satya Shodhak Samaj
Pudhari (Marathi daily, 1937). Sol.831.(c) Aligarh. The Begums of (c) Prarthana Samaj
(Newspaper/ Journal – Founder):- Bhopal played a vital role, from the early (d) Paramahansa Mandali
Udbodhan, 1899, Swami Vivekananda. 20th century, in promoting education
Independent, 1919, Motilal Nehru. Tahzib among Muslim women. They founded a Sol.835.(a) Brahmo Samaj, Brahmo also
-ul-Akhlaq, 1871, Sir Syed Ahmed Khan. primary school for girls at Aligarh. spelled Brahma, the theistic movement
Nawab Begum was the founding within Hinduism, founded in Calcutta in
Q.828. The Bahishkrit Hitakarini Sabha Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University. 1828 by Raja Ram Mohun Roy.
was established at ___________.
Graduate Level 04/08/2022 ( Shift - 2) Q.832. Who among the following was Q.836. ______ fought for the rights of the
(a) Hyderabad (b) Bombay one of the founders of the Deccan Dalit community.
(c) Delhi (d) Nasik Education Society (1884)? SSC MTS 14/10/2021 (Morning)
SSC MTS 11/07/2022 (Afternoon) (a) Subhash Chandra Bose
Sol.828.(b) Bombay. Socio-Religious (a) Dadoba Pandurang (b) V R Shinde (b) Bipin Chandra Pal
Movements/Organisations - Founders:- (c) Tulsi Ram (d) G G Agarkar (c) Bhimrao Ambedkar
(Brahmo Samaj, 1828 - Raja Ram Mohan (d) Krishnaji Gopal Karve
Roy), (Prarthana Samaj, 1867 - Dr Sol.832.(d) GG Agarkar. Paramhansa
Atmaram Panduran), (Arya Samaj, 1875 - Sabha was founded by Dadoba Sol.836.(c) Bhimrao Ambedkar.
Swami Dayanand Saraswati), Pandurang. V R Shinde founded the Ambedkar fought for the rights of
(Ramakrishna Mission, 1897 - Swami Depressed Class Mission in Mumbai in workers and peasants. In the late 1920s
Vivekanand), (Satyasodhak Samaj,1873 - 1906. Radha Swami Satsang was and early 1930s, he had formed his
Jyotiba Phule), (Ahmadiyya Movement, founded by Tulsi Ram in 1861. Independent Labour Party.
1889 - Mirza Ghulam Ahmed). Q.833. The Satnami Movement in Central Q.837. Who among the following wrote
Q.829. The Vidhava Vivaha Uttejaka India had a motive to: the Brahmo Covenant, which was a
Mandal (Society for Encouragement of SSC MTS 18/07/2022 (Morning) statement of the creed of the Brahmo
Widow Marriage) was established in (a) improve social status of leather Samaj and made a list of the duties and
__________ in the second half of the workers obligations of its members?
nineteenth century. (b) ban child marriage SSC MTS 02/11/2021 (Afternoon)
Graduate Level 05/08/2022 (Shift - 3) (c) open school for girls (a) Keshab Chandra Sen
(a) Calcutta Presidency (d) improve widow status (b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(b) Bombay Presidency (c) Debendranath Tagore
Sol.833.(a) Ghasidas started the (d) Rammohan Roy
(c) the Central Provinces Satnami movement in central India and
(d) the United Provinces their aim was to establish an equal Sol.837.(c) Debendranath Tagore. He
Sol.829.(b) Bombay Presidency. It was society. The Satnami sect was founded was the founder in 1848 of the Brahmo
established by Vishnushastri Pandit in by a saint named “Birbhan” in 1657 in religion, which today is synonymous with
1866. Hindu Widow Remarriage Act Narnaul in Haryana. In 1672, they Brahmoism. In 1863 he founded
(1856) was passed by Lord Canning with rebelled against the mighty Mughal Shantiniketan (“Abode of Peace”).
the efforts of Ishwar Chandra Empire. Aurangzeb crushed the rebellion.
Q.838. Which of the following
Vidyasagar. Sati Practice was abolished Q.834. Sayyid Ahmed Khan founded statements about Swami Dayanand
by William Bentinck in 1829 with the Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College in Saraswati is INCORRECT?
efforts of Raja Ram Mohan Roy. _________ in 1875 SSC CGL 13/08/2021 (Morning)
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(b) He authored the book 'Satyarth Sol.842.(c) Nawab Abdul Latif Khan. His Allahabad in 1888, President - George
Prakash'. title, Nawab, was awarded by the British Yule (first English President). 1896
(c) He was the founder of Arya Samaj. in 1880. He was one of the first Muslim session (Calcutta) President -
(d) He was the founder of Brahmo in nineteenth century India to embrace Rahimtullah Sayani, National Song
Samaj. the idea of modernization. ‘Vande Mataram’ sung for the first time
by Rabindranath Tagore.
Sol.838.(d) The Brahmo Samaj was Q.843. Who among the following
founded by Raja Rammohan Roy along scholars is associated with the Q.846. Who was the first Woman
with Dwarkanath Tagore and others on Tibet-home theory of the Aryans? President of Indian National Congress?
August 20, 1828. SSC CGL 07/03/2020 (Evening) SSC MTS 08/09/2023 (2nd Shift)
(a) Dayanand Saraswati (a) Sarojini Naidu (b) Asaf Ali
Q.839. Who among the following was (b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (c) Annie Besant (d) Usha Mehta
NOT a Nayanar saint? (c) MacDonell
SSC CHSL 13/04/2021 (Evening) (d) Max Muller Sol.846.(c) Annie Besant : First woman
(a) Sundarar (b) Appar who presided over the calcutta session
(c) Sambandar (d) Andal Sol.843.(a) Swami Dayanand Saraswati (1917) of Indian National Congress.
in his book Satyarth Prakash propounded Sarojini Naidu - first Indian women
Sol.839.(d) Andal. The Nayanars were a that the original abode of the Aryans was president of Indian national congress
group of 63 poet-saints living in Tamil Tibet. The reasoning behind this was that (1925, Kanpur session) and the first
Nadu during the 6th to 8th centuries CE due to the extreme cold in Tibet, sun and woman Governor of the United Provinces
who were devoted to the Hindu god fire were worshiped and the flora and in 1947.
Shiva. Along with the Alwars, their fauna described in the Rigveda were
contemporaries who were devoted to found in Tibet. Q.847. Which flag of the Indian National
Vishnu, they influenced the Bhakti Congress was adopted in 1931?
movement in early medieval South India. SSC MTS 12/09/2023 (2nd Shift)
Indian National Congress and
(a) A two colour flag with charkha made
Q.840. Which of the following is NOT a Its Sessions by cloth
correct match of Dargah and its (b) A tricolour flag made by Khadi with a
respective location? Q.844. Indian National Congress Charkha symbol
SSC CHSL 06/08/2021 (Evening) celebrated the first Independence Day in (c) One colour flag with charkha symbol
(a) Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya Dargah - Colonial India on _____________ . (d) A blue colour flag made by cloth
Agra SSC Stenographer 12/10/2023 (Afternoon)
(b) Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki (a) 2 October 1929 Sol.847.(b) Ad - Hoc Flag Committee :
Dargah - Delhi (b) 29 December 1929 Formed in 1947 under Rajendra Prasad.
(c) Haji Ali Dargah - Mumbai (c) 15 August 1930 Pingali Venkayya - Designer of National
(d) Shaikh Muinuddin Sijzi (chishti) (d) 26 January 1930 Flag of India (1921). National flag was
Dargah - Ajmer adopted on July 22, 1947. Ratio of the
Sol.844.(d) 26 January 1930. The Indian length to the breadth of the Indian Flag -
Sol.840.(a) Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya National Congress passed 'Complete 3:2. National flag of India was first
Dargah is the Dargah of the Sufi saint Swaraj' in its Lahore session on 19 hoisted on 7th August, 1906 in Kolkata at
Khwaja Nizamuddin Auliya. It is located December 1929. The president of this the Parsee Bagan Square (Green Park).
in the Nizamuddin West area of Delhi session was Jawaharlal Nehru. National First Indian flag was hoisted on a foreign
Symbols of India and adopted date: land by Madame Bhikaji Cama (1907 -
Q.841. Veteran freedom fighter, social National Flag of India - Tiranga (22 July
reformer and feminist Savithribai Phule Germany).
1947), Indian National Calendar - Saka
hailed from which of the following states Calendar (22 March 1957), National Song Q.848. In the 1939 Tripuri Congress
of India? of India - Vande Matram (24 January Presidential Election, Pattabhi
SSC CGL 03/03/2020 (Morning) 1950), National Anthem of India - Jana Sitaramayya was defeated by:
(a) Maharashtra (b) Odisha Gana Mana (24 January 1950). SSC MTS 13/09/2023 (1st Shift)
(c) Rajasthan (d) Gujarat (a) Mahatma Gandhi
Q.845. Who led the Indian National (b) Rajendra Prasad
Sol.841.(a) Maharashtra. Savitibai Phule Congress at its first annual session?
- She was the first female teacher of (c) Subhas Chandra Bose
SSC Stenographer 13/10/2023 (Afternoon) (d) Jawaharlal Nehru
India and opened a school for women in (a) Surendra Nath Banerjee
1848, Married to Jyotirao Phule (b) Dadabhai Naoroji Sol.848.(c) Subhas Chandra Bose was
(Founded Satya Shodhak Samaj in 1873 (c) WC Banerjee elected President of the Haripura
in Pune). (d) AO Hume Congress Session in 1938. He resigned
Q.842. Who among the following is as congress president in April 1939. Dr.
Sol.845.(c) WC Banerjee. Important Rajendra Prasad replaced Subhas
known as the 'father of Muslim Congress sessions: First Session - held
renaissance' in Bengal? Chandra Bose as the new congress
at Bombay in 1885. Second Session - president.
SSC CGL 04/03/2020 (Evening) held at Calcutta in 1886, President -
(a) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan Dadabhai Naoroji. Third Session - held at Q.849. In which session of All India
(b) Ameer Ali Madras in 1887, President - Syed Congress Committee was the Quit India
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Tyabji (first muslim Resolution accepted?
(d) Nawab Salimullah Khan President). Fourth Session - held at SSC CHSL 03/08/2023 (4th shift)
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(a) Calcutta (b) Delhi following sessions of the INC ? (c) Lucknow (d) Delhi
(c) Madras (d) Bombay SSC CGL 20/07/2023 (4th shift)
(a) Bombay (b) Calcutta Sol.856.(c) Lucknow (1916) - President:
Sol.849.(d) Bombay. Quit India (c) Madras (d) Bankipur A.C. Majumdar; Lucknow Pact signed
Movement - It was launched at the between Congress (Bal Gangadhar Tilak)
Bombay session of the All India Sol.853.(b) Calcutta. Dadabhai Naoroji and Muslim League (Muhammad Ali
Congress Committee by Mahatma (Grand Old Man of India) founded the Jinnah) to build political consensus;
Gandhi on 8 August 1942, during World Rahnumai Mazdayasnan Sabha in 1851 Unity between two factions - Moderates
War II, demanding an end to British rule to revive the Zoroastrian religion and and Extremists of Congress.
in India. Yusuf Meher Ali coined the formed the London India Society in 1865.
slogan ‘Quit India’. He Became a member of the Legislative Q.857. Which among the following
Council of Mumbai during 1885-88 and sessions of Indian National Congress
Q.850. In which session of the Indian President of the Congress Party in 1886 was the first session to be presided by a
National Congress was the resolution (Calcutta), 1893 (Lahore) and 1906 lady ?
declaring Poorna Swaraj passed? (Calcutta). He gave the theory of ‘drain of SSC MTS 02/05/2023 (Afternoon)
SSC CHSL 07/08/2023 (1st shift) wealth’ in his book “Poverty and (a) Calcutta - 1917 (b) Kanpur - 1925
(a) Calcutta (b) Bombay Un-British Rule in India”. (c) Lahore - 1929 (d) Surat - 1907
(c) Madras (d) Lahore
Q.854. When did the All India Congress Sol.857.(a) Calcutta - (Annie Besant,
Sol.850.(d) Lahore (1929). Pandit formalize the demand for 'Purna Swaraj' 1917). Sessions of Indian National
Jawahar Lal Nehru presided over the or full independence for India? Congress: Kanpur (1925) - Sarojini
Lahore session of congress and hoisted SSC CGL 21/07/2023 (3rd shift) Naidu (First Indian woman president),
the tricolor flag of India. Congress (a) At its Karachi Session in 1931 Lahore (1929) - President (Jawaharlal
Session and President: Lucknow session (b) At its Lahore Session in 1929 Nehru), Objective - Resolution for ‘Poorna
- Ambica Charan Mazumdar (1916), (c) At its Guwahati Session in 1926 Swaraj.’ Civil Disobedience movement for
Tripuri - Subhash Chandra Bose (1939), (d) At its Madras Session in 1927 complete independence to be launched,
Gaya - Chittaranjan Das (1922), Kanpur - 26 January to be observed as
Sarojini Naidu (1925), Karachi - Sol.854.(b) Lahore Session (1929) - ‘Independence Day’. Surat 1907 -
Vallabhbhai Patel (1931), Ramgarh - Jawaharlal Nehru was elected as President (Rash Behari Ghosh).
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (1940). President of the Indian National
Congress (1929). The Karachi Session Q.858. In _________ at its Madras session,
Q.851. The second annual session of (1931) - Chaired by Sardar Vallabhbhai the Indian National Congress set up an
Indian National Congress was held at Patel; Resolution on Fundamental Rights All Parties Conference to draft a
which of the following places ? and the National Economic Programme. Constitution for India.
SSC CHSL 11/08/2023 (2nd shift) The Guwahati Session (1926) - Presided SSC MTS 03/05/2023 (Evening)
(a) Bombay (b) Delhi by the Srinivasa Iyengar; Resolution to (a) 1922 (b) 1932 (c) 1927 (d) 1915
(c) Calcutta (d) Madras promote the use of Khadi (as a symbol of Sol.858.(c) 1927. Indian National
Sol.851.(c) Calcutta (1886, Dada Bhai national unity) and self-reliance. The Congress (INC) session 1927 (Madras):
Naoroji). Indian National Congress: Madras Session (1927) - Presided by Dr. President - M A Ansari. INC session 1915
Founded - 28 December 1885 in Bombay Ansari; Resolution for the boycott of the (Bombay): President - Satyendra
by Alan Octavian Hume. First President - Simon Commission. Prasanna Sinha. Importance -
Womesh Chandra Banerjee. Third Q.855. Which of the following Constitution of the Congress was altered
Session (1887, Madras) - Badruddin organisations was established in 1885 ? to admit the delegates from the
Tyabji. SSC CGL 27/07/2023 (1st shift) extremist section. INC session 1922
(a) Communist Party of India (Gaya): President - C R Das. Importance -
Q.852. Who was the president of the CR Das and other leaders broke away
second session of the Indian National (b) Muslim League
(c) East India Organization from INC, Formation of Swaraj Party. INC
Congress? session 1932 (Delhi): President - Amrit
SSC CGL 20/07/2023 (1st shift) (d) Indian National Congress
Ranchhorddas Seth.
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji Sol.855.(d) Indian National Congress.
(b) Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee The Communist Party of India (M.N. Roy, Q.859. The Indian National Congress
(c) Pherozeshah Mehta Abani Mukherji) was founded in Kanpur passed Purna Swaraj resolution in 1929
(d) George Yule on 26 December 1925. The All-India under the presidency of ___________ .
Muslim League was a political party SSC MTS 09/05/2023 (Afternoon)
Sol.852.(a) Dadabhai Naroji. Indian (a) Mahatma Gandhi
National Congress: The Second session - established in Dhaka in 1906. The East
India Association was founded by (b) Lala Lajpat Rai
Calcutta (1886), The first session - (c) Jawaharlal Nehru
Bombay (1885). The first president - Dadabhai Naoroji in 1866.
(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee. First Q.856. Which Session of Congress and
General Secretary - A.O Hume. Muslim League reached an Sol.859.(c) Jawaharlal Nehru. The
understanding of creating a joint front Poorna Swaraj resolution or the
Q.853. Self-Government or 'Swaraj' as Declaration of Independence was passed
the ultimate goal of the Indian National against the British regime?
SSC CGL 27/07/2023 (3rd shift) at the Lahore session of Congress in
Congress-this declaration was made by December 1929. A public declaration
Dadabhai Naoroji in which of the (a) Bombay @ebookstore01
(b) Allahabad
was made on 26 January 1930. The
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resolution was a short 750-word Q.864. Sarojini Naidu was elected first Sol.868.(a) 1931.
document. Indian woman President of the Indian In 1928, Motilal Nehru and other
National Congress at _________. Congress leaders drafted a constitution
Q.860. The split in Indian National SSC CGL 06/12/2022 (1st Shift) for India.
Congress occurred in ________ . (a) Kanpur (b) Ahmedabad
SSC MTS 17/05/2023 (Evening) (c) Delhi (d) Nagpur Q.869. Who among the following was
(a) 1901 (b) 1905 (c) 1903 (d) 1907 elected as the President of the Indian
Sol.864.(a) Kanpur. Sarojini Naidu National Congress in the year 1938 and
Sol.860.(d) 1907. The Surat Split was (Nightingale of India) was the first 1939?
the splitting of Indian National Congress woman Governor of a State (Uttar SSC MTS 07/10/2021 (Afternoon)
into two groups - Moderates and Pradesh) in free India. The first woman (a) Subhash Chandra Bose
Radicals. president of the Indian National (b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Q.861. Badruddin Tyabji addressed the Congress was Annie Besant in 1917. (c) C Rajagopalachari
congress as president in ______ . (d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Q.865. How many delegates participated
SSC MTS 13/06/2023 (Afternoon) Sol.869.(a) Subhash Chandra Bose.
in the second session of Indian National
(a) 1887 (b) 1888 (c) 1885 (d) 1886
Congress?
Q.870. Who among the following
Sol.861.(a) 1887 (Madras Session). SSC CGL 07/12/2022 (2nd Shift)
presided over the special session of
Badruddin Tyabji - First muslim and third (a) 434 (b) 628 (c) 212 (d) 190
Congress in September 1923 and at the
president of the Indian national congress age of 35 became the youngest man to
Sol.865.(a) 434, Held (December 27-30,
(INC). Important sessions of Indian be elected as the President of the
1886, Calcutta), President (Shri Dadabhai
national congress and presidents: 1st Congress?
Naoroji), Congress decided to set up
(1885, Bombay Session) - W.C.Banerjee. SSC CHSL 06/08/2021 (Morning)
Provincial Congress Committees across
4th (Allahabad Session, 1888) - George (a) Mahadev Govind Ranade
the country. Father of Indian National
Yule (first English). (b) Ram Manohar Lohia
Congress: Allan Octavian Hume (known
Q.862. The Indian National Congress for his Safety valve theory). (c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
was established when 72 delegates from (d) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Q.866. In 1929, Indian National Congress
all over the country met at Bombay in Sol.870.(d) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.
demanded complete independence
December _______. He was also a noted writer, poet and
under the presidentship of_____.
SSC MTS 20/06/2023 (Morning) journalist. He was a prominent political
SSC MTS 22/07/2022 (Evening)
(a) 1890 (b) 1858 (c) 1885 (d) 1872 leader and was elected as Congress
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
Sol.862.(c) 1885. Founder: Allan (b) Jawaharlal Nehru President in 1923 and 1940.
Octavian Hume. First President: W.C. (c) Mahatma Gandhi
Q.871. Who was the President of the
Bannerjee. First meeting - Gokuldas (d) Chitta Ranjan Das
Indian National Congress when India
Tejpal Sanskrit College (Bombay). won its freedom in the year 1947 ?
Sol.866.(b) Jawaharlal Nehru. The Indian
Prominent delegates included Dadabhai SSC CHSL 09/08/2021 (Evening)
National Congress, on 19 December
Naoroji, Surendranath Banerjee, (a) Abul Kalam Azad (b) Vallabhbhai Patel
1929, passed the historic 'Purna Swaraj'
Badruddin Tyabji, Pherozeshah Mehta, W. (c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) J. B. Kripalani
– (total independence) resolution – at its
C. Bonnerjee, S. Ramaswami Mudaliar, S.
Lahore session under the presidentship
Subramania Iyer, and Romesh Chunder Sol.871.(d) J. B. Kripalani (Acharya
of Jawahar Lal Nehru. The Indian
Dutt. Kriplani) was the president of the Indian
tricolour flag was also hoisted by him on
National Congress during the transfer of
Q.863. Who among the following was the the bank of the Ravi river.
power. He was the husband of Sucheta
President of the Indian National Congress Kripalani, who was the first woman chief
Q.867. In which of the following sessions
during the 1915 session? minister (Uttar Pradesh).
of the Indian National Congress did
SSC CGL Tier II 06/03/2023
George Yule become the President in
(a) Satyendra Prasanna Sinha Q.872. The National Anthem of India,
1888?
(b) Ambica Charan Mazumdar ‘Jana Gana Mana’ was first sung at the
SSC CGL 12/04/2022 (Evening)
(c) Bhupendra Nath Bose ______ Session of the Indian National
(a) Calcutta (b) Allahabad
(d) Madan Mohan Malaviya Congress.
(c) Madras (d) Bombay
SSC CPO 24/11/2020 (Morning)
Sol.863.(a) Satyendra Prasanna Sinha. (a) Calcutta (b) Lahore
Sol.867.(b) Allahabad. On 28 December
1885 - Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee, 1886 (c) Belgaum (d) Tripuri
1885, the Indian National Congress was
- Shri Dadabhai Naoroji, 1887 - Badruddin
founded at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit
Tyabji, 1890 - Pherozeshah Mehta, 1892 - Sol.872.(a) Calcutta in 1911 Session of
College in Bombay. Founder- A. O Hume.
Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee, 1895 - the Indian National Congress on 27
Surendranath Banerjee, 1905 - Gopal Q.868. In which of the following years December. The national anthem was
Krishna Gokhale, 1906 - Shri Dadabhai did the resolution at the Karachi Session written by RabindraNath Tagore.This
Naoroji, 1907 - Rash Behari Ghosh, 1909 - of the Indian National Congress dwell on session was headed by Bishan Narayan
Madan Mohan Malaviya, 1916 - Ambica how Independent India’s Constitution Dhar.
Charan Mazumdar, 1917 - Annie Besant, should look?
1919 - Motilal Nehru. SSC CGL 13/04/2022 (Afternoon)
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Muslim league (c) 10 August 1946 (d) 14 August 1946 (c) Shree Narayana Guru
(d) Narendra Nath Datta
Sol.877.(a) 16 August 1946.
Q.873. In which of the following years
Muhammad Ali Jinnah declared 16 Sol.881.(a) Gadadhar Chattopadhyay:
was the Muslim League formed?
August as 'Direct Action Day' and called Ramakrishna mission :- Founded by
SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (Afternoon)
for Muslims all over the country to Swami Vivekananda (Narendra Nath
(a) 1909 (b) 1906 (c) 1912 (d) 1915
'suspend all business'. Direct Action Day, Datta) on May 1, 1897 at Belur Math
Sol.873.(b) 1906. Muslim League:- It also known as the 1946 Calcutta Killings. (West Bengal).
was a political party established in
Q.882. Who is referred to as 'Frontier
Dhaka, Bangladesh (30 December 1906) Miscellaneous Gandhi’?
when some well-known Muslim
SSC CHSL 10/08/2023 (1st shift)
politicians met the Viceroy of British Q.878. Who designed India Gate, also
(a) Rajendra Prasad
India (Lord Minto). The party demanded called the All-India War Memorial?
(b) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
a separate Muslim state (Pakistan) in SSC Stenographer 12/10/2023 (Morning)
(c) Ashfaqullah Khan
1940. Founder - Nawab Khwaja (a) Charles Corey (b) John Tailor
(d) Rajkumar Shukla
Salimullah. Muhammad Ali Jinnah (c) Fredrik Forsyth (d) Edwin Lutyens
joined the muslim League in 1913, he Sol.882.(b) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
called for ‘Direct Action Day’ on 16th Sol.878.(d) Edwin Lutyens (an English
(also known as Bachcha Khan, Badshah
August 1946. architect). Other buildings designed by
Khan, or Sarhadi Gandhi). He founded the
him: Rashtrapati Bhavan, India Gate, The
Red Shirt movement or “Khudai
Q.874. The Lucknow Pact was signed in Cenotaph Whitehall (London). The Old
Khitmatgar”in 1930. It was a non-violent
____________ by Congress and the Muslim Parliament of India was also designed by
protest against the Britishers. Leaders
League to work in alliance for Herbert Baker and Lutyens. The
and Nickname: Rajendra Prasad (Desh
representative government. foundation stone of India Gate was laid
Ratna), Ashfaqulla Khan (Hasrat), Madan
SSC CPO 04/10/2023 (Afternoon) by His Royal Highness, the Duke of
Mohan Malaviya (Mahamana), Gopal
(a) 1916 (b) 1918 (c) 1920 (d) 1914 Connaught in 1921.
Hari Deshmukh (Lokhitawadi),
Sol.874.(a) 1916. INC session Lucknow Q.879. Who was/were the founder(s) of Chittaranjan Das (Deshbandhu),
(1916) - President: A.C. Majumdar. the Theosophical Society? Dadabhai Naoroji (Grand old man of
Lucknow Pact was signed between SSC CPO 05/10/2023 (Evening) India).
Congress (Bal Gangadhar Tilak) and (a) Annie Besant
Q.883. Who among the following was the
Muslim League (Muhammad Ali Jinnah) (b) Madam Bhikaji Cama
first person to discuss the poverty line in
to build political consensus. (c) Charles W Leadbeater and Emily
pre-independence India?
Lutyens
Q.875. In which of the following years SSC CGL 14/07/2023 (4th shift)
(d) H P Blavatsky and Colonel Olcott
was Muslim League founded ? (a) Dadabhai Naoroji
SSC CHSL 08/08/2023 (3rd shift) Sol.879.(d) H P Blavatsky and Colonel (b) Mahalanobis
(a) 1907 (b) 1905 (c) 1909 (d) 1906 Olcott. The Theosophical Society was (c) Dr. BR Ambedkar
founded in 1875 (New York), to (d) RK Shanmukham Chetty
Sol.875.(d) 1906. All India Muslim
propagate theosophy. In 1882, the
League (AIML): India's first Muslim Sol.883.(a) Dadabhai Naoroji. RK
headquarters of the Society were
political party. Founded at Dacca Shanmukham Chetty - Finance Minister
established in Adyar, near Madras (now
(Bangladesh). Founders - Khwaja of India when the country's first budget
Chennai). In 1889, Annie Besant joined
Salimullah, Vikar-ul-Mulk, Syed Amir Ali, was tabled in Parliament on 26
the Theosophical Society.
Syed Nabiullah, Khan Bahadur Ghulam, November 1947. Dr. BR Ambedkar -
Mustafa Chowdhury. Q.880. Who was the political guru of Father of Indian Constitution.
Subhash Chandra Bose?
Q.876. In __________ the Muslim League Q.884. When did the Drafting Committee
SSC MTS 05/09/2023 (2nd Shift)
had moved a resolution demanding publish the first draft of the Indian
(a) M.G. Ranade
“Independent States” for Muslims in the Constitution?
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
north - western and eastern areas of the SSC CGL 17/07/2023 (1st shift)
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
country (a) June 1948 (b) May 1948
(d) Chittaranjan Das
SSC CHSL 20/03/2023 (4th Shift) (c) January 1948 (d) February 1948
(a) 1940 (b) 1942 (c) 1946 (d) 1935 Sol.880.(d) Chittaranjan Das
Sol.884.(d) February 1948. Drafting
(Deshbandhu). He was the founding
Sol.876.(a) 1940. All-India Muslim committee : Formed - 29 August 1947,
member of Swaraj Party (1923). Gopal
League established in Dhaka in 1906. Chairman - Dr. BR Ambedkar Total
Krishan Gokahlae was the Political Guru
Founder: Nawab Khwaja Salimullah. First member - 7. Indian Constitution :
of Mahatma Gandhi.
Honorary President: Aga Khan III. Adopted on - 26 november 1949, Came
Headquarters: Lucknow. 1st Session: Q.881. The name of the Brahmin priest into force on - 26 January 1950. It took 2
Karachi (1907). who later came to be known as years, 11 months, 18 days to prepare the
Ramakrishna Paramahansa is: Indian Constitution.
Q.877. Muslim League observed ______
SSC CHSL 03/08/2023 (1st shift)
as ‘Direct Action Day’. Q.885. Moplahs, or Muslim peasants,
(a) Gadadhar Chattopadhyaya
SSC MTS 18/07/2022 (Evening) created a powerful anti-zamindar
(b) Dayanand@ebookstore01
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(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Bengal Viceroyalty. Charles Cornwallis is known prisoners died of suffocation during
(c) Kerala (d) Uttar Pradesh as ‘the father of Civil services in India’. transportation in a closed freight wagon.

Sol.885.(c) Kerala. Moplah Revolt (1921) Q.890. The Hindu Mahasabha was Q.894. Who among the following
- Against the British and Upper caste founded as a response to muslim founded the 'Forward Bloc'?
Hindu Landlords in Kerala’s Malabar fundamentalism in which Year? Matric Level 28/06/2023 (Shift - 1)
region. Led by - Ali Musliyar and SSC CGL 25/07/2023( 3rd shift) (a) Motilal Nehru
Variamkunnath Kunjahammed Haji. (a) 1917 (b) 1915 (c) 1925 (d) 1910 (b) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) Subhas Chandra Bose
Q.886. The All India Forward Bloc was Sol.890.(b) 1915. Hindu Mahasabha (d) Surendranath Banerjee
founded by__________in 1939 after (Founder - Madan Mohan Malaviya) First
resigning from the Congress All India Hindu Mahasabha Conference - Sol.894.(c) Subhas Chandra Bose. It was
Presidentship Haridwar (1915). In 1930, it emerged as a formed in 1939 in Bengal. Slogans -
SSC CGL 21/07/2023 (3rd shift) distinct party under the leadership of ‘Delhi Chalo’, ‘Tum Mujhe Khoon Do Main
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. Prominent Tumhe Azadi Dunga’. Azad Hind Fauj or
(b) Mahatma Gandhi Leaders - Lala Lajpat Rai, Navin Chandra the India National Army (INA) was first
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru Rai, Radha Mohan Das Agarwal, established by Mohan Singh in 1942 and
(d) Subhash Chandra Bose Chandroji Angre, Mahant Avaidyanath. it was revived by Subhas Chandra Bose
on 21 October 1943.
Sol.886.(d) Subhash Chandra Bose. All Q.891. Who among the following wrote
India Forward Bloc was a Political Party 'Anand Math' from where India's National Q.895. Who among the following social
formed on May 3, 1939 in Makur Unnao, song 'Vande Mataram' has been taken? reformers of British India is known as
Uttar Pradesh. Its formation was SSC CGL 27/07/2023 (1st shift) Lokhitwadi ?
announced in Calcutta. (a) Abanindranath Tagore Matric Level 28/06/2023 (Shift - 4)
(b) Rabindranath Tagore (a) Balshastri Jambhekar
Q.887. Where was the first All India Kisan (c) Mohammad Iqbal (b) Daboda Pandurang
Sabha formed? (d) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (c) Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
SSC CGL 21/07/2023 (4th shift) (d) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
(a) Lucknow (b) Lahore Sol.891.(d) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.
(c) Amritsar (d) Delhi 'Anandamath' is a book about the Sol.895.(d) Gopal Hari Deshmukh.
Sannyasi Rebellion in the late 18th Balshastri Jambhekar (Father of Marathi
Sol.887.(a) Lucknow (1936) - By Swami century. His other books: “Durgesh Journalism) - He started the very first
Sahajanand Saraswati (First President), Nandini”, “Kapalkundala”, “Devi newspaper, ‘Darpan’, and revolutionized
NG Ranga was General secretary. It is the Chaudhurani”, “Bishabriksha”. the journalism system in Maharashtra.
farmer’s wing of the communist party of
India. Swami Sahajanand Saraswati Q.892. Who among the following said that Q.896. Who among the following
started the Kisan Sabha movement from "English education has enslaved us" ? founded the Asiatic Society in 1784 in
Bihar and founded Bihar Provincial Kisan Graduate Level 30/06/2023 ( Shift - 1) Calcutta?
Sabha (1929). (a) Raja Rammohan Roy Matric Level 30/06/2023 (Shift - 3)
(b) Mahatma Gandhi (a) Jonathan Duncan (b) William Jones
Q.888. Who was the first nationalist to (c) Muhammad Ali Jinnah (c) Warren Hastings (d) Charles Eyre
give the theory of the drain of wealth (d) Muhammad Iqbal
from India to England ? Sol.896.(b) William Jones. Asiatic
SSC CGL 24/07/2023 (1st shift) Sol.892.(b) Mahatma Gandhi. Society - It was started with the goal of
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) RC Dutt Muhammad Iqbal - He wrote the famous promoting oriental studies. Jonathan
(c) SN Banerjee (d) Dadabhai Naoroji song 'Saare jahan se achha', also known Duncan - He started Sanskrit College
for giving birth to the 'idea of Pakistan'. (1791) at Varanasi to study Hindu Law
Sol.888.(d) Dadabhai Naoroji. The first Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a barrister, and Philosophy. He was the Governor of
attempt to calculate the national income politician and the founder of Pakistan. Bombay.
of India was made by Dadabhai Naoroji Raja Ram Mohan Roy was a religious and
in 1867 – 68, who estimated per capita social reformer, known as the 'Father of Q.897. The Social Service League was
income to be ₹ 20. Modern India' or 'Father of the Bengal founded in Bombay by:
Renaissance'. Matric Level 30/06/2023 (Shift - 3)
Q.889. Who was the first Indian to qualify (a) Manabendra Nath Roy
for Covenanted service? Q.893. In 1921-22, farmers of the (b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
SSC CGL 24/07/2023 (2nd shift) Malabar seacoast of Kerala undertook a (c) Narayan Malhar Joshi
(a) Subhash Chandra Bose great uprising, which is known as the (d) Mahadev Govind Ranade
(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale _______ .
(c) Satyendra Nath Tagore Matric Level 27/06/2023 (Shift - 2) Sol.897.(c) Narayan Malhar Joshi - He
(d) Surendra Nath Banerjee (a) Munda uprising (b) Moplah uprising was an Indian trade union leader,
(c) Santhal uprising (d) Kol uprising Founded social service league (1911). He
Sol.889.(c) Satyendra Nath Tagore started the All India Trade Union
Qualified in 1863. Indian Services Act, Sol.893.(b) Moplah uprising - Led by Congress (1920). He was the general
1861 reserved certain positions for Variyamkunnath Kunjahammed Haji, secretary of AITUC. Manabendra Nath
covenanted civil servants. It was enacted @ebookstore01
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the independence of India in 1947. one-third of the population? governor-general (1947–48) of Pakistan.
SSC MTS 19/05/2023 (Evening)
Q.898. When the British rule ended in (a) Massacre (b) Famine Q.907. Who founded Trinamool
India in the year 1947 the literacy rate (c) Slavery (d) Chemical explosion Congress in 1998 and became its
was just ______. Chairperson, after separating from the
SSC MTS 03/05/2023 (Afternoon) Sol.902.(b) Famine. 1770 Bengal Famine Indian National Congress?
(a) 18 percent (b) 22 percent - It affected Bengal and Bihar. Relief - SSC CHSL 10/03/2023 (4th Shift)
(c) 20 percent (d) 12 percent Attempts to prevent export and hoard or (a) Jayaram Jayalalithaa
monopolize grain; 15,000 was spent on (b) Kanimozhi
Sol.898.(d) 12 percent. The population the import of food grains. (c) Supriya Sule
census, a Union subject under Article (d) Mamata Banerjee
246 of the Indian Constitution, Q.903. Which freedom fighter was also
conducted its first census of the first woman to become the Governor Sol.907.(d) Mamata Banerjee (Founder
Independent India in 1951, listed as serial of Uttar Pradesh State? and first chairperson). Symbol of the
number 69 in the seventh schedule. This SSC MTS 13/06/2023 (Afternoon) Trinamool Congress (TMC) - Jora Ghas
census revealed the population of the (a) Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur Phul. Slogan of TMC - Ma Mati Manush.
country to be 36, 10, 88, 090. (b) Rani Lakshmi Bai
(c) Sarojini Naidu Q.908. Who among the following was a
Q.899. What was the title given to the (d) Kasturba Gandhi Roman Catholic missionary who worked
late Sarojini Naidu? in Bengal for the majority of his/her life?
SSC MTS 12/05/2023 (Afternoon) Sol.903.(c) Sarojini Naidu . SSC CHSL 15/03/2023 (3rd Shift)
(a) Nightingale of India (a) Saint Bernadette (b) David of Basra
(b) Kite of India Q.904. Tribal leader Birsa was (c) Mother Teresa (d) Columba
(c) Sparrow of India associated with which tribe?
(d) Hornbill of India SSC MTS 14/06/2023 (Evening) Sol.908.(c) Mother Teresa (from
(a) Munda (b) Bhil (c) Gond (d) Bhutia Macedonia) - Nobel Peace Prize (1979),
Sol.899.(a) Nightingale of India (Bharat founded the Missionaries of Charity.
Kokila). This title was given to Sarojini Sol.904.(a) Munda. Birsa Munda was a Saint Bernadette - French saint whose
Naidu by Mahatma Gandhi. She was the tribal reformer, religious leader, and visions led to the founding of the Marian
first Indian woman to become president freedom fighter. 15 November - Birsa shrine of Lourdes.
(Kanpur Session ,1925) of the Indian Munda’s birth anniversary (Jharkhand
National Congress and served as the first carved out of Bihar on 15th November Q.909. When did Indigo revolt, a peasant
governor (1947 - 1949) of the United 2000). Important tribal movements: movement, start in India?
Provinces. Notable Works - The Golden Chuar Uprising, Kol Mutiny (1831), The SSC CHSL 21/03/2023 (1st Shift)
Threshold, The Broken Wing. Santhal Rebellion (1855-56), Bhil Revolts, (a) 1857 (b) 1861 (c) 1859 (d) 1889
Ramosi Risings, Khasi Uprising.
Q.900. The Deccan Riots of 1875 took Sol.909.(c) 1859 (March). The Indigo
place in ______ . Q.905. Dr. B.R Ambedkar was associated Rebellion (Neel Bidroh) started in Bengal
SSC MTS 17/05/2023 (Morning) with which of the following and was a revolt by the farmers against
(a) Himachal Pradesh (b) Bihar communities? British planters who had forced them to
(c) West Bengal (d) Maharashtra SSC MTS 16/06/2023 (Morning) grow indigo under terms that were
(a) Mahar (b) Berar (c) Santal (d) Sangoi greatly unfavorable to the farmers.
Sol.900.(d) Maharashtra. Deccan Riots:
Began at - Supa village (Poona) in 1875. Sol.905.(a) Mahar. It is listed as the Q.910. What was the distance (around in
The farmers’ main motive was to destroy Scheduled Caste in India. Dr. B.R km) covered by the first-ever train
the account books of the moneylenders Ambedkar - Architect of Indian between Bombay and Thane in 1853?
and they also socially boycotted the Constitution. He started an Association SSC CGL Tier II 03/03/2023
moneylenders. The movement was for the welfare of the depressed classes (a) 38 (b) 25 (c) 34 (d) 51
supported by the Poona Sarvajanik in 1924 and Bahishkrit Bharat newspaper
in 1927. He led Mahad Satyagraha or Sol.910.(c) 34. The first passenger train
Sabha (co-founded by M G Ranade). between Mumbai and Thane started on
Chavdar Tale Satyagraha in 1927.
Q.901. Editor of a Marathi newspaper Awards : Bharat Ratna (1990). 16 April 1853. Three locomotives named
"Kesari” was . Sultan, Sindh, and Sahib pulled the
SSC MTS 17/05/2023 (Afternoon) Q.906. Which freedom fighter of British carriage train. Lord Dalhousie : Father of
(a) Bipin Chandra Pal India is widely regarded as the "father of Indian Railways.
(b) Aurobindo Ghosh the two-nation theory" ?
SSC MTS 20/06/2023 (Afternoon) Q.911. The Paris Indian Society was an
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai Indian nationalist organisation founded
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (a) Syed Ahmed Khan
(b) Muhammad Ali Jinnah in ______.
Sol.901.(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak. Kesari (c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak SSC CGL 06/12/2022 (4th Shift)
is a Marathi newspaper that was founded (d) Jawaharlal Nehru (a) 1907 (b) 1905 (c) 1909 (d) 1900
on 4 January 1881 and Maratha Sol.911.(b) 1905 at Paris under the
newspaper in English (Weekly). Sol.906.(a) Syed Ahmed Khan was the
founder of Aligarh Muslim University and patronage of Madam Bhikaji Cama,
Q.902. What happened in Bengal, India, a forward looking Islamist reformer. Munchershah Burjorji Godrej and S. R.
in 1770 that resulted in the death of Mohammed @ebookstore01
Ali Jinnah - first Rana. It was a branch of the Indian Home
Rule Society which was established in
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important publication is 'Vande Mataram' Gandhi, Congress President (1905), Lala Lajpat Rai, and Joseph Baptista.
(1909). established Servants of India Society in
Q.919. Who among the following Indian
1905, English Newspaper (The Hitavada),
Q.912. Who among the following was the authors wrote the famous novel 'Gora'
founded The Ranade Institute of
founder of Visva-Bharati University? during the Nationalist Movement of
Economics (1905), ‘Dharmatma Gokhale’
SSC CGL 08/12/2022 (1st Shift) India?
(Writer - Mahatma Gandhi).
(a) Madan Mohan Malaviya SSC MTS 05/07/2022 (Afternoon)
(b) Lala Hardayal Q.916. Who among the following was the (a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Swami Vivekananda founder of the Bhoodan Yojana (Land (b) Rabindranath Tagore
(d) Rabindranath Tagore Gift) movement? (c) Bhagat Singh
SSC CPO 11/11/2022 (Afternoon) (d) Mahatma Gandhi
Sol.912.(d) Rabindranath Tagore in (a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Tarabai Shinde
1921. Until independence it was a Sol.919.(b) Rabindranath Tagore.
(c) Atmaram Joshi (d) Vinoba Bhave
college, got the status of Central Famous poems - ‘Gora’, ‘Gitanjali’, ‘Chitto
University in 1951 by an act of the Sol.916.(d) Acharya Vinoba Bhave in Jetha Bhayshunyo’, ‘Dui Bigha Jomi’, etc.
Parliament. 1951, the Bhoodan Movement (first Bhagat Singh- ‘Why I Am an Atheist’, ‘Jail
started in Andhra Pradesh) was initiated Diary and Other Writings’, ‘The Jail
Q.913. In which year was India House at Pochampally village (Telangana) . The Notebook and Other Writings’, ‘No
established by Shyamji Verma? Bhoodan movement attempted to Hanging’, ‘Please Shoot Us’, ‘Letter to my
SSC CGL 09/12/2022 (4th Shift) persuade wealthy landowners to Father’, etc.
(a) 1905 (b) 1899 (c) 1902 (d) 1909 voluntarily give a percentage of their land Q.920. Who among the following
Sol.913.(a) 1905. Other revolutionaries: to landless people. freedom fighters of India revived the
V.D. Savarkar, Bhikaji Cama, V.N. Q.917. The national song of India, 'Vande Indian National Army ‘Azad Hind Fauj’
Chatterjee, Lala Har Dayal, V.V.S. Aiyar, Mataram’, is an excerpt taken from the (which was formed in 1942 by Rash
M.P.T. Acharya, P.M. Bapat, etc. Shyamji novel ___________ written by Bankim Behari Bose and Captain-General Mohan
Krishna Verma founded the Indian Home Chandra Chattopadhyay. Singh) in the year 1943 ?
Rule Society and The Indian Sociologist SSC CPO 11/11/2022 (Afternoon) SSC MTS 06/07/2022 (Morning)
(Journal) in London. He became the first (a) Saraswati Chandra (a) Mahatma Gandhi
President of Bombay Arya Samaj. (b) Durgeshnandini (b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Anand Math (c) Bhagat Singh
Q.914. Identify the freedom fighter who, (d) Subhas Chandra Bose
as a child, hated going to school and (d) Bishabriksha
found it suffocating and oppressive. Sol.920.(d) Subhas Chandra Bose
Sol.917.(c) Anandmath (1882). Vande
SSC CGL 13/12/2022 (2nd Shift) Jayanti is celebrated as 'Parakram Diwas'
Matram was first sung by Rabindranath
(a) Mahatma Gandhi on 23rd January. He founded 'the
Tagore in the 1896 session of the Indian
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru Forward Bloc’ to consolidate the political
National Congress. Its first two verses
(c) Jyotiba Phule left and major support base in his home
were adopted as the National Song of
(d) Rabindranath Tagore state Bengal. He presided over two
India in October 1937 by the Congress. It
congress sessions first at Haripura in
Sol.914.(d) Rabindranath Tagore. was adopted as National song by the
1938 and next in Tripuri in 1939.
Rabindranath Tagore: Santiniketan Constituent Assembly of India on 24
(1901), Nobel Prize in Literature (1913, January 1950. It was composed Q.921. Who among the following
Gitanjali), composed Jana Gana Mana originally in Sanskrit and Bengali. It was freedom fighters of India was
(India’s National Anthem) and Amar translated in prose by Shri Aurobindo in assassinated?
Shonar Bangla (Bangladesh’s National Karmayogin on 20 November 1909. SSC MTS 18/07/2022 (Afternoon)
Anthem). Other Works: Manasi (1890) (a)Jawaharlal Nehru
Q.918. The first President of the All India
[The Ideal One], Sonar Tari (1894) [The (b) Mahatma Gandhi
Trade Union Congress was _________.
Golden Boat], Gitimalya (1914) [Wreath (c) Nana Sahib
SSC CPO 11/11/2022 (Afternoon)
of Songs], and Balaka (1916) [The Flight (d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(a) C Rajagopalachari
of Cranes]. (b) Lala Lajpat Rai Sol.921.(b) Mahatma Gandhi was
Q.915. The claim for ‘swarajya’ or (c) Chandra Shekhar Azad assassinated by Nathu Ram Godse on 30
self-government with in the British (d) Motilal Nehru January 1948 at age 78 in the compound
Empire, on the model of self-governing of Birla House (now Gandhi Smriti), a
Sol.918.(b) Lala Lajpat Rai. All India
colonies like Australia and Canada, was large mansion in central New Delhi. His
Trade Union Congress, AITUC (created
put forward from the Congress platform death anniversary is marked as Martyr’s
on October 31, 1920 in Bombay) is the
in 1905 by: Day in India.
first Central Trade Union of India and the
SSC CPO 10/11/2022 (Afternoon) second largest trade union federation in Q.922. Who among the following was the
(a) Lala Lajpat Rai India after the Indian National Trade first Indian to be selected to the British
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji union Congress. In India, Trade Unions in ‘House of Commons’ on a Liberal Party
(c) Bipin Chandra Pal India are registered under the Trade ticket?
(d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale Union Act (1926). The founding leaders SSC MTS 19/07/2022 (Afternoon)
of AITUC were@ebookstore01
Bal Gangadhar Tilak, (a) Chandra Shekhar Azad
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(b) Dadabhai Naoroji (a) Rabindranath Tagore Q.931. What was the name of the
(c) Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (b) Abanindranath Tagore operation that led to the annexation of
(d) Bhagat Singh (c) Hemanta Mukherjee the Hyderabad State into India?
(d) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay SSC MTS 14/10/2021 (Afternoon)
Sol.922.(b) Dadabhai Naoroji. He was (a) Operation Sunrise
known as the Grand old man of India. He Sol.926.(a) Rabindranath Tagore. He
(b) Operation Unity
was known as India Gladstone. He was won the Nobel Prize in literature for
(c) Operation Polo
the founder of the East India Association “Gitanjali'' in 1913. He was First
(d) Operation Gateway
in 1866. The first attempt to calculate Non-European to Win a Nobel Literature
National Income of India was made by Prize. Rabindranath Tagore is mostly Sol.931.(c) Operation Polo - the code
him. He was the first Asian (Indian) renowned as the “Bard of Bengal''. Some name of the Hyderabad "police action" in
member of British Parliament. He coined Literary works by him are Chokher bali, September 1948. It was a military
the name “Indian National Congress” The Postmaster, Gora, Kabuliwala (The operation in which the Indian Armed
(INC). Fruitseller from Kabul), 1961, Sadhana. Forces invaded the Nizam-ruled princely
state, annexing it into the Indian Union.
Q.923. Who founded Shantiniketan near Q.927. On 21 October 1943, Subhash
Bolpur on 22 December 1901? Chandra Bose proclaimed the formation Q.932. Which one of the following is not
SSC MTS 19/07/2022 (Evening) of the Provisional Government of Free one of the writings of Lala Lajpat Rai?
(a) Dr Rajendra Prasad India in ______. SSC MTS 22/10/2021 (Morning)
(b) Rabindranath Tagore SSC CGL 13/04/2022 (Evening) (a) The Story of My Deportation
(c) Durgabai Deshmukh (a) Russia (b) Singapore (b) Unhappy India
(d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (c) Japan (d) Germany (c) India Wins Freedom
(d) Arya Samaj
Sol.923.(b) Rabindranath Tagore. Sol.927.(b) Singapore. The All India
Visvabharati university was founded by Forward Bloc was founded by Subhash Sol.932.(c) “India wins freedom” is the
Rabindranath Tagore. Bangadarshan Chandra Bose. He founded the Azad Autobiography of Maulana Abul Kalam
magazine was edited by Rabindranath Hind Government on 21st October 1943. Azad.
Tagore. Q.933. With whom is the 'Patharughat
Q.928. Who among the following Indian
Q.924. Who used the ancient texts to freedom fighters was fondly called Uprising' associated?
suggest that widows could remarry? Gandhi Buri (Old Lady Gandhi) for her SSC MTS 26/10/2021 (Morning)
SSC MTS 22/07/2022 (Morning) dedication towards Gandhian principles? (a) Lawyers' uprising
(a) Narayan Guru SSC CGL 21/04/2022 (Afternoon) (b) Soldiers’ uprising
(b) Pandita Ramabai (a) Kamla Chaudhary (c) Teachers' uprising
(c) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (b) Leela Roy (d) Peasants’ uprising
(d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy (c) Dakshayani Velayudhan
Sol.933.(d) Peasants’ uprising. It was
(d) Matangini Hazra
against the tax policies of the British in
Sol.924.(c) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar’s
Sol.928.(d) Matangini Hazra. Matangini 1894. Patharughat is a place in Assam
efforts, the then Government of India
Hazra was an Indian revolutionary and and is currently known as Patharighat.
passed the Widow Remarriage Act in
1856. He also raised concern for the social activist who participated in the
Q.934. Who among the following was a
abolition of child marriage and polygamy. Indian independence movement.
freedom fighter, based on whose design
He supported Bethune to establish the Q.929. Avadh Kisan Sabha was set up in the present Indian National Flag is
first permanent girls’ school in India, the the year ______. designed?
Bethune School. SSC MTS 07/10/2021 (Evening) SSC MTS 26/10/2021 (Evening)
(a) 1918 (b) 1920 (c) 1921 (d) 1924 (a) Tanguturi Prakasam
Q.925. Which freedom fighter of India
(b) Pingali Venkaiah
composed the song, 'Saare Jahan Se Sol.929.(b) 1920. Oudh Kisan Sabha (c) Badal Gupta
Achha' ? (Oudh Farmers Association) was an (d) Tirot Sing
SSC MTS 22/07/2022 (Afternoon) association formed by Baba Ram
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Jyotiba Phule Chandra. He was a trade unionist who Sol.934.(b) Pingali Venkaiah. The design
(c) Mahatma Gandhi (d) Muhammad Iqbal organized the farmers of Oudh and led of the National Flag was adopted by the
the first protest against the landlords. Constituent Assembly of India on 22 July
Sol.925.(d) Mohammad Iqbal. The song 1947. The ratio of width of the flag to its
is also referred to as ‘Taranah-e-Hindi’. Q.930. India and Pakistan had signed the length is two to three.
The poem was published in the weekly ______, under which the two countries
journal lttehad on August 16, 1904. agreed to sort out differences and Q.935. The ______ movement was led by
disputes bilaterally. Chaudhary Devi Lal in 1987.
Q.926. Who among the following was SSC MTS 27/10/2021 (Evening)
popularly known as ‘Gurudev’ for his SSC MTS 11/10/2021 (Morning)
(a) Calcutta Pact (b) Shimla Pact (a) Sangharsh Yudh (b) Insaaf Yudh
expertise in binding together elements of (c) Maha Yudh (d) Nyaya Yudh
Indian classical music and folk pieces to (c) Lucknow Pact (d) Agra Pact
suit the western tunes entailed with Sol.930.(b) Shimla Pact was signed in Sol.935.(d) Nyaya Yudh .He founded the
precision along with his expertise in 1972 by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, the President Lok Dal party.
other art domains? of Pakistan, and Indira Gandhi, the Prime
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SSC CHSL 26/05/2022 (Afternoon) Minister of India. was a ______ colony captured by the
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British Navy on 23 March 1757. Sol.941.(a) French. Fort Saint Louis - Congress Committee in 1947?
SSC CGL 13/08/2021 (Evening) Built by Francois Martin and Destroyed SSC CHSL 26/10/2020 (Afternoon)
(a) French (b) Dutch by the Britishers in 1761. First French (a) Purshottamdas Thakurdas
(c) Danish (d) Portuguese factory - Surat, Gujrat (1668). Forts of (b) Jawaharlal Nehru
British - Fort William (Calcutta), Fort St. (c) Dadabhai Naoroji
Sol.936.(a) French. Battle of George (Madrass). (d) Subhash Chandra Bose
Chandernagore (1757) - Between French
and British (led by Robert Clive) during Q.942. What was the meaning of ‘Ryot’ in Sol.946.(b) Jawaharlal Nehru. The aim
the Seven Years' War (1756-1763). British records in the 18th century? of this committee was to make a plan
SSC CHSL 19/04/2021 (Evening) which could balance private and public
Q.937. In which of the following years (a) Peasants (b) Weavers partnership and urban and rural
did Japan invade India resulting in the (c) Traders (d) Jobbers economies.
Battle of Imphal?
SSC CGL 18/08/2021 (Morning) Sol.942.(a) Peasants. Ryots were Q.947. In which of the following cities is
(a) 1944 (b) 1901 (c) 1862 (d) 1899 Individual cultivators who had full rights the tomb of Rani of Jhansi situated?
regarding sale, transfer, and leasing of SSC CGL 05/03/2020 (Evening)
Sol.937.(a) 1944. The outcome of the the land as long as they paid the rent (a) Jabalpur (b) Gwalior
battle of Imphal was a turning point of under the Ryotwari system (Land revenue (c) Indore (d) Ujjain
one of the most gruelling campaigns of paid by the farmers directly to the state).
the Second World War (1939-45). Sol.947.(b) Gwalior. The Samadhi of
Q.943. Who was the Nawab of Bhopal Rani Lakshmi Bai is situated at Phool
Q.938. In which of the following years that ruled from 1868 to 1901? Bagh. It is to commemorate the great
was the Bombay Reorganization Act SSC CHSL 11/08/2021 (Morning) warrior of Jhansi. Rani Lakshmi Bai,
passed? (a) Shah Jahan Begum fought the battle against the British Raj
SSC CGL 20/08/2021 (Evening) (b) Begum Sajida Sultan during the Indian rebellion of 1857.
(a) 1980 (b) 1960 (c) 1956 (d) 1975 (c) Sikander Jahan Begum
(d) Sultan Kaikhusrau Jahan Begum Q.948. Which leader gave us the C-R
Sol.938.(b) 1960. After this act, Bombay Formula?
State was dissolved and split on Sol.943.(a) Shah Jahan Begum. Nawab SSC CGL 06/03/2020 (Morning)
linguistic lines into the two states of of Bhopal that ruled – Nawab Sikandar (a) C.Rajagopalachari (b) Tilak
Gujarat (Gujarati speaking population) Begum:- 1860-1868, Begum Sultan Shah (c) C.R. Das (d) Mahatma Gandhi
and Maharashtra (Marathi speaking Jehan:-1844-1860 and 1868-1901.
population). Begum Kaikhusrau Jahan:- 1901-1926, Sol.948.(a) Rajagopalachari's formula
Begum Sajida Sultan:- 1961-1995. (or C. R. formula or Rajaji formula) was a
Q.939. Who among the following is one proposal formulated by Chakravarti
of the founder members of Bhartiya Jana Q.944. Who among the following was Rajagopalachari to solve the political
Sangh? one of the speakers after Jawaharlal deadlock between the All India Muslim
SSC CGL 24/08/2021 (Morning) Nehru to address the Parliament on the League and the Indian National Congress
(a) KM Munshi midnight of 15 August 1947 ? on the independence of British India.
(b) Minoo Masani SSC CPO 23/11/2020 (Morning)
(c) Baldev Singh (a) Rajendra Prasad Q.949. ______ was awarded the Nobel
(d) Shyama Prasad Mukherjee (b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Prize in 1913 and a knighthood in 1915.
(c) C Rajagopalachari SSC CGL 09/03/2020 (Evening)
Sol.939.(d) Shyama Prasad Mukherjee. (a) Sarojini Naidu
(d) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
BJS was an Indian right-wing political (b) Mahatma Gandhi
party that existed from 1951 to 1977 and Sol.944.(d) Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishan (c) Rabindranath Tagore
was the political arm of Rashtriya (1st Vice President of India) was one of (d) Mother Teresa
Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu the three main speakers at the Central
nationalist volunteer organization. Hall of Parliament - other than JL Nehru Sol.949.(c) Rabindranath Tagore
(Tryst with Destiny Speech) and became the first non-European to receive
Q.940. A large area of land demarcated the Nobel Prize for his literary work. He
Chaudhary Khaliquzaman.
as Damin-i-Koh in 1832 was declared as was awarded knighthood in 1915 by King
the land of the ______. Q.945. The princely state George V.
SSC CHSL 12/04/2021 (Evening) of Hyderabad was brought under the
(a) Warlis (b) Paharias Indian Union in the year ______.
(c) Murias (d) Santhals SSC CPO 24/11/2020 (Morning)
(a) 1950 (b) 1952 (c) 1948 (d) 1963
Sol.940.(d) Santhals (Tribal who
inhabited the forest of Rajmahal hills). Sol.945.(c) 1948. After the State
Damin-i-Koh - British promised Reorganisation Act 1956 Hyderabad was
non-interference in the land. merged with Andhra state and later
renamed as Andhra Pradesh.
Q.941. Fort Saint Louis was a ______
fort that stood in Pondicherry on the Q.946. Who was the chairman of the
eastern coast of India. Economic Programme Committee (EPC)
SSC CHSL 16/04/2021 (Morning) that was formed by the All India
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