Description : Mention the place where Buddha attained enlightenment (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2011) (a) Sarnath (b) Bodh Gaya (c) Kapilavastu (d) Rajgriha
Last Answer : (b) Bodh Gaya
Description : What is the first sermon of Buddha called as ? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013) (a) Mahaparinivansutta (b) Brahmajalasutta (c) Dhammachakkapabattanasutta (d) Kachchayanagottasutta
Last Answer : (c) Dhammachakkapabattanasutta
Description : Who was the teacher of Gautama Buddha? (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012) (a) Panini (b) Alara Kalama (c) Kapila (d) Patanjali
Last Answer : (b) Alara Kalama
Description : Which of the following cereals was among the first to be used by man? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012) (a) Rye (b) Wheat (c) Barley (d) Oat
Last Answer : (b) Wheat
Description : The surgery that was practised in ancient India is known from the works of which of the following scholars ? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012) (a) Atreya (b) Sushruta (c) Charaka (d) Vagbhata
Last Answer : (b) Sushruta
Description : . Name the Mughal Prince, who translated Bhagavat Gita into Persian ? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012) (a) Dara Shukoh (b) Sulaiman Shukoh (c) Khusru (d) Murad
Last Answer : (a) Dara Shukoh
Description : Prince of Pilgrims’ was the name attributed to (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012) (a) Plutarch (b) Hiuen Tsang (c) Fa-Hien (d) I-Tsing
Last Answer : (b) Hiuen Tsang
Description : Who was the founder of the Aligarh Movement ? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012) (a) Syed Amir Ali (b) Maulvi Chiragh Ali (c) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan (d) Abdul Halim Sharar
Last Answer : (c) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Description : Non-violence as taught and practised by Mahatma Gandhi is rooted in the Indian Doctrine of (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012) (a) Swaraj (b) Swadeshi (c) Satyagraha (d) Ahimsa
Last Answer : (d) Ahimsa
Description : ame the Maratha Saint who was a contemporary of Shivaji. (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012) (a) Saint Eknath (b) Saint Tukaram (c) Saint Dhyaneshwar (d) Namdev
Last Answer : (b) Saint Tukaram
Description : Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha together are known as (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2013) (a) Triratna (b) Trivarga
Last Answer : (a) Triratna
Description : Who among the following first propounded the idea of Basic Education? (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012) (a) Jawahar Lal Nehru (b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy (c) Mahatma Gandhi (d) Dayanand Saraswati
Last Answer : (c) Mahatma Gandhi
Description : Who among the following was the First Viceroy of India? (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012) (a) Lord Ripon (b) Lord Curzon (c) Lord Mountbatten (d) Lord Cannin
Last Answer : b) Lord Curzon
Description : The Asokan Edicts were deciphered first by: (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012) (a) Sir John Marshall (b) Sir William Jones (c) Charles Wilkins (d) James Princep
Last Answer : (d) James Princep
Description : The city of Prayag was named Allahabad - the city of Allah by (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012) (a) Aurangzeb (b) Akbar (c) Shahjahan (d) Bahadur Shah Zafar
Last Answer : (b) Akbar
Description : Arrange the following in chronological order: (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012) I. Dandi March II. Simon Commission III. Poona Pact IV. Gandhi Irwin Pact (a) II, I, III, IV (b) II, I, IV, III (c) IV, III, I, II (d) IV, III, II, I
Last Answer : (b) II, I, IV, III
Description : The original name of Nana Phadnavis was (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012) (a) Mahadaji Sindhia (b) Tukoji Holkar (c) Narayan Rao (d) Balaji Janardan Bhanu
Last Answer : (d) Balaji Janardan Bhanu
Description : Prithvi Raj Chauhan was defeated in the Second Battle of Tarain by (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012) (a) Mahmud Ghazni (b) Muhammad Ghori (c) Qutbuddin Aibak (d) Yalduz
Last Answer : (b) Muhammad Ghori
Description : The prose collection of the vedic poems are: (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012) (a) Samhitas (b) Upanishads (c) Aranyakas (d) Brahmanas
Last Answer : (a) Samhitas
Description : Who favoured the Artic Home thoery of the Aryans? (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012) (a) Pargiter (b) A. C. Das (c) B. G. Tilak (d) Jacobi
Last Answer : (c) B. G. Tilak
Description : The treaty of Versailles restored Alsace-Lorraine to: (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012) (a) Italy (b) Britain (c) France (d) Belgiun
Last Answer : (c) France
Description : The first Indian Satellite Aryabhatta was launched in (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013) (a) 1972 (b) 1975 (c) 1977 (d) 1979
Last Answer : (b) 1975
Description : Jallianwala incident took place at (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2015) (a) Lucknow (b) Surat (c) Amritsar (d) Allahabad
Last Answer : (c) Amritsar
Description : In 1939 Subhash Chandra Bose was elected as President of the Congress Party defeating (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2015) (a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (c) V.B. Patel (d) Pattabhi Sitharamayya
Last Answer : (d) Pattabhi Sitharamayya
Description : The greatest king of the Pratihara dynasty was (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2015) (a) Bhoj (Mihir–Bhoj) (b) Dantidurga (c) Nagbhatta II (d) Vatsaraj
Last Answer : (a) Bhoj (Mihir–Bhoj)
Description : Which one of the following is not a sect of Buddhism? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013) (a) Mahayana (b) Hinayana (c) Digambar (d) Theravad
Last Answer : (c) Digambar
Description : What Satyagraha was held at Nagpur in 1923? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013) (a) Salt Satyagraha (b) Individual Satyagraha (c) Ryots Satyagraha (d) Flag Satyagraha
Last Answer : (d) Flag Satyagraha
Description : Who gave the title of "Sardar" to Ballabh Bhai Patel? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013) (a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Vinoba Bhave (c) Women of Bardoli (d) Peasants of Gujrat
Last Answer : (a) Mahatma Gandhi
Description : Where did Aurangzeb die? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013) (a) Pune (b) Aurangabad (c) Ahmad Nagar (d) Mumbai
Last Answer : (c) Ahmad Nagar
Description : Who established the Indian Civil Liberties Union in 1936? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013) (a) Subhash Chandra Bose (b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (c) Jawahar Lal Nehru (d) Rajendra Prasad
Last Answer : (c) Jawahar Lal Nehru
Description : Which General, who commanded the British forces against the Americans in their War of Independence later became Governor-General of India ? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013) (a) Dalhousie (b) William Bentinck (c) Wellesley (d) Cornwallis
Last Answer : (b) William Bentinck
Description : The Bolshevik Revolution of Russia symbolized following: (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013) (a) coming of the Communist Rule (b) establishment of Republic of Russia (c) establishment of Democracy in Russia (d) overthrow of Romanov Dynasty
Last Answer : (a) coming of the Communist Rule
Description : The Gandharva School of art is also known as the (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013) (a) Buddhist-Roman art (b) Dravidian-Roman art (c) Greco-Roman art (d) Greco-Roman-Buddhist art
Last Answer : (d) Greco-Roman-Buddhist art
Description : The founder of the Lodi Dynasty was (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013) (a) Bahlol Lodi (b) Sikandar Shah Lodi (c) Jalal Khan Lodi (d) Ibrahim Lodi
Last Answer : (a) Bahlol Lodi
Description : Which of the following movements saw the biggest peasant guerilla war on the eve of independence? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013) (a) Punnapra Vayalar Movement (b) Telangana Movement (c) Noakhali Movement
Last Answer : (b) Telangana Movement
Description : Which one of the following statements is not true in respect of A.O. Hume? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013) (a) He founded the Indian National Congress. (b) He presided over the Congress Annual Sessions twice. (c) He was an ornithologist. (d) He was a member of the Indian Civil Service.
Last Answer : b) He presided over the Congress Annual Sessions twice.
Description : Pitts India Act of 1784 was a/an (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013) (a) Ordinance (b) Resolution (c) White paper (d) Regulation Act
Last Answer : (b) Resolution
Description : The Uttaramerur inscription provides information on the administration of the (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013) (a) Pallavas (b) Cholas (c) Chalukyas (d) Satavahanas
Last Answer : (b) Cholas
Description : Pulakesin II was the greatest ruler of the (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013) (a) Chalukyas of Kalyani (b) Pallavas of Kanchi (c) Cholas of Tamil Nadu (d) Chalukyas of Badami
Last Answer : (b) Pallavas of Kanchi
Description : Where are the Todas found ? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013) (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Tamil nadu (c) Rajasthan (d) Aruncachal Pradesh
Last Answer : (b) Tamil nadu
Description : From which of the following banks did Madan Mohan Malaviya take loans for financing "The Hindustan Times"? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013) (a) State Bank of India (b) Punjab National Bank (c) Bank of Maharashtra (d) Bank of Baroda
Last Answer : (b) Punjab National Bank
Description : Who was the other Congress leader who joined with Motilal Nehru to start the Swaraj Party in 1923? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013) (a) G.K. Gokhale (b) B.G. Tilak (c) Chittaranjan Das (d) M.K. Gandhi
Last Answer : (c) Chittaranjan Das
Description : Who was the Viceroy of the time of Quit India Movement ? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013) (a) Lord Irwin (b) Lord Mountbatten (c) Lord Wavell (d) Lord Lin Lithgow
Last Answer : (d) Lord Lin Lithgow
Description : Who gave the title of "Mahamana" to Madan Mohan Malviya ? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013) (a) Bal Gandadhar Tilak (b) Dada Bhai Naurozi (c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (d) Mahatma Gandhi
Last Answer : (d) Mahatma Gandhi
Description : Which of the following is called the 'shrimp capital of India'? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2011) (a) Mangalore (b) Nagapatnam (c) Kochi (d) Nellore
Last Answer : (d) Nellore
Description : Who among the following British persons admitted the Revolt of 1857 as a national revolt? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2011) (a) Lord Dalhousie (b) Lord Canning (c) Lord Ellenborough (d) Disraeli
Last Answer : (d) Disraeli
Description : Simon Commission was boycotted by the nationalist leaders of India because: (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2011) (a) they felt that it was only an eyewash (b) all the members of the Commission were English (c) the members of the Commission were biased against India (d) it did not meet the demands of the Indians
Last Answer : (b) all the members of the Commission were English
Description : The call of "Back to the Vedas" was given by: (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2011) (a) Swami Vivekananda (b) Swami Dayanand Saraswati (c) Aurobindo Ghosh (d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Last Answer : (b) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
Description : Identify the European power from whom Shivaji obtained cannons and ammunition: (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2011) (a) The French (b) The Portuguese (c) The Dutch (d) The English
Last Answer : (b) The Portuguese
Description : The Greek ambassador sent to Chandragupta Maurya's Court was : (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2011) (a) Kautilya (b) Seleucus Nicator (c) Megasthenes (d) Justin
Last Answer : (c) Megasthenes