Description : Which Governor General is associated with Doctrine of Lapse ? (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2010) (a) Lord Ripon (b) Lord Dalhousie (c) Lord Bentinck (d) Lord Curzon
Last Answer : (b) Lord Dalhousie
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 : The Narendra Mandal or Chamber of Princes was inaugurated in 1921 by (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2013) (a) Lord Curzon (b) Lord Wellesley (c) Duke of Cannaught (d) Duke of Wellingdon
Last Answer : (c) Duke of Cannaught
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 : Rowlatt Act 1919 was enacted during the period of (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2013) (a) Lord Chelmford (b) Lord William (c) Lord Minto (d) Lord Bentinck
Last Answer : (a) Lord Chelmford
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 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Who among the following was an illiterate ? (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2010) (a) Jahangir (b) Shah Jahan (c) Akbar (d) Aurangazeb
Last Answer : (c) Akbar
Description : The Editor of 'Young India' and 'Harijan' was (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2011) (a) Nehru (b) Ambedkar (c) Mahatma Gandhi (d) Subash Chandra Bose
Description : The System of Dyarchy was introduced in India in (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2011) (a) 1909 (b) 1935 (c) 1919 (d) 1945
Last Answer : (c) 1919
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 : Panchayati Raj System was implemented first in the pair of states (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2013) (a) Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan (b) Assam and Bihar (c) Arunachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh (d) Punjab and Chandigarh
Last Answer : (a) Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan
Description : Where did Buddha deliver his first sermon ? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012) (a) Sarnath (b) Rajagriha (c) Kapilavastu . (d) Bodh-Gaya
Last Answer : (a) Sarnath
Description : Who was called Lichchavi Dauhitra? (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2013) (a) Chandragupta I (b) Skandagupta (c) Kumaragupta (d) Samudragupta 53. Pulakesin II was the greatest ruler of the
Last Answer : (a) Chandragupta I
Description : Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha together are known as (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2013) (a) Triratna (b) Trivarga
Last Answer : (a) Triratna
Description : Which of the following tribes is associated with the “Tana Bhagat” movement? (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2013) (a) Uraon (b) Munda (c) Santhal (d) Kondadora
Last Answer : (a) Uraon
Description : Who of the following attended all the Three Round Table Conferences? (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2011) (a) B.R. Ambedkar (b) M.M. Malavia (c) Vallabhbhai Patel (d) Gandhiji
Last Answer : (a) B.R. Ambedkar
Description : Coronation of Shivaji took place in (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2011) (a) 1627 A.D. (b) 1674 A.D. (c) 1680 A.D. (d) 1670 A.D
Last Answer : (b) 1674 A.D
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 : Harshvardhana was defeated by (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2010) (a) Prabhakaravardhana (b) Pulakesin II (c) Narasimhasvarma Pallava (d) Sasanka
Last Answer : b) Pulakesin II
Description : The Lodi dynasty was founded by (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2010) (a) Ibrahim Lodi (b) Sikandar Lodi (c) Bahlol Lodi (d) Khizr Khan
Last Answer : (c) Bahlol Lodi
Description : The monk who influenced Ashoka to embrace Buddhism was (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2010) (a) Vishnu Gupta (b) Upa Gupta (c) Brahma Gupta (d) Brihadratha
Last Answer : b) Upagupta (c. 3rd Century BC) was a Buddhist monk. According to some stories in the Sanskrit text Ashokavadana, he was the spiritual teacher of the Mauryan emperor Ashoka.
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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Who was the founder of The Servants of India Society? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2010) (a) G..K. Gokhale (b) M.G. Ranade (c) B.G. Tilak (d) Bipin Chandra Pal
Last Answer : (d) The Servants of India Society was formed in Pune, Maharashtra, on June 12, 1905 by Gopal Krishna Gokhale, who left the Deccan Education Society to form this association
Description : Who was the founder of The Servants of India Society?(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2010)(a) G..K. Gokhale(b) M.G. Ranade(c) B.G. Tilak(d) Bipin Chandra Pal
Last Answer : (d) Bipin Chandra Pal
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 : 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 : 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