1 150+ History Questions Asked in SSC CGL Exam 2017 & 2018 1. In 1528, ______defeated the Rajputs 8. Who led the Bardoli Satyagraha movement? at Chanderi. (A) Mahatma Gandhi (A) Humayun (B) Akbar (B) Rabindra Nath Tagore (C) Jahangir (D) Babur (C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Ans. D (D) Chittaranjan Das Ans. C 2. Which of the following was a leader of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Army 9. Who amongst the following was the founded in 1928? successor of Sikh Guru Har Krishan? (A) Guru Angad Dev (A) Khudiram Bose (B) Guru Tegh Bahadur (B) Bhagat Singh (C) Guru Hargobind (C) Chandra Shekhar Azad (D) Guru Amar Das (D) Subhash Chandra Bose Ans. B Ans. C 10. Lord Cornwallis is known for _____. 3. Sanchi Stupa was built by? (A) permanent revenue settlement of (A) Akbar (B) Humayun Bengal (C) Ashoka (D) Narasimha (B) attacking the caste system Ans. C (C) land revenue settlement of United 4. Which queen of the Kakatiya dynasty States ruled over Warangal, part of modern (D) ryotwari settlement of Madras Telangana? Ans. A (A) Rudramadevi (B) Ahilyadevi 11. In which year (in AD) was the East (C) Bhagwati (D) Bhanumati Company established? Ans. A (A)1664 (B) 1632 (C)1600 (D) 1608 5. Which among the following Mughal Ans. C Emperor was illiterate? 12. Who was the founder of the Ghadar Party? (A) Shah Jahan (B) Aurangzeb (A) Basant Kumar Biswas (C) Akbar (D) Jahangir (B) Sohan Singh Bhakna Ans. C (C) Ram Prasad Bismil 6. Where was the ‘Azad Hind Fauj’ (D) Kartar Singh founded? Ans. B (A) Singapore (B) Thailand 13. Who wrote ‘Akbarnama’? (C) Britain (D) Italy (A) Abul Fazal (B) Faizi Ans. A (C) Abdur Rahim(D) Abdul Qadir 7. Who is known as the ‘Father of Indian Ans. A Unrest’? 14. Which Sikh Guru initiated ‘The Khalsa’? (A) Anant Singh (A) Guru Nanak Dev (B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (B) Guru Gobind Singh (C) Bhagat Singh (C) Guru Angad Dev (D) Dadabhai Naoroji (D) Guru Tegh Bahadur Ans. B Ans. B 2

15. In which battle was Siraj ud–Daulah was (A) Bhoodan Movement defeated by Lord Clive? (B) Rowlatt Satyagraha (A) Battle of Plassey (C) Bardoli Satyagraha (B) Battle of Buxer (D) Swadeshi Movement (C) Battle of Panipat 23. Which act ended the “Trade Monopoly” (D) Battle of Haldighati of the East India Company? Ans. A (A) Regulating Act of 1773 16.Which emperor wrote the play (B) Pitt’s India Act of 1784 ‘Nagananda’ in Sanskrit language? (C) The Charter Act of 1833 (A) Prabhakaravardhana (D) The Charter Act of 1813 (B) Harshavadhana 24. The Poona Pact was signed between (C) Chandragupta II Mahatma Gandhi and ______. (D) Bindusara (A) Muhammad Ali Jinnah Ans. B (B) Lord Irwin 17. Who was the first female emperor of India? (C) Subhash Chandra Bose (A) Noor Jahan (D) B.R. Ambedkar (B) Razia Sultana Ans. D (C) Rani Rudrama Devi 25. Which Governor General abolished the (D) Queen Didda ‘Sati System’ in India? Ans. B (A) Lord Canning 18. Who was the first Governor General of (B) Lord Ripon British India? (C) Lord Wiliam Bentinck (A) Lord William Bentick (D) Lord Dalhousie (B) Lord Dalhousie Ans. C (C) Lord Cornwallis 26. During their rule the British persuaded (D) None of these or forced cultivators in Madras to grow Ans. A ______. 19. Takshashila University was located (A)Jute (B) Tea between which two rivers? (C) Sugarcane (D) Rice (A) Indus and Jhelum Ans. D (B) Jhelum and Ravi 27. The queen with the title Didda ruled over (C) Beas and Indus which part of India between 980-1003? (D) Satluj and Indus (A) Avadh (B) Kashmir Ans. A (C)Sindh (D) Bengal 20. Who is the most prominent god of ‘Rig Ans. B Veda’? 28. Big landlords or warrior chiefs in the (A) Indra (B) Agni seventh century were acknowledged as (C) Pashupati (D) Vishnu ______by the existing kings? Ans. A (A) Rashtrakutas 21. Who shot dead John Saunders on 17th (B) Chalukya December 1927? (C) Samantas (A) Bhagat Singh (D) Brahmanas (B) Mangal Panday Ans. C (C) Sukhdev 29. The Agra fort was built by - (D) Bipin Chandra Pal Singh (A) ShahJahan (B) Akbar 22. Sardar Vallabhbai Patel was the leader (C) Jahangir (D) Babur of ______. Ans. B 3

30. During their rule the British persuaded (C) Zakir Hussain or forced cultivators in Punjab to grow (D) Muzaffar Ahmed ______. Ans. A (A)Jute (B) Tea 38. The ______were the successors of (C) Sugarcane (D) Cotton Timur, the ruler of Iran, Iraq and modern- Ans. D day Turkey. 31. The Red fort in Delhi was the residence (A) Rajputs (B) Khaljis of emperors of which dynasty in the 17th (C) Mughals (D) Tughluq century? Ans. C (A) Rajput (B) Khalji 39. Where is Humayun’s Tomb is located? (C) Tughlaq (D) Mughal (A) Hyderabad (B) New Delhi Ans. D (C) Mumbai (D) Kolkata 32. During their rule the British persuaded Ans. B or forced cultivators in Bengal to grow 40. The Tomara Rajputs, were defeated in the ______. middle of the twelfth century by the (A)Jute (B) Tea Chauhans of ______. (C) Sugarcane (D) Wheat (A) Ayodhya (B) Ajmer Ans. A (C) Dwarka (D) Gwalior Ans. B 33. The Mongols under ______invaded Transoxiana in north-east Iran in 1219. 41. For how many days did Mahatma Gandhi’s (A) Timur Lang volunteers of the Salt satyagrah walked? (B) Nadir Shah (A)24 (B)36 (C) Ahmed Shah Abdali (C)12 (D)6 (D) Genghis Khan 42. Who started construction of Nalanda (Mahavihara)? Ans. D (A) Dharampala (B) Ashoka 34. Indian Mughal paintings originated during (C) Kumaragupta(D) Harihara the rule of which Mughal Emperor? Ans. C (A) Humayun (B) Akbar 43. Sultan Mahmud was a ruler of_____. (C) Jahangir (D) Shah Jahan (A) Persia (B) Ghazni Ans. A (C) Lahore (D) Arab 35. Dara Shikoh was killed in conflict with Ans. B this brother ______. (A) Jahangir (B) Aurangzeb 44. Gol Gumbaz was designed by? (A) Ustad Ahmad of Lahouri (C) Babur (D) Shah jahan (B) George Wittet Ans. B (C) Henry Irwin 36. The Arabic work of al-Biruni that gave an (D) Yaqut of Dabul account of the subcontinent is called Ans. D ______. 45. Akbar was ______years old when he (A) Kitab – Al Hind became emperor. (B) Kitab – Al Bharat (A)16 (B)19 (C) Pustak - Al Hind (C)13 (D)10 (D) Pustak-Al Bharat Ans. C Ans. A 46. ______was imprisoned for the rest of 37. Arrest of ______in 1930 led to angry his life by Aurangzeb. demonstrations in streets of Peshawar. (A) Akbar (B) Shah Jahan (A) Abdul Ghaffar Khan (C) Jahangir (D) Babur (B) Abul Kalam Azad Ans. B 4

47. Name the Commission that came to India 55. ______first became the capital of a in 1928 to reform India’s constitutional kingdom under the Tomara Rajputs. system. (A) Delhi (B) Pataliputra (A) Rowlatt Act (C) Calcutta (D) Taxila (B) Pitt’s India Act Ans. A (C) Partition of Bengal 56. Rajendra I was the son of? (D) Simon Commission (A) Bindusara I Ans. D (B) Devabhuti I 48. Name the British General who was (C) Skanda Gupta I responsible for the Jalliawalla Bagh (D) Rajaraja I massacre. Ans. D (A) Hastings (B) Cornwallis (C) Dyer (D) Dalhousie 57. According to the categories of land Ans. C mentioned in the Chola inscriptions ______was known as the land gifted 49. ______, succeeded to the throne of to temples? Ferghana in 1494 when he was only 12 (A) Vellanvagai years old. (B) Brahmadeya (A) Humayun (B) Akbar (C) Shalabhoga (C) Jahangir (D) Babur (D) Devadana Ans. D Ans. D 50. In 1918, Mahatma Gandhi went to ______to organise a satyagraha movement 58. According to the categories of land amongst cotton mill workers. mentioned in the Chola inscriptions (A) Madras (B) Bombay ______was known as the land gifted to (C) (D) Brahmanas? Ans. D (A) Vellanvagai (B) Brahmadeya (C) Shalabhoga (D) Devadana 51. Murshid Quli Khan, Alivardi Khan and Ans. B Sirajuddaullah were all nawabs of _____? (A) Lucknow (B) Varanasi 59. Prithviraja III (1168-1192) was a best (C) Hyderabad (D) Bengal known ______ruler. Ans. D (A) Chahamana (B) Gahadavala 52. Sher Khan defeated ______at Chausa (C) Chalukya (D) Brahmana (1539) and Kanauj (1540), forcing him to Ans. A flee to Iran. 60. Dhamek Stupa was built by? (A) Aurangzeb (A) Akbar (B) Humayun (B) Humayun (C) Ashoka (D) Narasimha (C) Muhammad Azam Shah Ans. C (D) Bahadur Shah I 61. In which year french revolution broke out? Ans. B (A)1917 (B) 1911 53. Gol Gumbaz is located in? (C)1789 (D) 1790 (A) Kerala (B) Ans. C (C) Rajasthan (D) Karnataka 62. Abdul Fazal was the son of a Sufi saint; Ans. D name him. 54. Noor Jahan was the wife of which Mughal (A) Sheikh Mubarak emperor? (B) Hazarat Kwaja (A) Babut (B) Akbar (C) Nasiruddin Chirag (C) Shah Jahan (D) Jahangir (D) Baba Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki Ans. D Ans. A 5

63. Indian National Congress split for the first 71. English education was introduced in time in its session at ? India by (A) Allahabad (B) Calcutta (A) Curzon (B) Macaulay (C)Surat (D) Lahore (C) Dalhousie (D) Bentick Ans. C Ans. B 64. The first Buddhist Council was held at 72. Who were the patrons of Sangam ______. Literature? (A) Kashmir (B) Rajagriha (A) Nayakas (B) Chandellas (C) Pataliputra (D) Vaisali (C) Pandyas (D) Solankis Ans. B Ans. C 65. Who was the founder of the Satvahana 73. The silver coin ‘tanka’ was introduced by Empire? ______. (A) Kanha (A) Qutubuddin Aibak (B) Simuka (B) (C) Hala (C) Balban (D) Bahram Khan (D) Gautamiputra Ans. B Ans. B 74. Where in India was the first French factory 66. Vikramashila University was founded by established? ______(A) Surat (A) Chandra Gupta Maurya (B) Pondicherry (B) Kanishka (C) Chandannagore (C) Dharmapala (D) Masulipatnam (D) Pulakesin II Ans. A Ans. C 75. How many great powers (Mahajanapada) 67. In the battle of Panipat, Babar faced the existed in the seventh and sixth armies of centuries BCE during the life of Lord (A) Jainchand (B) Hemu Gautama Buddha? (C) Daulat Khan (D) Ibrahim Lodi (A)11 (B)13 Ans. D (C)17 (D)16 68. The Upanishads are the. Ans. D (A) Great Epics 76. Which of the following is not one of the (B) Story Books monarchy states that existed in India in (C) Source of Hindu Philosophy the seventh and early sixth centuries BC? (D) Law Books (A) Magadha (B) Vaishali Ans. C (C) Avanti (D) Kosala 69. Which of the following institutions was Ans. B not founded by Mahatama Gandhi? 77. In which year Project Tiger was launched (A) Sabarmati Ashram in India? (B) Sevagram Ashram (A)1982 (B) 1992 (C) Vishva-Bharti (C)1979 (D) 1973 (D) Phoenix Ashram Ans. D Ans. C 78. Name the state of the following which 70. The people of the Indus valley civilization Chandragupta I had got in the dowry from worshipped. Lichhavi. (A) Vishnu (B) Pashupati (A) Pataliputra (B) Prayag (C)Indra (D) Brahma (C)Saket (D) Ujjain Ans. B Ans. A 6

79. Who was the founder of the Chalukya (C) Rajendra Chola dynasty? (D) Pulakeshin I (A) Pulaksen First Ans. A (B) Kirtivarman 86. Mihira Bhoja was the ruler of ______. (C) Narasimhavarman (A) Chola (B) Rashtrakuta (D) Mangalsa (C) Chalukya (D) Pratihara Ans. A Ans. D 80. ______was the first Muslim ruler whose 87. The period between ______in India’s empire covered almost the whole of India history is known as the up to its extreme south. period. (A) Allaudin Khilji (A) 1206 AD and 1526 AD (B) Jalal-ud-din Khilji (B) 745 AD and 1245 AD (C) Ghiyas ud din Balban (C) 1105 AD and 1445 AD (D) Firoz shah Tughlaq (D) 1456 AD and 1675 AD Ans. A Ans. A 81. The popular Bagh cave paintings are 88. Veer Kunwar Singh Jayanti is celebrated found in______. in______in order to recognise the (A) Madhya Pradesh achievements of Kunwar Singh during (B) Himachal Pradesh the Indian rebellion of 1857. (C) Sikkim (A) Uttarakhand (B) Bihar (D) Odisha (C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Himachal Pradesh Ans. A Ans. B 82. The Badami Chalukyas first had their 89. In which of the following places was the capital at ___ before they moved it to Badami. rule of the Wadiyar dynasty? (A) Pattadakal (B) Aihole (A) Patna (B) Mysore (C) Hubli (D) Bijapur (C) Jabalpur (D) Guwahati Ans. B Ans. B 83. Which was the first Muslim dynasty that 90. Which queen died in 1564 during the ruled India? defending the Garh Kantaga while (A) Slave dynasty fighting with Mughal forces? (B) Tughlaq dynasty (A) Rani Avantibai (C) Lodhi dynasty (B) Rani Durgavati (D) Khilji dynasty (C) Rani Rudrabara Ans. A (D) Rani Ahilyabai Ans. B 84. Who among the following was a slave of Muhammad Ghori, who became the ruler 91. In which year Dorabji Tata set up the Tata after the death of his master and founded Iron and Steel Company (TISCO)? the Slave Dynasty? (A)1913 (B) 1919 (A) Ghiyas ud din Balban (C)1911 (D) 1907 (B) Iltutmish Ans. D (C) Nasir-ud-din Mahmud 92. In 1026 AD, who attacked and looted the (D) Qutab-ud-din Aibak famous ? Ans. D (A) Muhammad Ghauri 85. Vikramashila University was founded by (B) Mahmood Ghazni ______, a Pala king. (C) Genghis Khan (A) Dharmapala (D) Nadir Shah (B) Mihira Bhoja Ans. B 7

93. In 1876, the Indian National Association 100.Which one of the following was NOT a was established by ______in Calcutta. condition laid down in the Gandhi- (A) V. K. Chiplunkar Irwin Pact? (B) Anand Mohan Bose (A) The India National Congress should (C) Shishir Kumar Ghosh stop the civil disobedience movement (D) Badruddin Tyabji (B) Removal of salt tax, allowing to Ans. B produce, trade and sell legally 94. The invasion of Delhi by Taimar in _____ (C) Withdrawal of tax on khadi production A.D marked the end of the Tughlaq empire. (D) Participation in the Round Table (A)1645 (B) 1398 Conference by the Indian National (C)1452 (D) 1215 Congress Ans. B Ans. C 95. Who among the following was one of the 101. Who amongst the following succeeded the Governors during the reign of Allauddin Mughal throne in the year 1556? Khilji? (A) Sher Shah Suri (A) Jalal-ud-din Khilji (B) Jehangir (B) Shams-ud-din Iltutmish (C) Shah Jahan (C) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq (D) Akbar (D) Nasiruddin Mahmud Ans. D Ans. C 102.The _____ was a group of seven Members 96. Who founded the Sayyid dynasty? of Parliament from the United Kingdom, (A) Nizam Shah constituted to suggest constitutional (B) Muhammad-bin-Farid reforms for British India. (C) Khizr Khan (A) Sargent Commission (D) Bahlul Khan (B) Fraser Commission Ans. C (C) Hunter Commission (D) Simon Commission 97. Who founded the Indian Statistical Ans. D Institute on 17 December 1931? (A) P.(C) Mahalanobis 103.The leading light of the Rama cult was (B) R.(A) Fischer saint-poet _____who also wrote the poem (C) F. Yates ‘Ramacharitamanasa’. (D) M.H. Hansen (A) Chaitanya (B) Vallabhacharya Ans. A (C) Nimbarka (D) Tulsidas Ans. D 98. ______created history in its second Twenty20 International against Ireland by 104. ______was the first Mughal emperor in achieving the highest ever T20 total at India. the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket (A) Babur (B) Humayun Stadium in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. (C) Akbar (D) Shah Jahan (A) Pakistan (B) India Ans. A (C) Afghanistan (D) Australia 105.The leader of the Bhakti movement Ans. C focusing on Lord Rama was ______. 99. _____ was the first and only Muslim (A) Namdeva (B) Jaydeva woman to ever sit on the throne of Delhi. (C) Vivekanada (D) Ramananda (A) Fatima Al Fihri Ans. D (B) Shajarat Al Durr 106.The terms ‘Jat and Sawar’ are related (C) Gevher Sultan to which of the following administrative (D) Razia Begum systems? Ans. D (A) Zamindari System 8

(B) Jotedari System (A) Import deficiency (C) Lqtadari System (B) Export surplus (D) Mansabdari System (C) Export deficiency Ans. D (D) Import surplus 107.Who had built Taj Mahal, for his wile Ans. B Mumtaz Mahal along the banks of the 114. Humayun’s heir, ______, was born in Yamuna River in Agra? exile and was only 13 years old when his (A) Jahangir (B) Shah Jahan father died. (C) Akbar (D) Aurangzeb (A) Akbar (B) Shah Jahan Ans. B (C) Jahangir (D) Babur 108. Akbar was succeeded by his son, Salim, Ans. A who took the title of ______, meaning 115.Who was the fifth of the ten Sikh Conqueror of the World. gurus? (A) Jahangir (B) Shah Jahan (A) Guru Angad (C) Jahapana (D) Badshah (B) Guru Ramdas Ans. A (C) Guru Arjan Dev 109.Who was the prime minister of India (D) Guru Hargobind during “the Emergency between the year Ans. C 1975 to 1977? 116.The Qutub Minar was named ofter the (A) Charan Singh Sufi saint______. (B) Indira Gandhi (A) Syed Waheed ashraf (C) Moraj Desai (B) Alauddin Sabir Kaliyari (D) Rajiv Gandhi (C) Khawaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar kaki Ans. B (D) Qutub-ud-din Aibak 110. The Red Fort and the Jama Masjid in Ans. C Delhi stand out as towering achievements 117. The Suri King ______was defeated by of architecture during the reign of ______. Humayun to regain his Kingdom. (A) Shah Jahan (B) Jahangir (A) Mahmood Suri (C) Aurangzeb (D) Akbar (B) Sher Shah Suri Ans. A (C) Sikandar Suri 111. Which Indian monument was built by (D) Bahalol Suri Sawai Pratap Singh in the year Ans. C 1799? 118. _____ built the world famous harmandar (A) Mysore Palace sahib, popularly known as the Golden (B) Hawa Mahal Temple in Amritsar. (C) Leh Palace (A) Guru Angad Dev (D) Mattancherry Palace (B) Guru Arjan Dev Ans. B (C) Guru Siri Har Rai 112.The Victoria Memorial, conceived by Lord (D) Guru Ram Das Curzon, represents the architectural Ans. B climax of ______city. 119.During whose reign did the chinese (A) Delhi (B) Mumbai traveller Hiuen Tsang visit India? (C) Jaipur (D) Kolkata (A) Chandragupta Vikramaditya Ans. D (B) Samudragupta 113.Which of the following was the most (C) Chandragupta I important characteristic of India’s trade (D) Harshavardhana throughout the colonial period? Ans. D 9

120.One of the prominent Buddiest (C) 16th December 1971 structures in India, ______Stupa at (D) 2nd October 1974 sarnath was constructed by the great Ans. C Mauryan king, Ashoka. 128. Which of the following kings is regarded (A) Dhauli (B) Dhamekh as the founder of the Kingdom of Nepal? (C) Bharhut (D) Lalitgiri (A) Rana Bahadur Shah Ans. B (B) Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah 121._____ married Mehr-un-Nisa whom he (C) Prithivi Narayan Shah gave the title of ‘Nur Jahan’ (light of the (D) Mahendra Bik Bikram Shah Dev world). Ans. C (A) Shah jahan (B) Aurangzeb 129. The Hindustan Socialist Republican (C) Akbar (D) Jahangir Association (HSRA) was formed in the Ans. D year ______with an aim to overthrow 122. ______died in 1605, nearly 50 years the British. after his ascension to the throne. He was (A)1992 (B) 1930 buried outside of Agra at Sikandra. (C)1921 (D) 1928 (A) Akbar (B) Aurangzeb Ans. D (C) Shah Jahan (D) Jahangir 130. The Khilafat Movement of 1920 was Ans. A organized as a protest against the 123.____ has been called the “architect king” injustice done to _____. as during his reign, the world witnessed (A)Iraq (B) Turkey a unique development of arts and culture (C) Egypt (D) Afghanistan of the Mughal Empire. Ans. B (A) Shah Jahan (B) Jahangir 131. As a reaction to Rowlatt Act, ______was (C) Aurangzeb (D) Akbar organized as National Humiliation Day. Ans. A (A) 6th April 1919 124.It was under the reign of ______that (B) 8th May 1920 the Mughal Empire reached its peak in (C) 2nd February 1913 matter of area. (D) 14th June 1921 (A) Jahangir (B) Aurangzeb Ans. A (C) Shah Jahan (D) Akbar 132. In which year was the East India Company Ans. B incorporated for the exploitation of trade 125.The first Anglo-Burmese war ended with with East and Southeast Asia and India? the signing of the ____. (A)1596 (B) 1605 (A) Treaty of Salbai (C)1612 (D) 1600 (B) Treaty of Yandabo Ans. D (C) Treaty Of Purandar 133. Who among the following wrote the book (D) Treaty of Titalia ‘A History of the Sikhs’? Ans. B (A) Khushwant Singh 126.Mahatma Gandhi formed the Natal (B) Amrita Pritam Indian Congress in the year____. (C) Bhai Vir Singh (A)1874 (B) 1854 (D) Gurbachan Singh Talib (C)1863 (D) 1894 Ans. A Ans. D 134. The Sepoy Mutiny in India started from 127. The Bangladesh Liberation War ended _____. on ______. (A) Meerut (B) Bareilly (A) 17th October 1971 (C) Champaran (D) Rajkot (B) 14th November 1972 Ans. A 10

135.Who was the Indian Army Chief at the 142. Which of the following was a port city of time of Bangladesh Liberation War? the Indus Valley Civilization? (A) Roy Bucher (A) Lothal (B) Dholavira (B) Rob Lockhart (C) Rakhigarhi (D) Kalibangan (C) Sam manekshaw Ans. A (D) K M Cariappa 143.When was the Constitution of Pakistan Ans. C enforced? 136.In which year did the Patharughat (A)1947 (B) 1965 Peasant Uprising against the tax policies (C)1952 (D) 1973 of British take place in Assam? Ans. D (A)1894 (B) 1873 144.Who was the ruler of the Vaghela Dynasty (C)1862 (D) 1885 of Gujarat after whose defeat the kingdom Ans. A was passed to Allauddin Khilji? 137. Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura became (A) Saranga Deva (B) Arjuna Deva states under ______. (C) Rama (D) Karandev (A) North Eastern Republic of India Act, Ans. D 1972 145.During World War II, the Battles of (B) North Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Kohima and Imphal were fought in the Act, 1971 year _____. (C) North Eastern Retention (A)1944 (B) 1945 (Reconstruction) Act, 1971 (C)1942 (D) 1943 (D) North Eastern Region New State Act, Ans. A 1972 Ans. B 146. In the year ______, the 138.The former of Tripura in ceased to exist with the surrender of the the north-eastern part of India was ruled Marathas to the British, ending the Third by ______Dynasty. Anglo-Martha War. (A) Nagvanshi (B) Haihaya (A)1792 (B) 1806 (C) Manika (D) Ahom (C)1811 (D) 1818 Ans. C Ans. D 139.The Indus Water Treaty was signed 147. _____ is well-known for the golden between India and ______. beautification of the Harmandir Sahib (A) Pakistan (B) Afghanistan Gurdwara in Amritsar, famously known (C) Bangladesh (D) China as the Golden Temple. Ans. A (A) Charat Singh (B) Ranjit Singh (C) Duleep Singh (D) Maha Singh 140._____assumed the title of Ans. B ‘Gangaikondachola’ or the conqueror of the river Ganga. 148. Burma became independent soverign (A) Vijjayalay Chola republic in the year _____. (B) Rajaraja Chola I (A)1950 (B) 1962 (C) Rajadhiraja Chola (C)1948 (D) 1946 (D) Rajendra Chola I Ans. C Ans. D 149.Mitra Mela was a revolutionary 141. In which year was the ‘Battle of Goa’ organisation founded by Veer Savarkar fought? in the year ______. (A)1510 (B) 1524 (A)1864 (B) 1873 (C)1502 (D) 1514 (C)1900 (D) 1856 Ans. A Ans. C 11

150. Opium wars were fought between the 156.The Aligarh Movement was started British and _____. by_____ . (A) Bhutan (A) Muhammad Ali Jinnah (B) Myanmar (Burma) (B) Maulana Manzoor Ahsan (C) Afghanistan (C) Dr. Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi (D) China (D) Syed Ahmed Khan Ans. D Ans. D 151. Tipu Sultan and British East India 157. In which year was the Battle of Saragarhi Company signed the Treaty of Mangalore fought? in the year ______. (A) 1897 (A) 1784 (B) 1878 (B) 1799 (C) 1854 (C) 1792 (D) 1867 (D) 1764 Ans. A Ans. A 158. Who was the first Russian prime minister 152. British East India Company defeated the to visit independent India? Portuguese in the _____. (A) Vladimir Putin (A) Battle of Suvali (B) Boris Yeltsin (B) Battle of Buxar (C) Mikhail Gorbachev (C) Battle of Plassey (D) Nikolai Bulganin (D) Battle of Chamkaur Ans. D Ans. A 159. Which state of India was ruled by the 153. Sir Thomas Roe visited the court of Ahom Dynasty? Mughal ruler ______as the ambassador of the king of England. (A) Karnataka (A) Humayun (B) Rajasthan (B) Jahangir (C) Odisha (C) Shah Jahan (D) Assam (D) Akbar Ans. D Ans. B 160.Who among the following was the last 154. Surendranath Banerjee and Ananda Nawab of Awadh? Mohan Bose founded ______in (A) Muhammad Mukim Bengal in 1876. (B) Amjad Ali Khan (A) Bengal Association (C) Saadat Ali Khan (B) Oriental Association (D) Wajid Ali Shah (C) Indian Association Ans. D (D) Tathagat Association 161. The ‘Instrument of Surrender’ which Ans. C ended the Portuguese rule in India was 155. When was the ‘Battle of Tukaroi’ fought? signed on ______. (A) 1575 (A) 29th December 1951 (B) 1546 (B) 26th January 1948 (C) 1565 (C) 15th August 1947 (D) 1532 (D) 19th December 1961 Ans. A Ans. D 12

162.The movement of the local farmers of (C) Mumbai Port Bardoli in Gujarat against the British in (D) Vishakapatnam Port 1928 was led by ______. Ans. B (A) Vallabhbhai Patel 164. The East India Company sent Captain (B) Lokmanya Tilak William Hawkins to the court of Emperor (C) Jawaharlal Nehru ______in 1608 to seek permission to (D) Lal Bahadur Shastri open a factory at Surat. 163.Which is the oldest operating port in (A) Shah Jahan India built by the British East India (B) Jahangir Company? (C) Humayun (A) Chennai Port (D) Akbar (B) Kolkata Port Ans. B