SSC MTS Most Expected History Questions
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Question 1
The "Portfolio system" was Introduced by whom?
A Lord Mayo
B Lord Canning
C Lord Wellesle
D Lord William Bentinck
Answer: B
Question 2
The Nagarjuna Inscriptions provide information about:
A Jainism
B Buddhism
C Brahmanism
D None of the above
Answer: B
Question 3
The second atom bomb was dropped on Nagasaki on ?
A 6th August 1914
B 9th August 1945
C 6th August 1943
D 9th August 1943
Answer: B
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Question 4
Diwan-i-Khairait was set up as a separate department by---
A Akbar
B Muhammad-bin- Tughlug
C Firoz Tughlug
D Shershah
Answer: C
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. Question 5
Name that Sufi Saint who was associated with Akbar---
A Sheikh Muinuddin Chisti
B Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya
C Sheikh Salim Chisti
D Sheikh Farid
Answer: C
Question 6
The system of payment of salary to the troops was decreed by
A Ibrahim Lodi
B Iltutmish
C Alauddin Khalji
D Balban
Answer: D
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Question 7
Who had brought the Lauh Stambha in Delhi ?
A Qutb-ud-din Aibak
B Muhammad-bin- Tughlug
C Mohammad Gayasuddin
D Mohammad Kasim
Answer: C
Question 8
Hamida Banu Begum was the Mother of ......
A Emperor Humayun
B Emperor Babur
C Emperor Akbar
D Emperor Jahans
Answer: C
Question 9
The invasion of Alexander took place in north-west India in 326 B.C in the period of
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. A Ajata Shatru
B Nandas
C Chandra Gupta Maurya
D Shishunaga
Answer: B
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Question 10
The French Revolution ended in ?
A 1780
B 1785
C 1790
D 1793
Answer: D
Question 11
Who Introduced ‘Indian civil services’ (ICS)
A Lord Canning
B Lord Cornwallis
C Lord Bentick
D None of them
Answer: B
Question 12
Whom did Chandra Gupta Mourya defeat
A Sakas
B Huns
C Mughals
D Greeks
Answer: B
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Question 13
Alberuni came to India with
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. A Timur
B Babur
C Alexander
D Mahmud of Ghazni
Answer: D
Question 14
World War I commenced in ?
A 1904
B 1908
C 1910
D 1914
Answer: D
Question 15
Who built the Taragarh fort of Ajmer ?
A Raja Man Singh
B Raja Jai Singh
C Aana Ji
D Ajaypal Chauhan
Answer: D
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Question 16
Gandhiji started march to Dandi from
A Dandi
B Sabarmati Ashram
C Gujarat
D Champaran
Answer: B
Question 17
What was the immediate cause of Sepoy’ Mutiny of 1857 ?
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. C Failure of British Government
D Administrative Reforms
Answer: A
Question 18
The war strategy adopted by Shivaji against Mughals was
A Alert Army
B Large Army
C Political Supremacy
D Guerilla War
Answer: D
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Question 19
The tomb of Humayun is located in
A Delhi
B Agra
C Kabul
D Sikandara
Answer: A
Question 20
Which Sultan built Alai Darwaza ?
A Balban
B Akbar
C Allaudin Khilji
D Shahjehan
Answer: C
Question 21
Chand Bibi was the ruler of:
A Ahmednagar
B Warangal
C Gondwana
D None of these
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. Answer: A
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Question 22
Who laid the foundation of Portuguese power in India ?
A Vasco de Gama
B St Thomas
C Bartholomew Dias
D Alfonso-de-Albuquerque
Answer: D
Question 23
Buland Darwaza was built at Fatehpur Sikri by Akbar to commemorate :
A Birth of his son Salim
B His own Coronation
C Conquest of Deccan
D Conquest of Gujarat
Answer: D
Question 24
Who was the first Indian to be elected to the British House of Commons ?
B Mahadev Govind
C B.R. Ambedkar
D Madan Mohan Malviya
Answer: A
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Question 25
Where was the first general Post Office opened in India ?
A Delhi
B Mumbai
C Kolkata
D None of the above
Answer: C
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. Question 26
Who among the following is known for his work on medicine during the Gupta period ?
A Saumilla
B Sudraka
C Shaunaka
D Susrutha
Answer: D
Question 27
Which region of India was ruled by Sultan Zain-ul-Abidin ?
A Assam
B Odisha
C Kashmir
D Bengal
Answer: C
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Question 28
Jahangir's tomb is located in :
A Agra
B Lahore
C Delhi
D Srinagar
Answer: B
Question 29
Which Sultan of Delhi fell to death while playing Chaugan ?
A Iltutmish
B Balban
C Sikandar Lodhi
D Qutub-ud-din-Aibak
Answer: D
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. Question 30
Tulsidas was a contemporary of_:
A Akbar
B Jahangir
C Shahjahan
D Aunrngzeb
Answer: A
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Question 31
The Third Battle of Panipat was fought between :
A Marathas and the East India Company
B Ahmad Shah Abdali and the Sikhs
C Ahmad Shah Abdali and the Marathas
D Ahmad Shah Abdali and the Mughals
Answer: C
Question 32
Madurai was the capital of the :
A Cholas
B Cheras
C Rashtrakutas
D Pandyas
Answer: D
Question 33
Saka Era was founded by:
A Pulakesin - II
B Kanishka
C Harsha
D Vikramaditya
Answer: B
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. Question 34
Which Mughal emperor built the Red Fort in Delhi?
A Babur
B Humanyun
C Akbar
D Shahjahan
Answer: D
Question 35
The western education was introduced in India by :
A Lord Curzon
B Lord Hastings
C Lord Wellesley
D Lord Bentick
Answer: D
Question 36
Pulakesin II defeated Harsha on the banks of river :
A Mahanadi
B Tapti
C Godavari
D Narmada
Answer: D
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Question 37
The pioneer of the Bhakti movement in India was:
A Kabir
B Shankaracharya
C Ramanuja
D None of the above
Answer: C
Question 38
The market regulations in India were introduced by:
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. A Balban
B Sher Shah Suri
C Akbar
D Allauddin Khilji
Answer: D
Question 39
The " lnquilab Zindabad" slogan was given by
A Chandra Shekhar Azad
B Subhash Chandra Bose
C Bhagat Singh
D Hasrat mohani
Answer: C
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Question 40
Who was the first Indian ruler to accept Subsidiary Alliance offered by Lord Wellesley in· 1798 ?
A Scindias of Gwalior
B Nawab of Awadh
C Gaekwads of Baroda
D Nizams of Hyderabad
Answer: D
Question 41
Who is mainly associated with historical Jallianwala Bagh massacre ?
A Lord Rippon
B Lord Curzon
C General Dyer
D Lord Dalhousie
Answer: C
Question 42
Historical Qutub Minar is located in
A Hyderabad
B New Delhi
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. C Howrah
D Aurangabad
Answer: B
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Question 43
Who executed ‘Guru Teg Bahadur'?
A Aurangzeb
B Sher Shah
C Humayun
D Babur
Answer: A
Question 44
Who said, "Give me blood and I will give you Freedom"?
B Tilak
C LaIa Lajpat Rai
D Subhash ChandraBose
Answer: D
Question 45
‘Ram Krishna Mission' was founded by :
A Subhash Chandra Bose
B Swami Vivekanand
C Dayanand Saraswati
D Acharya Ramakrishna
Answer: B
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Question 46
Who said, " Swaraj is my birthright and I will have it"?
A Mahatma Gandhi
B Jawahar Lal Nehru
C Subhash Chandra Bose
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. D Bal Gangadhar Tilak Answer: D
Question 47
Who is known as Frontier Gandhi ?
A Mahatma Gandhi
B Khan Abdul Chaffer Khan
C Sheikh Abdullah
D Dadabhai Naoroji
Answer: B
Question 48
Who founded the Brahma Samaj ?
A Ram Mohan Roy
B Keshav Chandra Sen
C None of these
D Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar
Answer: A
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Question 49
Gandhiji launched Civil Disobedience Movement in the year
A 1942
B 1915
C 1922
D 1930
Answer: D
Question 50
With which historical personality is the Raigarh Fort associated ?
A Rana Pratap
B Shivaji
C Akbar
D Muhammad Tughlaq
Answer: B
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. Question 51
The ruins of Assembly of 80 pillars of Mauryan period is associated with :
A Kumhrar, Patna
B Vaishali
C Nalanda's
D Rajgir
Answer: A
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Question 52
The Revolt of 1857 started from :
A Delhi
B Barrackpore
C Meerut
D Kanpur
Answer: C
Question 53
The biggest building at Mohanjodaro was the :
A Assembly Hall
B Great Bath
C Rectangular Building
D Great Granary
Answer: D
Question 54
Ashoka started to follow Buddhism after which one of the following battles?
A Pataliputra
B Ujjain
C Kalinga
D Taxila
Answer: C
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. Question 55
Khajuraho temples were made by
A Pandyas
B Chandela
C Cheras
D Pallavas
Answer: B
Question 56
When was the ''Dandi March' held?
A 1940
B 1930
C 1950
D 1947
Answer: B
Question 57
When was Rangpur rebellion happened?
A 1783
B 1986
C 1729
D 1689
Answer: A
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Question 58
Kanishka was the great king of which dynasty?
A Barakzai dynasty
B Asaf Jahi dynasty
C Chalukya dynasty
D Kushan dynasty
Answer: D
Question 59
The compilation of the compositions of Kabir is known as
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. A Dasbodh
B Bijak
C Tariqa
D Abhangas
Answer: B
Question 60
What was the name of the party launched by Subhash Chandra Bose in 1939?
A Communist Party of India
B All India Forward Bloc
C Azad Bengal Fauj
D Socialist Party of India
Answer: B
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Question 61
'Purna Swaraj' was announced in the Indian National Congress session of ......
A Nagpur
B Poona
C Calcutta
D Lahore
Answer: D
Question 62
The Sangam period is considered as the Golden Era of Tamil language as many classical Tamil ...... were written during this period
A novels
B prose
C poems
D epics
Answer: C
Question 63
Which of the following newspaper was written by Lokamanya Tilak during Indian National movement?
A Bengalee
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. B Yugantar
C Atnrit bazaar patrika
D Kesari
Answer: D
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Question 64
Mahavira is believed to be the last of the ...... Tirthankaras.
A 26
B 22
C 20
D 24
Answer: D
Question 65
Daulat Khan sent messengers to Babur in Kabul, offering his allegiance in exchange for assistance against the emperor ......
A Bahlul Lodi
B Ibrahim Lodi
C Ghazi Khan Lodi
D Sikandar Lodi
Answer: B
Question 66
Chandra Gupta II extended the Gupta Kingdom to Gujarat in ...... AD
A 390
B 309
C 903
D 930
Answer: A
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Question 67
...... , the Sultan of Delhi shifted his capital from Delhi to Daulatabad.
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. A Iltutmish
B Akbar
C Ghiyas-ud-din Balban
D Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
Answer: D
Question 68
Ibrahim Lodi was killed by ...... in the First Battle of Panipat in 1526.
A Muhammad Shah
B Firoz Shah Tughlaq
C Babur
D Timur
Answer: C
Question 69
...... was the founder of the Lodi Dynasty.
A Sultan Ibrahitn
B Ala-ud-din Lodi
C Ibrahim Lodi
D Bahlul Lodi
Answer: D
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Question 70
The British made English the medium of instruction in India in ......
A 1835
B 1857
C 1855
D 1833
Answer: A
Question 71
Who is believed to have built the Konark Temple?
A Raja Kulothunga
B Narasimha Deva
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. C Vishnugopa
D Mahipala
Answer: B
Question 72
Emperor Ashoka was the successor of?
A Chandragupta Maurya
B Bindusara
C Susima
D Dasharatha
Answer: B
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Question 73
What was the name of Maharana Pratap's horse?
A Bulbul
B Chetak
C Hayagriva
D Badal
Answer: B
Question 74
Shimla Agreement 1972 between India & Pakistan was signed in
A Barne's Court
B Ellerslie Building
C Viceregal Lodge
D Gorton Castle
Answer: A
Question 75
Salt Satyagraha in Tamil Nadu was led by
A C. Rajagopalachari
B K. Kamaraj
C Potti Sriramulu
D C. Subramaniam
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. Answer: A
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Question 76
Who was the first President of the Indian National Congress?
A Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee
B Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C Allan Octavian Hume
D Dadabhai Naoroji
Answer: A
Question 77
In which of the following movement did Gandhiji make the first use of Hunger Strike as a weapon?
A Ahmedabad strike, 1918
B Rowlatt Satyagraha, 1919
C Swadeshi Movement, 1905
D Champaran Satyagraha, 1917
Answer: A
Question 78
The famous chinese pilgrim 'Hierin Tsang' visited India during the reign of
A Harshavardhan
B Chandragupta II
C Ashoka
D Kanishka
Answer: A
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Question 79
The 'Quit India Movement' was launched in the year :
A 1920 A.D.
B 1930 A.D.
C 1942 A.D.
D 1946 A.D.
Answer: C
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. Question 80
Jama Masjid at Delhi was built by :
A Akbar
B Jahangir
C Shah Jahan
D Aurangzeb
Answer: C
Question 81
Zend Avesta is the sacred text of ______
A Islamism
B Parsi
C Christianity
D Sikhism
Answer: B
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Question 82
Which British government reform gave provincial autonomy?
A Government of India Act, 1919
B Government of India Act, 1909
C Government of India Act, 1935
D Queen's proclamation of 1858
Answer: C
Question 83
Who among the following first deciphered the script of Ashoka?
A John Marshall
B Alexander Cunningham
C R.E.M Wheeler
D James Prinsep
Answer: D
Question 84
The Moroccan traveller Ibn Batuta was the contemporary of which ruler?
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. A Muhammaad Bin Tughlaq
B Balban
C Feroz Shah Tughlaq
D Alauddin Khalji
Answer: A
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Question 85
Who was the leader of Eka movement?
A Bhagat Shah
B Vasu Dev
C Gadkari
D Madari Pasi
Answer: D
Question 86
In which of the following places the Gadkari rebellion was held?
A Durgapur
B Kolhapur
C Bidhannagar
D Asansol
Answer: B
Question 87
Where was the first session of Indian National Congress held?
A Punjab
B Bombay
C Delhi
Answer: B
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Question 88
In cultural history, Nagara in North and Dravida in South are related to
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. A Temple
B Painting
C Drama
D Music
Answer: A
Question 89
The second battle of Tarain was fought in the year?
A 1194
B 1192
C 1199
D 1195
Answer: B
Question 90
Harihara and Bukka founded which famous kingdom?
A Vijaynagar
B Chalukyan
C Golconda
D Bidar
Answer: A
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Question 91
Whom did Iltutmish decided to nominate as his successor?
A Raziya
B Balban
C Nasirudin
D Muazam khan
Answer: A
Question 92
Who among the following was the founder of Pala empire?
A Mahipal
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. B Gopala
C Dhruva
D Mahenderpal
Answer: B
Question 93
Which Governor-General announced June 3, 1947?
A Mount Baton Prabhu
B Vaval Prabhu
C Lynlithko Prabhu
D Irwin Prabhu
Answer: A
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Question 94
The famous Jama Masjid was built by which ruler?
A Jahangir
B Shahajahan
C Aurangzeb
D Tara Shuko
Answer: B
Question 95
During whose reign was the famous creation of Dudhinama created?
A Humayun
B Akbar
C Babur
D Aurangzeb
Answer: B
Question 96
Who among these was the founder of Tughlaqabad city?
A Giazuddin Tughluq
B Muhammad bin Tughlaq
C Muhammad Tughlaq
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. D Feroz Shah Tughlaq Answer: A
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Question 97
Who set up 'Swadesh Bandhab Samiti' to propagate swadeshi movement?
A Promod Mitter
B Rabindranath Tagore
C Aurobindo Ghosh
D Ashwini Kumar Datta
Answer: D
Question 98
Who was the founder of Chola dynasty?
A Vijayalaya
B Aditya Chola
C Raja Raja Chola
D Rajendra Chola
Answer: A
Question 99
Who among the following was known for his famous work "Arthashastra"?
A Aryabhata
B Ashoka
C Chanakya
D Kalidasa
Answer: C
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Question 100
When did the historic Dandi March began?
A March 21, 1930
B March 21, 1931
C March 12, 1930
D March 12, 1931
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. Answer: C
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