Expected GA Questions for SSC CGL Exam 2013 - History

Friends, in our last post we have updated expected General Awareness questions of Geography. Today we are giving you the expected questions of History. All the best and Happy Reading :)

1.      Who
among the following British persons, admitted the revolt of 1857   as a national revolt ?

a)   
Lord Dalhousie

b)   
Lord Canning

c)   
Lord Ellenborough

d)  
Disraeli

2.      The
Greek ambassador sent to Chandragupta Maurya’s court was :

a)   
Kautilya

b)   
Seleucus Nicator

c)   
Megasthenes

d)  
Justin

3.      Identify
the European power from whom Shivaji obtained cannons and ammunition.

a)   
The French

b)   
The Portuguese

c)   
The Dutch

d)  
The Engli8sh

4.      The
call of “Back to the Vedas” was given by

a)   
Swami Vivekananda

b)   
Swami Dayanand Saraswathi

c)   
Aurobindo Ghosh

d)  
Raja Ram Mohan Roy

5.      Simon
Commission was boycotted by the nationalist leaders of India because

a)   
The 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

6.      Who
was the architect of North and South B locks of the Central Secretariat in
Delhi?

a)   
Sir Edward Lutyens

b)   
Herbert Baker

c)   
Robert Tor Russell

d)  
Antonin Raymond

7.      Indian
Army’s Operation ‘Saiyam’ was related to

a)   
Kashmir

b)   
Indo-China Border in the Central Region

c)   
North – East

d)  
Indo-Pak Border in Punjab and Rajasthan

8.      Hiuen
Tsang visited India during the reign of

a)   
Chandragupta I

b)   
Chandragupta II

c)   
Harshavarthana

d)  
Rudradaman

9.      The
muslim adventurer who destroyed the Nalanda University was

a)   
All- ud- din Khilji

b)   
Muhammad-bin-tuglak

c)   
Muhammad-bin-Bhaktiyar

d)  
Muhammad-bin-Quasim

10.  Painting
reached its highest level of development during the reign of

a)   
Akbar

b)   
Aurangzeb

c)   
Jahangir

d)  
Shah Jahan

11.  The
communal electorate was introduced for the first time in india in

a)   
1919

b)   
1932

c)   
1906

d)  
1909

12.  The
two states which had non-congress ministries in 1937 were

a)   
Bengal and Punjab

b)   
Punjab and NWFP

c)   
Madras and Central Provinces

d)  
Bihar and Uttar Pradesh

13.  Who
invented the Jet Engine?

a)   
Karl Benz

b)   
Sir frank Whittle

c)   
Thomas Savery

d)  
Michael Faraday

14.  South
– South Dialogue is associated with

a)   
Co-operation among developing nations

b)   
Arms conference

c)   
Summit meeting between developed and
developing countries

d)  
All the above

15.  The
Civil Disobedience Movement was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in

a)   
1928

b)   
1930

c)   
1931

d)  
1922

16.  At
which place in Bengal was the East India Company given permission to trade
build a factory by the Mughals in 1651 ?

a)   
Calcutta

b)   
Cassim Bazar

c)   
Singur

d)  
Burdwan

17.  Fa-hein
visited India during the reign of

a)   
Chandragupta II

b)   
Samudragupta

c)   
Ramagupta

d)  
Kumargupta

18.  Which
Sikh Guru called himself the “Sachha Badshah” ?

a)   
Guru Gobind Singh

b)   
Guru Hargovind

c)   
Guru Tegh Bahadur

d)  
Guru Arjan Dev

19.  The
oldest International airline is

a)   
Dutch KLM

b)   
Air Canada

c)   
Quantas Airways

d)  
Air Sahara

20.  Who
gave the slovgan “Inquilab Zindabad”?

a)   
Chandrasekhar Azad

b)   
Subhash Chandra Bose

c)   
Bhagat Singh

d)  
Iqbal