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SSC CGL 2024 Tier 1 History MCQ [Part 1]
- Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, which was founded by Pandit Vinaya Chandra Maudgalya, is located at ________.
A) Pune
B) New Delhi
C) Kolkata
D) Mumbai - According to the inscriptions, Pushyamitra Shunga was a devotee of which of the following Gods?
A) Rama
B) Shiva
C) Krishna
D) Indra - Which of the following Sikh reform movements was started in 1873 in Amritsar?
A) Babbar Akali Movement
B) Akali Movement
C) Singh Sabha Movement
D) Gurudwara Movement - An inscription, Takht-i-Bahi recovered from Mardan near Peshawar, indicates the rule of which of the following dynasties in north-western area of present Pakistan?
A) Bactrian
B) Sakas
C) Indo-Greek
D) Parthians - Sangeet Kala Acharya Award is given by which organisation every year since 1993?
A) Madras Music Academy
B) Calcutta School of Music
C) Shankar Mahadevan Academy
D) Subramaniam Academy of Performing Arts - The _________ were tributary chiefs of the Gupta dynasty. They established an independent kingdom in western India. Dhruvasena II was the most important ruler of this kingdom.
A) Maitrakas
B) Maukharis
C) Pushyabhutis
D) Gurjara Pratiharas - Valabhi, a city of ancient India, was the capital of the _________ dynasty from the 5th to 8th Century CE.
A) Maitraka
B) Chalukya
C) Pallava
D) Vakataka - In which of the following years was VD Savarkar sent to Andaman Jail by the British?
A) 1910
B) 1922
C) 1923
D) 1911 - Which committee recommended Constitutional recognition for the local government bodies in 1989?
A) Ashok Mehta Committee
B) PK Thungon Committee
C) Balwant Rai Committee
D) Verma Committee - Some of the talas invented by ____________ include Trimukhi, Panchamukhi, Saptamukhi, and Navamukhi.
A) M Balamuralikrishna
B) Hariprasad Chaurasia
C) Yashraj
D) Bhimsen Joshi - Who among the following generally used to head the provincial administration under the Mauryas?
A) Dandapala
B) Kumara
C) Samaharta
D) Prashasti - Which of the following Acts passed under Warren Hastings was also called ‘half-loaf system’?
A) Pitt’s India Act 1784
B) Government of India Act 1858
C) Charter Act 1813
D) Regulating Act 1773 - In which of the following areas did the Uprising of Khurda in 1817 take place?
A) United Province
B) Odisha
C) Madras
D) Bengal - Samata Sainik Dal was formed in 1927 by whom among the following personalities?
A) Savitribai Phule
B) BR Ambedkar
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) Narayana Guru - One of the greatest of Chola rulers, Rajaraja I, ruled from 985 AD to ______.
A) 1015 AD
B) 1017 AD
C) 1014 AD
D) 1018 AD - Pushyabhuti dynasty, after Prabhakarvardhana, strengthened its position in the regions of Punjab and Haryana after defeating which of the following dynasties?
A) Maukharis
B) Hunas
C) Chalukyas
D) Maitrakas - After the fall of the Guptas, different kingdoms emerged in various parts of India. Among them, the Maukharis emerged in which of the following areas?
A) Thanesar
B) Kunnur
C) Valabhi
D) Kannauj - In 1936, The Independent Labour Party was founded by _______.
A) Mohan Singh Bhakhna
B) BR Ambedkar
C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D) Bhagat Singh - In 10th century India, Queen Didda became the ruler of which of the following regions of north India?
A) Kannauj
B) Malwa
C) Delhi
D) Kashmir - Where was the first official summit of the Non-Aligned Movement held?
A) India
B) Yugoslavia
C) New York
D) Egypt - Silappathikaram (the Jewelled Anklet), the earliest epic poem in Tamil was written in the 5th – 6th Century CE by _________.
A) Tirumalisai Alwar
B) Ilango Adigal
C) Sittalai Sattanar
D) Tolkappiyar - Which of the following kingdoms was divided into subdivisions called Aharas or Rashtras that meant districts?
A) Shaka
B) Satavahana
C) Parthian
D) Kushana - Which of the following inscriptions of Rudradaman happened to be the first royal inscription of early India composed in chaste Sanskrit?
A) Mehrauli
B) Girnar
C) Chirand
D) Prayag - Which of the following Sultans of Delhi primarily adopted a policy of consolidation rather than expansion?
A) Bahlol Lodi
B) Balban
C) Alauddin Khalji
D) Ibrahim Lodi - Ali Akbar Khan was associated with which of the following gharanas?
A) Maihar gharana
B) Kirana gharana
C) Agra gharana
D) Gwalior gharana
