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SSC CGL 2024 Tier 1 History MCQ [Part 4]
- The Permanent Settlement came into operation in which of the following years?
A) 1890
B) 1790
C) 1789
D) 1793 - The name ‘Piyadassi’ is associated with whom among the following Mauryan kings?
A) Bindusara
B) Brihadratha
C) Ashoka
D) Chandragupta Maurya - Who among the following founded the Pala dynasty in the 8th Century CE?
A) Dharmapala
B) Ramapala
C) Devapala
D) Gopala - Which of the following Delhi sultans introduced two coins, namely silver tanka and copper jital?
A) Qutbuddin Aibak
B) Bahlul Lodi
C) Ghiyasuddin Balban
D) Iltutmish - Match the following institutes with their respective founders of British India.
| Institutes: | Their founders: |
| a) Asiatic Society of Bengal Benaras | i. Warren Hastings |
| b) Sanskrit College of | iii. Jonathan Duncan |
| c) Fort William College | iii. Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
| d) Calcutta Madrasa | iv. Dayananda Saraswati |
A) a-ii, b-i, c-iv, d-iii
B) a-iii, b-iv, c-i, d-ii
C) a-iv, b-iii, c-ii, d-i
D) a-i, b-ii, c-iii, d-iv
- Belur Math was founded by which of the following social reformers in British India?
A) Swami Vivekanand
B) RG Bhandarkar
C) VN Mandlik
D) KT Telang - To gain control over Kannauj the Tripartite Struggle was fought between which of the following dynasties?
A) Pratihara, Rashtrakuta and Pala
B) Solanki, Parmar and Chandella
C) Khalji, Tughlaq and Lodhi
D) Pallava, Pandya and Chola - Khudai Khidmatgar, a voluntary organisation, was established by which of the following leaders of India?
A) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
B) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
C) Hakim Ajmal Khan
D) Maulana Muhammad Ali - During which of the following rules did Buddhism get split into two schools – Hinayana and Mahayana in the fourth Buddhist council?
A) Kushana
B) Parthian
C) Gupta
D) Shaka - Which Act was passed by the British Parliament in the year 1773 AD to regulate the activities of the East India Company?
A) Pitt’s India Act
B) Indian Slavery Act
C) Age of Consent Act
D) Regulating Act - Which of the following groups/parties was started in San Francisco, United States of America during the Indian National Movement?
A) Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
B) Swaraj Party
C) Khilafat Committee
D) Ghadar Party - Details about Sudarshana lake is given in a rock inscription at Girnar (Junagarh), which was composed to record the achievements of the Shaka ruler _________.
A) Rudrasimha III
B) Rudradaman I
C) Chashtana
D) Maues - Raziya Sultan was the first and only female ruler of the Sultanate, who ascended the throne in:
A) 1238 AD
B) 1236 AD
C) 1241 AD
D) 1242 AD - In which of the following battles did Muhammad of Ghor defeat Jayachandra of Gahadavala dynasty in 1194 AD?
A) First battle of Tarain
B) Battle of Chandawar
C) Battle of Anhilwara
D) Second battle of Tarain - Khudai Khidmatgars, a non-violent movement among the Pathans was started by ______.
A) Alluri Sitarama Raju
B) Bakht Khan
C) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
D) Sachindra Bakshi - Pulakeshin II assumed the title of ‘Dakshinapatheshvara’ (lord of the south) after defeating which of the following rulers of north India?
A) Rudrasena II
B) Harshavardhana
C) Dhruvasena II
D) Prabhakarvardhana - The magnificent Kailasa temple at Ellora was built during the reign of which Rashtrakuta king?
A) Krishna I
B) Indra III
C) Govinda III
D) Amoghavarsha - Where was the Hindu College established in the year 1791?
A) Mathura
B) Kolkata
C) Benaras
D) Patna - Who among the following was the President of the Belgaum Session of the Indian National Congress held in 1924?
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Vallabhbhai Patel
C) Subhas Chandra Bose
D) Jawaharlal Nehru - Who among the following freedom fighters is known as ‘Deshbandhu’?
A) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
B) Bhagat Singh
C) Subhas Chandra Bose
D) Chittaranjan Das - The real name of Babur, the founder of Mughal dynasty in India was:
A) Zahiruddin Muhammad
B) Irfanuddin Muhammad
C) Zainuddin Muhammad
D) Ruknuddin Muhammad - Being the President of the Indian National Congress, who among the following had called for complete independence from the British Raj in 1929?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Subhas Chandra Bose
C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
D) Mahatma Gandhi - Medini Rai of Chanderi, Hasan Khan of Mewat and Mahmud Lodi joined Rana Sanga with their forces to fight against which of the following Mughal rulers?
A) Babur
B) Akbar
C) Aurangzeb
D) Humayun - Who was the Viceroy of India when Mahatma Gandhi started Dandi March on 12 March 1930?
A) Lord Chelmsford
B) Lord Minto II
C) Lord Irwin
D) Lord Willingdon - Who among the following was the last sultan of Delhi Sultanate?
A) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
B) Sikandar Lodi
C) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
D) Ibrahim Lodi
