Quiz on Indian History for SSC CGL Exam

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SSC CGL GK Quiz

• 1.Off the following scholars, who was the first to discover the traces of the Harappan Civilisation?

  1. Sir John Marshall
  2. R.D Bannerjee
  3. A. Cunningham
  4. Daya Ram Sahani

  Answer And Explanation

  Answer: Option C
  Explanation:
  Note: A. Cunningham

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• 2.  Krishna Deva Raya was a contemporary of

  1. Shershah
  2. Humayun
  3. Babur
  4. Akbar

  Answer And Explanation

  Answer: Option C
  Explanation:
  Note:Babur

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• 3. Poet Kalidasa lived in the court of 

  1. Chandragupta Maurya
  2. Samudragupta
  3. Chandragupta Vikramaditya
  4. Harsha

  Answer And Explanation

  Answer: Option C
  Explanation:
  Note: Chandragupta Vikramaditya

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• 4. Federal form of Government at the centre was introduced in India under

  1. Government of India Act of 1919
  2. Indian Council Act of 1909
  3. Government of India Act of 1935
  4. Indian Independence Act of 1947

  Answer And Explanation

  Answer: Option C
  Explanation:
  Note: Government of India Act of 1935

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• 5.Who is called as the "second Asoka"?

  1. Samudragupta
  2. Chandragupta Maurya
  3. Kanishka
  4. Harshavardhana

  Answer And Explanation

  Answer: Option C
  Explanation:
  Note: Kanishka

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• 6.The Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj) fought in the Second World War against

  1. Germany
  2. Japan
  3. Italy
  4. Great Britain

  Answer And Explanation

  Answer: Option D
  Explanation:
  Note: Great Britain

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• 7. The first Bhakti Movement was organised by

  1. Nanak
  2. Meera
  3. Ramdas
  4. Ramanujacharya

  Answer And Explanation

  Answer: Option D
  Explanation:
  Note: Ramanujacharya

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• 8. Which cities were first connected by the STD services?

  1. Delhi and Mumbai
  2. Delhi and Kolkata
  3. Kanpur and Delhi
  4. Kanpur and Lucknow

  Answer And Explanation

  Answer: Option D
  Explanation:
  Note: STD service was commissioned between Kanpur and Lucknow in 1960.Subscriber Trunk Dialing(STD) service, started in 1960, is now available in more than 19500 stations in the country.

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• 9. Indian Universities Act, 1904 was passed during the governorship of 

  1. Lord Lytton
  2. Lord Curzon
  3. Lord Ripon
  4. Lord Hardinge-1

  Answer And Explanation

  Answer: Option B
  Explanation:
  Note: Lord Curzon

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• 10. The hero of the Kakori Dacoity case was

  1. Ramprasad Bismil
  2. Bhagat Singh
  3. Batukeshwar Dutt
  4. Barkatulla

  Answer And Explanation

  Answer: Option A
  Explanation:
  Note: Ramprasad Bismil

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