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SSC CGL History – Mock Test 2 – Tier I Style – Mock Test 2 · Tier I Style – 25 questions, subject: History & Culture of India. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.

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1.  
The Harappans probably obtained copper from Oman and from Khetri, which lies in present-day:

Correct Answer: C [Rajasthan]

Explanation:

Khetri (Rajasthan) and Oman for copper.

2.  
In Later Vedic texts the term 'shyama ayas' (dark metal) stands for:

Correct Answer: A [iron]

Explanation:

Krishna ayas / shyama ayas = iron.

3.  
In the story of the Buddha's renunciation, Kanthaka was Siddhartha's:

Correct Answer: D [horse]

Explanation:

Kanthaka – horse; Channa – charioteer.

4.  
The polished Mauryan bull capital from Rampurva is now kept at:

Correct Answer: C [Rashtrapati Bhavan]

Explanation:

Rampurva bull capital – Rashtrapati Bhavan.

5.  
Menander (Milinda), the Indo-Greek king who held a dialogue with Nagasena, ruled from:

Correct Answer: D [Sakala]

Explanation:

Sakala (Sialkot); Purushapura – Kanishka; Pratishthana – Satavahanas.

6.  
The Mehrauli iron pillar carries an inscription of king Chandra, usually identified with:

Correct Answer: B [Chandragupta II]

Explanation:

King Chandra of the Mehrauli pillar = Chandragupta II.

7.  
The Uttaramerur inscriptions on the working of the village sabha belong to the reign of:

Correct Answer: A [Parantaka I]

Explanation:

Uttaramerur, 919 and 921 CE – Parantaka I.

8.  
The Tabaqat-i-Nasiri, a source for the early Delhi Sultanate, was written by:

Correct Answer: C [Minhaj-us-Siraj]

Explanation:

Tabaqat-i-Nasiri – Minhaj-us-Siraj; Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi – Barani.

9.  
The Gol Gumbaz at Bijapur, famous for its whispering gallery, is the tomb of:

Correct Answer: A [Muhammad Adil Shah]

Explanation:

Gol Gumbaz – Muhammad Adil Shah; Ibrahim Rauza – Ibrahim Adil Shah II.

10.  
Sher Shah Suri died in 1545 in an explosion while besieging:

Correct Answer: D [Kalinjar]

Explanation:

Kalinjar 1545; his tomb is at Sasaram.

11.  
The Chishti saint Gesu Daraz (Bande Nawaz) is linked with which town of the Deccan?

Correct Answer: B [Gulbarga]

Explanation:

Gesu Daraz – Gulbarga; Baba Farid – Ajodhan; Bahauddin Zakariya – Multan.

12.  
At Palkhed in 1728 the Peshwa Baji Rao I defeated:

Correct Answer: C [the Nizam]

Explanation:

Palkhed 1728 – Baji Rao I over the Nizam.

13.  
Which of these was a Danish settlement in India?

Correct Answer: D [Tranquebar]

Explanation:

Tranquebar – Danish; Mahe and Chandernagore – French; Pulicat – Dutch.

14.  
Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi died fighting in June 1858 near:

Correct Answer: B [Gwalior]

Explanation:

Near Gwalior, June 1858; opposed by Hugh Rose.

15.  
'Sultana's Dream' (1905) was written by:

Correct Answer: A [Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain]

Explanation:

Begum Rokeya; Tarabai Shinde wrote Stri Purush Tulana.

16.  
The Partition of Bengal announced by Curzon came into effect on:

Correct Answer: B [16 October 1905]

Explanation:

In force 16 October 1905; boycott resolution 7 August 1905.

17.  
The Quit India resolution of 8 August 1942 was passed at a meeting held at:

Correct Answer: D [Gowalia Tank, Bombay]

Explanation:

Gowalia Tank, Bombay, 8 August 1942.

18.  
Under the Indian High Courts Act of 1861, the High Courts at Calcutta, Bombay and Madras were set up in:

Correct Answer: A [1862]

Explanation:

1862.

19.  
The Indian Councils Act of 1909 is better known as the:

Correct Answer: C [Morley–Minto Reforms]

Explanation:

1909 – Morley–Minto; 1919 – Montagu–Chelmsford.

20.  
The Gateway of India in Mumbai was designed by:

Correct Answer: B [George Wittet]

Explanation:

Gateway – George Wittet; CST – F.

21.  
Of the 34 caves at Ellora, how many are Jain caves?

Correct Answer: D [5]

Explanation:

12 Buddhist + 17 Hindu + 5 Jain = 34.

22.  
The Sahitya Akademi was set up in:

Correct Answer: C [1954]

Explanation:

1954.

23.  
Kalakshetra, founded in 1936, is associated with:

Correct Answer: A [Rukmini Devi Arundale]

Explanation:

Rukmini Devi Arundale – Kalakshetra 1936; Vallathol – Kerala Kalamandalam 1930.

24.  
Guru Arjan compiled the Adi Granth in:

Correct Answer: C [1604]

Explanation:

1604; he was executed in 1606 under Jahangir.

25.  
Which reformer set up the Rajahmundry Social Reform Association in 1878 to promote widow remarriage?

Correct Answer: A [Kandukuri Veeresalingam]

Explanation:

Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Rajahmundry, 1878.

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