General Awareness Quiz – History

General Awareness Quiz Set 46 for SSC CGL, SSC CHSL and Railways exams. History Quiz for SSC CGL, SSC CHSL, Railways etc.

Topic: History

1. Who among the following introduced the Mansahdari system?
   A) Akbar
   B) Shah Jahan
   C) Akbar
   D) Jahangir
   
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     Option A
   Explanation: Akbar.
2. The Dandi March of Gandhi is an example of?
   A) Civil Disobedience
   B) Direct Action
   C) Boycott
   D) No Corporation
   
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     Option B.
   Explanation: Direct Action.
3. Which battle decided the fate of French in India?
   A) Battle of Buxar
   B) Battle of Plassy
   C) First Carnatic War
   D) Battle of Wandiwash
   
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   Option D
   Explanation: Battle of Wandiwash.
4. Which dynasty immediately succeeded the Maurya dynasty and ruled Magadha kingdom?
   A) Sunga
   B) Nanda
   C) Satavahana
   D) Kanva
   
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   Option A
   Explanation: Sunga
5. Who introduced the Market Regulation Act?
   A) Muhamma-Bin-Tughlaq
   B) Ghias-ud-din
   C) Iltutmish
   D) Ala-ud-din Khilji
   
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   Option D.
   Explanation: Ala-ud-din Khilji
6. Which of the Mughal emperor wrote their own Biographies?
   A) Shah Alam and FarukhSiyar
   B) Jahangir and Shah Jahan
   C) Babur and Jahangir
   D) Akbar and Aurangzeb
   
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   Option C.
   Explanation: Babur and Jahangir.
7. ‘Doctrine of Lapse’ was not followed for the annexation of which Kingdom?
   A) Punjab
   B) Nagpur
   C) Satara
   D) Jhansi
   
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   Option A.
   Explanation: Punjab.
8. Which one of the following Cities and the personalities associated with their establishment is wrongly matched ?
   A) Ahmedabad – Ahmad Shah I.
   B) Madras – Francis Day.
   C) Calcutta – Robert Clive.
   D) Pondicherry – Francis Martin.
   
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   Option C.
   Explanation: Job Charnock is the founder of Calcutta. Robert Clive established the Military and Political Supremacy of East India Company in Bengal.
9. Which one of the following inscription relates to the Chalukya king Pulakesin II?
   A) Maski
   B) Aihole
   C) Hathigumpha
   D) Nasik
   
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   Option B.
   Explanation: Aihole.
10. The Gandhara art flourished under?
    A) The Mauryas
    B) The Guptas
    C) The Satvahanas
    D) The Kushanas
    
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    Option D.
    Explanation: The Kushanas.

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