Previous Year History Questions for SSC CGL 2017

Q4. Who was the founder of Satavahana dynasty?
(a) Hall
(b) Simuka
(c) Satkarni
(d) Shivasri

Q5.Who founded Agra?
(a) Iltutmish
(b) Firoz Tughlaq
(c) Sikander Lodhi
(d) Ibrahim Lodhi

Q6.Ibn Battuta visited India during the reign of
(a) Jalaluddin Firoz Shah
(b) Alauddin Khilji
(c) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
(d) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

Q7.Which Sultan of the Sultanate period introduced irrigation tax for the first time?
(a) Allauddin Khilji
(b) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
(c) Muhammad Tughlaq
(d) Firoz Tughlaq

Q8.With which Sufi saint of Delhi is associated the famous saying ‘Hanooz Dilli Door Ast’ ?
(a) Nizamuddin Aulia
(b) Sheikh Salim Chisti
(c) Bhakhtiyaruddin Kaki
(d) Mohammad Ghaus

Q9.The site of Mohenjodaro is located on the bank of river:
(a) Ravi
(b) Beas
(c) Indus
(d) Sutlej

Q10.The site of Alamgirpur is located on the bank of river:
(a) Maskra
(b) Hindon
(c) Chinab
(d) Bhader

Q11.A ploughed field was discovered at:
(a) Harappa
(b) Mohenjodaro
(c) Kalibangan
(d) Lothal

Q12. ‘Ring fence’ is associated with
(a) Henry Lawrence
(b) Dalhousie
(c) Warren Hastings
(d) Lord Hastings

Q13.The third Mysore war was fought?
(a)1767-1769
(b)1780-1784
(c)1790-1792
(d)None of these

Q14.Who among the following governor-Generals created the covenanted Civil Service of india which later came to be known as the indian civil service?
(a)Warren Hastings
(b)Wellesley
(c)Cornwallis
(d)William Bentinck

Q15.Which amongst the following is not a site of Indus Valley Civilization?
(a) Banawali
(b) Rakhigarhi
(c) Hastinapur
(d) Ropar