Q1.The book Indica was written by
(a) Seleucas
(b) Megasthenes
(c) Kalidas
(d) Pliny
Q2.Which was the currency in circulation during the Maurya period?
(a) Pana
(b) Tola
(c) Kakini
(d) Dinar
Q3.Who was the author of Arthashastra?
(a) Vasudeva
(b) Megasthenes
(c) Kautilya
(d) Vishakhadutta
Q4.Who among the following Europeans was first to come India to establish trade relation with their country?
(a) Dutch
(b) Portuguese
(c) British
(d) French
Q5.The tomb of Lord Cornwallis is situated at
(a) Ghazipur
(b) Gorakhpur
(c) Varanasi
(d) Ballia
Q6.Who among the following was founded the Asiatic Society of Bengal?
(a) J.A. Hickey
(b) Max. Muller
(c) Willkins
(d) William Jones
Q7.At the time, when Nadir Shah attacked Delhi, the Mughal emperor was
(a) Ahmad Shah
(b) Bahadur Shah
(c) Shah Alam II
(d) Muhammad Shah
Q8.Who was defeated at Kannauj in the hands of Sher Shah in 1540?
(a) Humayun
(b) Akbar
(c) Babar
(d) Jahangir
Q9.Who was the author of Ain-i-Akbari?
(a) Abdul Qadir Badauni
(b) Gulbadan Begum
(c) Faizi
(d) Abul Fazl
Q10.Who among the following shifted the capital of the empire from Agra to Delhi?
(a) Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Shahjahan
(d) Aurangzeb
Q11.Who was the mentor of Chandragupta Maurya?
(a) Vishakhadutta
(b) Chanakya
(c) Megasthenes
(d) Patanjali
Q12.Who were the beneficiaries of Ashoka’s donations in the region of Barabar Hill?
(a) Buddhists
(b) Ajivikas
(c) Svetambar
(d) Digambar
Q13.The battle of chanderi was fought in?
(a) 1526
(b) 1527
(c) 1528
(d) 1529
Q14. Who among the following is remembered for the annulment of the Partition of Bengal?
(a) Lord Chelmsford
(b) Lord Hardings
(c) Lord Minto
(d) Lord Curzon
Q15. ‘Abhinav Bharat’ a secret society of revolutionaries was organised in 1904 by
(a) Aurobindo Ghosh
(b) Bipin Chandra Pal
(c) Rash Bihari Bose
(d) V.D.Savarkar
General Awareness, GK Capsule for SSC CGL 2017 Exam
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