SSC – CHSL Railway Tier – II & Other Exams - History-PART-8

 1. Where has the largest concentration of Harappan sites been found?
Ghaggar-Hakra

2. Where was a copper chariot of Harappa times was discovered?
At Daimabad

3. Which Chola ruler converted the Bay of Bengal into a ‘Chela lake’?
Rajendra I

4. Who laid the foundation of Rashtrakuta Empire?
Dantidurga

5. Which ruler at first assumed the title of ‘Hazrat-i-Ala’ and afterwards ‘Sultan’?
Sher Shah Suri

6. Mughal dynasty was to Bahadur Shah ‘Zafar’ as Lodi dynasty was to which
ruler?
Ibrahim Lodi

7. When the first metal tool came into being why was it used for?
Clearing jungles

8. When did the concept of pollution emerge clearly?
In the Post-Vedic period

9. Which of the Vedas was divided into ‘White’ and ‘Black’ parts?
Yajur

10. Who is often described as the second ‘Parasurama’ or the exterminator of the
entire kshatriya race?
Mahapadrna

11. Who, was the Nanda ruler at the time of Alexander’s invasion?
Dhana Nanda

12. To whom the ‘Yavanas’ refer?
Greeks

13. Who earned the title of a ‘Liberator’?
Ashoka

14. Vatapi was the capital of the which reign?
Chalukyas

15. Which Muslim emperor was attracted by the beauty of Queen Padmini?
Alauddin Khilji

16. By whom was the ‘Tahqiq-i-Hind’, a famous literary work, written?
Alberuni

17. Which Bhakti saint wrote the commentary on Vedanta sutras in Sanskrit?
Vallabhacharya

18. During the reign of emperor was the artillery most perfect and numerous?
Aurangzeb

19. Who was last Mughal emperor to sit on the peacock throne?
Muhammad Shah

20. From which ruler did Albuquerque capture Goa?
Bijapur

21. Which European were the last to come- to pre-independence India as traders?
French

22. Who was the first Muslim President of Indian National Congress?
Badruddin Tyyabji

23. Who was the first Englishman to preside over a Congress session?
George Yule

24. Which Urdu poets was invited, to the Second and Third Round Table
Conference?
Muhammad Iqbal

25. Which first movement was launched against the British in India?
Swadeshi Movement

26. When did East African Development Bank come into force?
1967

27. Who was the British Prime Minister at the time of the Second Round Table
Conference?
Ramsay Macdonald

28. By whom was the first republic of the world established in Vaishali?
Lichhavi

29. Between which was the ancient town of Takshasila located?
Indus and Jhelum

30. Who established Diwan-i-Mustakharaj (Department of Arrears)?
Alauddin Khalji