General Awareness Quiz for SSC - CHSL Exam 2015

01. The author of ‘Nildarpan’ was: 

(a) Dinabandhu Mitra  

(b) Sivnath Sastri  

(c) Devendra Nath Tagore 

(d) Harish Chandra Mukherjee

02. The first weekly Bengali newspaper ‘Samachar Darpan’ was published by: 

(a) Harish Chandra Mukheijee  

(b) Dinabandhu Mitra 

(c) Marshman  

(d) Vidyasagar

03. Who among the following Peshwas was popularly known as Nana-Saheb? 

(a) Balaji Vishwanath  

(b) Baji Rao   

(c) Balaji Baji Rao  

(d) Madhav Rao I

04. Who was responsible for the introduction of the Vernacular Press Act of 1878? 

(a) Lord Mayo   

(b) Lord Lytton  

(c) Lord Ripon  

(d) Lord Curzon

05. Alauddin Khalji captured the Delhi throne after securing fabulous wealth from: 

(a) Chanderi   

(b) Gujarat   

(c) Devagiri    

(d) Madurai

06. Who of the following was a contemporary of Gautama Buddha? 

(a) Bhadrabahw   

(b) Chandragupta Mauiya 

(c) Parsvanatha   

(d) Vardhamana Mahavira

07. When Babur invaded India who was the ruler of Vijayanagara empire in south India? 

(a) Saluva Narasimha  

(b) Devaraya II  

(c) Krishna Deva Raya  

(d) Sadasiva Raya 

08. Who of the following was a contemporary of Changez Khan? 

(a) Mahmud of Ghazni  

(b) Iltutmish   

(c) Alauddin Khalji  

(d) Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq 

09. Dara Shikoh finally lost the war of succession to Aurangzeb in the battle of: 

(a) Dharmat    

(b) Samugarh  

(c) Deora    

(d) Khanua

10. Who is the author of the book ‘Glimpses of World History’? 

(a) Abul Kalam Azad  

(b) Jawaharlal Nehru  

(c) S. Gopalan 

(d) S. Radhakrishnan

Answers Key....

01.  A

02.  C

03.  C

04.  B

05.  B

06.  D

07.  C

08.  B

09.  B

10.  B