General Studies MCQ – 82

Dear Aspirants,

General Studies MCQs are the basic part of Himachal competitive exams. It is helpful to HPSSSB, and State Bank Exams. It is a series of General knowledge MCQs (including Indian History MCQs, Static gk) that also help in the National level examination, Sainik School, NDA, and army exams, etc.

Q1. Under whose leadership was the all India Muslim League set up?
(A) Mohammed Ali Jinnah
(B) Sayyid Ahmed Khan
(C) Aga Khan
(D) All of the above

Q2. The text of the document called Mahzar, by which Akbar assumed the role of supreme arbiter in the matters of religion is found in
(A) Nizamuddin’s Tabaqat-I-Akbari
(B) Arif Quandahari’s Tarikh-I-Alfi
(C) Abul Fazl’s Akbarnama
(D) Badauni’s Muntakahab-ut-Tawarikh

Q3. Tulsidas, the author of Ramcharitmanas, was a contemporary of which of the following rulers?
(A) Akbar
(B) Humayun
(C) Shahjahan
(D) Sher Shah Suri

Q4. The theory of the economic drain of India during British imperialism was propounded by
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) Dadabhai Naoroji
(C) R.C Dutt
(D) M.K. Gandhi

Q5. The treaty of Srirangapatna was signed between Tipu Sultan and
(A) Robert Clive
(B) Cornwallis
(C) Dalhousie
(D) Warren Hastings

Q6. The system of competitive examination for civil service was accepted in principle in the year
(A) 1833
(B) 1853
(C) 1858
(D) 1882

Q7. To which of the following dynasties did King Bhoja, a great patron of literature and art, belong?
(A) Karkota
(B) Utpala
(C) Paramara
(D) Gurjara Pratihara

Q8. Vikramaditya, a king of Ujjain, started the Vikrama samvat in 58 BC in commemoration of his victory over
(A) Indo-Greeks
(B) Sakas
(C) Parthians
(D) Kushanas

Q9. Two of the great Mughals wrote their own memories. There were
(A) Babar and Humayun
(B) Humayun and Jahangir
(C) Babar and Jahangir
(D) Jahangir and Shahjahan

Q10. To evolve a peaceful settlement of the conflict between India and China, which of the following non-aligned Afro-Asian nations participated in a conference held in December 1962?
(A) Burma (now Myanmar), Cambodia, Indonesia, and UAR
(B) Burma, Sri Lanka, Combodia and Indonesia
(C) Burma, Indonesia, Ghana, and Sri Lanka
(D) All of the above

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