General Studies MCQ – 83

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. The troops raised by the emperor but not paid directly to the state and place under the charge of mansabadars were know as
(A) Walashahi
(B) Barawardi
(C) JCumaki
(D) Dakhili

Q2. Todar Mal was associated with
(A) music
(B) literature
(C) finance
(D) law

Q3. Under an agreement with which of the following countries did Subhas Chandra Bose organize the Indian soldiers, taken as prisoners by the Axis Powers, into the Azad Hind Fauj?
(A) China
(B) Germany
(C) Italy
(D) Japan

Q4. Tipu sultan was the ruler of
(A) Hyderabad
(B) Madurai
(C) Mysore
(D) Vijayanagar

Q5. The term yavanika meant
(A) Foreign goods
(B) Dancer
(C) Curtain
(D) Theatre

Q6. We can know about early vedic period from
(A) Archaeological excavations
(B) The Rig Veda
(C) Jatak Katha
(D) Contemporary culture

Q7. The Vedic deity Indra was the Goddess of
(A) Wind
(B) Eternity
(C) Rain and thunder
(D) Fire

Q8. We hear of two envoys being sent to the Roman kings, one in 27-28 AD to the court of Augustus and the other in 110-20 AD to the court of
(A) Cartius
(B) Trajan
(C) Nero
(D) Brutus

Q9. The use of Kharoshti in ancient Indian architecture is the result of India’s contact with
(A) Central Asia
(B) Iran
(C) Greece
(D) China

Q10. The term samanta, meaning a feudatory from the sixth century AD, originally meant a
(A) slave
(B) cultivator
(C) neighbor
(D) foreigner

General Studies MCQ – 82