SSC CGL 2023 History GK Question Paper with Answer Key PDF: The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) is conducting the SSC CGL 2023 Tier-1 exam between July 14 and July 27, 2023. To aid candidates in their preparation, we will be providing essential memory-based History questions from the General Awareness and GK section, along with answers based on feedback from candidates who have already taken the SSC CGL Tier-1 2023 exam. It is strongly recommended that candidates thoroughly review these questions to achieve high scores in the examination.
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SSC CGL 2023 History (GK) Question Paper with Answer Key
Let’s have a look at the important History questions that are being covered in the SSC CGL 2023 Tier-1 exam:
SSC CGL 2023 Tier-1 Exam Memory Based History Questions with Answers |
Question related to Kalapani:
Answer: The Cellular Jail, also known as Kalapani, was a British colonial prison in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The entire jail was surrounded by sea so that the prisoners could not escape it.
Battle of Chanderi
Answer: The Battle of Chanderi was fought on 20 January 1528 between Rajput forces and Mughal forces under Babur.
First Indian woman to win Olympic Medal
Answer: India's first woman to win an Olympic medal – Karnam Malleswari – Weightlifting
Komagata Maru Incident
Answer: The Komagata Maru incident involved the Japanese steamship Komagata Maru, on which a group of people from British India attempted to immigrate to Canada in April 1914, but most were denied entry and forced to return to Budge Budge, Calcutta. There, the Indian Imperial Police attempted to arrest the group leaders.
Indica - megasthenese
Answer: Indica is an account of Mauryan India by the Greek writer Megasthenes
Which of the following was the name given to village assemblies in the Chola kingdom?
Answer: The Ur was a general assembly of the village. The Ur consisted of all the tax-paying residents of an ordinary village.
Chandragupta Maurya defeated whom?
Answer: Chandragupta defeated and conquered both the Nanda Empire and the Greek satraps that were appointed or formed from Alexander's Empire in South Asia. He set out to conquer the Nanda Empire centered in Pataliputra, Magadha.
SSC CGL 2022 Tier-1 Exam Memory Based History Questions with Answers |
Founder of Rashtrakuta Dynasty:
Answer: Dantivarman or Dantidurga (735 – 756) was the founder of the Rashtrakutas dynasty
In 1328, India was invaded by which dynasty?
Answer: The Mongol Empire launched several invasions into the Indian subcontinent from 1221 to 1327, with many of the later raids made by the Qaraunas of Mongol origin.
Question related to Carnatic War:
Answer: The Carnatic Wars were a series of military conflicts in the middle of the 18th century in India's coastal Carnatic region, a dependency of Hyderabad State, India. Three Carnatic Wars were fought between 1746 and 1763.
The battle of Chanderi was fought in:
Answer: The Battle of Chanderi was fought in the year 1528 between Babur and Medini Rai.
Qutub Uddin Aibak died while playing:
Answer: Polo - In 1210, Qutub-ud-din Aibak died in an accident while he was playing polo. He fell from a horse and was severely injured. He was buried in Lahore near the Anarkali Bazaar.
Partition of Bengal occurred in which year?
Answer: 1905 - Announced on 19 July 1905 by Lord Curzon, the then Viceroy of India, and implemented on 16 October 1905
Author of the book “The Shine”:
Answer: Keith H. Edwards
The battle of Khatoli was fought in:
Answer: 1518 - The Battle of Khatoli was fought in 1518 between the Lodi dynasty under Ibrahim Lodi and the Kingdom of Mewar under Rana Sanga, during which Mewar emerged victorious.
Konark Temple was built by:
Answer: The Konark Temple was built by King Narasimha Deva I in 1244 to worship Surya, the Sun God.
British East India Company captured the French Company in which year?
Answer: In 1761 the British “East India Company” captured Puducherry from the French and restored the French Company administration by the Treaty of Paris in 1763.
Who lived in Chandragupta Maurya court?
Answer: Megasthenes was a Greek historian who came to India in the 4th B.C.E. as a representative or ambassador of Seleucus Nicator. He lived in the court of Chandragupta Maurya for about five years.
Question related to Champaran Satyagraha:
Answer: The Champaran Satyagraha of 1917 was the first Satyagraha movement led by Gandhi in India and is considered a historically important revolt in the Indian Independence Movement. It was a farmer's uprising that took place in the Champaran district of Bihar, India, during the British colonial period.
Question from the 1931 Indian National Congress Meeting in Karachi:
Answer: The Karachi Congress Session which was held on March 26 to 31,1931 was chaired by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. It was a very special session of the Indian National Congress in which Mahatma Gandhi was selected to represent the Indian National Congress in the Second Round Table Conference to be held in London.
Who is the Author of ‘Poverty and Un-British Rule in India’?
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
Who got the first CK Naidu Lifetime Achievement Award (Men)?
Answer: Lala Amarnath
Dantidurg is the founder of:
Answer: Rashtrakuta Empire of Manyakheta - His capital was based in the Gulbarga region of Karnataka. His successor was his uncle Krishna I who extended his kingdom to all of Karnataka.
Question-related to Tughlaq Dynasty