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JKSSB Junior Engineer (Mechanical) · General Awareness & Science · 18 practice questions with answers and explanations: 10 Easy, 8 Medium, 0 Hard.

Sample questions

Sample Easy question 1

Which Mughal emperor introduced the Din-i-Ilahi?

  1. Shah Jahan
  2. Jahangir
  3. Akbar
  4. Humayun
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Answer: C. Akbar founded it as an ethical system in 1582.

Sample Easy question 2

Who founded the Maurya Empire?

  1. Bindusara
  2. Chandragupta Maurya
  3. Ashoka
  4. Harsha
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Answer: B. He founded it around 321 BCE with the help of Chanakya.

Sample Easy question 3

The Battle of Plassey was fought in:

  1. 1526
  2. 1757
  3. 1857
  4. 1764
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Answer: B. Robert Clive defeated Siraj-ud-Daulah.

Sample Medium question 4

Who presided over the first session of the Indian National Congress in 1885?

  1. Surendranath Banerjee
  2. W. C. Bonnerjee
  3. A. O. Hume
  4. Dadabhai Naoroji
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Answer: B. Bonnerjee presided over the first session in 1885 at Bombay.

Sample Medium question 5

The Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place in:

  1. 1905
  2. 1919
  3. 1942
  4. 1930
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Answer: B. General Dyer ordered the firing at Amritsar on 13 April 1919.

Sample Medium question 6

Ashoka embraced Buddhism after the war of:

  1. Haldighati
  2. Plassey
  3. Panipat
  4. Kalinga
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Answer: D. The suffering of the Kalinga war changed him.

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