Indian History

LSSSSB Non-Technical · General Awareness & Science · 18 practice questions with answers and explanations: 10 Easy, 8 Medium, 0 Hard.

Sample questions

Sample Easy question 1

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 Easy question 2

Who led the Dandi March in 1930?

  1. Subhas Chandra Bose
  2. Bhagat Singh
  3. Jawaharlal Nehru
  4. Mahatma Gandhi
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Answer: D. The march protested the salt tax.

Sample Easy question 3

India became independent on:

  1. 1 January 1948
  2. 26 January 1950
  3. 2 October 1947
  4. 15 August 1947
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Answer: D. The British transferred power at midnight on 14–15 August 1947.

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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