Mixed GK Quiz for the SSC CGL Exam (Set-16)

1. Who invaded India in B.C. 326?
a) Timur
b) Alexander
c) Cyrus
d) Darius

2. Henotheism means

a) Belief in one God
b) Worship of one deity as supreme to other Gods
c) Belief in many Gods
d) Belief in male Gods only 

3. Who was the father of Ashoka?
a) Chandragupta Maurya
b) Brihadratha
c) Bindusara
d) Bimbisara 

4. In 1784, Asiatic Society of Bengal was founded by
a) Sir John Marshal
b) Dayaram Sahni
c) William Jones
d) Lord William Bentinck 

5. Now a days, the place 'Kurukshetra' is in the state of
a) Delhi
b) Uttarpradesh
c) Punjab
d) Haryana 

6. Allahabad Pillar inscription describes the achievements of
a) Chandragupta Maurya
b) Samudragupta
c) Vikramaditya
d) Harshavardhana 

7. The name "Indian National Congress" was given by:
A. S.N.Bannerjee
B. Feroz Shah Mehta
C. Dadabhai Naoroji
D. M.G.Ranade 

8. Which Indian king known as Second Alexander?
a) Giyasuddin Tughlaq
b) Balban
c) Sher Shah
d) Alauddin Khilji 

9. Indian Social Conference was founded in
a) 1885
b) 1886
c) 1887
d) 1888 

10. Where is the headquarters of Badminton World Federation (BWF)?
a) Malaysia
b) China
c) Japan
d) Indonesia

Answers: 

1. b) Alexander

2. b) Worship of one deity as supreme to other Gods

3. c) Bindusara

4. c) William Jones

5. d) Haryana

6. b) Samudragupta

7. C. Dadabhai Naoroji

8. d) Alauddin Khilji

9. c) 1887

10. a) Malaysia

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