History spans Ancient, Medieval, and Modern India in SSC CGL General Awareness. This article compiles real, verified History questions extracted directly from official Tier 1 papers — including one case where the dataset's recorded "chosen option" was actually wrong, which is exactly why we never trust it as an answer key.
10 Real PYQ Questions
Q1. Kolathunadu, Valluvanad and Thekkumkoor were ancient small-time kingdoms in which state of India?
1. Bihar 2. Kerala 3. Gujarat 4. Karnataka
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2. Kerala.
Q2. Who is the author of the anecdotal history of Indian cricket titled "A Corner of a Foreign Field: The Indian History of a British Sport"?
1. Ramachandra Guha 2. Romila Thapar 3. Sanjay Singh 4. Bipin Chandra
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1. Ramachandra Guha.
Q3. Which of the following is an INCORRECT sequence of Mughal rulers?
1. Akbar, Jahangir, Shah Jahan 2. Babur, Humayun, Akbar 3. Akbar, Shah Jahan, Jahangir 4. Jahangir, Shah Jahan, Aurangzeb
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3. Akbar, Shah Jahan, Jahangir. The correct order is Jahangir before Shah Jahan, not after — this sequence has them reversed.
Q4. Which Viceroy of India addressed the Bengal famine of 1943 by ordering the army to distribute relief supplies to starving rural Bengalis?
1. Lord Mountbatten 2. Lord Wavell 3. Lord Willington 4. Lord Linlithgow
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2. Lord Wavell. He became Viceroy in October 1943 and is credited with organizing military-led relief distribution for the ongoing famine.
Q5. Which Suri king was defeated by Humayun to regain his kingdom?
1. Mahmood Suri 2. Sher Shah Suri 3. Sikandar Suri 4. Bahalol Suri
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3. Sikandar Suri. This is a commonly mistaken question — Sher Shah Suri actually defeated Humayun in 1540, not the reverse. Humayun later defeated Sikandar Suri, the last Suri ruler, to reclaim Delhi in 1555.
Q6. Who was the last ruler of the Vaghela Dynasty of Gujarat, after whose defeat the kingdom passed to Alauddin Khilji?
1. Arjuna Deva 2. Saranga Deva 3. Karandev 4. Rama
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3. Karandev. Also known as Karna, he was defeated by Alauddin Khilji's forces in 1304.
Q7. The Vedic Aryans lived in the area called Sapt-Sindhu, drained by seven rivers. One of these was the Jhelum. What was its ancient name?
1. Askini 2. Parushni 3. Vipash 4. Vitasta
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4. Vitasta.
Q8. In Chola administration, what was the assembly called in villages inhabited predominantly by Brahmanas?
1. Ur 2. Khilya 3. Nagaram 4. Sabha
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4. Sabha. "Ur" was the assembly in villages without a predominantly Brahmana population.
Q9. Which Kushana ruler was a great patron of Buddhism and organized the fourth Buddhist Council?
1. Vasudeva I 2. Vima Kadphises 3. Kanishka 4. Huvishka
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3. Kanishka.
Q10. Who headed the Diwan-i-Insha department under the Delhi Sultanate?
1. Dabir-i-Khas 2. Barid-i-Mumalik 3. Amir-i-Dad 4. Wakil-i-Dar
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1. Dabir-i-Khas. This department handled royal correspondence and official documents.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q1. Why is Q5 a good example of not trusting "Chosen Option"?
Our dataset records what one candidate selected for each question, not an official answer key. For this question, the historically correct answer (Sikandar Suri) is easy to confuse with the more famous name (Sher Shah Suri) — exactly the kind of trap that makes independent verification essential rather than trusting a candidate's recorded guess.
Q2. Does History cover Ancient, Medieval, and Modern periods equally in SSC CGL?
Coverage varies by year, but all three periods appear consistently — this set intentionally spans Ancient (Vedic era, Kushana), Medieval (Delhi Sultanate, Mughals, regional kingdoms), and Modern (British era, Bengal famine) periods.
Q3. Is History harder to prepare than Polity?
Not inherently harder, but it requires broader factual recall across a longer timeline — consistent revision over time works better than last-minute cramming for this subject.
For more General Awareness content, see our Polity & Governance PYQ Questions and the complete GA PYQ Breakdown.
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