History – WBSSC 2nd SLST(AT) 2025 – IX – X

WBSSC 2nd SLST Question Paper – 2025

1. Where did Muhammad Bin Tughlaq transfer his capital from Delhi?

(A) Agra

(B) Daulatabad

(C) Dholpur

(D) Hissar

2. What was the immediate cause for the beginning of the First World War?

(A) Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

(B) Imprisonment of Lenin

(C) Invention of dynamite by Alfred Nobel

(D) Sudden death of Lloyd George

3. When was the Russo-French Dual Alliance signed?

(A) 1894 A.D.

(B) 1895 A.D.

(C) 1896 A.D.

(D) 1899 A.D.

4. Who was the king of France during the French Revolution (1789 A.D.)?

(A) Louis XIV

(B) Louis XVI

(C) Napoleon

(D) Charles X

5. Who was the President of Indian National Congress at the Surat Session (1907 A.D.)?

(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(B) Lala Lajpat Rai

(C) Rasbehari Ghosh

(D) Chittaranjan Das

6. When was the Hindu Metropolitan College established?

(A) 1817 A.D.

(B) 1819 A.D.

(C) 1851 A.D.

(D) 1853 A.D.

7. In which years were the three battles of Panipat fought?

(A) 1526, 1562 and 1661 A.D.

(B) 1526, 1565 and 1716 A.D.

(C) 1526, 1556 and 1761 A.D.

(D) 1526, 1556 and 1575 A.D.

8. Who prepared the draft resolution of the Quit India Movement?

(A) Sardar Patel

(B) Jawaharlal Nehru

(C) Acharya Kripalani

(D) Pattabhi Sitaramayya

9. In which Veda did the ‘Gayatri Mantra‘ first appear?

(A) Rig Veda

(B) Sama Veda

(C) Yajur Veda

(D) Atharva Veda

10. During whose reign did Sir Thomas Roe visit India?

(A) Alauddin Khilji

(B) Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah

(C) Akbar

(D) Jahangir

11. Who was the first Woman President of the Indian National Congress?

(A) Kasturba Gandhi

(B) Sarojini Naidu

(C) Annie Besant

(D) Aruna Asaf Ali

12. Which Delhi Sultan first invaded Deccan?

(A) Balban

(B) Raziya

(C) Qutubuddin Aibak

(D) Alauddin Khilji

13. In which year was Wood’s Despatch published?

(A) 1854 A.D.

(B) 1855 A.D.

(C) 1857 A.D.

(D) 1858 A.D.

14. Who, among the following, is known as the ‘Liberator of the Press‘?

(A) William Jones

(B) Lord Wellesley

(C) Charles Metcalfe

(D) Lord Minto

15. Which Sultan set up a separate department for the maintenance of slaves?

(A) Iltutmish

(B) Raziya

(C) Firoz Tughlaq

(D) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

16. When was the Supreme Court founded in Calcutta?

(A) 1770 A.D.

(B) 1774 A.D.

(C) 1776 A.D.

(D) 1857 A.D.

17. Who was Malik Kafur?

(A) Military General of Alauddin Khilji

(B) Ruler of Odisha

(C) Minister of Aurangzeb

(D) None of the above

18. Which of the following newspapers was edited by Bipin Chandra Pal?

(A) Young India

(B) Young Bengal

(C) New India

(D) Natun Patra

19. Who among the following leaders, joined the Home Rule League?

(A) Muhammad Iqbal

(B) Muhammad Ali Jinnah

(C) Syed Ahmed Khan

(D) Abul Kalam Azad

20. Who was the author of Gatha Saptasati?

(A) Hala

(B) Varahamihir

(C) Sandhyakar Nandi

(D) Brahmagupta

21. Which metal was unknown to Harappan Civilization?

(A) Copper

(B) Bronze

(C) Gold

(D) Iron

22. Who is known as the ‘Tsar Liberator‘?

(A) Nicholas II

(B) Alexander II

(C) Catherine the Great

(D) Alexander I

23. Who was the founder of the Theosophical Society?

(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(B) Annie Besant

(C) Mahatma Gandhi

(D) Bipin Chandra Pal

24. To which royal dynasty did Bimbisara belong?

(A) Haryanka

(B) Sisunaga

(C) Maurya

(D) Kalachuri

25. Who, among the following, was not a member of the Cabinet Mission?

(A) Stafford Cripps

(B) A. V. Alexander

(C) Cyril Radcliffe

(D) Pethick Lawrence

26. Who was the leader of the Jacobin Club during the Reign of Terror?

(A) Robespierre

(B) Jean Paul Marat

(C) Hebert

(D) Danton

27. What is the number of guilds as mentioned in the Jataka literature?

(A) 15

(B) 18

(C) 25

(D) 30

28. Which Nawab of Bengal shifted his capital from Murshidabad to Monghyr?

(A) Mir Qasim

(B) Mir Jafar

(C) Siraj ud Daulah

(D) Shujauddin

29. Who established the Vikramsila Mahavihara?

(A) Gopala

(B) Dharmapala

(C) Devpala

(D) Rampala

30. On the bank of which river is Kalibangan situated?

(A) Jhelum

(B) Ghaggar

(C) Ravi

(D) Sutlej

31. Who was the first sovereign ruler in the Sultanate of Delhi?

(A) Qutubuddin Aibak

(B) Iltutmish

(C) Nasiruddin Mahmud

(D) Ghiyasuddin Balban

32. Who established the city of Agra?

(A) Sikandar Lodi

(B) Bahlul Lodi

(C) Ibrahim Lodi

(D) Akbar

33. Which of the following wars is known as ‘Spanish Ulcer‘?

(A) Battle of Waterloo

(B) Peninsular War

(C) Battle of Trafalgar

(D) None of the above

34. What was the original name of Tansen?

(A) Raj Bahadur

(B) Ramtanu Pandey

(C) Enayet Khan

(D) Makrand Pandey

35. Which country was defeated in the Battle of Sedan?

(A) Prussia

(B) Austria

(C) Russia

(D) France

36. Who was the Viceroy of India at the time of the formation of the Indian National Congress?

(A) Lord Mayo

(B) Lord Ripon

(C) Lord Dufferin

(D) Lord Lansdowne

37. Who was called ‘Zindapir‘?

(A) Akbar

(B) Shahjahan

(C) Jahangir

(D) Aurangzeb

38. Who introduced ‘Patta‘ and ‘Qabuliyat’?

(A) Alauddin Khilji

(B) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

(C) Sher Shah

(D) Akbar

39. Who assumed the title ‘Mahamalla‘?

(A) Mahendravarman

(B) Amoghvarman

(C) Rajendravarman

(D) Narasimhavarman I

40. In which place did Harshavardhana organize a conference every five years?

(A) Nasik

(B) Paithan

(C) Gwalior

(D) Prayag

41. Where was a terracotta plough from the Harappan Civilization discovered?

(A) Mohenjodaro

(B) Banawali

(C) Kalibangan

(D) Lothal

42. Which one, among the following countries was not a part of Triple Alliance?

(A) Germany

(B) Austria

(C) Italy

(D) Russia

43. Which Enlightenment thinker compiled the Encyclopedie?

(A) Voltaire

(B) Rousseau

(C) Montesquieu

(D) Diderot

44. Who established the Benaras Hindu University?

(A) Annie Besant

(B) Rabindranath Tagore

(C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

(D) Madan Mohan Malaviya

45. Who, among the following Mughal Rulers, had provided land for construction of the Golden Temple at Amritsar?

(A) Babar

(B) Humayun

(C) Akbar

(D) Aurangzeb

46. Who, among the following invaders, carried the Peacock Throne away from Delhi?

(A) Mahmud of Ghazni

(B) Chengiz Khan

(C) Nadir Shah

(D) Ahmad Shah Abdali

47. When was the Treaty of Tilsit signed?

(A) 1802 A.D.

(B) 1804 A.D.

(C) 1807 A.D.

(D) 1812 A.D.

48. Where was the first session of the Indian National Congress held?

(A) Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College, Bombay

(B) Sanskrit College, Calcutta

(C) St. Xavier’s College, Calcutta

(D) Ravenshaw College, Cuttack

49. When was railways introduced in India?

(A) 1853 A.D.

(B) 1862 A.D.

(C) 1872 A.D.

(D) 1881 A.D.

50. Which Veda is regarded as the source of Indian music?

(A) Rig Veda

(B) Sama Veda

(C) Yajur Veda

(D) Atharva Veda

51. Which Sultan had brought the Asokan Pillar to Delhi?

(A) Alauddin Khilji

(B) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq

(C) Muhammd Bin Tughlaq

(D) Firoz Shah Tughlaq

52. Of which rebellion was Divya (Divyoka) a leader?

(A) Kayastha

(B) Kaivarta

(C) Sannyasi

(D) Hun

53. Under what pseudonym could Rashbehari Bose escape to Japan?

(A) Manabendranath Bhattacharya

(B) Rabindranath Tagore

(C) Rashbehari Ghosh

(D) P. N. Tagore

54. Where did Gautam Buddha attain Enlightenment?

(A) Sarnath

(B) Sravasti

(C) Pataliputra

(D) Gaya

55. In which movement did Mahtama Gandhi make the use of hunger strike as a tool for the first time?

(A) Ahmedabad Jute-Mill Strike

(B) Rowlatt Satyagraha

(C) Non-Cooperation Movement

(D) Bardoli Satyagraha

56. Which of the following dynasties was not involved in the Tripartite Struggle?

(A) Pala

(B) Pratihara

(C) Rashtrakuta

(D) Chola

57. When did caste system become hereditary?

(A) Later Vedic Period

(B) Maurya Period

(C) Post Gupta Period

(D) Sultanate Period

58. In which year did the British East India Company establish a factory in Bengal?

(A) 1649 A.D.

(B) 1650 A.D.

(C) 1651 A.D.

(D) 1652 A.D.

59. When did Azad Hind Fauj capture Kohima?

(A) 1942 A.D.

(B) 1944 A.D.

(C) 1945 A.D.

(D) 1947 A.D.

60. During the reign of which king did the Persian ambassador Abdur Razzak visit India?

(A) Deva Raya

(B) Krishna Deva Raya

(C) Deva Raya II

(D) Vir Vijaya