WBSSC 2nd SLST Question Paper – 2025
1. In which year was the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College established?
(A) 1817 A.D.
(B) 1864 A.D.
(C) 1865 A.D.
(D) 1875 A.D.
2. What was the Mahabharata originally known as?
(A) Vijayakatha
(B) Brihatkatha
(C) Jayasamhita
(D) Brihasamhita
3. Where was the Second Buddhist Council held?
(A) Jalandhar
(B) Rajagriha
(C) Pataliputra
(D) Vaisali
4. Which Mission/Commission visited India following the ‘Quit India’ Movement?
(A) Cripps Mission
(B) Cabinet Mission
(C) Simon Commission
(D) Hunter Commission
5. How many countries participated in the Paris Peace Conference (1919 A.D.)?
(A) 18
(B) 20
(C) 26
(D) 32
6. What was the capital of Sasanka?
(A) Samatata
(B) Karnasuvama
(C) Laksmanavati
(D) Dinajpur
7. From which novel was the name ‘Anushilan Samiti’ adopted?
(A) Gora
(B) Pather Dabee
(C) Durgeshnandini
(D) Anandamath
8. Who among the following officers of the Azad Hind Fauj, did not face the Red Fort Trials?
(A) Gurdayal Singh
(B) Prem Sehgal
(C) Mohan Singh
(D) Shahnawaz Khan
9. Which power played an important role in the downfall of the Guptas?
(A) Chalukya
(B) Pallava
(C) Greek
(D) Huna
10. Which British factory did Siraj-ud-Daulah attack in 1757?
(A) Dhaka
(B) Calcutta
(C) Kasimbazar
(D) Murshidabad
11. To which of his sons did Shah Jahan give the title of ‘Shah Iqbal’?
(A) Dara Shikoh
(B) Shah Shuja
(C) Aurangzeb
(D) Murad
12. When was the Battle of Khanwa fought?
(A) 1525 A.D.
(B) 1526 A.D.
(C) 1527 A.D.
(D) 1528 A.D.
13. To which dynasty did Krishnadeva Raya of Vijaynagar belong?
(A) Saluva
(B) Tuluva
(C) Sangama
(D) Aravidu
14. When was the Treaty of Gastein signed?
(A) 1863 A.D.
(B) 1864 A.D.
(C) 1865 A.D.
(D) 1866 A.D.
15. The single most important factor that strained the USA-USSR relations following the World War II was
(A) their disagreement about the future of Germany
(B) Intervention of Italy
(C) Suez Crisis
(D) None of the above
16. In which year did Swami Vivekananda deliver his famous Chicago Address?
(A) 1891 A.D.
(B) 1893 A.D.
(C) 1895 A.D.
(D) 1896 A.D.
17. Which Congress President negotiated with both Cripps Mission and Lord Wavell?
(A) Abul Kalam Azad
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru
(C) J. B. Kripalani
(D) C. Rajagopalachari
18. Which Sultan had a dispute with the Sufi Saint Nizamuddin Auliya?
(A) Jalaluddin Khilji
(B) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
(C) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(D) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
19. Which Sultan of Delhi shifted his capital to Devagiri?
(A) Alauddin Khilji
(B) Ibrahim Lodi
(C) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
(D) Qutbuddin Aibak
20. Who became the ruler of France after the February Revolution?
(A) Napoleon Bonaparte
(B) Louis Philippe
(C) Charles X
(D) Louis Napoleon
21. Who was the author of The Indian Musalmans?
(A) Ramesh Chandra Majumdar
(B) William Wilson Hunter
(C) Syed Ahmed Khan
(D) Irfan Habib
22. Who was Metternich?
(A) Prime Minister (Chancellor) of Austria
(B) Prime Minister of France
(C) Prime Minister of England
(D) Prince of Russia
23. Which of the following Harappan sites provides evidence of a dockyard?
(A) Dholavira
(B) Kalibangan
(C) Lothal
(D) Harappa
24. What is the symbol of Mahavira?
(A) Cow
(B) Tiger
(C) Lion
(D) Elephant
25. Which popular medical system was introduced the Sultanate period?
(A) Ayurveda
(B) Allopathy
(C) Homeopathy
(D) Unani
26. Who is considered as the ‘real founder‘ of the Delhi Sultanate?
(A) Qutbuddin Aibak
(B) Balban
(C) Razia
(D) Iltutmish
27. Who wrote the book A Nation in Making?
(A) Surendranath Banerjee
(B) Surendranath Sen
(C) Surendranath Tagore
(D) None of the above
28. Who was the author of Majma-ul-Bahrain?
(A) Dara Shikoh
(B) Ibn Batuta
(C) Ziauddin Barani
(D) Gulbadan Begum
29. Which of the following Mughal rulers has a mosque in his name at Fatehabad?
(A) Akbar
(B) Babar
(C) Humayun
(D) Jahangir
30. In which year was the All India Muslim League founded?
(A) 1906 A.D.
(B) 1908 A.D.
(C) 1912 A.D.
(D) 1913 A.D.
31. Where was the Bahamani capital and where was it later shifted?
(A) Gulbarga to Bidar
(B) Bidar to Gulbarga
(C) It was always at Golconda
(D) None of the above
32. Which Shia kingdom in the Deccan was occupied by Aurangzeb?
(A) Jaunpur
(B) Kanchi
(C) Bijapur
(D) Daulatabad
33. Which of the following institutions was not a part of the Chola administration?
(A) Sabha
(B) Samiti
(C) Ur
(D) Nagaram
34. What is Bismarck’s strategy for German unification called?
(A) Kulturkampf
(B) Realpolitik
(C) Lebensraum
(D) Blitzkreig
35. In which region of India did the rise of the Satavahana dynasty take place?
(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Gujarat
(D) Rajasthan
36. What is the meaning of the word ‘Iltutmish‘ in Turkish language?
(A) Destroyer
(B) Guardian of the Empire
(C) Soldier
(D) Das Sultan
37. Which poet in medieval Bengal received the title ‘Gunaraj Khan‘?
(A) Abul Fazl
(B) Maladhar Basu
(C) Faizi
(D) Ibn Batuta
38. Who among the following, was associated with the newspaper ‘Somprakash‘?
(A) Dayanand Saraswati
(B) Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar
(C) Raja Rammohan Roy
(D) Surendranath Banerjee
39. With whom did Napoleon sign the ‘Concordat‘?
(A) Czar Alexander I
(B) Louis XVIII
(C) Joseph Bonaparte
(D) Pope Pius VII
40. Between whom was the Treaty of Seringapatnam signed in 1792 A.D.?
(A) Balaji Baji Rao and the British
(B) Tipu Sultan and the British
(C) Hyder Ali and the British
(D) Rani Lakshmibai and the British
41. On which of the following dates was fasting (arandhana/upavasa) observed in response to Bengal Partition?
(A) 15 October, 1905 A.D.
(B) 18 October, 1905 A.D.
(C) 16 October, 1905 A.D.
(D) 20 October, 1905 A.D.
42. Who founded the Independent Labour Party in 1936 A.D.?
(A) M. A. Jinnah
(B) M. K. Gandhi
(C) B. R. Ambedkar
(D) M. N. Roy
43. What is the name of the father of Rana Pratap?
(A) Sangram Singh
(B) Ratan Singh
(C) Jay Singh
(D) Uday Singh
44. By which Treaty did Turkey leave Tripoli to Italy in 1911?
(A) Treaty of Lausanne
(B) Treaty of Milan
(C) Treaty of Rome
(D) Treaty of Ankara
45. Who among the following, was not a contemporary of Laksmana Sena?
(A) Dhoyi
(B) Jayadev
(C) Halayudha Mishra
(D) Kritibas Ojha
46. Who is the author of the book The Social Contract?
(A) J. J. Rousseau
(B) Thomas More
(C) Voltaire
(D) Montesquie
47. Under the patronage of which king was the Sanchi Stupa constructed?
(A) Chandragupta Maurya
(B) Bindusara
(C) Asoka
(D) Brihadratha
48. Who among the following wrote on the original homeland of the Aryans?
(A) Sankaracharya
(B) Annie Besant
(C) Swami Vivekananda
(D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
49. Which one of the following animals is not depicted on any Harappan seal?
(A) Bull
(B) Elephant
(C) Horse
(D) Sheep
50. Which political party was founded by Subhas Chandra Bose in 1939?
(A) Indian Freedom Party
(B) Azad Hind Fauj
(C) Revolutionary Front
(D) Forward Bloc
51. Who was the founder of the Rashtrakuta dynasty?
(A) Dantidurga
(B) Avantivarman
(C) Krishna I
(D) Rudradaman
52. Who was known as Frontier Gandhi?
(A) Abbas Tyabji
(B) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(C) C. Rajagopalachari
(D) Mira Behn
53. Which financial institution did Napoleon establish in 1800 A.D.?
(A) Imperial Treasury
(B) Banque de France
(C) Paris Credit Bureau
(D) National Reserve Bank
54. Who founded the Servants of India Society?
(A) Satyendranath Banerjee
(B) Lala Lajpat Rai
(C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(D) Rabindranath Tagore
55. Who among the following was NOT associated with Swaraj Party?
(A) Motilal Nehru
(B) C. R. Das
(C) N. C. Kelkar
(D) Rajendra Prasad
56. Who became the ruler of France after the Revolution of 1830?
(A) Napoleon III
(B) Louis XVIII
(C) Louis Philippe
(D) Metternich
57. Which inscription informs us about Kharavela, the king of Kalinga?
(A) Aihole
(B) Nasik
(C) Hathigumpha
(D) Allahabad
58. Where was the Great Bath of the Harappan Civilisation located?
(A) Harappa
(B) Mohenjodaro
(C) Lothal
(D) Kalibangan
59. In which year did Akbar abolish the Jizya tax for the first time?
(A) 1564 A.D.
(B) 1565 A.D.
(C) 1566 A.D.
(D) 1567 A.D.
60. By which law was the custom of Sati abolished?
(A) Regulation XVII of 1829
(B) Regulation of XX of 1833
(C) Act XV of 1856
(D) None of the above