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Topic-wise Previous Years’ Solved Papers SSC General Aptitude acts as a practice material for SSC aspirants to strengthen their conceptual understanding and application skills. The book includes 18 years’ SSC previous year questions segregated topic-wise along with exam analysis. This books helps the SSC, JKSSB aspirants to get an idea about the pattern and weightage of questions asked in SSC examinations. Detailed solutions of all the problems are given in the booklet for better understanding.
Highlights
• Includes previous 18 years’ SSC solved papers for Graduate Level, (10+2) Level, and Combined Matric Level Exams.
• Questions arranged topic-wise for better understanding.
• Detailed solutions are provided for every question.
Part 1: Ancient History
1. Name the kingdom which first used elephants in wars? (SSC CAPFs SI, CISF ASI & DP SI Exam 2015)
(a) Kosala (c) Champa
(b) Magadha (d) Avant
Explanation: Elephants were always a part of warfare in India. However, it were the rulers of Magadha who first employed elephants as a weapon of large-scale destruction. According to Plutarch, at the time of Alexander’s invasion of India, the Nanda army comprised 6,000 war elephants which discouraged Alexander’s men from further advancement. According to Megasthenes, Chandragupta Maurya’s army consisted of 9,000 war elephants.
Hence, the correct option is (b).
2. The greatest king of the Pratihara dynasty was: (SSC CGL Tier-I Exam 2015)
(a) Vatsaraj
(b) Bhoj (Mihir Bhoj)
(c) Dantidurga
(d) Nagbhatta II
Explanation: Mihira Bhoja I (836885 c.e.) or Bhoja I is considered the greatest and most powerful ruler of the Pratihara dynasty. At its height, Bhoja’s empire extended to Narmada River in the South, Sutlej River in the northwest, and up to Bengal in the east. He was a scholar as well. Hence, the correct option is (b).
3. Who is considered founder of the Gupta Empire? (SSC CGL Tier-I Exam. 2015)
(a) Sri Gupta
(b) Samudragupta
(c) Chandragupta I
(d) Chandragupta II
Explanation: The history of the Gupta dynasty begins with its founding by Sri Gupta around 240 c.e. He has been described as Maharaja in edicts. The most likely time for the reign of Sri Gupta is c. 240–280 c.e. Chinese traveller Hiuen Tsang mentioned about Sri Gupta in his writings. Hence, the correct option is (a).
4. Kautilya’s ‘Arthashastra’ mainly deals with: (SSC CGL Tier-I Exam. 2015)
(a) Political state craft
(b) Social aspects
(c) Economic doctrines
(d) Military aspects
Explanation: The Arthashastra is an ancient Indian treatise on statecraft, economic policy and military strategy, written by Kautilya. It is essentially a book of state and administrative system and deals with the art of government and politics. It is a comprehensive manual on how a state ought to be ruled and administered by a king and his administration. Hence, the correct option is (a).
5. One of the following Indus Valley sites is in Pakistan: (SSC CGL Tier-I Re-Exam. 2015)
(a) Lothal
(b) Kalibangan
(c) Alamgirpur
(d) Harappa
Explanation: Harappa is an archaeological site in Punjab, Paldstan. The site takes its name from a modern village located near the former course of the Ravi River. Harappa contains the ruins of a Bronze Age fortifi ed city, which was part of the Cemetery H culture and the Indus Valley Civilization, centered in Siniih and the Punjab. Hence, the correct option is (d).
6. Who was the author of Telugu Work Amuktamalyada? [SSC Constable (GD) Exam. 2015]
(a) Harihara
(b) Devaraya
(c) Krishnadevaraya
(d) Bukka
Explanation: Krishnadevaraya (1509– 30), the greatest emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire, composed Amuktaznalyada. Considered a masterpiece in Telugu literature, the epic poem is believed to have been written and dedicated to Lord Venkateswara. The administration of the empire was carried on along the lines indicated in his Amuktamalyada. Hence, the correct option is (c).
7. Who composed the
Allahabad Pillar inscription? [SSC CHSL (10+2) LDC, DEO & PA/SA Exam. 2015]
(a) Harisena
(b) Mahasena
(c) Veerasena
(d) Vishnusena
Explanation: The Allahabad Pillar inscription or Allahabad Prasasti is one of the most important epigraphic evidences of the imperial Guptas. It wascomposed by Harisena, the court poet and minister of Samudragupta. It delineates a vivid description of the reign and conquests of Samudragupta. Hence, the correct option is (a).
8. Who built the famous Shiva Temple at Ellora? [SSC CHSL (10+2) LDC, DEO & PA/SA Exam. 2015]
(a) Rashtrakuta Ruler Krishna I
(b) Mauryan Emperor Ashoka
(c) Gupta King Samudragupta
(d) Chalukya King Pulikeshi II
Explanation: The Kailasa temple at Ellora, Maharashtra, was built in the 8th century by the Rashtrakuta king Krishna I as attested in Kannada inscriptions. This is one of the 34 temples and monasteries known collectively as the Ellora Caves. It is a megalith carved out of one single rock. Hence, the correct option is (a).
9. Which of the Kushana ruler patronized Buddhism? [SSC CHSL (10+2) LDC, DEO & PA/SA Exam. 2015]
(a) Ashoka (c) Kanishka
(b) Vikramaditya (d) Kautilya
Explanation: Kushana, the most famous Kushana ruler, patronized Buddhism. The Fourth Buddhist Council, in which Buddhism got split into two different schools—Hinayana and Mahayana—was held during his reign in Kashmir. Be also patronized the Buddhist scholars—Vasumitra, Asvagosha and Nagarjuna. Hence, the correct option is (c).
10. Which of the following was the early capital of Rashtrakutas? [SSC CHSL (10+2) LDC, DEO & PA/SA Exam. 2015]
(a) Sopara (c) Vatapi
(b) Ellora (d) Ajanta
Explanation: There is uncertainty about the location of the early capital of the Rashtrakutas. However, since most of the Rashtrakutas monuments are found at Ellora (Ilapura), with the nothing correspondence at Malkhed (Manyakhet), it has been suggested that the early Rashtrakuta capital was located in the vicinity of the Ellora caves in the time of Dantidurga who was the founder and first ruler of the dynasty. Later, Amoghavarsha I made Manyakhet his capital that remained the Rashtrakutas regal capital until the end of the empire. Hence, the correct option is (b).
11. Whose army did Alexander, the Greek ruler confront on the banks of the river Jhelum? [SSC CHSL (10+2) LDC, DEO & PA/SA Exam. 2015]
(a) Chandragupta Maurya
(b) Arnbi
(c) Dhanananda
(d) Porus
Explanation: The Battle of the Hydaspes was fought by Alexander the Great in 326 b.c. against King Porus of the Paurava kingdom on the banks of the river Hydaspes (Jhelum) in the Punjab near Bhera. The battle resulted in a complete Macedonian victory and the annexation of the Punjab. Chandragupta gave away his throne to his son, Bindusara, and spent his life as an ascetic. He accepted Jainism and spent his last days at Shravanabelagola in Karnataka along with Bhadrabahutu. He gave up his life by the strict Jain ritual of salla-’ khena. Hence, the correct option is (d).
12. Find the odd one:
[SSC CHSL (10+2) LDC, DEO & PA/SA Exam. 2015]
(a) Samveda
(b) Yajurveda
(c) Vishnu Purana
(d) Rigveda
Explanation: There are four Vedas: the Rigveda, the Yajurveda, the Samaveda and the Atharvaveda. On the other hand, Vishnu Purana is a religious Hindu text and one of the eighteen Mahapuranas. It has been given the name Puranaratna.
Hence, the correct option is (c).
13. Which Indian ruler fought the Kalinga War? (SSC CHEM (10+2) LDC, DEO& PA/SA Exam. 2015)
(a) Samudragupta
(b) Chandragupta
(c) Shivaji
(d) Ashoka
Explanation: The Kalinga War was fought between the Mauryan Emperor Ashoka and Raja Anantha Padmanabhan of Kalinga in 262–261 b.c. It was the only major war Ashoka fought after his accession to throne. However, it is one of the major and bloodiest battles in world history. The bloodshed of this war is said to have prompted Ashoka to adopt Buddhism. Hence, the correct option is (d).
14. Name the Republic which was a confederacy of tribes in the fifth century b.c. [SSC CHSL (10+2) LDC, DEO & PA/SA Exam. 2015]
(a) Gandhara (c) Kosala
(b) Vajji (d) Avant
Explanation: Vajji or Vrijji was a confederacy in the 6th century b.c. The rulers of Vajji were a confederacy of the eight clans (atthakula) of whom the Valls, the Licchavis, the Jnatrikas and the Videhas were the most important. It was one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas. Hence, the correct option is (b).
15. Which was the oldest University? (SSC CML (PRE) Exam. 1999 and SSC CAPFs SI, CISF ASI & DP SI Exam. 2014)
(a) Gandhara (c) Nalanda
(b) Kanauj (d) Vaishali
Explanation: Nalanda was an ancient center of higher learning in Bihar which was a religious center of learning from the fifth or sixth century c.e. to 1197 c.e. At its peak, the university attracted scholars and students from as far away as Tibet, China, Greece, and Persia. Nalanda was ransacked and destroyed by an army under Bakhtiyar Khilji in 1193.
Hence, the correct option is (c).
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