SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: History (2023-20) - 6 with solutions -

Shams-ud-din Ilyas Shah {(founder of Bengal Sultanate and Ilyas Shahi dynasty (First dynasty of Bengal)}. Dynasties of Bengal Sultanate - Ilyas Shahi (1342-1415), Ganesha (1414 -1435), Restorer of Ilyas Dynasty (Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah-I, 1435 -1487), Habshi rule (Shahzada Barbak, 1487-1494) and Hussain Shahi dynasty (Alauddin Hussain Shah - 1494-1519).

Henry Irwin. Mysore Palace (also known as Amba Villas) is a historical palace at Mysore in Karnataka. It was the official residence of the Wadiyar dynasty. Mysore Palace was constructed in Indo-Saracenic style architecture.

Pyramidal. Gopuram (entrance gateway in the center of the front wall). Antarala (vestibular tunnel), garbhagriha (the innermost sanctuary of a Hindu and Jain temple). Famous Dravidian Temples - Rajarajeswara or Brihadeshwara temple (Rajaraja Chola at Thanjavur), Gangaikondacholapuram temple (Rajendra I), Annamalaiyar Temple (Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu), Meenakshi Temple (Tamil Nadu), Airavatesvara Temple (Tamil Nadu) etc.

Golconda fort (Hyderabad; Built by the Qutb shahi dynasty). Chitradurga fort (Karnataka; built by the Chalukyas and Hoysalas, later the Nayakas of Chitradurga of the Vijayanagar Empire. Daulatabad fort (Maharashtra; built by Yadava dynasty), and Aguada Fort (Goa; built by Portuguese).

Alwar. Famous Baori in India - Chand Baori (Rajasthan), Agrasen Ki Baoli (New Delhi), Rani ki Vav (Gujarat), Pushkarani (Karnataka), Baoli Ghaus Ali Shah (Haryana), Mata Bhavani ni Vav (Gujarat), Rajon ki Baoli (New Delhi), Surya Kund (Gujarat).

Dome (large hemispherical roof), arch, and Muqarnas vault. Styles of Indo-Islamic Architecture: The Imperial Style (Delhi sultanate); The Provincial styles (Mandu, Gujarat, Bengal, and Jaunpur); The Mughal Style (Delhi, Agra, and Lahore); The Deccani style (Bijapur and Golconda).

1862. Bahadur Shah Zafar was a titular Emperor, as the Mughal Empire existed in name only and his authority was limited only to the walled city of Old Delhi (Shahjahanabad). Following his involvement in the Indian Mutiny of 1857, the British exiled him to Rangoon in British-controlled Burma in 1858, after convicting him on several charges.

Red. The Govind Deva temple was built by the king of Jaipur, Man Singh, in 1590 in Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh.

Kashmir. Amad Shah I was the rst independent sultan of Gujarat, who founded Ahmedabad (1411).The Chogyal (king who governs with righteousness) Palden Namgyal Thodup was crushed in 1975 and Sikkim merged with India as its 22nd state. King Mahabali ruled over Kerala.

Ahom Dynasty. Rang Ghar, constructed by the Ahom King Swargadeo Promotta Singha.

Vallabhacharya founded the Krishna-centered PushtiMarg sect of Vaishnavism in the Braj region of India, and the philosophy of Shuddha advaita (Pure Nondualism). Pushtimarg is a form of Krishna worship for adoration.

Seventh century. Islam is the 2nd largest religion in the world. Largest religion - Christianity.

HH Cole. He was a British civil servant and inventor who facilitated many innovations in commerce and Education.

Deccan provinces. The Asaf Jahi was a Muslim dynasty that ruled the Kingdom of Hyderabad. It was founded by Nizam al-Mulk who was intermittently viceroy of the Deccan (peninsular India) under the Mughal emperors from 1713 to 1721 and who resumed the post again under the title Aaf Jah in 1724.

Duarte Barbosa was the Portuguese writer who visited India during (1500-1516) and wrote about the trade and society in South India in his manuscript, ‘The Book of Duarte Barbosa’.

Rana Kumbha was associated with the Mewar Kingdom. He belonged to the Sisodia clan. He Built Vijaya Stambha (dedicated to lord Vishnu) within Chittor Fort in 1448 to commemorate his victory over the army of Malwa led by Mahmud Khalji in the Battle of Sarangpur.

Bareilly. Bahadur Shah II, the last Mughal Emperor led the revolt from Delhi. Nana Sahib led the revolt from Kanpur, he was the adopted son of Peshwa Baji Rao II.

11 May, 1857. The Indian Mutiny began from Meerut on 10 May 1857.

Lord Dalhousie (Governor -General of India from 1848 to 1856). He was also known as the father of Indian Railways. The first railway line in India was laid in 1853 from Bombay (now Mumbai) to Thane, a distance of 21 miles (34 km) and was operated by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company. Warren Hastings (1772-1785) - First Governor-General of Bengal. Lord Cornwallis (Governor-General, 1786-93) - First to bring into existence and organize civil services. Lord William Bentinck (1828-1835) - First Governor-general of India.

Lord Cornwallis. Provision of Permanent Settlement - The Zamindars' proprietorship would stay as long as he paid the xed revenue at the said date to the government. Other States where Permanent Settlement Implemented - Bihar, Odisha. Other Settlements Related to Agriculture - Ryotwari System (Sir Thomas Munro), Mahalwari System (Holt Mackenzie).

Lord Louis Mountbatten (last Viceroy of India). Lord Curzon - Viceroy (1899 - 1905): He announced the partition of Bengal Presidency In July 1905.

Bombay. Elphinstone: Known for the compilation of the Elphinstone code (a uniform scheme of criminal law). In 1808 he was sent to negotiate an alliance with the Afghan ruler Shah Shoja to prevent a Napoleonic advance upon India.

Lord Cornwallis. He introduced Permanent settlement in 1793 in Bengal. He is known as 'the Father of civil service in India', Governor general of Bengal (1786-93).

Awadh. Lord Dalhousie said this in 1851. Awadh Kingdom was formally annexed to the British Empire in 1856. The doctrine declared that if an Indian ruler died without a male heir his kingdom would “lapse”, that is, become part of Company territory. One kingdom after another was annexed simply by applying this doctrine:- Satara (1848), Sambalpur (1850), Udaipur (1852), Nagpur (1853) and Jhansi (1854).

Lord Hastings (Anglo-Nepal War took place between 1814 and 1816). Lord Amherst was Governor-General of India from 1823 to 1828.

Lord Cornwallis - Cornwallis Code (1793), Father of Civil Services in India, Third Anglo-Mysore War (1789 - 1792) - (Lord Cornwallis and Tipu sultan), Permanent Settlement (1793) in Bengal.

Major acts/policies with respective year during British rule : Regulating Act (1773), Pitt's India Act (1784), The act of good governance (1858), The Prevention of seditious meetings Act (1907), The Explosives Substances Act (1908), Rowlatt Act (1919), Permanent settlement (1793), Cornwallis Code (1793).

1915. The Defence of India Act (1915) - It was an emergency law that gave the British government in India wide powers to suppress dissent and maintain public order during World War I. It was passed by the then Governor General of India Lord Hardinge.

1935. Government of India Act, 1935 : Contain three lists, Federal List (for Centre containing 59 items), Provincial List (for provinces containing 54 items) and the Concurrent List (for both containing 36 items). The seventh schedule (Article 246) deals with the division of powers between the union and the states.

1772. The system of Dual Government: Introduced in Bengal by Robert Clive of British East India Company. It lasted from 1765 to 1772. Under this system, the administration of Bengal was divided into Nizamat and Diwani. The Diwani was carried out by the company and the Nizamat by the Nizam.