Daily GK Challenge

More practice: Indian History

5 more SSC / Banking questions from the same chapter, with step-by-step solutions. Try each one, then reveal the answer.

1. Q1easy

   Who was the last Mughal Emperor of India?

   • AAurangzeb
   • BBahadur Shah Zafar
   • CMuhammad Shah
   • DAkbar II
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   Correct answer: (B) Bahadur Shah Zafar

   Bahadur Shah Zafar II (Bahadur Shah II) was the last Mughal Emperor.

2. Q2medium

   The Battle of Plassey (1757) was fought between:

   • ABritish & Nawab of Bengal
   • BBritish & Marathas
   • CMughals & British
   • DFrench & British
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   Correct answer: (A) British & Nawab of Bengal

   The Battle of Plassey was fought between the British East India Company (under Clive) and the Nawab of Bengal (Siraj ud-Daulah).

3. Q3easy

   Who wrote the book 'Discovery of India'?

   • AM.K. Gandhi
   • BJawaharlal Nehru
   • CB.R. Ambedkar
   • DSubhas Bose
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   Correct answer: (B) Jawaharlal Nehru

   Jawaharlal Nehru wrote 'Discovery of India' while imprisoned at Ahmednagar Fort (1944).

4. Q4easy

   The Dandi March was conducted in:

   • A1920
   • B1930
   • C1942
   • D1947
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   Correct answer: (B) 1930

   Gandhi's Salt March (Dandi March) took place in March–April 1930, protesting the salt tax.

5. Q5medium

   Simon Commission was boycotted because:

   • Ait was pro-Pakistan
   • Bit had no Indian members
   • Cit proposed partition
   • Dit banned INC
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   Correct answer: (B) it had no Indian members

   The Simon Commission (1928) had no Indian members — it was an all-British commission meant to review the Indian constitution.