Previous Year History Questions for SSC CGL 2017

Dear students, SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam is near, now you need to pace up your studies. In GA Section, generally, 5 to 6 questions are asked from HISTORY PORTION. So we are providing 15 previous year questions every day. these questions will help in improving your GENERAL AWARENESS portion.

Q1. Which one of the following Indus Valley Civilization sites gives evidence of a stadium?
(a) Harappa
(b) Kalibangan
(c) Mohenjodaro
(d) Dholavira

Q2. The local name of Mohenjodaro is:
(a) Mound of Living
(b) Mound of Survivor
(c) Mound of Dead
(d) Mound of Great

Q3. Who is the most important God in Rigaveda?
(a) Agni
(b) Indra
(c) Varun
(d) Vishnu

Q4. The President of the Surat Session of Indian National Congress (1907) was
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(d) Ras Bihari Bose

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Q5. In which of the following movements, did Mahatma Gandhi make the first use of hunger strike as a weapon?
(a) Non-cooperation Movement
(b) Rowlatt Satyagraha
(c) Ahmedabad Strike
(d) Bardoli Satyagraha

Q6. Vinoba Bhave was chosen as the first Satyagrahi of the individual Satyagraha. Who was the second?
(a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(b) Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru
(c) C. Rajgopalachari
(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Q7. Who was the Governor General of India at the time of Sindh-annexation?
(a) Lord Auckland
(b) Lord Mayo
(c) Lord Dalhousie
(d) Lord Ellenborough

Q8. Who among the following was the first Governor General of India?
(a) Robert Clive
(b) Lord Canning
(c) Lord William Bentinck
(d) Lord Wellesley

Q9. Who among the following started the newspaper Shome Prakash?
(a) Dayanand Saraswati
(b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(d) Akshay Kumar Datta

Q10. The only session of the Indian National Congress which was presided over by Mahatma Gandhi was
(a) Amravati
(b) Belgaum
(c) Karachi
(d) Nagpur

Q11. After returning from South Africa, Gandhiji launched his first successful Satyagraha in
(a) Champaran
(b) Chauri Chaura
(c) Bardoli
(d) Dandi

Q12. Who was the founder president of ‘Harijan Sevak Sangh’?
(a) Mahadev Desai
(b) Ghanshyam Das Birla
(c) B.R. Ambedkar
(d) Amritlal Thakkar

Q13. The battle of Wandiwas was fought between
(a) British and French companies
(b) British and Dutch companies
(c) Dutch and Portuguese companies
(d) French and Dutch companies

Q14. Todar Mal was associated to
(a) Law
(b) Land revenue reforms
(c) Literature
(d) Music

Q15. Which of the following was the last battle of Sher Shah which proved most fatal to him?
(a) Gaur
(b) Kannauj
(c) Kalinjar
(d) Raisen

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