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.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

Q2.Where in India, did the Portuguese build their first fortress?
(a) Cochin
(b) Goa
(c) Anjidiv
(d) Cannanore

Q3.Who was the first Portuguese Viceroy in India?
(a) Vasco da Gama
(b) Diaz
(c) Francisco de Almeida
(d) Albuquerque

Q4. Which one of the following factories in Bengal as established by Portuguese?
(a) Kasim Bazar
(b) Chinsura
(c) Hoogly
(d) Srirampur

Q5.Vasco da Gama discovered the sea route to India in which one of the following years?
(a) 1453
(b) 1492
(c) 1494
(d) 1498

Q6.Which one of the following was the first fort constructed by the British in India?
(a) Fort St. Angelo
(b) Fort St. George
(c) Fort St. David
(d) Fort William

Q7.The South Indian ruler who introduced sericulture as an agro-industry in his kingdom was
(a) Tipu Sultan
(b) Hyder Ali
(c) Krishnadeva Raya
(d) Rajaraja II

Q8.real foundation of Portuguese power in India was
(a) Francisco de Almedia
(b) Francis Drake
(c) Albuquerque
(d) Vascoda Gama

Q9.Who was the first Indian native ruler to accept the system of subsidiary alliance?
(a) Sindhia of Gwalior
(b) Nawab of Awadh
(c) Dilip Singh of Punjab
(d) Nizam of Hyderabad

Q10.The first all-Hindi newspaper ‘Udanta Martanda’ was published from Calcutta in the year 1826. Who was its editor?
(a) Pandit Jugal Kishore Shukla
(b) Pandit Sadal Mishra
(c) Bhartendu Harishchandra
(d) Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi

Q11.To overthrow the British rule, Kuka Movement was organised in
(a) Punjab
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Bihar
(d) Maharashtra

Q12.What did the India Act V of 1843 made illegal?
(a) Child marriage
(b) Infanticide
(c) Slavery
(d) Sati

Q13.Who was the father of Civil Service?
(a) Lord Minto
(b) Lord Wellesley
(c) Lord William Bentinck
(d) Lord Cornwallis

Q14.Who was the first Governor General of Bengal?
(a) Lord Clive
(b) Warren Hastings
(c) Lord Wellesley
(d) Lord Hastings

Q15.The tomb of Lord Cornwallis is situated at
(a) Ghazipur
(b) Gorakhpur
(c) Varanasi
(d) Ballia

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