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 everyday. these questions will help in improving your GENERAL AWARENESS portion.
Q1.The Scientific Society was founded by
(a) Wilton Oldham
(b) Lord Cornwallis
(c) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Q2.Who was the propounder of the Drain Theory in India?
(a) R.C. Dutta
(b) Henry Cotton
(c) S.N. Banerjee
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji
Q3.Which of the Acts wrote an epitaph on the grave of the East India Company?
(a) Act of 1858
(b) Act of 1861
(c) Act of 1892
(d) None of these
Q4.Who wrote the book entitled ‘Ghulamgiri’?
(a) B.R. Ambedkar
(b) Narayan Guru
(c) Jyotiba Phule
(d) M.P. Pillai
Q5.Which one of the following is known as Mother of Indian Revolutionaries?
(a) Annie Besant
(b) Sarojini Naidu
(c) Madam Cama
(d) Usha Mehta
Q6.Which one of the following places did Kunwar Singh, a prominent leader of the Revolt of 1857, belong to?
(a) U.P.
(b) M.P.
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Bihar
Q7.Who among the following is known as ‘Martin Luther’ of India?
(a) Swami Vivekanand
(b) Swami Shraddhanand
(c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(d) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
Q8.Who was the founder of Ram Krishna Mission?
(a) Ram Krishna Paramahansa
(b) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(c) Swami Vivekanand
(d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Q9.The Revolt of 1857 was witnessed by the poet
(a) Taqi Mir
(b) Zauq
(c) Ghalib
(d) Iqbal
Q10.Who was called “ Grand Old Man of India”?
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhle
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Feroz Shah Mehta
Q11.“ Poverty and the Un-British Rule in India” was written by
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) Ramesh Chandra Dutta
(c) Gopal Krishna Gokhle
(d) Surendranath Banerjee
Q12.The word ‘Adivasi’ was used for the first time to refer to the tribal people by
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Thakkar Bappa
(c) Jyotiba Phule
(d) B.R. Ambedkar
Q13.“My own belief is that congress is tottering and one of my great ambitions is to assist it to peaceful death.” Who said it?
(a) Winston Churchill
(b) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
(c) Lord Curzon
(d) Lord Dufferin
Q14.Who said, “Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it”?
(a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) Bipin Chandra Pal
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
Q15.Who established the first Women’s University of India?
(a) D.K. Karve
(b) Annie Besant
(c) Ramabai Ranade
(d) Hirabai Tata
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