Previous Year History Questions for SSC CGL 2017

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Q1. Mahatma Gandhi’s remark, “A post-dated cheque on a crumbling bank” is regarding the proposals of

(a) Simon Commission
(b) Cripps Mission
(c) Cabinet Mission
(d) Wavel Plan
Q2. Who was the founder-editor of the famous newspaper ‘Kesari’ during the National Struggle?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) LokmanyaTilak
(d) Muhammad Iqbal

Q3. In which session of the Indian National Congress did the historic union of Congress and Muslim League take place?
(a) Surat
(b) Bombay
(c) Calcutta
(d) Lucknow

Q4. The First Viceroy & Governor-General of British India was
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Sir John Lawrence
(c) Warren Hastings
(d) Lord Canning

Q5. The First Viceroy of the Portuguese in the East was
(a) Albuquerque
(b) Joa de Castro
(c) Francisco de Almedia
(d) Nuno da Cunha

Q6. When was the All India Women’s Conference founded
(a) 1924
(b) 1925
(c) 1926
(d) 1927

Q7. Which Governor General is associated with Doctrine of Lapse?
(a) Lord Ripon
(b) Lord Dalhousie
(c) Lord Bentinck
(d) Lord Curzon

Q8. Who was the first Governor-General of Bengal?
(a) Robert Clive
(b) Warren Hastings
(c) William Bentinck
(d) Cornwallis

Q9. Where are the traces of Portuguese culture found in India?
(a) Goa
(b) Calicut
(c) Cannanore
(d) Cochin

Q10. Which one of the following personalities is known as ‘Grand Old Man of India’?
(a) BalGangadharTilak
(b) DadabhaiNaoroji
(c) Motilal Nehru
(d) LalaLajpatRai

Q11. Name the important French possession in India.
(a) Goa
(b) Pondicherry
(c) Daman
(d) Cochin

Q12. The Civil Disobedience Movement was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in
(a) 1928
(b) 1930
(c) 1931
(d) 1922

Q13. The song ‘Jana-Gana-Mana’ composed by RabindraNath Tagore was first published in January 1912 under the title of
(a) Jay He
(b) RashtraJagriti
(c) Bharat Vidhata
(d) Matribhoomi

Q14. Who among the following started the first newspaper in India?
(a) DadabhaiNaoroji
(b) W.C. Bonnerjee
(c) Rabindranath Tagore
(d) James A. Hickey

Q15. Who said “Patriotism is religion and religion is love for India”? 

(a) Raj Narain Bose
(b) BalGangadharTilak
(c) Swami Vivekananda
(d) Bankim Chandra chatterjee

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