Previous Year History Questions for SSC CGL 2017

Q2. Jallianwala incident took place at 
(a) Allahabad
(b) Lucknow
(c) Surat
(d) Amritsar


Q3. Mahatma Gandhi began his political activities in India first from:
(a) Dandi
(b) Kheda
(c) Sabarmati
(d) Champaran


Q4. The British Government intervened in the affairs of the Company and passed an Act in 1773 A.D., known as the 
(a) Regulating Act
(b) Pitt’s India Act
(c) Charter Act
(d) Company Act


Q5. Who was the French Governor of Pondicherry. Who tried to make the French Company as a powerful company? 
(a) Thomas Arthur, Comte de Lally
(b) Godeheu
(c) La Bourdonnais
(d) Joseph Francois Dupleix

Q6. When is the Independence Day of Pakistan celebrated? 
(a) 15 August
(b) 4 July
(c) 16 August
(d) 14 August


Q7. Where did the Black-Hole tragedy took place? 
(a) Monghyr
(b) Calcutta
(c) Murshidabad
(d) Dacca


Q8. The Bandung Conference was a major milestone in the history of :
(a) The Non-aligned movement
(b) Indo-Chinese relationship
(c) U.S. – Vietnam War
(d) Creation of ASEAN

Q9. Who was the architect of North and South Blocks of the Central Secretariat in Delhi? 
(a) Sir Edward Lutyens
(b) Herbert Bakers
(c) Robert Tor Tussell
(d) Antonin Raymond


Q10. Who amidst the following great music composers was the ruler of a State? 
(a) Tyagaraja
(b) ShyamaShastri
(c) Muthu Swami Dikshitar
(d) Swati Thirunal


Q11.Where did Babur die?
(a) Delhi
(b) Agra
(c) Lahore
(d) Kabul


Q12.Who was defeated at Kannauj in the hands of Sher Shah in 1540?
(a) Humayun
(b) Akbar
(c) Babar
(d) Jahangir


Q13.Who was the author of Ain-i-Akbari?
(a) Abdul Qadir Badauni
(b) Gulbadan Begum
(c) Faizi
(d) Abul Fazl


Q14.Aurangzeb was an expert musician of which instrument?
(a) Flute
(b) Tabla
(c) Veena
(d) Sitar

Q15.Who built the Ibadatkhana at Fatehpur Sikri?
(a) Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Shahjahan
(d) Aurangzeb

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