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 everyday. these questions will help in improving your GENERAL AWARENESS portion.

Q1. Who propounded the Panchsheel Principles?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Lord Buddha
(c) PanditJawaharLal Nehru
(d) Swami DayanandSaraswati
Q2. The Indian monument recently inscribed in the UNESCO’s World Heritage List is:
(a) JantarMantar of Ujjain
(b) JantarMantar of vaarasi
(c) JantarMantar of Delhi
(d) JantarMantar of Jaipur

Q3. The first woman Governor of a State in free India was
(a) Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
(b) Mrs. SuchetaKriplani
(c) Mrs. Indira Gandhi
(d) Mrs. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

Q4. The battle of Talicota was fought in?
(a) 1565
(b) 1562
(c) 1526
(d) 1540

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Q5. Who coined the name ‘Pakistan’?
(a) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
(b) FazlulHaq
(c) Liaquat Ali Khan
(d) ChoudhryRehmat Ali

Q6. Which one of the following pair is not correctly matched?
(a) Harshvardhan – Hiuen Tsang
(b) Akbar-Todarmal
(c) Chanakya-Chandragupta
(d) Vikramaditya-Chaitanya

Q7. Who gave the concept of “Total Revolution?
(a) Jayaprakash Narayan
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Karl Marx
(d) Lenin

Q8. How many spokes are there in the Dharma Chakra of the National Flag?
(a) 22
(b) 24
(c) 18
(d) 14

Q9. The potato crop was introduced in India by the
(a) British
(b) Dutch
(c) Portuguese
(d) French

Q10. Identify the UNESCO approved World Heritage Site from the following
(a) Meenakshi Temple, Madurai
(b) Writers’ Building, Calcutta
(c) PuranaQila, Delhi
(d) Kaziranga National Park

Q11. When is the Independence Day of Pakistan celebrated?
(a) 15 August
(b) 4 July
(c) 16 August
(d) 14 August

Q12. Where did the Black-Hole tragedy took place?
(a) Monghyr
(b) Calcutta
(c) Murshidabad
(d) Dacca

Q13. 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

Q14. 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

Q15. Who amidst the following great music composers was the ruler of a State?
(a) Tyagaraja
(b) ShyamaShastri
(c) Muthu Swami Dikshitar
(d) Swati Thirunal

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