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. When did the British make English the medium of instruction in India?
(a) 1813
(b) 1833
(c) 1835
(d) 1844
Q2. During whose Viceroyship did the High Courts come into existence at the three presidential cities of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay?
(a) Warren Hastings
(b) Lord Cornwallis
(c) John Canning
(d) Lord Dalhousie
Q3. The Kuka movement started in mid-Nineteenth century in
(a) Western Punjab
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Bengal
(d) Madhya Bharat
Q4. Satyagraha finds expression in ?
(a) Sudden outbursts of violence
(b) Armed conflicts
(c) Non-cooperation
(d) Communal riots
Q5. In which of the following years, 26th January was celebrated as an independence day?
(a) 1930
(b) 1929
(c) 1942
(d) 1946
Q6. Who spoke : “At the stroke of midnight, when the world sleeps, India awakes to life and freedom”?
(a) NetajiSubhas Chandra Bose
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) C. Rajagopalachari
Q7. The former princely state Nahan is part of which State now?
(a) Punjab
(b) Haryana
(c) Uttarakhand
(d) Himachal Pradesh
Q8. The Quit India Movement was launched in 1942 in the month of ?
(a) January
(b) March
(c) August
(d) December
Q9. Which one of the following personalities is known as ‘Grand Old Man of India’?
(a) BalGangadharTilak
(b) DadabhaiNaoroji
(c) Motilal Nehru
(d) LalaLajpatRai
Q10. Who is rightly called the “Father of Local Self Government” in India?
(a) Lord Mayo
(b) Lord Ripon
(c) Lord Curzon
(d) Lord Clive
Q11. India attained ‘Dominion Status’ on
(a) 15th January, 1947
(b) 15th August, 1947
(c) 15th August, 1950
(d) 15th October, 1947
Q12. The First Viceroy & Governor-General of British India was
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Sir John Lawrence
(c) Warren Canning
(d) Lord Canning
Q13.Who is the author of the book ‘Glimpses of World History’?
(a) Abul Kalam Azad
(b) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(c) S. Gopalan
(d) S. Radhakrishnan
Q14. The original name of Swami Dayananda Saraswati was ?
(a) Abhi Shankar
(b) Gowri Shankar
(c) Daya Shankar
(d) Mula Shankar
Q15. The ‘Doctrine of Lapse’ was first applied to the Princely State of ?
(a) Satara
(b) Jhansi
(c) Oudh
(d) Jaunpur
Previous Year History Questions for SSC CGL 2017(solutions)
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