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. The Indian Universities were first founded in the time of
(a) Macaulay
(b) Warren Hastings
(c) Lord Canning
(d) Lord William Bentinck
Q2. The local name of Mohenjodaro is:
(a) Mound of Living
(b) Mound of Survivor
(c) Mound of Dead
(d) Mound of Great

Q3. Who is the most important God in Rigaveda?
(a) Agni
(b) Indra
(c) Varun
(d) Vishnu

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Q4. Who of the following led the confederacy of ten kings against Sudasa?
(a) Vishwamitra
(b) Bharadwaja
(c) Vashistha
(d) Atri

Q5. Who scripted Gandhiji’s favorite song ‘Vaishnav Jan To ………”?
(a) Narsinh Mehta
(b) Premanand
(c) Chunilal
(d) Dharmiklal

Q6. Which of the following Indus Valley Civilization sites provides the evidence of fire-altars?
(a) Alamgirpur
(b) Kalibangan
(c) Banavali
(d) Kunal

Q7. In which of the following Indus Valley sites, the cemetry R-37 was found?
(a) Lothal
(b) Mohenjodaro
(c) Harappa
(d) Dholavira

Q8. Who wrote a book ‘Return of the Aryans’ ?
(a) Bhagvan Das Gidvani
(b) L.D. Kalla
(c) Avinash Chandra Das
(d) D.S. Trived

Q9. Who was the National leader who wrote History of India on the walls of the Andaman Cellular Jail?
(a) Nandanlal Bose
(b) Ambedkar
(c) VirSavarkar
(d) JyotibaPhule

Q10. Who wrote “Sarfaroshi Ki TamannaAbHamaareDil Mein Hai”?
(a) Mohammed Iqbal
(b) RamprasadBismil
(c) KaziNazrul Islam
(d) FiraqGorakhpuri

Q11. Bal Gangadhar Tilak was given the epithet ‘Lok- Manya’ during
(a) Swadeshi Movement
(b) Revolutionary Movement
(c) Home Rule Movement
(d) Quit India Movement

Q12. The Government of India, 1919 is also known as
(a) Morley-Minto Reforms
(b) Montague-Chelmsford Reforms
(c) Regulating Act
(d) Pitts India Act

Q13. Who was the advocate at the famous INA Trials?
(a) Bhulabhai Desai
(b) Asaf Ali
(c) Subhash Chandra Bose
(d) C. Rajagopalachari

Q14. Who among the following visited Gandhiji in South Africa?
(a) B. G. Tilak
(b) Vallabhbhai Patel
(c) G.K. Gokhale
(d) J.L. Nehru

Q15. Mahatma Gandhi owed his inspiration for civil disobedience and non-payment of taxes to
(a) Thoreau
(b) Leo Tolstoy
(c) John Ruskin
(d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

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