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 was the last Viceroy of India?
(a) Lord Linlithgow
(b) Lord Mountbatten
(c) Lord Wavell
(d) Clement Attlee
Q2. Which among the following States was forced to merge itself with the Union of India after 1947?
(a) Hyderabad
(b) Kashmir
(c) Patiala
(d) Mysore

Q3. Which was the first Indian news paper that was printed?
(a) The Hindu
(b) The Bengal Gazette
(c) The Anand Bazaar Patrika
(d) The Times of India

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Q4. Who is associated with the term ‘Loknayak’ in India?
(a) LalaLajpatRai
(b) BalGangadharTilak
(c) Jay Prakash Narayan
(d) Madam Mohan Malviya

Q5. Gandhiji was the staunch supporter of
(a) big industries
(b) cottage industries
(c) both big as well as small industries
(d) None of these

Q6. ‘Deshbandhu’ is the title of
(a) B.R. Ambedkar
(b) C.R. Das
(c) B.C. Pal
(d) Rabindranath Tagore

Q7. The British Governor-General who introduced the postal system in India was
(a) Lord Dolhousie
(b) Lord Wellesley
(c) Lord Auckland
(d) Lord Bentinck

Q8. The Indian National Congress had its first meeting in the city of
(a) Calcutta
(b) Bombay
(c) Ahmedabad
(d) Allahabad

Q9. The Sati System was abolished in 1829 A.D. by
(a) Lord Curzon
(b) Lord Wellesley
(c) Lord Lytton
(d) Lord William Bentinck

Q10. To end the III Anglo-Mysore War. Tipu Sultan signed the following Treaty with the British
(a) Treaty of Mangalore
(b) Treaty of Srirangapatnam
(c) Treaty of Mysore
(d) Treaty of Bidnur

Q11. The war of first panipat was faught?
(a) 1526
(b) 1556
(c) 1576
(d) 1761

Q12. Where was the second session of the Indian National Congress held?

(a) Lucknow
(b) Calcutta
(c) Bombay
(d) Madras

Q13. The slogan of Quit India Movement was given by
(a) Sardar Patel
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Subhash Chandra Bose
(d) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru

Q14. Who was the Governor-General of India at the time of Revolt of 1857?
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Lord Bentinck
(c) Lord Canning
(d) Lord Lytton

Q15. Who, among the following was associated with the Ghadar Movement?
(a) ShyamajiKrishnavarma
(b) M.N. Roy
(c) Bhagat Singh
(d) LalaHarDayal

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