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Previous Year History Questions for SSC CGL 2017

Q1. The State Jhansi was made a part of the British Empire in India through 
(a) Doctrine of Lapse
(b) Policy of Subsidiary Alliance
(c) War against Rani Lakshmi Bai
(d) None of these

Q2. Who was the Nawab when Dalhousie annexed Awadh in 1856?
(a) Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah
(b) Wajid Ali Shah
(c) Shuja-ud Daula
(d) Alivardi Khan

Q3. Where are the Royal Durbar held on 1st November, 1858 to issue the queen’s proclamation?
(a) Lucknow 
(b) Allahabad
(c) Delhi
(d) Kanpur

Q4. Who among the following British persons admitted the Revolt of 1857 as a National Revolt?
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Lord Canning
(c) Lord Ellenborough
(d) Disraeli

Q5. Mangal Pandey fired the first shot of the Revolt of 1857 at
(a) Barrackpore
(b) Meerut
(c) Kanpur
(d) Jhansi

Q6. The first Satyagraha of Gandhiji for the cause of indigo farmers was observed at
(a) Champaran
(b) Chauri-Chaura
(c) Bardoli
(d) Sabarmati

Q7. The Khilafat Movement was launched to protest against the humiliation of
(a) the Turkish Caliph
(b) Aga Khan
(c) Muhammed Ali Jinnah
(d) Agha Kalam Azad

Q8. Who was the first women President of the Indian National Congress?
(a) Annie Besant
(b) Sarojini Naidu
(c) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
(d) Kadambani Ganguli

Q9. Who was the founder of Satya Shodak Sabha in Maharashtra?
(a) Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar
(b) Dr Atmaram Pandurang
(c) Gopal Baba Wala
(d) Jyotirao Phule

Q10. Who was the first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress?
(a) Muhammed Ali Jinnah
(b) Badruddin Tyabji
(c) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
(d) Abul Kalam Azad

Q11. ‘Do or Die’ (Karenge ya Marenge) Gandhiji gave this Mantra to the nation on the eve of which Mass Movement?
(a) Rowlatt Satyagraha
(b) Salt Satyagraha
(c) Quit India Movement
(d) Non-Cooperation Movement

Q12. The Home Rule League was started by 
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Rajendra Prasad

Q13. Who designed the national flag of Independent India?
(a) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(b) Rabindranath Tagore
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Pingali Venkayya

Q14. Bardoli Satyagraha is associated with
(a) Rajendra Prasad
(b) Acharya Vinoba Bhave
(c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(d) Subhash Chandra Bose

Q15. The Indian National Congress had its first meeting in the city of
(a) Calcutta
(b) Bombay
(c) Ahmedabad
(d) Allahabad













Solutions

1.A
2.B
3.B
4.D
5.A
6.A
7.A
8.A
9.D
10.B
11.C
12.B
13.D
14.C
15.B