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Previous Year History Questions for SSC CGL 2017

Q1. Which one of the following Indus Valley Civilisation sites gives evidence of a stadium?
(a) Harappa 
(b) Kalibangan
(c) Mohenjodaro 
(d) Dholavira

Q2. During Gupta period, which deity was called Lokarka?
(a) Sun
(b)Ganesha
(c) Kumara 
(d) Shiva

Q3. The guild which migrated from Lata to Daspura during the time of Kumargupta traded in
(a) Jewels 
(b) Horses
(c) Silken textile 
(d) Ivory

Q4. Which one of the following was the biggest hoard of Gupta coins?
(a) Basti hoard 
(b) Bayana hoard
(c) Hajipur hoard 
(d) Kotawa hoard

Q5. Which one of the following Indus Valley Civilisation sites gives evidence of a dockyard?
(a) Harappa 
(b) Mohenjodaro
(c) Lothal 
(d) Dholavira

Q6. Harappa is located on the bank of the river:
(a) Indus 
(b) Ravi
(c) Beas 
(d) Sutlej

Q7. In Indus Valley Civilization, the script was:
(a) Kharosthi 
(b) Brahmi
(c) Boustrophedon 
(d) None of these

Q8. In which of the following Indus Valley sites, the Cemetry R-37 was found?
(a) Lothal 
(b) Mohenjodaro
(c) Harappa 
(d) Dholavira

Q9. Who wrote a book ‘Return of the Aryans'?
(a) Bhagavan Das Gidvani
(b) L.D. Kalla
(c) Avinash Chandra Das
(d) D.S. Trived

Q10. Who was the founder of Kanva dynasty?
(a) Vasumitra 
(b) Bhumimitra
(c) Vasudeva 
(d) Devabhuti

Q11. Who was the founder of Satavahana dynasty?
(a) Hall 
(b) Simuka
(c) Satkarni 
(d) Shivasri

Q12. Who among the following had started ‘Mitra Mela’ Association?
(a) Shyamji Krishna Verma
(b) Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
(c) Lala Hardayal
(d) Sohan Singh Bakna

Q13. Who of the following was a founder of Naujawan Bharat Sabha in 1926?
(a) Lala Lajpat Rai
(b) Bhagat Singh
(c) Lala Hardayal
(d) Sohan Singh Bhakhna

Q14. The massacre of the crowd at Jallianwala Bagh at Amritsar took place on
(a) 1st June 1918 
(b) 13th March 1919
(c) 12th April 1919 
(d) 13th April 1919

Q15. Bal Gangadhar Tilak was given the epithet ‘Lok- Manya’ during
(a) Swadeshi Movement
(b) Revolutionary Movement
(c) Home Rule Movement
(d) Quit India Movement















Solutions

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