History Quiz-114 for SSC CHSL / CGL 2017

Dear Aspirants, 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 is the author of the book 'Glimpses of World History' ?
(a) Abul Kalam Azad
(b) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(c) S. Gopalan
(d) S. Radhakrishnan
S1. Ans.(b)

Q2. The original name of Swami DayanandaSaraswati was 
(a) Abhi Shankar
(b) Gowri Shankar
(c) Daya Shankar
(d) Mula Shankar
S2. Ans.(d)

Q3. The ‘Doctrine of Lapse’ was first applied to the Princely State of 
(a) Satara
(b) Jhansi
(c) Oudh
(d) Jaunpur
S3. Ans.(a)

Q4. Satyagraha finds expression in 
(a) Sudden outbursts of violence
(b) Armed conflicts
(c) Non-cooperation
(d) Communal riots
S4. Ans.(c)

Q5. In which of the following years, 26th January was celebrated as an independence day? 
(a) 1930
(b) 1929
(c) 1942
(d) 1946
S5. Ans.(a)

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
S6. Ans.(c)

Q7. The former princely state Nahan is part of which State now?
(a) Punjab
(b) Haryana
(c) Uttarakhand
(d) Himachal Pradesh
S7. Ans.(d)

Q8. The Quit India Movement was launched in 1942 in the month of 
(a) January
(b) March
(c) August
(d) December
S8. Ans.(c)

Q9. Which one of the following personalities is known as ‘Grand Old Man of India’? 
(a) BalGangadharTilak
(b) DadabhaiNaoroji
(c) Motilal Nehru
(d) LalaLajpatRai
S9. Ans.(b)

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
S10. Ans.(b)

Q11. India attained ‘Dominion Status’ on 
(a) 15th January, 1947
(b) 15th August, 1947
(c) 15th August, 1950
(d) 15th October, 1947
S11. Ans.(b)


Q12. The First Victory & Governor-General of British India was 
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Sir John Lawrence
(c) Warren Hastings
(d) Lord Canning
 S12. Ans.(d)

Q13. When did the British make English the medium of instruction in India? 
(a) 1813
(b) 1833
(c) 1835
(d) 1844
S13. Ans.(c)

Q14. During whose Veceroyship 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 Lawrence
(d) Lord Dalhousie
S14. Ans.(c)

Q15. The Kuka movement started in mid-Nineteenth century in 
(a) Western Punjab
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Bengal
(d) Madhya Bharat
S15. Ans.(a)

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