Previous Year History Questions for SSC CGL 2017

Q1. Krishnadevaraya maintained friendly relations with the 
(a) French 
(b) British 
(c) Portuguese 
(d) Dutch 

Q2. The guerilla warfare was pioneered by 
(a) Aurangzeb 
(b) Akbar 
(c) Shivaji 
(d) Balaji Rao 

Q3. The greatness of Sher Shah lies in his 
(a) victories against Humayun 
(b) superior generalship 
(c) administrative reforms 
(d) religious tolerance 

Q4. The capital of the Bahmani kings was 
(a) Gulbarga 
(b) Bijapur 
(c) Belgaum 
(d) Raichur 

Q5. Where did the traveller Ibn Batuta come from? 
(a) Morocco 
(b) Persia 
(c) Turkey 
(d) Central Asia 

Q6. The Second Battle of Panipat was fought between 
(a) Akbar and Hemu 
(b) Rajputs and Mughals 
(c) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi 
(d) Sikander and Adilshah 

Q7. Shahjahan built the Moti Masjid at 
(a) Delhi 
(b) Jaipur 
(c) Agra 
(d) Amarkot 


Q8. Muhammad-bin-Qasim conquered Sind in the year 
(a) AD 712 
(b) AD 812 
(c) AD 912 
(d) AD 1012 

Q9. Who was the architect who designed ‘Taj Mahal’?
(a) Muhammad Hussain 
(b) Ustad-Isa 
(c) Shah Abbas 
(d) Ismail 

Q10. Which was the birth place of Guru Nanak? 
(a) Gurdaspur 
(b) Amritsar 
(c) Lahore 
(d) Talwandi 

Q11. Ibn Batuta visited India during the reign of 
(a) Iltutmish 
(b) Alauddin Khilji 
(c) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq 
(d) Balban 

Q12. Which one is not situated at Fatehpur Sikri? 
(a) The Panch Mahal 
(b) Moti Masjid 
(c) Tomb of Salim Chishti 
(d) The Mariam Palace 

Q13. A renowned Jain scholar who was greatly honoured by Akbar was  
(a) Hemachandra 
(b) Harivijaya 
(c) Vastupala 
(d) Bhadrabahu 

Q14. Which battle did open the Delhi area to Muhammad Ghori?
(a) First Battle of Tarain 
(b) Second Battle of Tarain 
(c) Battle of Khanwa 
(d) First Battle of Panipat 

Q15. Where did Babar die? 
(a) Agra 
(b) Kabul 
(c) Lahore 
(d) Delhi 

Q16. When Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated, who said, “None will believe that a man like this in body and soul ever walked on this Earth”?
(a) Bertrand Russell
(b) Leo Tolstoy
(c) Albert Einstein
(d) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Q17. The famous bhakti saint who belonged to the royal family of Mewar was
(a) Chaitanya
(b) Andal
(c) Meerabai
(d) Ramabai

Q18. Who started the ‘Servants of India Society’?
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) Surendranath Bannerjee
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji

Q19. The Rama Krishna mission was established by
(a) Swami Vivekananda
(b) Rama Krishna
(c) Mahadev Govind Ranade
(d) Keshab Chandra Sen

Q20. The ‘Arya Samaj’ was founded by
(a) Swami Dayananda Saraswati
(b) Swami Vivekananda
(c) Keshav Chandra Sen
(d) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

Q21. Who among the following, was the pioneer of Social Reform Movement in 19th century India?
(a) Aurobindo Ghosh
(b) Raja Rammohan Roy
(c) Devendranath Tagore
(d) Keshav Chandra Sen

Q22. Who expounded ‘The Theory of Drain’
(a) Tilak
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) Gokhale
(d) Govinda Ranade

Q23. On imprisonment in 1908 by the Britister, Bal Gangadhar Tilak was sent to
(a) Andaman and Nicobar
(b) Rangoon
(c) Singapore
(d) Mandalay

Q24. Aurobindo was arrested in connection with
(a) Alipore Bomb Case
(b) Kolhapur Bomb Case
(c) Lahore Conspiracy Case
(d) Kakori Case

Q25. Hardayal, an intellectual giant, was associated with
(a) Home Rule Movement
(b) Ghadar Movement
(c) Swadeshi Movement
(d) Non-Cooperation Movement

Q26. The split between the ‘Extremists’ and ‘Moderates’ came up in the open at the Surat Congress Session in the year
(a) 1905
(b) 1906
(c) 1907
(d) 1910

Q27. Who was the first known Gupta ruler?
(a) Sri Gupta
(b) Chandragupta I
(c) Ghatotkacha
(d) Kumaragupta I

Q28. The title ‘Indian Napolean’ has been attached to
(a) Chandragupta Maurya
(b) Samudragupta
(c) Chandragupta I
(d) Harshavardhana

Q29. The Great Bath of Indus Valley civilization is found at
(a) Harappan
(b) Mohenjodaro
(c) Ropar
(d) Kalibangan

Q30. The first metal used by man was
(a) aluminium
(b) copper
(c) iron
(d) silver

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