## IMPORTANT SSC CGL HISTORY MCQS 2017## FLAME INSTITUTE
## Previous Year History Questions for SSC CGL 2017 ##
Q1. Mahatma Gandhi’s remark, “A post-dated cheque on a crumbling bank” is regarding the proposals of
(a) Simon Commission
(b) Cripps Mission
(c) Cabinet Mission
(d) Wavel Plan
Q2. Who was the founder-editor of the famous newspaper ‘Kesari’ during the National Struggle?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) LokmanyaTilak
(d) Muhammad Iqbal
Q3. In which session of the Indian National Congress did the historic union of Congress and Muslim League take place?
(a) Surat
(b) Bombay
(c) Calcutta
(d) Lucknow
Q4. The First Viceroy & Governor-General of British India was
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Sir John Lawrence
(c) Warren Hastings
(d) Lord Canning
Q5. The First Viceroy of the Portuguese in the East was
(a) Albuquerque
(b) Joa de Castro
(c) Francisco de Almedia
(d) Nuno da Cunha
Q6. When was the All India Women’s Conference founded
(a) 1924
(b) 1925
(c) 1926
(d) 1927
Q7. Which Governor General is associated with Doctrine of Lapse?
(a) Lord Ripon
(b) Lord Dalhousie
(c) Lord Bentinck
(d) Lord Curzon
Q8. Who was the first Governor-General of Bengal?
(a) Robert Clive
(b) Warren Hastings
(c) William Bentinck
(d) Cornwallis
Q9. Where are the traces of Portuguese culture found in India?
(a) Goa
(b) Calicut
(c) Cannanore
(d) Cochin
Q10. Which one of the following personalities is known as ‘Grand Old Man of India’?
(a) BalGangadharTilak
(b) DadabhaiNaoroji
(c) Motilal Nehru
(d) LalaLajpatRai
Q11. Name the important French possession in India.
(a) Goa
(b) Pondicherry
(c) Daman
(d) Cochin
Q12. The Civil Disobedience Movement was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in
(a) 1928
(b) 1930
(c) 1931
(d) 1922
Q13. The song ‘Jana-Gana-Mana’ composed by RabindraNath Tagore was first published in January 1912 under the title of
(a) Jay He
(b) RashtraJagriti
(c) Bharat Vidhata
(d) Matribhoomi
Q14. Who among the following started the first newspaper in India?
(a) DadabhaiNaoroji
(b) W.C. Bonnerjee
(c) Rabindranath Tagore
(d) James A. Hickey
Q15. Who said “Patriotism is religion and religion is love for India”?
(a) Raj Narain Bose
(b) BalGangadharTilak
(c) Swami Vivekananda
(d) Bankim Chandra chatterjee
answers- 1.B 2.C 3.D 4.D 5.C 6.D 7.B 8.B 9.A 10.B 11.B 12.B 13.C 14.D 15. D
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