SSC CGL TOPIC WISE QUESTION PAPER : HISTORY
1. Arrange the following in chronological order : (SSC CGL, 2010)
1. Tughlaqs
2. Lodis 3. Saiyids
4. Ilbari Turks
5. Khiljis
(a) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
(b) 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
(c) 2, 4, 5, 3, 1
(d) 4, 5, 1, 3, 2
ANS (D)
2. Who was the founder of The Servants of India Society? (SSC CGL, 2010)
(a) G..K. Gokhale
(b) M.G. Ranade
(c) B.G. Tilak
(d) Bipin Chandra Pal
ANS (D)
3. Mahatma Gandhi was profoundly influenced by the writings of ?
(SSC CGL, 2010)
(a) Bernard Shaw
(b) Karl Marx
(c) Lenin
(d) Leo Tolstoy
ANS (D)
4. The monk who influenced Ashoka to embrace Buddhism was? (SSC CGL,
2010)
(a) Vishnu Gupta
(b) Upa Gupta
(c) Brahma Gupta
(d) Brihadratha
ANS (B)
5. The Lodi dynasty was founded by ? (SSC CGL, 2010)
(a) Ibrahim Lodi
(b) Sikandar Lodi
(c) Bahlol Lodi
(d) Khizr Khan
ANS (C)
6. Harshvardhana was defeated by ? (SSC CGL, 2010)
(a) Prabhakaravardhana
(b) Pulakesin II
(c) Narasimhasvarma Pallava
(d) Sasanka
ANS (B)
7. Who among the following was an illiterate ? (SSC CGL, 2010)
(a) Jahangir
(b) Shah Jahan
(c) Akbar
(d) Aurangazeb
ANS (C)
8. Which Governor General is associated with Doctrine of Lapse ?
(SSC CGL, 2010)
(a) Lord Ripon
(b) Lord Dalhousie
(c) Lord Bentinck
(d) Lord Curzon
ANS (B)
9. The Greek ambassador sent to Chandragupta Maurya's Court was :
(SSC CGL, 2011)
(a) Kautilya
(b) Seleucus Nicator
(c) Megasthenes
(d) Justin
ANS (C)
10. Identify the European power from whom Shivaji obtained cannons and
ammunition: (SSC CGL, 2011)
(a) The French
(b) The Portuguese
(c) The Dutch
(d) The English
ANS (B)
11. The call of "Back to the Vedas" was given by: (SSC CGL, 2011)
(a) Swami Vivekananda
(b) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(c) Aurobindo Ghosh
(d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
ANS (B)
12. Simon Commission was boycotted by the nationalist leaders of India
because: (SSC CGL, 2011)
(a) they felt that it was only an eyewash
(b) all the members of the Commission were English
(c) the members of the Commission were biased against India
(d) it did not meet the demands of the Indians
ANS (B)
13. Who among the following British persons admitted the Revolt of 1857 as
a national revolt? (SSC CGL, 2011
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Lord Canning
(c) Lord Ellenborough
(d) Disraeli
ANS (D)
14. Which of the following is called the 'shrimp capital of India'? (SSC
CGL, 2011)
(a) Mangalore
(b) Nagapatnam
(c) Kochi
(d) Nellore
ANS (D)
15. Mention the place where Buddha attained enlightenment ? (SSC
CGL, 2011)
(a) Sarnath
(b) Bodh Gaya
(c) Kapilavastu
d) Rajgriha
ANS (B)
16. Coronation of Shivaji took place in (SSC CGL, 2011)
(a) 1627 A.D.
(b) 1674 A.D.
(c) 1680 A.D.
(d) 1670 A.D.
ANS (B)
17. The System of Dyarchy was introduced in India in (SSC CGL, 2011)
(a) 1909
(b) 1935
(c) 1919
(d) 1945
ANS (C)
18. The Editor of 'Young India' and 'Harijan' was (SSC CGL, 2011)
(a) Nehru
(b) Ambedkar
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Subash Chandra Bose
ANS (C)
19. Who of the following attended all the Three Round Table Conferences?
(SSC CGL, 2011)
(a) B.R. Ambedkar
(b) M.M. Malavia
(c) Vallabhbhai Patel
(d) Gandhiji
ANS (A)
20. Which king is referred to as Devanampiya Piyadassi (Beloved of the
Gods) in the inscriptions? (SSC CGL, 2012)
(a) Asoka
(b) Harsha
(c) Bindusara
(d) Chandragupta Maurya
ANS (A)
21. Name the Maratha Saint who was a contemporary of Shivaji. (SSC CGL,
2012)
(a) Saint Eknath
(b) Saint Tukaram
(c) Saint Dhyaneshwar
(d) Namdev
ANS (B)
22. Which of the following cereals was among the first to be used by man?
(SSC CGL, 2012)
(a) Rye
(b) Wheat
(c) Barley
(d) Oat
ANS (B)
23. The treaty of Versailles restored Alsace-Lorraine to: (SSC CGL, 2012)
(a) Italy
(b) Britain
(c) France
(d) Belgiun
ANS (C)
24. The Asokan Edicts were deciphered first by: (SSC CGL, 2012)
(a) Sir John Marshall
(b) Sir William Jones
(c) Charles Wilkins
(d) James Princep
ANS (D)
25. Who favoured the Artic Home thoery of the Aryans? (SSC CGL,
2012)
(a) Pargiter
(b) A. C. Das
(c) B. G. Tilak
(d) Jacobi
ANS (C)
26. Who was the teacher of Gautama Buddha? (SSC CGL, 2012)
(a) Panini
(b) Alara Kalama
(c) Kapila
(d) Patanjali
ANS (B)
27. The prose collection of the vedic poems are: (SSC CGL, 2012)
(a) Samhitas
(b) Upanishads
(c) Aranyakas
(d) Brahmanas
ANS (A)
28. Non-violence as taught and practised by Mahatma Gandhi is rooted in
the Indian Doctrine of (SSC CGL, 2012)
(a) Swaraj
(b) Swadeshi
(c) Satyagraha
(d) Ahimsa
ANS (D)
29. Who was the founder of the Aligarh Movement ? (SSC CGL, 2012)
(a) Syed Amir Ali
(b) Maulvi Chiragh Ali
(c) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
(d) Abdul Halim Sharar
ANS (C)
30. 'Prince of Pilgrims' was the name attributed to (SSC CGL, 2012)
(a) Plutarch
(b) Hiuen Tsang
(c) Fa-Hien
(d) I-Tsing
ANS (B)
31. Where did Buddha deliver his first sermon ? (SSC CGL, 2012)
(a) Sarnath
(b) Rajagriha
(c) Kapilavastu .
(d) Bodh-Gaya
ANS (A)
32. Name the Mughal Prince, who translated Bhagavat Gita into Persian ?
(SSC CGL, 2012)
(a) Dara Shukoh
(b) Sulaiman Shukoh
(c) Khusru
(d) Murad
ANS (A)
33. The surgery that was practised in ancient India is known from the
works of which of the following scholars ? (SSC CGL, 2012)
(a) Atreya
(b) Sushruta
(c) Charaka
(d) Vagbhata
ANS (B)
34. Who among the following was the First Viceroy of India? (SSC CGL,
2012)
(a) Lord Ripon
(b) Lord Curzon
(c) Lord Mountbatten
(d) Lord Canning
ANS (D)
35. Prithvi Raj Chauhan was defeated in the Second Battle of Tarain by
(SSC CGL, 2012)
(a) Mahmud Ghazni
(b) Muhammad Ghori
(c) Qutbuddin Aibak
(d) Yalduz
ANS (B)
36. The original name of Nana Phadnavis was (SSC CGL, 2012)
(a) Mahadaji Sindhia
(b) Tukoji Holkar
(c) Narayan Rao
(d) Balaji Janardan Bhanu
ANS (D)
37. Who among the following first propounded the idea of Basic Education?
(SSC CGL, 2012)
(a) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Dayanand Saraswati
ANS (C)
38. Arrange the following in chronological order: (SSC CGL, 2012)
I. Dandi March
II. Simon Commission
III. Poona Pact
IV. Gandhi Irwin Pact
(a) II, I, III, IV
(b) II, I, IV, III
(c) IV, III, I, II
(d) IV, III, II, I
ANS (B)
39. The city of Prayag was named Allahabad - the city of Allah by?
(SSC CGL, 2012)
(a) Aurangzeb
(b) Akbar
(c) Shahjahan
(d) Bahadur Shah Zafar
ANS (B)
40. Who gave the title of "Mahamana" to Madan Mohan Malviya ? (SSC CGL,
2013)
(a) Bal Gandadhar Tilak
(b) Dada Bhai Naurozi
(c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
ANS (D)
41. Who was the Viceroy of the time of Quit India Movement ? (SSC CGL,
2013)
(a) Lord Irwin
(b) Lord Mountbatten
(c) Lord Wavell
(d) Lord Lin Lithgow
ANS (D)
42. Who was the other Congress leader who joined with Motilal Nehru to
start the Swaraj Party in 1923? (SSC CGL, 2013)
(a) G.K. Gokhale
(b) B.G. Tilak
(c) Chittaranjan Das
(d) M.K. Gandhi
ANS (C)
43. What is the first sermon of Buddha called as ? (SSC CGL, 2013)
(a) Mahaparinivansutta
(b) Brahmajalasutta
(c) Dhammachakkapabattanasutta
(d) Kachchayanagottasutta
ANS (C)
44. From which of the following banks did Madan Mohan Malaviya take loans
for financing "The Hindustan Times"? (SSC CGL, 2013)
(a) State Bank of India
(b) Punjab National Bank
(c) Bank of Maharashtra
(d) Bank of Baroda
ANS (B)
45. Where are the Todas found ? (SSC CGL, 2013)
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Tamil nadu
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Aruncachal Pradesh
ANS (B)
46. Rowlatt Act 1919 was enacted during the period of ? (SSC CGL,
2013)
(a) Lord Chelmford
(b) Lord William
(c) Lord Minto
(d) Lord Bentinck
ANS (A)