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History Questions for SSC CGL Exam
He wrote biographies of Mazzini, Garibaldi, Shivaji, and Shrikrishna, stayed in America for some time, and was elected to the Central Assembly. He was
(a) Aurobindo Ghosh
(b) Bipin Chandra Pal
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(d) Motilal Nehru
Option c – Lala Lajpat Rai
Who said that the ‘Congress Movement was neither inspired by the people nor devised or planned by them’? ( History Questions for SSC CGL Exam )
(a) Lord Dufferin
(b) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
(c) Lord Curzon
(d) Lala Lajpat Rai
Option d – Lala Lajpat Rai
Which one of the statements given below, with respect to the role of the press in the Freedom Movement of India, is not correct?
(a) One-third of the founding members of the All India National Congress were journalists.
(b) Surendranath Banerjee was the first Indian to go to jail in the performance of his duty as a journalist.
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai was mainly associated with the struggle for the freedom of the Press during the Nationalist Movement.
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak, along with Gopal Ganesh Agarkar started the newspapers Kesari in Marathi and Maratha in English.
Option c – Lala Lajpat Rai was mainly associated with the struggle for the freedom of the Press during the Nationalist Movement
Consider the following paragraph. He was seriously injured in a police lathi charge in Lahore during demonstrations against the Simon Commission for which he subsequently died in November 1928. Later on, the British Officer, who was responsible for the lathi charge on him, was shot dead by Bhagat Singh and Raj Guru. The revolutionary referred to in the above paragraph is
(a) Pandit Gobind Ballabh Pant
(b) Mangal Singh
(c) Moti Lal Nehru
(d) Lala Lajpat Rai
Option d – Lala Lajpat Rai
Who among the following was considered by Lala Lajpat Rai as his political Guru? ( History Questions for SSC CGL Exam )
(a) Garibaldi
(b) Vivekanand
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji
(d) Mazzini
Option d – Mazzini
Who said, “A man without a soul is a mere animal. A nation without a soul is only a dumb driven cattle”?
(a) Aurobindo Ghosh
(b) Rabindranath Tagore
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(d) Swami Dayanand”
Option c – Lala Lajpat Rai
Who amongst the following presided over the All Parties Muslim Conference held at Delhi on 31st December 1928? ( History Questions for SSC CGL Exam )
(a) Aga Khan
(b) M.A.Jinnah
(c) Faizli Hussain
(d) Karim Jalal
Option a – Aga Khan
(a) Lahore
(b) Lucknow
(c) Allahabad
(d) Ramgarh
Option a – Lahore
Who headed the Boundary Commission appointed in 1947 in the context of partition? ( History Questions for SSC CGL Exam )
(a) Mountbatten
(b) Radcliffe
(c) James Bolt
(d) Richardson
Option b – Radcliffe
Who among the following was the President of the Indian National Congress on 15th August 1947?
(a) Rajendra Prasad
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) J.B. Kripalani
(d) Sardar Patel
Option c – J.B. Kripalani
Who amongst the following Americans was with Mahatma Gandhi during his ‘Dandi March’? ( History Questions for SSC CGL Exam )
(a) H.N. Brailsford
(b) Webb Miller
(c) G. Slocomba
(d) James Patterson
Option b – Webb Miller
In which of the following sessions of the Muslim League, did M.A. Jinnah put forth his 14-point proposal?
(a) 1927
(b) 1928
(c) 1929
(d) 1930
Option c – 1929
Which one of the following movements contributed to a split in the Indian National Congress resulting in the emergence of ‘moderates’ and ‘extremists’?
(a) Swadeshi Movement
(b) Quit India Movement
(c) Non-Cooperation Movement
(d) Civil Disobedience Movement
Option a – Swadeshi Movement
Who of the following organized a march on the Tanjore coast to break the Salt Law in April 1930? ( History Questions for SSC CGL Exam )
(a) V.O. Chidambaram Pillai
(b) C. Rajagopalachari
(c) K. Kamaraj
(d) Annie Besant
Option b – C. Rajagopalachari
Where did Netaji Subhash Bose hoist the Indian Flag?
(a) Imphal
(b) Port Blair
(c) Kohima
(d) Delhi
Option c – Kohima
Mahatma Gandhi delivered his first public speech in India at : ( History Questions for SSC CGL Exam )
(a) Bombay
(b) Lucknow
(c) Champaran
(d) Varanasi
Option d – Varanasi
Who amongst the following was the first Chairman of the Ghadar Party?
(a) Lala Hardayal
(b) Sohan Singh Bhakna
(c) Keshar Singh
(d) Pandit Kashi Ram
Option b – Sohan Singh Bhakna
Who among the following had seconded the resolution on partition in the meeting of the All India Congress Committee held in New Delhi in 1947? ( History Questions for SSC CGL Exam )
(a) Govind Ballabh Pant
(b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(c) J.B. Kripalani
(d) Abul Kalam Azad
Option b – Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
The Indian Independence Bill received the Royal Assent on :
(a) 18th July, 1947
(b) 19th July, 1947
(c) 20th July, 1947
(d) 21st July, 1947
Option a – 18th July, 1947
Who of the following had regarded the Karachi Session of Indian National Congress (1931) as the ‘pinnacle of Mahatma Gandhi’s popularity and prestige’?
(a) S.C. Bose
(b) Pattabhi Sitaramayya
(c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(d) Sardar Kishan Singh
Option b – Pattabhi Sitaramayya
Who of the following took the passing of a resolution on partition in the meeting of the Congress Committee (1947) as a “Surrender of Nationalism in favor of Communalism”? ( History Questions for SSC CGL Exam )
(a) Dr. Kitchlew
(b) Purushottam Das Tandon
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) G.B. Pant
Option a – Dr. Kitchlew
Who amongst the following revolutionaries refused to drink the given milk on the eve of his execution and said “Now, I shall take my mother’s milk only”?
(a) Rajguru
(b) Ashfaqulla
(c) Ramprasad Bismil
(d) Bhagat Singh
Option c – Ramprasad Bismil
Who among the following took Mahatma Gandhi’s gain in the Gandhi-Irwin Pact as “Consolation Prizes”? ( History Questions for SSC CGL Exam )
(a) S.C. Bose
(b) Alan Campbell Johnson
(c) B.G. Horniman
(d) Sarojini Naidu
Option b – Alan Campbell Johnson
The last session of the Indian National Congress attended by Bal Gangadhar Tilak was :
(a) Calcutta Session, 1906
(b) Surat Session, 1907
(c) Calcutta Session, 1917
(d) Amritsar Session, 1919
Option d – Amritsar Session, 1919
In which of the following sessions of Indian National Congress, the word ‘Swaraj’ was uttered from the Congress platform for the first time?
(a) Banaras Session, 1905
(b) Calcutta Session, 1906
(c) Surat Session, 1907
(d) None of the above
Option b – Calcutta Session, 1906
After the sentence of B.G. Tilak, who among the following had pleaded for mercy and said: “My interest in Tilak is that of a Sanskrit scholar”?
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Max Muller
(c) Bipin Chandra Pal
(d) William Jones
Option b – Max Muller
Under whose chairmanship a committee was formed to defend the accused in Kakori Case?
(a) Acharya Narendra Dev
(b) Govind Ballabh Pant
(c) Chandrabhanu Gupta
(d) Motilal Nehru
Option b – Govind Ballabh Pant
The first editor of the journal Indian Opinion’ was :
(a) M.K. Gandhi
(b) Albert West
(c) Mahadev Desai
(d) Mansukhlal Nazar
Option d – Mansukhlal Nazar
The Khilafat Movement was built around :
(a) opposing British rule in India
(b) protecting the sovereignty of the Khalifa
(c) opposing the national movement
(d) protesting against the lack of educational opportunities in India
Option b – protecting the sovereignty of the Khalifa
The Salt Satyagraha :
(a) encouraged Indians to manufacture salt
(b) showed to the government that Indians would break unfair laws
(c) proved that Mahatma Gandhi was a mass leader
(d) was designed to destroy the finances of the colonial government
Option d – was designed to destroy the finances of the colonial government
After the formation of ministries in the provinces in 1937, Congress rule lasted for :
(a) 28 months
(b) 29 months
(c) 30 months
(d) 31 months
Option a – 28 months
Who amongst the following had demanded first the dominion status for India?
(a) Raj Gopalachari and Sardar Patel
(b) Pt. Motilal Nehru and Govind Ballabh Pant
(c) Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru and Jayakar
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru and Jagjeevan Ram
Option c – Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru and Jayakar
Who among the following had resigned from the Viceroy’s Executive Council protesting the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Madan Mohan Malviya
(c) Sir Shankaran Nair
(d) All three of these
Option c – Sir Shankaran Nair
(a) Railways
(b) Education
(c) Irrigation
(d) Poverty alleviation
Option b – Education
Mahatma Gandhi’s opposition to separate electorates for untouchables was because :
(a) separate electorates would ensure their bondage in perpetuity
(b) of the apprehension of offending the conservative high-caste Hindus
(c) it would weaken Mahatma Gandhi’s position as a leader
(d) None of the above
Option a – separate electorates would ensure their bondage in perpetuity
Who of the following had pleaded from the side of Indian National Army Officers in their Red Fort trial?
(a) C.R. Das
(b) Motilal Nehru
(c) M.A. Jinnah
(d) Sir T.B. Sapru
Option d – Sir T.B. Sapru
By whom was the ‘Quit India’ resolution moved in the Bombay session of the Congress in the year 1942?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Narendra Deo
(c) Rajendra Prasad
(d) J.B. Kripalani
Option a – Jawaharlal Nehru
Lahore Session of Muslim League (1940) was presided over by:
(a) Liaqat Ali Khan
(b) Chaudhary Khaliquzzaman
(c) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
(d) Fatima Jinnah
Option c – Mohammad Ali Jinnah
“Tinkathia System” in Champaran meant:
(a) Cultivation of Indigo on the 3/20 area of land.
(b) Cultivation of Indigo on the 3/19 area of land.
(c) Cultivation of Indigo on the 3/18 area of land.
(d) None of the above
Option a – Cultivation of Indigo on the 3/20 area of land
In which of the following sessions of the Indian National Congress did Mahatma Gandhi say, “Gandhi may die but Gandhism will remain forever”?
(a) Calcutta Session, 1928
(b) Lahore Session, 1929
(c) Madras Session, 1927
(d) Karachi Session, 1931
Option d – Karachi Session, 1931
The demand for the Tebhaga Peasant Movement in Bengal was for:
(a) the reduction of the share of the landlords from one-half of the crop to one-third
(b) the grant of ownership of land to peasants as they were the actual cultivators of the land
(c) the uprooting of the Zamindari system and the end of serfdom
(d) writing off all peasant debts
Option a – the reduction of the share of the landlords from one-half of the crop to one-third
Who was the founder of All India Harijan Sangha in 1932?
(a) M.K. Gandhi
(b) B.R. Ambedkar
(c) Jagjivan Ram
(d) Vinoba Bhave
Option a – M.K. Gandhi
During the Indian Freedom Struggle, the Simon Commission was appointed to :
(a) examine the working of the reforms of 1919
(b) determine the relations of the British Government with the Indian states
(c) review the provisions of the Rowlatt Act.
(d) explore the possibility of granting dominion status to India
Option a – examine the working of the reforms of 1919
Who of the following took the burning of foreign clothes during the Non-Cooperation Movement as ‘insenate waste’?
(a) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(b) Mohammad Ali
(c) Lord Reading
(d) Motilal Nehru
Option a – Rabindra Nath Tagore
Who among the following rejected the title of Knighthood and refused to accept a position in the Council of the Secretary of State for India?
(a) Motilal Nehru
(b) M.G. Ranade
(c) G.K. Gokhale
(d) B.G. Tilak
Option c – G.K. Gokhale
Who advocated the policy of abolishing princely states in free India?
(a) C. Rajgopalachari
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Vallabhbhai Patel
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
Option b – Jawaharlal Nehru
Under the Mountbatten Plan of 1947, the people of… were given the right to decide through a plebiscite whether they wished to join Pakistan or India.
(a) Assam
(b) Punjab
(c) Bengal
(d) N.W.F.P. and the Sylhet district of Assam
Option d – N.W.F.P. and the Sylhet district of Assam
Who started the Bhoodan Movement?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Jayaprakash Narayan
(c) Swami Vivekananda
(d) Acharya Vinoba Bhave
Option d – Acharya Vinoba Bhave
Which of the following was a continuous movement based on the philosophy of Gandhiji, and not a specific movement?
(a) Non-Cooperation Movement
(b) Swadeshi Movement
(c) Quit India Movement
(d) Civil Disobedience Movement
Option b – Swadeshi Movement
The Indians celebrated the Independence Day for the first time on :
(a) January 1, 1930
(b) January 26, 1930
(c) August 15, 1947
(d) January 26, 1950
Option b – January 26, 1930
B. K. Dutt and Bhagat Singh threw a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly to :
(a) Press for an early end to British rule
(b) protest against the Public Safety Bill and the Trade Disputes Bill which would be curbing civil liberties and workers’ rights
(c) begin the mass revolution that was to overthrow foreign rule
(d) symbolize what the revolutionaries thought of the farcical parliament which did not involve a country’s people
Option c – begin the mass revolution that was to overthrow foreign rule
Individual satyagraha was decided as a method of showing disapproval of participating in the Second World War without consulting the people’s representatives. Who was the first to offer such satyagraha on October 17, 1940?
(a) Sardar Patel
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Vinoba Bhave
(d) Sarojini Naidu
Option c – Vinoba Bhave
Who presided over the first session of the All India Kisan Sabha and which day is celebrated as the All India Kisan Day?
(a) Swami Sahajananda and 1st November
(b) P. G. Joshi and 1st September
(c) Swami Sahajananda and 1st September
(d) P.C. Joshi and 1st November
Option c – Swami Sahajananda and 1st September
Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on :
(a) January 26, 1948
(b) January 30, 1948
(c) January 30, 1949
(d) January 26, 1950
Option b – January 30, 1948
During the Indian freedom struggle, who of the following started the weekly Yugantar in April 1906?
(a) Jnanendranath Basu and Bipin Chandra Pal
(b) Barindra Kumar Ghosh and Bhupendranath Dutta
(c) Aswini Kumar Dutta and Satish Chandra Mukherji
(d) Krishna Kumar Mitra and Hem Chandra Kanungo
Option b – Barindra Kumar Ghosh and Bhupendranath Dutta
(a) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
(d) Aurobindo Ghosh
Option c – Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
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