In this post 30 Important History Questions for SSC, UPSC, UPPSC, State PSC & Other Examinations (30 History MCQ) with 4 choices are given. Most of these questions have previously been asked in SSC CGL and other examinations. Attempt these question. Answer of these History MCQ General Awareness Questions are available in the last of this post. Check how many of your answers are correct and share your score using comment section.
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History Questions for SSC, UPSC, UPPSC & Other Exams
1- Gandhiji’s Satyagraha’ meant an attachment to the following two elements
a) Knowledge and religion
b) Truth and non-violence
c) Truth and chastity
d) Love of motherland and hate for colonial masters
2- The First Woman President of the Indian National Congress was
a) Sarojini Naidu
b) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
c) Annie Besant
d) Kadambani Ganguli
3- Indian National Congress split for the first time in its session at
a) Allahabad
b) Calcutta
c) Surat
d) Lahore
4- Who among the following Sikh Gurus laid the foundation of
Amritsar?
a) Guru Amar Das
b) Guru Ram Das
c) Guru Arjun Dev
d) Guru Hargobind
5- Who presided over the first session of the Indian National Congress?
a) A.O. Hume
b) Surendranath Banerjee
c).W.C. Banerjee
d) Badruddin Tayyabji
6- Who is generally considered to be the father of the Indian Renaissance?
a) Rabindranath Tagore
b) Raja Rammohan Roy
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) M.G. Ranade
7- The ideas of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity, which influenced the Indian National Movement, was taken from
a) American revolution
b) Russian revolution
c) Chinese revolution
d) French revolution
8- In which year did the Kakori conspiracy case take place?
a) 1925
b) 1924
c) 1926
d) 1927
9- Who was the founder of the Theosophical Society?
a) Justice Ranade
b) Madam Blavatsky.
c) Annie Besant
d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
10-Who referred to Mahatma Gandhi as “Father of the Naiton” for the first time?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
c) C. Rajgopalachari
d) Subhash Chandra Bose
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11-During which Viceroy the capital of India was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi?
a) Lord Canning
b) Lord Hardinge
c) Lord Lytton
d) Lord Clive
12-The only Viceroy to be assassinated in India was
a) Lord Hardinge
b) Lord Northbrook
c) Lord Ellenborough
e) Lord Mayo
13- Which one of the following papers was edited by Gandhiji in South Africa?
a) Indian Opinion
b) Harijan
c) Young India
d) Indian Mirror
14- Who introduced the “Doctrine of Lapse” to expand British
Territories in India?
a) Lord Hastings
b) Lord Wellesley
c) Lord William Bentinck
d) Lord Dalhousie
15- What was the immediate cause of the Mutiny of 1857?
a) The discontentment of the soldiers
b) The use of greased cartridges in the new Enfield Rifle
c) The social conditions of India
d) The introduction of railways and telegraphs
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16- Which of the following periodicals is not correctly matched with its editor?
a) Vande Mataram : Aurobindo Ghosh
b) New India : Bipin Chandra Pal
c) Yugantar : Bhupendranath Dutta
d) Sandhya : Barindra Ghosh
17- General Dyer, who was responsible for Jallianwala Bagh massacre, was shot dead by
a) Hasrat Mohini
b) Vir Savarkar
c) Udham Singh
d) Jatin Das
18- Birju Maharaj, is a well known exponent of
a) Manipuri dance
b) Kathak
c) Odissi
d) Kathakali
19- Sattriya is a classical dance form of
a) Manipur
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Assam
d) Andhra Pradesh
20- What is the Mehrauli Pillar in the complex of Qutub Minar Primarily famous for ?
a) Proverbial height
b) Skilful stone cutting
c) Excellent quality steel
d) Statue of Buddha on top
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21- Chalukya temples (Jain temples) at Dilwara are situated in
a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Rajasthan
d) Haryana
22- Who is considered to be the founder of the Gupta empire?
a) Chandragupta II
b) Chandragupta I
c) Samundragupta
d) Srigupta
23- Lord Buddha gave his first sermon at
a) Sarnath in Uttar Pradesh
b) Bodhgaya in Bihar
c) Nalanda in Bihar
d) None of the above
24- A semi-circular structure with a dome-shaped roof erected over the sacred relics of Buddha is known as
a) Stupas
b) Edicts
c) Pillars
d) Monoliths
25- The Battle of Plassey was fought in year
a) 1757
b) 1775
c) 1576
d) 1761
26- Name the famous king of Kushan dynasty
a) Kanishka
b) Pulakesin
c) Harsha
d) Vikramaditya
27- What is the meaning of the word ‘Sangam’ in the Sangam age?
a) Royal Court
b) Assembly of poets
c) Assembly of religious leaders
d) Meeting of rivers
28- The first Mughal Emperor of India was
a) Shah Jahan
b) Humayun
c) Babur
d) Akbar
29- When did the British make English the medium of instruction in India?
a) 1813
b) 1833
c) 1835
d) 1844
30- Enumerate the Vedangas.
a) Eleven
b) Six
c) Four
d) Five
Answers of above History Questions for SSC, UPSC, UPPSC & Other Exams
1(b), 2(c), 3(c), 4(b), 5(c), 6(b), 7(d), 8(a), 9(b), 10(d), 11(b), 12(d), 13(a), 14(d), 15(b), 16(d), 17(c), 18(b), 19(c), 20(c), 21(c), 22(d), 23(a), 24(a), 25(a), 26(a), 27(b), 28(c), 29(c), 30(b)
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