History Quiz For SSC Exams

History Quiz For SSC Exams

1. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

            List-I (Publication) List-II (Person)

A. Vande Matram 1.  Annie Besant 

B. Common Weal         2.  Bhupendra Nath Dutta

C. The Pupil         3.  Bipin Chendra Pal

D. Yugantar          4.  Lala Lajpat Rai

Code : A   B   C   D

(a)    2   4   1   3

(b)    3   1   4   2

(c)    2   1   4   3

(d)    3   4   1   2

1. B

2. Who amongst the following is the author of the famous classical book ‘A Passage To India’?

(a) Mark Twain

(b) Nayantara Sehgal

(c) Nirad C. Choudhuri

(d) E.M. Foster

2. D

3. Teacher’ Day is celebrated on the Birth day of

(a) Jawahar Lal Nehru 

(b) S. Radha Krishnan 

(c) Rajendra Prasad

(d) Indira Gandhi

3. B

4. The National Calender, which is based on Saka Era, was introduced in the year___

(a) 1957

(b) 1951

(c) 1949

(d) 1947

4. A

5. With reference to India Freedom struggle which one among the following events occurred earliest?

(a)Gandhi-Irwin Pact 

(b) Lucknow Pact

(c) Cripps Mission Proposals 

(d) August Offer

5. B

6. Who of the following started the newspaper ‘Bande Mataram’?

(a) Barindra Kumar Ghosh 

(b) Bipin Chandra Pal 

(c) Devendra Nath Tagore 

(d) Surendra Nath Bannerjee

6. B

7. Who was the Prime minister of England when India got independence? 

(a) Attlee 

(b) Churchill  

(c) Thatcher 

(d) Wilson 

7. A

8. Who was the first Indian to get selected in ICS?

(a) Satyendra Nath Tagore 

(b) Sarojini Naidu

(c) Lala Lajpat Rai

(d) C. R. Das

8. A

9. Who headed the Cabinet Mission?

(a) Staford Cripps  

(b) A. V. Alexander 

(c) Lord Pathic Lawrence 

(d) None of these 

9. C

10. Which British Governor General introduced Postage Stamp in India?

(a) Lord Dalhousie 

(b) Lord Auckland

(c) Lord Canning

(d) Lord William Bentick

10. A