Table of Contents
SSC CGL 2024 Tier 1 History MCQ [Part 5]
- Wood’s Dispatch of 1854 primarily dealt with which of the following subject matters?
A) Education
B) Railways
C) Finance
D) Health - Under which of the following Acts was the power to rule India transferred from the English East India Company to the British Crown?
A) Charter Act of 1833
B) Regulating Act 1773
C) Pitt’s India Act 1784
D) Government of India Act 1858 - Gautamiputra Satakarni titled Rajaraja and Maharaja is related to which of the following dynasties?
A) Shunga
B) Pandya
C) Satavahana
D) Shaka - Under which of the following Pala king’s patronage was Vikramshila University in 8th century India founded?
A) Gopala
B) Mahipala I
C) Devapala
D) Dharmapala - Who among the following Pallava kings occupied Vatapi (Badami) and defeated the Chalukyas?
A) Sivaskanda Varman
B) Parameswaravarman
C) Simhavarman
D) Narasimhavarman - ________, authored by Tolkappiyar, is the earliest Tamil literature.
A) Tolkappiyam
B) Ettutogai
C) Kalittogai
D) Narrinai - The birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi is celebrated as a national festival of India. In which of the following years was Gandhi ji born?
A) 1885
B) 1869
C) 1890
D) 1877 - Which of the following places is related to Gandhi’s Satyagraha of the year 1917?
A) Kheda
B) Ahmedabad
C) Champaran
D) Bardoli - Who founded the Prarthana Samaj in Mumbai in 1867?
A) Atmaram Pandurang
B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
C) Shri Ram Bajpai
D) Ram Mohan Roy - Which type of well-managed industry was established in India at the time of independence?
A) Electronics and Electricals
B) Steel and Cotton
C) Steel and Electronics
D) Cement and Sugar - The Tripartite struggle happened among the Palas, the Pratiharas, and the _______.
A) Chandelas
B) Maukharis
C) Rashtrakutas
D) Chalukyas - Which of the following movements created regional disparities between large and small farmers in India?
A) Green revolution
B) Yellow revolution
C) Pink revolution
D) Blue revolution - Which of the following events took place in the United Provinces in February 1922?
A) Quit India
B) Chauri Chaura
C) Khilafat Movement
D) Kakori Incident - Which of the following battles was fought between Babur and Rana Sanga in 1527?
A) Battle of Bayana
B) Battle of Khanwa
C) Second battle of Panipat
D) Battle of Chanderi - Which of the following organisations, divided into two branches, was established by Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Annie Besant?
A) Indian Association
B) Theosophical Society
C) East Indian Association
D) Home Rule League - Which Governor-General of British India helped Raja Ram Mohan Roy legally abolish the sati practice?
A) Lord Ripon
B) Lord Curzon
C) Lord Cornwallis
D) Lord William Bentinck - ‘Drain of Wealth’, a critique of the colonial exploitation, was given by which of the following nationalist leaders?
A) Dadabhai Naoroji
B) Rajendra Prasad
C) Chakravarti Rajagopalachari
D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel - The revolution of 1857 started in May from which of the following cantonments in India?
A) Kanpur
B) Jhansi
C) Lucknow
D) Meerut - In which year was the Gandhi-Irwin Pact signed?
A) 1935
B) 1929
C) 1931
D) 1941 - In 1539, the Battle of Chausa was fought between Humayun and ______.
A) Ibrahim Lodhi
B) Sher Shah Suri
C) Sikandar Suri
D) Rana Sanga - Which of the following Acts gave the government enormous powers to repress political activities, and allowed detention of political prisoners without trial for two years?
A) India Contract Act, 1872
B) Rowlatt Act, 1919
C) Criminal Tribes Act, 1871
D) Indian Slavery Act, 1843 - In which year was the battle of Buxar fought?
A) 1793
B) 1777
C) 1764
D) 1757 - In which of the following cities did Mahatma Gandhi lead the peasant movement against the imposed indigo cultivation by the British planters?
A) Kheda
B) Gorakhpur
C) Bardoli
D) Champaran - Due to which of the following events did Rabindranath Tagore return the title of ‘Knighthood’ to the British Government while expressing his anguish?
A) Charan Paduka Incident
B) Partition of Bengal
C) Jallianwala Bagh massacre
D) Chauri Chaura Incident - In the 7th Century AD, a new religion called Islam was born in _________.
A) Malaysia
B) South Africa
C) Arabia
D) Indonesia
