100 Most Repeated History
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100 Most Repeated History PYQs asked in SSC CGL
Exams (for upcoming SSC CGL 2023)
(c) Bahlol Lodi (d) Khizr Khan
1. Arrange the following in chronological Ans (C)
order: (SSC CGL, 2021)
1. Tughlaqs 6. Harshvardhana was defeated by?
2. Lodis (SSC CGL, 2021)
3. Saiyids (a) Prabhakaravardhana
4. Ilbari Turks (b) Pulakesin II
5. Khiljis (c) Narasimhasvarma Pallava
(a) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (b) 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (d) Sasanka
(c) 2, 4, 5, 3, 1 (d) 4, 5, 1, 3, 2 Ans (B)
Ans (D)
7. Who among the following was an illiterate?
2. Who was the founder of The Servants of (SSC CGL, 2021)
India Society? (SSC CGL, 2021) (a) Jahangir (b) Shah Jahan
(a) G..K. Gokhale (b) M.G. Ranade (c) Akbar (d) Aurangazeb
(c) B.G. Tilak (d)BipinChandra Pal Ans (C)
Ans (D)
8. Which Governor General is associated with
3. Mahatma Gandhi was profoundly Doctrine of Lapse? (SSC CGL, 2021)
influenced by the writings of? (a) Lord Ripon (b) Lord Dalhousie
(SSC CGL, 2021) (c) Lord Bentinck (d) Lord Curzon
(a) Bernard Shaw (b) Karl Marx ANS (B)
(c) Lenin (d) Leo Tolstoy
Ans (D) 9. The Greek ambassador sent to
Chandragupta Maurya's Court was:
4. The monk who influenced Ashoka to (SSC CGL, 2018)
embrace Buddhism was? (SSC CGL, 2021) (a) Kautilya (b) Seleucus Nicator
(a) Vishnu Gupta (b) Upa Gupta (c) Megasthenes (d) Justin
(c) Brahma Gupta (d) Brihadratha Ans (C)
Ans (B)
10. Identify the European power from whom
5. The Lodi dynasty was founded by? Shivaji obtained cannons and ammunition:
(SSC CGL, 2021) (SSC CGL, 2018)
(a) Ibrahim Lodi (b) Sikandar Lodi (a) The French (b) The Portuguese
(c) The Dutch (d) The English Ans (C)
Ans (B)
18. The Editor of 'Young India' and 'Harijan'
11. The call of "Back to the Vedas" was given was (SSC CGL, 2018)
by: (SSC CGL, 2018) (a) Nehru
(a) Swami Vivekananda (b) Ambedkar
(b) Swami Dayanand Saraswati (c) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Aurobindo Ghosh (d) Subash Chandra Bose
(d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy Ans (C)
Ans (B)
19. Who of the following attended all the
12. Simon Commission was boycotted by the Three Round Table Conferences?
nationalist leaders of India because: (SSC CGL, 2018)
(SSC CGL, 2018) (a) B.R. Ambedkar (b) M.M. Malavia
(a) they felt that it was only an eyewash (c) Vallabhbhai Patel (d) Gandhiji
(b) all the members of the Commission were Ans (A)
English
(c) the members of the Commission were 20. Which king is referred to as Devanampiya
biased against India Piyadassi (Beloved of the Gods) in the
(d) it did not meet the demands of the Indians inscriptions? (SSC CGL, 2019)
Ans (B) (a) Asoka (b) Harsha
(c) Bindusara (d) Chandragupta Maurya
13. Who among the following British persons Ans (A)
admitted the Revolt of 1857 as a national
revolt? (SSC CGL, 2018 21. Name the Maratha Saint who was a
(a) Lord Dalhousie (b) Lord Canning contemporary of Shivaji. (SSC CGL, 2019)
(c) Lord Ellenborough (d) Disraeli (a) Saint Eknath (b) Saint Tukaram
Ans (D) (c) Saint Dhyaneshwar (d) Namdev
Ans (B)
14. Which of the following is called the
'shrimp capital of India'? (SSC CGL, 2018) 22. Which of the following cereals was among
(a) Mangalore (b) Nagapatnam the first to be used by man? (SSC CGL, 2019)
(c) Kochi (d) Nellore (a) Rye (b) Wheat
Ans (D) (c) Barley (d) Oat
15. Mention the place where Buddha attained Ans (B)
enlightenment? (SSC CGL, 2018)
(a) Sarnath (b) Bodh Gaya 23. The treaty of Versailles restored Alsace-
(c) Kapilavastu d) Rajgriha Lorraine to: (SSC CGL, 2019)
Ans (B) (a) Italy (b) Britain
(c) France (d) Belgiun
16. Coronation of Shivaji took place in ANS (C)
(SSC CGL, 2018)
(a) 1627 A.D. (b) 1674 A.D. 24. The Asokan Edicts were deciphered first
(c) 1680 A.D. (d) 1670 A.D. by: (SSC CGL, 2019)
Ans (B) (a) Sir John Marshall (b) Sir William Jones
(c) Charles Wilkins (d) James Princep
17. The System of Dyarchy was introduced in Ans (D)
India in (SSC CGL, 2018)
(a) 1909 (b) 1935 25. Who favoured the Artic Home theory of
(c) 1919 (d) 1945 the Aryans? (SSC CGL, 2019)
(a) Pargiter (b) A. C. Das 33. The surgery that was practised in ancient
(c) B. G. Tilak (d) Jacobi India is known from the works of which ofthe
Ans (C) following scholars ? (SSC CGL, 2019)
(a) Atreya (b) Sushruta
26. Who was the teacher of Gautama Buddha? (c) Charaka (d) Vagbhata
(SSC CGL, 2019) Ans (B)
(a) Panini (b) Alara Kalama
(c) Kapila (d) Patanjali 34. Who among the following was the First
Ans (B) Viceroy of India? (SSC CGL, 2019)
(a) Lord Ripon (b) Lord Curzon
27. The prose collection of the Vedic poems (c) Lord Mountbatten (d) Lord Canning
are: (SSC CGL, 2019) Ans (D)
(a) Samhitas (b) Upanishads
(c) Aranyakas (d) Brahmanas 35. Prithvi Raj Chauhan was defeated in the
Ans (A) Second Battle of Tarain by (SSC CGL, 2019)
(a) Mahmud Ghazni (b) Muhammad Ghori
28. Non-violence as taught and practised by (c) Qutbuddin Aibak (d) Yalduz
Mahatma Gandhi is rooted in the Indian Ans (B)
Doctrine of (SSC CGL, 2019)
(a) Swaraj (b) Swadeshi 36. The original name of Nana Phadnavis was
(c) Satyagraha (d) Ahimsa (SSC CGL, 2019)
Ans (D) (a) Mahadaji Sindhia
(b) Tukoji Holkar
29. Who was the founder of the Aligarh (c) Narayan Rao
Movement ? (SSC CGL, 2019) (d) Balaji Janardan Bhanu
(a) Syed Amir Ali Ans (D)
(b) Maulvi Chiragh Ali
(c) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan 37. Who among the following first
(d) Abdul Halim Sharar propounded the idea of Basic Education?
Ans (C) (SSC CGL, 2019)
(a) Jawahar Lal Nehru
30. 'Prince of Pilgrims' was the name (b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
attributed to (SSC CGL, 2019) (c) Mahatma Gandhi
(a) Plutarch (b) Hiuen Tsang (d) Dayanand Saraswati
(c) Fa-Hien (d) I-Tsing Ans (C)
Ans (B)
38. Arrange the following in chronological
31. Where did Buddha deliver his first order: (SSC CGL, 2019)
sermon? (SSC CGL, 2019) I. Dandi March
(a) Sarnath (b) Rajagriha II. Simon Commission
(c) Kapilavastu (d) Bodh-Gaya III. Poona Pact
Ans (A) IV. Gandhi Irwin Pact
(a) II, I, III, IV (b) II, I, IV, III
32. Name the Mughal Prince, who translated (c) IV, III, I, II (d) IV, III, II, I
Bhagavat Gita into Persian ? (SSC CGL, 2019) Ans (B)
(a) Dara Shukoh (b) Sulaiman Shukoh
(c) Khusru (d) Murad 39. The city of Prayag was named Allahabad -
Ans (A) the city of Allah by? (SSC CGL, 2019)
(a) Aurangzeb (b) Akbar
(c) Shahjahan (d) Bahadur Shah Zafar
Ans (B) 46. Rowlatt Act 1919 was enacted during the
period of ? (SSC CGL, 2020)
40. Who gave the title of "Mahamana" to (a) Lord Chelmford (b) Lord William
Madan Mohan Malviya ? (SSC CGL, 2020) (c) Lord Minto (d) Lord Bentinck
(a) Bal Gandadhar Tilak Ans (A)
(b) Dada Bhai Naurozi
(c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale 47. Panchayati Raj System was implemented
(d) Mahatma Gandhi first in the pair of states? (SSC CGL, 2020)
Ans (D) (a) Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan
(b) Assam and Bihar
41. Who was the Viceroy of the time of Quit (c) Arunachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh
India Movement? (SSC CGL, 2020) (d) Punjab and Chandigarh
(a) Lord Irwin (b) Lord Mountbatten Ans (A)
(c) Lord Wavell (d) Lord Lin Lithgow
Ans (D) 48. Which of the following tribes is associated
with the "Tana Bhagat" movement?
42. Who was the other Congress leader who (SSC CGL, 2020)
joined with Motilal Nehru to start the Swaraj (a) Uraon (b) Munda
Party in 1923? (SSC CGL, 2020) (c) Santhal (d) Kondadora
(a) G.K. Gokhale (b) B.G. Tilak Ans (A)
(c) Chittaranjan Das (d) M.K. Gandhi
Ans (C) 49. Who founded the Naujawan Bharat
Sabha? (SSC CGL, 2020)
43. What is the first sermon of Buddha called (a) B. C. Pal
as? (SSC CGL, 2020) (b) G. Subramania Iyer
(a) Mahaparinivansutta (c) Sardar Bhagat Singh
(b) Brahmajalasutta (d) Rukmani Lakshmipathi
(c) Dhammachakkapabattanasutta Ans (C)
(d) Kachchayanagottasutta
Ans (C) 50. The Narendra Mandal or Chamber of
Princes was inaugurated in 1921 by? (SSC
44. From which of the following banks did CGL, 2020)
Madan Mohan Malaviya take loans for (a) Lord Curzon
financing "The Hindustan Times"? (b) Lord Wellesley
(SSC CGL, 2020) (c) Duke of Cannaught
(a) State Bank of India (d) Duke of Wellingdon
(b) Punjab National Bank Ans (C)
(c) Bank of Maharashtra
(d) Bank of Baroda 51. Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha together
Ans (B) are known as ? (SSC CGL, 2020)
(a) Triratna (b) Trivarga
45. Where are the Todas found? (c) Trisarga (d) Trimurti
(SSC CGL, 2020) Ans (A)
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Tamil Nadu 52. Who was called Lichchavi Dauhitra?
(c) Rajasthan (SSC CGL, 2020)
(d) Aruncachal Pradesh (a) Chandragupta I (b) Skandagupta
Ans (B) (c) Kumaragupta (d) Samudragupta
Ans (A)
53. Pulakesin II was the greatest ruler of the ? 59. The Gandharva School of art is also known
(SSC CGL, 2020) as the ? (SSC CGL, 2020)
(a) Chalukyas of Kalyani (a) Buddhist-Roman art
(b) Pallavas of Kanchi (b) Dravidian-Roman art
(c) Cholas of Tamil Nadu (c) Greco-Roman art
(d) Chalukyas of Badami (d) Greco-Roman-Buddhist art
Ans (B) Ans (D)
54. The Uttaramerur inscription provides 60. The Bolshevik Revolution of Russia
information on the administration of the ? symbolized following: (SSC CGL, 2020)
(SSC CGL, 2020) (a) coming of the Communist Rule
(a) Pallavas (b) Cholas (b) establishment of Republic of Russia
(c) Chalukyas (d) Satavahanas (c) establishment of Democracy in Russia
Ans (B) (d) overthrow of Romanov Dynasty
Ans (A)
55. Pitts India Act of 1784 was a/an ?
(SSC CGL, 2020)
(a) Ordinance (b) Resolution 61. Which General, who commanded the
(c) White paper (d) Regulation Act British forces against the Americans in their
Ans (B) War of Independence later became Governor-
General of India ? (SSC CGL, 2020)
56. Which one of the following statements is (a) Dalhousie
not true in respect of A.O. Hume? (b) William Bentinck
(SSC CGL, 2020) (c) Wellesley
(a) He founded the Indian National Congress. (d) Cornwallis
(b) He presided over the Congress Annual Ans (B)
Sessions twice.
(c) He was an ornithologist. 62. Who established the Indian Civil Liberties
(d) He was a member of the Indian Civil Union in 1936? (SSC CGL, 2020)
Service. (a) Subhash Chandra Bose
Ans (B) (b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) Jawahar Lal Nehru
57. Which of the following movements saw (d) Rajendra Prasad
the biggest peasant guerilla war on the eve of Ans (C)
independence? (SSC CGL, 2020)
(a) Punnapra Vayalar Movement 63. Which of the following was established
(b) Telangana Movement first? (SSC CGL, 2020)
(c) Noakhali Movement (a) Banaras Hindu University
(d) Tebhaga Movement (b) University of Bombay
Ans (B) (c) Aligarh Muslim University
(d) University of Allahabad
58. The founder of the Lodi Dynasty was ? Ans (B)
(SSC CGL, 2020)
(a) Bahlol Lodi 64. The first Indian Satellite Aryabhatta was
(b) Sikandar Shah Lodi launched in : (SSC CGL, 2020)
(c) Jalal Khan Lodi (a) 1972 (b) 1975
(d) Ibrahim Lodi (c) 1977 (d) 1979
Ans (A) Ans (B)
65. Where did Aurangzeb die?
(SSC CGL, 2020) Ans (C)
(a) Pune (b) Aurangabad
(c) Ahmad Nagar (d) Mumbai 73. The land measures of the Second Pandyan
Ans (C) Empire was mentioned in : (SSC CGL 2014)
(a) Thalavaipuram Copper Plates
66. Who gave the title of "Sardar" to Ballabh (b) Uttirameru Inscription
Bhai Patel? (SSC CGL, 2020) (c) Kudumiyammalai Inscription
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (d) Kasakudi Copper Plates
(b) Vinoba Bhave Ans (A)
(c) Women of Bardoli
(d) Peasants of Gujrat 74. Who was the greatest ruler of the
Ans (A) Satavahanas? (SSC CGL 2014)
(a) Satkarni I
67. What Satyagraha was held at Nagpur in (b) Gautamiputra Satkarni
1923? (SSC CGL, 2020) (c) Simuka
(a) Salt Satyagraha (d) Hala
(b) Individual Satyagraha Ans (B)
(c) Ryots Satyagraha
(d) Flag Satyagraha 75. The greatest king of the Pratihara dynasty
Ans (D) was : (SSC CGL, 2015)
(a) Bhoj (Mihir-Bhoj) (b) Dantidurga
68. Which one of the following is not a sect of (c) Nagbhatta II (d) Vatsaraj
Buddhism? (SSC CGL, 2020) Ans (A)
(a) Mahayana (b) Hinayana
(c) Digambar (d) Theravad 76. In 1939 Subhash Chandra Bose was
Ans (C) elected as President of the Congress Party
defeating : (SSC CGL, 2015)
69. Who was the viceroy when Delhi became (a) Jawaharlal Nehru
the capital of British India? (SSC CGL, 2020) (b) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(a) Lord Curzon (b) Lord Minto (c) V.B. Patel
(c) Lord Hardinge (d) Lord Waveli (d) Pattabhi Sitharamayya
Ans (C) Ans (D)
70. Multan was named by the Arabs as (SSC 77. Jallianwala incident took place at :
CGL 2014) (SSC CGL, 2015)
(a) City of beauty (b) City of wealth (a) Lucknow (b) Surat
(c) City of gold (d) Pink city (c) Amritsar (d) Allahabad
Ans (C) Ans (C)
71. Which one of the following was the book 78. Who was the founder of Lodhi dynasty ?
written by Amoghvarsha, the Rashtrakuta (SSC CGL, 2015)
King? (SSC CGL 2014) (a) Sikandar Lodhi (b) Bahlol Lodhi
(a) Adipurana (b) Ganitasara Samgraha (c) Ibrahim Lodhi (d) Daulat Lodhi
(c) Saktayana (d) Kavirajamarga Ans (B)
Ans (D)
79. Which one of the following pair is not
72. Who built the Kailasanatha Temple at correctly matched ? (SSC CGL, 2015)
Ellora? (SSC CGL 2014) (a) Akbar - Todarmal
(a) Rajendra I (b) Mahendra Varman I (b) Chanakya - Chandragupta
(c) Krishna I (d) Govinda I (c) Vikramaditya - Chaitanya
(d) Harshvardhan - Hiuen Tsang (d) Arya Samaj
Ans (C) Ans (A)
80. The South East trade winds are attracted 87. Who initiated the movement to form the
towards the Indian sub continent in the rainy Indian National Congress: (SSC CGL, 2015)
season due to (SSC CGL, 2015) (a) Annie Besant (b) A.O. Hume
(a) the effect of easterlies (c) W.C. Banerjee (d) Gandhi ji
(b) the effect of Northern-East trade winds Ans (B)
(c) the presence of low atmospheric pressure
over North- West India 88. Kamarup is an ancient name of which
(d) None of these region of India? (SSC CGL, 2016)
Ans (C) (a) Bihar (b) Rajasthan
(c) Karnataka (d) Assam
81. What is 'Reformation'? (SSC CGL, 2015) Ans (C)
(a) Revival of classical learning
(b) The revolt against authority of pope 89. Which battle led to the downfall of the
(c) Rise of absolute monarchy Vijayanagar empire? (SSC CGL, 2016)
(d) Change in attitude of man (a) Battle of Takkolam(b) Battle of Talikota
Ans (B) (c) Battle of Kanwah (d) Battle of Panipat
Ans (B)
82. Swaraj is my Birth Right and I shall have
it. This was advocated by : (SSC CGL, 2015) 90. Who introduced Mansabdari system in
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Lala Lajpat Rai India? (SSC CGL, 2016)
(c) Sardar Patel (d) Lokmanya Tilak (a) Babur (b) Humayun
Ans (D) (c) Akbar (d) Jahangir
Ans (C)
83. Gandhiji's Famous Quit India Movement
call to the British was given in : (SSC CGL, 91. The 'Cabinet Mission' of 1946 was led by
2015) 1946 : (SSC CGL, 2016)
(a) 1940 (b) 1942 (a) Lord Linlithgow (b) Lord Mountbatten
(c) 1941 (d) 1943 (c) Sir Pethic Lawrence (d) Sir Mountford
Ans (B) Ans (C)
84. In which year was the Indian National 92. What did Gandhiji meant by 'Sarvodaya'?
Congress formed : (SSC CGL, 2015) (SSC CGL, 2016)
(a) 1901 (b) 1835 (a) Non-violence
(c) 1875 (d) 1885 (b) Upliftment of untouchables or dalits
Ans (D) (c) The birth of a new society based on ethical
values
85. Bangladesh was created in : (d) Satyagraha
(SSC CGL, 2015) Ans (C)
(a) 1973 (b) 1970
(c) 1972 (d) 1971 93. Harsha moved his capital from _____ to
Ans (D) ____. (SSC CGL, 2016)
(a) Thanesar, Kanauj (b) Delhi, Deogiri
86. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the founder of: (c) Kamboj, Kanauj (d) Valabhi, Delhi
(SSC CGL, 2015) Ans (A)
(a) Brahmo Samaj 94. A collective term used by the Jains for
(b) Prathna Samaj their sacred books is (SSC CGL, 2016)
(c) Ram Krishna Mission (a) Prabandhas (b) Agamas
(c) Nibandhas (d) Charits 101. Which is the first Hindi newspaper of
Ans (B) India? [SSC CGL 2021 20th April 1st Shift]
(a) Udaan (b) Azad Vichaar
95. Who propounded the "Doctrine of Passive (c) Udant Martand (d) Vichaar Vyakti
Resistance"? (SSC CGL, 2016) Ans. C
(a) Balgangadhar Tilak
(b) Aurobindo Ghosh
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(d) Bipin Chandra Pal
Ans (B)
96. The first Muslim to be elected President of
'Indian National Congress' was?
(SSC CGL,
2016)
(a) Maulana Azad (b) Mohammed Ali
(c) Badruddin Tyabji (d) Shah Wali-ullah
Ans (C)
97. Who estimated the National Income for
the first time in India?
[SSC CGL 2021 20th April 1st Shift]
(a) Mahalanobis (b) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) V K R V Rao (d) Sardar Patel
Ans. B
98. World War I broke out in the year –
[SSC CGL 2021 20th April 2nd Shift]
(a) 1904 (b) 1914
(c) 1924 (d) 1934
Ans. B
99. What was the capital of Maharaja Ranjit
Singh's kingdom?
[SSC CGL 2021 20th April 3rd Shift]
(a) Patna (b) Fatehpur Sikri
(c) Islamabad (d) Lahore
100. Tipu Sultan was also known as Tiger of
________. [SSC CGL 2021 20th April 3rd
Shift]
(a) Mysore (b) Delhi
(c) Agra (d) Gwalior
Ans. A
10. Sri Aurobindo was born in the year
[SSC CGL 2021 20th April 2nd Shift]
(a) 1772 (b) 1822
(c) 1872 (d) 1922
