20 Most Repeated History MCQs in SSC Exams (Part - 02)

 📝 Are you preparing for SSC CGL, CHSL, MTS, or GD exams? In this post, we’ve compiled 20 most important History PYQs (Previous Year Questions) asked in various SSC exams from 2017 to 2024 . These questions are topic-wise, exam-tested, and come with correct answers. Practice daily to strengthen your General Awareness section and boost your score!

📚 SSC GK PYQs –  History (Topic-wise MCQs)

> Level: Easy to Moderate | Topic: Ancient, Medieval, Modern India

 Includes questions from SSC CGL , CHSL ,GD , MTS  (2017-2024)

🧠 History PYQs – Set - 02 (20 Questions)

1. Who was the first Governor-General of India?

a) Lord Dalhousie

b) Lord Canning

c) Warren Hastings

d) Lord Mountbatten

✅ Answer: c) Warren Hastings

2. Who founded the Arya Samaj?

a) Swami Vivekananda

b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

c) Dayanand Saraswati

d) Swami Dayananda

✅ Answer: c) Dayanand Saraswati

3. Who was the founder of the Maurya Empire?

a) Ashoka

b) Bindusara

c) Bimbisara

d) Chandragupta Maurya

✅ Answer: d) Chandragupta Maurya

4. The Battle of Plassey was fought in which year?

a) 1757

b) 1764

c) 1857

d) 1707

✅ Answer: a) 1757

5. Who was the last Mughal Emperor of India?

a) Akbar II

b) Bahadur Shah II

c) Aurangzeb

d) Shah Alam II

✅ Answer: b) Bahadur Shah II

6. When was the Quit India Movement launched?

a) 1940

b) 1941

c) 1942

d) 1943

✅ Answer: c) 1942

7. Who introduced the Doctrine of Lapse?

a) Lord Wellesley

b) Lord Curzon

c) Lord Dalhousie

d) Lord Ripon

✅ Answer: c) Lord Dalhousie

8. The 'Dandi March' was led by Mahatma Gandhi in which year?

a) 1930

b) 1920

c) 1919

d) 1942

✅ Answer: a) 1930

9. Who was known as 'The Iron Man of India'?

a) Jawaharlal Nehru

b) Subhas Chandra Bose

c) Vallabhbhai Patel

d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

✅ Answer: c) Vallabhbhai Patel

10. Which Indian freedom fighter formed the 'Azad Hind Fauj'?

a) Bhagat Singh

b) Sardar Patel

c) Subhas Chandra Bose

d) Mahatma Gandhi

✅ Answer: c) Subhas Chandra Bose

11. In which year was the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre?

a) 1917

b) 1919

c) 1920

d) 1921

✅ Answer: b) 1919

12. Who was the first Indian to become President of the Indian National Congress?

a) W.C. Banerjee

b) Dadabhai Naoroji

c) Badruddin Tyabji

d) S.N. Banerjee

✅ Answer: a) W.C. Banerjee

13. The Khilafat Movement was started to support which country?

a) Egypt

b) Turkey

c) Saudi Arabia

d) Afghanistan

✅ Answer: b) Turkey

14. Who built the Red Fort in Delhi?

a) Akbar

b) Humayun

c) Shah Jahan

d) Aurangzeb

✅ Answer: c) Shah Jahan

15. Which dynasty was founded by Qutb-ud-din Aibak?

a) Mughal

b) Khilji

c) Tughlaq

d) Slave Dynasty

✅ Answer: d) Slave Dynasty

16. Who wrote the book ‘Discovery of India’?

a) Mahatma Gandhi

b) Jawaharlal Nehru

c) Sardar Patel

d) B.R. Ambedkar

✅ Answer: b) Jawaharlal Nehru

17. The Ashokan inscriptions were written in which script?

a) Devanagari

b) Brahmi

c) Sanskrit

d) Prakrit

✅ Answer: b) Brahmi

18. Who is called the ‘Grand Old Man of India’?

a) Lala Lajpat Rai

b) W.C. Banerjee

c) Dadabhai Naoroji

d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

✅ Answer: c) Dadabhai Naoroji

19. The Simon Commission came to India in which year?

a) 1927

b) 1928

c) 1930

d) 1935

✅ Answer: a) 1927

20. The capital of Magadha during Buddha’s time 

was?

a) Patna

b) Vaishali

c) Rajgir

d) Pataliputra

✅ Answer: c) Rajgir