20 Most Repeated History MCQs in SSC Exams (Part - 04)

 📝 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)

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

🧠 History PYQs – Set 4 (20 Questions)

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1. Who was the first Indian to be elected to the British Parliament?

a) Dadabhai Naoroji

b) M.G. Ranade

c) W.C. Banerjee

d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

✅ Answer: a) Dadabhai Naoroji

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2. When was the Indus Valley Civilization first discovered?

a) 1901

b) 1921

c) 1935

d) 1911

✅ Answer: b) 1921

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3. Who presided over the historic Lahore Session of 1929 where 'Purna Swaraj' was declared?

a) Sardar Patel

b) Subhas Chandra Bose

c) Mahatma Gandhi

d) Jawaharlal Nehru

✅ Answer: d) Jawaharlal Nehru

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4. Who was the founder of the Chola Dynasty?

a) Rajaraja Chola I

b) Vijayalaya Chola

c) Rajendra Chola

d) Kulottunga Chola

✅ Answer: b) Vijayalaya Chola

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5. Who started the construction of Qutub Minar?

a) Iltutmish

b) Alauddin Khilji

c) Qutb-ud-din Aibak

d) Balban

✅ Answer: c) Qutb-ud-din Aibak

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6. India became a Republic on —

a) 26 January 1947

b) 15 August 1948

c) 26 January 1950

d) 15 August 1950

✅ Answer: c) 26 January 1950

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7. Who founded the Indian National Congress (INC)?

a) W.C. Banerjee

b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

c) A.O. Hume

d) Surendranath Banerjee

✅ Answer: c) A.O. Hume

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8. Which Mughal emperor introduced the Mansabdari system?

a) Humayun

b) Akbar

c) Babur

d) Jahangir

✅ Answer: b) Akbar

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9. “Hind Swaraj” was written by —

a) M.K. Gandhi

b) Jawaharlal Nehru

c) B.R. Ambedkar

d) Lala Lajpat Rai

✅ Answer: a) M.K. Gandhi

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10. Capital of Kanishka’s empire was —

a) Mathura

b) Taxila

c) Purushapura (Peshawar)

d) Sravasti

✅ Answer: c) Purushapura

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11. When did the Simon Commission come to India?

a) 1925

b) 1927

c) 1930

d) 1932

✅ Answer: b) 1927

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12. Who led the Revolt of 1857 in Kanpur?

a) Tantia Tope

b) Rani Laxmi Bai

c) Nana Sahib

d) Bahadur Shah Zafar

✅ Answer: c) Nana Sahib

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13. Where was the first session of INC held?

a) Delhi

b) Bombay

c) Calcutta

d) Madras

✅ Answer: b) Bombay (Mumbai)

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14. “Lokmanya” was the title of —

a) Lala Lajpat Rai

b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

d) Rabindranath Tagore

✅ Answer: b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

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15. The Battle of Haldighati was fought between —

a) Akbar and Rana Pratap

b) Babar and Rana Sanga

c) Sher Shah and Humayun

d) Jahangir and Rana Amar Singh

✅ Answer: a) Akbar and Rana Pratap

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16. Founder of Satavahana Dynasty —

a) Simuka

b) Satakarni

c) Pulumavi

d) Gautamiputra

✅ Answer: a) Simuka

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17. The slogan “Do or Die” was given during which movement?

a) Non-Cooperation

b) Swadeshi

c) Civil Disobedience

d) Quit India

✅ Answer: d) Quit India Movement (1942)

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18. Last ruler of the Mauryan dynasty —

a) Ashoka

b) Brihadratha

c) Bindusara

d) Dasaratha

✅ Answer: b) Brihadratha

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19. Who introduced Permanent Settlement in Bengal?

a) Lord Wellesley

b) Lord Cornwallis

c) Warren Hastings

d) Lord Ripon

✅ Answer: b) Lord Cornwallis

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20. Treaty of Srirangapatna was signed between Tipu Sultan and —

a) Dutch

b) British

c) Portuguese

d) Frenc

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✅ Answer: b) British