History Quiz For SSC Exams

1. ‘Dyarchy’ in the provincial Government was established by the___

(a) Act of 1892

(b) Act of 1909

(c) Act of 1919

(d) Act of 1935

2. With which of the following newspapers was Jawahar Lal Nehru associated?

(a) The Leader

(b) Amrit Bazar Patrika

(c) The Tribune 

(d) National Herald 

3. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists:

            List-I (Event)                            List-II(Year)

A. Khilafat  Movement                       1. 1930

B. Chauri-Chaura Incident                       2. 1917

C. Champaran Movement               3. 1920

D. First Round Table Conference       4. 1922

Codes :

      A B C D

(a) 2 3 4 1

(b) 4 1 2 3

(c) 2 1 4 3

(d) 3 4 2 1

4. Who called Gandhiji ‘half naked beggar’ ?

(a) Mountbatten

(b) Hastings

(c) Winston Churchill

(d) Jinnah

5. Who was the author of the book ‘My Experiments with Truth’?

(a) Aurobindo Ghosh

(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(c) M.K. Gandhi

(d) Vinoba Bhave

6. After the Chauri-Chaura incident, Gandhiji suspended the___

(a) Civil Disobedience Movement

(b) Khilafat Movement 

(c) Non-Co-operation Movement 

(d) Quit India Movement 

7. Mahatma Gandhi’s remark, ‘A post-dated cheque on a crumbling bank’ is regarding the proposals of___

(a) Simon Commission

(b) Cripps Mission

(c) Cabinet Mission 

(d) Wavel Plan

8. Under whose leadership was the Congress Socialist Party founded in 1934?

(a) Jawahar Lal Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi

(b) Acharya Narendra Dev and Jai Prakash Narayan

(c) Subhas Chandra Bose and P.C. Joshi

(d) Saifuddin Kitchlew and Rajendra Prasad

9. The final arrangements for the India’s independence were worked out by the___

(a) Cabinet Mission

(b) Simon Commission

(c) Gandhi-Irwin Pact

(d) Cripps Mission

10. India attained ‘Dominion States’ on___

(a) 15th January, 1947

(b) 15th August, 1947

(c) 15th August, 1950

(d) 15th October, 1947

Answers Key:
1. (c)
2. (d)
3. (d)
4. (c)
5. (c)
6. (c)
7. (b)
8. (b)
9. (a)
10.(b)