History (Morning) Quiz for SSC CGL 2016

1. The Asiatic Society was founded by:
(a) Sir William Jones,
(b) Sir John Marshall,
(c) RD Banerjee,
(d) Sir William Bentinck


2. The moderate leaders left the Congress after lucknow session of the congress and founded a new party called the 
(a) Indian Liberal Federation or Liberal Party,
(b) National Party,
(c) Congress Socialist Party,
(d) Unionist Party

3. Which one of the following associations was organized by Dadabhai Naoroji, The Grand Old Man of India’?
(a) The East India Association, 1866,
(b) The Poona Sarvajanik Sabha, 1870,
(c) The Bombay Presidency Association 1885,
(d) The Indian National Conference 1883

4. The date of Partition of Bengal, October 16, 1905 was celebrated on the suggestion of Rabindranath Tagore, as:
(a) Solidarity Day,
(b) Rakhi Bandhan Day,
(c) Black Day,
(d) Brotherhood Day

5. The first Indian leader to undergo imprisonment in 1882 was:
(a) B G Tilak,
(b) C Vijaraghavachari,
(c) Ashwani Kumar Datta,
(d) Bipin Chandra Pal

6. In which one of the following sessions was the Indian National Congress split into Moderates and Extremists?
(a) Nagpur,
(b) Allahabad,
(c) Surat,
(d) Calcutta

7. Consider the follwing events during India’s Freedom Struggle:
(1) Chauri Chaura Outrage,
(2) Minto Morley Reforms,
(3) Dandi March,
(4) Montague Chelmsford Reforms
Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the events above?
(a) 1, 3, 2, 4,
(b) 2, 4, 1, 3,
(c) 1, 4, 2, 3,
(d) 2, 3, 1, 4

8. With reference to the Indian Freedom Struggle, Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the given events?
(a) Partition of Bengal-Lucknow Pact-Surat Split of Congress,
(b) Partition of Bengal-Surat Split of Congress-Lucknow  Pact,
(c) Surat Split of Congress – Partition of Bengal – Lucknow Pact,
(d) Surat Split of congress- Lucknow Pact – Partition of Bengal

9. Consider the following statements regarding important Congress Session:
(a) George Yule become the 1st English President at Allahabad Session in 1888.,
(b) Badruddin Tayabji become the 1st Muslim President at Madras Session in 1887,
(c) Annie besant become the 1st women President at Calcutta Session in 1917.
Which of the given above statements is/are correct?
(a) only a,
(b) only b,
(c) a and c,
(d) all of these

10. The basic defect of the Lucknow pact was that it was :
(a) a pact between powerless leaders,
(b) a marriage of convenience without a priest,
(c) Based on the wrong notion that Hindus and Muslims formed separate communities,
(d) an agreement based purely on the bond of common hatred of foreign rule