Modern History - MOST IMPORTANT SSC CPO Previous Year Questions
Practice real questions from previous year exams of SSC CPO.
📘 The Revolt Of 1857📚 Leaders of the Revolt
Q1
During the 1857 uprising, who among the following took up the leadership at Faizabad?
🎯 SSC CPO 13/12/2019 (Morning)
📘 The Revolt Of 1857📚 Causes of the Revolt
Q2
The Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 took place when_was the Governor General of India.
🎯 SSC CPO 14/03/2019 (Morning)
📘 British India Acts & Policies📚 Press Acts
Q3
Who among the following repealed the Vernacular Press Act of 1878?
🎯 SSC CPO 10/11/2022 (Morning)
📘 Governor- Governor-Generals & Viceroys During British India📚 Governor- Governor-Generals & Viceroys During British India
Q4
In 1856, Governor-General _ decided that Bahadur Shah Zafar would be the last Mughal king and after his death none of his descendants would be recognised as kings - they would just be called princes.
🎯 SSC CPO 10/11/2022 (Afternoon)
📘 British Expansion in India📚 Conquest of Bengal
Q5
In _, the Mughal emperor appointed the Company as the Diwan of the provinces of Bengal.
🎯 SSC CPO 10/11/2022 (Afternoon)
📘 Governor- Governor-Generals & Viceroys During British India📚 Governor- Governor-Generals & Viceroys During British India
Q6
Who among the following was the Viceroy of India during the formation of the Indian National Congress?
🎯 SSC CPO 11/11/2022 (Evening)
📘 Administration before 1857📚 Administration before 1857
Q7
Which of the following Governor- Generals introduced a code which provided for the separation of revenue administration from judicial administration?
🎯 SSC CPO 11/12/2019 (Morning)
📘 British Expansion in India📚 Anglo-Sikh Wars
Q8
Who was the Governor General of India during the first Anglo-Sikh War?
🎯 SSC CPO 12/03/2019 (Morning)
📘 British Expansion in India📚 The Subsidiary Alliance System
Q9
Which of the following Indian states was the first to sign a subsidiary alliance with the British?
🎯 SSC CPO 09/11/2022 (Afternoon)
📘 British Expansion in India📚 Doctrine of Lapse
Q10
Lord Dalhousie, the Governor-General, introduced which of the following policies pertaining to the expansion of the British Empire?
🎯 SSC CPO 10/11/2022 (Evening)
📘 British India Acts & Policies📚 Administrative Acts
Q11
In which town The Supreme Court was established for the First time under the Regulating Act of 1773?
🎯 SSC CPO 11/11/2022 (Morning)
📘 Indian National Movement - II (1918-1929)📚 Rowlatt Act and Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
Q12
The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, Also Known As The Amritsar Massacre, Took Place In Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar, Punjab On-
🎯 SSC CPO 14/03/2019 (Evening)
📘 Indian National Movement - III (1930-1947)📚 Indian Independence Act 1947
Q13
India was divided into India and Pakistan by the _ Act.
🎯 SSC CPO 16/03/2019 (Evening)
📘 Indian National Movement - I (1905-1918)📚 Swadeshi Movement
Q14
At which of the following places was the formal proclamation of the Swadeshi movement made on 7 August 1905?
🎯 SSC CPO 09/11/2022 (Afternoon)
📘 Indian National Movement - I (1905-1918)📚 Swadeshi Movement
Q15
"Amar Sonar Bangla', the national anthem of Bangladesh was composed by_"
🎯 SSC CPO 13/12/2019 (Morning)
📘 Indian Personalities involved in Indian Freedom Struggle📚 Personalities involved in Indian Freedom Struggle
Q16
Who, before going to the gallows, had expressed his desire for keeping his ashes intact till India is reunited and throwing them into the Indus after the reunification has been achieved?
🎯 SSC CPO 11/12/2019 (Evening)
📘 Indian Personalities involved in Indian Freedom Struggle📚 Personalities involved in Indian Freedom Struggle
Q17
The noted freedom fighter Saheed Laxman Nayak belonged to the state of _.
🎯 SSC CPO 13/12/2019 (Morning)
📘 Indian National Movement - III (1930-1947)📚 Round Table Conferences and their results
Q18
The third round table conference was held in the year _.
🎯 SSC CPO 13/12/2019 (Morning)
📘 Events related to Mahatma Gandhi📚 Events related to Gandhi after coming to India
Q19
Who said the following words? "A flag is a necessity for all nations. Millions have died for it."
🎯 SSC CPO 16/03/2019 (Morning)
📘 Revolutionary Nationalism📚 Revolutionary activities inside India
Q20
Who among the following organised the armed rebellion against the British Raj in 1879 in Maharashtra?
🎯 SSC CPO 09/11/2022 (Afternoon)