SSC General Knowledge MCQs are a great way to improve your preparation for various SSC exams. These multiple choice questions are carefully selected to cover important topics like History, Geography, Indian Constitution, General Science and Economics.
Whether you are just starting your SSC exam or are already preparing, these MCQs will help you in your SSC exam preparation.
This set is designed for learning purpose, so read each question carefully and then look at the answer. This will strengthen your general knowledge base.
History
Q1. Who was the first President of India?
- a) Rajendra Prasad
- b) Jawaharlal Nehru
- c) B. R. Ambedkar
- d) Sardar Patel
Q2. In which year did the Battle of Plassey take place?
- a) 1761
- b) 1757
- c) 1857
- d) 1764
Q3. Who founded the Maurya Empire?
- a) Ashoka
- b) Bindusara
- c) Chandragupta Maurya
- d) Harsha
Q4. The Quit India Movement was launched in which year?
- a) 1930
- b) 1942
- c) 1919
- d) 1947
Q5. Who was the last Governor-General of independent India?
- a) Lord Mountbatten
- b) C. Rajagopalachari
- c) Jawaharlal Nehru
- d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Q6. Who wrote the book *Discovery of India*?
- a) Mahatma Gandhi
- b) S. Radhakrishnan
- c) Jawaharlal Nehru
- d) B. R. Ambedkar
Q7. The Harappan Civilization flourished on which river?
- a) Ganga
- b) Saraswati
- c) Indus
- d) Yamuna
Q8. Who was known as the Iron Man of India?
- a) Subhash Chandra Bose
- b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
- c) Bhagat Singh
- d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Q9. Who was the first woman ruler of Delhi?
- a) Rani Lakshmi Bai
- b) Razia Sultana
- c) Chand Bibi
- d) Nur Jahan
Q10. Who introduced the Permanent Settlement in India?
- a) Lord Cornwallis
- b) Warren Hastings
- c) Lord Wellesley
- d) Lord Dalhousie
Q11. Which Indian leader gave the slogan “Do or Die”?
- a) Bhagat Singh
- b) Subhash Chandra Bose
- c) Mahatma Gandhi
- d) Lala Lajpat Rai
Q12. Who among the following was a founder of the Indian National Congress?
- a) Dadabhai Naoroji
- b) A. O. Hume
- c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
- d) Lala Lajpat Rai
Q13. Who was the Mughal ruler during the 1857 revolt?
- a) Akbar
- b) Bahadur Shah Zafar
- c) Shah Jahan
- d) Aurangzeb
Q14. The capital of the Mauryan Empire under Ashoka was
- a) Ujjain
- b) Patliputra
- c) Magadha
- d) Taxila
Q15. Which movement was launched after the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?
- a) Quit India Movement
- b) Khilafat Movement
- c) Non-Cooperation Movement
- d) Civil Disobedience Movement
Q16. Who was the first Sultan of Delhi?
- a) Iltutmish
- b) Balban
- c) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
- d) Alauddin Khilji
Q17. Who was the founder of Sikhism?
- a) Guru Arjan Dev
- b) Guru Tegh Bahadur
- c) Guru Nanak Dev
- d) Guru Gobind Singh
Q18. The Simon Commission was boycotted because
- a) It had no Indian members
- b) It recommended partition
- c) It opposed independence
- d) It abolished the Congress
Q19. Who gave the slogan “Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it”?
- a) Lala Lajpat Rai
- b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- c) Bhagat Singh
- d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Q20. Where did Mahatma Gandhi begin his first Satyagraha in India?
- a) Champaran
- b) Dandi
- c) Ahmedabad
- d) Bardoli
