1. The Maratha and Kesari were newspapers published by Lokmanya Tilak. In which language was the Maratha published? a) Marathi 2. Who was the first Indian to have entered the Indian Civil Service? a) Satyendra Nath Tagore 3. Who is called the ‘Nightingale of India’? a) Mother Teresa 4. Who was the founder of Mughal Empire in India? a) Akbar 5. At which place was Akbar born? a) Delhi 6. Who was the first Governor General of free India? a) C Rajagopalachari 7. In which year was the ‘Quit India’ movement launched? a) 1930 8. At what place did the British construct their first port in India? a) Calcutta 9. In which year was the Capital of India moved from Calcutta to Delhi? a) 1910 10. The earliest evidence regarding a ploughed field has been found from a) Lothal 11. In which of the following areas were the Rigvedic hymns mainly composed? a) Haryana and Uttar Pradesh 12. In what language were the Buddhist literary works generally written? a) Pali 13. Where is the well known inscription of Samudra Gupta describing his conquests found? a) Ujjain 14. Under whose reign were the earliest of Ajanta caves made? a) Chalukyas 15. Which of the following was composed by Banabhatta? a) Kadambari 1. English
History 1
b) Gujarati
c) English
d) Hindi
b) CC Desai
c) Surendra Nath Banerjee
d) Subash Chandra Bose
b) Vijayalakhmi Pundit
c) Indira Gandhi
d) Sarojini Naidu
b) Babur
c) Humayun
d) Timur
b) Agra
c) Amarkot
d) Kannauj
b) Mountbatten
c) Nehru
d) Vallabhai Patel
b) 1940
c) 1942
d) 1947
b) Bombay
c) Chennai
d) Surat
b) 1911
c) 1912
d) 1913
b) Kalibangan
c) Harappa
d) Maski
b) Gujarat and Rajasthan
c) Punjab and Haryana
d) Afghanistan
b) Sanskrit
c) Prakrit
d) Apabramsa
b) Allahabad
c) Mehrauli
d) Iran
b) Vakatakas
c) Cheras
d) Kshatrapas
b) Rajatarangini
c) Meghaduta
d) Arthashastra
Answers
2. Surendra Nath Banerjee
3. Sarojini Naidu
4. Babur
5. Amarkot
6. Mountbatten
7. 1942
8. Calcutta
9. 1911
10. Kalibangan
11. Punjab and Haryana
12. Pali
13. Allahabad
14. Vakatakas
15. Kadambari
History 2
1. In which edict did Asoka express regret over the bloodshed in his conquest of Kalinga?
a) Pillar Edict VII
b) Minor Rock Edict I
c) Lumbini Pillar Edict
d) Rock Edict XIII
2. Who was the first Delhi Sultan to introduce gold and silver coinage?
a) Iltumish
b) Balban
c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
d) Ibrahim Lodhi
3. Where is Ibadat Khana situated?
a) Lahore
b) Delhi
c) Agra
d) Fatehpur Sikri
4. During whose reign was Ramacharitamanas composed by Tulsidas?
a) Harsha
b) Akbar
c) Babur
d) Alauddin Khilji
5. Who amongst the Vijayanagar rulers is considered to be the greatest patron of literature?
a) Davaraya I
b) Rama Raja
c) Devaraya II
d) Krishnadevaraya
6. Who among the following made the ‘August offer’ of 1940 rejected by the Congress?
a) Lord Wavell
b) Lord Linlithgow
c) Sir George Stanley
d) Lord Willington
7. Who among the following pioneered the movement leading to the Widow Remarriage Act?
a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
b) Dayananda Saraswathi
c) Vivekananda
d) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
8. Which of the following was the designation of the principal governors in the Vijayanagar Empire?
a) Nayaks
b) Ranaks
c) Rayas
d) Senapathis
9. Which Sikh guru compiled the ‘Adi Granth’?
a) Gura Nanak
b) Ramdas
c) Arjun Dev
d) Tegh Bahadur
10. Which of the following terms is not related to Buddhism?
a) Sangha
b) Mahayana
c) Ashwamedha
d) Nirvana
Answers
1. Rock Edict XIII
2. Iltumish
3. Fatehpur Sikri
4. Akbar
5. Devaraya II
6. Lord Linlithgow
7. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
8. Nayaks
9. Arjun Dev
10. Ashwamedha
History 3
1. What did Ramanuja preach?
a) Satya
b) Ahimsa
c) Gyana
d) Bhakti
2. Who among the Governor Generals of India is called the ‘Maker of Modern India’?
a) Cornwallis
b) Warren Hastings
c) Lord Ripon
d) Lord Dalhousie
3. From where did Gandhiji develop the technique of Satyagraha?
a) South Africa
b) Chauri Chaura
c)Bardoli
d) Sabarmati
4. Who organized the ‘Khudai Khidmatgars’?
a) Abdul Ghaffar Khan
b) Abul Kalam Azad
c) Maulana Mohammad Ali
d) Sir Sayyid Ahmed Khan
5. Who among the following estimated Indian National Income and criticized the constant drain of wealth from India to England?
a) Gandhiji
b) Gokhale
c) Dadabhai Naoroji
d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
6. Who introduced the principle of the ‘Doctrine of Lapse’?
a) Clive
b) Cornwallis
c) Warren Hastings
d) Dalhousie
7. Which of the following Vedic sacrifices was a royal consecration ceremony?
a) Agnishtoma
b) Rajasuya
c) Vajapeya
d) Asvamedha
8. Which of the following dynasties was ruling at the time of the invasion of Alexander?
a) Nandas
b) Mauryas
c) Guptas
d) Sungas
9. In which one of the following do we come across a detailed account of the municipal administration of the Mauryas?
a) Arthashastra
b) Indica
b) Mudrarakshasa
d) Mauryan inscriptions
10. The Moplah rebellion broke out in
b) Uttarakhand
b) Chauri Chaura
c) Malabar
d) Telengana
11. To which period does the Mehrauli Pillar inscription belong?
a) Mauryas
b) Sungas
c) Kushanas
d) Guptas
12. Which of the following works deals with the history of Kashmir?
a) Gaudavaha
b) Harshacharita
c) Arthashastra
d) Rajatarangini
13. Who built the famous Moti Masjid in the Red Fort?
a) Sher Shah
b) Shahjahan
c) Aurangzeb
d) Akbar
14. During whose reign did Delhi become the capital of Hindustan for the first time?
a) Iltumish
b) Raziya
c) Balban
d) Qutub-ud-din Aibak
15. Which one of the following was one of the effects of the Sepoy Mutiny (1857)?
a) Reorganization of the East India company
b) Establishment of princely states
c) abolition of East India company
d) none of these
Answers
1. Bhakti
2. Lord Dalhousie
3. South Africa
4. Abdul Ghaffar Khan
5. Dadabhai Naoroji
6. Dalhousie
7. Rajasuya
8. Nandas
9. Indica
10. Malabar
11. Guptas
12. Rajatarangini
13. Shahjahan
14. Iltumish
15. abolition of East India company
Indian History Quiz 4
1. Who was the first Indian to be elected to the House of Commons?
a) Gokhale
b) Dadabhai Naoroji
c) Badr-ud-din-Tyabji
d) Romesh Chander Dutt
2. Which one of the following literature was patronized by the Pandya kings?
a) sacred literature
b) secular literature
c) Sangam literature
d) Sanskrit literature
3. At which of the following places did Vasco-da-Gama land on 20th May, 1498?
a) Calicut
b) Masulipatanam
c) Goa
d) Cannanore
4. Why did the Communists in India decide to support the Government of India during the World War II?
a) Gandhiji’s call to the nation
b) Lord Linlithgow’s statement
c) Activities of the Azad Hind Fauj
d) Hitler’s attack on Russia
5. The architectural features of Taj Mahal have resemblance to which of the following?
a) Jama Masjid at Delhi
b) Mecca Masjid at Hyderabad
c) Humayun’s tomb at Delhi
d) Gol Gombaz
6. Which of the following was the capital of the Hoysalas?
a) Warangal
b) Madurai
c) Dwarasamudram
d) Badami
7. Who was the first to describe the great mutiny of 1857 as the first War of Independence?
a) Nehru
b) Tilak
c) VD Savarkar
d) Lajpat Rai
8. Who among the following is referred to as the ‘Father of Local self-government in India’?
a) Lord Curzon
b) Lord Rippon
c) Lord Harding
d) Lord Dalhousie
9. With which of the following incidents did Mahatma Gandhi’s entry into national politics start?
a) Champaran movement
b) Dandi March
c) Non-cooperation movement
d) civil disobedience movement
10. In its session held at which place did Indian National Congress declare ‘Complete Independence’ as its goal?
a) Madras in 1927
b) Calcutta in 1928
c) Lahore in 1929
d) Allahabad in 1930
11. Which of the following works state that the society was divided into seven classes in the Mauryan period?
a) Arthashastra
b) Edicts of Asoka
c) Puranas
d) Indica
12. In which language were the Sangam classics written?
a) Tamil
b) Telugu
c) Kannada
d) Malayalam
13. Which of the following dynasties of early medieval India was justly famous for its system of village administration?
a) Cholas
b) Pandyas
c) Rashtrakutas
d) Palas
14. Who popularized Ganesh festival during the freedom struggle?
a) Mahadev Govinda Ranade
b) Gokhale
c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
d) VD Savarkar
15. Which of the following was the greatest achievement of Allauddin Khilji?
a) invasion of South India
b) contribution to art
c) measures to improve the standards of living
d) revenue system and control of inflation
Answers
1. Dadabhai Naoroji
2. Sangam literature
3. Calicut
4. Hitler’s attack on Russia
5. Humayun’s tomb at Delhi
6. Dwarasamudram
7. VD Savarkar
8. Lord Rippon
9. Champaran movement
10. Lahore in 1929
11. Indica
12. Tamil
13. Cholas
14. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
15. revenue system and control of inflation
Indian History Quiz 5
1. Which Chalukya King had the title of Sri Prithvi-Vallabha and Parameswara?
a) Pulakesin I
b) Maharaja Kirtivarman
c) Mangalesa
d) Pulakesin II
2. Which dynasty built the Meenakshi temple at Madurai?
a) Pandyas
b) Pallavas
c) Cholas
d) Palas
3. Who amongst the following is regarded as the historical founder of Jainism?
a) Mahavira
b) Sisunaga
c) Rishabha
d) Gautama
4. During the Indus Valley period what was the dominant number used for weights and measures?
a) six
b) eight
c) twelve
d) sixteen
5. During whose reign was India’s first currency note printed?
a) Ashoka
b) Samudra Gupta
c) Akbar
d) Vikramaditya
6. In which of the following kingdom was the Hoysala kingdom finally dissolved?
a) Bahmani
b) Pallavas
c) Vijayanagar
d) Chalukyas
7. Which of the following was the capital city of Tipu Sultan?
a) Dwarasamudra
b) Srirangam
c) Belur
d) Srirangapatanam
8. Which of the following was the most commonly used coin during the Mauryan period?
a) Nishka
b) Suvarna
c) Kakini
d) Karshapana
9. Who among the following did not accept the Subsidiary Alliance?
a) the Nizam of Hyderabad
b) The Scindia of Gwalior
c) The Rajput States of Jodhpur, Jaipur and Bharatpur
d) The Holkar state of Indore
10. To which dynasty did the famous king of legends Bhoja belong?
a) Rashtrakutas
b) Pratiharas
c) Pallavas
d) Palas
11. Akbar built Ibadat Khana at Fatehpur Sikri to
a) conduct mass prayer
b) hold darbar
c) hold religious discussions
d) hear public grievances
12. Which one of the given Mughal buildings bears the inscription ‘If on earth be an Eden of Bliss it is this, it is this, none but this’?
a) Diwan-i-Am
b) Diwan-i-Khas
c) Taj Mahal
d) Buland Darwaza
13. Who is the British Viceroy who took a number of measures to preserve ancient buildings and monuments of India?
a) Lord Irwin
b) Lord Cornwallis
c) Lord Ripon
d) Lord Lytton
14. Who presided over the Lahore session of the Indian National Congress when Swaraj was interpreted as complete independence?
a) WC Bannerji
b) Jawahar Lal Nehru
c) Gandhiji
d) Motilal Nehru
15. During whose reign did the Mughal painting achieve fulsome development?
a) Akbar
b) Jahangir
c) Shah Jahan
d) Aurangzeb
16. Where did Buddha give his first Sermon?
a) Lumbini
b) Bodh Gaya
c) Sarnath
d) Sanchi
17. Buddha attained enlightenment at
a) Bodh Gaya
b) Sarnath
c) Sanchi
d) Lumbini
18. Satavahanas minted their coins predominantly in
a) gold
b) silver
c) copper
d) lead
19. Which of the following was the first permanent home of Aryans in India?
a) Baluchistan
b) Sindh
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Punjab
20. Which of the following scholars accompanied Mahmood of Ghazni to India?
a) Ibn Batuta
b) Al-Biruni
c) Al-Firdausi
d) Al-Razi
21. Who were the first people to introduce Islam in India?
a) Arab merchants
b) Arab travelers
c) Turkish warriors
d) Persian Scholars
22. Who introduced the Iqtadari system?
a) Akbar
b) Ala-ud-din Khilji
c) Iltumish
d) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
23. Who among the following composed the popular devotional song ‘Bhaja Govindam’?
a) Thyagaraja
b) Shyama Shastri
c) Sankaracharya
d) Shad Kala Govinda Marar
24. In which of the following ancient towns was the great council held soon after the ‘nirvana’ of Buddha to codify his doctrines?
a) Kusinagara
b) Girivraja
c) Bodh Gaya
d) Sarnath
25. Who was the finance minister of Akbar?
a) Raja Man Singh
b) Raja Todar Mal
c) Faiji
d) Bahadur Singh
Answers
1. Pulakesin II
2. Pandyas
3. Mahavira
4. sixteen
5. Samudra Gupta
6. Bahmani
7. Srirangapatanam
8. Kakini
9. The Holkar state of Indore
10. Pratiharas
11. conduct mass prayer
12. Diwan-i-Khas
13. Lord Ripon
14. Jawahar Lal Nehru
15. Jahangir
16. Sarnath
17. Bodh Gaya
18. lead
19. Punjab
20. Al-Biruni
21. Arab travelers
22. Iltumish
23. Sankaracharya
24. Girivraja
25. Raja Todar Mal
Indian History 6
1. Who founded the famous Pala dynasty which ruled over Bengal?
a) Dharmapala
b) Devapala
c) Gopala I
d) Jayapala
2. From where did the Sakas come to India?
a) Europe
b) Western China
c) Central Asia
d) Arabia
3. Who gave the famous ‘Girnar inscription’?
a) Rudraman
b) Ashoka
c) Samudragupta
d) Kanishka
4. By what name is Purushapura, the capital of Kushanas known today?
a) Purushapura
b) Peshavar
c) Patna
d) Patliputra
5. Who is the author of the famous literary work Tahqiq-i-Hind?
a) Alberuni
b) Badami
c) Zia-ud-din Barni
d) Khafi Khan
6. During whose reign did the famous Buddhist pundits Aswagosha, Vasumitra and Nagarjuna live?
a) Ashoka
b) Kanishka
c) Harshavardhana
d) Samudragupta
7. Which of the following is the correct chronological order of the Slave dynasty rulers?
a) Qutub-ud-din Aibak, Balban, Iltumish, Raziya
b) Qutub-ud-din Aibak, Iltumish, Raziya, Balban
c) Balban, Qutub-ud-din Aibak, Raziya, Iltumish
d) Qutub-ud-din-Aibak, Balban, Raziya, Iltumish
8. Who among the following forbade intoxicating drinks?
a) Akbar
b) Sher Shah
c) Allauddin Khilji
d) Aurangazeb
9. Who is the author of ‘Buddha Charita’?
a) Asvagosha
b) Nagarjuna
c) Banabhatta
d) Vasumitra
10. Between the Hinayana and Mahayana schools of Buddhism, which one was patronized by Kanishka?
a) Hinayana
b) Mahayana
c) Both
d) Neither
11. The reign of which dynasty is known as the golden period of Hinduism and Sanskrit literature?
a) Gupta
b) Maurya
c) Kushana
d) Saka
12. Who is the author of the famous ‘Panchatantra’ stories?
a) Amarasimhan
b) Vishnusharma
c) Nagarjuna
d) Bilhana
13. Who among the following issued edicts regulating the prices pf all articles and goods?
a) Ala-ud-din Khilji
b) Babur
c) Muhammad bin-Tughlaq
d) Sher Shah Suri
14. Ala-ud-din Khilji became the Sultan of Delhi in 1296 AD after treacherously murdering his uncle and patron. Who was this patron?
a) Jalal-ud-din Khilji
b) Nasir-ud-din Khusrau
c) Ghias-ud-din-Balban
d) Qutub-ud-din Mubarak
15. Who among the following is believed to have been the destroyer of the Khilji dynasty?
a) Nasir-ud-din Khusrau Shah
b) Malik Kafur
c) Ghazni Malik
d) Qutub-ud-din Mubarak Shah
16. Who among the following required that all grains should be stored in the royal granaries in Delhi?
a) Sher Shah
b) Akbar
c) Ala-ud-din Khilji
d) Balban
17. Who among the following was the founder of the Tughlaq dynasty?
a) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
b) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
c) Ghias-ud-din Tughlaq
d) Balban
18. Who amongst the following brothers of Aurangazeb was condemned to death and his body paraded in Delhi?
a) Dara Shikoh
b) Murad Baksh
c) Shuja
d) None of these
19. Which of the following was a maritime power?
a) Bahmanis
b) Chalukyas
c) Cholas
d) Rashtrakutas
20. During whose reign did Ibn-Batutah, the famous traveler visit India?
a) Ala-ud-din Khilji
b) Ghias-ud-din Tughlaq
c) Sher Shah Suri
d) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
21. The rulers of which of the following dynasty established the largest dominion in southern India?
a) Chalukyas
b) Cholas
c) Pallavas
d) Pandyas
22. Two of the great Mughal emperors wrote their own memoirs. Who are they?
a) Babur and Humayun
b) Humayun and Jahangir
c) Babur and Jahangir
d) Babur and Akbar
23. Who among the following wrote the famous Sanskrit plays ‘Ratnavali’, ‘Priyadarsika’ and ‘Naganandam’?
a) Harshavardhana
b) Kalidasa
c) Bhasa
d) Asoka
24. Whose court did Banabhatta adorn?
a) Harshavardhana
b) Chandragupta II
c) Kanishka
d) Asoka
25. Who authored ‘Harshacharita’ and ‘Kadambari’?
a) Banabhatta
b) Bilhana
c) Visakhadatta
d) Aryabatta
Answers
1. Gopala I
2. Western China
3. Rudraman
4. Peshavar
5. Alberuni
6. Kanishka
7. Qutub-ud-din Aibak, Iltumish, Raziya, Balban
8. Allauddin Khilji
9. Asvagosha
10. Mahayana
11. Gupta
12. Vishnusharma
13. Ala-ud-din Khilji
14. Jalal-ud-din Khilji
15. Malik Kafur
16. Ala-ud-din Khilji
17. Ghias-ud-din Tughlaq
18. Dara Shikoh
19. Cholas
20. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
21. Cholas
22. Babur and Jahangir
23. Harshavardhana
24. Harshavardhana
25. Banabhatta
Indian History 7
1. Who among the following was a great musician in the court of Akbar?
a) Amir Khusro
b) Tansen
c) Ramdas
d) Abul Fazl
2. Who is the author of Mrchchhakatika?
a) Varahamihira
b) Visakhadatta
c) Sudraka
d) Bilhana
3. The Butler Committee Report enquired into which of the following?
a) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
b) The growth of education in British India
c) Working of Diarchy as mentioned in the Montague Chelmsford reforms
d) Relationship between Indian states and the paramount power
4. Which of the following committee reports enquired into the growth of education in British India and potentialities of its further progress?
a) Butler Committee Report
b) The Hurtog Committee Report
c) Muddiman Committee Report
d) Hunter Commision
5. Who among the following is associated with Kakori Conspiracy?
a) Ram Prasad Bismal
b) Jatin Das
c) Surya Sen
d) Vasudeo Phadke
6. Which dynasty built the rock-cut temples at Khajuraho?
a) Chandellas
b) Cholas
c) Rashtrakudas
d) Chalukyas
7. Who among the following has been the President of Indian National Congress thrice?
a) Dadabhai Naoroji
b) Annie Besant
c) Gokhale
d) Aurobindo
8. Who were the first to call the river Sindhu, ‘Hindu’?
a) Persians
b) Greeks
c) Turks
d) Egyptians
9. Which of the following committee report enquired into the working of diarchy as laid down in the Montague Chelmsford reforms?
a) Muddiman Committee report
b) The Hurtog Committee Report
c) Butler Committee Report
d) none of these
10. The most important feature of which civilization was well planned and well built towns?
a) Vedic civilization
b) Indus Valley civilization
c) Egyptian civilization
d) Persian civilization
11. The Indus Valley people are believed to have been the worshippers of
a) Mother Goddess
b) Indra
b) Agni
d) Vishnu
12. From where did Aryans, the nomadic pastoral people come to India?
a) Western Asia
b) Central Asia
c) Europe
d) Africa
13. The Aryans reached the frontiers of the Indian subcontinent by 2000 BC. In India where did they settle down first?
a) Rajasthan
b) Gujarat
c) Punjab
d) Kashmir
14. Among whom were the worship of trees, animals and stones quite present?
a) The Aryans
b) The Dravidas
c) The Huns
d) The Bactrians
15. Who among the following was worshiped by Aryans?
a) Mother Goddess
b) Lord Shiva
c) Varuna
d) Trees
16. During which period were the Ramayana and Mahabharata composed?
a) Indus Valley Civilization
b) Early Vedic period
c) During the reign of Guptas
d) Later Vedic period
17. Which one of the following was an important republic that existed during the 7th and early 6th centuries?
a) Vaishali
b) Magadha
c) Kosala
d) Avanti
18. Alexander invaded India in
a) 326 BC
b) 420 BC
c) 322 BC
d) 360 BC
19. Between whom were the battle of Karri fought?
a) Alexander and Porus
b) Tipu Sultan and the British
c) Muhammd Ghori and Prithviraj
d) The British and the French
20. On the bank of which river was the battle of Karri fought?
a) Indus
b) Chenad
c) Ravi
d) Jhelum
21. ‘As a King treats a King’, that was how the loser replied when the conqueror asked him what treatment he should be meted out. Who are the winner and the loser here?
a) Alexander and Porus
b) Babur and Ibrahim Lodhi
c) Akbar and Hemu
d) Prithviraj Chauhan and Mohammad Ghori
22. Which dynasty was ruling over the Gangetic planes at the time of the invasion of Alexander?
a) Nandas
b) Mauryas
c) Guptas
c) Hunas
23. Which of the following was the capital of Nandas?
a) Magadha
b) Purushapura
c) Vatsa
d) Kosala
24. In which year was the Mauryan Empire founded by Chandragupta Maurya?
a) 322 BC
b) 326 BC
c) 320 BC
d) 341 BC
25. Which of the following was the capital city of the Mauryans?
a) Pataliputra
b) Purushapura
c) Magadha
d) Badami
Answers
1. Tansen
2. Visakhadatta
3. working of diarchy as laid down in the Montague Chemlsford reforms
4. The Hurtog Committee Report
5. Ram Prasad Bismal
6. Chandellas
7. Dadabhai Naoroji
8. Persians
9. Muddiman Committee report
10. Indus Valley civilization
11. Mother Goddess
12. Central Asia
13. Punjab
14. The Dravidas
15. Varuna
16. Later Vedic period
17. Vaishali
18. 326 BC
19. Alexander and Porus
20. Jhelum
21. Alexander and Porus
22. Nandas
23. Magadha
24. 322 BC
25. Pataliputra
Indian History 8
1. Which one of the following books gives a vivid description about the Mauryan administration?
a) Arthashashtra
b) Rajtarangini
c) Mrichchhatika
d) Kadambari
2. Who among the following succeeded Chandra Gupta Maurya to the throne?
a) Ashoka
b) Bindusara
c) Bimbisara
d) Samudragupta
3. To which dynasty did the Great Emperor Ashoka belong?
a) Maurya
b) Gupta
c) Kushana
d) Nanda
4. Who was the first Indian ruler to rule over almost the whole of India?
a) Ashoka
b) Chandra Gupta Maurya
c) Samudragupta
d) Kanishka
5. Which of the following is the birth place of Vardhamana Mahavira?
a) Vaishali
b) Gaya
c) Pavapuri
d) Sarnath
6. With which religion is ‘Digambaras’ and ‘Swethambaras’ associated?
a) Jainism
b) Buddhism
c) Hinduism
d) Islam
7. Who was the founder of the Sunga dynasty?
a) Pushymitra
b) Brihadratha
c) Vasudeva
d) Ajathasatru
8. Brihadrata, the last Mauryan king was murdered by his own Brahman Commander-in-Chief who later found a new empire. Who was he?
a) Brihadratha
b) Mihirajul
c) Toramana
d) Pushymitra
9. Which one of the following is the death place of Vardhamana Mahavira?
a) Pavapuri
b) Kushinara
c) Vaishali
d) Gaya
10. Who was the founder of the Kanva dynasty which overthrew the Sungas in 73 BC?
a) Vasudeva
b) Bimbisara
c) Ajathasathru
d) Ashoka
11. Who was the first Persian king to attack India?
a) Nadir Shah
b) Sultan Mahmud
c) Muhammad bin Kasim
d) Darius
12. Who among the following was the contemporary of Gautam Buddha?
a) Bimbisara
b) Ashoka
c) Chandragupta Maurya
d) Vasudeva
13. After defeating whom did the Nandas succeed into power?
a) Sisunagas
b) Mauryas
c) Satavahanas
d) Kushanas
14. At which of the following places was Gautam Buddha born?
a) Vaishali
b) Lumbini
c) Sarnath
d) Gaya
15. During the reign of which dynasty was Patanjali’s ‘Mahabhashya’ composed?
a) Mauryas
b) Sungas
c) Nandas
d) Guptas
16. Which dynasty was the first to issue gold coins in India?
a) Kushanas
b) Bactrians
c) Mauryas
d) Guptas
17. Minander, who embraced Buddhism under the influence of monk Nagarjuna, belonged to which dynasty?
a) Bactrians
b) Hunas
c) Kushanas
d) Sishunagas
18. The victory won by Chandra Gupta Maurya over which dynasty is commemorated by the Vikram era?
a) Parthians
b) Sakas
c) Bactrians
d) Hunas
19. Whose coming into power marks the beginning of Saka era?
a) Ashoka
b) Kanishka
c) Vasudeva
d) Pushyamitra
20. Gautam Buddha died at
a) Kushinara
b) Pavapuri
c) Pataliputra
d) Sarnath
21. During the reign of which dynasty did the great scientists Charaka and Surutha live?
a) Kushanas
b) Guptas
c) Sakas
d) Mauryas
22. Which of the following was the capital of Kushanas?
a) Pataliputra
b) Magadha
c) Purushapura
d) Vaishali
23. During the reign of which dynasty were the historical monuments at Nagarjunakonta, Nasik and Amaravathi built?
a) Satavahanas
b) Kushanas
c) Hunas
d) Sungas
24. Who among the following rulers styled himself as ‘Maharajadhiraja’?
a) Ashoka
b) Chandra Gupta
c) Chandra Gupta Mauraya
d) Chandra Gupta II
25. Who among the Gupta rulers is known as ‘Vikramaditya’?
a) Chandra Gupta
b) Chandra Gupta II
c) Samudra Gupta
d) Kumara Gupta
Answers
1. Arthashashtra
2. Bindusara
3. Maurya
4. Ashoka
5. Vaishali
6. Jainism
7. Pushymitra
8. Pushymitra
9. Pavapuri
10. Vasudeva
11. Darius
12. Bimbisara
13. Sisunagas
14. Lumbini
15. Sungas
16. Bactrians
17. Bactrians
18. Sakas
19. Kanishka
20. Kushinara
21. Kushanas
22. Purushapura
23. Satavahanas
24. Chandra Gupta
25. Chandra Gupta II
Indian History Quiz 9
1. Which of the following was introduced by the Government of India Act, 1935?
a) Diarchy
b) Bi-cameral legislature
c) Indian councils
d) Provincial Autonomy
2. With which of the following was the Hunter Commission constituted during Lord Ripon’s administration concerned?
a) Public health
b) Education
c) Administrative reforms
d) Upliftment of women
3. Who introduced the system of Local boards or Local Bodies in India?
a) Lord Lytton
b) Lord Ripon
c) Lord Curzon
d) Lord Mayo
4. Who among the following is associated with Subsidiary Alliance?
a) Robert Clive
b) Hastings
c) Wellesley
d) Dalhousie
5. At which of the following places was the Provisional Government of Independent India (Azad Hind) formed?
a) Singapore
b) Tokyo
c) Kuala Lumpur
d) Jakarta
6. During which of the following did Mahatma Gandhi give the slogan ‘Do or Die’?
a) Quit India Movement
b) Non-cooperation Movement
c) Khilafat Movement
d) Civil Disobedience Movement
7. Who set up the Indian Independence League?
a) Aruna Asaf Ali
b) Rash Behari Bose
c) Jayaprakash Narayan
d) SM Joshi
8. Who founded the Ghadar Party in the USA?
a) Jayaprakash Narayan
b) Motilal Nehru
c) Lala Hardayal
d) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
9. Who was the first woman President of the Indian National Congress?
a) Sarojini Naidu
b) Annie Besant
c) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
d) Madam Bikaji Cama
10. The term Satyagraha was coined by Gandhiji when he was in
a) England
b) Sabarmati Ashram
c) Agha Khan Palace
d) South Africa
11. Who among the following did not participate in the 1857 mutiny?
a) Nana Sahib
b) Rani Lakshmi Bhai
c) Tipu Sultan
d) Tantia Tope
12. By the Act passed in which year was the demand for separate electorate for Muslims in India conceded?
a) 1904
b) 1909
c) 1892
d) 1919
13. The British East India Company established its first factory in India at
a) Madras
b) Surat
c) Calcutta
d) Bombay
14. Who among the following freedom fighters died due to a hunger strike in jail?
a) Bhagat Singh
b) BG Tilak
c) Jatin Das
d) Bipin Chandra Pal
15. At which of the following places was the first session of Indian National Congress held?
a) Lahore
b) Mumbai
c) Baroda
d) Madras
16. Azad Hind Fauj was formed in
a) 1937
b) 1942
c) 1943
d) 1945
17. Where was the first Congress Session held in 1907 at which the first split in Congress took place?
a) Calcutta
b) Meerut
c) Allahabad
d) Surat
18. From which of the following places was the Civil Disobedience Movement started by Gandhiji in 1930?
a) Sevagram
b) Dandi
c) Sabarmati
d) Wardha
19. Who among the following used Hughly as the base for piracy in the Bay of Bengal?
a) The Portuguese b) The French
c) The Danish
d) The British
20. Who was the first to use the term Harijan for tribal people?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Swami Vivekananda
c) Jyotiba Phule
d) BR Ambedkar
21. Who founded the Satyagraha Ashram at Wardha?
a) Gandhiji
b) Jamanlal Bajaj
c) Jawahar Lal Nehru
d) JB Kripalani
22. Who was the founder of the National School at Lahore?
a) Naoroji
b) Madan Mohan Malavia
c) Lala Lajpat Rai
d) Annie Besant
23. Who among the following was a social reformer belonging to the Mali Community of Pune?
a) Thakkar Bhappa
b) BR Ambedkar
c) Jyotiba Phule
d) None of these
24. In opposition to which of the following was the ‘Independence for India League’ founded by the radical wing of the Congress party?
a) The Gandhi-Irwin Pact
b) The Home-rule Movement
c) The Nehru report
d) The Montford reforms
25. Which of the following battles was fought by the allied forces of Shuja-ud-Daulah, Mir Kasim and Shah Alam against Robert Clive?
a) Battle of Buxar
b) Battle of Wandiwash
c) Battle of Chelianwala
d) Battle of Tarrain
Answers 1. Provincial Autonomy
2. Education
3. Lord Ripon
4. Wellesley
5. Singapore
6. Quit India Movement
7. Rash Behari Bose
8. Lala Hardayal
9. Annie Besant
10. South Africa
11. Tipu Sultan
12. 1909
13. Surat
14. Jatin Das
15. Mumbai
16. 1943
17. Surat
18. Sabarmati
19. The Portuguese
20. Mahatma Gandhi
21. Jamanlal Bajaj
22. Lala Lajpat Rai
23. Jyotiba Phule
24. The Gandhi-Irwin Pact
25. Battle of Buxar
Indian History Quiz 10
1. Who is the founder of Indian Association which was a precursor of the Indian National Movement?
a) Satyendra Nath Bose
b) WC Bannerji
c) Surendra Nath Bannerji
d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
2. Which of the following was the seat of power of the Rajput clan of Solankis?
a) Kanauj
b) Kathiavar
c) Malwa
d) Kashmir
3. Who led the Civil Disobedience Movement in the North West Frontier Province?
a) Sir Sayyid Ahmed Khan
b) Sardar Patel
c) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
d) Badruddin Tyabji
4. Who was the first President of the Indian National Congress?
a) Annie Besant
b) WC Bannerji
c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
d) Subash Chandra Bose
5. Which of the following battles laid the foundations of Muslim rule in India?
a) First Battle of Tarrain
b) Second Battle of Tarrain
c) First Battle of Panipat
d) Second Battle of Panipat
6. Who was the first Muslim King of India?
a) Muhammad Ghori
b) Qutub-ud-in Aibak
c) Balban
d) Babur
7. Who among the following rulers of Delhi Sultanate is known as the Darvesh King?
a) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
b) Nasir-ud-din Mahmud
c) Ala-ud-din Khilji
d) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
8. Ala-ud-din Khilji was poisoned by his Prime Minister thus bringing an end to the Khilji dynasty. Who was this Prime Minister?
a) Mir Jafar
b) Mir Qasim
c) Malik Kafur
d) Mir Jumla
9. Who is the founder of the Tughlaq dynasty?
a) Ghias –ud-din Tughlaq
b) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
c) Feroz Shah Tughlaq
d) Mahmud Tughlaq
10. Who among the rulers of Tughlaq dynasty built the city of Tughlaqabad near Delhi?
a) Ghias –ud-din Tughlaq
b) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
c) Feroz Shah Tughlaq
d) Mahmud Tughlaq
11. The invasion of Delhi by Timur in 1398 marked the end of which dynasty?
a) Khilji Dynasty
b) Tughlaq Dynasty
c) Lodhi Dynasty
d) Sayyid Dynasty
12. Who was the ruler of Delhi Sultanate when Timur invaded India in 1398 AD?
a) Mahmud Tughlaq
b) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
c) Feroz Shah Tughlaq
d) Ghias-ud-din Tughlaq
13. Who founded the City of Agra?
a) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
b) Sikandar Lodhi
c) Ibrahim Lodhi
d) Akbar
14. Whom did Daulat Khan, the Governor of Punjab, invite to defeat Ibrahim Lodhi?
a) Timur the Lame
b) Nadir Shah
c) Babur
d) Khizar Khan
15. Who was the Delhi Sultanate ruler when the Vijayanagara and the Bahmani Kingdoms emerged in South India?
a) Sikandar Lodhi
b) Ibrahim Lodhi
c) Babur
d) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
16. Who among the following rulers was killed when a wooden pandal erected to welcome him collapsed suddenly?
a) Feroz Shah Tughlaq
b) Ghias-ud-din Tughlaq
c) Sikandar Lodhi
d) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
17. Whom did Timur appoint as the king of Delhi in 1414?
a) Daulat Khan
b) Khizar Khan
c) Nadir Shah
d) Malik Kafur
18. The Hindu Kingdom of Vijayanagara was founded by two brothers Harihara and Bukka under the inspiration of their guru. Who was he?
a) Ramanuja
b) Madhav Vidhyaranya
c) Chaitanya
d) Sankaracharya
19. Who was the most famous king of the Vijayanagar Empire?
a) Deva Raya
b) Krishnadeva Raya
c) Achyuta Raya
d) Rama Raya
20. Who was the leader of the Hindu revivalist movement known as Bhakti Movement?
a) Ramanuja
b) Ramananda
c) Kabir
d) Shankaracharya
21. Whose court did the Persian poet Amir Khusru adorn?
a) Ala-ud-din Khilji
b) Jalal-ud-din Khilji
c) Akbar
d) Balban
22. Whose court did the famous ‘vidhushaka’ Thenali Raman adorn?
a) Rama Raya
b) Krishna Deva Raya
c) Deva Raya II
d) Achyuta Raya
23. Who is the founder of the philosophy of Vishishtadvaita or qualified monism?
a) Ramanuja
b) Ramananda
c) Kabir
d) Chaitanya
24. At which of the following places is the tomb of Khwaja-Mouin-ud-din Chisti?
a) Jai Salmer
b) Jaipur
c) Ajmer
d) Lahore
25. Who was the ruler of Bengal who drove Humayun out of Hindustan and crowned himself as the emperor?
a) Sher Shah Suri
b) Daulat Khan
c) Khizar Khan
d) Ziraj-ud-daulah
Answers
1. Surendra Nath Bannerji
2. Malwa
3. Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
4. WC Bannerji
5. Second Battle of Tarrain
6. Qutub-ud-in Aibak
7. Nasir-ud-din Mahmud
8. Malik Kafur
9. Ghias –ud-din Tughlaq
10. Ghias –ud-din Tughlaq
11. Tughlaq Dynasty
12. Mahmud Tughlaq
13. Sikandar Lodhi
14. Babur
15. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
16. Ghias-ud-din Tughlaq
17. Khizar Khan
18. Madhav Vidhyaranya
19. Krishnadeva Raya
20. Shankaracharya
21. Ala-ud-din Khilji
22. Krishna Deva Raya
23. Ramanuja
24. Ajmer
25. Sher Shah Suri
Indian History Quiz 11
1. In the battle of Plassey fought in 1757, Nawab Siraj-ud-daulah of Bengal was defeated by the British forces. Who led the British forces in this battle?
a) Lord Dalhousie
b) Lord Clive
c) Lord Wellesley
d) Cornwallis
2. East India Company was granted the Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa after the battle of Buxar in 1764. Who was then the Governor of Bengal?
a) Lord Clive
b) Lord Minto
c) Lord Wellesley
d) Cornwallis
3. The Treaty of Sreerangapatanam was signed after the defeat of Tipu sultan in the Third Anglo-Mysore war. Between whom were this treaty signed?
a) Tipu Sultan and Cornwallis
b) Tipu Sultan and Lord Minto
c) Tipu Sultan and Lord Wellesley
d) Tipu Sultan and Lord Canning
4. Who was the first Indian to the elected to the House of Commons?
a) Rash Behari Bose
b) Dadabhai Navroji
c) Satyendranath Bannerji
d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
5. Who was the first British Governor General of India?
a) Warren Hastings
b) Dalhousie
c) Canning
d) Clive
6).Which British Governor-General is associated with ‘subsidiary alliance’?
a) Warren Hastings
b) Lord Wellesley
c) Lord Clive
d) Cornwallis
7. Who was the British Governor –General during the period in which the British Navy conquered Java, Sumatra and Malay Peninsula?
a) Lord Minto
b) Lord Wellesley
c) Lord Dalhousie
d) Warren Hastings
8. The third Anglo-Maratha war, which proved a total disaster for the Marathas, was fought in?
a) 1817 AD
b) 1857 AD
c) 1912 AD
c) 1805 AD
9. During whose tenure was the British supremacy over India established?
a) Lord Wellesley
b) Lord Dalhousie
c) Lord Clive
d) Lord Warren Hastings
10. Who was the British Governor-General of India when Punjab was annexed to the British Empire?
a) Lord Wellesley
b) Lord Dalhousie
c) Lord Clive
d) Lord Warren Hastings
11. Which were the three states annexed to the British Empire under the Doctrine of Lapse?
a) The states of Mumbai, Madras and Calcutta
b) The states of Jhansi, Nagpur and Satara
c) The states of Mumbai, Thane and Pune
d) none of these
12. Who was the chief architect, of Prarthana Samaj?
a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
b) Mahadev Govind Ranade
c) D Savarkar
d) Surendranath Bannerjee
13. Who was the Governor-General of India when Sind was annexed to the British Empire?
a) Lord Wellesley
b) Ellenborough
c) Lord Clive
d) Lord Warren Hastings
14. The system of Dual Government is associated with?
a) Lord Wellesley
b) Lord Dalhousie
c) Lord Clive
d) Lord Warren Hastings
15. In which year did most of the Rajput states accept British paramountcy?
a) 1818 AD
b) 1827 AD
c) 1835 AD
d) 1820 AD
16. Who is associated with the institution of organized ‘Civil Services’ in India?
a) Lord Clive
b) Cornwallis
c) Lord Dalhousie
d) Warren Hastings
17. Who abolished the system of Dual Government in Bengal?
a) Lord Clive
b) Cornwallis
c) Lord Dalhousie
d) Warren Hastings
18. Who was the founder of a regular Postal system in British India?
a) Lord Clive
b) Cornwallis
c) Lord Dalhousie
d) Warren Hastings
19. Who is associated with the vigorous application of the Doctrine of Lapse?
a) Lord Clive
b) Cornwallis
c) Lord Dalhousie
d) Warren Hastings
20. In a sense, who was the political guru of Gandhiji?
a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
b) Leo Tolstoy
c) Rabindra Nath Tagore
d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
21. Who were the first Europeans to trade with India?
a) The French
b) The Dutch
c) The British
d) The Portuguese
22. When was the title of ‘Viceroy’ added to the Governor General of India for the first time?
a) 1857 AD
b) 1858 AD
c) 1901 AD
d) 1900 AD
23. When did the Government of the English East India Company come to an end?
a) 1857 AD
b) 1858 AD
c) 1901 AD
d) 1900 AD
24. Who was the last Governor-General and the first India Viceroy of British India?
a) Lord Clive
b) Cornwallis
c) Lord Canning
d) Warren Hastings
25. Who was the Governor-General of India when the first war of India’s independence broke out in 1857?
a) Lord Clive
b) Cornwallis
c) Lord Canning
d) Warren Hastings
Answers
1. Lord Clive
2. Lord Clive
3. Tipu Sultan and Cornwallis
4. Dadabhai Navroji
5. Warren Hastings
6. Lord Wellesley
7. Lord Minto
8. 1817 AD
9. Lord Dalhousie
10. Lord Dalhousie
11. The states of Jhansi, Nagpur and Satara
12. Mahadev Govind Ranade
13. Ellenborough
14. Lord Clive
15. 1818 AD
16. Cornwallis
17. Warren Hastings
18. Lord Clive
19. Lord Dalhousie
20. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
21. The Portuguese
22. 1858 AD
23. 1858 AD
24. Lord Canning
25. Lord Canning
