Quiz  /  Indian History MCQ Quiz Questions and Answers

  • 1. 
    Do or Die slogan is associated with

  • Mahatma Gandhi
  • Bala Gangadhara Tilak
  • Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Nethaji

  • 2. 
    Who established the Mughal Dynasty?

  • Akbar
  • Babur
  • Humayun
  • Bahadur Shah

  • 3. 
    The Indian National Congress was founded by

  • Mahatma Gandhi
  • Annie Besant
  • W.C.Bannerji
  • A.O.Hume

  • 4. 
    The Civil services in India was established by

  • Lord Rippon
  • Lord Dalhousie
  • Lord William Bentick
  • Lord Cornwallis

  • 5. 
    The founder of Portuguese power in India was

  • Danes
  • Salsette
  • Albuquerque
  • Vasco–da–gama

  • 6. 
    In the Battle of Wandiwash, the English defeated

  • the Dutch
  • the French
  • the Portuguese
  • None of these

  • 7. 
    Indian Navy Act was passed on

  • 1921
  • 1925
  • 1927
  • 1930

  • 8. 
    The first president of the Republic of India was

  • V.V.Giri
  • Zakir Hussain
  • Dr.Radhakrishnan
  • Dr.Rajendra Prasad

  • 9. 
    The first ruler of Pala dynasty was

  • Gopala
  • Dharmapala
  • Bhaskaravarman
  • None of these

  • 10. 
    The first to establish regular trade with India was

  • Dutch
  • Portuguese
  • French
  • English

  • 11. 
    Sea route to India was discovered by

  • Columbus
  • Amundsen
  • Vasco–da–gama
  • None of these

  • 12. 
    The Aryans came from Central Asia to India around

  • 8000 B.C.
  • 6500 B.C.
  • 3500 B.C.
  • 2500 B.C.

  • 13. 
    Which one of the following was the port city of the Indus Valley Civilisation?

  • Harappa
  • Kalibangan
  • Lothal
  • Mohenjodara

  • 14. 
    Rig Veda is believed by the historians to have been written when it was

  • Stone Age
  • Copper Age
  • Bronze Age
  • Beginning of Iron Age

  • 15. 
    Babar entered India for the first time through

  • Sind
  • Punjab
  • Kashmir
  • Rajasthan

  • 16. 
    The Indus Valley houses were built of

  • Bamboos
  • Wood
  • Bricks
  • Stone

  • 17. 
    The French made their advent through

  • Mahe
  • Yenam
  • Karaikal
  • Pondicherry

  • 18. 
    The last Mughal Emperor was

  • Akbar
  • Babur
  • Bahadur Shah
  • Noor Jehan

  • 19. 
    The first wave of Aryan immigration into India began in

  • 500 BC
  • 1000 BC
  • 1500 BC
  • 1000 A.D.

  • 20. 
    Aryans lived in

  • Maharashtra
  • South India
  • Central India
  • Gangetic Valley

  • 21. 
    Taj Mahal is on the banks of

  • Tapti
  • Ganges
  • Jamuna
  • Cauvery

  • 22. 
    Panipat is modern

  • Delhi
  • Kurukshetra
  • Sonepat
  • Faridabad

  • 23. 
    Indian Napoleon was

  • Chandra Gupta I
  • Samudra Gupta
  • Skanda Gupta
  • Chandra Gupta

  • 24. 
    Kanishka followed

  • Jainism
  • Sikhism
  • Hinduism
  • Buddhism

  • 25. 
    The Mughal Empire reached its zenith of expansion under

  • Akbar
  • Humayun
  • Aurangazeb
  • Shahjehan

  • 26. 
    The brain trust of Chandra Gupta Maurya was

  • Fahien
  • Megasthanes
  • Nandagopala
  • Kautilya

  • 27. 
    The musical instruments used by the Aryans was

  • The Drum
  • The Lute
  • The cymbal
  • All the above

  • 28. 
    Chanakya was known as

  • Rajasekhara
  • Bhattasvamin
  • Vishnugupta
  • Visakhadatta

  • 29. 
    The first to start a joint stock company to trade with India were the

  • French
  • Dutch
  • Portuguese
  • Danish

  • 30. 
    The capital of the kingdom of Maharaja Ranjit Singh was

  • Lahore
  • Amrister
  • Patiala
  • Amristar

  • 31. 
    Whose teachings inspired the French Revolution?

  • Locke
  • Plato
  • Rousseau
  • Hegel

  • 32. 
    The well known king of slave dynasty was

  • Alaudhin
  • Balban
  • Mahmud Lodi
  • Muhamad–bin–Tughlaq

  • 33. 
    The famous king of the Kushana dynasty was

  • Pushya
  • Kanishka
  • Harisha Vardhana
  • Kuvishka

  • 34. 
    In 1498, vasco da gama landed at

  • Delhi
  • Nalanda
  • Calcutta
  • Calicut

  • 35. 
    Indus valley civilization might have been destroyed by

  • Mughals
  • Aryans
  • Mongols
  • Dravidians

  • 36. 
    Who said that there was no Slavery in India?

  • Fahien
  • Strabo
  • Heiun Tsang
  • Megasthenese

  • 37. 
    Mahabharata war took place in

  • 500 AD
  • 900 BC
  • 1000 BC
  • 1200 BC

  • 38. 
    The magnificient temple at Halebid was established by

  • Cholas
  • Pandyas
  • Hosysalas
  • Naickers

  • 39. 
    India derives its name from

  • The Hindus
  • The Aryans
  • Lord Indra
  • The River Indus

  • 40. 
    A national religion called Din–i–Illahi was promulgated by

  • Akbar
  • Babur
  • Humayun
  • Aurangazeb

  • 41. 
    The king of Kalinga in the Maurya period was

  • Simuka
  • Kharavela
  • Kuvishka
  • Kanishka

  • 42. 
    Sea route in India was discovered by

  • Columbus
  • Amundsen
  • Vasco–da–gama
  • None of these

  • 43. 
    The treaty of Seringapatnam was between Cornwallis and

  • Haider Ali
  • Chand Bibi
  • Tipu Sultan
  • Nizam of Hyderabad

  • 44. 
    Ashoka conquered Kalinga in the year

  • 231 AD
  • 127 AD
  • 261 BC
  • 327 BC

  • 45. 
    Chand Bibi was the ruler of

  • Satara
  • Bijapur
  • Golconda
  • Ahmednagar

  • 46. 
    Who introduced English in India?

  • Lord Rippon
  • Lord Dalhousie
  • Lord Canning
  • Lord William Bentick

  • 47. 
    The foundation for the Vijayanagar city and kingdom was laid by

  • Sadasiva Raya
  • Krishnadevaraya
  • Rama Raya
  • Harihara and Bukka

  • 48. 
    The quit India movement was started in the year

  • 1942
  • 1945
  • 1943
  • 1939

  • 49. 
    A council of Eight Ministers known as the Ashta Paradhan assisted?

  • Sher Shah
  • Balaji Baji Rao
  • Shivaji
  • Ahmad Shah Abdali

  • 50. 
    Lord Buddha made his first sermon at

  • Sarnath
  • Pataliputra
  • Kapilavasthu
  • Lumbini Gardens
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