100 multiple choice questions (MCQs) on Indian history along with their ANSWERs:

 

100 multiple choice questions (MCQs) on Indian history along with their ANSWERs:

 

1. Who was the founder of the Maurya Dynasty?

    a) Chandragupta Maurya

    b) Ashoka

    c) Bindusara

    d) Bimbisara

    ANSWER: a) Chandragupta Maurya

 

2. The ancient city of Taxila was a renowned center of learning during which period?

    a) Gupta Period

    b) Maurya Period

    c) Mughal Period

    d) Harappan Period

    ANSWER: b) Maurya Period

 

3. Which text is considered the oldest in the Vedic literature?

    a) Samaveda

    b) Atharvaveda

    c) Rigveda

    d) Yajurveda

    ANSWER: c) Rigveda

 

4. Who was the last ruler of the Maurya Dynasty?

    a) Ashoka

    b) Bindusara

    c) Brihadratha

    d) Chandragupta Maurya

    ANSWER: c) Brihadratha

 

5. The Great Bath was discovered in which Harappan city?

    a) Harappa

    b) MohenjoDaro

    c) Dholavira

    d) Lothal

    ANSWER: b) MohenjoDaro

 

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6. Who was the founder of the Chola Dynasty?

    a) Karikala

    b) Rajaraja I

    c) Rajendra I

    d) Vijayalaya Chola

    ANSWER: d) Vijayalaya Chola

 

7. Which Sultan of Delhi established the department of agriculture called DiwaniKohi?

    a) Alauddin Khilji

    b) Muhammad bin Tughlaq

    c) Balban

    d) Iltutmish

    ANSWER: b) Muhammad bin Tughlaq

 

8. The famous Dilwara Temples are located in which state?

    a) Maharashtra

    b) Gujarat

    c) Rajasthan

    d) Madhya Pradesh

    ANSWER: c) Rajasthan

 

9. The Bhakti Movement in Bengal was started by whom?

    a) Ramanuja

    b) Kabir

    c) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

    d) Nanak

    ANSWER: c) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

 

10. Who was the founder of the Mughal Empire in India?

     a) Babur

     b) Humayun

     c) Akbar

     d) Shah Jahan

     ANSWER: a) Babur

 

11. Who was the Viceroy of India during the partition of Bengal in 1905?

     a) Lord Curzon

     b) Lord Minto

     c) Lord Hardinge

     d) Lord Ripon

     ANSWER: a) Lord Curzon

 

12. The Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place in which year?

     a) 1919

     b) 1920

     c) 1921

     d) 1922

     ANSWER: a) 1919

 

13. Who founded the Brahmo Samaj?

     a) Swami Vivekananda

     b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

     c) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

     d) Dayananda Saraswati

     ANSWER: b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

 

14. The Dandi March was undertaken by Mahatma Gandhi in which year?

     a) 1929

     b) 1930

     c) 1931

     d) 1932

     ANSWER: b) 1930

 

15. Who was the first GovernorGeneral of independent India?

     a) Lord Mountbatten

     b) C. Rajagopalachari

     c) Rajendra Prasad

     d) Jawaharlal Nehru

     ANSWER: a) Lord Mountbatten

 

 

16. Who wrote the Arthashastra?

     a) Kalidasa

     b) Chanakya

     c) Banabhatta

     d) Vishakhadatta

     ANSWER: b) Chanakya

 

17. The Battle of Plassey was fought in which year?

     a) 1747

     b) 1757

     c) 1764

     d) 1765

     ANSWER: b) 1757

 

18. Who was the first Indian to be elected to the British Parliament?

     a) Dadabhai Naoroji

     b) Mahatma Gandhi

     c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

     d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

     ANSWER: a) Dadabhai Naoroji

 

19. The title of 'Sardar' was given to Vallabhbhai Patel for his leadership in which movement?

     a) Quit India Movement

     b) Civil Disobedience Movement

     c) Bardoli Satyagraha

     d) NonCooperation Movement

     ANSWER: c) Bardoli Satyagraha

 

20. The Ajanta Caves were built during which period?

     a) Maurya Period

     b) Gupta Period

     c) Kushan Period

     d) Satavahana Period

     ANSWER: d) Satavahana Period

 

 

21. Who was the main deity of the Indus Valley Civilization?

     a) Indra

     b) Varuna

     c) Shiva

     d) Mother Goddess

     ANSWER: d) Mother Goddess

 

22. The famous Kailasa temple at Ellora was built by which dynasty?

     a) Gupta

     b) Chola

     c) Rashtrakuta

     d) Pallava

     ANSWER: c) Rashtrakuta

 

23. The ‘Saptanga Theory’ was propounded by whom?

     a) Manu

     b) Kautilya

     c) Kalidasa

     d) Aryabhata

     ANSWER: b) Kautilya

 

24. The Harappan script is:

     a) Alphabetic

     b) Pictographic

     c) Ideographic

     d) Logographic

     ANSWER: b) Pictographic

 

25. The first metal used by man was:

     a) Gold

     b) Iron

     c) Copper

     d) Silver

     ANSWER: c) Copper

 

 

26. Who built the Qutub Minar?

     a) Qutbuddin Aibak

     b) Iltutmish

     c) Alauddin Khilji

     d) Firoz Shah Tughlaq

     ANSWER: a) Qutbuddin Aibak

 

27. The Vijayanagara Empire was established by:

     a) Harihara I and Bukka I

     b) Krishnadevaraya

     c) Deva Raya I

     d) Narasimha I

     ANSWER: a) Harihara I and Bukka I

 

28. The language of administration under the Delhi Sultanate was:

     a) Hindi

     b) Persian

     c) Arabic

     d) Urdu

     ANSWER: b) Persian

 

29. The Battle of Haldighati was fought between Akbar and:

     a) Rana Sanga

     b) Rana Pratap

     c) Hemu

     d) Sher Shah Suri

     ANSWER: b) Rana Pratap

 

30. The construction of the Grand Trunk Road was initiated by:

     a) Akbar

     b) Sher Shah Suri

     c) Babur

     d) Humayun

     ANSWER: b) Sher Shah Suri

 

 

31. Who was the first Indian woman President of the Indian National Congress?

     a) Annie Besant

     b) Sarojini Naidu

     c) Vijayalakshmi Pandit

     d) Indira Gandhi

     ANSWER: b) Sarojini Naidu

 

32. The Regulating Act was passed in:

     a) 1757

     b) 1773

     c) 1784

     d) 1793

     ANSWER: b) 1773

 

33. Who was the founder of the Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj)?

     a) Mahatma Gandhi

     b) Subhas Chandra Bose

     c) Jawaharlal Nehru

     d) Bhagat Singh

     ANSWER: b) Subhas Chandra Bose

 

34. The Simon Commission was appointed in which year?

     a) 1927

     b) 1928

     c) 1929

 

 

     d) 1930

     ANSWER: b) 1928

 

35. The first session of the Indian National Congress was held in:

     a) Calcutta

     b) Bombay

     c) Madras

     d) Delhi

     ANSWER: b) Bombay

 

 

36. Who among the following was the first to use artillery in warfare in India?

     a) Babur

     b) Akbar

     c) Aurangzeb

     d) Sher Shah Suri

     ANSWER: a) Babur

 

37. The first English factory in India was established at:

     a) Surat

     b) Bombay

     c) Calcutta

     d) Madras

     ANSWER: a) Surat

 

38. Who was the Viceroy of India at the time of the formation of the Indian National Congress?

     a) Lord Lytton

     b) Lord Ripon

     c) Lord Dufferin

     d) Lord Curzon

     ANSWER: c) Lord Dufferin

 

39. The Moplah Rebellion took place in:

     a) Bengal

     b) Punjab

     c) Kerala

     d) Gujarat

     ANSWER: c) Kerala

 

40. The Quit India Movement was launched in:

     a) 1920

     b) 1930

     c) 1942

     d) 1947

     ANSWER: c) 1942

 

 

41. Who composed the famous Tamil epic 'Silappadikaram'?

     a) Ilango Adigal

     b) Thiruvalluvar

     c) Kambar

     d) Periyar

     ANSWER: a) Ilango Adigal

 

42. The Upanishads are books on:

     a) Religion

     b) Yoga

     c) Philosophy

     d) Law

     ANSWER: c) Philosophy

 

43. Who was the court poet of Harshavardhana?

     a) Kalidasa

     b) Banabhatta

     c) Bharavi

     d) Dandin

     ANSWER: b) Banabhatta

 

44. The title 'Indian Napoleon' was given to:

     a) Ashoka

     b) Chandragupta Maurya

     c) Samudragupta

     d) Harshavardhana

     ANSWER: c) Samudragupta

 

45. The Mahabharata was translated into Persian by which Mughal emperor?

     a) Babur

     b) Akbar

     c) Jahangir

     d) Shah Jahan

     ANSWER: b) Akbar

 

 

46. Who was the greatest ruler of the Chalukya Dynasty?

     a) Pulakeshin I

     b) Pulakeshin II

     c) Kirtivarman I

     d) Vikramaditya II

     ANSWER: b) Pulakeshin II

 

47. The Second Battle of Tarain was fought in:

     a) 1191

     b) 1192

     c) 1193

     d) 1194

     ANSWER: b) 1192

 

48. The founder of the Slave Dynasty was:

     a) Qutbuddin Aibak

     b) Iltutmish

     c) Balban

     d) Razia Sultan

     ANSWER: a) Qutbuddin Aibak

 

49. The famous Peacock Throne was made for:

     a) Akbar

     b) Jahangir

     c) Shah Jahan

     d) Aurangzeb

     ANSWER: c) Shah Jahan

 

50. The medieval ruler who fought the Battle of Buxar was:

     a) Sher Shah Suri

     b) Akbar

     c) Mir Qasim

     d) Bahadur Shah

     ANSWER: c) Mir Qasim

 

 

51. The Vernacular Press Act was passed during the tenure of:

     a) Lord Lytton

     b) Lord Ripon

     c) Lord Curzon

     d) Lord Dufferin

     ANSWER: a) Lord Lytton

 

52. The First AngloMaratha War ended with the Treaty of:

     a) Salbai

     b) Bassein

     c) Purandhar

     d) Surat

     ANSWER: a) Salbai

 

53. The title of ‘KaiseriHind’ was given to:

     a) Mahatma Gandhi

     b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

     c) Rabindranath Tagore

     d) Jawaharlal Nehru

     ANSWER: c) Rabindranath Tagore

 

54. The leader of the Bardoli Satyagraha (1928) was:

     a) Mahatma Gandhi

     b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

     c) Jawaharlal Nehru

     d) Motilal Nehru

     ANSWER: b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

 

55. Who founded the Banaras Hindu University?

     a) Rabindranath Tagore

     b) Madan Mohan Malaviya

     c) Jawaharlal Nehru

     d) Sardar Patel

     ANSWER: b) Madan Mohan Malaviya

 

56. Who was the Viceroy of India when the Rowlatt Act was passed?

     a) Lord Irwin

     b) Lord Chelmsford

     c) Lord Reading

     d) Lord Wavell

     ANSWER: b) Lord Chelmsford

 

57. The headquarters of the East India Company were located at:

     a) Bombay

     b) Calcutta

     c) Madras

     d) Delhi

     ANSWER: b) Calcutta

 

58. The founder of the Pala Dynasty was:

     a) Gopala

     b) Dharmapala

     c) Devapala

     d) Mahipala

     ANSWER: a) Gopala

 

59. The capital of the Rashtrakuta Dynasty was:

     a) Kanchipuram

     b) Vatapi

     c) Manyakheta

     d) Pataliputra

     ANSWER: c) Manyakheta

 

60. The battle of Talikota was fought between:

     a) Vijayanagara and Bahmani Sultanates

     b) Mughal Empire and Rajputs

     c) Marathas and Mughals

     d) Vijayanagara and Deccan Sultanates

     ANSWER: d) Vijayanagara and Deccan Sultanates

 

 

 

61. The Buddhist Council that resulted in the division of Buddhism into Hinayana and Mahayana was:

     a) First Council

     b) Second Council

     c) Third Council

     d) Fourth Council

     ANSWER: d) Fourth Council

 

62. The famous physician during the Gupta period was:

     a) Sushruta

     b) Charaka

     c) Dhanvantari

     d) Patanjali

     ANSWER: b) Charaka

 

63. Who was the founder of the Gupta Empire?

     a) Chandragupta I

     b) Samudragupta

     c) Chandragupta II

     d) Skandagupta

     ANSWER: a) Chandragupta I

 

64. The earliest evidence of agriculture in the Indian subcontinent has been found at:

     a) Mehrgarh

     b) MohenjoDaro

     c) Harappa

     d) Kalibangan

     ANSWER: a) Mehrgarh

 

65. The capital of the Mauryan Empire was:

     a) Pataliputra

     b) Taxila

     c) Ujjain

     d) Vaishali

     ANSWER: a) Pataliputra

 

66. The Sultanate of Delhi was established in:

     a) 1191

     b) 1192

     c) 1206

     d) 1210

     ANSWER: c) 1206

 

67. The most prominent feature of Mughal architecture is:

     a) Dravidian style

     b) Nagara style

     c) IndoIslamic style

     d) Pahari style

     ANSWER: c) IndoIslamic style

 

68. The first battle of Panipat was fought between:

     a) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi

     b) Akbar and Hemu

     c) Humayun and Sher Shah Suri

     d) Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb

     ANSWER: a) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi

 

69. The Maratha Empire was founded by:

     a) Shivaji

     b) Balaji Vishwanath

     c) Baji Rao I

     d) Sambhaji

     ANSWER: a) Shivaji

 

70. The ancient university of Nalanda was primarily a center for the study of:

     a) Medicine

     b) Buddhist Studies

     c) Law

     d) Engineering

     ANSWER: b) Buddhist Studies

 

 

71. The Third Battle of Panipat was fought between:

     a) Mughals and Marathas

     b) Mughals and Afghans

     c) Marathas and Afghans

     d) Marathas and British

     ANSWER: c) Marathas and Afghans

 

72. The Indian National Congress was founded in the year:

     a) 1880

     b) 1885

     c) 1890

     d) 1895

     ANSWER: b) 1885

 

73. The Partition of Bengal was annulled in the year:

     a) 1909

     b) 1911

     c) 1913

     d) 1915

     ANSWER: b) 1911

 

74. The founder of the Arya Samaj was:

     a) Ram Mohan Roy

     b) Swami Vivekananda

     c) Swami Dayananda Saraswati

     d) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

     ANSWER: c) Swami Dayananda Saraswati

 

75. The First AngloSikh War resulted in the Treaty of:

     a) Amritsar

     b) Lahore

     c) Rawalpindi

     d) Peshawar

     ANSWER: b) Lahore

 

76. The Simon Commission was boycotted by Indians because:

     a) It sought to curb civil liberties

     b) It intended to partition Bengal

     c) It had no Indian members

     d) It supported British rule

     ANSWER: c) It had no Indian members

 

77. The famous slogan "Do or Die" is associated with which movement?

     a) NonCooperation Movement

     b) Civil Disobedience Movement

     c) Quit India Movement

     d) Swadeshi Movement

     ANSWER: c) Quit India Movement

 

78. The NonCooperation Movement was called off due to:

     a) Chauri Chaura incident

     b) Jallianwala Bagh massacre

     c) Arrest of Mahatma Gandhi

     d) Simon Commission

     ANSWER: a) Chauri Chaura incident

 

79. The Cabinet Mission Plan was announced in:

     a) 1942

     b) 1945

     c) 1946

     d) 1947

     ANSWER: c) 1946

 

80. The first session of the Constituent Assembly was held on:

     a) December 9, 1946

     b) January 26, 1947

     c) August 15, 1947

     d) November 26, 1949

     ANSWER: a) December 9, 1946

 

 

81. Who among the following was the Prime Minister of England when India gained independence?

     a) Winston Churchill

     b) Clement Attlee

     c) Harold Macmillan

     d) Anthony Eden

     ANSWER: b) Clement Attlee

 

82. The Cripps Mission visited India in:

     a) 1940

     b) 1942

     c) 1944

     d) 1946

     ANSWER: b) 1942

 

83. The slogan "Inquilab Zindabad" was given by:

     a) Mahatma Gandhi

     b) Subhas Chandra Bose

     c) Bhagat Singh

     d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

 

 

     ANSWER: c) Bhagat Singh

 

84. The Regulating Act was passed in the year:

     a) 1757

     b) 1773

     c) 1784

     d) 1793

     ANSWER: b) 1773

 

85. The Doctrine of Lapse was introduced by:

     a) Lord Dalhousie

     b) Lord Wellesley

     c) Lord Hastings

     d) Lord Cornwallis

     ANSWER: a) Lord Dalhousie

 

86. The famous book "Indica" was written by:

     a) Megasthenes

     b) FaHien

     c) Hiuen Tsang

     d) AlBiruni

     ANSWER: a) Megasthenes

 

87. The First AngloBurmese War ended with the Treaty of:

     a) Yandabo

     b) Bhamo

     c) Mandalay

     d) Rangoon

     ANSWER: a) Yandabo

 

88. Who was the Nawab of Bengal during the Battle of Plassey?

     a) Mir Jafar

     b) SirajudDaulah

     c) Mir Qasim

     d) ShujaudDin

     ANSWER: b) SirajudDaulah

 

89. The Indigo Rebellion was against:

     a) British planters

     b) Zamindars

     c) Indian princes

     d) Portuguese traders

     ANSWER: a) British planters

 

90. The last ruler of the Tughlaq Dynasty was:

     a) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq

     b) Muhammad bin Tughlaq

     c) Firoz Shah Tughlaq

     d) Nasiruddin Mahmud

     ANSWER: d) Nasiruddin Mahmud

 

 

91. The Swadeshi Movement was started in response to the partition of:

     a) Bengal

     b) Punjab

     c) Bombay

     d) Madras

     ANSWER: a) Bengal

 

92. Who was the first Indian woman president of the Indian National Congress?

     a) Annie Besant

     b) Sarojini Naidu

     c) Indira Gandhi

     d) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

     ANSWER: b) Sarojini Naidu

 

93. The system of 'Subsidiary Alliance' was introduced by:

     a) Lord Hastings

     b) Lord Wellesley

     c) Lord Cornwallis

     d) Lord Dalhousie

     ANSWER: b) Lord Wellesley

 

94. The Hunter Commission was appointed after:

     a) Jallianwala Bagh massacre

     b) Chauri Chaura incident

     c) Quit India Movement

     d) Salt Satyagraha

     ANSWER: a) Jallianwala Bagh massacre

 

95. The Ryotwari settlement was introduced in:

     a) Bengal

     b) Bombay and Madras

     c) Punjab

     d) Oudh

     ANSWER: b) Bombay and Madras

 

96. The 'Al Hilal' newspaper was started by:

     a) Mohammad Ali Jinnah

     b) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

     c) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan

     d) Dr. Zakir Hussain

     ANSWER: b) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

 

97. The University of Calcutta was founded in:

     a) 1854

     b) 1857

     c) 1861

     d) 1864

     ANSWER: b) 1857

 

98. The last British GovernorGeneral of India was:

     a) Lord Mountbatten

     b) Lord Wavell

     c) Lord Linlithgow

     d) Lord Irwin

     ANSWER: a) Lord Mountbatten

 

99. The first Indian to pass the Indian Civil Services Examination was:

     a) Surendranath Banerjee

     b) Romesh Chunder Dutt

     c) Satyendranath Tagore

     d) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

     ANSWER: c) Satyendranath Tagore

 

100. The founder of the Bahmani Kingdom was:

     a) AlaudDin Bahman Shah

     b) Muhammad Shah I

     c) Ahmad Shah I

     d) Firuz Shah Bahmani

     ANSWER: a) AlaudDin Bahman Shah