Saturday, November 23, 2024

MCQs History of India

 

Mauryan Empire

  1. Who was the founder of the Mauryan Empire?
    a) Chandragupta Maurya
    b) Bindusara
    c) Ashoka
    d) Harshavardhana
    Answer: a) Chandragupta Maurya

  2. Which ancient text describes the administrative policies of the Mauryan Empire?
    a) Arthashastra
    b) Manusmriti
    c) Mahabharata
    d) Rajatarangini
    Answer: a) Arthashastra

  3. Who was the Greek ambassador in the court of Chandragupta Maurya?
    a) Megasthenes
    b) Alexander
    c) Seleucus
    d) Pliny
    Answer: a) Megasthenes

  4. The Kalinga War was fought during the reign of which Mauryan ruler?
    a) Bindusara
    b) Ashoka
    c) Chandragupta Maurya
    d) Brihadratha
    Answer: b) Ashoka

  5. What was the primary source of income during the Mauryan period?
    a) Trade taxes
    b) Agriculture
    c) Custom duties
    d) Salt production
    Answer: b) Agriculture


Gupta Empire

  1. Which Gupta ruler is known as the “Napoleon of India”?
    a) Chandragupta I
    b) Chandragupta II
    c) Samudragupta
    d) Skandagupta
    Answer: c) Samudragupta

  2. Which Gupta ruler adopted the title Vikramaditya?
    a) Chandragupta I
    b) Chandragupta II
    c) Kumaragupta
    d) Skandagupta
    Answer: b) Chandragupta II

  3. The Gupta period is often referred to as the ____ of Indian history.
    a) Silver Age
    b) Golden Age
    c) Iron Age
    d) Bronze Age
    Answer: b) Golden Age

  4. Which of the following was a famous center of learning during the Gupta period?
    a) Nalanda
    b) Takshashila
    c) Ujjain
    d) Kashi
    Answer: a) Nalanda

  5. Who among the following is the author of Amarakosha?
    a) Kalidasa
    b) Aryabhata
    c) Dhanvantari
    d) Amarasimha
    Answer: d) Amarasimha


Foreign Rules of India

  1. Who was the first European to establish a trading post in India?
    a) Portuguese
    b) Dutch
    c) British
    d) French
    Answer: a) Portuguese

  2. Who defeated Prithviraj Chauhan in the Second Battle of Tarain (1192)?
    a) Genghis Khan
    b) Babur
    c) Mahmud of Ghazni
    d) Muhammad Ghori
    Answer: d) Muhammad Ghori

  3. The Delhi Sultanate was founded by:
    a) Balban
    b) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
    c) Alauddin Khilji
    d) Iltutmish
    Answer: b) Qutb-ud-din Aibak

  4. Who introduced the Persian-style architecture in India?
    a) Mughals
    b) Portuguese
    c) Khiljis
    d) Lodis
    Answer: a) Mughals

  5. Who built the Qutub Minar?
    a) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
    b) Iltutmish
    c) Alauddin Khilji
    d) Balban
    Answer: a) Qutb-ud-din Aibak


Colonial Rule in India

  1. The Battle of Plassey was fought in which year?
    a) 1757
    b) 1761
    c) 1857
    d) 1818
    Answer: a) 1757

  2. Who was the last Governor-General of India?
    a) Warren Hastings
    b) Lord Canning
    c) Lord Mountbatten
    d) Lord Wellesley
    Answer: c) Lord Mountbatten

  3. The Permanent Settlement was introduced by:
    a) Lord Cornwallis
    b) Lord Dalhousie
    c) Warren Hastings
    d) Robert Clive
    Answer: a) Lord Cornwallis

  4. The Indian Penal Code was introduced during the tenure of:
    a) Lord Ripon
    b) Lord Dalhousie
    c) Lord Macaulay
    d) Lord Wellesley
    Answer: c) Lord Macaulay

  5. Who introduced the Doctrine of Lapse?
    a) Lord Curzon
    b) Lord Cornwallis
    c) Lord Dalhousie
    d) Lord Ripon
    Answer: c) Lord Dalhousie


Freedom Movement

  1. When was the Indian National Congress founded?
    a) 1875
    b) 1885
    c) 1890
    d) 1905
    Answer: b) 1885

  2. Who led the Dandi March?
    a) Subhas Chandra Bose
    b) Bhagat Singh
    c) Mahatma Gandhi
    d) Jawaharlal Nehru
    Answer: c) Mahatma Gandhi

  3. The Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place in which year?
    a) 1919
    b) 1920
    c) 1930
    d) 1942
    Answer: a) 1919

  4. Who was the first Indian Governor-General of independent India?
    a) Jawaharlal Nehru
    b) Rajendra Prasad
    c) C. Rajagopalachari
    d) Lord Mountbatten
    Answer: c) C. Rajagopalachari

  5. Which movement is associated with the slogan Do or Die?
    a) Non-Cooperation Movement
    b) Quit India Movement
    c) Civil Disobedience Movement
    d) Swadeshi Movement
    Answer: b) Quit India Movement


Miscellaneous

  1. The Khilafat Movement was launched to protest against:
    a) British rule in India
    b) Disrespect to the Ottoman Caliph
    c) Rowlatt Act
    d) Partition of Bengal
    Answer: b) Disrespect to the Ottoman Caliph

  2. The Swadeshi Movement was launched to protest against:
    a) Jallianwala Bagh massacre
    b) Partition of Bengal
    c) Simon Commission
    d) Rowlett Act
    Answer: b) Partition of Bengal

  3. Who gave the slogan Inquilab Zindabad?
    a) Bhagat Singh
    b) Lala Lajpat Rai
    c) Subhas Chandra Bose
    d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    Answer: a) Bhagat Singh

  4. The First War of Independence is also known as:
    a) Sepoy Mutiny
    b) Civil Disobedience Movement
    c) Quit India Movement
    d) Non-Cooperation Movement
    Answer: a) Sepoy Mutiny

  5. Who authored the book Hind Swaraj?
    a) Rabindranath Tagore
    b) Mahatma Gandhi
    c) Jawaharlal Nehru
    d) B.R. Ambedkar
    Answer: b) Mahatma Gandhi


Additional

Mauryan Empire

  1. Which Mauryan ruler was known for spreading Buddhism outside India?
    a) Chandragupta Maurya
    b) Bindusara
    c) Ashoka
    d) Dasharatha
    Answer: c) Ashoka

  2. The famous rock edicts of Ashoka were written in which script?
    a) Brahmi
    b) Kharosthi
    c) Devanagari
    d) Pali
    Answer: a) Brahmi

  3. Which Mauryan city was known as the imperial capital?
    a) Taxila
    b) Pataliputra
    c) Ujjain
    d) Kashi
    Answer: b) Pataliputra

  4. Ashoka’s Dhamma was inspired by:
    a) Hinduism
    b) Buddhism
    c) Jainism
    d) Zoroastrianism
    Answer: b) Buddhism


Gupta Empire

  1. The Gupta period was marked by the development of which classical dance form?
    a) Bharatanatyam
    b) Kathak
    c) Odissi
    d) Kathakali
    Answer: b) Kathak

  2. The decimal numeral system and the concept of zero were developed during which era?
    a) Mauryan
    b) Gupta
    c) Mughal
    d) British
    Answer: b) Gupta

  3. Aryabhata, a mathematician and astronomer, belonged to which empire?
    a) Mauryan
    b) Gupta
    c) Chola
    d) Pallava
    Answer: b) Gupta

  4. The famous Chinese traveler Fa-Hien visited India during whose reign?
    a) Samudragupta
    b) Chandragupta II
    c) Kumaragupta
    d) Harshavardhana
    Answer: b) Chandragupta II


Foreign Rules of India

  1. Which Mughal ruler built the Taj Mahal?
    a) Akbar
    b) Jahangir
    c) Shah Jahan
    d) Aurangzeb
    Answer: c) Shah Jahan

  2. Who was the founder of the Slave Dynasty in India?
    a) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
    b) Iltutmish
    c) Balban
    d) Razia Sultana
    Answer: a) Qutb-ud-din Aibak

  3. Which ruler is known as the "Second Alexander"?
    a) Alauddin Khilji
    b) Babur
    c) Akbar
    d) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
    Answer: a) Alauddin Khilji

  4. Who was the last Mughal emperor of India?
    a) Akbar II
    b) Bahadur Shah Zafar
    c) Shah Alam II
    d) Jahandar Shah
    Answer: b) Bahadur Shah Zafar


Colonial Rule in India

  1. Which revolt is also referred to as the "First War of Independence"?
    a) Revolt of 1857
    b) Indigo Rebellion
    c) Santhal Rebellion
    d) Wahabi Movement
    Answer: a) Revolt of 1857

  2. The Dual Government system in Bengal was introduced by:
    a) Lord Cornwallis
    b) Robert Clive
    c) Warren Hastings
    d) Lord Wellesley
    Answer: b) Robert Clive

  3. The Viceroy during the partition of Bengal in 1905 was:
    a) Lord Curzon
    b) Lord Ripon
    c) Lord Dufferin
    d) Lord Canning
    Answer: a) Lord Curzon

  4. Who was responsible for the abolition of Sati in India?
    a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
    b) Dayanand Saraswati
    c) Swami Vivekananda
    d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    Answer: a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy


Freedom Movement

  1. Who gave the slogan "Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it"?
    a) Mahatma Gandhi
    b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    c) Subhas Chandra Bose
    d) Lala Lajpat Rai
    Answer: b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

  2. The Simon Commission was boycotted in India because:
    a) It was headed by a British member
    b) It excluded Indians
    c) It recommended the partition of Bengal
    d) It supported the Rowlatt Act
    Answer: b) It excluded Indians

  3. In which year was the Quit India Movement launched?
    a) 1920
    b) 1930
    c) 1942
    d) 1947
    Answer: c) 1942

  4. Subhas Chandra Bose formed which government-in-exile during World War II?
    a) Indian National Congress
    b) Azad Hind Government
    c) Swaraj Party
    d) Home Rule League
    Answer: b) Azad Hind Government

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