Multiple choice Questions on Indian History- I
1. Name the first person who use the term “Indus civilization”.?
(a) John Marshall
(b) James Hicki
(c) Daya Ram Sahni
(d) Mackay.
Ans. A
2. Which one of the following is the largest Indian site of Indus civilization.?
(a) Mohenjodaro
(b) Dholavira
(c) Kalibangan
(d) Lothal
Ans. B
3. Who introduced the permanent settlement in Bengal.?
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) William Bentick
(c) Lord Curzon
(d) Lord Cornwallis
Ans. D
4. Who was the first Indian to be selected to the British parliament.?
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) G.K Gokhale
(c) Bipin Chandra Pal
(d) Lala lajpat Rai
Ans. A
5. The first telegraph line between Kolkata and Agra was opened in.?
(a) 1852
(b) 1854
(c) 1876
(d) 1988
Ans. B
6. Which British Governor General introduced Postage Stamp in India.?
(a) Lord Auckland
(b) Lord Canning
(c) Lord Dalhousie
(d) Lord William Bentick
Ans. C
7. Agra city was founded by.?
(a) Bahlol Lodi
(b) Firoz Tughlaq
(c) Shikandar Lodi
(d) Khizr Khan.
Ans. C
8. Poona pact was signed between .?
(a) Gandhi ji and Lord Irwin
(b) Gandhi ji and B.R. Ambedkar
(c) Gandhi ji and Jinnah 
(d) Gandhi ji and S.C Bose
Ans. B
9. The Ghadar Movement was founded by.?
(a) Ajit Sngh
(b) Lala Hansraj
(c) Lala Hardhayal
(d) M. Gandhi ji
Ans. C
10. Who is recognized as the Father of Geometry.?
(a) Pythagoras
(b) Euclid
(c) Johan Kepler
(d) Rene Descartes
Ans. B
11. The Doctrine of three jewels- Right belief, Right conduct, and Right Knowledge is.?
(a) Buddhism
(b) Christianity
(c) Jainism
(d) None
Ans. C
12. Who among the following drafted the resolution of fundamental rights for the Karachi Session of Congress in 1931.?
(a) Dr. B.R Ambedkar
(b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(c) Sardar Patel
(d) J.L Nehru
Ans. C
13. Who was the Francisco De Almeida.?
(a) French Viceroy in India
(b) Dutch Viceroy in India
(c) Portuguese Viceroy in India
(d) English Viceroy in India
Ans. C
14. The first muslim king to conquer Deccan was.?
(a) Moh.bin Tughlaq
(b) Akbar
(c) Ala-ud-din- Khilji
(d) Balban
Ans. C
15. Who was the first Sultan of Delhi to introduce the practice of Sijda.?
(a) Balban
(b) Firoz Tughlaq
(c) Mohammad Tughlaq
(d) Ala-ud-din Khilji
Ans. A
16. Non-cooperation movement was called off by Gandhi ji because of.?
(a) Chauri-chaura incident
(b) Government accepted the demands of Indian leaders
(c) Repressive measures adopted by the Government 
(d) None
Ans. A
17. Alai Darwaza is a Gateway to.?
(a) Khana mosque
(b) Siri
(c) Qutub Minar
(d) Agra Taj Mahal
Ans. C
18. Who was the Founder of “Chola Dynasty”.?
(a) Vijayalaya
(b) Rajendra-I
(c) Dantidurg
(d) Balban
Ans. A
19. The Battle of Haldi Ghati was fought between whom.?
(a) Akbar and Aurangzeb (1757)
(b) Akbar and Rana Pratap (1576)
(c) Akbar and Raja of Mewar (1576)
(d) Akbar and Tipu Sultan ( 1566)
Ans. B
20. Who said “ My ultimate aim to wipe every tear from every eye”.?
(a) Gandhi ji
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Dayanand Saraswati
(d) Vivakanand
Ans. B
21. Who was the first Viceroy of India.?
(a) Lord Clive
(b) Lord Dalhousie
(c) Lord Canning
(d) Lord Hastings
Ans. C
22. Chandra Gupta Maurya spents his last days at.?
(a) Shravana Belgola
(b) Nalanda
(c) Ujjain
(d) Patna
Ans. A
23. Charak was the court physician of.?
(a) Ashoka
(b) Kanishka
(c) Chandragupta
(d) Samudragupta
Ans. B
24. Changiz Khan, who invaded India in 13th century belonged to.?
(a) Arab
(b) China
(c) Mongol
(d) Tibet
Ans. C
25. The Zabti system was conceived by.?
(a) Akbar
(b) Sher Shah
(c) Sikandar Lodi
(d) Moh. Tughlag
Ans. A






26. Who wrote the biography of Harshvardhana in the 7th century A.D.?
(a) Banabhatta
(b) Bilhana
(c) Kalhana
(d) Sandhyakara
Ans. A
27. Neta ji subhas Chandra bose organized Indian National Army at.?
(a) Singapore
(b) Rangoon
(c) Hongkong
(d) Dubai
Ans. A
28. Mahatma Gandhi was first referred to as the “ Father of Nation” by.?
(a) Sardar Patel
(b) C. Rajagopalchari
(c) J.L Nehru
(d) Subhas Chandra Bose
Ans. D
29. Jallainwala Massacre occurred on.?
(a) 14th August 1920
(b) 13th April 1919
(c) 30th January 1918
(d) 15 August 1930.
Ans. B
30. Who among the following took away to Persia the peacock throne of Shahjahan in the half of 18th century.?
(a) Ahmed Shah Abdali
(b) Nadir Shah
(c) Chin Qilich Khan
(d) Mir Mannu Abdali’s Governor
Ans. B
31. Who among the following was incharge of land revenue system during the reign of akbar.?
(a) Abul Fazal
(b) Birbal
(c) TodarMal
(d) Man singh
Ans. C
32. Jainism spread in India during the reign of.?
(a) Chandragupta Maurya
(b) Chandragupta Vikramaditya
(c) Harshvardhana
(d) Samudragupta
Ans. A
33. Who among the following introduced local self-government in india.?
(a) Lord Canning
(b) Lord Rippon
(c) Raja Rammohan roy
(d) Lord Mountbatten
Ans. B
34. In the third battle of Panipat, the Marathas was defeated by.?
(a) Rajputs
(b) Afghans
(c) Mughals
(d) Sikhs
Ans. B
35. Who among the following was the last Mughal emperor to sit on the peacock throne.?
(a) Muhammad Shah
(b) Alamgir-II
(c) Shah Alam 
(d) Bahadur Shah-II
Ans. A
36. Who, among the following was the accredited Ambassador of the king of England , James-I to the Mughal Emperor Jahangir’s court.?
(a) Captain Hawkins
(b) James Hicky
(c) Sir Thomas Roe
(d) None
Ans. C
37. Who, amongst the following came to India with Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni.?
(a) Alberuni
(b) Ibn Batuta
(c) Fahien
(d) Masudi
Ans. A
38. Who pioneered the movement leading to the Widow Remarriage act.?
(a) Swami Vivekanand
(b) Raja Rammohan Roy
(c) Keshab Chandra Sen
(d) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Ans. B
39. In 1025 A.D Mahmud of Ghazni destroyed the somnath temple,Temple has been reconstructed recently ,in which state of India is it located.?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Gujarat
(c) M.P
(d) U.P
Ans. B
40. The first to bring Islam into India were the.?
(a) Turks
(b) Arabs
(c) Khaljis
(d) Slave Rulers
Ans. B
41. Humayun nama was written during the reign of Emperor Akbar by.?
(a) GulBadan Begum
(b) Humayun
(c) Abul Fazl
(d) Abbas Sarwani
Ans. A
42. Geet Govind was written by whom.?
(a) Jaydev
(b) Laxman Sen
(c) Vishnugupta
(d) Vatsyayana
Ans. A
43. Gandhi Ji started Satyagraha in 1919 to protest against the.?
(a) Salt Law
(b) Rowlactt act
(c) Act of 1909
(d) Jallianwala Bhag
Ans. B
44. Gautama Buddha attained Nirvana at.?
(a) BodhGaya
(b) Sarnath
(c) Kushinagar
(d) Lumbini
Ans. A
45. Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed in London in.?
(a) 1937
(b) 1931
(c) 1930
(d) 1923
Ans. B
46. During the reign of which of the following rulers did Tulsidas , the Auther of Ramcharitamanas , flourish.?
(a) Akber
(b) Humayun
(c) Shahjahan
(d) Sher Shah Suri
Ans. A
47. Din-i-llahi was the name of a.?
(a) Mosque
(b) Religion
(c) Cottage
(d) Saint
Ans. B
48. Who among the following Chinese Pilgrims visited India during the reign of Chandragupta Vikranmaditya.?
(a) Chang-Kien
(b) Fa-hien
(c) Hiuen-Tsang
(d) Wang hu
Ans. B
49. The title of “Viceroy” was added to the office of the Governor General of India for the first time in.?
(a) 1848 A.D
(b) 1856 A.D
(c) 1858 A.D
(d) 1862 A.D
Ans. C
50. The title “Vikrmaditya” was assumed by.?
(a) Harsha 
(b) Chandra Gupta-II
(c) Kanishka
(d) SamudraGupta
Ans. B