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Indian History MCQ for Competitive Exam
Quick Quiz
Iltutmish’s most important contribution to Turkish rule in India was :
1. Establishing a capital at Delhi
2. To issue coins
3. To create a dynastic rule
4. To organise the iqta system
Option 4 – To organise the iqta system
Firdausi was patronized by :
1. nia
2. Iltutmish
3. Mahmud of Ghazni
4. Mahmud of Ghuri
Option 3 – Mahmud of Ghazni
Shah Namah was written by :
1. Abul Fazal
2. Firdausi
3. Amir Khusrau
4. Salim Malik
Option 2 – Firdausi
Which Sultan banned the use of wine and intoxicants, holding of banquets etc. to prevent conspiracies among the nobles?
1. Firoz Tughlaq
2. Balban
3. Ala-ud-din Khalji
4. Muhammad-bin Tughlaq
Option 3 – Ala-ud-din Khalji
Nauroz was introduced by :
1. Mubarak Khalji
2. Ala-ud-din Khalji
3. Balban
4. Iltumish
Option 3 – Balban
Who constituated a council known as Umarai Chahlgani?
1. Balban
2. Iltumish
3. Sikandar Lodhi
4. Aram Shah
Option 2 – Iltumish
Amir Khusrau, named the ‘Parrot of India’, was a contemporary of :
1. Balban
2. Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq
3. Ala-ud-din Khalji
4. All the above
Option 4 – All the above
The ruling dynasty established in India at the instance of Timur was :
1. Lodi
2. Saiyid
3. Ilyas Shahi
4. Sharqi
Option 2 – Saiyid
Which Delhi Sultanate ruler was dubbed as the illustrated idealist”?
1. Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
2. Firoz Tughlaq
3. Balban
4. Iltumish
Option 1 – Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
The only Sultan who declared himself caliph was :
1. Ala-ud-din Khalji
2. Mubarak Shah Khalji
3. Khusrau Shah
4. Muhammad-bin
Option 2 – Mubarak Shah Khalji
The kingdom of Vijayanagar was founded by :
1. Hari Hara II
2. Vijaya Raya
3. Bukka II
4. Hari Hara and Bukka
Option 4 – Hari Hara and Bukka
Who was the great ruler of the first dynasty of Vijayanagar, who invited the famous Persian ambassador Abdur Razzaq to his court?
1. Deva Raya I
2. Deva Raya II
3. Mallikarjuna
4. Virupaksha
Option 2 – Deva Raya II
The city of Vijayanagar (now known as Hampi) was situated on the northern bank of the river :
1. Krishna
2. Kaveri
3. Tungabhadra
4. Godavari
Option 3 – Tungabhadra
The Italian traveller Nico loConti visited Vijaya nagar in the reign of :
1. Bukka II
2. Deva Raya I
3. Virupaksha
4. Hari Hara
Option 2 – Deva Raya I
The Vijayanagar king known as ‘Andhra Pita maha’, Andhra Bhoja’ and whose reign marks the Augustan Age of Telugu literature was :
1. Deva Raya I
2. Bukka II
3. Saluva Narasimha
4. Krishna Deva Raya
Option 4 – Krishna Deva Raya
The Ashtadiggajas of the court of Krishna Deva Raya were :
1. Great Ministers
2. Great scholars of Telugu literature
3. Great musicians
4. Guardians of the palace
Option 2 – Great scholars of Telugu literature
The greatest ruler of Kashmir who has also been called ‘the Akbar of Kashmir’ was
1. Shamshuddin Shah
2. Haider Shah
3. Zain-ul-Abidin
4. Sikandar Shah
Option 3 – Zain-ul-Abidin
The foundation of Mughal rule in India was laid with the :
1. First Battle of Panipat
2. Second Battle of Panipat
3. Third Battle of Tarani
4. Battle of Khanua
Option 1 – First Battle of Panipat
India’s earliest contact with Islam tame through :
1. Arab invasion of Sindh in the seventh century
2. Turkish invasions of the eleventh-twelth centuries
3. Arab merchants of Malabar coast
4. Sufi saints and Arab travellers
Option 3 – Arab merchants of Malabar coast
Which of the following Sultans of Delhi was described as lakh baksh?
1. Iltutmish
2. Ala-ud-din Khalji
3. Balban
4. Qutb-ud-din Aibak
Option 4 – Qutb-ud-din Aibak
Which of the following paved the way for the foundation of Turkish rule in India?
1. First Battle of Tarain
2. Second Battle of Tarain
3. First Battle of Panipat
4. All the above
Option 2 – Second Battle of Tarain
The first Muslim invader of India was :
1. Muhammad Ghuri
2. Mahmud of Ghazni
3. Muhammad-bin-Qasim
4. Chengiz Khan
Option 3 – Muhammad-bin-Qasim
Ulugh Khan was more popularly known as :
1. Balban
2. Iltumish
3. Aibak
4. Yaqut Khan
Option 1 – Balban
…….. was the center of the Aligarh movement.
(a) The Deoband School
(b) The Anglo-Oriental College
(c) Pir-Fakir Majlis
(d) The Khilafat Committee
Option b – The Anglo-Oriental College
Where was the first Madrasa set up by the British in India?
(a) Madras
(b) Bombay
(c) Aligarh
(d) Calcutta
Option d – Calcutta
The main aim of Wahhabism was
(a) to get rid of Muslim society of dogmatism.
(b) to overthrow the British.
(c) to counter Hinduism.
(d) to rejuvenate Muslim power in India.
Option d – to rejuvenate Muslim power in India
The Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College of Aligarh was founded by
(a) Md Ali Jinnah
(b) Muhammad Ali
(c) Shaukat Ali
(d) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
Option d – Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
The Scientific Society was founded by
(a) Wilton Company
(b) Lord Cornwallis
(c) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
(d) None of the above
Option c – Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
Who founded the ‘Seva Samiti’ in Allahabad in 1914?
(a) Hridayanath Kunzru
(b) GK Gokhale
(c) Shri Ram Bajpai
(d) TB Sapru
Option a – Hridayanath Kunzru
Who founded Arya Mahila Samaj and made the first attempt to educate widows?
(a) Ramabai
(b) Muthulakshmi Reddy
(c) Vidyasagar
(d) Sarala Devi Chaudhurani
Option a – Ramabai
Who among the following was the founder of the Young Bengal Movement?
(a) Henry Vivian Derozio
(b) David Hare
(c) Dwarkanath Tagore
(d) Prasanna Kumar Tagore
Option a – Henry Vivian Derozio
Who among the following was the founder of ‘Dev Samaj’?
(a) Vallabhbhai Patel
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) Shiv Narayan Agnihotri
(d) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
Option c – Shiv Narayan Agnihotri
Which one of the following statements is not correct regarding the religious reforms in Western India during the 19th century?
(a) Gopal Hari Deshmukh was one of the earliest religious reformers in Western India who rationally attacked Hindu orthodoxy.
(b) Paramahamsa Mandali, whose activities spread to South India due to the efforts of the Telugu reformer Veeresalingam, agitated against idolatry and the caste system.
(c) Prarthana Samaj preached for the worship of one God and tried to free religion of caste orthodoxy and priestly domination.
(d) Gopal Ganesh Agarkar, one of the greatest rationalist thinkers of modern India, advocated for the power of human reason.
Option b – Paramahamsa Mandali, whose activities spread to South India due to the efforts of the Telugu reformer Veeresalingam, agitated against idolatry and the caste system
What was the Act III, 1872?
(a) Social Reform Act
(b) Jury Act
(c) Revenue Act
(d) Executive Act
Option a – Social Reform Act
Which of the following is/are correctly matched?
(a) Dayananda Saraswati – Propounded the motto “Go back to the Vedas”.
(b) Lala Hansraj Disciple of – Dayananda Saraswati who set up the Dayanand Anglo Vedic College at Lahore
(c) Madan Mohan Malaviya Developed the Central Hindu School established by Mrs Annie Besant into Banaras Hindu University.
(d) All of the above
Option d – All of the above
Which of the following pairs is/are not correctly matched?
(a) Jamnalal Bajaj – Satyagraha Ashram at Wardha
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji – Bombay Association
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai – National School at Lahore
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak – Satya Shodhak Sabha
Option d – Bal Gangadhar Tilak – Satya Shodhak Sabha
Which of the following gave the suggestion to divide the secondary level curriculum into course A and course B?
(a) Wood’s despatch
(b) Hunter Commission
(c) Wood and Abbot Report
(d) Mudaliar Commission
Option b – Hunter Commission
Sadler Commission was related to
(a) Judicial
(b) Revenue Administration
(c) Education
(d) Police Administration
Option c – Education
When did the British Government appoint the Sadler University Commission for reforms in education?
(a) 1919
(b) 1917
(c) 1921
(d) 1896
Option b – 1917
When was the National Council of Education established?
(a) 15th August, 1903
(b) 15th August, 1904
(c) 15th August, 1905
(d) 15th August, 1906
Option d – 15th August, 1906
Who among the following transformed the traditional Ganpati festival of Maharashtra into a national festival and gave it to the political character?
(a) Ramdas
(b) Shivajee
(c) MG Ranade
(d) BG Tilak
Option d – BG Tilak
Along with Mahatma Gandhi who amongst the following Muslims did lift the bier of Bal Gangadhar Tilak?
(a) Shaukat Ali
(b) Mohammad Ali
(c) Maulana AK Azad
(d) MA Ansari
Option a – Shaukat Ali
Which one of the following leaders belonged to the Extremist Wings of Congress?
(a) Aurobindo Ghosh
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) GK Gokhle
(d) SN Banerjee
Option a – Aurobindo Ghosh
Who among the following gave a systematic critique of the moderate ham politics of India National Congress in a series of articles entitled ‘New Lamps for Old’?
(a) Aurobindo Ghosh
(b) RC Dutt
(c) Syed Ahmed Khan
(d) None of the above
Option a – Aurobindo Ghosh
Sri Aurobindo Ashram is situated in
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Karnataka
(c) Rameshwaram
(d) Pondicherry
Option d – Pondicherry
Who is popularly known as ‘Sher-e-Punjab’?
(a) Rajguru
(b) Bhagat Singh
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(d) Udham Singh
Option c – Lala Lajpat Rai
Which one among the following statements regarding Bal Gangadhar Tilak is not correct?
(a) He propounded the theory of the actual home of the Aryans.
(b) He founded the Anti-Cow-Killing Society.
(c) He set up the Home Rule League at Poona.
(d) He supported the Age of Consent Bill.
Option d – He supported the Age of Consent Bill
Which among the following was the most immediate factor for the spread of Swadeshi and the boycott of foreign goods during the first decade of the last century?
(a) Curzon’s design to curtail the sphere of local self-government.
(b) Curzon’s attempt to control the Universities.
(c) Curzon’s Partition of Bengal.
(d) Curzon’s plan to curb the growing popularity of the Indian National Congress.
Option c – Curzon’s Partition of Bengal
Which of the following movements can be said to have initiated the process of associating the workers with the wider nationalist struggle against the British?
(a) Swadeshi Movement
(b) Home Rule Movement
(c) Non-Cooperation Movement
(d) Anti-Simon Agitation
Option a – Swadeshi Movement
Which among the following is not true about the Swadeshi Movement?
(a) It had a wider popular appeal than any other political agitation that preceded it.
(b) It enlisted the support of the Muslim masses.
(c) It had an economic character.
(d) The Swadeshi Movement was supported by a section of the radical press in England.
Option d – The Swadeshi Movement was supported by a section of the radical press in England
The British Journalist HW Nevison was associated with
(a) Non-Cooperation Movement
(b) Civil Disobedience Movement
(c) Swadeshi Movement
(d) Quit India Movement
Option c – Swadeshi Movement
Among the various forms of struggle thrown up by the Swadeshi Movement, which one of the following met with the greatest visible success at the practical and popular level?
(a) The boycott of foreign goods.
(b) Public meetings and processions against the British rule.
(c) Picketing of shops selling liquor and foreign goods.
(d) Arrest of the political workers on a large scale.
Option a – The boycott of foreign goods
Bengal Revolutionaries were largely inspired by which revolutionary movements of Great Britain?
(a) Scottish
(b) Irish
(c) Welsh
(d) None of these
Option b – Irish
What was the Carlyle Circular and when was it issued in colonial India?
(a) A decree to prevent political gatherings during the World War I.
(b) A regulation to introduce English education in schools after 1857.
(c) A decree to restrict the use of arms by Indian citizens of colonial India from 1919 onwards.
(d) A decree to prevent nationalist protests amongst students in educational institutions during the Partition of Bengal.
Option d – A decree to prevent nationalist protests amongst students in educational institutions during the Partition of Bengal
Who was known as the ‘Sher-i-Bangal’?
(a) Fazlul Haque
(b) Haji Muhammad Mohsin
(c) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(d) Nawab Salimullah
Option a – Fazlul Haque
Who was the editor of the nationalist newspaper ‘Sandhya’?
(a) Satish Chandra Mukhopadhyaya
(b) Bramhabandhab Upadhyay
(c) Sisir Kumar Ghosh
(d) Bhupendranath Datta
Option b – Bramhabandhab Upadhyay
Pakistan Resolution was taken on
(a) 16th August, 1946
(b) 26th January, 1935
(c) 14th April, 1942
(d) 23rd March, 1940
Option d – 23rd March, 1940
Who among the following freedom fighters did not belong to revolutionary (militant) nationalism?
(a) Veena Das
(b) Santi & Suniti
(c) Matangini Hazra
(d) Kalpana Datta
Option c – Matangini Hazra
Which animal was part of the symbol of Netaji’s INA Flag?
(a) Lion
(b) Elephant
(c) Tiger
(d) Rhino
Option c – Tiger
Who was the hero of the Rampa Rebellion of 1922-24?
(a) Tanguturi Prakasam Pantulu
(b) Tiruppa Kumaran
(c) Puli Thevan
(d) Alluri Sitha Rama Raju
Option d – Alluri Sitha Rama Raju
Which was the first incident of a British official’s assassination after the revolt of 1857?
(a) Assassination of British official W.C. Rand by Chapekar Brothers
(b) Assassination of British police officer John Saunders by Bhagat Singh and ShivramRajguru
(c) Assassination of William Hutt Curzon Wyllie by Madan Lal Dhingra
(d) Assassination of British police officer Jackson by AnantLaxmanKanhere
Option a – Assassination of British official W.C. Rand by Chapekar Brothers
With reference to 8th August 1942 in Indian History, which one of the following statements is correct?
(a) The Quit India Resolution was adopted by AICC
(b) The Viceroy’s Executive Council was expanded to include more Indians.
(c) The Congress ministries resigned in seven provinces.
(d) Cripps proposed an Indian Union with full Dominion Status once the Second World War was over.
Option a – The Quit India Resolution was adopted by AICC
Which among the following is associated with “Songs from Prison”, a translation of ancient Indian religious lyrics in English?
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
(d) Sarojini Naidu
Option c – Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
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