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South Indian History MCQ for Students
Who is credited with initiating the Saka Era in 78 AD?
(a) Nahapana
(b) Rudraman I
(c) Vikramaditya
(d) Kanishka
Option d – Kanishka
The earliest phase of Tamil history is referred to as:
(a) Chola Age
(b) Pallava Age
(c) Pandyan Age
(d) Sangam Age
Option d – Sangam Age
Which of the following is recognized as a prominent Sangam literary work?
(a) Tirrukkural
(b) Silappadikaram
(c) Tolkappiyam
(d) Pattupattu
Option b – Silappadikaram
Which Gupta ruler is often called the ‘Napoleon of India’ due to his extensive conquests?
(a) Chandragupta
(b) Samudragupta
(c) Chandragupta
(d) Skandagupta
Option b – Samudragupta
Who was the most renowned astronomer and mathematician during the Gupta era?
(a) Varahamihira
(b) Brahmagupta
(c) Vagabhata
(d) Aryabhata
Option d – Aryabhata
Under which Gupta emperor did scholars such as Kalidasa thrive?
(a) Chandragupta
(b) Chandragupta II
(c) Sri Gupta
(d) Samudragupta
Option b – Chandragupta II
Which among these is not attributed to Kalidasa?
(a) Sankhya Karika
(b) Ritusamhara
(c) Meghaduta
(d) Malavikagnimitra
Option a – Sankhya Karika
Which of these works was not authored by Harshavardhana?
(a) Ratnavali
(b) Nagananda
(c) Kadambari
(d) Priyadarshika
Option c – Kadambari
Who was the principal poet at Harsha’s royal court?
(a) Harisena
(b) Banabhatta
(c) Bhasa
(d) Dandin
Option b – Banabhatta
Which Chinese traveler visited India during Harsha’s reign?
(a) Hiuen Tsang
(b) I-tsing
(c) Fa-hien
(d) All three
Option a – Hiuen Tsang
In which century did Christianity first arrive in India?
(a) First century AD
(b) Third century AD
(c) Sixth century AD
(d) Seventh century AD
Option a – First century AD
In which period was the concept of zero developed in India?
(a) Second century BC
(b) Sixth century BC
(c) Second century BC
(d) Fifth century BC
Option a – Second century BC
Who was the first Muslim invader to conquer part of India?
(a) Ghori
(b) Balban
(c) Md. bin Qasim
(d) Babar
Option c – Md. bin Qasim
Which of the following is considered an early example of a residential and educational institution?
(a) Kanchi
(b) Taxila
(c) Vikramsila
(d) Nalanda
Option d – Nalanda
Which text is often described as an encyclopedia of Indian medicine?
(a) Charaka Samhita
(b) Abhidharma Hridaya
(c) Sushruta Samhita
(d) Ashtangahridaya Samhita
Option a – Charaka Samhita
Who was the founder of Vikramasila University?
(a) Dhruva
(b) Devapala
(c) Dharmapala
(d) Bhoja
Option c – Dharmapala
What was the capital city of the Rashtrakutas?
(a) Vatapi
(b) Malwa
(c) Manyakhet
(d) Vengi
Option c – Manyakhet
Kalhana’s Rajatarangini is a historical chronicle of which region?
(a) Malwa
(b) Gujarat
(c) Kashmir
(d) Vijayanagar
Option c – Kashmir
What is the distinguishing feature of the Dravidian temple architecture style?
(a) Mandapa
(b) Gopuram
(c) Vimana
(d) Shikhara
Option c – Vimana
Kautilya’s Arthashastra has been likened to which famous political treatise?
(a) Das Kapital by Karl Marx
(b) The Prince by Machiavelli
(c) Dialogues by Plato
(d) Mein Kampf by Hitler
Option b – The Prince by Machiavelli
How did Ashoka refer to himself in his inscriptions?
(a) Priyadarshini
(b) Dhammasoka
(c) Daivaputra
(d) Devanampriya Priyadarsin
Option d – Devanampriya Priyadarsin
What is the central focus of Kautilya’s Arthashastra?
(a) Principles and execution of governance
(b) Economic policies
(c) Duties of a monarch
(d) International diplomacy
Option a – Principles and execution of governance
Which Indian ruler was in power when Megasthenes visited India?
(a) Ashoka
(b) Bindusara
(c) Chandragupta II
(d) Chandragupta Maurya
Option d – Chandragupta Maurya
The Milinda-panho is a Buddhist dialogue between King Menander and which monk?
(a) Nagabhushan
(b) Nagasena
(c) Asvaghosha
(d) Ananda
Option b – Nagasena
What resolution was made during the Lucknow Session of the Congress in 1916?
(a) Acceptance of Muslim League’s demand for separate electorates
(b) Temporary unity between Congress and Muslim League
(c) Election of a Muslim as Congress president
(d) None of the above
Option a – Acceptance of Muslim League’s demand for separate electorates
Who initiated the first Home Rule League movement?
(a) Annie Besant
(b) Sarojini Naidu
(c) Surendranath Banerjee
(d) Tilak
Option a – Annie Besant
Annie Besant launched the Home Rule League in India inspired by a movement in:
(a) Ireland
(b) Scotland
(c) England
(d) Eastern Europe
Option a – Ireland
Annie Besant is primarily linked with which political movement?
(a) Civil Disobedience Movement
(b) Home Rule Movement
(c) Khilafat Movement
(d) Non-Cooperation Movement
Option b – Home Rule Movement
Who consistently advocated for Indian self-rule in the early 1900s?
(a) Surendranath Banerjee
(b) Pherozeshah Mehta
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji
Option c – Bal Gangadhar Tilak
The Home Rule Leagues were established in 1915–16 by:
(a) Tilak and Annie Besant
(b) Tilak and Aurobindo Ghosh
(c) Tilak and Lajpat Rai
(d) Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal
Option a – Tilak and Annie Besant
In which region was the revolutionary group Abhinav Bharat founded in 1905?
(a) Odisha
(b) Bengal
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Maharashtra
Option d – Maharashtra
Who was the founder of the secret society Mitra Mela?
(a) Shyamji Krishna Verma
(b) V.D. Savarkar
(c) Lala Hardayal
(d) Sohan Singh Bhakana
Option b – V.D. Savarkar
What was the nature of the Anushilan Samiti?
(a) Women’s upliftment group
(b) Advocated widow remarriage
(c) Promoted labor rights
(d) A revolutionary organization
Option d – A revolutionary organization
Where did the revolutionary movement in India first gain momentum?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Bengal
(c) Punjab
(d) Rajasthan
Option b – Bengal
Which leader was responsible for forming the Abhinav Bharat Society?
(a) Bhagat Singh
(b) Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
(c) Barindar Kumar Ghosh
(d) Pulin Bihari
Option b – Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Who was the founder of the Anushilan Samiti in Dacca?
(a) Prafulla Chaki
(b) Pulin Das
(c) S.N. Sanyal
(d) Jatindra Nath Mukherjee
Option b – Pulin Das
Who opened a branch of Anushilan Samiti in Patna in 1913?
(a) Rewati Nag
(b) Yadunath Sarkar
(c) Sachindra Nath Sanyal
(d) Mazharul Haque
Option c – Sachindra Nath Sanyal
The Barrah robbery marked the first significant revolutionary activity in which region?
(a) Bombay-Karnataka
(b) Punjab
(c) East Bengal
(d) Madras Presidency
Option c – East Bengal
In which year was the assassination attempt on Kingsford at Muzaffarpur made?
(a) 1908
(b) 1909
(c) 1907
(d) 1911
Option a – 1908
Who were the two revolutionaries involved in the 1908 Muzaffarpur attack?
(a) Binoy Bose and Badal Gupta
(b) Surya Sen and Loknath Bal
(c) Damodar and Balkrishna Chapekar
(d) Prafulla Chaki and Khudiram Bose
Option d – Prafulla Chaki and Khudiram Bose
The 1908 Muzaffarpur bombing incident is associated with which revolutionary?
(a) V.D. Savarkar
(b) Ajit Singh
(c) Prafulla Chaki
(d) Bipin Chandra Pal
Option c – Prafulla Chaki
Who established the Anushilan Samiti?
(a) Pramath Nath Mitra
(b) Barindra Ghosh
(c) V.D. Savarkar
(d) Narendra Gosain
Option a – Pramath Nath Mitra
The underground revolutionary group linked with Barindra Ghosh was called:
(a) Anushilan Samiti
(b) Swadeshi Bandhawa Samiti
(c) Brati Samiti
(d) Sadhawa Samaj
Option a – Anushilan Samiti
Barindra Ghosh was actively involved in which organization?
(a) Anushilan Samiti
(b) Sadhawa Samiti
(c) Abhinav Bharat
(d) Swadesh Bandhawa Samiti
Option a – Anushilan Samiti
Who served as the defense lawyer for Aurobindo Ghosh in the Alipore Bomb Trial?
(a) W.C. Bonerjee
(b) Surendranath Banerjee
(c) Bipin Chandra Pal
(d) Chittaranjan Das
Option d – Chittaranjan Das
Who led the assault on the European Club in Chittagong’s Pahartali area?
(a) Pritilata Waddedar
(b) Surya Sen
(c) Anant Singh
(d) Loknath Bal
Option a – Pritilata Waddedar
Which external development significantly shaped the Indian freedom struggle in the early 1900s?
(a) Russian Revolution, 1917
(b) Russo-Japanese War, 1904–05
(c) World War I, 1914
(d) Boer War, 1899
Option b – Russo-Japanese War, 1904–05
Who founded the Swadesh Bandhawa Samiti?
(a) Pulin Das
(b) Surya Sen
(c) Barindra Ghosh
(d) Ashwin Kumar Dutt
Option d – Ashwin Kumar Dutt
When and where was the Ghadar Party established?
(a) America, 1913
(b) England, 1917
(c) Denmark, 1921
(d) Scotland, 1925
Option a – America, 1913
Who is known as the founder of the Ghadar Party?
(a) V.D. Savarkar
(b) Rash Behari Ghosh
(c) Madan Lal Dhingra
(d) Lala Hardayal
Option d – Lala Hardayal
Where did Shyamji Krishna Verma establish the Indian Home Rule Society?
(a) London
(b) Paris
(c) Berlin
(d) San Francisco
Option a – London
In which year was the Indian Home Rule Society formed?
(a) 1900
(b) 1901
(c) 1902
(d) 1905
Option d – 1905
Who was responsible for founding the India House in London?
(a) Shyamji Krishna Verma
(b) Rash Behari Bose
(c) Ramchandra
(d) Taraknath Das
Option a – Shyamji Krishna Verma
Which incident directly triggered the Ghadar uprising?
(a) Arrest of Lala Hardayal
(b) Kamagata Maru event
(c) Outbreak of World War I
(d) Execution of Kartar Singh Sarabha
Option b – Kamagata Maru event
What was the Kamagata Maru?
(a) A political party in Taiwan
(b) Chinese peasant leader
(c) A ship bound for Canada
(d) A Chinese village associated with Mao
Option c – A ship bound for Canada
Who established a Republican government in exile?
(a) Raja Mahendra Pratap
(b) Subhash Chandra Bose
(c) Ras Behari Bose
(d) None of the above
Option a – Raja Mahendra Pratap
Where was the provisional Indian government led by Raja Mahendra Pratap set up during WWI?
(a) Afghanistan
(b) Germany
(c) Singapore
(d) Turkey
Option a – Afghanistan
The Silk Letter Conspiracy of 1916 was orchestrated by:
(a) Obaidullah Sindhi and Maulana Barakatullah
(b) Maulana Abdul Bari and Maulana Muhammad Ali
(c) Obaidullah Sindhi and Maulana Mahmud Hasan
(d) Raja Mahendra Pratap and John Henting
Option c – Obaidullah Sindhi and Maulana Mahmud Hasan
What does the term “Ghadar” signify?
(a) Revolt
(b) Independence
(c) Swaraj
(d) Liberation
Option a – Revolt
The Ghadar organization was: ( South Indian History MCQ )
(a) A revolutionary group based in San Francisco
(b) A nationalist body from Singapore
(c) A militant unit headquartered in Berlin
(d) A communist movement from Tashkent
Option a – A revolutionary group based in San Francisco
Who was the first president of the Ghadar Party? ( South Indian History MCQ )
(a) Lala Hardayal
(b) Sohan Singh Bhakna
(c) Pandit Kashi Ram
(d) Kesar Singh
Option b – Sohan Singh Bhakna
Who is honored as the “Mother of Indian Revolution”? ( South Indian History MCQ )
(a) Annie Besant
(b) Snehlata Wadekar
(c) Sarojini Naidu
(d) Madam Bhikaji Cama
Option d – Madam Bhikaji Cama
Among these, who first hoisted the Indian tricolor?
(a) Aruna Asaf Ali
(b) Bhikaji Cama
(c) Durga Bhabhi
(d) Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
Option b – Bhikaji Cama
Where did Bhikaji Cama raise the Indian flag in 1907? ( South Indian History MCQ )
(a) London
(b) Paris
(c) Moscow
(d) Stuttgart
Option d – Stuttgart
Which pair was hanged in England for killing British officials? ( South Indian History MCQ )
(a) Rajguru and Sukhdev
(b) Khudiram Bose and Surya Sen
(c) Madan Lal Dhingra and Udham Singh
(d) Kartar Singh Sarabha and Ashfaqulla Khan
Option c – Madan Lal Dhingra and Udham Singh
What links Bhikaji Cama, Barkatullah, V.V.S. Iyer, and M.N. Roy?
(a) All were leaders of the global communist movement
(b) Barkatullah was PM and others were ministers in a provisional Indian government in Kabul
(c) All were key revolutionaries working abroad
(d) All were involved in the bombing of Lord Hardinge
Option c – All were key revolutionaries working abroad
Who created the Indian Independence League? ( South Indian History MCQ )
(a) Motilal Nehru
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Rash Behari Bose
(d) Lala Lajpat Rai
Option c – Rash Behari Bose
Who was the first Indian elected to the British Parliament? ( South Indian History MCQ )
(a) Ras Behari Bose
(b) Surendranath Banerjee
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji
(d) Vithalbhai Patel
Option c – Dadabhai Naoroji
Which of the following is incorrect about Dadabhai Naoroji?
(a) He authored Poverty and Un-British Rule in India
(b) He taught Gujarati in a London college
(c) He promoted women’s education in Bombay
(d) He was elected as an MP from the Conservative Party
Option d – He was elected as an MP from the Conservative Party
Who first introduced the term ‘Swaraj’? ( South Indian History MCQ )
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Lala Lajpat Rai
(c) Subhas Chandra Bose
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
Option a – Bal Gangadhar Tilak
In 1905, Congress passed a resolution on Swaraj aiming to:
(a) Draft a constitution for self-rule
(b) Achieve self-governance
(c) Establish responsible administration
(d) Promote local self-government
Option b – Achieve self-governance
Who was the first to raise the demand for Swaraj? ( South Indian History MCQ )
(a) B.G. Tilak
(b) C.R. Das
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
Option c – Dadabhai Naoroji
At which Congress session was the term ‘Swaraj’ first used?
(a) Banaras, 1905
(b) Calcutta, 1906
(c) Surat, 1907
(d) None of the above
Option b – Calcutta, 1906
Dadabhai Naoroji is popularly referred to as: ( South Indian History MCQ )
(a) Punjab Kesari
(b) Gujarat Ratna
(c) Gurudev
(d) Grand Old Man of India
Option d – Grand Old Man of India
Which Congress session was presided over by Gopal Krishna Gokhale? ( South Indian History MCQ )
(a) 1902
(b) 1905
(c) 1906
(d) 1909
Option b – 1905
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