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Here is the history syllabus for competitive exams:
Ancient India:
- Indus Valley Civilization: Origins, major cities, social and economic organization, decline.
- Vedic Period: Rig Veda, social and political organization, religious beliefs.
- Rise of Magadha: Mahajanapadas, rise of Magadha, Nanda dynasty.
- Mauryan Empire: Chandragupta Maurya, Ashoka, administration, decline.
- Gupta Empire: Golden Age of India, art, culture, literature, science.
- Post-Gupta Period: Regional kingdoms, Harshavardhana, decline of Buddhism.
Medieval India:
- Delhi Sultanate: Establishment, major dynasties, administration, culture.
- Mughal Empire: Babur, Akbar, Shah Jahan, Aurangzeb, administration, art, architecture.
- Bhakti and Sufi Movements: Social and religious reforms.
- Vijayanagara Empire: Rise, decline, architecture.
- Maratha Empire: Shivaji, rise, decline.
Modern India:
- British East India Company: Establishment, expansion, Battle of Plassey, Battle of Buxar.
- Revolt of 1857: Causes, course, consequences.
- Indian National Congress: Formation, early phase, moderate and extremist phases.
- Freedom Struggle: Non-cooperation movement, Civil Disobedience Movement, Quit India Movement.
- Partition of India: Causes, consequences.
- Post-Independence India: Challenges and achievements.
World History:
- Ancient Civilizations: Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome.
- Medieval Europe: Feudalism, Crusades, Renaissance.
- Modern Europe: French Revolution, Industrial Revolution, World Wars.
- Cold War: Superpowers, ideological conflicts, decolonization.
- Indian Art: Painting, sculpture, architecture, music, dance.
- World Heritage Sites: In India and around the world.
Important Note: This is just a general overview. The specific topics and depth of coverage will vary depending on the exam. Please refer to the official syllabus of the exam you are preparing for.
Here are Some History MCQs for Competitive Exams
Who amongst the following established “Diwan-e-amirkohi” during the Delhi Sultanate?
(a) Alauddin Khalji
(b) Feroz Tughlaq
(c) Mohd. Bin Tughlaq
(d) Iltutmish
Option c – Mohd. Bin Tughlaq
The story that Alauddin Khilji invaded to secure Padmini, the queen of Rana Ratna Singh of Mewar, was vividly described by:
(a) Malik Muhammad Jayasi in his epic Padmavat
(b) Ibn-Batuta in his Rehla
(c) Amir Khusraur in Khazain ul Futuh
(d) Col. J. Todd in Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan
Option a – Malik Muhammad Jayasi in his epic Padmavat
The Sultan who raised the land revenue to fifty percent of the produce was:
(a) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
(b) Alauddin Khalji
(c) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(d) Balban
Option b – Alauddin Khalji
Ghazi Malik was the founder of which dynasty?
(a) Tughlaq
(b) Khalji
(c) Sayyid
(d) Lodhi
Option a – Tughlaq
Which dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate ruled for the shortest period?
(a) Khalji
(b) Tughlaq
(c) Sayyid
(d) Lodhi
Option a – Khalji
The Arabic word of al-Biruni that gave an account of the subcontinent is called
(a) Kitab-Al Hind
(b) Kitab-Al Bharat
(c) Pustak-Al-Hind
(d) Pustak-Al Bharat
Option a – Kitab-Al Hind
Which of the following is NOT correctly matched?
(a) Tabaqat-i-Nasiri Minhaj-us-Siraj Juzjani
(b) Tarikh-i-Firozshahi Shams-i-Siraj-Afif
(c) Tughlaqnama Ibn Battuta
(d) Humayunnama Gulbadan Begam
Option c – Tughlaqnama Ibn Battuta
The Partition of Bengal was revoked by
(a) 1911
(b) 1914
(c) 1917
(d) 1919
Option a – 1911
‘Give me blood, I will give you freedom’ — these words are attributed to
(a) Khudiram Bose
(b) Veer Savarkar
(c) Bhagat Singh
(d) Subhas Chandra Bose
Option d – Subhas Chandra Bose
Who said that ‘India’s soul lives in villages’?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Vinoba Bhave
(d) Jayaprakash Narayan
Option a – Mahatma Gandhi
Through which educational report did Calcutta University come into existence?
(a) Charter Act
(b) Wood’s Despatch
(c) Hunter Commission
(d) Macaulay’s Minute
Option b – Wood’s Despatch
Gandhi’s inspiration for Civil Disobedience came from the writings of
(a) Henry Kissinger
(b) David Ricardo
(c) Henry David Thoreau
(d) Bertrand Russell
Option c – Henry David Thoreau
Who was in favour of a party-less democracy?
(a) M. N. Roy
(b) Jayaprakash Narayan
(c) Bhupendra Nath Dutta
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Option b – Jayaprakash Narayan
Who among the following is generally regarded as the pioneer of Local Self-Government in Modern India?
(a) Curzon
(b) Lytton
(c) Ripon
(d) Mayo
Option a – Curzon
Which day was declared the ‘Direct Action Day’ by the Muslim League?
(a) 16th May 1946
(b) 16th August 1946
(c) 3rd September 1946
(d) 4th December 1946
Option b – 16th August 1946
Arya Samaj is against
(a) Islam
(b) Hinduism
(c) Idol-worship
(d) Rituals
Option c – Idol-worship
Who is called the ‘Nightingale of India’?
(a) Aruna Asaf Ali
(b) Sucheta Kriplani
(c) Sarojini Naidu
(d) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
Option c – Sarojini Naidu
Which one of the following personalities is known as the ‘Grand Old Man of India’?
(a) Lala Lajpat Rai
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) Motilal Nehru
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Option b – Dadabhai Naoroji
The formerly princely state of Nahan is a part of which state now?
(a) Haryana
(b) Punjab
(c) Uttarakhand
(d) Himachal Pradesh
Option d – Himachal Pradesh
The Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College later became the —
(a) Baraktullah University
(b) Aligarh Muslim University
(c) Osmania University
(d) Jamia Millia Islamia
Option b – Aligarh Muslim University
For which community were seats reserved by the Morley-Minto Reforms?
(a) Muslims
(b) Sikhs
(c) Jews
(d) Christians
Option a – Muslims
The famous revolutionary song ‘Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna Ab Hamare Dil Mein Hai’ was composed by
(a) Khudiram Bose
(b) Bhagat Singh
(c) Ram Prasad Bismil
(d) Chandra Shekhar Azad
Option c – Ram Prasad Bismil
On imprisonment by the British in 1908, Bal Gangadhar Tilak was sent to
(a) Mandalay
(b) Rangoon
(c) Singapore
(d) Andaman and Nicobar
Option a – Mandalay
Who presided over the first session of the Indian National Congress?
(a) W. C. Banerjee
(b) Badruddin Tyabji
(c) A. O. Hume
(d) Surendra Nath Banerjee
Option a – W. C. Banerjee
Who was the Congress president during 1940-46?
(a) Maulana Azad
(b) Rajendra Prasad
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Option a – Maulana Azad
The Hero of the ‘Kakori Dacoity’ case was
(a) Bhagat Singh
(b) Baraktulla
(c) Ram Prasad Bismil
(d) Batukeshwar Dutta
Option c – Ram Prasad Bismil
Who was the Governor-General of India at the time of the Revolt of 1857?
(a) Lord Lytton
(b) Lord Canning
(c) Lord Bentinck
(d) Lord Dalhousie
Option b – Lord Canning
The slogan of the Quit India Movement was given by
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Sardar Patel
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Subhas Chandra Bose
Option c – Mahatma Gandhi
The Permanent Revenue Settlement of Bengal was introduced by
(a) Hastings
(b) Wellesley
(c) Clive
(d) Cornwallis
Option d – Cornwallis
Mahatma Gandhi was first arrested during ‘Satyagraha’ in the year
(a) 1906
(b) 1908
(c) 1913
(d) 1917
Option b – 1908
Who represented India at the second Round Table Conference?
(a) Kalpana Joshi
(b) Aruna Asaf Ali
(c) Sucheta Kriplani
(d) Sarojini Naidu
Option b – Aruna Asaf Ali
In which of the following years was 26th January celebrated as Independence Day?
(a) 1929
(b) 1930
(c) 1942
(d) 1946
Option b – 1930
‘Do or Die’ is the famous slogan given by
(a) Rajiv Gandhi
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Vallabhbhai Patel
Option b – Mahatma Gandhi
Who was the advocate at the famous INA trials?
(a) C. Rajagopalachari
(b) Bhulabhai Desai
(c) Asaf Ali
(d) Subhas Chandra Bose
Option b – Bhulabhai Desai
Mahatma Gandhi began his political activities in India first from
(a) Kheda
(b) Dandi
(c) Champaran
(d) Sabarmati
Option c – Champaran
Who was the pioneer of the western system of education in India?
(a) Lala Lajpat Rai
(b) Dayanand Saraswati
(c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(d) Surendra Nath Banerjee
Option c – Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Who gave the slogan ‘Jai Hind’?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Subhas Chandra Bose
(d) Motilal Nehru
Option c – Subhas Chandra Bose
Mangal Pandey fired the first shot of the Revolt of 1857 at
(a) Kanpur
(b) Meerut
(c) Jhansi
(d) Barrackpore
Option d – Barrackpore
Gandhiji was a staunch supporter of
(a) Big industries
(b) Cottage and small industries
(c) Both big as well as small industries
(d) None of these
Option b – Cottage and small industries
When was the railway system established in India?
(a) 1753
(b) 1853
(c) 1953
(d) 1969
Option b – 1853
Which one of the following novels was a source of inspiration for the freedom fighters in India?
(a) Rangbhoomi
(b) Anandmath
(c) Padmarg
(d) Pariksha Guru
Option b – Anandmath
Who among the following organized the ‘All India Depressed Classes Association’ in colonial India?
(a) B. R. Ambedkar
(b) M. K. Gandhi
(c) Jyotiba Phule
(d) Pandita Ramabai
Option a – B. R. Ambedkar
Who was the first Indian to qualify for the Indian Civil Services?
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Satyendranath Tagore
(c) Surendranath Banerjee
(d) Subhas Chandra Bose
Option b – Satyendranath Tagore
Who said about Mahatma Gandhi that he is a ‘half-naked fakir’?
(a) Lord Wavell
(b) Lord Mountbatten
(c) Winston Churchill
(d) Lord Linlithgow
Option c – Winston Churchill
Aurobindo was arrested in connection with
(a) Kakori Case
(b) Kolhapur Bomb Case
(c) Alipore Bomb Case
(d) Lahore Conspiracy Case
Option c – Alipore Bomb Case
The Jallianwala Bagh incident took place at
(a) Surat
(b) Amritsar
(c) Allahabad
(d) Lucknow
Option b – Amritsar
Who founded ‘The Gadar Party’ in San Francisco in the USA?
(a) Ajit Singh
(b) Lala Lajpat Rai
(c) Lala Hardayal
(d) Bipin Chandra Pal
Option c – Lala Hardayal
Who among the following were official Congress negotiators with the Cripps Mission?
(a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad and Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
(b) Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel
(c) Acharya J.B. Kriplani and C. Rajagopalachari
(d) Pandit Nehru and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Option d – Pandit Nehru and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
In whose Viceroyalty did the White Mutiny (1883) take place?
(a) Lord Minto
(b) Lord Ripon
(c) Lord Curzon
(d) Lord Hardinge
Option b – Lord Ripon
Who is the author of a collection of poems called ‘Golden Threshold’?
(a) Annie Besant
(b) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
(c) Aruna Asaf Ali
(d) Sarojini Naidu
Option d – Sarojini Naidu
Who was regarded by Mahatma Gandhi as his political Guru?
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji
(d) Pherozeshah Mehta
Option b – Gopal Krishna Gokhale
The revolutionary association ‘Abhinav Bharat’ was set up in 1905 in
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) West Bengal
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Odisha
Option c – Maharashtra
Who was the leader of the Champaran Indigo Movement?
(a) Birsa Munda
(b) Ram Singh
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Baba Ramchandra
Option c – Mahatma Gandhi
Who among the following started the newspaper Shome Prakash?
(a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(b) Dayanand Saraswati
(c) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(d) Surendranath Banerjee
Option c – Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Who was the founder of the All India Muslim League?
(a) Aga Khan
(b) Mohammad Iqbal
(c) Syed Ahmad Khan
(d) Nawab Salimullah Khan
Option d – Nawab Salimullah Khan
Which of the following struggles of Mahatma Gandhi was related to industrial workers?
(a) Kheda Struggle
(b) Champaran Satyagraha
(c) Ahmedabad Struggle
(d) None of these
Option c – Ahmedabad Struggle
Who founded the Independence League?
(a) Lala Lajpat Rai
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Rash Behari Bose
(d) Motilal Nehru
Option d – Motilal Nehru
Who was the commander-in-chief of the INA before Subhas Chandra Bose?
(a) Capt. Mohan Singh
(b) Capt. Suraj Mal
(c) Major Fuzihara
(d) Giani Pritam Singh
Option a – Capt. Mohan Singh
When was the Non-Cooperation Movement suspended?
(a) 1920
(b) 1922
(c) 1932
(d) 1940
Option b – 1922
Who was the first Governor-General of Independent India?
(a) Warren Hastings
(b) Lord Mountbatten
(c) C. Rajagopalachari
(d) Lord Dalhousie
Option b – Lord Mountbatten
At which place in Bihar was the session of Indian National Congress of 1922 held?
(a) Patna
(b) Gaya
(c) Haripura
(d) Ramgarh
Option b – Gaya
Who was the Nationalist leader elected as Speaker of the Central Legislative Assembly in 1925?
(a) C.R. Das
(b) Motilal Nehru
(c) Vitthal Bhai Patel
(d) Vallabhbhai Patel
Option c – Vitthal Bhai Patel
Jammu and Kashmir became an integral part of India on
(a) 26th October 1947
(b) 26th October 1948
(c) 26th November 1984
(d) None of these
Option a – 26th October 1947
The theme of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee’s famous novel Anand Math is based on
(a) Sannyasi’s revolt
(b) Chunar revolt
(c) Vishnupur and Veerbhumi revolt
(d) Rangpur and Dinajpur revolt
Option a – Sannyasi’s revolt
Who was the first editor of Yugantar?
(a) Ullaskar Dutt
(b) Bipin Chandra Pal
(c) Barindra Ghosh
(d) Jatindra Nath Mukherjee
Option c – Barindra Ghosh
Who is known as ‘Lok Nayak’?
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Subhas Chandra Bose
(c) Jai Prakash Narayan
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
Option c – Jai Prakash Narayan
Who gave the slogan ‘Dilli Chalo’?
(a) G.K. Gokhale
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(d) Subhas Chandra Bose
Option d – Subhas Chandra Bose
The Indian National Congress was formed during the Governor-Generalship of
(a) Lord Curzon
(b) Lord Dufferin
(c) Lord Ripon
(d) Lord William Bentinck
Option b – Lord Dufferin
Who was the founder of the Indian Association?
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Surendranath Banerjee
(c) A.O. Hume
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji
Option b – Surendranath Banerjee
Who among the following called Mohammad Ali Jinnah the ‘Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim Unity’?
(a) Sarojini Naidu
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) Annie Besant
(d) None of these
Option a – Sarojini Naidu
Where and when was the Ghadar Party founded?
(a) America, 1913
(b) England, 1917
(c) Denmark, 1921
(d) Scotland, 1925
Option a – America, 1913
Jai Prakash Narayan belonged to which party?
(a) Socialist
(b) Kisan Sabha
(c) Congress
(d) Raivadi
Option a – Socialist
In which of the following did Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel play a leading role?
(a) Bardoli Satyagraha
(b) Bijolia Movement
(c) Dandi March
(d) Textile Mill Workers’ Strike at Ahmedabad
Option a – Bardoli Satyagraha
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