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MCQ on Ancient History for Students
In India’s National Emblem, which two animals are standing on the right and left sides?
1. Bull and Cow
2. Cow and Horse
3. Bull and Horse
4. Horse and Goat
Option 3 – Bull and Horse
Where did the So-called Black Hole episode take place?
1. Monghyr
2. Murshidabad
3. Calcutta
4. Dacca
Option 3 – Calcutta
Who carried away Shahjahan’s famous peacock throne and the kohinoor diamond to Persia ?
1. Muhammad Shah
2. Nadir Shah
3. Ahmed Shah Abdali
4. Mir Qasim
Option 2 – Nadir Shah
At which Congress Session was India’s national Anthem ‘Jana gana mana………. first sung?
1. Delhi
2. Lucknow
3. Lahore
4. Calcutta
Option 4 – Calcutta
Which Indian personality was described as ‘Half naked seditious fakir’ by Winston Churchill ?
1. Dadabhai Nauroji
2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. Abdu Gaffar Khan
4. Motilal Nehru
Option 2 – Mahatma Gandhi
Who handed over the Indian National Army (INA) to Subhas Chandra Bose on 7th July, 1943, in Singapore?
1. Jai Prakash Narayan
2. Mohammad Iqbal
3. Rash Behari Bose
4. Badshah Khan
Option 3 – Rash Behari Bose
Who was the first woman ruler of Delhi in 1236 A.D. ?
1. Raziya Sultana
2. Mehr-un-Nisa
3. Mumtaj Mahal
4. Noor Jahan
Option 1 – Raziya Sultana
Who was defeated by Babur in the first battle of Panipat in 1526 ?
1. Ibrahim Lodi
2. Sher Shah Suri
3. Mohammad Tughlaq
4. Ala-ud-din Khilji
Option 1 – Ibrahim Lodi
Who was defeated by Prithviraj Chauhan in the first battle of Tarain in 1191 A. D. ?
1. Mohammad Ghori
2. Mahmud of Ghazni
3. Iltutmish
4. Qutb-ud-din Aibak
Option 1 – Mohammad Ghori
Which periodical did Gandhiji publish during his stay in South Africa?
1. Navjivan
2. Afrikaner
3. Young India
4. Indian Opinion
Option 4 – Indian Opinion
Towards the end of the 15th century, where did the famous sea firer Vasco da Gama, land?
1. Mangalore
2. Calicut
3. Cochin
4. Goa
Option 2 – Calicut
Who built Delhi’s Red Fort?
1. Akbar
2. Shah Jahan
3. Aurangzeb
4. Jahangir
Option 2 – Shah Jahan
Where was the ashram of Acharya Vinoba Bhave?
1. Pune
2. Ahmedabad
3. Vadodara
4. Paunar
Option 4 – Paunar
To which age does the Harappan civilization belong?
1. Bronze
2. Paleolithic
3. Iron
4. Neolithic
Option 1 – Bronze
The Harappan economy was primarily ……. in nature
1. Rural
2. Industrial
3. Urban
4. Capitalist
Option 3 – Urban
Ashoka had been particularly influenced by the Buddhist monk
1. Ambhi
2. Upagupta
3. Asvaghosha
4. Vasubandhu
Option 2 – Upagupta
Who had go the Konark sun temple constructed?
1. Kanishka
2. Ashoka
3. Narasimha Deva II
4. Rajendra Chola
Option 3 – Narasimha Deva II
Which of the following was the first metal to be discovered and used as tools by humans
1. Iron
2. Gold
3. Tin
4. Copper
Option 4 – Copper
In which town is the mausoleum of Sher Shah located?
1. Lahore
2. Fathehpuri Sikri
3. Sasaram
4. Agra
Option 3 – Sasaram
Lord ……… is regarded to have been the father of local self government in India.
1. Ripon
2. Bentick
3. Curzon
4. Mayo
Option 1 – Ripon
Who described Bal Gangadhar Tilak as the “Father of Indian Unrest?
1. Chelmsford
2. B.G.Tilak
3. Minto II
4. Valentine Chirol
Option 4 – Valentine Chirol
Which of the following Harappan sites has revealed traces of horse in the culture?
1. Lothal
2. Mohenjodaro
3. Surkatoda
4. Parts of Baluchistan
Option 3 – Surkatoda
In whose honour did Akbar build the palace city of Fathepur Sikri?
1. Salim Chisti
2. Moinuddin Chisti
3. Nizamuddin Aulia
4. Hazrat Nizami
Option 1 – Salim Chisti
In which language is the Guru Granth Saheb, the holy book of Sikhs, written ?
1. Gurumukhi
2. Urdu
3. Sanskrit
4. Hindi
Option 1 – Gurumukhi
One of the monuments built by ShahJahan was described as ‘a poem in marble’. Which was it?
1. Red Fort
2. Jama Masjid
3. Taj Mahal
4. Moti Masjid
Option 3 – Taj Mahal
Which Mughal emperor granted land in Amritsar to build the Golden Temple there?
1. Humayun
2. Jahangir
3. Aurangzeb
4. Akbar
Option 4 – Akbar
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