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Indian History MCQ for IAS Exam Students
Quick Quiz
Adi Shankaracharya established four Mathas. These Mathas are situated at:
(a) Puri, Sringeri, Dwarka, Varanasi
(b) Sringeri, Dwarka, Badrinath, Prayag
(c) Badrinath, Dwarka, Puri, Sringeri
(d) Dwarka, Badrinath, Prayag, Sringeri
Option c – Badrinath, Dwarka, Puri, Sringeri
Who was the founder of the Pala Dynasty? ( Indian History MCQ for IAS Exam )
(a) Gopala
(b) Rampala
(c) Deopala
(d) Dharmapala
Option a – Gopala
Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq changed his capital from Delhi to Deogiri because he wanted to:
(a) Spread Islam in Deccan
(b) Punish the people of Delhi
(c) Escape from the Mongol invasion
(d) Improve trade in Deccan
Option c – Escape from the Mongol invasion
Who said, “Where there is no law, there is no freedom”? ( Indian History MCQ for IAS Exam )
(a) Lenin
(b) Bentham
(c) Marx
(d) Locke
Option d – Locke
From which language has the term democracy been derived?
(a) Hebrew
(b) Latin
(c) Greek
(d) English
Option c – Greek
When was the League of Nations established? ( Indian History MCQ for IAS Exam )
(a) 1914
(b) 1918
(c) 1920
(d) 1939
Option c – 1920
Who discovered the Cape of Good Hope in 1488?
(a) Vasco da Gama
(b) Columbus
(c) Magellan
(d) Bartolomeu Dias
Option d – Bartolomeu Dias
Pearl Harbour, an American Naval and Air Force base, was attacked by: ( Indian History MCQ for IAS Exam )
(a) Japan
(b) England
(c) France
(d) Germany
Option a – Japan
Who among the following appointed Ibn Batuta as the Chief Qazi of Delhi?
(a) Alauddin Khalji
(b) Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq
(c) Ghiyasuddin Balban
(d) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
Option b – Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq
Who was the Delhi Sultan when the threat of invasion by Mongols under Genghis Khan loomed over India? ( Indian History MCQ for IAS Exam )
(a) Balban
(b) Jalaluddin Khalji
(c) Alauddin Khalji
(d) Iltutmish
Option d – Iltutmish
The original name of Changez Khan was:
(a) Ogudi
(b) Temuchin
(c) Yesugai
(d) Khasul Khan
Option b – Temuchin
Who introduced the Iqta system? ( Indian History MCQ for IAS Exam )
(a) Iltutmish
(b) Ghiyasuddin
(c) Muhammad Gori
(d) Qutubuddin Aibak
Option a – Iltutmish
Who among the following witnessed the reign of seven Sultans of Delhi?
(a) Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti
(b) Amir Khusrau
(c) Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya
(d) None of these
Option b – Amir Khusrau
Alexander and Porus fought a battle at: ( Indian History MCQ for IAS Exam )
(a) Tarain
(b) Panipat
(c) Jhelum
(d) Hydaspes
Option d – Hydaspes
Which of the following dynasties conquered Sri Lanka and South East Asian countries?
(a) The Cholas
(b) The Pandyas
(c) The Chalukyas
(d) The Rashtrakutas
Option a – The Cholas
The Buddhist monk who spread Buddhism in Tibet was: ( Indian History MCQ for IAS Exam )
(a) Asanga
(b) Ananda
(c) Nagarjuna
(d) Padmasambhava
Option d – Padmasambhava
Which one of the following tribal assemblies was normally involved in the election of the tribal chief?
(a) Vidata
(b) Sabha
(c) Samiti
(d) Gana
Option c – Samiti
Find the odd one among the following: ( Indian History MCQ for IAS Exam )
(a) Yajurveda
(b) Samveda
(c) Rigveda
(d) Vishnu Purana
Option d – Vishnu Purana
During which of the following periods of Indian History did the Kshatriyas have a distinct identity?
(a) Gupta Period
(b) Maurya Period
(c) Post Maurya Period
(d) Age of Buddha
Option d – Age of Buddha
King Kharvela was the greatest ruler of Chedi Dynasty of: ( Indian History MCQ for IAS Exam )
(a) Purushpur
(b) Kalinga
(c) Kannauj
(d) Cholam and Alam
Option b – Kalinga
Which inscription mentions the village administration under the Cholas?
(a) Aihole
(b) Nasik
(c) Uttaramerur
(d) Junagarh
Option c – Uttaramerur
Indonesia was a colony of which of the following countries? ( Indian History MCQ for IAS Exam )
(a) Spain
(b) Belgium
(c) Dutch
(d) Portugal
Option c – Dutch
Bangladesh was created in:
(a) 1970
(b) 1971
(c) 1972
(d) 1973
Option b – 1971
Who discovered America?
(a) Captain Cook
(b) Columbus
(c) Amundsen
(d) Vasco-da-Gama
Option b – Columbus
Well-preferred tree fossil, supposed to be from the Jurassic age in India, is reported from:
(a) Bahadurgarh
(b) Pithauragarh
(c) Chhattisgarh
(d) Ramgarh
Option c – Chhattisgarh
The Vikramshila Mahavihara, a great centre of education, was founded by:
(a) Harsha
(b) Gopala
(c) Dharmapala
(d) Baladitya
Option c – Dharmapala
Which one among the following sects was associated with Gosala Maskariputra?
(a) Ajivakas
(b) Mahasanghikas
(c) Vajrayana
(d) Sthaviravadins
Option a – Ajivakas
Who among the following was appointed by Ashoka to administer Justice in his empire?
(a) Uparika
(b) Kumar Amatya
(c) Rajuke
(d) Sharmna
Option c – Rajuke
In how many categories did Megasthenes divide the Indian society?
(a) Four
(b) Five
(c) Six
(d) Seven
Option d – Seven
The decimal system was first known in India at the beginning of:
(a) 5th century AD
(b) 4th century AD
(c) 3rd century AD
(d) 2nd century AD
Option a – 5th century AD
Where was the capital of Sasanka?
(a) Tamralipta
(b) Karna Suvarna
(c) Sarnatala
(d) Lakhnawati
Option b – Karna Suvarna
In which century did the famous Chinese pilgrim Fahien visit India?
(a) 5th century AD
(b) 6th century AD
(c) 4th century AD
(d) 7th century AD
Option a – 5th century AD
At which of the following places was the headless statue of Kanishka found?
(a) Mathura
(b) Takshsila
(c) Allahabad
(d) Sanchi
Option a – Mathura
Which one of the following literary works did not belong to the Gupta period?
(a) Charaka Samhita
(b) Amarakosa
(c) Mrichhakatika
(d) Abhijanshakuntalam
Option a – Charaka Samhita
Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
(a) Kalidasa – Abhijnanashakuntalam
(b) Kautilya – Arthashastra
(c) Hala – Gatha Saptasati
(d) Banabhatta – Buddhacharita
Option d – Banabhatta – Buddhacharita
During the reign of which of the following dynasties did Kalidasa flourish?
(a) Guptas
(b) Sungas
(c) Mauryas
(d) Vardhanas
Option a – Guptas
Which of the following were the patrons of Sangam, an assembly of Tamil Poets?
(a) Chola
(b) Pandya
(c) Chera
(d) Kadamb
Option b – Pandya
Who was called by Vindhya Adhipati?
(a) Ashoka
(b) Simuka
(c) Chandragupta Maurya
(d) Gautamiputra Satkarni
Option d – Gautamiputra Satkarni
With reference to Indian literary works, what is Digha Nikaya?
(a) Collection of short stories ascribed to Kautilya
(b) An important Buddhist text in Pali
(c) Collection of long sermons ascribed to Mahavira
(d) Miscellaneous work in prose and verse associated with Mudrakshasha
Option b – An important Buddhist text in Pali
Who among the following Mauryan rulers did conquer the Deccan?
(a) Bindusara
(b) Kunala
(c) Chandragupta
(d) Ashoka
Option a – Bindusara
Which Chinese general defeated Kanishka?
(a) Pen Chao
(b) Ho Ti
(c) Pan Yang
(d) Chi Huang Ti
Option a – Pen Chao
With whose reign is the Gandhara School of Art associated?
(a) Harsha
(b) Ashoka
(c) Kanishka
(d) Chandragupta Vikramaditya
Option c – Kanishka
Which one of the following is the seventh part of the state according to the Saptanga theory of state?
(a) Durga
(b) Kosha
(c) Mitra
(d) Janapada
Option c – Mitra
Who among the following historical personalities of India is also known as Vishnugupta?
(a) Bilhana
(b) Kalidasa
(c) Patanjali
(d) Chanakya
Option d – Chanakya
Vikramshila Mahavihara was established by the ruler of:
(a) Pala Dynasty
(b) Barman Dynasty
(c) Sen Dynasty
(d) Pushyabhuti Dynasty
Option a – Pala Dynasty
The religious literature of the Jains at the early stage was written in:
(a) Pali
(b) Sanskrit
(c) Ardhamagadhi
(d) None of these
Option c – Ardhamagadhi
In the Kingdom of Satavahanas of ancient India, a district was called:
(a) Vihara
(b) Kataka
(c) Ahara
(d) Rashtra
Option c – Ahara
Which one of the following sources of Islam is associated with the teachings of Prophet Mohammad?
(a) Sunah
(b) Fidah
(c) Hidaya
(d) Quran
Option d – Quran
The first Gupta ruler to assume the title of Param Bhagwat was:
(a) Ramagupta
(b) Samudragupta
(c) Chandragupta I
(d) Chandragupta II
Option d – Chandragupta II
The capital of Kadamba kings was:
(a) Vanavasi
(b) Badami
(c) Kanchi
(d) Tanjore
Option a – Vanavasi
The state Jhansi was made a part of the British Empire in India through:
(a) Doctrine of Lapse
(b) War against Rani Lakshmi Bai
(c) Policy of subsidiary alliance
(d) None of these
Option a – Doctrine of Lapse
Who among the following viceroys became a victim of one of the convicts during his visit to Andamans?
(a) Mayo
(b) Lytton
(c) Ripon
(d) Curzon
Option a – Mayo
India was granted freedom during the British Prime Minister:
(a) William Pitt
(b) Winston Churchill
(c) Clement Attlee
(d) Ramsay MacDonald
Option c – Clement Attlee
Which one of the following may be regarded as the first labour association in India?
(a) The Printer’s Union Calcutta
(b) The Bombay Worker’s association
(c) The Bombay Mill Hand’s Association
(d) The Indian Worker’s Association
Option c – The Bombay Mill Hand’s Association
Which one of the following revolts was made famous by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in his novel ‘Anand Math’?
(a) Rangpur and Dinajpur uprising
(b) Sanyasi rebellion
(c) Bhil uprising
(d) Bishnupur and Birbhum rebellion
Option b – Sanyasi rebellion
Out of the following remains excavated in the Indus Valley, which one indicates the commercial and economic development?
(a) Seals
(b) Boats
(c) Houses
(d) Pottery
Option a – Seals
A copper chariot of Harappa times was discovered at:
(a) Bansawali
(b) Rakhigarhi
(c) Kuntal
(d) Diamabad
Option d – Diamabad
Which one of the following cities and the personalities associated with their establishment is wrongly matched?
(a) Madras – Francis Day
(b) Calcutta – Robert Clive
(c) Ahmedabad – Ahmad Shah I
(d) Pondicherry – Francis Martin
Option b – Calcutta – Robert Clive
Who is known for establishing the ‘Anand Van’?
(a) Baba Amte
(b) Moti Lal Nehru
(c) Jublikant Buddha
(d) H.N. Bahuguna
Option a – Baba Amte
Who established the Indian Civil Liberties Union in 1936?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Rajendra Prasad
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Subhas Chandra Bose
Option a – Jawaharlal Nehru
Who was the governor-general during the second Anglo-Mysore war?
(a) Warren Hastings
(b) Lord Wellesley
(c) Sir John Shore
(d) Lord Cornwallis
Option a – Warren Hastings
The Non-Cooperation movement was called off due to:
(a) Chauri Chaura incident
(b) Poona Pact
(c) Gandhi-Irwin Pact
(d) Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy
Option a – Chauri Chaura incident
When was the office of District Collector created?
(a) 1772
(b) 1773
(c) 1771
(d) 1786
Option a – 1772
Who among the following was the first viceroy of India?
(a) Lord Cornwallis
(b) Lord Canning
(c) Robert Clive
(d) Pitt
Option b – Lord Canning
On April 12, 1944, Subhas Chandra Bose hoisted the INA flag in a town. In which state/Union Territory is that town now?
(a) Tripura
(b) Manipur
(c) Mizoram
(d) Andaman and Nicobar Island
Option b – Manipur
Who was the founder of the Swatantra Party?
(a) B. G. Tilak
(b) C. Rajagopalachari
(c) Gopal Krishna Gokhle
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji
Option b – C. Rajagopalachari
The only AICC session Gandhiji presided over was held at:
(a) Madras
(b) Lahore
(c) Calcutta
(d) Belgaum
Option d – Belgaum
What is the name of the Fort built by the English in Calcutta?
(a) Fort William
(b) Fort St. Andrew
(c) Fort St. David
(d) Fort Victoria
Option a – Fort William
Who expounded ‘The Theory of Drain’?
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) Tilak
(c) Gokhle
(d) Govinda Ranade
Option a – Dadabhai Naoroji
Mahatma Gandhi launched the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930 from:
(a) Porbandar
(b) Dandi
(c) Ahmedabad
(d) Sabarmati Ashram
Option d – Sabarmati Ashram
The original name of Swami Vivekanand was:
(a) Krishna Dutta
(b) Narendra Nath Dutta
(c) Surendra Dutta
(d) Batukeshwara Dutta
Option b – Narendra Nath Dutta
Who among the following was the pioneer of social reform movements in 19th century India?
(a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(b) Keshav Chandra Sen
(c) Devendra Nath Tagore
(d) Aurobindo Ghosh
Option a – Raja Ram Mohan Roy
The Pitts India Act of 1784 was a/an:
(a) Resolution
(b) Regulating Act
(c) White Paper
(d) Ordinance
Option b – Regulating Act
Which movement got the support both from Hindus and Muslims?
(a) Quit India Movement
(b) Champaran Satyagraha
(c) Non-Cooperation Movement
(d) Anti-Partition Movement
Option c – Non-Cooperation Movement
Where did the so-called ‘Black Hole Tragedy’ occur?
(a) Calcutta
(b) Monghyr
(c) Dacca
(d) Murshidabad
Option a – Calcutta
Gandhiji withdrew the Non-Cooperation Movement due to:
(a) Kakori Conspiracy
(b) Bardoli Movement
(c) Chauri-Chaura Incident
(d) Champaran Movement
Option c – Chauri-Chaura Incident
Which of the following movements saw the biggest peasant guerrilla war on the eve of independence?
(a) Noakhali Movement
(b) Tebhaga Movement
(c) Telangana Movement
(d) Punnapra Vayalar Movement
Option c – Telangana Movement
Gandhi’s Dandi March was a part of:
(a) Home Rule League
(b) Quit India Movement
(c) Non-Cooperation Movement
(d) Civil Disobedience Movement
Option d – Civil Disobedience Movement
In 1939, Subhash Chandra Bose was elected as president of the Congress Party defeating:
(a) V.B. Patel
(b) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(c) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(d) Pattabhi Sitaramayya
Option d – Pattabhi Sitaramayya
The third battle of Panipat was fought in the year:
(a) 1526 A.D
(b) 1556 A.D
(c) 1761 A.D
(d) 1776 A.D
Option c – 1761 A.D
The Ramakrishna Mission was established by:
(a) M.G. Ranade
(b) Ramakrishna
(c) Vivekananda
(d) Keshab Chandra Sen
Option c – Vivekananda
Who designed the National Flag of Independent India?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Rabindranath Tagore
(c) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(d) Pingali Venkaiah
Option d – Pingali Venkaiah
The first telegraph line between Calcutta and Agra was opened in:
(a) 1852
(b) 1853
(c) 1854
(d) 1855
Option b – 1853
‘Desh Bandhu’ is the title of:
(a) C.R. Dass
(b) B.C. Pal
(c) Rabindranath Tagore
(d) B.R. Ambedkar
Option a – C.R. Dass
Who gave the slogan “Jai Hind”?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Motilal Nehru
(c) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(d) Subhas Chandra Bose
Option d – Subhas Chandra Bose
Which among the following states was forced to merge itself with the Union of India after 1947?
(a) Kashmir
(b) Mysore
(c) Patiala
(d) Hyderabad
Option d – Hyderabad
Who was the French Governor of Pondicherry, who tried to make the French Company a powerful company?
(a) Godeheu
(b) La Bourdonnais
(c) Thomas Arthur, Comte de Lally
(d) Joseph Francois Duplix
Option d – Joseph Francois Duplix
Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel was equated with:
(a) Cavour
(b) Bismarck
(c) Garibaldi
(d) Mazzini
Option b – Bismarck
What Satyagraha was held at Nagpur in 1823?
(a) Flag Satyagraha
(b) Salt Satyagraha
(c) Ryots Satyagraha
(d) Individual Satyagraha
Option a – Flag Satyagraha
The Narendra Mandal Chamber of Princes was inaugurated in 1921 by:
(a) Lord Curzon
(b) Duke of Wellington
(c) Duke of Connaught
(d) Lord Wellesley
Option c – Duke of Connaught
Who among the following is the founder of the ‘Azad Hind Fauj’?
(a) Vir Savarkar
(b) Lala Har Dayal
(c) Subhas Chandra Bose
(d) Chandra Sekhar Azad
Option c – Subhas Chandra Bose
Who was the ruler of Delhi when Ahmad Shah Abdali defeated the Marathas in the Third Battle of Panipat in 1761?
(a) Alamgir
(b) Jahandar Shah
(c) Shah Alam II
(d) Muhammad Shah
Option c – Shah Alam II
Who gave the title of ‘Sardar’ to Vallabh Bhai Patel?
(a) Gandhiji
(b) Rajaji
(c) Nehru
(d) M. A. Jinnah
Option a – Gandhiji
Who among the following British persons admitted the revolt of 1857 as a national revolt?
(a) Lord Canning
(b) Lord Dalhousie
(c) Lord Ellenborough
(d) Disraeli
Option d – Disraeli
Where was the Royal Darbar held on November 1st, 1858, to issue the Queen’s Proclamation?
(a) Lord Ripon
(b) Lord Curzon
(c) Lord Lytton
(d) Lord Hardinge
Option b – Lord Curzon
Who was the viceroy at the time of the Quit India Movement?
(a) Lord Wavell
(b) Lord Irwin
(c) Lord Mountbatten
(d) Lord Linlithgow
Option d – Lord Linlithgow
“There is no politics devoid of religion” is stated by:
(a) Nehru
(b) Vinoba Bhave
(c) Gandhi
(d) Jay Prakash Narayan
Option c – Gandhi
Socialism is essentially a movement of:
(a) The workers
(b) The poor people
(c) Intellectuals
(d) The middle classes
Option a – The workers
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