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Indian History MCQ for SSC CGL Students
The East India Company secured the Diwani from:
(a) Sujauddaulah
(b) Shah Alam II
(c) Aurangzeb
(d) Bahadur Shah
Option b – Shah Alam II
Who was appointed Deputy Diwan of Murshidabad (Bengal) by Robert Clive after the Allahabad Treaty? ( Indian History MCQ for SSC CGL )
(a) Rai Durlabh
(b) Raja Sitab Rai
(c) Mohd. Reza Khan
(d) Syed Ghulam Hussain
Option c – Mohd. Reza Khan
The first decisive military success of the English East India Company in India is marked by:
(a) Battle of Panipat
(b) Battle of Haldighati
(c) Battle of Buxar
(d) Battle of Plassey
Option c – Battle of Buxar
Who founded the independent Sultanate of Bengal? ( Indian History MCQ for SSC CGL )
(a) Alivardi Khan
(b) Hussain Shah
(c) Murshid Quli Khan
(d) Ilias Shah
Option c – Murshid Quli Khan
The ruler of which of the following states was removed from power by the British on the pretext of mis-governance?
(a) Jhansi
(b) Satara
(c) Nagpur
(d) Awadh
Option d – Awadh
The Gurmukhi script was introduced by: ( Indian History MCQ for SSC CGL )
(a) Guru Nanak
(b) Guru Ram Das
(c) Guru Angad
(d) Guru Amar Das
Option c – Guru Angad
The first Governor General of India was appointed in:
(a) 1774
(b) 1833
(c) 1858
(d) 1911
Option b – 1833
Hyder Ali was defeated at Porto Novo by which British General? ( Indian History MCQ for SSC CGL )
(a) Sir Eyre Coote
(b) General Gedard
(c) Captain Hector Munro
(d) Captain Popham
Option a – Sir Eyre Coote
When was the Battle of Plassey fought?
(a) 1857
(b) 1848
(c) 1789
(d) 1757
Option d – 1757
Who was the last independent Nawab of Bengal? ( Indian History MCQ for SSC CGL )
(a) Mir Qasim
(b) Mir Jafar
(c) Siraj-ud-Daula
(d) Najm-ud-Daula
Option a – Mir Qasim
Which of the following Indians was appointed as Deputy Diwan of Bihar by Robert Clive?
(a) Manik Chand
(b) Rai Durlabh
(c) Raja Sitab Rai
(d) Omichand
Option c – Raja Sitab Rai
Which Sikh Guru helped the rebel prince Khusro with money and blessings? ( Indian History MCQ for SSC CGL )
(a) Guru Hargobind
(b) Guru Tegh Bahadur
(c) Guru Arjan Dev
(d) Guru Gobind Singh
Option c – Guru Arjan Dev
Which of the following was the capital of Raja Ranjit Singh of Punjab?
(a) Lahore
(b) Peshawar
(c) Amritsar
(d) Rawalpindi
Option a – Lahore
Who was the author of Gita Govinda? ( Indian History MCQ for SSC CGL )
(a) Kalidasa
(b) Kalhana
(c) Raja Rao
(d) Jayadeva
Option d – Jayadeva
Who among the following was the saint of the Varkari sect?
(a) Nimbarka
(b) Chakradhara
(c) Namadeva
(d) Ram Dasa
Option c – Namadeva
Who among the following was the first Muslim military commander who annexed Bihar and Bengal by overthrowing the Sena dynasty? ( Indian History MCQ for SSC CGL )
(a) Adil Shah
(b) Shamsuddin
(c) Mahmud Gawan
(d) Bakhtiyar Khilji
Option d – Bakhtiyar Khilji
Who among the following appointed Ibn Batuta as the chief Qazi of Delhi?
(a) Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq
(b) Firoz Tughlaq
(c) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
(d) Alauddin Khilji
Option a – Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq
The battle of Tarain (1191 AD) was fought between Muhammad Gori and: ( Indian History MCQ for SSC CGL )
(a) Rana Pratap
(b) Rana Hammir Deva
(c) Prithviraj Chauhan
(d) Rana Sanga
Option c – Prithviraj Chauhan
The Delhi Sultan who wrote his memoir was:
(a) Balban
(b) Firoz Tughlaq
(c) Iltutmish
(d) Alauddin Khilji
Option b – Firoz Tughlaq
Who was the first woman ruler of medieval India? ( Indian History MCQ for SSC CGL )
(a) Noor Jahan
(b) Chand Bibi
(c) Durgawati
(d) Razia Sultan
Option d – Razia Sultan
Who was the first Muslim ruler of Delhi?
(a) Qutubuddin Aibak
(b) Balban
(c) Iltutmish
(d) Razia
Option a – Qutubuddin Aibak
Whose General was Malik Kafur? ( Indian History MCQ for SSC CGL )
(a) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(b) Alauddin Khilji
(c) Balban
(d) Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq
Option b – Alauddin Khilji
Who was the ruler of Deogiri at the time of Alauddin Khilji’s invasion?
(a) Rana Ratan Singh
(b) Malik Kafur
(c) Ramchandra Dev
(d) Pratap Rudra Dev
Option c – Ramchandra Dev
Which of the following is associated with Sufi saints?
(a) Dakhma
(b) Synagogue
(c) Khanqah
(d) Tripitaka
Option c – Khanqah
What is meant by a ‘Pir’ in the Sufi tradition?
(a) The guru of Sufis
(b) The Supreme God
(c) The greatest of all Sufi saints
(d) The orthodox teacher who contests the Sufi beliefs
Option a – The guru of Sufis
Which one of the following is correctly matched?
(a) Advaitvad – Ramanujacharya
(b) Visistadvaitvad – Sankaracharya
(c) Dvaitvad – Madhvacharya
(d) Dvaitadvaitvad – Vallabhacharya
Option c – Dvaitvad – Madhvacharya
The Muslim adventurer who destroyed Nalanda University was:
(a) Alla-ud-din Khilji
(b) Muhammad-bin-Qasim
(c) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
(d) Muhammad-bin-Bhaktiyar
Option d – Muhammad-bin-Bhaktiyar
Who issued a token currency in copper coins between AD 1329 and 1330?
(a) Feroz Tughlaq
(b) Alauddin Khilji
(c) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
(d) Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq
Option c – Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
Which Khilji ruler killed his father-in-law to ascend the throne of Delhi?
(a) Jalal-ud-din Khilji
(b) Ghiyas-ud-din
(c) Qutab-ud-din Aibak
(d) Ala-ud-din Khilji
Option d – Ala-ud-din Khilji
The Sultans of which dynasty ruled for the longest time?
(a) Lodi dynasty
(b) Slave dynasty
(c) Khilji dynasty
(d) Tughlaq dynasty
Option d – Tughlaq dynasty
Iltutmish established a center of learning at:
(a) Alwar
(b) Patna
(c) Kolkata
(d) Multan
Option b – Patna
Who was known as Tuti-e-Hindustan (The Parrot of India)?
(a) Roy Vanmal
(b) Amir Khusrau
(c) Puranda Khan
(d) Malik Muhammad Jayasi
Option b – Amir Khusrau
Bhakt Tukaram was a contemporary of which Mughal emperor?
(a) Aurangzeb
(b) Akbar
(c) Babur
(d) Jahangir
Option d – Jahangir
Who among the following was the first Bhakti saint to use Hindi for the propagation of his message?
(a) Kabir
(b) Tulsidas
(c) Dadu
(d) Ramananda
Option d – Ramananda
Amir Khusrau was born at:
(a) Patti
(b) Patli
(c) Patiala
(d) Patiali
Option d – Patiali
Amir Khusrau played a pioneer role in the development of:
(a) Maithili
(b) Bhojpuri
(c) Awadhi
(d) Khari Boli
Option d – Khari Boli
Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya was the disciple of:
(a) Baba Farid
(b) Sheikh Ahmad Sir Hindi
(c) Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti
(d) Sheikh Allauddin Sabir
Option a – Baba Farid
Who among the Maratha Peshwas followed the ideal of Hindu Pada-Padshahi?
(a) Baji Rao I
(b) Madhav Rao
(c) Balaji Viswanath
(d) Narayana Rao
Option a – Baji Rao I
Who among the following Maratha women led struggles against the Mughal Empire from 1700 AD onwards?
(a) Tara Bai
(b) Rukmini Bai
(c) Ahalya Bai
(d) Mukta Bai
Option a – Tara Bai
Between whom was the treaty of Purandhar in 1776 made?
(a) Marathas and English
(b) Marathas and Portuguese
(c) English and Nizam of Hyderabad
(d) English and Sultan of Mysore
Option a – Marathas and English
The Third Battle of Panipat was fought between:
(a) Hemu and Akbar
(b) Humayun and Sher Shah
(c) Nadir Shah and Mughals
(d) Marathas and Ahmed Shah Abdali
Option d – Marathas and Ahmed Shah Abdali
The dead body of Babar, by his own choice, lies buried in:
(a) Agra
(b) Kabul
(c) Farghana
(d) Samarqand
Option b – Kabul
Who was the Guru of Shivaji?
(a) Ramdas
(b) Tukaram
(c) Namdev
(d) Eknath
Option a – Ramdas
In Shivaji’s council of Ministers, the Prime Minister was called:
(a) Mantri
(b) Sachiv
(c) Samanta
(d) Peshwa
Option d – Peshwa
Coronation of Shivaji took place in:
(a) 1627 A.D
(b) 1674 A.D
(c) 1680 A.D
(d) 1670 A.D
Option b – 1674 A.D
Shivaji ceded the forts to the Mughals by the treaty of:
(a) Pune
(b) Torna
(c) Chittor
(d) Purander
Option d – Purander
The guerilla warfare was pioneered by:
(a) Akbar
(b) Baji Rao I
(c) Shivaji
(d) Aurangzeb
Option c – Shivaji
How many times did Shivaji plunder Surat?
(a) Once
(b) Twice
(c) Thrice
(d) Four times
Option b – Twice
Who among the following streamlined the Maratha administration after Shambhaji?
(a) Nanaji Deshmukh
(b) Balaji Viswanath
(c) Raja Ram
(d) Ganga Bai
Option c – Raja Ram
Ashtapradhana was the official council of:
(a) Balaji Baji Rao
(b) Harihar I
(c) Krishnadeva Raya
(d) Shivaji
Option d – Shivaji
Shivaji defeated the Mughals in the battle of:
(a) Salher
(b) Shivner
(c) Raigarh
(d) Purandhar
Option b – Shivner
Who was called ‘Chanakya of Maratha’ politics?
(a) Mahadji Scindia
(b) Baji Rao II
(c) Nana Phadnavis
(d) Balaji Viswanath
Option c – Nana Phadnavis
Shivaji died in the year:
(a) 1676
(b) 1677
(c) 1678
(d) 1680
Option d – 1680
Bahadur Shah was:
(a) Successor of Shershah
(b) Last Mughal ruler
(c) Last ruler of Lodhis
(d) Successor of Maratha ruler, Shivaji
Option b – Last Mughal ruler
Which of the following Mughal painters, according to Abul Fazl, was excellent in drawing features?
(a) Basawan
(b) Behzad
(c) Abdus Samad
(d) Mir Saiyad Ali
Option a – Basawan
Which of the following Mughal emperors spent a greater part of his reign to overthrow the Deccan Kingdom?
(a) Jahangir
(b) Akbar
(c) Aurangzeb
(d) Shahjahan
Option c – Aurangzeb
The innovator of the Revenue settlement during the rule of Akbar was:
(a) Raja Bhagwan Das
(b) Raja Birbal
(c) Raja Man Singh
(d) Raja Todarmal
Option d – Raja Todarmal
Dara Shikoh finally lost the war of succession to Aurangzeb in the battle of:
(a) Deorai
(b) Khanwa
(c) Samugarh
(d) Dharmat
Option c – Samugarh
The Moti Masjid in Agra was built during the reign of:
(a) Humayun
(b) Aurangzeb
(c) Shahjahan
(d) Shah Alam II
Option c – Shahjahan
Who among the following Indian rulers was a contemporary of Akbar?
(a) Martanda Varma
(b) Ahilya Bai
(c) Sawai Jai Singh
(d) Rani Durgawati
Option d – Rani Durgawati
Where did Babur die?
(a) Lahore
(b) Kabul
(c) Delhi
(d) Agra
Option d – Agra
When did Humayun first attack the Chunar fort?
(a) 1531 A.D.
(b) 1532 A.D.
(c) 1533 A.D.
(d) 1536 A.D.
Option b – 1532 A.D.
During the Mughal rule, the copper coin was known as:
(a) Shamsi
(b) Dam
(c) Tanka
(d) Rupee
Option b – Dam
Who among the following Mughal Emperors had the longest reign?
(a) Muhammad Shah
(b) Jahandar Shah
(c) Bahadur Shah
(d) Farrukhsiyar
Option a – Muhammad Shah
Who built the Ibadatkhana at Fatehpur Sikri?
(a) Akbar
(b) Shahjahan
(c) Jahangir
(d) Aurangzeb
Option a – Akbar
Between whom was the battle of Chausa fought?
(a) Akbar and Rana Pratap
(b) Humayun and Shershah
(c) Jahangir and Rana Amar Singh
(d) Bahadur Shah of Gujarat and Humayun
Option b – Humayun and Shershah
Which one of the following terms is not associated with the Mughals?
(a) Jital
(b) Jagir
(c) Mansab
(d) Dam
Option a – Jital
The Mughal Emperor who appointed the maximum number of Hindu officers was:
(a) Akbar
(b) Shahjahan
(c) Humayun
(d) Aurangzeb
Option d – Aurangzeb
The original name of Mumtaz Mahal was:
(a) Ladli Begum
(b) Mehrunnisa
(c) Roshan Ara
(d) Arjumand Bano Begum
Option d – Arjumand Bano Begum
Jaziya was re-imposed during the reign of:
(a) Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Humayun
(d) Aurangzeb
Option d – Aurangzeb
‘Din-i-Ilahi’ was the new religion started by:
(a) Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Humayun
(d) Shahjahan
Option a – Akbar
The Mughal Painting reached its zenith during the reign of:
(a) Jahangir
(b) Akbar
(c) Shahjahan
(d) Aurangzeb
Option a – Jahangir
Shahjahan built the Moti Masjid at:
(a) Delhi
(b) Jaipur
(c) Agra
(d) Amarkot
Option c – Agra
Who got the ‘Grand Trunk Road’ constructed?
(a) Akbar
(b) Sher Shah Suri
(c) Ashoka
(d) Samudra Gupta
Option b – Sher Shah Suri
Who among the following was an illiterate?
(a) Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Shahjahan
(d) Aurangzeb
Option a – Akbar
The first Mughal Emperor of India was:
(a) Babur
(b) Akbar
(c) Humayun
(d) Shahjahan
Option a – Babur
Which was the second capital of Akbar?
(a) Agra
(b) Delhi
(c) Patna
(d) Fatehpur Sikri
Option d – Fatehpur Sikri
Who translated ‘Mahabharata’ into Persian?
(a) Babur
(b) Badauni
(c) Abul Fazl
(d) Ibn-Batuta
Option b – Badauni
Who built ‘Purana Qila’?
(a) Babur
(b) Akbar
(c) Sher Shah
(d) Aurangzeb
Option c – Sher Shah
Who was called Zinda Pir (Living Saint) in Mughal India?
(a) Jahangir
(b) Akbar
(c) Aurangzeb
(d) Shahjahan
Option c – Aurangzeb
The historian Abul Fazl was killed by:
(a) Bairam Khan
(b) Uday Singh
(c) Hemu
(d) Bir Singhdeo Bundela
Option d – Bir Singhdeo Bundela
Who built the tomb of her emperor husband?
(a) Haji Begum
(b) Shah Begum
(c) Noor Jahan Begum
(d) Mumtaz Mahal Begum
Option a – Haji Begum
The Mughal Emperor who prohibited the use of tobacco was:
(a) Babur
(b) Akbar
(c) Aurangzeb
(d) Jahangir
Option c – Aurangzeb
Where was Mahavir Swami born?
(a) Magadh
(b) Pataliputra
(c) Kundagram
(d) Vaishali
Option c – Kundagram
Who among the following historical personalities of India is also known as Vishnugupta?
(a) Kalidasa
(b) Bilhana
(c) Patanjali
(d) Chanakya
Option d – Chanakya
Which one of the following places has no Ashokan edicts?
(a) Topra
(b) Kandhar
(c) Girnar
(d) Pataliputra
Option d – Pataliputra
The description of the administration of Pataliputra is available in:
(a) Indica
(b) Arthashastra
(c) Divyavadan
(d) Ashoka’s inscriptions
Option a – Indica
Which one of the following rulers of Magadha was the contemporary of Alexander, the Great?
(a) Dhanananda
(b) Chandragupta Maurya
(c) Sukalp
(d) Mahapadmananda
Option a – Dhanananda
When Alexander invaded India, who were the rulers of Magadha?
(a) Nandas
(b) Mauryas
(c) Shishunagas
(d) Haryankas
Option a – Nandas
Gandhara school of art came into existence in:
(a) Shiva sect
(b) Mahayana sect
(c) Hinayana sect
(d) Vaishnava sect
Option b – Mahayana sect
Name the clan Buddha belonged to:
(a) Kuru
(b) Sakya
(c) Maurya
(d) Gnathrika
Option b – Sakya
The third vehicle in Buddhism was known as:
(a) Zen
(b) Vajrayana
(c) Mahasanghika
(d) None of these
Option b – Vajrayana
Buddha’s teachings were mainly related to:
(a) Practice of rituals
(b) Idol worship
(c) Purity of thought and conduct
(d) Belief in one God
Option c – Purity of thought and conduct
Which state is called the ‘Cradle of Buddhism’?
(a) Sikkim
(b) Bihar
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Uttar Pradesh
Option d – Uttar Pradesh
The stupa site which is not connected with any incident of Lord Buddha’s life is:
(a) Sanchi
(b) Kushinagar
(c) Sarnath
(d) Bodh Gaya
Option a – Sanchi
Buddha attained Mahaparinirvana in the republic of:
(a) Palas
(b) Sakyas
(c) Mallas
(d) Lichhavis
Option c – Mallas
The doctrine of three jewels – Right belief, Right conduct, and Right knowledge – is the crowning glory of:
(a) Jainism
(b) Buddhism
(c) Christianity
(d) None of these
Option a – Jainism
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