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Indian History MCQ for UPSC Prelims Students
Quick Quiz
Who has written ‘Jhanda Geet’?
(a) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(b) Mithilisharan Gupta
(c) Shyam Lal Gupta ‘Parshad’
(d) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Option c – Shyam Lal Gupta ‘Parshad’
Which one of the following was the émigré communist journal of M. N. Roy?
(a) Arushila
(b) The Worker
(c) Vanguard
(d) Kisan Sabha
Option c – Vanguard
Which one of the following is not correctly matched? ( Indian History MCQ for UPSC Prelims )
(a) Unhappy India – Lala Lajpat Rai
(b) India Wins Freedom – Surendra Nath Banerjee
(c) Anand Math – Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(d) Poverty and Un-British Rule in India – Dadabhai Naoroji
Option b – India Wins Freedom – Surendra Nath Banerjee
With reference to the ‘Revolt of Year 1857,’ who among the following was betrayed by a friend, captured, and put to death by the British?
(a) Khan Bahadur Khan
(b) Nana Sahib
(c) Tantiya Tope
(d) Kunwar Singh
Option c – Tantiya Tope
‘India’s War of Independence’ 1857 is written by: ( Indian History MCQ for UPSC Prelims )
(a) S. B. Chaudhari
(b) R. C. Majumdar
(c) S. N. Sen
(d) V. D. Savarkar
Option d – V. D. Savarkar
Mangal Pandey fired the first shot of the Revolt of 1857 at:
(a) Meerut
(b) Kanpur
(c) Jhansi
(d) Barrackpore
Option d – Barrackpore
Who among the following was thrice elected president of the Indian National Congress? ( Indian History MCQ for UPSC Prelims )
(a) Shankaran Nair
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) Surendra Nath Banerjee
(d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Option b – Dadabhai Naoroji
The partition of Bengal came into effect on:
(a) 15th August 1905
(b) 15th September 1905
(c) 15th October 1905
(d) 15th November 1905
Option c – 15th October 1905
The split between the extremists and moderates came into the open at the Surat Congress Session in the year: ( Indian History MCQ for UPSC Prelims )
(a) 1905
(b) 1906
(c) 1907
(d) 1910
Option c – 1907
When did Queen Victoria declare the taking over of Indian Administration under the British Crown?
(a) 31 December 1857
(b) 6 January 1858
(c) 1 November 1858
(d) 17 November 1859
Option c – 1 November 1858
The birthplace of Maharani Laxmi Bai, the heroine of the 1857 freedom struggle, is: ( Indian History MCQ for UPSC Prelims )
(a) Vrindavan
(b) Varanasi
(c) Jhansi
(d) Agra
Option b – Varanasi
Which one of the following territories was not affected by the Revolt of 1857?
(a) Chittor
(b) Lucknow
(c) Jhansi
(d) Jagdishpur
Option a – Chittor
Who wanted the Indian National Congress to be a ‘safety valve’? ( Indian History MCQ for UPSC Prelims )
(a) W. C. Banerjee
(b) A. O. Hume
(c) Lord Lytton
(d) Surendra Nath Banerjee
Option b – A. O. Hume
Which one of the following commissions is associated with the army reorganization after the suppression of the Revolt of 1857?
(a) Simon Commission
(b) Peel Commission
(c) Hunter Commission
(d) Public Service Commission
Option b – Peel Commission
Who among the following is the author of the collection of poems called ‘Golden Threshold’?
(a) Annie Besant
(b) Vijay Laxmi Pandit
(c) Sarojini Naidu
(d) Aruna Asaf Ali
Option c – Sarojini Naidu
Which one of the following is not correctly matched? ( Indian History MCQ for UPSC Prelims )
(a) Vernacular Press Act – Curzon
(b) Ilbert Bill – Ripon
(c) Doctrine of Lapse – Dalhousie
(d) Pitt’s India Act – Warren Hastings
Option a – Vernacular Press Act – Curzon
The system of competitive examination for Civil Services was accepted in principle in the year:
(a) 1833
(b) 1853
(c) 1858
(d) 1882
Option b – 1853
The Constitution of India was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on: ( Indian History MCQ for UPSC Prelims )
(a) August 15, 1947
(b) June 26, 1948
(c) November 26, 1949
(d) January 26, 1950
Option c – November 26, 1949
Who among the following was not associated with the activities of the Theosophical Society?
(a) Mrs. Annie Besant
(b) Mr. A. O. Hume
(c) Col. H. S. Olcott
(d) Madam H. P. Blavatsky
Option b – Mr. A. O. Hume
Who among the following wrote the poem ‘Subah-i-Azadi’? ( Indian History MCQ for UPSC Prelims )
(a) Faiz Ahmed Faiz
(b) Muhammad Iqbal
(c) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(d) Sahir Ludhianvi
Option a – Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Who wrote the famous song ‘Sare Jahan Se Achcha Hindostan Hamara’?
(a) Muhammad Iqbal
(b) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(c) Syed Ahmed Khan
(d) Sahir Ludhianvi
Option b – Bahadur Shah Zafar
What is the Red Cliffe Line? ( Indian History MCQ for UPSC Prelims )
(a) America-Canada boundary line
(b) Indo-Pakistan boundary line
(c) Russia-Finland boundary line
(d) Indo-China boundary line
Option a – America-Canada boundary line
When did the British Government appoint the Sadler University Commission for reforms in education?
(a) 1917
(b) 1919
(c) 1896
(d) 1921
Option a – 1917
Who among the following Governor Generals created the covenanted Civil Service of India, which later came to be known as the Indian Civil Services? ( Indian History MCQ for UPSC Prelims )
(a) Wellesley
(b) William Bentinck
(c) Cornwallis
(d) Warren Hastings
Option c – Cornwallis
Who among the following repealed the Vernacular Press Act?
(a) Lord Hardinge
(b) Lord Ripon
(c) Lord Curzon
(d) Lord Dufferin
Option b – Lord Ripon
The Cabinet Mission Plan for India envisaged a:
(a) Confederation
(b) Union of States
(c) Unitary form of Government
(d) Federation
Option b – Union of States
Who had founded the Independent League?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Lala Lajpat Rai
(c) Ras Bihari Bose
(d) Moti Lal Nehru
Option d – Moti Lal Nehru
Shyamji Krishna Verma established the Indian Home Rule Society in:
(a) Paris
(b) San Francisco
(c) Berlin
(d) London
Option d – London
Who among the following established a Republican Government abroad?
(a) Ras Bihari Bose
(b) Raja Mahendra Pratap
(c) Subhas Chandra Bose
(d) None of these
Option b – Raja Mahendra Pratap
Who said that ‘Congress movement was neither inspired by the people nor devised or planned by them’?
(a) Lord Curzon
(b) Lala Lajpat Rai
(c) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
(d) Lord Dufferin
Option b – Lala Lajpat Rai
Who was the first editor of the Yugantar?
(a) Ullaskar Dutt
(b) Bipin Chandra Pal
(c) Barindra Ghosh
(d) Jatindra Nath Mukherjee
Option c – Barindra Ghosh
Bhula Bhai Desai’s most memorable achievement was his defense of the Indian National Army personnel at the Red Fort Trial towards the end of:
(a) 1943
(b) 1944
(c) 1945
(d) 1946
Option c – 1945
The final arrangements for India’s independence were worked out by:
(a) Cripps Mission
(b) Simon Commission
(c) Gandhi-Irwin Pact
(d) Cabinet Mission
Option d – Cabinet Mission
Who among the following was not a member of the Cabinet Mission?
(a) Redcliffe
(b) A. V. Alexander
(c) Pethwick Lawrence
(d) Sir Stafford Cripps
Option a – Redcliffe
Who handed over the charge of the Indian National Army to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose?
(a) Mohan Singh
(b) Mahendra Pratap
(c) Hardayal
(d) Ras Behari Bose
Option b – Mahendra Pratap
At which place in Bihar was the session of the Indian National Congress of 1922 held?
(a) Patna
(b) Gaya
(c) Haripura
(d) Ramgarh
Option b – Gaya
The massacre of the crowd at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar took place on:
(a) 1st June, 1918
(b) 13th April, 1919
(c) 14th April, 1920
(d) 6th July, 1921
Option b – 13th April, 1919
The name of the periodical published by Mahatma Gandhi during his stay in South Africa was:
(a) Navjivan
(b) Indian Opinion
(c) India Gazette
(d) Africaner
Option b – Indian Opinion
In which year did Lord Hardinge cancel the partition of Bengal?
(a) 1904
(b) 1906
(c) 1907
(d) 1911
Option d – 1911
Who among the following was the chief architect of reconciliation between the extremists and moderates?
(a) Madan Cama
(b) M. A. Jinnah
(c) Annie Besant
(d) Pheroz Shah Mehta
Option c – Annie Besant
The second session of the Indian National Congress was presided over by:
(a) Pheroz Shah Mehta
(b) Dada Bhai Naoroji
(c) Gnesh Agarkar
(d) Surendra Nath Banerjee
Option d – Surendra Nath Banerjee
Who among the following founded the East India Association?
(a) V. D. Savarkar
(b) C. R. Das
(c) Dada Bhai Naoroji
(d) Debendra Nath Tagore
Option c – Dada Bhai Naoroji
Who among the following was not a moderate?
(a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(b) Feroz Shah Mehta
(c) Bipin Chandra Pal
(d) Surendra Nath Banerjee
Option c – Bipin Chandra Pal
Who founded Swadesh Bandhaw Samiti?
(a) Pulin Das
(b) Surya Sen
(c) Barindra Ghosh
(d) Ashwin Kumar Dutt
Option d – Ashwin Kumar Dutt
What was Kamagata Maru?
(a) A naval ship on voyage to Canada
(b) A political party based in Taiwan
(c) A peasant communist leader of China
(d) A Chinese village where Mao Tse Tung began his long march
Option a – A naval ship on voyage to Canada
Which one of the following was not an extremist?
(a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(b) Madan Lal Dhingra
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Udham Singh
Option a – Gopal Krishna Gokhale
“Kings are made for public, not the public for the king”—who made this statement during the national movement?
(a) Gokhale
(b) R. C. Dutt
(c) Surendra Nath Banerjee
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji
Option d – Dadabhai Naoroji
Who was the Viceroy of India at the time of the formation of the Indian National Congress?
(a) Curzon
(b) Dufferin
(c) Canning
(d) Lawrence
Option b – Dufferin
Sri Aurobindo Ashram is situated in:
(a) Pondicherry
(b) Karnataka
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Rameshwaram
Option a – Pondicherry
When was the attempt to murder Kingsford made in Muzaffarpur?
(a) 1907
(b) 1908
(c) 1909
(d) 1911
Option b – 1908
Who among the following leaders dominated the Lucknow Pact in December 1916?
(a) Motilal Nehru
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Madan Mohan Malviya
Option b – Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Who is Duchess of Cornwall?
(a) Anne
(b) Camilla
(c) Margaret
(d) Diana
Option b – Camilla
Waterloo is located in:
(a) France
(b) Belgium
(c) Spain
(d) England
Option b – Belgium
Fascism believes in the application of the principle of:
(a) Democracy
(b) Totalitarianism
(c) Dictatorship
(d) Utilitarianism
Option b – Totalitarianism
Who is the oldest British monarch to sit on the throne?
(a) Queen Anne
(b) Queen Victoria
(c) Queen Elizabeth II
(d) Queen Mary Tudor
Option c – Queen Elizabeth II
The island of Corsica is associated with:
(a) Hitler
(b) Mussolini
(c) Winston Churchill
(d) Napoleon Bonaparte
Option d – Napoleon Bonaparte
“Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity” is the call associated with:
(a) Russian Revolution
(b) French Revolution
(c) Chinese Revolution
(d) American Revolution
Option b – French Revolution
Absolute sovereign power of the monarch was advocated by:
(a) Karl Marx
(b) John Locke
(c) Rousseau
(d) Thomas Hobbes
Option d – Thomas Hobbes
The British Conservative Party was earlier known as:
(a) Tories
(b) Levellers
(c) Whigs
(d) Fabians
Option a – Tories
Hitler became the chancellor of Germany in:
(a) 1929
(b) 1930
(c) 1933
(d) 1936
Option c – 1933
When did Ikhtiyaruddin-bin-Bakhtiyar Khalji invade Bengal?
(a) 1194 AD
(b) 1199 AD
(c) 1202 AD
(d) 1206 AD
Option d – 1206 AD
Who was the last ruler of the Tughlaq Dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate?
(a) Nasarat Shah
(b) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(c) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq II
(d) Mahmud Shah Tughlaq
Option d – Mahmud Shah Tughlaq
Where did the practice of the shadow cabinet originate?
(a) Italy
(b) France
(c) Great Britain
(d) USA
Option c – Great Britain
Alexander the Great died in 323 B.C. in:
(a) Persia
(b) Babylon
(c) Taxila
(d) Macedonia
Option b – Babylon
Who advocated Nazism in Germany?
(a) Bismarck
(b) Adolf Hitler
(c) Frederick William IV
(d) William III
Option b – Adolf Hitler
From which city did the Russian Revolution begin?
(a) Moscow
(b) Kazan
(c) Odessa
(d) St. Petersburg
Option d – St. Petersburg
The poet king who wrote verses in praise of Krishna under the name of Nagari Das was:
(a) Raja Savant Singh
(b) Raja Chhatrasal
(c) Raja Ram Singh
(d) Raja Ummed Singh
Option a – Raja Savant Singh
Which English Governor of the East India Company in India was expelled by Aurangzeb?
(a) Sir John Child
(b) Sir John Gayer
(c) Aungier
(d) Sir Nicholas Waite
Option a – Sir John Child
The famous Kailasha temple, cut out of solid rock at Ellora, was built under the patronage of the:
(a) Rashtrakutas
(b) Pallavas
(c) Cholas
(d) Kadambas
Option a – Rashtrakutas
Who among the following sultans was advised by Qazi Mughisuddin to act according to the laws of Shariat, but the sultan rejected his advice?
(a) Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq
(b) Firoz Tughlaq
(c) Alauddin Khalji
(d) Jalaluddin Khalji
Option c – Alauddin Khalji
Who among the following Delhi sultans is known for introducing a market control mechanism?
(a) Balban
(b) Iltutmish
(c) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(d) Alauddin Khalji
Option d – Alauddin Khalji
The meaning of the word “Bantai” during the medieval period was:
(a) Religion Tax
(b) Wealth Tax
(c) Property Tax
(d) System of calculating revenue
Option d – System of calculating revenue
Which Mughal Emperor gave an important Farman to the English to facilitate their trade in India?
(a) Shah Alam II
(b) Bahadur Shah II
(c) Farrukhsiyar
(d) Bahadur Shah I
Option c – Farrukhsiyar
The Seven Ratha temple of Mahabalipuram was built by:
(a) Nandi Varman
(b) Narasimhavarman
(c) Parameshwar Varman
(d) Mahendra Varman
Option b – Narasimhavarman
Which Chola king conquered Ceylon?
(a) Rajendra I
(b) Vijayalaya
(c) Rajadhiraja
(d) Aditya I
Option a – Rajendra I
The largest standing army of the Sultanate directly paid by the state was created by:
(a) Sikandar Lodi
(b) Alauddin Khalji
(c) Iltutmish
(d) Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq
Option d – Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq
The clan of Rajputs who ruled the princely state of Jaipur was:
(a) Hadas
(b) Kachhawahas
(c) Rathors
(d) Sisodiyas
Option b – Kachhawahas
The Sultan who described himself as Sikander-i-Sani (The second Alexander) was:
(a) Sikandar Lodi
(b) Balban
(c) Alauddin Khalji
(d) Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq
Option c – Alauddin Khalji
The medieval ruler who was the first to establish a ministry of agriculture (Diwan-i-Kohi) was:
(a) Sher Shah
(b) Alauddin Khalji
(c) Akbar
(d) Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq
Option d – Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq
The city of Jaunpur was founded in the memory of:
(a) Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq
(b) Akbar
(c) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
(d) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
Option d – Firoz Shah Tughlaq
Which important event took place in the history of India in the year 1526?
(a) Defeat of Humayun at the hands of Sher Shah Suri
(b) The first battle of Panipat
(c) The second battle of Panipat
(d) None of these
Option b – The first battle of Panipat
Yahya bin Ahmed Sirhindi, the author of “Tarikh-i-Mubaraqshahi,” lived in the period of:
(a) Lodi
(b) Tughlaq
(c) Sayyid
(d) Khalji
Option c – Sayyid
In the Delhi Sultanate, an administrative unit called Paragana was headed by an official known as:
(a) Barid
(b) Amil
(c) Ariz
(d) Shiqdar
Option b – Amil
Who established Diwan-i-Mustakharaj (Department of arrears)?
(a) Razia Sultan
(b) Balban
(c) Alauddin Khalji
(d) Qutubuddin Aibak
Option c – Alauddin Khalji
Which of the following sultans provided employment to the unemployed?
(a) Firoz Tughlaq
(b) Sher Shah Suri
(c) Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq
(d) Alauddin Khalji
Option a – Firoz Tughlaq
Who among the following composed poems with the pen name ‘Gulrukh’?
(a) Ibrahim Lodi
(b) Bahlol Lodi
(c) Sikandar Lodi
(d) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
Option c – Sikandar Lodi
Who was the ruler of Deogiri at the time of the invasion of Alauddin Khalji?
(a) Rana Ratan Singh
(b) Ram Chandra Dev
(c) Malik Kafur
(d) Pratap Rudra Dev
Option b – Ram Chandra Dev
Which one of the following rulers from Central Asia conquered North India in 1192?
(a) Mahmud Ghaznavi
(b) Jalaluddin Mangbarni
(c) Chingiz Khan
(d) Shihabuddin Muhammad Gori
Option d – Shihabuddin Muhammad Gori
With reference to the Delhi Sultanate, who was the founder of the Sayyid dynasty?
(a) Mubaraq Shah
(b) Khizr Khan
(c) Muhammad Shah
(d) Alauddin Alam Shah
Option b – Khizr Khan
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