Indian History

Q.1. Malik Kafur was the lieutenant of which Delhi Sultanate ruler? (a) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq  (b) Alauddin Khilji  (c) Firoz Shah Tughlaq  (d) Jalaluddin Khilji Q.2. Which of the following Mughal emperors was a proficient Veena player? (a) Akbar (b) Jahangir (c) Shahjahan (d) Aurangzeb Q.3. Thomas Roe was sent to the court of Mughal emperor Jahangir as an official ambassador of which British monarch? (a) James I (b) King George V (c) Queen Mary (d) Queen Elizabeth  Q.4. Who of the following reigned the longest? (a) Akbar (b) Babur (c) Shah Jahan (d) Jehangir Q.5. The Mansabdari system introduced by Akbar was borrowed from where? (a) Afghanistan (b) Turkey (c) Persia (d) Mongolia Q.6. Which of following Sultans of Slave (Mamluk) dynasty was the first to issue regular currency and declare Delhi as the capital of Delhi Sultanate?  (a) Iltutmish (b) Balban (c) Aram shah (d) Nasiruddin mahmud Q.7. Which of the following rulers of Delhi Sultanate was the first to introduce th

Q.1. Which of the following Delhi Sultanate rulers had prohibited Muslim women from worshipping the graves of saints? (a) Alauddin Khilji (b) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq (c) Firoz Shah Tughlaq (d) Sikander Lodhi Q.2. Which of the following Delhi Sultanate rulers had earned the sobriquet of ‘Lakh Baksh’?  (a) Qutb-ud-din Aibak (b) Balban (c) Jalaluddin Khilji (d) Ghiasuddin Tughlaq Q.3. Zain-ul-Abidin who forbade cow slaughter in his Sultanate was a ruler of  (a) Bengal (b) Kashmir (c) Khandesh (d) Madurai Q.4. Which battle was declared by Babur a Jihad (holy war)? (a) First Battle of Panipat (b) Battle of Chanderi (c) Battle of Khanwa  (d) Battle of Ghagra Q.5. The architectural raw material most widely used in Akbar's period was_________ (a) Redstone (b) Marble (c) Brick (d) Limestone Q.6. Abdur Razzaq was sent to the court of Vijayanagar ruler Dev Raya II as an ambassador of  (a) Sultan Shah Rukh of Persia (b) Sultan Bahzad of Turkey (c) Sultan Alauddin of Iraq (d) Sultan Bahaman of Egy

  Q. 1. Which Mughal Emperor had conferred the title of 'Raja' on Ram Mohan Roy? (a) Shah Alam II  (b) Akbar II (c) Shah Jahan III  (d) Bahadur Shah Zafar Q. 2. Which organization was founded by Ram Mohan Roy and Debendranath Tagore in 1828? (a) Brahmo Sabha (b) Tattwabodhini Sabha (c) Prarthna Samaj (d) None of these Q. 3. Who had called Raja Ram Mohan Roy the Father of Modern India? (a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (b) Mahatma Ghandhi (c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (d) Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Q. 4.  Who was the ruler of Delhi Sultanate when Guru Nanak was born? (a) Khizr Khan (b) Mubarak Shah (c) Bahlol Lodhi  (d) Sikandar Lodhi  Q. 5. What was the capital of Mahajanapada of Anga? (a) Ujjayini (b) Champa (c) Suktimati  (d) Ayodhya Q. 6. Who is the author of Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri? (a) Muhammad Saleh  (b) Nizam-ud-din Ahmad (c) Mirza Muhammad Kazim (d) Jahangir Q. 7. Which Delhi Sultanate ruler introduced the system of auditing the accounts? (a) Muhammad bin Tughlaq  (b) Sikandar Lodhi (c) Al

Q. 1. Who planted the 'Tree of Liberty' at Srirangapatnam? (a) Tipu Sultan (b) Hyder Ali (c) Chikka Krishnaraja (d) Devraj Q. 2. Which battle put an end to the French challenge to British supremacy in India?  (a) The Battle of Plassey (b) The Battle of Buxar (c) The Battle of Wandiwash (d) The Battle of Seringapatam Q. 3. Who among the following had introduced the revenue collection method Ryotwari System in India?  (a) Thomas Munro  (b) Lord Cornwallis (c) Holt Mackenzie (d) None of these Q. 4. Where did Moplah Uprising break out in 1921?   (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Kerala (c) Karnataka (d) Tamil Nadu Q. 5. Who among the following was/were associated with the organization “Servants of India Society”? (a) Gopal Krishna Gokhle (b) Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar (c) Both a and b  (d) None of these Q. 6. Who has authored the book 'The Light of Asia' ? (a) Charles Wilkins (b) Sir Edwin Arnold  (c) Edwin Lester Arnold (d) None of these   Q. 7. Who among the following leaders at

Q.1. In which year did the Deccan Riots take place? (a) 1875 (b) 1880 (c) 1885 (d) 1890 Q.2. Who was the leader of the Munda Rebellion of 1899? (a) Jaipal Singh Munda (b) Ram Dayal Munda  (c) Birsa Munda (d) Sidhu Murmu  Q.3. Who put forward the Drain of Wealth theory in his book ‘Poverty and Un-British Rule in India’? (a) Pherozeshah Mehta (b) Dadabhai Naoroji  (c) Surendranath Banerjea (d) Badruddin Tyabji Q.4. During the tenure of which Governor General were the railways introduced in India? (a) Lord Dalhousie (b) Warren Hastings (c) Lord William Bentinck  (d) Lord Cornwallis Q.5. Who was the first President of the Asiatic Society of Bengal? (a) Sir William Jones  (b) Sir John Shore  (c) Sir Charles Wilkins (d) Sir John Anstruther Q.6. Who established the Arya Samaj in 1875? (a) Dayananda Sarasvati (b) Ram Mohan Roy (c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (d) Swami Vivekanand Q.7. In which battle was the Bengal Nawab Mir Qasim finally defeated by the English East India Company? (a) Battle of Buxa

Q. 1. Who was the leader of the Revolt of 1857 in Assam? (a) Maniram Dewan (b) Dev Kanta Baruah  (c) Lachit Barphukan (d) Kushal Konwar Q. 2. Who among the following tribal leaders was called Father of the World and regarded as an incarnation of God? (a) Birsa Munda (b) Sidhu Murmu  (c) Kanhu Murmu  (d) Nanak Bhil Q. 3. Which Indian historian had said about the Revolt of 1857: “On the whole, it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that so-called First National War of Independence is neither First, nor National, nor a war of independence.” (a) Jadunath Sarkar (b) D. N. Jha (c) Ram Sharan Sharma (d) R.C. Majumadar Q. 4. Who led the Revolt of 1857 in Bihar? (a) Kunwar Singh (b) Mangal Pandey (c) Tantiya Tope (d) Nana Saheb Q. 5. Which among the following was the first to sign the Subsidiary Alliance Treaty with the British?  (a) Tanjore (b) Hyderabad  (c) Berar  (d) Awadh Q. 6. Which British Governor- General applied the policy of Subsidiary Alliance to expand the power and influence of t

  Q.1. In which city was Mahatma Gandhi assassinated on 30 January, 1948? (a) Delhi (b) Bombay (c) Kolkata (d) Allahabad Q.2. Who was the Prime Minister of Britain when India became independent?  (a) Clement Attlee (b) Winston Churchill (c) Neville Chamberlain (d) Ramsay MacDonald Q.3. In which year did Burma (Myanmar) cease to be a part of India? (a) 1924 (b) 1935 (c) 1936 (d) 1937 Q.4. How many volunteers had accompanied Mahatma Gandhi on the famed Dandi March or Salt Satyagraha starting on March 12, 1930? (a) 76 (b) 77 (c) 78 (d) 79 Q.5. Name the city where Satyagraha Sabha was formed by Gandhi in 1919 to protest against the Rowlatt Act.    (a) Bombay (b) Lahore (c) Calcutta (d) Ahmedabad Q.6. Who among the following was a source of inspiration to Gandhi? (a) Tolstoy (b) Lenin (c) Karl Marx (d) None of the above Q.7. Who among the following was the Governor-General of India during the Sepoy Mutiny, also known as Indian Mutiny by the British? (a) Lord Dalhousie (b) Lord Ellenborough