This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Overview > Indian History – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indian History Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following British officers was associated with the concept of 'Safety Valve' for British Raj? A) Saunders Alexius Abbott. B) Lord Curzon. C) A.O. Hume. D) Lord Cornwallis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A.O. Hume. 2. In ..... a terrabile famine killed ten million people in Bengal. A) 1870. B) 1750. C) 1770. D) 1760. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1770. 3. Who was the first Indian to fly in an Aircraft and when did he/she fly it? A) Sirisha Bandla, 1857. B) Tanya Bhatiya, 1903. C) Shivkar Bapuji Talpade, 1895. D) Tantia Pope, 1897. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shivkar Bapuji Talpade, 1895. 4. In Bengal, the Headquarters of East India company were located at A) Fort St David. B) Fort William. C) Fort St George. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fort William. 5. Which year did dhandi march take place in? A) 1930. B) 1864. C) 1986. D) 1843. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1930. 6. In which year did the British partition Bengal? A) 1906. B) 1907. C) 1903. D) 1904. E) 1905. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) 1905. 7. Which one of the following is the oldest Veda among the following? A) Rigveda. B) Yajurveda. C) Atharvaveda. D) Samaveda. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rigveda. 8. Who was Mahatma Gandhi ji? A) Father of the Nature. B) Muslim. C) Britisher. D) Normal Person. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Father of the Nature. 9. Who was the 'Rajguru' of Hastinapur A) Duryodhan. B) Kripacharya. C) Bhisma. D) Dronacharya. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kripacharya. 10. The Capital of the Yadava rulers was A) Devagiri. B) Warangal. C) Kalyani. D) Dwarsamudra. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Devagiri. 11. India's most populated city is ..... A) Mumbai. B) Ahmedabad. C) Kochi. D) New Delhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mumbai. 12. Out of the nine gems of the court of Akbar, which was Akbar's favourite gem? A) Raja Todar Mal. B) Raja Birbal. C) Tansen. D) Shaik Faizi. E) Abul-Fazl. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Raja Birbal. 13. Identify the term not related to Buddhism A) Tirthankar. B) Chaitya. C) Nirvana. D) Stupa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tirthankar. 14. When did the britisher's leave in India. A) 1947. B) 1950. C) 1945. D) 1900. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1947. 15. India in WW2 helped ..... A) The United Kingdom. B) Germany. C) Switzerland. D) No one. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The United Kingdom. 16. When East India Company came into existence, England was ruled by A) Hanovarians. B) Stuarts. C) Normans. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Normans. 17. Where were the earliest settlements in India? A) Near Vindhayas and Satpura hills. B) Indus river and Garo hills. C) Tributary 'Son' of river Ganga in kingdom of Magadha. D) River Narmada. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) River Narmada. 18. Which of following language used by Buddha A) Sanskrit. B) Pali. C) Magadhi. D) Hindi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pali. 19. Which among the following is considered to be the oldest Veda? A) Rig Veda. B) Yajur Veda. C) Sam Veda. D) Atharva Veda. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rig Veda. 20. Satya Shodhak Samaj was founded by A) Jyotiba Phule. B) Rajaram Mohan Roy. C) Nehru. D) Mahatma Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jyotiba Phule. 21. Who was the first ruler of the Slave Dynasty? A) Razia Sultana. B) Firoz Shah Tughlaq. C) Sikandar Lodhi. D) Qutubuddin Aibak. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Qutubuddin Aibak. 22. Who is known as father of Indian atomic bomb? A) M. S. Swaminathan. B) Raja Ramanna. C) Jagadish Chandra Bose. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Raja Ramanna. 23. Moderate Leader of INC A) Lalalajpat Rai. B) Bala Tilak. C) Ghosh. D) Feroshah Mehta. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Feroshah Mehta. 24. How did merchants travel1? A) With Caravans. B) Ships. C) Both (a) and (b). D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both (a) and (b). 25. Chinese pilgrims Fa xian had come to India in ..... A) First century CE. B) Fifth century BCE. C) Fifth century CE. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fifth century CE. 26. When was the First Muslim Invasion happened in India and by whom? A) 1175 AD ; By Mohammad Ghori. B) 1526 AD ; By Babur. C) 712 AD ; By Mohammad Bin Qasim. D) 998 AD ; By Mahmud Ghazanavi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 712 AD ; By Mohammad Bin Qasim. 27. Seven fire altars are found from which of these site? A) Mohanjodaro. B) Amari. C) Rangpur. D) Kalibanga. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kalibanga. 28. ..... sources are physical evidences of the past A) A. Numismatic. B) B. Literary. C) C. Epigraphic. D) D. Archaeological. E) Both B and D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. Archaeological. 29. WHAT AMONG THESE ARE THE SOURCES OF THE ANCIENT PERIOD IN INDIA? A) NEWSPAPERS. B) CAVE PAINTINGS. C) DIARIES. D) ARCHIVES. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CAVE PAINTINGS. 30. Where was saint Kabir born? A) Hyderabad. B) Delhi. C) Mathura. D) Varanasi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Varanasi. 31. What was the capital of Aang Mahajanpada? A) Koushambi. B) Vaishali. C) Champa. D) Pushkalavati. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Champa. 32. Who was the ruler of Magadha and founded the Mauryan Dynasty? A) Ashoka. B) Chandragupta Maurya. C) Akbar. D) Mahatma Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chandragupta Maurya. 33. Who is the famous Indian mathematician known for his work in highly composite numbers? A) Satya Nadella. B) Satyendra Nath Bose. C) Aryabhata. D) Srinivasa Ramanujan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Srinivasa Ramanujan. 34. The 2 epics in the Hindu religion A) Ramayano and Mahabhtat. B) Ramayan and Mahayarat. C) Mahabharat and yathan. D) Ramayan and Mahabharat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ramayan and Mahabharat. 35. Who among the following was an Adivasi leader who led a Tribal Revolt in Jharkhand against the British? A) Birju Munda. B) Birsa Munda. C) Birsa Mandi. D) Birju Mandi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Birsa Munda. 36. Mahayan is another sect of ..... A) Non of these. B) Hindu religion. C) Jain religion. D) Bauddh religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bauddh religion. 37. Who started the first English newspaper in India? A) J.A. Hickey. B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak. C) Lord William Bentick. D) Raja Rammohan Roy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) J.A. Hickey. 38. The use of kharoshti in ancient indian architecture is the result of indias contact with A) China. B) Central asia. C) Iran. D) Greece. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Greece. 39. Which king of India is also known as 'Indian Nepoleon'? A) Samudragupta. B) Chandragupta. C) Kumargupta. D) Skandagupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Samudragupta. 40. Who was the first woman President of the Indian National Congress? A) Kasturba Gandhi. B) Mrs. Annie Besant. C) Sarijini Naidu. D) Bhakti Laxmi Desai. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mrs. Annie Besant. 41. Tinkathia System is associated with cultivation? A) Wheat. B) Cotton. C) Indigo. D) Sugarcane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indigo. 42. Gopath brahman is associated with which of these Vedas? A) Rigveda. B) Atherva Veda. C) Yajurveda. D) Samveda. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atherva Veda. 43. How did King Ashoka keep his records of victories and announcements? A) Through paper. B) Through pillar edicts. C) Through people. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Through pillar edicts. 44. Which year did reunion of bengal take place in? A) 1911. B) 1976. C) 1489. D) 1876. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1911. 45. Which of the following is the correct abbreviation BC? A) Before Christ. B) Birth of Christ. C) Before Christ. D) Before Century. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Before Christ. 46. Science Day in Switzerland is dedicated to an Indian. Who is this great personality? A) Vikram Sarabhai. B) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. C) Abhijit Banerjee. D) C. V. Raman. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. 47. Who was India's first president A) Rajendra Prasad. B) Sarvepalli Rashakrishna. C) Mahatmagandhi. D) A.P.J Abdul kalam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rajendra Prasad. 48. What helps us ' to find out the records of hunters, fishing folk etc.? A) Archaeology. B) Astrology. C) Biology. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Archaeology. 49. The threaty of Srirangapatna was signed between Tipu sultan and A) Robert clive. B) Bornwallis. C) Dalhousie. D) Warren Hastings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bornwallis. 50. During WW2 which location was disguised with a bamboo scaffolding? A) Chennai Port. B) India Gate. C) Rashtrapathi Bhavan. D) Taj Mahal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Taj Mahal. 51. Who among the following was one of the founders of Poona Sarvajanik Sabha? A) Mahadev Govind Ranade. B) Debendranth Tagore. C) Dadabhai Naoroji. D) Rabindranath Tagore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mahadev Govind Ranade. 52. How many siblings did Ravan have including step brothers and sisters A) 8. B) 6. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 8. 53. When was Indian national congress found? A) 1887. B) 1672. C) 1885. D) 1982. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1885. 54. Who was the first ruler of Magadha? A) Bindusara. B) Bimbisara. C) Ashoka. D) Ghatotakacha. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bimbisara. 55. They are all rooted..... Facebook A) Rajatarangini. B) Manu. C) Natya Shastra. D) Literary silpas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rajatarangini. 56. What is the egyptian civilization famous for? A) Culture. B) Trade. C) Architecture. D) Wealth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Architecture. 57. Who was the last ruler of the Nanda dynasty? A) Queen Alaknanda. B) Dhanajana. C) Dhanananda. D) Vibheeshan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dhanananda. 58. Which river's bank did the people live along in the ancient time? A) Ganga. B) Narmada. C) Satluj. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Narmada. 59. Which among the following is known as the earliest example of Panchayatana style of temple? A) Shatruganeshwar temple at Bhubneshwar. B) Dashavatara Temple at Deogarh. C) Lakshmana temple at Sirpur. D) Tempel at Pathari. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dashavatara Temple at Deogarh. 60. Which of the following may be the sources for social history A) Jataka Jataka. B) Manusmriti Manusmriti. C) Coins. D) Inscriptions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jataka Jataka. Next →Related QuizzesIndian History QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesIndian History Quiz 2Indian History Quiz 3Indian History Quiz 4Indian History Quiz 5Indian History Quiz 6Indian History Quiz 7Indian History Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books