This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Overview > Indian History – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indian History Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. First census in India was conducted at the time of A) Lord Mayo. B) Lord Lytton. C) Lord Auckland. D) Sir John Napier. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lord Mayo. 2. Who among the following was the author of Arthashastra? A) Vishwamitra. B) Chanakya. C) Panini. D) Ashoka. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chanakya. 3. Who was the architect who designed "Taj Mahal" ? A) Ismail. B) Mohammad Hussain. C) Shah Abbas. D) Ustad-Isa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ustad-Isa. 4. Which among the following Kushana King adopted epithet Dharma-thida? A) Kanishka the Great. B) Huvishka. C) Kudul Kadaphises. D) Vima Kadaphises. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kudul Kadaphises. 5. How many times have india won the world cup A) 5. B) 2. C) 11. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 6. Who is the present Prime Minister of India? A) Dr. Manmohan Singh. B) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru. C) Narendra Modi. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Narendra Modi. 7. The Mahajanapadas were the ..... of ancient India. A) 10 states. B) 12 states. C) 15 states. D) 16 states. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 16 states. 8. Who was the first king of India? A) Shri Ram. B) Chandra Gupta I. C) Bhishma Pitama. D) Ashoka. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chandra Gupta I. 9. Mahaveer believed in A) The world is animated. B) Penance. C) Celibacy. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 10. Swami and Friends is a novel written by whom? A) Swami Vivekananda. B) Swami Sachidananda. C) RK Narayan. D) Chetan Bhagat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) RK Narayan. 11. Which of following is not part of Buddhist teaching A) Annata. B) Anicha. C) Dukha. D) World is animated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) World is animated. 12. Who desined the indian flag A) Abraham lincon. B) Vasco ga dama. C) Pingali venkayya. D) Mother teresa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pingali venkayya. 13. Ancient Indraprastha was capital of which of the following Mahajanpada? A) Matsya. B) Panchal. C) Kuru. D) Vajji. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kuru. 14. Who was great mughal ruler A) Humayun. B) Shah jahan. C) Akbar. D) Babur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Akbar. 15. The theory of economic drain of india during british imperialism was propounded by A) Jawaharlal nehru. B) Dadabai naroji. C) R.c dutt. D) M.k gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dadabai naroji. 16. How many Hymes are there in Rigveda? A) 1028. B) 1046. C) 1014. D) 1016. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1028. 17. Where did Shastri die? A) Delhi, India. B) Karachi, Pakistan. C) Tashkent, Uzbekistan. D) Kathmandu, Nepal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tashkent, Uzbekistan. 18. Which is the correct chronolo-gi-cal order of following 'Acharyas'? A) Chaitanya-Ramanuja-Madhav-Shankara. B) Ramanuja-Shankara-Chaitanya-Madhav. C) Shankara-Ramanuja-Madhav-Chaitanya. D) Madhav-Chaitanya-Ramanuja-Shankara. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shankara-Ramanuja-Madhav-Chaitanya. 19. The refusal to obey unjust laws is known as A) Violence. B) Arrogance. C) Civil Disobedience. D) Sati. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Civil Disobedience. 20. What was the symbol of first Teerthankar Rishabhdeva? A) Elephant. B) Lion. C) Blue lotus. D) Bull. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bull. 21. Garuda was adopted as dynastic emblem after the imperial guptas by .....? A) Shilaharas. B) Western Chalukyas. C) Rashtrakutas. D) Chedis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rashtrakutas. 22. Which river was born from the saliva of Trishanku? A) Tapti. B) Alkananda. C) Karmanasa. D) Mahandi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Karmanasa. 23. Polity of Later Vedic Period1. Bhagadudha2. Suta/Sarathi3. Khasttri4. Akshavapaa. Courierb. Tax collectorc. Charioteerd. Chamberlain A) 1-b2-c3-a4-d. B) 1-b2-c3-d4-a. C) 1-d2-b3-a4-c. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1-b2-c3-d4-a. 24. The last Mauryan, who was killed by his Commander-in-chief was .....? A) Kun-ala. B) Dashratha. C) Samprati. D) Brihadratha. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brihadratha. 25. Tripitaka and Milindpanho are famous texts of which religion? A) Jainism. B) Hinduism. C) Buddhism. D) Sikkhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Buddhism. 26. Who is the first trader in India A) Christopher Columbus. B) Vasco Da Gama. C) Ghori. D) Akbar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vasco Da Gama. 27. Who is the person who eradicated Satti? A) Raja Ram Mohan Rai. B) Erik The Red. C) Babur. D) Ashoka The Great. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Raja Ram Mohan Rai. 28. Which of the following languages was in vogue during Mughal period in the courts of India? A) Arabic. B) French. C) Portuguese. D) Persian. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Persian. 29. Which of this Indian kingdom became most powerful A) Harapa. B) Magadha. C) Kalinga. D) Mohanjadaro. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Magadha. 30. Which of the following is true about the Harappan civilization? A) They had a high degree of urban planning. B) They were successful farmers who domesticated cotton and chicken. C) They had no military. D) All of the options. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the options. 31. What was Mahatma Gandhi's profession? A) Lawyer. B) Revolutionary. C) Socialist. D) Doctor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lawyer. 32. WHAT IS THE LONGEST FORM OF CRICKET A) TEST. B) T10. C) ODI. D) T20. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TEST. 33. Who led the Great Revolt of 1857 at Awadh? A) Rani Lakshmi Bai. B) Begum Hazrat Mahal. C) Tantia Tope. D) Bahadur Shah Zafar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Begum Hazrat Mahal. 34. Who found the sea rout to india A) Vasco ga dama. B) Mahatma ghandi. C) Abraham lincon. D) Martil luther king. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vasco ga dama. 35. Undar Akbar, the mir nakashi was requried to look after A) Military affairs. B) The state trasury. C) The royal household. D) The land revenue system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Military affairs. 36. Which of the following sites is famous for stupas, monasteries, temples and pillars? A) GOOTY. B) SANCHI. C) HATTA. D) AMARJPURA. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) SANCHI. 37. The writer of Ram Charit Manas, Tulsidas, was related to which ruler? A) Chandragupta Maurya. B) Nawab Vajid Ali Sah. C) Harsha. D) Akbar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Akbar. 38. Proto Shiva seal is found from which site of Indus Valley civilization? A) Banwali. B) Kalibanga. C) Lothal. D) Mohanjodaro. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mohanjodaro. 39. The territory of pours who offered strong ressitance to Alexander was situated between the river of A) Sutlej and beas. B) Jhelum and chenab. C) Ravi and chenab. D) Ganga and yamuna. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jhelum and chenab. 40. Ancient Period is the period from: A) Prehistory to 700BCE. B) Prehistory to 700CE. C) 700BCE to 1750BCE. D) 700CE to 1750CE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prehistory to 700CE. 41. ..... Veda was the oldest Vedas. A) Samur. B) Yajur. C) Rig. D) Soma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rig. 42. The rulers of which dynasty were first to make land grants to Brahmanas? A) Kanvas. B) Maurya. C) Satvahana. D) Sunga. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Satvahana. 43. Mahatma is a title meaning ..... A) Great Souled One. B) Holy One. C) Peaceful One. D) Strong One. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Great Souled One. 44. Todar mal was associated with A) Finance. B) Music. C) Law. D) Literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Finance. 45. Who is known as the father of Yoga? A) Patanjali. B) Ayurveda. C) Baba Ramdev. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Patanjali. 46. Who is the Captain of Indian Cricket Team? A) Virat Kholi. B) Austen Beiber. C) Rohit Sharma. D) MS.Dhoni. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Virat Kholi. 47. Who made Kannauj(UP) as a capital. A) Harshavardhan. B) Mahavira. C) Dadabhai. D) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Harshavardhan. 48. Who gave the theory nation as an imagined community? A) Anderson. B) Lenin. C) Partha chatterji. D) Kumkum Roy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anderson. 49. Which of the following architectural wonders was not constructed in the 12 A.D? A) Temple of Khajuraho. B) Sun-temple of Konark. C) Ankorvat. D) Notre Dam, the Paris. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sun-temple of Konark. 50. India has been independent since ..... A) 1962. B) 1776. C) 1945. D) 1947. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1947. 51. The Mauryan empire belongs to ..... period A) Medieval. B) Ancient. C) Modern. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ancient. 52. Which age is called the Golden Age of India? A) Maurya. B) Chanakya. C) Chola. D) Gupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gupta. 53. Commander in chief of the EEIC during Battle of Buxar was A) Colonel Robert Clive. B) Colonel Hector Munro. C) L. Saundiers. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Colonel Hector Munro. 54. The Battle between Alexander and Porus is known as A) Battle of Hydaspes. B) Battle of Buxar. C) Battle of Haldighati. D) Battle of Kalinga. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Battle of Hydaspes. 55. Who is the chief architect of the Indian Constitution? A) Bhimrao Ambedkar. B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. C) Abul Kalam Azad. D) Jawaharlal Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bhimrao Ambedkar. 56. The language of ancient Indian Epic Ramayana is A) Nepalese. B) Sanskrit. C) Persian. D) Aryan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sanskrit. 57. Harisena was the court poet of which of the kings in the Gupta Empire A) Samudragupta. B) Chandragupta I. C) Chandragupta II. D) Kumaragupta I. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Samudragupta. 58. Mughal Empire lasted for ..... years. A) 6735. B) 331. C) 311. D) 456. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 331. 59. Who made G.T Road? A) Indian Govt. B) Akbar. C) Shersah. D) British govt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shersah. 60. Democracy, republic and Equality were the basic idea of ..... A) Sangha. B) Hinduism. C) Vedas. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sangha. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIndian History QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesIndian History Quiz 1Indian 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