This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Overview > Indian History – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indian History Quiz 7 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Battle of Plassey was played in ..... year. A) 1769. B) 1857. C) 1650. D) 1757. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1757. 2. During which Mughal ruler's rule, did the Britishers enter India for trading? A) Akbar. B) Jahangir. C) Humayun. D) Babur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jahangir. 3. Tripitakas are scared books of A) Buddhists. B) Hindus. C) Jains. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Buddhists. 4. The name India came to English usage from the ..... century onwards. A) 17th. B) 16th. C) 18th. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 17th. 5. The troops raised by the emperor but not paid directly the state and place under the charge of mansabadars were know as A) Dakhili. B) Walashabi. C) Barawardi. D) Jcumaki. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dakhili. 6. Who wrote Astanghriday? A) Aryabhatta. B) Charak. C) Sushruta. D) Vagbhatta. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vagbhatta. 7. Which of the following rulers of ancient India declared Buddhism as state's religion? A) Chandragupta Maurya. B) Ashoka. C) Samudra Gupta. D) Kumar Gupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ashoka. 8. What is a Peshwa? A) The Prime Minister of the Maratha Empire. B) The Queen of the Maratha Empire. C) The King of the Maratha Empire. D) The Prince of the Maratha Empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Prime Minister of the Maratha Empire. 9. Who led Dandi March from Trichinopoly to Vedaranyam during civil disobedience movement? A) Chinappa. B) M K Gandhi. C) Sarojini Naidu. D) C. Rajagopalachari. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) C. Rajagopalachari. 10. The Sikh Empire was also known as ..... A) Persian Empire. B) Delhi Empire. C) Punjab Empire. D) Amritsar Empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Punjab Empire. 11. The idea of "Four fold varna system" is derived from ..... A) Mahabharata Mahabharata. B) Manusmriti Manusmriti. C) Rigveda The Rigveda. D) Tripitaka. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rigveda The Rigveda. 12. Who among the following appoints the Election Commissioner in India? A) Governor. B) Prime Minister. C) President. D) The Chief Justice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) President. 13. Which yug was this story of mahabharat held in A) Duaparyug. B) Satyug. C) Kalyug. D) Tretayug. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Duaparyug. 14. What was the name of the British company that went to India to trade but ended up ruling India? A) The Royal Company. B) The East India Company. C) The Arabian British Company. D) The Victoria Company. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The East India Company. 15. The vijayanagara ruler, krishnadev rayas work amuktamalyada, was in A) Kannada. B) Telugu. C) Sanskrit. D) Tamil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Telugu. 16. Match1. Vinay Pitaka2. Sutta Pitaka3. Abhidhamma Pitaka. Religious discourses of Buddhab. Buddha's sayings. Monastic code A) 1-b-s-a. B) 1-c2-b3-a. C) 1-a2-b3-c. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1-c2-b3-a. 17. Who wrote the book titled Jain yogasastra? A) Hemchandra. B) Banbhatta. C) Panini. D) Patanjali. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hemchandra. 18. Who was the founder of Gulam dynesty? A) Kutub-din-Aibek. B) Akbar. C) Mohmood Gajnabi. D) Allahu din khilaji. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kutub-din-Aibek. 19. When did jallian walla bagh incident happen? A) 1654. B) 1823. C) 1919. D) 1923. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1919. 20. Kailashnatha temple is situated in A) Maharastra. B) Bihar. C) Tamilnadu. D) Kerela. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maharastra. 21. Who is the Governer of India? A) N.Modi. B) MD.Sharma. C) No Governer. D) Shaktikanta Das. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shaktikanta Das. 22. Where did Mahaveer Swami attain knowledge? A) Koushambi. B) Nalanda. C) Jumbhikagram. D) Anantpuri. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jumbhikagram. 23. Arrange the following in ascending order-A.vedas. B Dharamsutra C Dharanshastra D ManusmritiArrange the following in order A Vedas B Dharma Sutras C Dharma Shastras D Manusmriti A) A-B-C-D. B) D-C-B-A. C) A-B-D-C. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A-B-D-C. 24. Bimbisara of the ..... dynasty had a son named ..... A) Haryanka, Ajatashatru. B) Nanda, Dhanananda. C) Gupta, Chandragupta I. D) Maurya, Chandragupta Maurya. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Haryanka, Ajatashatru. 25. In Indian Valley civilization Copper was supplied from which of these places? A) Afghanistan. B) Kolar. C) Khetdi. D) Kirthar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Khetdi. 26. Who killed the great mongal emperor "sahjahan" ? A) Jahangir. B) Shivaji maharaj. C) Shersah. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of these. 27. What could have been the purpose for large baths located next to the city centers? A) Religious purpose. B) Social purpose. C) Hygiene purposes. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 28. Which was the first big kingdom in India? A) Nalanda. B) Magadha. C) Sutlej. D) Hastinapur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Magadha. 29. Who got the monumental 'rayagopurams'in front of the temples at Hampi, Tiruv-annamalai, Chidambaram, Srinagar, Tirupati, etc. constructed? A) Krishnadevaraya. B) Harihara. C) Vidayaranya. D) Rajaraja. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Krishnadevaraya. 30. What's the national sport? A) Kabaddi. B) Cricket. C) Hockey. D) Football. E) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hockey. 31. What led to the end of IVC? A) Invasion of Aryans. B) Recurrent floods. C) Earthquakes. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 32. Which king started the organization of Kumbh fair at Allahabad? A) Akabar. B) Harshavardhana. C) Narshimhvarman. D) Dhruvasena Ii. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harshavardhana. 33. Which Indian game was originally called Mokshapat and was created by Saint Gyandev? A) Chess. B) Kho kho. C) Snakes and Ladders. D) Kabaddi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Snakes and Ladders. 34. Indian plate was once a part of ..... A) Africa. B) China. C) Gondwana Land. D) Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gondwana Land. 35. Which is the largest Indian site of Indus civilization? A) Lothal. B) Dholaveer. C) Kalibanga. D) Ropar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dholaveer. 36. Mandsore inscription is important to understand social mobility in Indian society. It is found in ..... Mandsor inscription is important for understanding social mobility - it is found in ..... A) UP Uttar Pradesh. B) MP Madhya Pradesh. C) Bihar Bihar. D) Gujarat Gujarat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) MP Madhya Pradesh. 37. The famous quote "Tum mujhe khoon do mai tumhe azaadi doonga"Was said by whom A) Rani Lakshmi Bai. B) Subhas chandra bose. C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. D) Lala Lajpat Rai. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subhas chandra bose. 38. IIdentifiy the period when Mahabharat had been composed A) 600 BCE to 600CE. B) 400 BCE to 500 CE. C) 600 BCE to 500 CE. D) 500 BCE to 400 CE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 500 BCE to 400 CE. 39. The Capital city 'Daydo' established by kublai khan is situated at A) Samar qand. B) Beijing. C) Ulan Battor. D) Alma Atta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beijing. 40. Who introduced English as official language A) Lord William Bentick. B) Sir Charles Wood. C) Dalhousie. D) Allan Octawain Hume. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sir Charles Wood. 41. What was the name of jatayu's brother A) Sampati. B) Garud. C) Chitrasen. D) Vibhadra. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sampati. 42. Vallabhi era is identical with which of the following era? A) The Vikrama era. B) The Gupta era. C) The Harsha era. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Gupta era. 43. What principle did king ashoka teached to his subjects? A) Violence. B) Discrimination. C) Anger. D) Ahimsa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ahimsa. 44. Which among the following is a non-renewable natural resource? A) Forest. B) Wildlife. C) Water. D) Fossil fuel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wildlife. 45. Satvahan kings were mainly ..... A) Kshtriya Kshatriya. B) Vishya. C) Shudra. D) Bahmins Brahmins. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bahmins Brahmins. 46. Who Contributed or made donations for Building Stupas A) Kings Satvahanans. B) Guilds. C) Bikkhus and Bhikkhunis. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 47. The earliest civilization in India was located near what river valley? A) Indus. B) Ganges. C) Brahmaputra. D) Godvari. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indus. 48. Allaudin Khilji and who else died while playing polo? A) Devendranath Tagore. B) Lord Cornwallis. C) Nawab of Pataudi Sr. D) Sarojini NAidu. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nawab of Pataudi Sr. 49. The Mughal painting reaches its/zeinth during the reign of: A) Akbar. B) Shahjahan. C) Jahangir. D) Aurangzeb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jahangir. 50. Satwahana kingdom was mainly located in ..... A) Maharashtra Maharashtra. B) Bihar Bihar. C) Tamilnadu. D) Punjab Punjab. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maharashtra Maharashtra. 51. How do you win points? A) Land the shuttlecock on your opponents floor. B) Hit the net. C) Land the shuttlecock your opponents floor. D) Hit the shuttlecock out of opponents floor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Land the shuttlecock on your opponents floor. 52. Identify the wrong matching A. Lumbani ..... Ashoka's Birth B. Sarnath ..... First Sermon C. Kushinara ..... Nibbana D. Bodh Gaya ..... Enlightenment A) B. B) D. C) C. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A. 53. Who Was the fourth Mughal Emperor A) Jahangir. B) Akbar. C) Babur. D) Shah Alam II. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jahangir. 54. In the Third Battle of Panipat, who won? A) Afghan Empire. B) Durrani Empire. C) Mughal Empire. D) Maratha Empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Durrani Empire. 55. Why did Traditional Indian industries decline under British rule? A) The British outlawed the harvest of grains. B) Britain was not interested in goods like tea. C) The British forced Indians to grow cash crops instead. D) Britain established many factories. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The British forced Indians to grow cash crops instead. 56. To conquer and annex peshawar and punjab, mahmud of ghazni defeated A) Ghurids. B) Hindushahis. C) Arabs. D) Karkotakas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hindushahis. 57. WHAT IS THE NAME OF INDIAs T20 LEAUGE A) BBL. B) EPL. C) IPL. D) CPL. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) IPL. 58. Sulb Sutra belong to? A) Astronomy. B) Mathematics. C) Astrology. D) Chemistry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mathematics. 59. Who among the following ruler was defeated by Seleucus? A) Vikramaditya. B) Chandra Gupta Maurya. C) Chanakya. D) Ashoka. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chandra Gupta Maurya. 60. Who is the author of the book "Arthasastra" A) Bana. B) Kautilya. C) Megasthenes. D) Kalkana. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kautilya. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIndian History QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesIndian History Quiz 1Indian History Quiz 2Indian History Quiz 3Indian History Quiz 4Indian History Quiz 5Indian History Quiz 6Indian History Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books