This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Overview > Indian History – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indian History Quiz 8 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who is known as the greatest and the most famous Mauryan King? A) Chandragupta Maurya. B) Chandragupta I. C) Ashoka. D) Bindusara. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ashoka. 2. Where did the europeans land for the first time by finding a sea route? A) Kozhikode (Calicut). B) Kochi. C) Bombay (Mumbai). D) Rann of Kacch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kozhikode (Calicut). 3. Who was the Viceroy of India at the time of Jallianwala Bagh massacre? A) Lord Lytton. B) Lord Irwin. C) Lord Chelmsford. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lord Chelmsford. 4. Who wrote Bande Mataram? A) Rabindranath Tagore. B) Bankimchandra Chatterjee. C) Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bankimchandra Chatterjee. 5. Who was the first foreigner who invaded India A) Sikandar. B) Derious. C) Selyucus. D) Philip. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Derious. 6. Who was called the Iron Man of India? A) Sardar Ballabh Bhai Patel. B) Surrendranath Banerjee. C) Lala Lajpat Rai. D) Bipin Chandra Pal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sardar Ballabh Bhai Patel. 7. Who built the Khanjuraho temples? A) Holkars. B) Scindias. C) Bundela Rajputs. D) Chandela Rajputs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chandela Rajputs. 8. Golden Age of Ancient India is the period from ..... A) 320CE to 550 CE. B) 1206CE to 1526CE. C) 700CE to 1750CE. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 320CE to 550 CE. 9. On ....., the Mughal emperor appointed the East India Company as the Diwan of Bengal A) 13 Augest 1765. B) 12 Augest 1765. C) 20 January 1768. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 12 Augest 1765. 10. When Indian National Anthem was first sung? A) August 15, 1947. B) 1857 revolt. C) December 27, 1911 Calcutta. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) December 27, 1911 Calcutta. 11. Gandhi's teaching of nonviolence based on compassion for life. A) Moksha. B) Sati. C) Satyagraha. D) Nationalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Satyagraha. 12. How many years took make the Taj Mahal A) 22. B) 78. C) 100. D) 45. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 22. 13. Who came to India for the first time? A) Vasco Da Gama. B) Erik The Red. C) Nicola Tesla. D) Mahatma Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vasco Da Gama. 14. Who was the first Mughal emperor in India A) Akabar. B) Babar. C) Humayun. D) Aurangjeb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Babar. 15. Famous cave temples of the Chalukyan period are known from which of the following? A) Badami. B) Kanchipuram. C) Manyakheta. D) Pattadakal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Badami. 16. When was the Sanchi stupa discovered A) 1818. B) 1918. C) 1518. D) 2018. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1818. 17. The commander of the army of EEIC during The Battle of Plassey was A) Colonel Hector Munro. B) Colonel Robert Clive. C) A.O. Hume. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Colonel Robert Clive. 18. What was Shivnagar in Muzaffarabad District renamed as? A) Amazon Nagar. B) Snapdeal Nagar. C) Facebook NAgar. D) Google Nagar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Snapdeal Nagar. 19. Tipu sulthan was the ruler of A) Hyderabad. B) Madurai. C) Mysore. D) Vijayanagar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mysore. 20. Where were the manuscripts written? A) On palm leaf. B) On peepal leaf. C) On banana leaf. D) On tulsi leaf. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On palm leaf. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIndian History QuizzesIndian History Quiz 1Indian History Quiz 2Indian History Quiz 3Indian History Quiz 4Indian History Quiz 5Indian History Quiz 6Indian History Quiz 7Indian History Quiz 9Indian History Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books