1. Who was the founder of the Maurya Empire?
a) Chandragupta Maurya
b) Bindusara
c) Ashoka
d) Harsha
Answer: a) Chandragupta Maurya
2. Who is known as the “Father of Indian Renaissance”?
a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) Rabindranath Tagore
Answer: b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
3. The first battle of Panipat was fought in which year?
a) 1526
b) 1556
c) 1761
d) 1857
Answer: a) 1526
4. Who among the following was the first Governor-General of India?
a) Lord Canning
b) Warren Hastings
c) Lord Mountbatten
d) Robert Clive
Answer: b) Warren Hastings
5. In which year did the Revolt of 1857 take place?
a) 1858
b) 1856
c) 1857
d) 1861
Answer: c) 1857
6. Who was the last Mughal Emperor of India?
a) Bahadur Shah Zafar
b) Akbar II
c) Shah Jahan
d) Aurangzeb
Answer: a) Bahadur Shah Zafar
7. Which leader is known as the ‘Iron Man of India’?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
d) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
8. The Jallianwala Bagh massacre occurred in which year?
a) 1918
b) 1919
c) 1920
d) 1921
Answer: b) 1919
9. Who is credited with the discovery of the Indus Valley Civilization?
a) Lord Curzon
b) Sir John Marshall
c) James Prinsep
d) Alexander Cunningham
Answer: b) Sir John Marshall
10. What was the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire?
a) Hampi
b) Mysore
c) Kanchi
d) Badami
Answer: a) Hampi
11. Who gave the slogan “Do or Die”?
a) Subhas Chandra Bose
b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) Bhagat Singh
Answer: b) Mahatma Gandhi
12. In which year was the Quit India Movement launched?
a) 1930
b) 1942
c) 1920
d) 1947
Answer: b) 1942
13. The Treaty of Versailles ended which war?
a) First Anglo-Mysore War
b) World War I
c) World War II
d) Third Anglo-Maratha War
Answer: b) World War I
14. Who led the Dandi March in 1930?
a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Subhas Chandra Bose
d) Lala Lajpat Rai
Answer: b) Mahatma Gandhi
15. The Harappan script is:
a) Alphabetical
b) Pictographic
c) Phoenician
d) None of the above
Answer: b) Pictographic
16. Who introduced the Doctrine of Lapse?
a) Lord Dalhousie
b) Lord Wellesley
c) Lord Curzon
d) Lord Ripon
Answer: a) Lord Dalhousie
17. Who was the first Indian woman to become the President of the Indian National Congress?
a) Annie Besant
b) Sarojini Naidu
c) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
d) Kasturba Gandhi
Answer: b) Sarojini Naidu
18. Who wrote the book “Arthashastra”?
a) Kalidasa
b) Banabhatta
c) Kautilya
d) Aryabhata
Answer: c) Kautilya
19. Which Gupta ruler was also called the “Napoleon of India”?
a) Samudragupta
b) Chandragupta I
c) Chandragupta II
d) Skandagupta
Answer: a) Samudragupta
20. The capital of the Pallava dynasty was:
a) Madurai
b) Kanchipuram
c) Tanjore
d) Hampi
Answer: b) Kanchipuram
21. Who built the famous Sanchi Stupa?
a) Chandragupta Maurya
b) Ashoka
c) Harsha
d) Kanishka
Answer: b) Ashoka
22. The Battle of Plassey was fought in which year?
a) 1757
b) 1764
c) 1773
d) 1784
Answer: a) 1757
23. Who was the first Indian to win a Nobel Prize?
a) Rabindranath Tagore
b) C.V. Raman
c) Mother Teresa
d) Amartya Sen
Answer: a) Rabindranath Tagore
24. During whose reign did the Chinese traveler Fa-Hien visit India?
a) Harsha
b) Chandragupta II
c) Ashoka
d) Samudragupta
Answer: b) Chandragupta II
25. The Non-Cooperation Movement was withdrawn due to which incident?
a) Jallianwala Bagh massacre
b) Chauri Chaura incident
c) Simon Commission
d) Partition of Bengal
Answer: b) Chauri Chaura incident
26. Who among the following was known as “Lokmanya”?
a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
b) Lala Lajpat Rai
c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
d) Dadabhai Naoroji
Answer: a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
27. The Vijayanagara ruler Krishnadevaraya belonged to which dynasty?
a) Sangama
b) Tuluva
c) Saluva
d) Aravidu
Answer: b) Tuluva
28. The Simon Commission came to India in which year?
a) 1927
b) 1928
c) 1930
d) 1935
Answer: b) 1928
29. Who was the first Indian Governor-General of Independent India?
a) Lord Mountbatten
b) C. Rajagopalachari
c) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) Sardar Patel
Answer: b) C. Rajagopalachari
30. Which Indian freedom fighter was called the “Nightingale of India”?
a) Sarojini Naidu
b) Kasturba Gandhi
c) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
d) Annie Besant
Answer: a) Sarojini Naidu
31. The Indus Valley Civilization is also known as:
a) Aryan Civilization
b) Harappan Civilization
c) Vedic Civilization
d) Gupta Civilization
Answer: b) Harappan Civilization
32. The Rigveda is divided into how many mandalas?
a) 10
b) 8
c) 12
d) 15
Answer: a) 10
33. Who was the last ruler of the Maurya dynasty?
a) Bindusara
b) Ashoka
c) Chandragupta Maurya
d) Brihadratha
Answer: d) Brihadratha
34. Who built the famous Iron Pillar near Qutub Minar?
a) Ashoka
b) Chandragupta II
c) Harsha
d) Kanishka
Answer: b) Chandragupta II
35. Which ancient text is known as the “Fifth Veda”?
a) Mahabharata
b) Ramayana
c) Natya Shastra
d) Bhagavad Gita
Answer: c) Natya Shastra
36. Who is known as the “Prince of Pilgrims” for his visit to India?
a) Hiuen Tsang
b) Fa-Hien
c) Al-Biruni
d) Ibn Battuta
Answer: a) Hiuen Tsang
37. Which ruler convened the First Buddhist Council?
a) Ashoka
b) Ajatashatru
c) Bimbisara
d) Kanishka
Answer: b) Ajatashatru
38. Which dynasty was responsible for the construction of the Ellora Caves?
a) Maurya
b) Chola
c) Rashtrakuta
d) Gupta
Answer: c) Rashtrakuta
39. The famous Gayatri Mantra is found in which Veda?
a) Rigveda
b) Samaveda
c) Yajurveda
d) Atharvaveda
Answer: a) Rigveda
40. Ashoka’s inscriptions were written in which script?
a) Devanagari
b) Kharosthi
c) Brahmi
d) Tamil
Answer: c) Brahmi
41. Who was the founder of the Mughal Empire in India?
a) Babur
b) Humayun
c) Akbar
d) Shah Jahan
Answer: a) Babur
42. The Bhakti Movement was first led by:
a) Guru Nanak
b) Kabir
c) Alvars and Nayanars
d) Mirabai
Answer: c) Alvars and Nayanars
43. Who among the following built the Qutub Minar?
a) Akbar
b) Alauddin Khilji
c) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
d) Iltutmish
Answer: c) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
44. The Vijayanagara Empire was defeated in the Battle of Talikota in:
a) 1565
b) 1526
c) 1540
d) 1600
Answer: a) 1565
45. Who was the founder of the Slave Dynasty?
a) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
b) Iltutmish
c) Razia Sultana
d) Balban
Answer: a) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
46. Alauddin Khilji is known for his:
a) Religious reforms
b) Market control policy
c) Invasion of Bengal
d) Patronage of art
Answer: b) Market control policy
47. The famous Kohinoor diamond was taken to Persia by:
a) Babur
b) Nadir Shah
c) Ahmed Shah Abdali
d) Timur
Answer: b) Nadir Shah
48. The first Sultan of Delhi to issue regular currency and declare himself a sovereign ruler was:
a) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
b) Iltutmish
c) Razia Sultana
d) Balban
Answer: b) Iltutmish
49. Guru Nanak was born in which year?
a) 1469
b) 1526
c) 1444
d) 1498
Answer: a) 1469
50. Which Mughal ruler built the Taj Mahal?
a) Akbar
b) Jahangir
c) Shah Jahan
d) Aurangzeb
Answer: c) Shah Jahan
51. The Treaty of Allahabad (1765) was signed between the British and which Mughal ruler?
a) Shah Alam II
b) Bahadur Shah I
c) Jahandar Shah
d) Farrukhsiyar
Answer: a) Shah Alam II
52. The Permanent Settlement system was introduced in Bengal by:
a) Lord Dalhousie
b) Lord Cornwallis
c) Lord Wellesley
d) Warren Hastings
Answer: b) Lord Cornwallis
53. Who was the founder of the Brahmo Samaj?
a) Swami Vivekananda
b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
c) Dayanand Saraswati
d) Keshab Chandra Sen
Answer: b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
54. The slogan “Inquilab Zindabad” was popularized by:
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Bhagat Singh
c) Subhas Chandra Bose
d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: b) Bhagat Singh
55. Which British Viceroy was associated with the partition of Bengal in 1905?
a) Lord Curzon
b) Lord Ripon
c) Lord Canning
d) Lord Wellesley
Answer: a) Lord Curzon
56. Who authored the book Discovery of India?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Rabindranath Tagore
d) B.R. Ambedkar
Answer: b) Jawaharlal Nehru
57. The Civil Disobedience Movement was started in which year?
a) 1920
b) 1930
c) 1942
d) 1919
Answer: b) 1930
58. Who founded the Indian National Army (INA)?
a) Subhas Chandra Bose
b) Mohan Singh
c) Bhagat Singh
d) Chandrashekhar Azad
Answer: b) Mohan Singh
59. The Cabinet Mission Plan came to India in which year?
a) 1945
b) 1946
c) 1947
d) 1944
Answer: b) 1946
60. When did Mahatma Gandhi launch the Champaran Satyagraha?
a) 1917
b) 1920
c) 1915
d) 1930
Answer: a) 1917
61. Who coined the term “Swaraj is my birthright”?
a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Lala Lajpat Rai
d) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
62. The Hunter Commission was associated with:
a) Jallianwala Bagh massacre
b) Education reforms
c) Partition of Bengal
d) Salt Satyagraha
Answer: b) Education reforms
63. Who gave the slogan “Jai Jawan Jai Kisan”?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Lal Bahadur Shastri
c) Indira Gandhi
d) Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: b) Lal Bahadur Shastri
64. The famous Dandi March by Mahatma Gandhi started from which place?
a) Ahmedabad
b) Surat
c) Porbandar
d) Bombay
Answer: a) Ahmedabad
65. Who was the Viceroy of India during the Quit India Movement?
a) Lord Mountbatten
b) Lord Linlithgow
c) Lord Wavell
d) Lord Curzon
Answer: b) Lord Linlithgow
66. The first session of the Indian National Congress was held in which year?
a) 1885
b) 1888
c) 1901
d) 1895
Answer: a) 1885
67. The partition of Bengal was annulled in which year?
a) 1910
b) 1911
c) 1909
d) 1915
Answer: b) 1911
68. The Simon Commission faced opposition because:
a) It proposed partition of India
b) It excluded Indians from its members
c) It imposed heavy taxes
d) It proposed the abolition of princely states
Answer: b) It excluded Indians from its members
69. In which year was the Rowlatt Act passed?
a) 1917
b) 1919
c) 1920
d) 1935
Answer: b) 1919
70. The slogan “Vande Mataram” was first used during:
a) Swadeshi Movement
b) Quit India Movement
c) Civil Disobedience Movement
d) Non-Cooperation Movement
Answer: a) Swadeshi Movement
71. Subhas Chandra Bose formed the Forward Bloc in which year?
a) 1937
b) 1939
c) 1940
d) 1942
Answer: b) 1939
72. The Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) was founded by:
a) Bhagat Singh
b) Chandrashekhar Azad
c) Both a and b
d) Rajguru
Answer: c) Both a and b
73. In which session of the Congress was the demand for Purna Swaraj made?
a) Calcutta Session, 1928
b) Lahore Session, 1929
c) Karachi Session, 1931
d) Lucknow Session, 1916
Answer: b) Lahore Session, 1929
74. The first war of Indian independence (1857) began in which place?
a) Meerut
b) Delhi
c) Lucknow
d) Kanpur
Answer: a) Meerut
75. Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed in which year?
a) 1929
b) 1931
c) 1930
d) 1932
Answer: b) 1931
76. Who was the first person to receive the Bharat Ratna award?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) C. Rajagopalachari
c) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
d) Rajendra Prasad
Answer: b) C. Rajagopalachari
77. The Indian National Congress was founded in 1885 by:
a) Lala Lajpat Rai
b) A.O. Hume
c) Dadabhai Naoroji
d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer: b) A.O. Hume
78. The famous poet, philosopher and social reformer Rabindranath Tagore was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in which year?
a) 1913
b) 1920
c) 1905
d) 1925
Answer: a) 1913
79. Who was the first woman president of the Indian National Congress?
a) Sarojini Naidu
b) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
c) Aruna Asaf Ali
d) Annie Besant
Answer: a) Sarojini Naidu
80. The first session of the Round Table Conference was held in which year?
a) 1927
b) 1930
c) 1931
d) 1932
Answer: b) 1930
81. The ‘Doctrine of Lapse’ was a policy of which British Governor-General?
a) Lord Ripon
b) Lord Dalhousie
c) Lord Wellesley
d) Lord Curzon
Answer: b) Lord Dalhousie
82. The first Battle of Panipat was fought between Babur and which ruler?
a) Sher Shah Suri
b) Rana Sanga
c) Ibrahim Lodi
d) Mahmud of Ghazni
Answer: c) Ibrahim Lodi
83. Who was the first emperor of the Gupta dynasty?
a) Chandragupta I
b) Samudragupta
c) Chandragupta II
d) Skandagupta
Answer: a) Chandragupta I
84. The Bengal Renaissance was led by which of the following individuals?
a) Subhas Chandra Bose
b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
c) Lala Lajpat Rai
d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer: b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
85. The first fort built by the British in India was:
a) Fort St. George
b) Fort William
c) Red Fort
d) Golconda Fort
Answer: a) Fort St. George
86. Who is regarded as the founder of the Mughal Empire?
a) Humayun
b) Akbar
c) Babur
d) Jahangir
Answer: c) Babur
87. Who was the first woman to become the Prime Minister of India?
a) Indira Gandhi
b) Sarojini Naidu
c) Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
d) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
Answer: a) Indira Gandhi
88. The Indian Army fought alongside the British during which global conflict?
a) World War I
b) World War II
c) Both World War I and World War II
d) None of the above
Answer: c) Both World War I and World War II
89. Who was the founder of the Khilafat Movement in India?
a) Muhammad Ali
b) Shaukat Ali
c) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
d) Both a and b
Answer: d) Both a and b
90. The first three provinces in India to come under British rule were:
a) Bengal, Bombay, and Madras
b) Bengal, Punjab, and Delhi
c) Madras, Bombay, and Hyderabad
d) Bengal, Madras, and Delhi
Answer: a) Bengal, Bombay, and Madras
91. Who was the last Governor-General of Independent India?
a) Lord Mountbatten
b) C. Rajagopalachari
c) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) Rajendra Prasad
Answer: b) C. Rajagopalachari
92. Which ruler is known as “The Great”?
a) Ashoka
b) Chandragupta Maurya
c) Akbar
d) Shivaji
Answer: c) Akbar
93. The historic ‘Dandi March’ was undertaken in the year:
a) 1928
b) 1929
c) 1930
d) 1931
Answer: c) 1930
94. Who was the first President of the Indian National Congress?
a) Dadabhai Naoroji
b) Allan Octavian Hume
c) Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee
d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Answer: c) Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee
95. Who was the first woman ruler of India?
a) Rani Laxmibai
b) Razia Sultana
c) Begum Hazrat Mahal
d) Noor Jahan
Answer: b) Razia Sultana
96. Who was the founder of the Maratha Empire?
a) Shivaji Maharaj
b) Balaji Vishwanath
c) Sambhaji Maharaj
d) Rajaram Maharaj
Answer: a) Shivaji Maharaj
97. Who was the first Indian to join the British civil services?
a) Satyendranath Tagore
b) Lala Lajpat Rai
c) C. Sankaran Nair
d) Surendranath Banerjee
Answer: a) Satyendranath Tagore
98. The Battle of Buxar was fought in the year:
a) 1757
b) 1764
c) 1803
d) 1857
Answer: b) 1764
99. The famous poem “Saare Jahan Se Achha” was written by:
a) Allama Iqbal
b) Rabindranath Tagore
c) Faiz Ahmad Faiz
d) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: a) Allama Iqbal
100. The first satellite launched by India was:
a) Aryabhata
b) Rohini
c) INSAT-1A
d) GSAT-1
Answer: a) Aryabhata