MCQ ON HISTORY 1. What was the time period of Indus Civilization / Harappan Civilization ? 2400 BC - 1700 BC 2400 BC - 1750 BC 2500 BC - 1700 BC 2500 BC - 1750 BC d 2 Which was the largest site of Indus Civilization ? Mohenjodaro Lothal Chanhudaro Dholavira a 3.Which was the largest Indian site of Indus Civilization ? Mohenjodaro Lothal Chanhudaro Dholavira d 4. Indus people were first to produce cotton in the world ? TRUE FALSE a 5. Which two Indus sites found in Afghanistan ? Lothal and Daimabad Shatughai and Dainabad Shatughai and Mundigaq Mundigaq and Daimabad c 6. Which was the ancient port of Indus Civilization ? Harappa Lothal Dholavira Surkotada b 7. Vedic Culture was from 1500 BC to 600 BC 1450 BC to 550 BC 1400 BC to 500 BC 1300 BC to 400 BC a 8 Which is the oldest text in the world ? Yajur Veda Atharva Veda Rig Veda Sama Veda c 9. How many Mandalas Rig Veda contains ? 9 Mandalas 10 Mandalas 11 Mandalas 12 Mandalas b 10. Which veda is important for Indian Music ? Sama Veda Yajur veda Atharva Veda Rig Veda a 11. Which Veda contains cure of diseases ? Sama Veda Atharva Veda Rig Veda Yajur Veda b 12. Which of following was not a varna of Society ? Shudra Vaisya Kshatriya Vaiswik d 13. Mahajanapada Period was from ? 700 BC to 375 BC 650 BC to 350 BC 625 BC to 350 BC 600 BC to 325 BC d 14. Ajatasatru was son of Bimisara Udayin Shisunaga None of above a 15. The Shisunaga Dynasty was overthrown by ? Bimisara Ajatashatru Mahapadma Chandragupta Maurya c 16. Gautama Buddha renounced home at the age of ? 26 27 28 29 d 17. Who was Channa ? Budhhas Horse Budhhas Charioteer Budhhas Cousin Budhhas Deciple b 18. Pali Texts are associated with ? Hiduism Budhhaism Islam Jews b 19. Where Gautama Buddha attained Nirvana (enlightenment) ? Lumbini Sarnath Kusinagar Bodh Gaya d 20. When was Mahavira born ? 530 BC 540 BC 550 BC 560 BC b 21. The Red Fort was built by : Akbar Shahjhan Jahangir Sher Shah b 22. The Sarvodaya Movement was initiated by Mahatma Gandhi J P Narayan Vinoba Bhave Bhagat Singh c 23. What was the real name of Chanakya ? Bishnu Gupta Ramtanu Mishra Kautilya Vishisht c 24. When did Vasco-da-Gama come to India ? 1492 1494 1496 1498 d 25. When was Burma separated from India 1936 1937 1938 1939 b 26. Which one of the following began with the Dandi March ? Home rule Movement Non-Cooperation Movement Civil disobedience Movement Quit India Movement c 27. Who is the founder of Mahabalipuram ? Narsimha Varman Rajaraja Chola Mahendra Varman Narsimha Chola A 28. Who of the following Prime Ministers sent Cripps Mission to India ? James Ramsay MacDonald Stanley Baldwin Neville Chamberlain Winston Churchill d 29. With whose permission did the English set up their first factory in Surat? Akbar Jahangir Shahjahan Aurangzeb b 30. Malik Kafur was General of ? Firoz Shah Tughluq Chandragupta Maurya Bimisara Ala-ud-din khilji d 31. Which of the following was the court language during the reign of Akbar ? Hindi Urdu Persian Arabic c 32. Which one the following kingdoms was founded by Raja Odeyar ? Tanjore Jinji Mysore Madura c 33. Who built the Ibadatkhana at Fatehpur Sikri ? Jahangir Akbar Auranangzeb Shahjahan b 34. Who put an end to the system of Dual Government in Bengal ? Regulating Act Clive Warren Hastings British Parliament c 35. Muhammad Ghori ascended the throne of Ghazni in the year 1073 1173 1273 1373 b 36. The Qutub Minar at Delhi was built by ? Qutbuddin Aibak Shahjhan Aleu-din-khilji Chandragupta a 37. When Humayun was succeeded by Akbar, he was 13 years old 14 years old 15 years old 16 years old a 38. Where did British first open their factories in Eastern part of India ? Assam Orissa Bihar Sikim b 39. Goa was captured by Portuguese ? 1450 AD 1460 AD 1500 AD 1510 AD d 40. First Governor-General of Bengal was William Bentinck Robert Clive Warren Hastings Sir Charles Metcalfe c 41. First Governor-General of India Robert Clive Sir Charles Metcalfe William Bentinck Warren Hastings c 42. Who is consider as the chief architect of Tajmahal ? Makramat Khan Mohamad Khan Ahmad Lahauri Ahmad Khan c 43. All India Harijan Sangha established in ? 1930 1931 1932 1933 c 44. Mangal Pandey was a sepoy at ? Royal Gorkha Rifle 34th Bengal Native Infantary Sikh Regiment None of above b 45. First battle of Panipat was fought between ? Babur and Lodi Akbar and Hemu Mughal and British Akbar and Lodi a 46. Second battle of Panipat was fought between ? Babur and Lodi Akbar and Hemu Mughal and British Akbar and Lodi b 47. Who was the founder of Madras ? Francis Day Lord Dalhousie Sir John Child Robert Clive a 48. Who is writer of Geet Govind Kabir Kalidas Ravidas Jayadev d 49. Battle of Buxar was fought in ? 1762 1764 1768 1772 b 50. Swami Vivekananda attended the Parliament of the Worlds Religions in America in the year ? 1893 1895 1897 1899 a 51. What is meaning of Mati Jnana in Jainism ? Perception through activity of sense organs. Knowledge revealed by scriptures. Clairvoyant perception. Telepathic knowledge. a In Jainism there are five instruments of knowledge: Mati Jnana - Perception through activity of sense organs. Shruta Jnana - Knowledge revealed by scriptures. Avadhi Jnana - Clairvoyant perception. Manahparyaya Jnana - Telepathic knowledge. Keval Jnana - Temporal knowledge or Omniscience. 52. Maurya Period was from ? 320 BC - 185 BC 322 BC - 185 BC 315 BC - 185 BC 310 BC - 185 BC b 53. Jatakas are sacred text associated with : Hinduism Jainism Buddhism Jews c 54. Chandragupta dethroned the last Nanda ruler, His name was ? Dhananand Gyananand Bikhanand Rehonand a 55. Chandragupta was succeeded by ? Sannidhata Ashoka Hemusara Bindusara d 56. Sunga Dynasty was from 178 BC - 73 BC 180 BC - 73 BC 182 BC - 73 BC 185 BC - 73 BC d 57. Kanva Dynasty was from 73 BC - 28 BC 72 BC - 28 BC 73 BC - 26 BC 73 BC - 25 BC a 58. Satavahava Dynasty was from 56 BC - 220 AD 60 BC - 225 AD 65 BC - 230 AD 70 BC - 235 AD b 59. The treaty of Srirangapatna was signed between Tipu Sultan and Robert Clive Cornwallis Warren Hastings Dalhousie b 60. To conquer and annex Peshawar and Punjab, Mahmud of Ghazni defeated ? Ghurids Arabs Karkotakas Hindushahis d 61. Todar Mal was a minister of Akbar, he was Finance Minister Agriculture Minister Prime Minister Defence minister a 62. Azad Hind was created with the assistance of USA Russia Japan China c 63. Genghis Khan founded the Mongol Empire Mohul Empire Lodi dynasty Mughal Empire a 64. The first Buddhist Council was held in the reign of ? Ajatashatru Bimbisara Ashoka Kanishka a 65. The first ruler of Pala dynasty was ? Bhaskaravarman Dharmapala Gopala None of the above c 66. The French Revolution took place in the year 1786 1787 1788 1789 d 67. Who started Arya Samaj ? Swami Vivekananda Raja Ram Mohan Roy Gopal Krishna Gokhale Swami Dayanand Saraswati d 68. Bimbisara was the ruler of ? Magadh Kamboja Avadh Gandhara a 69. During the period of Sangas there was a revival of ? Jainism Brahminism Zoroastrianism Buddhism b 70. Tipu sultan was the ruler of ? Bengal Karnataka Hyderabad Mysore d
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