Indian History â MCQ Practice Set : āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ â MCQ āĻ āύā§āĻļā§āϞāύā§
1. Who founded the Maurya Empire in India ? āĻāĻžā§°āϤāϤ āĻŽā§ā§°ā§āϝ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
A) Ashoka / āĻ
āĻļā§āĻ B) Chandragupta Maurya / āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻā§āĻĒā§āϤ āĻŽā§ā§°ā§āϝ
C) Bindusara / āĻŦāĻŋāύā§āĻĻā§āϏāĻžā§° D) Samudragupta / āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻā§āĻĒā§āϤ
Ans: B) Chandragupta Maurya / āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻā§āĻĒā§āϤ āĻŽā§ā§°ā§āϝ
2. In which year was the First Battle of Panipat fought ? āĻĒāĻžāύā§āĻĒāϤ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āϝā§āĻĻā§āϧ āĻā§āύ āĻāύāϤ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?
A) 1526 B) 1556 C) 1761 D) 1857
Ans: A) 1526
3. Who was the author of the book ‘Arthashastra’? ‘āĻ ā§°ā§āĻĨāĻļāĻžāϏā§āϤā§ā§°’ āύāĻžāĻŽā§° āĻā§ā§°āύā§āĻĨāĻāύ⧰ āϞā§āĻāĻ āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
A) Kalidasa / āĻāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻĻāĻžāϏ B) Kautilya / āĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āϝ C) Banabhatta / āĻŦāĻžāĻŖāĻāĻā§āĻ D) Charaka / āĻā§°āĻ
Ans: B) Kautilya / āĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āϝ
4. In which year was the Quit India Movement started ? āĻāĻžā§°āϤ āϤā§āϝāĻžāĻ āĻāύā§āĻĻā§āϞāύ āĻā§āύ āĻāύāϤ āĻā§°āĻŽā§āĻ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?
A) 1919 B) 1930 C) 1942 D) 1947
Ans: C) 1942
5. Which was the famous port of the Indus Valley Civilization ? āϏāĻŋāύā§āϧ⧠āĻāĻĒāϤā§āϝāĻāĻž āϏāĻā§āϝāϤāĻžā§° āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϝāĻžāϤ āĻŦāύā§āĻĻā§° āĻā§āύāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
A) Harappa / āĻšā§°āĻĒā§āĻĒāĻž B) Mohenjo-daro / āĻŽāĻšā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻĻāĻžā§°ā§ C) Lothal / āϞā§āĻĨāĻžāϞ D) Kalibangan / āĻāĻžāϞā§āĻŦāĻāĻāĻžāύ
Ans: C) Lothal / āϞā§āĻĨāĻžāϞ
6. In which year did the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre take place ? āĻāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§ąāĻžāϞāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ āĻšāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻžāĻŖā§āĻĄ āĻā§āύ āĻāύāϤ āϏāĻāĻāĻāĻŋāϤ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?
A) 1905 B) 1919 C) 1922 D) 1930
Ans: B) 1919
7. Who founded the Mughal Empire in India ? āĻāĻžā§°āϤāϤ āĻŽā§āĻāϞ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
A) Akbar / āĻāĻāĻŦā§° B) Babur / āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§° C) Humayun / āĻšā§āĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āύ D) Aurangzeb / āĻā§°āĻāĻā§āĻŦ
Ans: B) Babur / āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§°
8. Who started the Non-Cooperation Movement ? āĻ āϏāĻšāϝā§āĻ āĻāύā§āĻĻā§āϞāύ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻā§°āĻŽā§āĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
A) Subhas Chandra Bose / āϏā§āĻāĻžāώ āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻŦāϏ⧠B) Mahatma Gandhi / āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϤā§āĻŽāĻž āĻāĻžāύā§āϧā§
C) Bhagat Singh / āĻāĻāϤ āϏāĻŋāĻ D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak / āĻŦāĻžāϞ āĻāĻāĻāĻžāϧ⧰ āϤāĻŋāϞāĻ
Ans: B) Mahatma Gandhi / āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϤā§āĻŽāĻž āĻāĻžāύā§āϧā§
9. The Gupta Period is known as what in Indian history ? āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāϤ āĻā§āĻĒā§āϤ āϝā§āĻāĻ āĻāĻŋ āύāĻžāĻŽā§ā§°ā§ āĻāύāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ ?
A) Iron Age / āϞā§āĻš āϝā§āĻ B) Golden Age / āϏā§āĻŖāĻžāϞ⧠āϝā§āĻ
C) Dark Age / āĻ
āύā§āϧāĻāĻžā§° āϝā§āĻ D) Modern Age / āĻāϧā§āύāĻŋāĻ āϝā§āĻ
Ans: B) Golden Age / āϏā§āĻŖāĻžāϞ⧠āϝā§āĻ