Indian History – MCQ Practice Set : āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ – MCQ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ⧀


1. Who founded the Maurya Empire in India ? āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤāϤ āĻŽā§Œā§°ā§āϝ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§ā§°āĻžāĻœā§āϝ āϕ⧋āύ⧇ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻž āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ?


A) Ashoka / āĻ…āĻļā§‹āĻ•  B) Chandragupta Maurya / āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϗ⧁āĻĒā§āϤ āĻŽā§Œā§°ā§āϝ
C) Bindusara / āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧁āϏāĻžā§°  D) Samudragupta / āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϗ⧁āĻĒā§āϤ


Ans: B) Chandragupta Maurya / āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϗ⧁āĻĒā§āϤ āĻŽā§Œā§°ā§āϝ


2. In which year was the First Battle of Panipat fought ? āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀āĻĒāϤ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āϝ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ āϕ⧋āύ āϚāύāϤ āĻšā§ˆāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ?


A) 1526  B) 1556  C) 1761  D) 1857


Ans: A) 1526


3. Who was the author of the book ‘Arthashastra’? ‘āĻ…ā§°ā§āĻĨāĻļāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ā§°’ āύāĻžāĻŽā§° āĻ—ā§ā§°āĻ¨ā§āĻĨāĻ–āύ⧰ āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻ• āϕ⧋āύ āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ?


A) Kalidasa / āĻ•āĻžāϞāĻŋāĻĻāĻžāϏ  B) Kautilya / āĻ•ā§ŒāϟāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āϝ  C) Banabhatta / āĻŦāĻžāĻŖāĻ­āĻŸā§āϟ  D) Charaka / āϚ⧰āĻ•


Ans: B) Kautilya / āĻ•ā§ŒāϟāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āϝ


4. In which year was the Quit India Movement started ? āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āφāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§‹āϞāύ āϕ⧋āύ āϚāύāϤ āφ⧰āĻŽā§āĻ­ āĻšā§ˆāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ?


A) 1919  B) 1930  C) 1942  D) 1947


Ans: C) 1942


5. Which was the famous port of the Indus Valley Civilization ? āϏāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁ āωāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ•āĻž āϏāĻ­ā§āϝāϤāĻžā§° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāϤ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§° āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ?


A) Harappa / āĻšā§°āĻĒā§āĻĒāĻž  B) Mohenjo-daro / āĻŽāĻšā§‡āĻžā§āĻœā§‹āĻĻāĻžā§°ā§‹  C) Lothal / āϞ⧋āĻĨāĻžāϞ  D) Kalibangan / āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧀āĻŦāĻ‚āĻ—āĻžāύ


Ans: C) Lothal / āϞ⧋āĻĨāĻžāϞ


6. In which year did the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre take place ? āϜāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§ąāĻžāϞāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ— āĻšāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻŖā§āĻĄ āϕ⧋āύ āϚāύāϤ āϏāĻ‚āϘāϟāĻŋāϤ āĻšā§ˆāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ?


A) 1905  B) 1919  C) 1922  D) 1930


Ans: B) 1919


7. Who founded the Mughal Empire in India ? āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤāϤ āĻŽā§‹āĻ—āϞ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§ā§°āĻžāĻœā§āϝ āϕ⧋āύ⧇ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻž āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ?


A) Akbar / āφāĻ•āĻŦā§°  B) Babur / āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§°  C) Humayun / āĻšā§āĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁āύ  D) Aurangzeb / āϔ⧰āĻ‚āĻœā§‡āĻŦ


Ans: B) Babur / āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§°


8. Who started the Non-Cooperation Movement ? āĻ…āϏāĻšāϝ⧋āĻ— āφāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§‹āϞāύ āϕ⧋āύ⧇ āφ⧰āĻŽā§āĻ­ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ?


A) Subhas Chandra Bose / āϏ⧁āĻ­āĻžāώ āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻŦāϏ⧁  B) Mahatma Gandhi / āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻž āĻ—āĻžāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧀
C) Bhagat Singh / āĻ­āĻ—āϤ āϏāĻŋāĻ‚  D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak / āĻŦāĻžāϞ āĻ—āĻ‚āĻ—āĻžāϧ⧰ āϤāĻŋāϞāĻ•


Ans: B) Mahatma Gandhi / āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻž āĻ—āĻžāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧀


9. The Gupta Period is known as what in Indian history ? āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāϤ āϗ⧁āĻĒā§āϤ āϝ⧁āĻ—āĻ• āĻ•āĻŋ āύāĻžāĻŽā§‡ā§°ā§‡ āϜāύāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ ?


A) Iron Age / āϞ⧌āĻš āϝ⧁āĻ—  B) Golden Age / āϏ⧋āĻŖāĻžāϞ⧀ āϝ⧁āĻ—
C) Dark Age / āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϧāĻ•āĻžā§° āϝ⧁āĻ—  D) Modern Age / āφāϧ⧁āύāĻŋāĻ• āϝ⧁āĻ—


Ans: B) Golden Age / āϏ⧋āĻŖāĻžāϞ⧀ āϝ⧁āĻ—

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