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History General Knowledge Quiz
1. Who was the first President of India?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
d) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
Answer: Dr. Rajendra Prasad
2. Who is known as the “Father of the Nation” in India?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Subhas Chandra Bose
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) Bhagat Singh
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
3. Which Mughal emperor built the Taj Mahal?
a) Akbar
b) Jahangir
c) Shah Jahan
d) Aurangzeb
Answer: Shah Jahan
4. When did India gain independence from British rule?
a) 1945
b) 1946
c) 1947
d) 1950
Answer: 1947
5. Who was the first Prime Minister of India?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Indira Gandhi
c) Lal Bahadur Shastri
d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
6. Which empire is known for its rock-cut caves and paintings in Ajanta and Ellora?
a) Maurya Empire
b) Gupta Empire
c) Satavahana Empire
d) Chola Empire
Answer: Gupta Empire
7. Who was the founder of the Maurya Empire?
a) Chandragupta Maurya
b) Ashoka
c) Bindusara
d) Bimbisara
Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
8. Who is known as the “Iron Man of India”?
a) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
b) Subhas Chandra Bose
c) Bhagat Singh
d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
9. Which battle marked the beginning of British rule in India?
a) Battle of Plassey
b) Battle of Panipat
c) Battle of Buxar
d) Battle of Haldighati
Answer: Battle of Plassey
10. Who was the last Governor-General of independent India?
a) Lord Mountbatten
b) C. Rajagopalachari
c) Lord Wavell
d) Lord Linlithgow
Answer: C. Rajagopalachari
11. Which Indian leader is known as the “Netaji”?
a) Subhas Chandra Bose
b) Bhagat Singh
c) Lala Lajpat Rai
d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer: Subhas Chandra Bose
12. Which ancient civilization is known for its planned cities and drainage system?
a) Mesopotamian Civilization
b) Indus Valley Civilization
c) Egyptian Civilization
d) Chinese Civilization
Answer: Indus Valley Civilization
13. Who was the first woman Prime Minister of India?
a) Indira Gandhi
b) Sarojini Naidu
c) Pratibha Patil
d) Sucheta Kripalani
Answer: Indira Gandhi
14. Which movement did Mahatma Gandhi lead in 1930 against the British salt tax?
a) Quit India Movement
b) Non-Cooperation Movement
c) Civil Disobedience Movement
d) Dandi March
Answer: Dandi March
15. Who was the founder of the Mughal Empire in India?
a) Akbar
b) Babur
c) Humayun
d) Aurangzeb
Answer: Babur
16. Which empire was known for its naval power in South India?
a) Chola Empire
b) Vijayanagara Empire
c) Satavahana Empire
d) Pandya Empire
Answer: Chola Empire
17. Who wrote the Indian national anthem “Jana Gana Mana”?
a) Rabindranath Tagore
b) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
c) Sarojini Naidu
d) Subramania Bharati
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore
18. Which year did the Jallianwala Bagh massacre occur?
a) 1918
b) 1919
c) 1920
d) 1921
Answer: 1919
19. Who was the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize?
a) C.V. Raman
b) Rabindranath Tagore
c) Mother Teresa
d) Amartya Sen
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore
20. Which ruler is known as the “Napoleon of India”?
a) Chandragupta Maurya
b) Harshavardhana
c) Samudragupta
d) Ashoka
Answer: Samudragupta
21. Who was the first Governor-General of India?
a) Lord Wellesley
b) Lord Dalhousie
c) Warren Hastings
d) Lord Curzon
Answer: Warren Hastings
22. Which Indian king is known for the construction of the famous Sanchi Stupa?
a) Chandragupta Maurya
b) Ashoka
c) Samudragupta
d) Bindusara
Answer: Ashoka
23. The Treaty of Allahabad was signed after which battle?
a) Battle of Plassey
b) Battle of Buxar
c) Battle of Panipat
d) Anglo-Mysore War
Answer: Battle of Buxar
24. Which empire is associated with the golden age of Indian culture?
a) Gupta Empire
b) Maurya Empire
c) Chola Empire
d) Mughal Empire
Answer: Gupta Empire
25. Who was the founder of the Indian National Congress (INC)?
a) A.O. Hume
b) Dadabhai Naoroji
c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer: A.O. Hume
26. Which ruler built the Qutub Minar in Delhi?
a) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
b) Iltutmish
c) Alauddin Khilji
d) Babur
Answer: Qutb-ud-din Aibak
27. Who led the Revolt of 1857 in Kanpur?
a) Nana Saheb
b) Rani Lakshmibai
c) Bahadur Shah Zafar
d) Mangal Pandey
Answer: Nana Saheb
28. Which dynasty ruled India during the construction of the Iron Pillar in Delhi?
a) Maurya Dynasty
b) Gupta Dynasty
c) Chola Dynasty
d) Mughal Dynasty
Answer: Gupta Dynasty
29. Who wrote the famous book “Arthashastra”?
a) Kautilya (Chanakya)
b) Kalidasa
c) Aryabhata
d) Banabhatta
Answer: Kautilya (Chanakya)
30. Who gave the slogan “Swaraj is my birthright, and I shall have it”?
a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
b) Subhas Chandra Bose
c) Bhagat Singh
d) Lala Lajpat Rai
Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
31. Who was the first woman ruler of India?
a) Rani Lakshmibai
b) Razia Sultana
c) Noor Jahan
d) Chand Bibi
Answer: Razia Sultana
32. Which Indian leader is called the “Maker of Modern India”?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
33. Which freedom fighter is associated with the Kakori Train Robbery?
a) Chandrashekhar Azad
b) Ashfaqulla Khan
c) Bhagat Singh
d) Rajguru
Answer: Ashfaqulla Khan
34. Who is known as the “Father of the Indian Constitution”?
a) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
35. Which Indian king stopped the advance of Alexander the Great?
a) Chandragupta Maurya
b) Porus (Puru)
c) Ashoka
d) Bindusara
Answer: Porus (Puru)
36. Which movement was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in 1942?
a) Dandi March
b) Quit India Movement
c) Non-Cooperation Movement
d) Civil Disobedience Movement
Answer: Quit India Movement
37. Which city served as the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire?
a) Hampi
b) Mysuru
c) Kanchipuram
d) Madurai
Answer: Hampi
38. Who was the last Mughal emperor of India?
a) Bahadur Shah I
b) Bahadur Shah Zafar II
c) Aurangzeb
d) Shah Alam II
Answer: Bahadur Shah Zafar II
39. Which Sultan of Delhi shifted the capital from Delhi to Daulatabad?
a) Alauddin Khilji
b) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
c) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
d) Iltutmish
Answer: Muhammad bin Tughlaq
40. Which treaty ended the First Anglo-Maratha War?
a) Treaty of Surat
b) Treaty of Salbai
c) Treaty of Bassein
d) Treaty of Allahabad
Answer: Treaty of Salbai
41. Who was the ruler during the invasion of Timur in India?
a) Alauddin Khilji
b) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
c) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
d) Nasir-ud-din Mahmud Shah
Answer: Nasir-ud-din Mahmud Shah
42. Which ruler is credited with building the Sun Temple at Konark?
a) Narasimhadeva I
b) Krishnadevaraya
c) Rajendra Chola
d) Ashoka
Answer: Narasimhadeva I
43. Who was the founder of the Sikh Empire?
a) Guru Gobind Singh
b) Maharaja Ranjit Singh
c) Guru Nanak
d) Banda Singh Bahadur
Answer: Maharaja Ranjit Singh
44. Which Mughal emperor was known as “Zinda Pir” (Living Saint)?
a) Akbar
b) Aurangzeb
c) Shah Jahan
d) Humayun
Answer: Aurangzeb
45. Which revolt is also known as the “First War of Independence”?
a) Revolt of 1857
b) Santhal Rebellion
c) Indigo Rebellion
d) Kuka Movement
Answer: Revolt of 1857
46. Who established the Arya Samaj in 1875?
a) Swami Vivekananda
b) Swami Dayananda Saraswati
c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
d) Rabindranath Tagore
Answer: Swami Dayananda Saraswati
47. Who was the first European to discover the sea route to India?
a) Christopher Columbus
b) Vasco da Gama
c) Ferdinand Magellan
d) Marco Polo
Answer: Vasco da Gama
48. Which dynasty built the Khajuraho Temples?
a) Chandela Dynasty
b) Maurya Dynasty
c) Gupta Dynasty
d) Chola Dynasty
Answer: Chandela Dynasty
49. Which ancient university was located in present-day Bihar?
a) Nalanda University
b) Takshashila University
c) Vikramashila University
d) Ujjain University
Answer: Nalanda University
50. Who was the first Indian Governor-General of India?
a) Lord Mountbatten
b) C. Rajagopalachari
c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: C. Rajagopalachari
51. Which ruler is known for the Edicts inscribed on rocks and pillars in India?
a) Ashoka
b) Chandragupta Maurya
c) Harshavardhana
d) Samudragupta
Answer: Ashoka
52. Who founded the Brahmo Samaj in 1828?
a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
b) Swami Vivekananda
c) Dayananda Saraswati
d) Rabindranath Tagore
Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
53. Which battle led to the establishment of the Mughal Empire in India?
a) Battle of Panipat (1526)
b) Battle of Buxar
c) Battle of Haldighati
d) Battle of Plassey
Answer: Battle of Panipat (1526)
54. Who led the Salt Satyagraha in 1930?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Subhas Chandra Bose
d) Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
55. Which empire was known for its temple architecture in South India?
a) Chola Empire
b) Vijayanagara Empire
c) Satavahana Empire
d) Pallava Empire
Answer: Chola Empire
56. Which ancient Indian text is considered the first book on political science and economics?
a) Arthashastra
b) Manusmriti
c) Mahabharata
d) Ramayana
Answer: Arthashastra
57. Who is known as the “Tiger of Mysore”?
a) Hyder Ali
b) Tipu Sultan
c) Raja Wodeyar
d) Krishnadevaraya
Answer: Tipu Sultan
58. Which year marked the partition of Bengal by Lord Curzon?
a) 1905
b) 1906
c) 1907
d) 1908
Answer: 1905
59. Who was the last ruler of the Maurya Dynasty?
a) Chandragupta Maurya
b) Ashoka
c) Brihadratha
d) Bindusara
Answer: Brihadratha
60. Which war marked the end of the Vijayanagara Empire?
a) Battle of Talikota
b) Battle of Haldighati
c) Battle of Panipat
d) Battle of Plassey
Answer: Battle of Talikota
61. Which movement aimed to abolish the practice of Sati?
a) Brahmo Samaj Movement
b) Arya Samaj Movement
c) Swadeshi Movement
d) Civil Disobedience Movement
Answer: Brahmo Samaj Movement
62. Who was the founder of the Slave Dynasty in India?
a) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
b) Iltutmish
c) Razia Sultana
d) Balban
Answer: Qutb-ud-din Aibak
63. Which treaty ended the Third Anglo-Mysore War?
a) Treaty of Seringapatam
b) Treaty of Salbai
c) Treaty of Bassein
d) Treaty of Surat
Answer: Treaty of Seringapatam
64. Who established the Bahmani Kingdom in South India?
a) Alauddin Bahman Shah
b) Krishna Deva Raya
c) Malik Kafur
d) Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq
Answer: Alauddin Bahman Shah
65. What was the capital of the Mauryan Empire?
a) Pataliputra
b) Taxila
c) Ujjain
d) Kalinga
Answer: Pataliputra
66. Which leader is known for the formation of the Forward Bloc?
a) Subhas Chandra Bose
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
d) Lala Lajpat Rai
Answer: Subhas Chandra Bose
67. Who was the Viceroy of India during the Quit India Movement?
a) Lord Wavell
b) Lord Mountbatten
c) Lord Linlithgow
d) Lord Irwin
Answer: Lord Linlithgow
68. Which Sultan introduced market reforms in Delhi?
a) Alauddin Khilji
b) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
c) Iltutmish
d) Balban
Answer: Alauddin Khilji
69. Who led the Bardoli Satyagraha in 1928?
a) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
70. Which Mughal emperor established the Din-i-Ilahi religion?
a) Akbar
b) Humayun
c) Jahangir
d) Aurangzeb
Answer: Akbar
71. Which famous ruler was associated with the Kalinga War?
a) Ashoka
b) Chandragupta Maurya
c) Bindusara
d) Harshavardhana
Answer: Ashoka
72. What was the capital of the Pallava dynasty?
a) Kanchipuram
b) Madurai
c) Hampi
d) Thanjavur
Answer: Kanchipuram
73. Who was the leader of the Indigo Revolt in Bengal?
a) Digambar Biswas
b) Birsa Munda
c) Rani Lakshmibai
d) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: Digambar Biswas
74. Who is known as the “Hero of the Battle of Chanderi”?
a) Babur
b) Rana Sanga
c) Alauddin Khilji
d) Ibrahim Lodi
Answer: Babur
75. Which European power established the first trading post in India?
a) Portuguese
b) Dutch
c) British
d) French
Answer: Portuguese
76. Who wrote the book “Indica”?
a) Megasthenes
b) Kautilya
c) Aryabhata
d) Kalidasa
Answer: Megasthenes
77. Which Sikh Guru founded the Khalsa Panth?
a) Guru Gobind Singh
b) Guru Nanak
c) Guru Arjan Dev
d) Guru Hargobind
Answer: Guru Gobind Singh
78. Who was the first European to reach India by sea?
a) Vasco da Gama
b) Christopher Columbus
c) Ferdinand Magellan
d) Marco Polo
Answer: Vasco da Gama
79. Which monument in Delhi was built by Sher Shah Suri?
a) Purana Qila
b) Qutub Minar
c) Humayun’s Tomb
d) Jantar Mantar
Answer: Purana Qila
80. Which Mughal emperor was defeated in the Battle of Chausa?
a) Humayun
b) Akbar
c) Babur
d) Aurangzeb
Answer: Humayun
81. Which Mughal ruler is known as the “Architect King”?
a) Shah Jahan
b) Akbar
c) Jahangir
d) Babur
Answer: Shah Jahan
82. Who was the leader of the Santhal Rebellion of 1855-56?
a) Sidhu and Kanhu Murmu
b) Tantia Tope
c) Rani Lakshmibai
d) Kunwar Singh
Answer: Sidhu and Kanhu Murmu
83. Which ancient Indian king embraced Buddhism after a violent war?
a) Ashoka
b) Harshavardhana
c) Samudragupta
d) Chandragupta Maurya
Answer: Ashoka
84. Who was the first Indian woman to become the President of the Indian National Congress?
a) Annie Besant
b) Sarojini Naidu
c) Indira Gandhi
d) Kasturba Gandhi
Answer: Annie Besant
85. Which dynasty is credited with the construction of the famous Brihadeeswara Temple?
a) Chola Dynasty
b) Pallava Dynasty
c) Pandya Dynasty
d) Chera Dynasty
Answer: Chola Dynasty
86. Who was the Viceroy of India during the partition of Bengal in 1905?
a) Lord Curzon
b) Lord Mountbatten
c) Lord Linlithgow
d) Lord Wavell
Answer: Lord Curzon
87. Which battle marked the end of the Maratha Empire?
a) Third Battle of Panipat
b) Battle of Buxar
c) Battle of Plassey
d) Anglo-Maratha War
Answer: Third Battle of Panipat
88. Who is known as the “Lady with the Lamp”?
a) Florence Nightingale
b) Mother Teresa
c) Sarojini Naidu
d) Indira Gandhi
Answer: Florence Nightingale
89. Which Indian ruler defeated Alexander the Great’s army?
a) Porus
b) Chandragupta Maurya
c) Ashoka
d) Bindusara
Answer: Porus
90. Which Mughal emperor prohibited the practice of Sati?
a) Akbar
b) Aurangzeb
c) Shah Jahan
d) Jahangir
Answer: Akbar
91. Who was the last ruler of the Gupta Empire?
a) Vishnugupta
b) Chandragupta II
c) Skandagupta
d) Kumaragupta I
Answer: Vishnugupta
92. Which year marked the establishment of the East India Company?
a) 1600
b) 1700
c) 1757
d) 1857
Answer: 1600
93. Who was the founder of the Aligarh Movement?
a) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
c) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
d) Dayananda Saraswati
Answer: Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
94. Which famous Indian leader authored the book “Hind Swaraj”?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
d) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
95. Which Indian dynasty ruled the famous Vijayanagara Empire?
a) Sangama Dynasty
b) Chola Dynasty
c) Maurya Dynasty
d) Gupta Dynasty
Answer: Sangama Dynasty
96. Who built the famous Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri?
a) Akbar
b) Shah Jahan
c) Babur
d) Jahangir
Answer: Akbar
97. Which revolt was led by Birsa Munda in the late 19th century?
a) Munda Rebellion
b) Santhal Rebellion
c) Indigo Rebellion
d) Kuka Movement
Answer: Munda Rebellion
98. Which Sultan of Delhi introduced the token currency system?
a) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
b) Alauddin Khilji
c) Balban
d) Iltutmish
Answer: Muhammad bin Tughlaq
99. Who founded the Pala dynasty in Bengal?
a) Gopala
b) Dharmapala
c) Devapala
d) Mahipala
Answer: Gopala
100. Which historical monument in India was built as a victory tower by Rana Kumbha?
a) Vijay Stambh
b) Qutub Minar
c) India Gate
d) Red Fort
Answer: Vijay Stambh
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