Indian History Multiple Choice Questions Answers For JKSSB/ SSC Exams

January 23, 2025 Admin MCQ Quiz 0

  1. Who was the founder of the Maurya Empire?
  2. a) Ashoka
    b) Chandragupta Maurya
    c) Bindusara
    d) Harshavardhana
    Answer: b) Chandragupta Maurya
  3. The Battle of Plassey was fought in which year?
  4. a) 1757
    b) 1764
    c) 1775
    d) 1782
    Answer: a) 1757
  5. Who was the first Governor-General of India?
  6. a) Lord Dalhousie
    b) Warren Hastings
    c) Lord Wellesley
    d) Lord William Bentinck
    Answer: b) Warren Hastings
  7. Who is known as the “Napoleon of India”?
  8. a) Akbar
    b) Samudragupta
    c) Chandragupta Maurya
    d) Shivaji
    Answer: b) Samudragupta
  9. The Quit India Movement was launched in which year?
  10. a) 1920
    b) 1930
    c) 1942
    d) 1947
    Answer: c) 1942
  11. Who was the first woman ruler of India?
  12. a) Rani Lakshmibai
    b) Razia Sultana
    c) Ahilyabai Holkar
    d) Nur Jahan
    Answer: b) Razia Sultana
  13. The famous iron pillar at Mehrauli in Delhi belongs to which dynasty?
  14. a) Gupta
    b) Maurya
    c) Kushana
    d) Chola
    Answer: a) Gupta
  15. Who was the founder of the Mughal Empire in India?
  16. a) Akbar
    b) Humayun
    c) Babur
    d) Shah Jahan
    Answer: c) Babur
  17. The Third Battle of Panipat was fought between:
  18. a) Marathas and Mughals
    b) Marathas and Afghans
    c) Mughals and British
    d) Sikhs and Afghans
    Answer: b) Marathas and Afghans
  19. The “Doctrine of Lapse” was introduced by:
  20. a) Lord Curzon
    b) Lord Wellesley
    c) Lord Dalhousie
    d) Lord Canning
    Answer: c) Lord Dalhousie
  21. Who composed the national song “Vande Mataram”?
  22. a) Rabindranath Tagore
    b) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
    c) Subramania Bharati
    d) Mahatma Gandhi
    Answer: b) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
  23. The capital of the Vijayanagara Empire was:
  24. a) Mysore
    b) Hampi
    c) Kanchipuram
    d) Madurai
    Answer: b) Hampi
  25. The Simon Commission came to India in:
  26. a) 1919
    b) 1928
    c) 1935
    d) 1942
    Answer: b) 1928
  27. The first Indian to win the Nobel Prize was:
  28. a) CV Raman
    b) Rabindranath Tagore
    c) Amartya Sen
    d) Mother Teresa
    Answer: b) Rabindranath Tagore
  29. Who was the founder of the Brahmo Samaj?
  30. a) Swami Vivekananda
    b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
    c) Dayanand Saraswati
    d) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
    Answer: b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
  31. The Khilafat Movement was led by:
  32. a) Mahatma Gandhi
    b) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
    c) Ali Brothers
    d) Jawaharlal Nehru
    Answer: c) Ali Brothers
  33. The capital of the Chola dynasty was:
  34. a) Madurai
    b) Kanchipuram
    c) Thanjavur
    d) Trichy
    Answer: c) Thanjavur
  35. Who was the last Viceroy of India?
  36. a) Lord Mountbatten
    b) Lord Linlithgow
    c) Lord Wavell
    d) Lord Canning
    Answer: a) Lord Mountbatten
  37. The Dandi March was associated with:
  38. a) Non-Cooperation Movement
    b) Civil Disobedience Movement
    c) Quit India Movement
    d) Swadeshi Movement
    Answer: b) Civil Disobedience Movement
  39. Who wrote the book Arthashastra?
  40. a) Kalidasa
    b) Chanakya
    c) Megasthenes
    d) Vishnu Sharma
    Answer: b) Chanakya

 

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