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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Which king assumed the title Shiladitya |
| A. | Changupta I |
| B. | Ashoka |
| C. | Samudragupta |
| D. | Harsha Vardhan |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2. |
Who is the writer of the book 'Ratnavali' |
| A. | Vishnu Sarma |
| B. | Kautilya |
| C. | Kalidasa |
| D. | Harsha Vardhan |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. |
Who was the founder of Vijayanagara Empire |
| A. | Raja Raja Chola |
| B. | Pulakesi I |
| C. | Harihara I |
| D. | Deva Raya I |
| Answer» D. Deva Raya I | |
| 4. |
Chinese traveller Hsuan tsang visited india during the reign of |
| A. | Ashoka |
| B. | Harsha Vardhan |
| C. | Kanishka |
| D. | Changra Gupta I |
| Answer» C. Kanishka | |
| 5. |
Who was the founder of Slave dynasty in Delhi |
| A. | Razia Sultana |
| B. | Ghiyas ud din Balban |
| C. | Aram Shah |
| D. | Qutb-ud-din Aibak |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
Who was the founder of Lodi dynasty in India |
| A. | Ibrahim Lodi |
| B. | Sikander Lodi |
| C. | Bahlol Lodi |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 7. |
Famous Moroccan traveler Ibn Battuta visited India during the reign of |
| A. | Muhammad bin Tughluq |
| B. | Sultan Ghiyath-ud-din |
| C. | Sultan Feroze Shah Tughluq |
| D. | Sultan Muhammad Shah |
| Answer» B. Sultan Ghiyath-ud-din | |
| 8. |
Delhi's only lady ruler Razia Sultana belongs to which dynasty |
| A. | Tughluq Dynasty |
| B. | Lodi Dynasty |
| C. | Khilji Dynasty |
| D. | Slave Dynasty |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. |
Who was the first Mughal Emperor to enforce sharia law in India |
| A. | Akbar |
| B. | Aurangzeb |
| C. | Bahadur Shah II |
| D. | Humayun |
| Answer» C. Bahadur Shah II | |
| 10. |
Which Mughal Emperor is also known as 'Alamgir' |
| A. | Babur |
| B. | Jahangir |
| C. | Aurangzeb |
| D. | Humayun |
| Answer» D. Humayun | |
| 11. |
Who build the famous Shalimar Bagh of Srinagar |
| A. | Babur |
| B. | Akbar |
| C. | Jahangir |
| D. | Shah Jahan |
| Answer» D. Shah Jahan | |
| 12. |
Who wrote the book Ain-i-Akbari or the "Constitution of Akbar" |
| A. | Todar Mal |
| B. | Man Singh |
| C. | Faizi |
| D. | Abul Fazl |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13. |
In which year Akbar reign the power of Mughal Empire |
| A. | 1523 |
| B. | 1556 |
| C. | 1520 |
| D. | 1495 |
| Answer» C. 1520 | |
| 14. |
Who was the first president of Indian National Congress |
| A. | Surendra Nath Benrjee |
| B. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| C. | Annie Besant |
| D. | Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee |
| Answer» E. | |
| 15. |
Who was the last Governor General of Indian under East India Company Rule |
| A. | Lord Salisbury |
| B. | Lord Canning |
| C. | Lord Ripon |
| D. | Lord Dalhouise |
| Answer» C. Lord Ripon | |
| 16. |
Who was the first Secretary of State for India |
| A. | Viscount Cranborne |
| B. | Lord Randolph Churchill |
| C. | Lord Ripon |
| D. | Edward Stanley |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17. |
The Indian Councils Act, 1909 is also known as |
| A. | Gandhi-Irwin Pact |
| B. | Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms |
| C. | Morley-Minto Reforms |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 18. |
The first round table conference in London was held in the year |
| A. | 1928 |
| B. | 1929 |
| C. | 1930 |
| D. | 1931 |
| Answer» D. 1931 | |
| 19. |
Who is known as the founder of Indian National Congress |
| A. | Dinshaw Wacha |
| B. | Surendra Nath Benrjee |
| C. | Allan Octavian Hume |
| D. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| Answer» D. Dadabhai Naoroji | |
| 20. |
Who was the first woman president of Indian National Congress |
| A. | Sarojini Naidu |
| B. | Annie Besant |
| C. | Nellie Sengupta |
| D. | Kamala Nehru |
| Answer» C. Nellie Sengupta | |
| 21. |
In which year the Indian National Congress was established |
| A. | 1882 |
| B. | 1896 |
| C. | 1906 |
| D. | 1885 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22. |
Which viceroy of India take the decision of Partition of Bengal |
| A. | Lord Curzon |
| B. | Lord Ripon |
| C. | Lord Wellesley |
| D. | Lord Minto |
| Answer» B. Lord Ripon | |
| 23. |
When the declaration of 'Purna Swaraj' made by the Indian National Congress |
| A. | 1932 |
| B. | 1918 |
| C. | 1921 |
| D. | 1930 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 24. |
During which Governor rule, the Indian Civil Service was introduced |
| A. | Lord Cornwallis |
| B. | Lord Macaulay |
| C. | Lord Curzon |
| D. | Lord Ripon |
| Answer» B. Lord Macaulay | |
| 25. |
The city of Agra was founded in 1504 by |
| A. | Akbar |
| B. | Sikandar Lodi |
| C. | Shah Jahan |
| D. | Ibrahim Lodi |
| Answer» C. Shah Jahan | |
| 26. |
Who had written the book 'Geet Govind' |
| A. | Banbhatta |
| B. | Kalidas |
| C. | Varahmihir |
| D. | Jayadev |
| Answer» E. | |
| 27. |
Who had founded Hindu reform movement 'Arya Samaj' in 1875 |
| A. | Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
| B. | Dayananda Saraswati |
| C. | Swami Virajananda |
| D. | Debendranath Tagore |
| Answer» C. Swami Virajananda | |
| 28. |
Who had implemented the 'Doctrine of Lapse' policy in India |
| A. | Lord Wellesley |
| B. | Lord Ripon |
| C. | Charles Canning |
| D. | Lord Dalhousie |
| Answer» E. | |
| 29. |
Who was the Governor-General of India during Indian Rebellion of 1857 |
| A. | Lord Wellesley |
| B. | James Broun-Ramsay |
| C. | Charles Canning |
| D. | Lord Cornwallis |
| Answer» D. Lord Cornwallis | |
| 30. |
Which battle give East Indian Company the right to collect of revenue in India for first time |
| A. | Battle of Plassey |
| B. | Battle of Buxar |
| C. | Anglo-Maratha War |
| D. | Anglo-Mysore War |
| Answer» C. Anglo-Maratha War | |
| 31. |
Vande Mataram was first sung at the session of the Indian National Congress in |
| A. | 1886 |
| B. | 1892 |
| C. | 1896 |
| D. | 1930 |
| Answer» D. 1930 | |
| 32. |
Who is the author of the book 'Rama Charitamanas' |
| A. | Kalidas |
| B. | Valmiki |
| C. | Tulshidas |
| D. | Surdas |
| Answer» D. Surdas | |
| 33. |
The other name of Chanakya is |
| A. | Samudra Gupta |
| B. | Amarsimha |
| C. | Kumar Gupta |
| D. | Vishnu Gupta |
| Answer» E. | |
| 34. |
Who had renamed the famous diamond 'Syamantaka-mani' as 'Kuh-e nur' |
| A. | Ahmad Shah Durrani |
| B. | Nadir Shah |
| C. | Sultan Mahmud |
| D. | Timur Shah Durrani |
| Answer» C. Sultan Mahmud | |
| 35. |
The National song of India "Vande Mataram" was first published in which novel in 1882 |
| A. | Sitaram |
| B. | Anandamath |
| C. | Gitanjali |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Gitanjali | |
| 36. |
Who was the founder of Indian Boy Scouts |
| A. | Robert Baden-Powell |
| B. | Ernest T. Seton |
| C. | Dan Beard |
| D. | Robert Powell |
| Answer» B. Ernest T. Seton | |
| 37. |
Who was the founder of Madras |
| A. | Robert Clive |
| B. | Lord Dalhousie |
| C. | Sir John Child |
| D. | Francis Day |
| Answer» E. | |
| 38. |
Use of Zero and Decimal system was introduced during the period of which dynasty |
| A. | Gupta |
| B. | Pallav |
| C. | Maurya |
| D. | Kushan |
| Answer» B. Pallav | |
| 39. |
Who was not a part of 'Navaratnas' of Vikramaditya |
| A. | Kalidas |
| B. | Varahamihira |
| C. | Charaka |
| D. | Amarasimha |
| Answer» D. Amarasimha | |
| 40. |
At the time of Alexander's invasion, which dynasty ruling north India |
| A. | Maurya |
| B. | Nanda |
| C. | Kushan |
| D. | Gupta |
| Answer» C. Kushan | |
| 41. |
Gayatri Mantra' is written in |
| A. | Rigveda |
| B. | Yajurveda |
| C. | Laxmi Puran |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Yajurveda | |
| 42. |
Who was the ruler of Delhi when Babur attacked India |
| A. | Sikandar Lodi |
| B. | Bahlul Lodi |
| C. | Mahmud |
| D. | Ibrahim Lodi |
| Answer» E. | |
| 43. |
Which monument was not build by Shah Jahan |
| A. | Taj Mahal |
| B. | Red Fort |
| C. | Jama Masid |
| D. | Fatehpur Sikri |
| Answer» E. | |
| 44. |
Kabir was the disciple of |
| A. | Vallabhacharya |
| B. | Ramanand |
| C. | Ramanuja |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Ramanuja | |
| 45. |
Who is known as the Napoleon of India |
| A. | Samudragupta |
| B. | Chandragupta I |
| C. | Ramagupta |
| D. | Vikramaditya |
| Answer» B. Chandragupta I | |
| 46. |
Which one is the poem written by Kalidas (Other three are play written by Kalidas) |
| A. | Kumarasambhava |
| B. | Vikramorvasiyam |
| C. | Abhignanasakuntalam |
| D. | Malavikagnimitram |
| Answer» B. Vikramorvasiyam | |
| 47. |
Who was not included in the 'Navaratna' of Akbar |
| A. | Birbal |
| B. | Tansen |
| C. | Raja Man Singh |
| D. | Raja Bharmal |
| Answer» E. | |
| 48. |
What is the real name of Birbal |
| A. | Maheshdas Brahmbhatt |
| B. | Amarasimha |
| C. | Ramtanu |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Amarasimha | |
| 49. |
Qutub Minar construction was started by Qutub-ud-din Aibak in 1192. Who had completed the construction of Qutub Minar |
| A. | Ghiyas ud din Balban |
| B. | Razia Sultana |
| C. | Anangpal Tomar |
| D. | Iltutmish |
| Answer» E. | |
| 50. |
Which king was also known by the name "Amitraghata" |
| A. | Bimbisara |
| B. | Bindusara |
| C. | Chandragupta Maurya |
| D. | Ashoka |
| Answer» C. Chandragupta Maurya | |