India History MCQ GK

Total Questions: 200

1) Who was the first President of India?

a) Rajendra Prasad

b) Jawaharlal Nehru

c) Sardar Patel

d) B. R. Ambedkar

2) Who was the founder of the Mughal Empire?

a) Babur

b) Akbar

c) Aurangzeb

d) Shah Jahan

3) In which year did India gain independence?

a) 1945

b) 1947

c) 1950

d) 1952

4) Who wrote the Indian national anthem?

a) Rabindranath Tagore

b) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

c) Sarojini Naidu

d) Mahatma Gandhi

5) Which Indian ruler fought against Alexander the Great?

a) Chandragupta Maurya

b) Ashoka

c) Porus

d) Bimbisara

6) The First Battle of Panipat was fought between?

a) Babur and Lodi

b) Akbar and Hemu

c) Shivaji and Aurangzeb

d) Rajputs and Mughals

7) Who was the last Viceroy of India?

a) Lord Mountbatten

b) Lord Curzon

c) Lord Wavell

d) Lord Canning

8) Who was the first Indian to win a Nobel Prize?

a) Rabindranath Tagore

b) C. V. Raman

c) Amartya Sen

d) Mother Teresa

9) The Quit India Movement started in?

a) 1939

b) 1940

c) 1942

d) 1945

10) Which dynasty built the Khajuraho temples?

a) Chola

b) Pallava

c) Chandela

d) Gupta

11) Who was the founder of the Maurya Empire?

a) Ashoka

b) Bindusara

c) Chandragupta Maurya

d) Bimbisara

12) Who was the last Mughal emperor?

a) Bahadur Shah I

b) Shah Jahan

c) Aurangzeb

d) Bahadur Shah II

13) Who was the first Governor-General of independent India?

a) Rajendra Prasad

b) Jawaharlal Nehru

c) C. Rajagopalachari

d) Lord Mountbatten

14) The Treaty of Versailles was signed in which year?

a) 1918

b) 1919

c) 1920

d) 1921

15) The Battle of Plassey was fought in?

a) 1757

b) 1764

c) 1857

d) 1775

16) Who was the leader of the 1857 revolt in Kanpur?

a) Rani Lakshmibai

b) Tantia Tope

c) Nana Sahib

d) Bahadur Shah Zafar

17) The capital of the Pallava dynasty was?

a) Madurai

b) Tanjore

c) Kanchipuram

d) Trichy

18) Who introduced the Doctrine of Lapse?

a) Lord Wellesley

b) Lord Dalhousie

c) Lord Hastings

d) Lord Curzon

19) Which Mughal emperor built the Red Fort?

a) Akbar

b) Shah Jahan

c) Jahangir

d) Babur

20) Who was the first female ruler of Delhi?

a) Razia Sultana

b) Nur Jahan

c) Rani Lakshmibai

d) Chand Bibi

21) Who founded the Indian National Congress?

a) Mahatma Gandhi

b) Dadabhai Naoroji

c) A. O. Hume

d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

22) Who was known as the 'Iron Man of India'?

a) Mahatma Gandhi

b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

c) Subhas Chandra Bose

d) Jawaharlal Nehru

23) Which empire did Ashoka belong to?

a) Maurya

b) Gupta

c) Chola

d) Mughal

24) The Indian Rebellion of 1857 is also known as?

a) First War of Independence

b) Quit India Movement

c) Dandi March

d) Non-cooperation Movement

25) The title ‘Mahatma’ was given to Gandhi by?

a) Rabindranath Tagore

b) Subhas Chandra Bose

c) Jawaharlal Nehru

d) Sardar Patel

26) Which Indian leader is known as the 'Father of the Nation'?

a) Subhas Chandra Bose

b) Mahatma Gandhi

c) Sardar Patel

d) Jawaharlal Nehru

27) Who wrote the book 'Discovery of India'?

a) B. R. Ambedkar

b) Jawaharlal Nehru

c) Mahatma Gandhi

d) Sardar Patel

28) Who was the first Indian woman to become the President of the Indian National Congress?

a) Indira Gandhi

b) Sarojini Naidu

c) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

d) Annie Besant

29) The first war of Panipat took place in?

a) 1526

b) 1556

c) 1761

d) 1857

30) Who was the first person to call Mahatma Gandhi 'the Father of the Nation'?

a) Rabindranath Tagore

b) Jawaharlal Nehru

c) Subhas Chandra Bose

d) Sardar Patel

31) Who was the first Indian ruler to embrace Buddhism?

a) Chandragupta Maurya

b) Ashoka

c) Harsha

d) Kanishka

32) Who built the Qutub Minar?

a) Iltutmish

b) Babur

c) Qutb-ud-din Aibak

d) Alauddin Khilji

33) Who was the first Indian woman to win the Nobel Prize?

a) Mother Teresa

b) Indira Gandhi

c) Sarojini Naidu

d) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

34) Who was the British Governor-General during the First Anglo-Maratha War?

a) Lord Wellesley

b) Lord Cornwallis

c) Warren Hastings

d) Lord Clive

35) Who led the Salt March in 1930?

a) Mahatma Gandhi

b) Subhas Chandra Bose

c) Jawaharlal Nehru

d) Sardar Patel

36) Which Indian city was known as 'Black Town' during British rule?

a) Mumbai

b) Chennai

c) Calcutta

d) Delhi

37) Which movement was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in 1942?

a) Non-cooperation Movement

b) Swadeshi Movement

c) Dandi March

d) Quit India Movement

38) Who built the Taj Mahal?

a) Babur

b) Akbar

c) Shah Jahan

d) Aurangzeb

39) The term 'Swaraj' was first used by?

a) Mahatma Gandhi

b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

c) Jawaharlal Nehru

d) Dadabhai Naoroji

40) Who was the last British Governor-General of India?

a) Lord Mountbatten

b) Lord Curzon

c) Lord Canning

d) C. Rajagopalachari

41) Who founded the Ghadar Party in 1913?

a) Mahatma Gandhi

b) Lala Lajpat Rai

c) Bhagat Singh

d) Sohan Singh Bhakna

42) The Non-cooperation Movement was withdrawn after which incident?

a) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

b) Chauri Chaura Incident

c) Dandi March

d) Partition of Bengal

43) Who was the first Indian to become a member of the British Parliament?

a) Dadabhai Naoroji

b) Mahatma Gandhi

c) B. R. Ambedkar

d) Sarojini Naidu

44) Who was the Viceroy during the partition of Bengal?

a) Lord Curzon

b) Lord Wavell

c) Lord Dalhousie

d) Lord Mountbatten

45) The Second Battle of Panipat was fought between?

a) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi

b) Akbar and Hemu

c) Marathas and Afghans

d) Aurangzeb and Shivaji

46) Who built the Fatehpur Sikri?

a) Shah Jahan

b) Aurangzeb

c) Akbar

d) Babur

47) Who was the first Indian to go into space?

a) Rakesh Sharma

b) Kalpana Chawla

c) Sunita Williams

d) Vikram Sarabhai

48) Who gave the slogan 'Do or Die' during the Quit India Movement?

a) Jawaharlal Nehru

b) Mahatma Gandhi

c) Subhas Chandra Bose

d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

49) The Simon Commission came to India in which year?

a) 1919

b) 1927

c) 1930

d) 1935

50) Who was the founder of the Slave dynasty?

a) Qutb-ud-din Aibak

b) Iltutmish

c) Razia Sultana

d) Ghiyasuddin Balban

Total Questions: 200

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