India History MCQ GK

Total Questions: 200

101) Who was the first Indian woman to win the Bharat Ratna?

a) Indira Gandhi

b) Sarojini Naidu

c) Mother Teresa

d) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

102) Who was the first Prime Minister of India?

a) Jawaharlal Nehru

b) Indira Gandhi

c) Rajendra Prasad

d) Sardar Patel

103) In which year did Mahatma Gandhi return to India from South Africa?

a) 1914

b) 1915

c) 1916

d) 1917

104) Who was the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha?

a) G. V. Mavalankar

b) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

c) Zakir Husain

d) Rajendra Prasad

105) Who led the Bardoli Satyagraha in 1928?

a) Mahatma Gandhi

b) Subhas Chandra Bose

c) Jawaharlal Nehru

d) Sardar Patel

106) Who was the founder of the Gupta Empire?

a) Samudragupta

b) Chandragupta I

c) Vishnugupta

d) Skandagupta

107) In which year was the Battle of Haldighati fought?

a) 1572

b) 1576

c) 1582

d) 1590

108) Who was known as the 'Tiger of Mysore'?

a) Tipu Sultan

b) Hyder Ali

c) Shivaji

d) Rani Lakshmibai

109) The famous rock-cut temples of Ajanta are located in which state?

a) Karnataka

b) Maharashtra

c) Tamil Nadu

d) Odisha

110) Who was the first Indian to become the President of the International Court of Justice?

a) R. S. Pathak

b) Nagendra Singh

c) Hidayatullah

d) B. N. Rau

111) Who was the first Indian to receive the Nobel Prize for Peace?

a) Rabindranath Tagore

b) Mother Teresa

c) Kailash Satyarthi

d) C. V. Raman

112) Which empire is associated with the construction of the famous Konark Sun Temple?

a) Chola

b) Vijayanagar

c) Kakatiya

d) Ganga

113) Which British General was responsible for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?

a) Lord Curzon

b) General Dyer

c) Lord Canning

d) General Wavell

114) The slogan 'Jai Jawan Jai Kisan' was given by which Prime Minister?

a) Jawaharlal Nehru

b) Indira Gandhi

c) Lal Bahadur Shastri

d) Rajiv Gandhi

115) Who was the first Muslim invader of India?

a) Mahmud of Ghazni

b) Muhammad Ghori

c) Babur

d) Qutb-ud-din Aibak

116) The Chauri Chaura incident took place in which year?

a) 1920

b) 1922

c) 1925

d) 1930

117) Who wrote the book 'India Wins Freedom'?

a) Mahatma Gandhi

b) Jawaharlal Nehru

c) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

d) Subhas Chandra Bose

118) The capital of the Kakatiya dynasty was?

a) Warangal

b) Madurai

c) Hampi

d) Tanjore

119) Who was the founder of the Satavahana dynasty?

a) Simuka

b) Satakarni

c) Gautamiputra Satakarni

d) Pulumavi

120) The Bhakti movement in India began in which century?

a) 6th century

b) 7th century

c) 8th century

d) 9th century

121) The Treaty of Lahore was signed after which war?

a) First Anglo-Sikh War

b) Second Anglo-Sikh War

c) First Anglo-Maratha War

d) Third Anglo-Maratha War

122) The Indigo Revolt occurred in which year?

a) 1857

b) 1860

c) 1866

d) 1875

123) Who was the first Indian woman to go into space?

a) Sunita Williams

b) Kalpana Chawla

c) Sarojini Naidu

d) Indira Gandhi

124) Who is known as the 'Maker of Modern India'?

a) Jawaharlal Nehru

b) Sardar Patel

c) B. R. Ambedkar

d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

125) The Indian Constitution was adopted on which date?

a) 15-Aug-47

b) 26-Jan-50

c) 26-Nov-49

d) 15-Aug-50

126) Which Indian freedom fighter was also a renowned poet?

a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

b) Sarojini Naidu

c) Jawaharlal Nehru

d) Subhas Chandra Bose

127) Who among the following was the first to become the President of India?

a) Jawaharlal Nehru

b) Rajendra Prasad

c) Indira Gandhi

d) V. V. Giri

128) The Swaraj Party was founded by?

a) Mahatma Gandhi

b) Subhas Chandra Bose

c) Motilal Nehru

d) Sardar Patel

129) The famous 'Dandi March' started from which place?

a) Ahmedabad

b) Surat

c) Porbandar

d) Dandi

130) Who was the last Nawab of Bengal?

a) Siraj-ud-Daulah

b) Mir Jafar

c) Mir Qasim

d) Shuja-ud-Daula

131) Who was the Governor-General of India during the Sepoy Mutiny?

a) Lord Canning

b) Lord Dalhousie

c) Lord Curzon

d) Lord Wavell

132) The Indian national flag was first hoisted in which year?

a) 1905

b) 1917

c) 1920

d) 1929

133) Who was the founder of the Mughal Empire in India?

a) Akbar

b) Aurangzeb

c) Babur

d) Humayun

134) Which emperor introduced the Din-i Ilahi religion?

a) Babur

b) Humayun

c) Akbar

d) Aurangzeb

135) Who was the first woman Governor of an Indian state?

a) Indira Gandhi

b) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

c) Sarojini Naidu

d) Sucheta Kriplani

136) Who led the Santhal rebellion?

a) Munda

b) Tantia Tope

c) Sidhu and Kanhu

d) Birsa Munda

137) Which Indian state was the first to be formed on a linguistic basis?

a) Andhra Pradesh

b) Maharashtra

c) Karnataka

d) Tamil Nadu

138) The Treaty of Gandamak was signed between the British and?

a) Mughals

b) Afghans

c) Marathas

d) Sikhs

139) The Bhoodan Movement was initiated by?

a) Jawaharlal Nehru

b) Mahatma Gandhi

c) Vinoba Bhave

d) Jayaprakash Narayan

140) The Vijayanagar empire was established in which year?

a) 1336

b) 1347

c) 1356

d) 1365

141) Which of the following was a feature of the Government of India Act, 1935?

a) Bicameral legislature

b) Dyarchy at the center

c) Establishment of the Federal Court

d) All of the above

142) Who was the first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress?

a) Muhammad Ali Jinnah

b) Badruddin Tyabji

c) Hakim Ajmal Khan

d) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

143) The Home Rule Movement was led by?

a) Mahatma Gandhi

b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

c) Jawaharlal Nehru

d) Subhas Chandra Bose

144) Who wrote the book 'Hind Swaraj'?

a) Mahatma Gandhi

b) Jawaharlal Nehru

c) B. R. Ambedkar

d) Subhas Chandra Bose

145) The Khilafat Movement was started to protest against?

a) British rule in India

b) The disintegration of the Ottoman Empire

c) Partition of Bengal

d) The Salt Tax

146) Who founded the Ramakrishna Mission?

a) Swami Vivekananda

b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

c) Dayanand Saraswati

d) Swami Dayananda

147) The battle of Tarain was fought between?

a) Prithviraj Chauhan and Mahmud Ghazni

b) Prithviraj Chauhan and Muhammad Ghori

c) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi

d) Akbar and Hemu

148) Which British Act introduced separate electorates for Muslims?

a) Act of 1909

b) Act of 1919

c) Act of 1935

d) Act of 1947

149) Who among the following was a proponent of the Doctrine of Lapse?

a) Lord Curzon

b) Lord Dalhousie

c) Lord Canning

d) Lord Wavell

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

a) C. Rajagopalachari

b) Jawaharlal Nehru

c) Rajendra Prasad

d) Sardar Patel

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