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This section includes 4894 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your History knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1951. |
Who was the bravest woman of Maratha Empire? |
| A. | Yesubai |
| B. | Tarabai |
| C. | Sorbai |
| D. | Saibai |
| Answer» C. Sorbai | |
| 1952. |
Where did the traveler Ibn Battuta come from? |
| A. | Morocco |
| B. | Central Asia |
| C. | Turkey |
| D. | Persia |
| Answer» B. Central Asia | |
| 1953. |
Who was the first Sultan of Delhi who tried to defeat Southern India? |
| A. | Alauddin Khalji |
| B. | Qutubuddin Aibak |
| C. | Jalaluddin Firoz |
| D. | Nasiruddin Khusro Shah |
| Answer» B. Qutubuddin Aibak | |
| 1954. |
Who was the political mentor and mentor of Shivaji? |
| A. | Samarth Ramdas |
| B. | Shahji Bhonsle |
| C. | grandpa kondadev |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 1955. |
Who among the following made Maratha rule simple and effective after Shambaji? |
| A. | Raja Ram |
| B. | Nana ji Deshmukh |
| C. | Gangabai |
| D. | Balaji Vishwanath |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1956. |
The people of Indus Valley believed in? |
| A. | matriarchy |
| B. | ritual |
| C. | soul |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. ritual | |
| 1957. |
Who is called the second founder of Maratha kingdom? |
| A. | Balaji Bajirao |
| B. | Balaji Vishwanath |
| C. | King Rama |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. King Rama | |
| 1958. |
The member of Shivaji's Ashtapradhan who looked after foreign affairs was? |
| A. | Secretary |
| B. | sumant |
| C. | pandit rao |
| D. | Peshwa |
| Answer» C. pandit rao | |
| 1959. |
Who among the following European powers gave artillery to Shivaji? |
| A. | Portuguese |
| B. | French |
| C. | English |
| D. | Dutch |
| Answer» D. Dutch | |
| 1960. |
Who gave Shivaji the name of a hill rat and a courageous robber? |
| A. | jaisingh |
| B. | Aurangzeb |
| C. | Afzal Khan |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. Afzal Khan | |
| 1961. |
The first Muslim woman ruler of northern India was the first woman ruler to rule Delhi? |
| A. | Razia Sultan |
| B. | noorjahan |
| C. | Mumtaz |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. noorjahan | |
| 1962. |
What was the popular movement in India during the First World War? |
| A. | Separatist movement |
| B. | Swadeshi and boycott |
| C. | Home Rule |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 1963. |
Which of the following crops was not known to the people of Vedic period? |
| A. | rice |
| B. | wheat |
| C. | tobacco |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» D. all these | |
| 1964. |
What is the literal meaning of the word Arya? |
| A. | gallant |
| B. | superior or noble |
| C. | scholar |
| D. | warrior |
| Answer» C. scholar | |
| 1965. |
Which was the first oldest city discovered in India? |
| A. | Sindh |
| B. | Harappa |
| C. | mohenjodaro |
| D. | Punjab |
| Answer» C. mohenjodaro | |
| 1966. |
To whom was the reward land given? |
| A. | scholar and religious person |
| B. | Revenue collector |
| C. | Mindful |
| D. | noble |
| Answer» B. Revenue collector | |
| 1967. |
What is the Chauri-Chaura incident related to? |
| A. | Non-cooperation movement |
| B. | Civil disobedience |
| C. | My country |
| D. | Jallianwala Bagh |
| Answer» B. Civil disobedience | |
| 1968. |
Bihar was under which of the following till 1911? |
| A. | the province of Bengal |
| B. | Northern Province |
| C. | central province |
| D. | Calcutta Province |
| Answer» B. Northern Province | |
| 1969. |
In which year did the British government revoke the partition of Bengal? |
| A. | 1919 |
| B. | 1927 |
| C. | 1938 |
| D. | 1945 |
| Answer» B. 1927 | |
| 1970. |
Who was the founder of Aligarh Muslim University? |
| A. | Maulana Azad |
| B. | Sir Syed Ahmed |
| C. | Muhammad Ali Jinnah |
| D. | Dr. Zakir Hussain |
| Answer» C. Muhammad Ali Jinnah | |
| 1971. |
In which year did the Jallianwala Bagh accident happen? |
| A. | 1917 |
| B. | 1919 |
| C. | 1918 |
| D. | 1935 |
| Answer» C. 1918 | |
| 1972. |
Who among the following formed an army called 'Free Indian Legion' during the Indian freedom struggle? |
| A. | Lala Hardayal |
| B. | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| C. | Rash Behari Bose |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. Rash Behari Bose | |
| 1973. |
The person who delivered a speech on Hindu-Muslim unity on April from Jama Masjid's discourse stage in Delhi was |
| A. | Swami Shraddhanand |
| B. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| C. | Madan Mohan Malviya |
| D. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| Answer» B. Mahatma Gandhi | |
| 1974. |
Which Sultan of Delhi has been described by historians as a mixture of opposites? |
| A. | balban |
| B. | Ibrahim Lodi |
| C. | Muhammad bin Tughlaq |
| D. | Alauddin Khalji |
| Answer» D. Alauddin Khalji | |
| 1975. |
Where was the Azad Hind Government of independent India announced on 21 October 1943? |
| A. | Singapore |
| B. | Bangkok |
| C. | Jakarta |
| D. | Rangoon |
| Answer» B. Bangkok | |
| 1976. |
Who among the following followers of Gandhiji was a teacher by profession? |
| A. | J B Kripalani |
| B. | Braj Kishori Prasad |
| C. | Rajendra Prasad |
| D. | a. N. Sinha |
| Answer» B. Braj Kishori Prasad | |
| 1977. |
Who said on the death of Gandhiji, the light has gone out of our lives? |
| A. | lord mountbatten |
| B. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| C. | Rajendra Prasad |
| D. | S Radhakrishnan |
| Answer» C. Rajendra Prasad | |
| 1978. |
Who was the founder of All India Harijan Sangh in the year 1932? |
| A. | Vinobha Bhave |
| B. | NS. R. Ambedkar |
| C. | Jagjivan Ram |
| D. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1979. |
Hunter Commission was appointed in? |
| A. | After the Kaal Kotri incident |
| B. | After the partition of Bengal |
| C. | After Jallianwala Massacre |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 1980. |
Which of the following parties did not support the Quit India Movement? |
| A. | Hindu Mahasabha |
| B. | Unionist Party of Punjab |
| C. | Communist Party of India |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1981. |
Who had described the burning of clothes during the non-cooperation movement as a ruthless waste? |
| A. | lord reading |
| B. | Motilal Nehru |
| C. | Mohammad Ali Jinnah |
| D. | Rabindra Nath Tagore |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1982. |
In which city did the 1938 session of the Indian National Congress take place? |
| A. | Haripura |
| B. | Bhagalpur |
| C. | Ranchi |
| D. | Patna |
| Answer» B. Bhagalpur | |
| 1983. |
Who presided over the Delhi session of the Indian National Congress in 1947? |
| A. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| B. | Rajendra Prasad |
| C. | Abul Kalam Azad |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. Abul Kalam Azad | |
| 1984. |
Who founded Phoenix Farm? |
| A. | Vinoba Bhave |
| B. | Arvind Ghosh |
| C. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 1985. |
In which year Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from South Africa? |
| A. | 1915 |
| B. | 1917 |
| C. | 1918 |
| D. | 1920 |
| Answer» B. 1917 | |
| 1986. |
Who wrote the article of Quit India Resolution? |
| A. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| B. | Sarojini Naidu. |
| C. | Abul Kalam Azad |
| D. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1987. |
The number of provinces that the Congress got majority in the 1937 elections was? |
| A. | three |
| B. | six |
| C. | five |
| D. | four |
| Answer» C. five | |
| 1988. |
Which department was held by Rajendra Prasad in the interim government formed in 1946? |
| A. | Defence |
| B. | Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Relations |
| C. | food and agriculture |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 1989. |
Poet Iqlab, who wrote Saare Jahan Se Achcha, belongs to which place in India? |
| A. | Delhi |
| B. | Kashmir |
| C. | Uttar Pradesh |
| D. | Punjab |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1990. |
Name the magazine published by Mahatma Gandhi in South Africa? |
| A. | Indian Opinion |
| B. | news harijan |
| C. | African |
| D. | new life |
| Answer» B. news harijan | |
| 1991. |
With whom did Gandhiji sign the pact at the culmination of the Civil Disobedience Movement 1930? |
| A. | lord irwin |
| B. | Lord Wavell |
| C. | Lord Curzon |
| D. | lord linlithgow |
| Answer» B. Lord Wavell | |
| 1992. |
Who among the following was not involved in the Quit India Movement? |
| A. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| B. | NS. R. Ambedkar |
| C. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| D. | Sardar Patel |
| Answer» C. Jawaharlal Nehru | |
| 1993. |
Who was the Prime Minister of England at the time of Quit India Movement? |
| A. | chamberlain |
| B. | macdonald |
| C. | churchill |
| D. | Clement Atlee |
| Answer» D. Clement Atlee | |
| 1994. |
Who was the Viceroy of India when Cripps Mission came to India? |
| A. | lord willingdon |
| B. | lord linlithgow |
| C. | lord wellesley |
| D. | lord amherst |
| Answer» C. lord wellesley | |
| 1995. |
Who was the first to use the word Pakistan for a separate state of Indian Muslims? |
| A. | Chaudhry Rahmat Ali |
| B. | Muhammad Iqbal |
| C. | fire khan |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. Muhammad Iqbal | |
| 1996. |
Which of the following is not a work of Rabindranath Tagore? |
| A. | Chitra |
| B. | Chitrangada |
| C. | Kapalkundla |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 1997. |
How many times did Gandhiji become the President of the Indian National Congress? |
| A. | Once |
| B. | twice |
| C. | three times |
| D. | four times |
| Answer» B. twice | |
| 1998. |
How many suggested that the Indian National Congress should be abolished after independence? |
| A. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| B. | Jai Prakash Narayan |
| C. | J. NS. by kripalani |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. Jai Prakash Narayan | |
| 1999. |
Who gave the slogan of Inquilab Zindabad? |
| A. | Khudiram Bose |
| B. | Bhagat Singh |
| C. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| D. | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| Answer» C. Mahatma Gandhi | |
| 2000. |
Sabarmati Ashram, established by Mahatma Gandhi during the freedom movement of India, is located outside which city? |
| A. | Gandhinagar |
| B. | Rajkot |
| C. | Wardha |
| D. | Ahmedabad |
| Answer» E. | |