HISTORY OF INDIA 1

Q1. The battle of Plassey was fought in the year a) 1526 b) 1650 c) 1761 d) 1757 Q2. The capital of Maharaja Ranjit Singh was a) Amritsar b) Ferozpur c) Lahore d) Attari Q3. Who built the Taj Mahal ? a) Akbar b) Babur c) Shahjahan d) Aurengzeb Q4. Which one is the oldest Veda ? a) Samaveda b) Yajurveda c) Rigveda d) Atharvaveda Q5. The Mughal Empire in India was established by a) Akbar b) Babur c) Shahjahan d) Aurengzeb Q6. Nadir Shah came from a) Afghanistan b) Iran c) Iraq d) Jordan Q7. Din-i-illahi was propounded by a) Shahjahan b) Akbar c) Sher Shah d) Noorjehan

Q8. The third Buddhist council was held during the reign of a) Bimbisara b) Kanishka c) Ashoka d) Ajatshatru Q9. Who said, Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it. a) Subhash Bose b) Lokmanya Tilak c) Mahatma Gandhi d) Pandit Nehru Q10. Muslim League was founded by a) Muhammed Ali Jinnah b) Mohd. Iqbal c) Sir Syed Ahmed d) Ali Brothers Q11. Alexander defeated Porus in the battle of a) Hydaspes b) Tarain c) Plassey d) Kalinga Q12. Gautam Buddha gave his first sermon at a) Lumbini b) Kapilvastu c) Sarnath d) Bodh Gaya Q13. Guru Gobind Singh was born at a) Amritsar b) Anandpur Sahib c) Nankana Sahib d) Patna Sahib Q14. Who wrote the book Ain-i-akbari ? a) Todar Mal b) Abul Fazal c) Akbar d) Birbal

Q15. The First muslim invader of India was a) Babar b) Mohd. Gori c) Mahmud Ghaznavi d) Mohd. Bin Kasim Q16. Jallianwala massacre took place in the year a) 1919 b) 1909 c) 1929 d) 1920 Q17. Who discovered the sea route to India ? a) The English b) The Portuguese c) The French d) The Dutch Q18. Triptikas are the sacred texts of a) Jains b) Sikhs c) Buddhists d) Hindus Q19. Mahayana form of Buddhism emerged during the reign of a) Harshavardhana b) Chandragupta Maurya c) Kanishka d) Ashoka Q20. Who attacked the Somnath temple in 1025 A.D ? a) Mahmud Ghaznavi b) Nadir shah c) Changez Khan d) Mohd. Gori Q21. Who compiled the Adi Granth ? a) Guru Gobind Singh b) Guru Nanak c) Guru Arjan Dev d) Guru Amar Dass

Q22. The Golden Temple is associated with the a) Jains b) Sikhs c) Buddhists d) Hindus Q23. Who were the first to issue gold coins in India ? a) Mauryas b) Guptas c) Kushans d) Indo-Greeks Q24. The Grand Trunk Road was constructed by a) Akbar b) Sher Shah Suri c) Ashoka d) Prithvi Raj Chauhan Q25. What is Not true about Indus valley civilization ? a) It was basically an urban civilization. b) It had well developed drainage system. c) It flourished in the Indus valley. d) Its people worshipped Mother Goddess and Lord Shiva.

ANSWERS 1.d 2.c 3.c 4.c 5.b 6.b 7.b 8.c 9.b 10.b 11.a 12.c 13.d 14.b 15.d 16.a 17.b 18.a 19.c 20.a 21.c 22.b 23.d 24.b 25.c