History MCQ’s

1     The Jallianwala Bagh massacre at Amritsar took place in the year?

a)    1916 A.D

b)   1918 A.D

c)    1919 A.D

d)   1920 A.D

2     The Indus Valley Civilization site of the Mohenjodaro is situated in the following country?

a)    Afghanistan

b)   Pakistan

c)    Uzbekistan

d)   India

3     Mahammad bin Tughlaq named his new capital:

a)    Siri

b)   Tughlaqabad

c)    Daulatabad

d)   Agra

4     Who among the following founded the new city of Agra in A.D. 1506 and made it his capital?

a)    Bahlol Lodi

b)   Sikandar Lodi

c)    Akbar Lodi

d)   Ibrahim Lodi

5     Mahatma Gandhi returned from South Africa in the year

a)    1912 A.D

b)   1916 A.D

c)    1915 A.D

d)   1914 A.D

6     From which country did Ibn Battuta travel to India?

a)    Egypt

b)   Italy  

c)    Morocco

d)   Mongolia

7     “Give me blood, I will give you freedom”. These words are attributed to :

a)    Khudiram Bose

b)   Bhagat Singh

c)    Subhash Chandra Bose

d)   VD Savarkar

8     Who among the following was the First British Viceroy of India?

a)    Lord Warren Hastings

b)   Lord Dalhousie

c)    Lord Bentinck

d)   Lord Canning

9     Which of the following Vedas deals with sacrifices and rituals?

a)    Rig Veda

b)   Atharva veda

c)    Yajur Veda

d)   Sama Veda

10  Who was the Deccan Hindu king who crossed the Bay of Bengal and conquered a number of states in Sumatra, Java and Malaysia?

a)    Rajendra Chola

b)   Pulakesian

c)    Mahipala II

d)   Rajendra I

11  Who was the other congress leader who joined with Motilal Nehru to start the Swaraj Party in 1923?

a)    B.G. Thilak

b)   Chittaranjan Das

c)    M.K Gandhi         

d)   G.k. Gokhale

12  Who was the Viceroy at the time of Quit India Movement?

a)    Lord Mountbatten

b)   Lord Wavell

c)    Lord Lin Lithgow

d)   Lord Irwin

13  Who gave the title of “Mahamana” to Madan Mohan Malviya?

a)    Dada Bhai Naurozi

b)   Gopal Krishna Gokhale

c)    Mahatma Gandhi

d)   Bal Gangadhar Tilak

14  Which among the following movements was not led by Mahatma Gandhi?

a)    Quit India Movement

b)   Swadeshi Movement

c)    Non Coorperation Movement

d)   Civil Disobedience Movement

15  The idol worship in India can be traced to:

a)    The Pre-Aryan period

b)   The later Vedic period

c)    The Mauryan period

d)   The Kushan period

16  The Harappans were the earliest people to produce:

a)    Seals

b)   Bronze implements

c)    Cotton

d)   Barley

17  The Megalithic culture (500 BC - AD 100) brings us to the historical period in South India. The Megaliths used:

a)    Weapons made of stone

b)   Tools and implements made of stones

c)    Graves encircled by big pieces of stones

d)   Articles of daily use made of stone

18  Who led the extremists before the arrival of Gandhi on the political scene for India’s freedom struggle?

a)    Dadabhai Naoroji

b)   Surendranath Bannerjee

c)    Gopal Kristna Gokhale

d)   B.G Thilak

19  The Home Rule movement was launched by:

a)    Annie besant and B.G Tilak together

b)   Annie besant and B.G Tilak separate

c)    Annie besant and Mahatma Gandhi together

d)   The congress when Mrs Besant was its President

20  Which of the following caves has the ‘Trimurti’ statue with the faces of Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh?

a)    Kanheri

b)   Ajanta

c)    Elephanta

d)   Ellora

21  The Indus Valley Civilization specialized in

a)    Town Planning

b)   Architecture

c)    Craftsmanship

d)   All of these