MCQ’s Indian History

1     Which one of the following persons called Irwin and Gandhi as ‘the two Mahatmas’:

a)    Mira Behn

b)   Sarojini Naidu

c)    Madan Mohan Malviya

d)   Jawaharlal Nehru

2     Gandhi suspended his first non cooperation movement because:

a)    It turned violent suddenly

b)   Most of the leaders had been arrested and were in prison

c)    His experiment on all India strike had succeeded

d)   He saw no chances of success for the movement

3     Indian National Army was headed by:

a)    Netaji Subhash Bose

b)   General Cariappa

c)    Field Marshal Manekshaw

d)   Chandra Shekhar Azad

4     ‘Purna Swaraj’ day was first celebrated in India on:

a)    26 January 1930

b)   15 August 1930

c)    15 August 1947

d)   26 January 1950

5     Who was the Viceroy of British India when Attlee’s government decided to grant Independence to India?

a)    Lord Mountbatten

b)   Lord Linlithgow

c)    Lord Wavell

d)   Lord Wellington

6     When did the ‘Quit India’ movement begin?

a)    March 1930

b)   August 1942

c)    August 1945

d)   August 1947

7     The Mausoleum of Sher Shah Suri is at:

a)    Allahbad

b)   Agra

c)    Jaunpur

d)   Sasaram

8     The slogan “Inquilab Zindabad’ was gi8ven by:

a)    Chandra Shekhara Azad

b)   Mohammed Iqbql

c)    Bhagat Singh

d)   Gandhi

9     ‘Red Shirts’ movement aimed at:

a)    Creation of an independent Pakhtoonistan

b)   Ensuring the creating of Pakistan

c)    Making India a communist country at the dawn of independence

d)   Throwing out the British from India

10  Bhagwad Gita was originally written in the language:

a)    Pali

b)   Prakrit

c)    Sanskrit

d)   Hindi

11  Megasthenes was sent by Seleukos Nikator to the court of:

a)    Chandragupta Maurya

b)   Ashoka

c)    Chandragupta I

d)   Bimbisar

12  The aim of the Cripps Mission to India was to:

a)    Appease the Indian public opinion

b)   Decide the future of India immediately

c)    Grant independence to India in stages

d)   Decentralize power to provinces

13  Which party was in power in the UK when India became independent?

a)    Labour

b)   Conservative

c)    Liberal

d)   No party, since a National Government was there

14  Who evolved the national consciousness as a formal concept?

a)    B.G Tilak

b)   Gandhi

c)    Jawaharlal Nehru

d)   Surendranath Bannerjee

15  The Swaraj Party was founded by:

a)    Motilal Nehru

b)   B.G Tilak

c)    C. Rajagopalachari

d)   Vallabhbhai Patel

16  The aim of the Swaraj Party was to:

a)    Boycott the foreign goods

b)   Declare independence and establish a provisional Indian government

c)    Enter the Legislative Councils through elections in order to wreck the legislature from within

d)   Do all the above

17  The cause of the immediate precipitation of the Sepoy mutiny was:

a)    The spread of Christianity

b)   The Doctrine of Lapse

c)    The disparity between the European soldiers and the native Sepoys in service conditions

d)   The compulsion on the Sepoys to use cartridges greased with fat

18  When did Vikram era start?

a)    19 BC

b)   58 BC

c)    78 AD

d)   73 AD

19  Which of the following was a consequence of the invasion of Amir Timur?

a)    Decline of the Mughal Empire

b)   Fall of Lodi Dynasty

c)    Decline of Tughlaq Dynasty

d)   End of Khilji Dynasty

20  Who was the first governor General of free India?

a)    Load Mountbatten

b)   C.Rajagopalachari

c)    Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

d)   Babu Rajendra Prasad

21  Jatakas are the sacred books of the:

a)    Vaishnavas

b)   Jains

c)    Buddhists

d)   Shaivas

22  The Ajanta paintings belongs to the :

a)    Harappan period

b)   Maurya period

c)    Buddhist period

d)   Gupta period

23  The famous king of legendary Bhoja, belonged to the dynasty of:

a)    The Pratiharas

b)   The Chauhans

c)    The Paramaras

d)   The Chandellas

24  The Gandhara School of Art was influenced most by the :

a)    Greeks

b)   Kushans

c)    Persians

d)   Sakas

25  Rock cut temples have been discovered in :

a)    Elephant Caves

b)   Ajanta Caves

c)    Ellora Caves

d)   None of the above

26  Sufi Sect developed in the religion:

a)    Hinduism

b)   Islam

c)    Christianity

d)   Sikhism

27  The great Indian philosopher Sankara advocated:

a)    Dvaita

b)   Advaita

c)    Vishishtadvaita

d)   None of the above

28  The influence of chaitanya was mainly confined to:

a)    The Eastern India

b)   The Southern India

c)    Gujarat

d)   North India

29  Which of the following classes participated the least in the Indian National Movement?

a)    Capitalists

b)   Princes of States

c)    Government officials

d)   The peasants

30  Who said first ‘Swaraj is my birth right, and I shall have it’?

a)    Bal Gangadhar Tilak

b)   Gopal Kristna Gokhale

c)    M.K Gandhi

d)   Lala Lajapat Rai