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These Questions on Indian History are from the ancient Indus Valley Civilization to the Mughal Empire and the Struggle for Independence. Indian history encompasses a vast expanse of time and a diverse array of experiences. Understanding the most repeated questions in Indian history provides a framework for comprehending the enduring legacies of various periods and the impact they have had on contemporary India.
Indian History syllabus is very vast and it will be foolishness to cover each and every topic from Indian History section because History of India is very rich and diverse. So you must cover important topic from Indian History and special focus should be given to Modern Indian History. The Indus Valley Civilization is also very important topic of Indian History along with the Mughal period of medieval India. Aspirants must be selective in their study of Indian History according to the need of that particular exam they are preparing for.
This article of ‘Indian History Most Repeated Question’ contained 100 questions of Indian History asked in various SSC exams. I hope these Questions of Indian History will help you in your upcoming examination.
Indian History Most Repeated Questions
Q.1) The Indus Valley Civilization was characterized ?
A.) Caste based society
B.) Organized Urban Life
C.) Pastoral Life
D.) Worship of the forces of nature
Q.2) Whose idol was an important creation of the people of Indus Valley Civilization ?
A.) Nataraja
B.) Narasimha
C.) Dancer Statue
D.) Buddha
Q.3) From which of the following Vedic Samhitas can the origin of Indian music be traced ?
A.) Rigveda
B.) Atharvaveda
C.) Samveda
D.) Yajurveda
Q.4) Who among the following was the founder of ‘Yoga’ ?
A.) Patanjali
B.) Verdant
C.) Banabhatta
D.) Atreya
Q.5) Maharishi Gautam is related to which Indian Philosophy ?
A.) Vaisheshik
B.) Justice
C.) Yoga
D.) Sankhya
Q.6) Which metal was first used by the Vedic people ?
A.) Copper
B.) Iron
C.) Gold
D.) Silver
Q.7) The era of Harappan Civilization was –
A.) Bronze Age
B.) Iron Age
C.) Neolithic Age
D.) Palaeolithic Age
Q.8) The first city to be explored in India was –
A.) Punjab
B.) Harappan
C.) Mohenjodaro
D.) Sindh
Q.9) Who was the first grammarian of Sanskrit language ?
A.) Kalhan
B.) Maitreya
C.) Panini
D.) Kalidas
Q.10) Who is the author of ‘Panchtantra’ ?
A.) Veda Vyasa
B.) Valmiki
C.) Tulsidas
D.) Vishnu Sharma
Q.11) Where did Lord Buddha take his last breath ?
A.) Bodhgaya
B.) Kushinagar
C.) Sarnath
D.) Rajgir
Q.12) Who was the ruler who killed his father Bimbisara to sit on the throne ?
A.) Ashok
B.) Simuk
C.) Kanishk
D.) Ajatashatru
Q.13) After the Maurya dynasty, which dynasty ruled over ‘Magadha’ ?
A.) Satavahana
B.) Kanva
C.) Shung
D.) Nand
Q.14) _____ is also known as ‘Light of Asia’.
A.) Mahatma Buddha
B.) Mahavir Swami
C.) Swami Vivekananda
D.) Mahatma Gandhi
Q.15) The word ‘Tirthankar’ is related to which religion ?
A.) Buddhism
B.) Christianity
C.) Jainism
D.) Hindu Religion
Q.16) Which of the following is the sacred text of the Buddhists ?
A.) Jataka
B.) Tripitaka
C.) Veda
D.) Upanishads
Q.17) To which dynasty does Buddha belong ?
A.) Gnarthika
B.) Maurya
C.) Shakya
D.) Kuru
Q.18) Which ruler established Vikramshila University, famous for Buddhist followers ?
A.) Mahipal
B.) Devpal
C.) Dharmapal
D.) Gopal
Q.19) What is ‘Milindapanho’ ?
A.) Buddhist texts
B.) Buddhist name
C.) Buddhist site
D.) Art of Buddhism
Q.20) Who among the following foreign travelers visited India first ?
A.) Hiuen tsang
B.) Fahien
C.) Itsing
D.) Megasthenes
Q.21) By what other name is Vardhman Mahavir famous ?
A.) Great teacher
B.) Gin
C.) Great preacher
D.) Jain
Q.22) Kautilya was the Prime Minister of ?
A.) King Kanaka
B.) Chandragupta Vikramaditya
C.) Ashoka
D.) Chandragupta Maurya
Q.23) The famous names of Aryabhata and Varahamihira are associated with which era ?
A.) Pala Dynasty
B.) Kushan Dynasty
C.) Gupta Dynasty
D.) Maurya Dynasty
Q.24) ‘Junagarh inscription’ is related to ?
A.) Gautmaiputra Shatkarni
B.) Chandragupta II
C.) Rudradaman
D.) Bimbisara
Q.25) Who was the first to introduce gold coins in India ?
A.) Kushan
B.) Greek
C.) Parshioners
D.) Shaak
Q.26) The great Kushan ruler who adopted Buddhism ?
A.) Kujala
B.) Bhim
C.) Kanishk
D.) Kadphises
Q.27) Banabhatta was the court poet of which of the following Indian Kings ?
A.) Chandra Gupta
B.) Pulakeshin
C.) Yashovarman
D.) Harsh Vardhan
Q.28) In which year did Muhammad-bin-Qasim conquer Sindh ?
A.) 712 BC
B.) 812 BC
C.) 912 BC
D.) 1012 BC
Q.29) The king who was called ‘Napoleon of India’ due to his policies of expansion was ?
A.) Samudragupta
B.) Brahmagupta
C.) Chandra Gupta
D.) Skandagupta
Q.30) In whose court did the poet Kalidas live ?
A.) Chandragupta Maurya
B.) Chandragupta Vikramaditya
C.) Harsha
D.) Samudragupta
Q.31) The oldest university is ?
A.) Kannauj
B.) Gandhara
C.) Nalanda
D.) Vaishali
Q.32) Which of the following Pratihara rulers established the present city of Bhopal ?
A.) Mihir Bhoj
B.) Vijaysen
C.) Rajyapala
D.) Mahendra Bhoj
Q.33) Where is the famous Kandariya Temple located ?
A.) Vidisha
B.) Khajuraho
C.) Hampi
D.) Gangakonda Cholapuram
Q.34) Where is Hampi, the ancient capital of Vijayanagara located ?
A.) Tamil Nadu
B.) Telangana
C.) Karnataka
D.) Kerala
Q.35) Name the capital of Pallavas ?
A.) Mahabalipuram
B.) Kanchi
C.) Vatapi
D.) Trichurapally
Q.36) Which of the following was the capital of the Chola Kings ?
A.) Kanchi
B.) Madurai
C.) Uraiyur
D.) Trichurapally
Q.37) Who among the following was defeated by Prithviraj Chauhan in the first battle of Tarain ?
A.) Iltutmish
B.) Muhammad Ghori
C.) Mahmud Ghazni
D.) Ahmed Shah Abdali
Q.38) To which ruler was the title of ‘Lakh Baksh’ given ?
A.) Razia
B.) Balban
C.) Qutubuddin
D.) Iltutmish
Q.39) Which Sultan of Delhi had adopted the policy of ‘Iron-blood’ ?
A.) Iltutmish
B.) Balban
C.) Ghiyassudin Tughlaq
D.) Alauddin Khilji
Q.40) Who among the following attacked the Somnath temple ?
A.) Mohammad Ghori
B.) Qutubuddin Aibak
C.) Iltutmish
D.) Mahmud Ghazni
Q.41) The famous traveler Marco Polo was a resident of which country ?
A.) Italy
B.) Uzbekistan
C.) Morocco
D.) Russia
Q.42) Who was also known as ‘Second-Alexander’ ?
A.) Jalaluddin Khilji
B.) Khushron Khan
C.) Mubarak Khilji
D.) Alauddin Khilji
Q.43) Which of the following Delhi Sultans has been described by historians as a “mixture of opposites” ?
A.) Mohammed-Bin-Tughlaq
B.) Balban
C.) Ibrahim Lodhi
D.) Alauddin Khilji
Q.44) Who established the Sayyid dynasty ?
A.) Khizr Khan
B.) Bahlol Khan
C.) Nizam Shah
D.) Muhammad-bin-Farid
Q.45) By whom was the Lodhi dynasty established ?
A.) Khizr Khan
B.) Sikandar Lodhi
C.) Bahlol Lodhi
D.) Ibrahim Lodhi
Q.46) In which year did the first battle of Panipat take place ?
A.) 1526
B.) 1857
C.) 1757
D.) 1764
Q.47) Who was the founder of Agra city ?
A.) Muhammad bin-Tughlaq
B.) Firoz Tughlaq
C.) Alauddin Khilji
D.) Sikandar Lodhi
Q.48) Which of the following pair is wrong ?
A.) Hiuen Tsang – China
B.) Fahyen – Malaysia
C.) Megasthenes – Greece
D.) Ibn Battuta – Morocco
Q.49) A book written by Al-Biruni given information about the Indian subcontinent
A.) Kitab-ul-Hind
B.) Kitab-ul-India
C.) Kitab-ul-Bharat
D.) Sher-e-Hind
Q.50) Who among the following was given the title of ‘Sultan Buland Iqbal’ by Shah Jahan ?
A.) Shuja
B.) Aurangzeb
C.) Dara Shikoh
D.) Murad
Q.51) Charminar was built by whom ?
A.) Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah
B.) Humayun
C.) Ashok
D.) Narasimha
Q.52) Battle of Haldighati was fought in the year ?
A.) 1764
B.) 1526
C.) 1576
D.) 1857
Q.53) Who shifted the capital of the Mughal Empire from Agra to Delhi ?
A.) Humayun
B.) Jahangir
C.) Aurangzeb
D.) Shahjahan
Q.54) During the reign of which Mughal ruler ‘Jaziya’ was again imposed ?
A.) Akbar
B.) Aurangzeb
C.) Jahangir
D.) Humayun
Q.55) Where is Babur’s body buried as per his wish ?
A.) Agra
B.) Lahore
C.) Delhi
D.) Kabul
Q.56) Which Mughal ruler was defeated by Sher Shah Suri ?
A.) Nadir Shah
B.) Taimur Lang
C.) Humayun
D.) Ahmad Shah Abdali
Q.57) Who was the Mughal emperor who condemned the practice of Sati ?
A.) Babar
B.) Humayun
C.) Jahangir
D.) Akbar
Q.58) Which was the second capital of Akbar ?
A.) Fatehpur Sikri
B.) Delhi
C.) Patna
D.) Agra
Q.59) Krishnadeva Raya was a contemporary of whom ?
A.) Sher Shah
B.) Babar
C.) Akbar
D.) Humayun
Q.60) Jawaharlal Nehru addressed the Parliament on the midnight of August 15, 1947, after him, who among the following was the speaker after him ?
A.) C. Rajagopalachari
B.) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
C.) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
D.) Rajendra Prasad
Q.61) Who was the first Indian to join the Viceroy’s Executive Council ?
A.) Satyendra Prasad Sinha
B.) Tej Bahadur Sapru
C.) Syed Ali Iman
D.) P.S. Shivaswamy Ayy
Q.62) Zamindari system was started by whom in 1793 ?
A.) Cornwallis
B.) Clive
C.) Clint
D.) Curzon
Q.63) What was the ancestral name of Swami Dayanand Saraswati ?
A.) Narayan Shankar
B.) Mool Shankar
C.) Krishna Shankar
D.) Om Shankar
Q.64) The Jallianwala Bagh massacre, also known as the Amritsar Massacar, took place at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, Punjab
A.) April 13, 1919
B.) August 13, 1867
C.) March 17, 1909
D.) May 4, 1929
Q.65) Which one of the following conditions was not laid down in Gandhi-Irwin Pact ?
A.) Removal of salt tax : to legally allow to produce, trade and sell
B.) Removal of tax on Khadi products
C.) Participation in the Round Table Conference by the Indian National Congress
D.) Indian National Congress must stop the Civil Disobedience Movement
Q.66) Who among the following translated the ‘Bhagwad Gita’ into English for the first time ?
A.) Vincent Arthur Smith
B.) Max Muller
C.) Charles Wilkins
D.) Jaws Use
Q.67) Since when was the non-cooperation movement launched ?
A.) April 1920 to February 1922
B.) September 1920 to February 1922
C.) June 1920 to December 1922
D.) December 1920 to June 1922
Q.68) Who among the following was the last Governor General of Bengal ?
A.) William Bentick
B.) Lord Paisley
C.) Lord Canning
D.) Warren Hastings
Q.69) In which year did Swami Vivekananda established Ramakrishna Mission at Belur ?
A.) 1885
B.) 1890
C.) 1897
D.) 1901
Q.70) Which of the following Governor General used to call himself “Bengal Tiger” ?
A.) Lord Clive
B.) Lord Wellesley
C.) Warren Hastings
D.) Lord Cornwallis
Q.71) Chauri-Chaura incident took place in the year ______ ?
A.) 1902
B.) 1912
C.) 1922
D.) 1932
Q.72) In which year was Gandhiji first arrested during Satyagraha ?
A.) 1906
B.) 1908
C.) 1913
D.) 1917
Q.73) Who was the first Indian to get selected in civil service ?
A.) Sarojini Naidu
B.) C.R. Das
C.) Satyendra Nath Tagore
D.) Lala Lajpat Rai
Q.74) What was the objective of Jyotiba Phule’s Satyasodhak Samaj ?
A.) Stop the exploitation of the lower castes by orthodox brahmins
B.) Protest of landlords of moneylenders in Satara
C.) Separate electorate for the untouchables
D.) Agaisnt the caste system
Q.75) In which year was the first train operated in India ?
A.) 1848
B.) 1853
C.) 1875
D.) 1880
Q.76) When did the direct British rule start in India ?
A.) After the Battle of Plassey
B.) After Sepoy Mutiny
C.) After the Battle of Panipat
D.) Mysore after the war
Q.77) What was the reason for the establishment of Hunter Commission ?
A.) Bardoli Satyagraha
B.) Chauri-Chaura incident
C.) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
D.) Khilafat Movement
Q.78) Who penned the famous lines “Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil me hai, Dekhna hai zor kitna baju-e-qatil me hai.”
A.) Mohammad Iqbal
B.) Firaq Gorakhpuri
C.) Qazi Zarul Islam
D.) Ram Prasad Bismil
Q.79) The Government of India Act, 1919 is known as ?
A.) Morley Minto Reform
B.) Montagu Chelmsford Reform
C.) Pitt’s India Act
D.) Regulating Act
Q.80) Which one of the following ancient towns is well-known for its elaborate system of water harvesting and management by building a series of dam and channelizing water into connected reservoirs ?
A.) Dholavira
B.) Kalibanga
C.) Rakhigarhi
D.) Ropar
Q.81) Which rulers built the Ellora temples ?
A.) Chalukyas
B.) Shungas
C.) Rashtrakutas
D.) Pallavas
Q.82) Which symbol represents the birth of Gautam Buddha ?
A.) Bodhi Tree
B.) Lotus
C.) Horse
D.) Wheel
Q.83) The ‘Swadeshi’ and ‘Boycott’ were adopted as methods of struggle for the first time during the
A.) Agitation against the Partition of Bengal
B.) Home Rule Movement
C.) Non-Cooperation Movement
D.) Visit of the Simon Commission to India
Q.84) Who was the Governor General of India at the time of Revolt of 1857 ?
A.) Lord Dalhousie
B.) Lord Bentinck
C.) Lord Canning
D.) Lord Lytton
Q.85) Gandhiji opposed the Communal Award because he thought this would bring
A.) Communal disunity
B.) Division in the Hindu Society
C.) Economic miseries to India
D.) destruction to handi-crafts
Q.86) Who among the following was associated with the Ghadar Movement ?
A.) Shyamaji Krishnavarma
B.) M.N Roy
C.) Bhagat Singh
D.) Lala Har Dayal
Q.87) Who said “Give me Blood, I will give you Freedom” ?
A.) Subhash Chandra Bose
B.) Lala Lajpat Rai
C.) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D.) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
Q.88) Mahavira was born in a Kshatriya clan by the name of
A.) Shakya
B.) Janatrika
C.) Mallas
D.) Lichhavis
Q.89) Who among the following Tomar rulers, is credited with founding the city of Delhi ?
A.) Anangapal
B.) Vajrata
C.) Rudrane
D.) Devraja
Q.90) Which British Viceroy is associated with the Partition of Bengal ?
A.) Lord Canning
B.) Lord Curzon
C.) Lord Hardinge
D.) Lord Wellesley
Q.91) The Morley-Minto Reforms were introduced in which of the following years ?
A.) 1909
B.) 1919
C.) 1924
D.) 1935
Q.92) Who inspired the Young Bengal Movement in the 19th century ?
A.) Ram Tanu Lahiri
B.) Henry Vivian Dorozev
C.) Rasik Kumar Malik
D.) Piyare Chand Mitra
Q.93) When was the All India Harijan Sangha established ?
A.) 1930
B.) 1931
C.) 1932
D.) 1933
Q.94) Who is the writer of “Geet Govind” ?
A.) Kabir
B.) Kalidas
C.) Ravidas
D.) Jayadev
Q.95) In which year was the Battle of Buxar fought ?
A.) 1762
B.) 1764
C.) 1768
D.) 1772
Q.96) In which year did Swami Vivekananda attend the “Parliament of the World’s Religion” in America ?
A.) 1893
B.) 1895
C.) 1897
D.) 1899
Q.97) In the reign of whom was the first Buddhist Council held ?
A.) Ajatashatru
B.) Bimbisara
C.) Ashoka
D.) Kanishka
Q.98) Which of the following is correctly matched ?
A.) Third Battle of Panipat -1764
B.) Regulating Act -1773
C.) Pitt’s India Act -1761
D.) Treaty of Allahabad -1784
Q.99) Who founded the Ramakrishna Mission in 1896 to carry on humanitarian relief and social work ?
A.) Ramakrishna Paramahansa
B.) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
C.) Swami Vivekananda
D.) Raja Rammohan Roy
Q.100) By which among the following acts, the East India Company lost its monopoly of trade with China ?
A.) Pitts India Act 1784
B.) The Charter Act of 1813
C.) The Charter Act of 1833
D.) The Charter Act of 1853
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