Indian History Quiz

1. Razia Sultan was a ruler in the :
(A) Second half of the 11th century
(B) First half of the 12th century
(C) First half of the 13th century
(D) First half of the 14th century


2. Token currency was introduced for the first time in India by :
(A) Ala-ud-din Khilji
(B) Firuz Shah Tughluq
(C) Ghiyas-ud-din Tughluq
(D) Muhammed-bin Tughluq


3. Rig Veda is believed by historians to have been written when :
(A) It was Stone Age
(B) It was Copper age
(C) It was Bronze Age
(D) The Iron Age had already commenced


4. Harshavardhana was defeated by :
(A) Kirtivarman
(B) Narasimhavarman
(C) Pulakesin I
(D) Pulakesin II


5. Who was the first ruler of annex any part of the Deccan to the Mughal empire?
(A) Aurangzeb
(B) Akbar
(C) Humayun
(D) Jahangir


6. Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri was built by Akbar to commemorate :
(A) The birth of his son, Salim
(B) His conquest of Gujarat
(C) His own coronation
(D) His conquest of Deccan


7. Who introduced the Mansabdari system?
(A) Ibrahim Lodhi
(B) Humayun
(C) Sher Shah
(D) Akbar


8. Who, among the following, conquered a large part of China?
(A) Ashoka
(B) Chandragupta Vikramaditya
(C) Harsha Vardhana
(D) Kanishka


9. The term Vrajapati, used in the Vedic literature, denoted :
(A) The head of the family
(B) The head of the village
(C) A senior member of the Sabha
(D) The head of the merchants


10. The first place among poets of Emperor Akbar’s reign, both Hindi and Persian, belongs to :
(A) Abdur Rahim Khan Khanan
(B) Ras Khan
(C) Sur Das
(D) Tulsi Das


11. Who was the last Mughal emperor of India?
(A) Akbar II
(B) Bahadur Shah II
(C) Alamgir II
(D) Shah Alam II


12. Akbar was proclaimed Emperor in :
(A) 1556 AD
(B) 1557 AD
(C) 1558 AD
(D) 1560 AD


13. Who was called ‘Asia’s Light’ in Ancient India?
(A) Buddha
(B) Ashoka
(C) Gandhi
(D) Mohammad


14. Who was the Portuguese Viceroy in India?
(A) Albuquerque
(B) Sir Firman Xavier
(C) Lord Minto
(D) None of the above


15. On which system political organisation of Rajputs was based?
(A) Feudal system
(B) Ryotwari system
(C) Democratic system
(D) Religious system


16. Who was called the ‘Plato of the Jat tribe’?
(A) Churaman
(B) Badan Singh
(C) Suraj Mall
(D) Rajaram


17. ‘The Grand Trunk Road’ was laid by :
(A) Akbar
(B) Ashoka
(C) Sher Shah Suri
(D) Samudragupta


18. Ashoka’s Dhamma should be interpreted as :
(A) an attitude of social responsibility
(B) a synonyms for Buddhism
(C) declarations of the kings as a lay Buddhist to the Buddhist Sangha
(D) Piety resulting from good deeds inspired formal religious beliefs


19. Alexander advanced in India up to the river :
(A) Ravi
(B) Satluj
(C) Beas
(D) Yamuna


20. The Buddhist monk who converted Ashoka into Buddhism after the Kalinga war was :
(A) Udayana
(B) Dharmapala
(C) Upagupta
(D) Prasenajith