📘 100 MCQ Questions with Answers on Indian History

🏺 Ancient India (1–30)

1. Who is known as the “Father of Indian History”?

a) Megasthenes

b) Herodotus

c) Kalhana

d) Banabhatta

Answer: a) Megasthenes

2. Which is the oldest Veda?

a) Rigveda

b) Samaveda

c) Yajurveda

d) Atharvaveda

Answer: a) Rigveda

3. The Indus Valley Civilization was first discovered in—

a) Harappa

b) Mohenjo-Daro

c) Lothal

d) Kalibangan

Answer: a) Harappa

4. The Great Bath was discovered in—

a) Harappa

b) Mohenjo-Daro

c) Lothal

d) Dholavira

Answer: b) Mohenjo-Daro

5. The Harappan script was—

a) Devanagari

b) Pictographic

c) Brahmi

d) Kharosthi

Answer: b) Pictographic

6. Who composed the Ramayana?

a) Vyasa

b) Valmiki

c) Kalidasa

d) Tulsidas

Answer: b) Valmiki

7. Who composed the Mahabharata?

a) Kalidasa

b) Valmiki

c) Ved Vyasa

d) Bana

Answer: c) Ved Vyasa

8. The Rigvedic Aryans were familiar with—

a) Copper

b) Iron

c) Silver

d) Gold

Answer: d) Gold

9. Ashoka’s Dhamma policy is mentioned in—

a) Rigveda

b) Arthashastra

c) Inscriptions

d) Manusmriti

Answer: c) Inscriptions

10. Which ruler is associated with Kalinga War?

a) Chandragupta Maurya

b) Ashoka

c) Bindusara

d) Bimbisara

Answer: b) Ashoka

11. Chanakya was the Prime Minister of—

a) Chandragupta Maurya

b) Ashoka

c) Bindusara

d) Harshavardhana

Answer: a) Chandragupta Maurya

12. Arthashastra was written by—

a) Kalidasa

b) Banabhatta

c) Chanakya (Kautilya)

d) Patanjali

Answer: c) Chanakya (Kautilya)

13. Who was the founder of the Gupta dynasty?

a) Samudragupta

b) Chandragupta I

c) Skandagupta

d) Chandragupta II

Answer: b) Chandragupta I

14. Who is called the “Napoleon of India”?

a) Ashoka

b) Harshavardhana

c) Samudragupta

d) Chandragupta Maurya

Answer: c) Samudragupta

15. Which Gupta ruler is famous for his Navratnas?

a) Chandragupta I

b) Samudragupta

c) Chandragupta II (Vikramaditya)

d) Skandagupta

Answer: c) Chandragupta II (Vikramaditya)

16. Fa-Hien visited India during the reign of—

a) Harshavardhana

b) Ashoka

c) Chandragupta II

d) Chandragupta Maurya

Answer: c) Chandragupta II

17. The Ajanta caves are associated with—

a) Jainism

b) Hinduism

c) Buddhism

d) Islam

Answer: c) Buddhism

18. Harshavardhana’s biography “Harshacharita” was written by—

a) Kalidasa

b) Banabhatta

c) Bhavabhuti

d) Bhartrihari

Answer: b) Banabhatta

19. Nalanda University was founded by—

a) Harshavardhana

b) Kumaragupta I

c) Ashoka

d) Samudragupta

Answer: b) Kumaragupta I

20. The capital of Harshavardhana was—

a) Kannauj

b) Ujjain

c) Pataliputra

d) Prayag

Answer: a) Kannauj

21. Who was the last ruler of the Mauryan dynasty?

a) Ashoka

b) Brihadratha

c) Dasharatha

d) Bindusara

Answer: b) Brihadratha

22. Who is known as the “Indian Napoleon” for his conquests?

a) Samudragupta

b) Harsha

c) Pulakeshin II

d) Chandragupta Maurya

Answer: a) Samudragupta

23. Who was the founder of the Satavahana dynasty?

a) Simuka

b) Gautamiputra Satakarni

c) Krishna

d) Pulumavi

Answer: a) Simuka

24. Who was the first woman ruler of India?

a) Razia Sultan

b) Durgavati

c) Ahilyabai Holkar

d) Rani Lakshmi Bai

Answer: a) Razia Sultan

25. Who issued gold coins for the first time in India?

a) Mauryas

b) Guptas

c) Indo-Greeks

d) Kushans

Answer: c) Indo-Greeks

26. Who is considered the founder of Sangam Age literature?

a) Chera kings

b) Chola kings

c) Pandya kings

d) None

Answer: c) Pandya kings

27. Who is called the “Indian Herodotus”?

a) Kalhana

b) Bana

c) Megasthenes

d) Herodotus

Answer: a) Kalhana

28. Who was the last ruler of the Gupta dynasty?

a) Vishnugupta

b) Skandagupta

c) Kumaragupta

d) Chandragupta II

Answer: a) Vishnugupta

29. The capital of Magadha during Mauryan rule was—

a) Pataliputra

b) Rajgir

c) Ujjain

d) Vaishali

Answer: a) Pataliputra

30. Who was the founder of the Pallava dynasty?

a) Mahendravarman I

b) Simhavishnu

c) Nandivarman

d) Narasimhavarman

Answer: b) Simhavishnu

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⚔️ Medieval India (31–60)

31. Who was the founder of the Delhi Sultanate?

Answer: a) Qutb-ud-din Aibak

32. Who constructed the Qutub Minar?

Answer: c) Qutb-ud-din Aibak

33. The Khalji dynasty was founded by—

Answer: c) Jalaluddin Khalji

34. Who introduced market control system in Delhi Sultanate?

Answer: b) Alauddin Khilji

35. The Tughlaq dynasty was founded by—

Answer: a) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq

36. Who shifted the capital from Delhi to Daulatabad?

Answer: b) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq

37. Who is called the “Lakh Baksh”?

Answer: b) Qutb-ud-din Aibak

38. Who founded the Mughal dynasty in India?

Answer: b) Babur

39. Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodi in the First Battle of Panipat in—

Answer: a) 1526

40. Who built the Grand Trunk Road?

Answer: c) Sher Shah Suri

41. Akbar’s famous finance minister was—

Answer: a) Todar Mal

42. Akbar founded a new religion called—

Answer: b) Din-i-Ilahi

43. Jahangir’s wife Nur Jahan was originally—

Answer: a) Persian

44. Who built the Taj Mahal?

Answer: b) Shah Jahan

45. Aurangzeb banned—

Answer: d) All of the above

46. Shivaji belonged to which dynasty?

Answer: b) Bhonsle

47. Guru Nanak was the founder of—

Answer: a) Sikhism

48. Who founded the Bahmani kingdom?

Answer: a) Alauddin Bahman Shah

49. Who was the last Mughal emperor?

Answer: b) Bahadur Shah II (Zafar)

50. The Battle of Talikota (1565) was fought between—

Answer: b) Vijayanagar Empire and Deccan Sultanates

51. Battle of Khanwa (1527) was fought between Babur and—

Answer: a) Rana Sanga

52. Who built Red Fort in Delhi?

Answer: b) Shah Jahan

53. Ibadat Khana at Fatehpur Sikri was built by—

Answer: a) Akbar

54. Which Mughal ruler built Jama Masjid?

Answer: b) Shah Jahan

55. Who was the last ruler of Lodhi dynasty?

Answer: a) Ibrahim Lodhi

56. Who translated Upanishads into Persian?

Answer: a) Dara Shikoh

57. Who was the founder of the Slave dynasty?

Answer: a) Qutb-ud-din Aibak

58. The famous “Ain-i-Akbari” was written by—

Answer: a) Abul Fazl

59. Which Sultan introduced token currency in India?

Answer: b) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq

60. Buland Darwaza was built by Akbar after victory over—

Answer: a) Gujarat

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🇮🇳 Modern India (61–100)

61. Vasco da Gama came to India in— Answer: b) 1498

62. East India Company was established in— Answer: a) 1600

63. Battle of Plassey— Answer: a) 1757

64. Battle of Buxar— Answer: c) 1764

65. First Governor-General of India— Answer: a) Warren Hastings

66. Permanent Settlement introduced by— Answer: b) Lord Cornwallis

67. Father of Modern India— Answer: a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

68. Arya Samaj founded by— Answer: b) Dayananda Saraswati

69. Grand Old Man of India— Answer: b) Dadabhai Naoroji

70. INC founded in— Answer: a) 1885

71. First President of INC— Answer: b) W.C. Bonnerjee

72. “Swaraj is my birthright”— Answer: b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

73. Partition of Bengal— Answer: b) 1905

74. Home Rule Movement— Answer: b) Annie Besant & B.G. Tilak

75. Jallianwala Bagh massacre— Answer: b) 1919

76. Non-Cooperation Movement— Answer: c) 1920

77. Simon Commission— Answer: b) 1927

78. Civil Disobedience Movement— Answer: b) 1930

79. Dandi March— Answer: b) Civil Disobedience Movement

80. “Do or Die” slogan— Answer: c) Quit India Movement

81. Quit India Movement— Answer: c) 1942

82. “Inquilab Zindabad”— Answer: a) Bhagat Singh

83. Forward Bloc founded by— Answer: b) Subhas Chandra Bose

84. INA founded by— Answer: b) Rashbehari Bose

85. Azad Hind Fauj led by— Answer: b) Subhas Chandra Bose

86. Cabinet Mission— Answer: c) 1946

87. Mountbatten Plan— Answer: a) June 1947

88. Indian Independence Act— Answer: a) July 1947

89. Independence Day— Answer: b) 15 August 1947

90. Last Viceroy of India— Answer: b) Lord Mountbatten

91. First Governor-General of independent India— Answer: b) Lord Mountbatten

92. First Indian Governor-General— Answer: b) C. Rajagopalachari

93. First President of India— Answer: b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

94. First Prime Minister— Answer: a) Jawaharlal Nehru

95. First Deputy PM— Answer: b) Sardar Patel

96. “Discovery of India” author— Answer: c) Jawaharlal Nehru

97. “India Wins Freedom” author— Answer: a) Maulana Azad

98. Indian National Flag designed by— Answer: b) Pingali Venkayya

99. “Jai Hind” slogan— Answer: a) Subhas Chandra Bose

100. “Father of the Nation”— Answer: a) Mahatma Gandhi