📘 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
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