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HISTORY TEST – BEGINNER

1. Who was the founder of the Maurya Empire? A) Chandragupta Maurya B) Ashoka C) Bimbisara D) Bindusara

2. The Battle of Plassey was fought in which year? A) 1757 B) 1761 C) 1857 D) 1858

3. Who is known as the 'Napoleon of India'? A) Samudragupta B) Chandragupta II C) Harsha D) Kanishka

4. Who was the first Governor-General of India? A) Warren Hastings B) Lord Wellesley C) Lord Dalhousie D) Lord Cornwallis

5. The Swadeshi Movement began as a reaction to which event? A) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre B) Partition of Bengal (1905) C) Simon Commission Report D) Rowlatt Act

6. Who among the following founded the Arya Samaj? A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy B) Swami Dayananda Saraswati C) Swami Vivekananda D) Annie Besant

7. Who was the Viceroy during the Quit India Movement (1942)? A) Lord Irwin B) Lord Linlithgow C) Lord Mountbatten D) Lord Wavell

8. In which year was the Indian National Congress founded? A) 1885 B) 1889 C) 1890 D) 1905

9. The ‘Doctrine of Lapse’ was introduced by which Governor-General? A) Lord Dalhousie B) Lord Canning C) Lord Curzon D) Lord Hastings

10. The famous Bhimbetka caves are located in which state? A) Madhya Pradesh B) Maharashtra C) Uttar Pradesh D) Chhattisgarh

11. Who was the founder of the Gupta Empire? A) Chandragupta I B) Samudragupta C) Chandragupta II D) Skandagupta

12. Who composed the Allahabad Pillar Inscription? A) Kalidasa B) Harisena C) Banabhatta D) Vishakhadatta

13. Who was the last ruler of the Mughal dynasty? A) Bahadur Shah I B) Bahadur Shah II (Zafar) C) Akbar II D) Aurangzeb

14. The Simon Commission was appointed in which year? A) 1927 B) 1930 C) 1920 D) 1932

15. Who is known as the ‘Grand Old Man of India’? A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak B) Dadabhai Naoroji C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale D) Lala Lajpat Rai

16. Which movement was led by Alluri Sitarama Raju? A) Champaran Satyagraha B) Non-Cooperation Movement C) Rampa Rebellion D) Salt Satyagraha

17. Which ancient university was famous for Buddhist studies? A) Nalanda B) Takshashila C) Vallabhi D) Vikramashila

18. Who introduced the Ryotwari system in India? A) Lord Cornwallis B) Thomas Munro C) Lord Wellesley D) John Shore

19. Who among the following was called the ‘Indian Napoleon’ by British historians? A) Chandragupta Maurya B) Samudragupta C) Ashoka D) Harsha

20. The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place in which year? A) 1915 B) 1917 C) 1919 D) 1920

21. The Permanent Settlement of Bengal was introduced by: A) Lord Dalhousie B) Lord Wellesley C) Lord Cornwallis D) Warren Hastings

22. The famous book ‘Arthashastra’ was written by: A) Kautilya (Chanakya) B) Panini C) Kalidasa D) Patanjali

23. Who founded the Ramakrishna Mission? A) Swami Vivekananda B) Ramakrishna Paramhansa C) Dayananda Saraswati D) Annie Besant

24. The capital of the Kushan Empire was: A) Taxila B) Pataliputra C) Purushapura (Peshawar) D) Kashi

25. The First Anglo-Mysore War (1767–69) was fought between the British and: A) Tipu Sultan B) Haider Ali C) Wodeyar Dynasty D) Nizam of Hyderabad

26. The Home Rule Movement was started by: A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Annie Besant B) Dadabhai Naoroji and G.K. Gokhale C) Lala Lajpat Rai and Bipin Chandra Pal D) Subhas Chandra Bose and Aurobindo Ghosh

27. Who among the following was known as ‘Lokmanya’? A) Gopal Krishna Gokhale B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak C) Dadabhai Naoroji D) Lala Lajpat Rai

28. The Harappan Civilization was primarily: A) Rural and agricultural B) Urban and industrial C) Nomadic pastoral D) Hunting and food-gathering

29. Which Viceroy announced the August Offer of 1940? A) Lord Irwin B) Lord Linlithgow C) Lord Wavell D) Lord Mountbatten

30. The Treaty of Seringapatam (1792) was signed after: A) First Anglo-Mysore War B) Second Anglo-Mysore War C) Third Anglo-Mysore War D) Fourth Anglo-Mysore War

31. Who was the founder of the Indian National Army (INA)? A) Mahatma Gandhi B) Rash Behari Bose C) Subhas Chandra Bose D) Bhagat Singh

32. The famous Dandi March was related to: A) Civil Disobedience Movement B) Quit India Movement C) Non-Cooperation Movement D) Swadeshi Movement

33. Who is called the ‘Father of Indian Renaissance’? A) Dayananda Saraswati B) Swami Vivekananda C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy D) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

34. The Treaty of Allahabad (1765) was signed between: A) British and Tipu Sultan B) British and Marathas C) British and Shuja-ud-Daula & Shah Alam II D) British and Ranjit Singh

35. Who introduced the Subsidiary Alliance system? A) Lord Cornwallis B) Lord Wellesley C) Warren Hastings D) Lord Dalhousie

36. Which reformer is associated with the Prarthana Samaj? A) Keshab Chandra Sen B) Atmaram Pandurang C) Dayananda Saraswati D) Swami Vivekananda

37. Who was the founder of the Bahmani Kingdom? A) Hasan Gangu B) Alauddin Bahman Shah C) Muhammad bin Tughlaq D) Ibrahim Adil Shah

38. The Revolt of 1857 began in: A) Meerut B) Delhi C) Lucknow D) Kanpur

39. The slogan ‘Inquilab Zindabad’ was given by: A) Subhas Chandra Bose B) Bhagat Singh C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak D) Lala Lajpat Rai

40. The first Indian to pass the ICS examination was: A) Surendranath Banerjee B) Satyendranath Tagore C) Dadabhai Naoroji D) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

41. The capital of the Pallava dynasty was: A) Kanchipuram B) Madurai C) Thanjavur D) Ujjain

42. Who wrote ‘Indica’, which describes the Mauryan administration? A) Pliny B) Megasthenes C) Herodotus D) Ptolemy

43. The Lucknow Pact (1916) was signed between: A) INC and British Government B) INC and Muslim League C) INC and Home Rule League D) INC and Princely States

44. The Quit India Movement slogan ‘Do or Die’ was given by: A) Mahatma Gandhi B) Jawaharlal Nehru C) Subhas Chandra Bose D) Sardar Patel

45. Which dynasty built the famous Brihadeshwara Temple? A) Chalukya B) Chola C) Pallava D) Vijayanagara

46. Who founded the Indian Association in 1876? A) Surendranath Banerjee B) Dadabhai Naoroji C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale D) Pherozeshah Mehta

47. The Third Battle of Panipat (1761) was fought between: A) Mughals and Marathas B) Afghans and Marathas C) British and Marathas D) British and Afghans

48. Who was the first woman ruler of Delhi? A) Nur Jahan B) Razia Sultana C) Rani Durgavati D) Ahilyabai Holkar

49. The Cabinet Mission Plan came to India in: A) 1942 B) 1945 C) 1946 D) 1947

50. The Bhakti saint who preached the unity of all religions was: A) Kabir B) Mirabai C) Tulsidas D) Surdas

06/02/2026

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