Indian History MCQ
1. Out of the below, who were the first to enter India for trade?
- A) Dutch
- B) Portuguese
- C) English
- D) French
Answer: Portuguese
2. Which Indian philosopher wrote the book “Satyarth Prakash”?
- A) Jyotirao Phule
- B) Dayananda Saraswati
- C) Swami Shraddhanand
- D) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Answer: Dayananda Saraswati
3. Who founded the East India Association in London?
- A) Badruddin Tyabji
- B) Bipin Chandra Pal
- C) Dadabhai Naoroji
- D) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
4. Who among the following is not associated with the Bhakti Movement
- A) Kabir
- B) Nanak
- C) Daswant
- D) Tukaram
Answer: Daswant
5. Who had renamed the famous diamond 'Syamantaka-mani' as 'Koh-i-Noor'
- A) Ahmad Shah Durrani
- B) Nadir Shah
- C) Sultan Mahmud
- D) Timur Shah Durrani
Answer: Nadir Shah
6. Who is the founder of Hindu College in Calcutta which is presently known as Presidency University
- A) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
- B) Dwarkanath Tagore
- C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
- D) Debendranath Tagore
Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
7. Who among the following was not a member of the Cabinet Mission
- A) Pethick Lawrence
- B) Stafford Cripps
- C) AV Alexander
- D) John Simon
Answer: John Simon
8. The city of Agra was founded in 1504 by
- A) Akbar
- B) Sikandar Lodi
- C) Shah Jahan
- D) Ibrahim Lodi
Answer: Sikandar Lodi
9. The Asiatic Society was established in Calcutta by
- A) Warren Hastings
- B) Sir William Jones
- C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
- D) TB Macaulay
Answer: Sir William Jones
10. The Vijay Stambha at Chittor was constructed by
- A) Rana Kumbha
- B) Maharana Pratap
- C) Prithvi Raj Chauhan
- D) Rana Sanga
Answer: Rana Kumbha