Indian History Questions Answers

21. Who established the Lodi Dynasty in India?

• A) Ibrahim Lodhi
• B) Sikandar Lodhi
• C) Bahlol Lodhi
• D) Not listed above

22. In which year did the Partition of Bengal occur?

• A) 1898
• B) 1905
• C) 1900
• D) 1907

23. In which year did Annie Besant become the President of the Indian National Congress?

• A) 1912
• B) 1917
• C) 1920
• D) 1921

24. Which Indus Valley Civilization site featured a dockyard?

• A) Mehrgarh
• B) Lothal
• C) Mohenjo-daro
• D) Harappa

25. Who fought in the Third Battle of Panipat?

• A) Marathas and Ahmad Shah Abdali
• B) Mughals and Sikhs
• C) British and Marathas
• D) Rajputs and Mughals

26. Who is referred to as the 'Napoleon of India'?

• A) Samudragupta
• B) Chandragupta I
• C) Ramagupta
• D) Vikramaditya

27. Which city served as the summer capital of British India before Shimla?

• A) Ooty
• B) Kannur
• C) Darjeeling
• D) Murree

28. 'Gadadhar Chattopadhyay' was the original name of which spiritual leader?

• A) Swami Vivekananda
• B) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
• C) Rabindranath Tagore
• D) Sri Aurobindo

29. Who first referred to the 1857 revolt as the 'First War of Indian Independence'?

• A) VD Savarkar
• B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
• C) Mahatma Gandhi
• D) Motilal Nehru

30. Which was the first Indian state to accept the Subsidiary Alliance introduced by the British?

• A) Mysore
• B) Awadh
• C) Hyderabad
• D) Maratha Confederacy