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NATIONAL LEVEL ONLINE QUIZ ON INDIAN HISTORY

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The statue of Gomateshwara at Sravanabelagola was built by—

a)

Chandragupta Maurya

b)

Kharvela

c)

Amoghavarsha

d)

Chamundaraya

2.

‘Live well, as long as you live. Live well even by borrowings, for once cremated, there is no return’. The rejection of after life is an aphorism of the—

a)

Kapalika sect

b)

Sunyavada of Nagarjun

c)

Ajivikas

d)

Charvakas

3.

Which one of the following usages was a post-Vedic development ?

a)

Dharma-Artha-Kama-Moksha

b)

Brahmana-Kshatriya-Vaishya-Shudra

c)

Brahmacharya-Grihasthashrama-Vanaprastha-Sanyasa

d)

Indra-Surya-Rudra-Marut

4.

The capital of the kingdom of Maharaja Ranjit Singh was—

a)

Amritsar

b)

Patiala

c)

Lahore

d)

Kapurthala

5.

In the Gandhara sculptures the preaching mudra associated with the Buddha's First Sermon at Sarnath is—

a)

Abhaya

b)

Dhyana

c)

Dharmachakra

d)

Bhumisparsa

6.

The name of the poet Kalidas is mentioned in the—

a)

Allahabad pillar inscription

b)

Aihole inscription

c)

Alapadu grant

d)

Hanumakonda inscription

7.

Zero was invented by—

a)

Aryabhatta

b)

Varahamihira

c)

Bhaskara I

d)

An unknown Indian

8.

Which one of the following important trade centres of ancient India was on the trade route connecting Kalyana with Vengi ?

a)

Tagara

b)

Sripura

c)

Tripuri

d)

Tamralipti

9.

The first Indian ruler who joined the subsidiary Alliance was—

a)

The Nawab of Oudh

b)

The Nizam of Hyderabad

c)

Peshwa Baji Rao II

d)

The king of Travancore

10.

Vidhushaka, a common character in Sanskrit drama is invariably a—

a)

Brahmana

b)

Kshatriya

c)

Vaishya

d)

Shudra

11.

Toramana belonged to the ethnic horde of the—

a)

Scythians

b)

Hunas

c)

Yue-chis

d)

Sakas

12.

Who among the following is said to have witnessed the reigns of eight Delhi Sultans ?

a)

Ziauddin Barani

b)

Shams-i-siraj Afif

c)

Minhaj-us-siraj

d)

Amir Khusrau

13.

The first Indian ruler to organize Haj pilgrimage at the expense of the state was—

a)

Alauddin Khilji

b)

Feroz Tughlaq

c)

Akbar

d)

Aurangzeb

14.

Who among the following ladies wrote a historical account during the Mughal period ?

a)

Gulbadan Begum

b)

Noorjahan Begum

c)

Jahanara Begum

d)

Zebun-nissah Begum

15.

The first to start a joint stock company to trade with India were the—

a)

Portuguese

b)

Dutch

c)

French

d)

Danish

16.

The caves and rock-cut temples at Ellora are—

a)

Buddhist

b)

Buddhist and Jain

c)

Hindu and Jain

d)

Hindu, Buddhist and Jain

17.

The significance of the Bengal Regulation of 1793 lies in the fact that—

a)

It provided for the establishment of the Supreme court

b)

It restricted the application of English law to Englishmen only

c)

It accommodated the personal laws of Hindus and Muslims

d)

It provided for the appointment of the Indian Law Commission

18.

Which one of the following monuments has a dome which is said to be one of the largest in the world ?

a)

Tomb of Sher Shah, Sasaram

b)

Jama Masjid, Delhi

c)

Tomb of Ghiyas-ud-din Tuglaq, Delhi

d)

Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur

19.

The Mansabdari system introduced by Akbar was borrowed from the system followed in—

a)

Afghanistan

b)

Turkey

c)

Mongolia

d)

Persia

20.

Ashtapradhan was a Council of Ministers—

a)

In the Gupta administration

b)

In the Chola administration

c)

In the Vijaynagar administration

d)

In the Maratha administration

21.

The concept of Anuvrata was advocated by—

a)

Mahayana Buddhism

b)

Hinayana Buddhism

c)

Jainism

d)

The Lokayata School

22.

Which one of the following territories was not affected by the revolt of 1857 ?

a)

Jhansi

b)

Jagdishpur

c)

Lucknow

d)

Chittor

23.

Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched ?

a)

Battle of Buxar— Mir Jafar Vs Clive

b)

Battle of Wandiwash—French Vs East India Company

c)

Battle of Chelianwala—Dalhousie Vs Marathas

d)

Battle of Kharda—Nizam Vs East India Company

24.

The word ‘Hindu’ as reference to the people of Hind (India) was first used by—

a)

The Greeks

b)

The Romans

c)

The Chinese

d)

The Arabs

25.

Which among the following is a correct meaning of office of Qazi-ul-Quzat under the Mughals?

a)

Head of the Finance department

b)

Censor of Public morals

c)

Supreme Authority in Justice

d)

Incharge of charities

26.

Who was the first ruler to issue Pure Arabic coin in India?

a)

Mohammad Ghori

b)

Qutubuddin Aibak

c)

Iltutmish

d)

Razia Sultan

27.

Which of the following Sena rulers introduced Kulinism in Bengal?

a)

Hemant Sen

b)

Ballala Sen

c)

Vijay Sen

d)

Lakshman Sen

28.

The famous Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai was built during which dynasty?

a)

Pandyas

b)

Chola

c)

Chera

d)

Pallava

29.

Kabir was a disciple of which among the following saints?

a)

Ravidas

b)

Ramananda

c)

Jaydeva

d)

Sukhanada

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