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History of India

Total questions: 61

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Treaty of Yandabo was held in the year?

a)

1818

b)

1820

c)

1824

d)

1826

2.

The Treaty of Gauhati was held in the year?

a)

1830

b)

1833

c)

1836

d)

1838

3.

Which the capital of Assam?

a)

Guwahati

b)

Cachar

c)

Kokrajhar

d)

Tezpur

4.

Who was the founder of Buddhism?

a)

Gautama Buddha

b)

Mahavira

c)

Ashoka

d)

Chandra Gupta Maurya

5.

There are (a)   number of Spokes in Dharma Chakra.

6.

Lord Cornwallis came to India as Governor General in (a)   .

7.

Who applied the Doctrine of Lapse to the Indian States?

a)

Lord dalhousie

b)

Lord Hastings

c)

Wellesley

d)

George Canning

8.

Who was considered to be a Varnasankara?

4 lines
9.

Which Mughal Emperor is credited with prohibiting Sati unless the widow herself desired it?

4 lines
10.

Which of the following Vedas is the Oldest?

a)

Rig Veda

b)

Sama Veda

c)

Yajur Veda

d)

Atharva veda

11.

Where did the British first open their factories in the Eastern part of India?

a)

Assam

b)

Orissa

c)

Bihar

d)

Sikkim

12.

When East India Company was came into existence, England was ruled by

a)

Hanovarians

b)

Stuarts

c)

Normans

d)

None of the them

13.

In Bengal, the headquarters of East India Company were located at

a)

Fort St David

b)

Fort William

c)

Fort St George

d)

None of them

14.

When was Goa was captured by the Portuguese

a)

1479 AD

b)

1575 AD

c)

1510 AD

d)

1600 AD

15.

First Governor-General of Bengal was

a)

Robert Clive

b)

William Bentinck

c)

Wellesley

d)

Warren Hastings

16.

First Governor-General of India was

a)

Lord Amherst

b)

Lord William Bentinck

c)

Sir Charles Metcalfe

d)

Robert Clive

17.

Sati was declared illegal and punishable by

a)

Lord William Bentinck

b)

Lord Ripon

c)

Lord Canning

d)

Lord Dalhousie

18.

The first session of the All India Congress held in Bombay in 1920, was presided over by

a)

J L Nehru

b)

VV Giri

c)

Lala Lajpat Rai

d)

MM Joshi

19.

Who founded Ferguson College at Pune in 1885

a)

Decan Educational Society

b)

Bharatiya Sewak Samaj

c)

Samaj Sewa Sangh

d)

Theosophical Society

20.

First English newspaper in India

a)

The Bengal Gazette

b)

The Calcutta Gazette

c)

The Bengal Journal

d)

The Bombay Herald

21.

Who wrote the book "Babuvivah"

a)

Raja Rammohan Rai

b)

Pandit Rambai

c)

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

d)

Rabindranath Tagore

22.

Who first translated Bhagavad Gita to English

a)

William Jones

b)

Charles Wilkins

c)

Alexander Cunningham

d)

John Marshall

23.

The first census in India was conducted at the time of

a)

Lord Mayo

b)

Lord Lytton

c)

Lord Auckland

d)

Sir John Napier

24.

Who was the Viceroy of India when the Rowlatt Act was Passed

a)

Lord Irwin

b)

Lord Reading

c)

Lord Chelmsford

d)

Lord Wavell

25.

Who introduce English as official language

a)

Lord William Bentick

b)

Sir Charles Wood

c)

Dalhousie

d)

Allan Octawain Hume

26.

When did INDIA get found?

a)

july 17th 1948

b)

april 19th 1947

c)

may 15th 1947

d)

august 15th 1947

27.

Who gave the name "INDIA"?

a)

Herodotus

b)

Vasco de gama

28.

Who was the first king of INDA?

a)

Herodotus

b)

Lord Louis Mountbatten

c)

Chandragupta Maurya

29.

who was the first governor general of INDIA?

a)

Rajendra Prasad

b)

Warren Hastings

c)

Jawaharlal Nehru

30.

Where did the name "INDIA" came fom?

a)

the river Indus

b)

the Mahanadi river

c)

the Koshi River

31.

who was the first president of INDIA?

a)

Rajendra Prasad

b)

Jawaharlal Nehru

32.

when did India win the their first world cup?

a)

july 24th 1987

b)

june 24th 1984

c)

June 25th 1983

33.

In what year did INDIA get independence?

a)

1957

b)

1857

c)

1946

34.

when did India and Pakistan split?

a)

August 1947

b)

May 1947

c)

September 1947

35.

Along the banks of what river did the earliest Indian civilization begin?

a)

Indus River

b)

Ganges River

c)

Yellow River

d)

Yangtze

36.

What is the cycle of rebirths (the process of reincarnation) called?

a)

circle of life

b)

wheel of life

c)

wheel of fortune

d)

wheel of destiny

37.

Language of ancient India

a)

Sanskrit

b)

Nepalese

c)

Persian

d)

Aryan

38.

Indian ruler of the Mauryan Empire who renounced war and became a convert to Buddhism.

a)

Asoka

b)

Siddhartha Gautama

c)

Chandragupta Maurya

d)

Kalidasa

39.

TRUE or FALSE?

Hindus believe all religions to be equally true and equally false.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

40.

The basic tenets of Hinduism are found in the religious literature of ancient India called by what name?

a)

Vedas

b)

Sutras

c)

Scrolls of Hinuism

d)

Buddha's biography

41.

What religion is built on works and moral behavior and states that once a man has absolutely freed himself from his selfish cravings, he enter into "nirvana," the state of absolute peace and happiness where one loses himself into nothingness?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Confucianism

d)

Taosim

42.

The lowest class group (composed of servants and serfs) in the Indian caste system was the

a)

Buddhists

b)

Brahmins / Brahmans

c)

Sudras / Shudras

d)

Aryans

43.

What was the city of Harappa named after?

a)

The river

b)

Indian god

c)

The mountains

d)

The first leader

44.

who was the first ruler of the haryanka dynasty in magadha?

a)

bimbisara

b)

ashoka

c)

Ajatashatru

d)

Samudragupta

45.

what is the egyptian civilization famous for?

a)

architecture

b)

wealth

c)

culture

d)

trade

46.

who were the kings of magadha

a)

samudragupta

b)

bindusara

c)

akbar

d)

mahanandin

47.

what was chanakya's other name?

(a)  

48.

who was the first ruler of the mauryan empire

a)

ashoka

b)

akbar

c)

chandragupta maurya

49.

what principle did king ashoka teached to his subjects?

a)

ahimsa

b)

violence

c)

anger

d)

discrimination

50.

who established the gupta empire

(a)  

51.

where was alexander the great born in?

a)

persia

b)

rome

c)

macedonia

d)

india

52.

who was the final ruler of the delhi sultanate?

(a)  

53.

who was akbar's son

(a)  

54.

Indian civilization goes back more than

(a)  

55.

How many settlements were discovered near Indus river vally?

a)

1200

b)

1500

c)

1800

56.

2500 BCE is known for

a)

Indus valley civilization collapse

b)

The Vedic age

c)

Indus valley civilization at its Height

57.

231 bce is known for

a)

Mugal emperor rule

b)

Asoka dies

c)

Alexander invades India

58.

Year of Indias independence?

(a)  

59.

Queen Victoria is proclaimed empress of India in

(a)  

60.

The Indian Mutiny happened in (a)   .

61.

Founder Of Brahmasamaj

a)

Rabindranath Tagore

b)

Ram MohanRoy

c)

Debendra Nath Tagore

d)

Annie Basant