WorksheetsHistory of India
Total questions: 61
Worksheet time: 43mins
The Treaty of Yandabo was held in the year?
1818
1820
1824
1826
The Treaty of Gauhati was held in the year?
1830
1833
1836
1838
Which the capital of Assam?
Guwahati
Cachar
Kokrajhar
Tezpur
Who was the founder of Buddhism?
Gautama Buddha
Mahavira
Ashoka
Chandra Gupta Maurya
There are (a) number of Spokes in Dharma Chakra.
Lord Cornwallis came to India as Governor General in (a) .
Who applied the Doctrine of Lapse to the Indian States?
Lord dalhousie
Lord Hastings
Wellesley
George Canning
Who was considered to be a Varnasankara?
Which Mughal Emperor is credited with prohibiting Sati unless the widow herself desired it?
Which of the following Vedas is the Oldest?
Rig Veda
Sama Veda
Yajur Veda
Atharva veda
Where did the British first open their factories in the Eastern part of India?
Assam
Orissa
Bihar
Sikkim
When East India Company was came into existence, England was ruled by
Hanovarians
Stuarts
Normans
None of the them
In Bengal, the headquarters of East India Company were located at
Fort St David
Fort William
Fort St George
None of them
When was Goa was captured by the Portuguese
1479 AD
1575 AD
1510 AD
1600 AD
First Governor-General of Bengal was
Robert Clive
William Bentinck
Wellesley
Warren Hastings
First Governor-General of India was
Lord Amherst
Lord William Bentinck
Sir Charles Metcalfe
Robert Clive
Sati was declared illegal and punishable by
Lord William Bentinck
Lord Ripon
Lord Canning
Lord Dalhousie
The first session of the All India Congress held in Bombay in 1920, was presided over by
J L Nehru
VV Giri
Lala Lajpat Rai
MM Joshi
Who founded Ferguson College at Pune in 1885
Decan Educational Society
Bharatiya Sewak Samaj
Samaj Sewa Sangh
Theosophical Society
First English newspaper in India
The Bengal Gazette
The Calcutta Gazette
The Bengal Journal
The Bombay Herald
Who wrote the book "Babuvivah"
Raja Rammohan Rai
Pandit Rambai
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Rabindranath Tagore
Who first translated Bhagavad Gita to English
William Jones
Charles Wilkins
Alexander Cunningham
John Marshall
The first census in India was conducted at the time of
Lord Mayo
Lord Lytton
Lord Auckland
Sir John Napier
Who was the Viceroy of India when the Rowlatt Act was Passed
Lord Irwin
Lord Reading
Lord Chelmsford
Lord Wavell
Who introduce English as official language
Lord William Bentick
Sir Charles Wood
Dalhousie
Allan Octawain Hume
When did INDIA get found?
july 17th 1948
april 19th 1947
may 15th 1947
august 15th 1947
Who gave the name "INDIA"?
Herodotus
Vasco de gama
Who was the first king of INDA?
Herodotus
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Chandragupta Maurya
who was the first governor general of INDIA?
Rajendra Prasad
Warren Hastings
Jawaharlal Nehru
Where did the name "INDIA" came fom?
the river Indus
the Mahanadi river
the Koshi River
who was the first president of INDIA?
Rajendra Prasad
Jawaharlal Nehru
when did India win the their first world cup?
july 24th 1987
june 24th 1984
June 25th 1983
In what year did INDIA get independence?
1957
1857
1946
when did India and Pakistan split?
August 1947
May 1947
September 1947
Along the banks of what river did the earliest Indian civilization begin?
Indus River
Ganges River
Yellow River
Yangtze
What is the cycle of rebirths (the process of reincarnation) called?
circle of life
wheel of life
wheel of fortune
wheel of destiny
Language of ancient India
Sanskrit
Nepalese
Persian
Aryan
Indian ruler of the Mauryan Empire who renounced war and became a convert to Buddhism.
Asoka
Siddhartha Gautama
Chandragupta Maurya
Kalidasa
TRUE or FALSE?
Hindus believe all religions to be equally true and equally false.
TRUE
FALSE
The basic tenets of Hinduism are found in the religious literature of ancient India called by what name?
Vedas
Sutras
Scrolls of Hinuism
Buddha's biography
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?
Buddhism
Hinduism
Confucianism
Taosim
The lowest class group (composed of servants and serfs) in the Indian caste system was the
Buddhists
Brahmins / Brahmans
Sudras / Shudras
Aryans
What was the city of Harappa named after?
The river
Indian god
The mountains
The first leader
who was the first ruler of the haryanka dynasty in magadha?
bimbisara
ashoka
Ajatashatru
Samudragupta
what is the egyptian civilization famous for?
architecture
wealth
culture
trade
who were the kings of magadha
samudragupta
bindusara
akbar
mahanandin
what was chanakya's other name?
(a)
who was the first ruler of the mauryan empire
ashoka
akbar
chandragupta maurya
what principle did king ashoka teached to his subjects?
ahimsa
violence
anger
discrimination
who established the gupta empire
(a)
where was alexander the great born in?
persia
rome
macedonia
india
who was the final ruler of the delhi sultanate?
(a)
who was akbar's son
(a)
Indian civilization goes back more than
(a)
How many settlements were discovered near Indus river vally?
1200
1500
1800
2500 BCE is known for
Indus valley civilization collapse
The Vedic age
Indus valley civilization at its Height
231 bce is known for
Mugal emperor rule
Asoka dies
Alexander invades India
Year of Indias independence?
(a)
Queen Victoria is proclaimed empress of India in
(a)
The Indian Mutiny happened in (a) .
Founder Of Brahmasamaj
Rabindranath Tagore
Ram MohanRoy
Debendra Nath Tagore
Annie Basant
