1000+ Indian History MCQ for RRB ALP [Solved]

1. The Turko-Afghan rule in India lasted for about ?
A. two centuries
B. three centuries
C. four centuries
D. five centuries
Answer : B

2. Who is consider as the chief architect of Tajmahal ?
A. Makramat Khan
B. Mohamad Khan
C. Ahmad Lahauri
D. Ahmad Khan
Answer : C

3. The Shisunaga Dynasty was overthrown by
A. Bimisara
B. Ajatashatru
C. Mahapadma
D. Chandragupta Maurya
Answer : C

4. Who is the author of "Raqqat-e-Alamgiri" ?
A. Ishwar Das
B. Aurangzeb
C. Dara Shikhon
D. Mulla Daud
Answer : B

5. Which veda is important for Indian Music ?
A. Sama Veda
B. Yajur veda
C. Atharva Veda
D. Rig Veda
Answer : A

6. Swami Vivekananda attended the "Parliament of the World's Religions" in America in the year?
A. 1893
B. 1895
C. 1897
D. 1899
Answer : A

7. The French Revolution took place in the year
A. 1786
B. 1787
C. 1788
D. 1789
Answer : D

8. Battle of Buxar was fought in ?
A. 1762
B. 1764
C. 1768
D. 1772
Answer : B

9. Malik Kafur was General of ?
A. Firoz Shah Tughluq
B. Chandragupta Maurya
C. Bimisara
D. Ala-ud-din khilji
Answer : D

10. Who is the writer of "Kitab-fi-Tahqiq" ?
A. Firoz Shah
B. Alberuni
C. Firozabadi
D. Isami
Answer : B

11. Which of the following was the court language during the reign of Akbar ?
A. Hindi
B. Urdu
C. Persian
D. Arabic
Answer : C

12. Maharaja Ranjit Singh died in ?
A. 1839
B. 1840
C. 1841
D. 1842
Answer : A

13. In which year Swaraj Party formed ?
A. 1920
B. 1921
C. 1922
D. 1923
Answer : C

14. Who was last Governor General of free India ?
A. Mountbatten
B. Linlithgow
C. Willingdon
D. C. Rajagopalachari
Answer : D

15. Who is known as father of Local Self-government ?
A. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B. Sardar Patel
C. Lord Ripon
D. Nagarjuna
Answer : C

16. All India Harijan Sangha established in ?
A. 1930
B. 1931
C. 1932
D. 1933
Answer : C

17. Bimbisara was the ruler of ?
A. Magadh
B. Kamboja
C. Avadh
D. Gandhara
Answer : A

18. Sunga Dynasty was from
A. 178 BC - 73 BC
B. 180 BC - 73 BC
C. 182 BC - 73 BC
D. 185 BC - 73 BC
Answer : D

19. Who built the Ibadatkhana at Fatehpur Sikri ?
A. Jahangir
B. Akbar
C. Auranangzeb
D. Shahjahan
Answer : B

20. To which king belongs the Lion capital at Sarnath?
A. Ashoka
B. Harsha
C. Kanishka
D. Chandragupta
Answer : A

21. Tipu Sultan was son of ?
A. Sirajuddaula
B. Mir Jafar
C. Mir Qasim
D. Haidar Ali
Answer : D

22. In which year Nadir Shah felt India ?
A. 1939
B. 1940
C. 1941
D. 1942
Answer : A

23. Which one of the following began with the Dandi March ?
A. Home rule Movement
B. Non-Cooperation Movement
C. Civil disobedience Movement
D. Quit India Movement
Answer : C

24. Azad Hind was created with the assistance of
A. USA
B. Russia
C. Japan
D. China
Answer : C

25. Who of the following Prime Ministers sent Cripps Mission to India ?
A. James Ramsay MacDonald
B. Stanley Baldwin
C. Neville Chamberlain
D. Winston Churchill
Answer : D

26. First battle of Panipat was fought between ?
A. Babur and Lodi
B. Akbar and Hemu
C. Mughal and British
D. Akbar and Lodi
Answer : A

27. When Humayun was succeeded by Akbar, he was
A. 13 years old
B. 14 years old
C. 15 years old
D. 16 years old
Answer : A

28. Ustad Mansur was a famous painter in the region of ?
A. Shajahan
B. Akbar
C. Humayun
D. Jahangir
Answer : D

29. Which was capital of Harshavardhana ?
A. Kanheri
B. Kusinagar
C. Belur
D. Kannauj
Answer : D

30. Which two Indus sites found in Afghanistan ?
A. Lothal and Daimabad
B. Shatughai and Dainabad
C. Shatughai and Mundigaq
D. Mundigaq and Daimabad
Answer : C

31. Satavahava Dynasty was from
A. 56 BC - 220 AD
B. 60 BC - 225 AD
C. 65 BC - 230 AD
D. 70 BC - 235 AD
Answer : B

32. To which king belongs the Lion capitol at Sarnath?
A. Chandragupta
B. Kanishka
C. Ashoka
D. Harsha
Answer : C

33. Which one the following kingdoms was founded by Raja Odeyar ?
A. Tanjore
B. Jinji
C. Mysore
D. Madura
Answer : C

34. Pulakesin II was the most famous ruler of ?
A. Chalukyas
B. Cholas
C. Pallavas
D. Satavahanas
Answer : A

35. Who was private secretary of Mahatma Gandhi ?
A. Gopal Krishan Gokhlae
B. Raj Kumar Shukla
C. Mahadev Desia
D. Nathu Ram Godse
Answer : C

36. Which was the ancient port of Indus Civilization ?
A. Harappa
B. Lothal
C. Dholavira
D. Surkotada
Answer : B

37. Mahajanapada Period was from ?
A. 700 BC to 375 BC
B. 650 BC to 350 BC
C. 625 BC to 350 BC
D. 600 BC to 325 BC
Answer : D

38. With whose permission did the English set up their first factory in Surat?
A. Akbar
B. Jahangir
C. Shahjahan
D. Aurangzeb
Answer : B

39. Who was the founder of dynasty "The Vakatakas" ?
A. Yajnavarman
B. Simhavarman
C. Vindhyashakti
D. Kodungon
Answer : C

40. What was the time period of Indus Civilization / Harappan Civilization?
A. 2400 BC - 1700 BC
B. 2400 BC - 1750 BC
C. 2500 BC - 1700 BC
D. 2500 BC - 1750 BC
Answer : D

41. Muhammad Ghori ascended the throne of Ghazni in the year
A. 1073
B. 1173
C. 1273
D. 1373
Answer : B

42. Maurya Period was from ?
A. 320 BC - 185 BC
B. 322 BC - 185 BC
C. 315 BC - 185 BC
D. 310 BC - 185 BC
Answer : B

43. Who was the founder of Madras ?
A. Francis Day
B. Lord Dalhousie
C. Sir John Child
D. Robert Clive
Answer : A

44. First Governor- General of India
A. Robert Clive
B. Sir Charles Metcalfe
C. William Bentinck
D. Warren Hastings
Answer : C

45. Dandi March stated on ?
A. March 10, 1930
B. March 12, 1930
C. March 10, 1931
D. March 12, 1931
Answer : B

46. When did Vasco-da-Gama come to India ?
A. 1492
B. 1494
C. 1496
D. 1498
Answer : D

47. Where Buddha delivered his first sermon ?
A. Khusinagar
B. Palitana
C. Mithila
D. Sarnath
Answer : D

48. Simon Commission was appointed by the British government in which year ?
A. September 1928
B. November 1928
C. September 1927
D. November 1927
Answer : D

49. Chandragupta dethroned the last Nanda ruler, His name was ?
A. Dhananand
B. Gyananand
C. Bikhanand
D. Rehonand
Answer : A

50. What is meaning of Mati Jnana in Jainism ?
A. Perception through activity of sense organs.
B. Knowledge revealed by scriptures.
C. Clairvoyant perception.
D. Telepathic knowledge.
Answer : A