History Syllabus for Competitive Exams

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Here is the history syllabus for competitive exams:

Ancient India:

  • Indus Valley Civilization: Origins, major cities, social and economic organization, decline.
  • Vedic Period: Rig Veda, social and political organization, religious beliefs.
  • Rise of Magadha: Mahajanapadas, rise of Magadha, Nanda dynasty.
  • Mauryan Empire: Chandragupta Maurya, Ashoka, administration, decline.
  • Gupta Empire: Golden Age of India, art, culture, literature, science.
  • Post-Gupta Period: Regional kingdoms, Harshavardhana, decline of Buddhism.

Medieval India:

  • Delhi Sultanate: Establishment, major dynasties, administration, culture.
  • Mughal Empire: Babur, Akbar, Shah Jahan, Aurangzeb, administration, art, architecture.
  • Bhakti and Sufi Movements: Social and religious reforms.
  • Vijayanagara Empire: Rise, decline, architecture.
  • Maratha Empire: Shivaji, rise, decline.

Modern India:

  • British East India Company: Establishment, expansion, Battle of Plassey, Battle of Buxar.
  • Revolt of 1857: Causes, course, consequences.
  • Indian National Congress: Formation, early phase, moderate and extremist phases.
  • Freedom Struggle: Non-cooperation movement, Civil Disobedience Movement, Quit India Movement.
  • Partition of India: Causes, consequences.
  • Post-Independence India: Challenges and achievements.

World History:

  • Ancient Civilizations: Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome.
  • Medieval Europe: Feudalism, Crusades, Renaissance.
  • Modern Europe: French Revolution, Industrial Revolution, World Wars.
  • Cold War: Superpowers, ideological conflicts, decolonization.

Art and Culture:

  • Indian Art: Painting, sculpture, architecture, music, dance.
  • World Heritage Sites: In India and around the world.

Important Note: This is just a general overview. The specific topics and depth of coverage will vary depending on the exam. Please refer to the official syllabus of the exam you are preparing for.

Here are Some History MCQs for Competitive Exams

Who amongst the following established “Diwan-e-amirkohi” during the Delhi Sultanate?

(a) Alauddin Khalji

(b) Feroz Tughlaq

(c) Mohd. Bin Tughlaq

(d) Iltutmish

Option c – Mohd. Bin Tughlaq

The story that Alauddin Khilji invaded to secure Padmini, the queen of Rana Ratna Singh of Mewar, was vividly described by:

(a) Malik Muhammad Jayasi in his epic Padmavat

(b) Ibn-Batuta in his Rehla

(c) Amir Khusraur in Khazain ul Futuh

(d) Col. J. Todd in Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan

Option a – Malik Muhammad Jayasi in his epic Padmavat

The Sultan who raised the land revenue to fifty percent of the produce was:

(a) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq

(b) Alauddin Khalji

(c) Firoz Shah Tughlaq

(d) Balban

Option b – Alauddin Khalji

Ghazi Malik was the founder of which dynasty?

(a) Tughlaq

(b) Khalji

(c) Sayyid

(d) Lodhi

Option a – Tughlaq

Which dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate ruled for the shortest period?

(a) Khalji

(b) Tughlaq

(c) Sayyid

(d) Lodhi

Option a – Khalji

The Arabic word of al-Biruni that gave an account of the subcontinent is called

(a) Kitab-Al Hind

(b) Kitab-Al Bharat

(c) Pustak-Al-Hind

(d) Pustak-Al Bharat

Option a – Kitab-Al Hind

Which of the following is NOT correctly matched?

(a) Tabaqat-i-Nasiri Minhaj-us-Siraj Juzjani

(b) Tarikh-i-Firozshahi Shams-i-Siraj-Afif

(c) Tughlaqnama Ibn Battuta

(d) Humayunnama Gulbadan Begam

Option c – Tughlaqnama Ibn Battuta

The Partition of Bengal was revoked by

(a) 1911

(b) 1914

(c) 1917

(d) 1919

Option a – 1911

‘Give me blood, I will give you freedom’ — these words are attributed to

(a) Khudiram Bose

(b) Veer Savarkar

(c) Bhagat Singh

(d) Subhas Chandra Bose

Option d – Subhas Chandra Bose

Who said that ‘India’s soul lives in villages’?

(a) Mahatma Gandhi

(b) Jawaharlal Nehru

(c) Vinoba Bhave

(d) Jayaprakash Narayan

Option a – Mahatma Gandhi

Through which educational report did Calcutta University come into existence?

(a) Charter Act

(b) Wood’s Despatch

(c) Hunter Commission

(d) Macaulay’s Minute

Option b – Wood’s Despatch

Gandhi’s inspiration for Civil Disobedience came from the writings of

(a) Henry Kissinger

(b) David Ricardo

(c) Henry David Thoreau

(d) Bertrand Russell

Option c – Henry David Thoreau

Who was in favour of a party-less democracy?

(a) M. N. Roy

(b) Jayaprakash Narayan

(c) Bhupendra Nath Dutta

(d) Jawaharlal Nehru

Option b – Jayaprakash Narayan

Who among the following is generally regarded as the pioneer of Local Self-Government in Modern India?

(a) Curzon

(b) Lytton

(c) Ripon

(d) Mayo

Option a – Curzon

Which day was declared the ‘Direct Action Day’ by the Muslim League?

(a) 16th May 1946

(b) 16th August 1946

(c) 3rd September 1946

(d) 4th December 1946

Option b – 16th August 1946

Arya Samaj is against

(a) Islam

(b) Hinduism

(c) Idol-worship

(d) Rituals

Option c – Idol-worship

Who is called the ‘Nightingale of India’?

(a) Aruna Asaf Ali

(b) Sucheta Kriplani

(c) Sarojini Naidu

(d) Vijayalakshmi Pandit

Option c – Sarojini Naidu

Which one of the following personalities is known as the ‘Grand Old Man of India’?

(a) Lala Lajpat Rai

(b) Dadabhai Naoroji

(c) Motilal Nehru

(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Option b – Dadabhai Naoroji

The formerly princely state of Nahan is a part of which state now?

(a) Haryana

(b) Punjab

(c) Uttarakhand

(d) Himachal Pradesh

Option d – Himachal Pradesh

The Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College later became the —

(a) Baraktullah University

(b) Aligarh Muslim University

(c) Osmania University

(d) Jamia Millia Islamia

Option b – Aligarh Muslim University

For which community were seats reserved by the Morley-Minto Reforms?

(a) Muslims

(b) Sikhs

(c) Jews

(d) Christians

Option a – Muslims

The famous revolutionary song ‘Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna Ab Hamare Dil Mein Hai’ was composed by

(a) Khudiram Bose

(b) Bhagat Singh

(c) Ram Prasad Bismil

(d) Chandra Shekhar Azad

Option c – Ram Prasad Bismil

On imprisonment by the British in 1908, Bal Gangadhar Tilak was sent to

(a) Mandalay

(b) Rangoon

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(c) Singapore

(d) Andaman and Nicobar

Option a – Mandalay

Who presided over the first session of the Indian National Congress?

(a) W. C. Banerjee

(b) Badruddin Tyabji

(c) A. O. Hume

(d) Surendra Nath Banerjee

Option a – W. C. Banerjee

Who was the Congress president during 1940-46?

(a) Maulana Azad

(b) Rajendra Prasad

(c) Jawaharlal Nehru

(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Option a – Maulana Azad

The Hero of the ‘Kakori Dacoity’ case was

(a) Bhagat Singh

(b) Baraktulla

(c) Ram Prasad Bismil

(d) Batukeshwar Dutta

Option c – Ram Prasad Bismil

Who was the Governor-General of India at the time of the Revolt of 1857?

(a) Lord Lytton

(b) Lord Canning

(c) Lord Bentinck

(d) Lord Dalhousie

Option b – Lord Canning

The slogan of the Quit India Movement was given by

(a) Jawaharlal Nehru

(b) Sardar Patel

(c) Mahatma Gandhi

(d) Subhas Chandra Bose

Option c – Mahatma Gandhi

The Permanent Revenue Settlement of Bengal was introduced by

(a) Hastings

(b) Wellesley

(c) Clive

(d) Cornwallis

Option d – Cornwallis

Mahatma Gandhi was first arrested during ‘Satyagraha’ in the year

(a) 1906

(b) 1908

(c) 1913

(d) 1917

Option b – 1908

Who represented India at the second Round Table Conference?

(a) Kalpana Joshi

(b) Aruna Asaf Ali

(c) Sucheta Kriplani

(d) Sarojini Naidu

Option b – Aruna Asaf Ali

In which of the following years was 26th January celebrated as Independence Day?

(a) 1929

(b) 1930

(c) 1942

(d) 1946

Option b – 1930

‘Do or Die’ is the famous slogan given by

(a) Rajiv Gandhi

(b) Mahatma Gandhi

(c) Jawaharlal Nehru

(d) Vallabhbhai Patel

Option b – Mahatma Gandhi

Who was the advocate at the famous INA trials?

(a) C. Rajagopalachari

(b) Bhulabhai Desai

(c) Asaf Ali

(d) Subhas Chandra Bose

Option b – Bhulabhai Desai

Mahatma Gandhi began his political activities in India first from

(a) Kheda

(b) Dandi

(c) Champaran

(d) Sabarmati

Option c – Champaran

Who was the pioneer of the western system of education in India?

(a) Lala Lajpat Rai

(b) Dayanand Saraswati

(c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

(d) Surendra Nath Banerjee

Option c – Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Who gave the slogan ‘Jai Hind’?

(a) Mahatma Gandhi

(b) Jawaharlal Nehru

(c) Subhas Chandra Bose

(d) Motilal Nehru

Option c – Subhas Chandra Bose

Mangal Pandey fired the first shot of the Revolt of 1857 at

(a) Kanpur

(b) Meerut

(c) Jhansi

(d) Barrackpore

Option d – Barrackpore

Gandhiji was a staunch supporter of

(a) Big industries

(b) Cottage and small industries

(c) Both big as well as small industries

(d) None of these

Option b – Cottage and small industries

When was the railway system established in India?

(a) 1753

(b) 1853

(c) 1953

(d) 1969

Option b – 1853

Which one of the following novels was a source of inspiration for the freedom fighters in India?

(a) Rangbhoomi

(b) Anandmath

(c) Padmarg

(d) Pariksha Guru

Option b – Anandmath

Who among the following organized the ‘All India Depressed Classes Association’ in colonial India?

(a) B. R. Ambedkar

(b) M. K. Gandhi

(c) Jyotiba Phule

(d) Pandita Ramabai

Option a – B. R. Ambedkar

Who was the first Indian to qualify for the Indian Civil Services?

(a) Rabindranath Tagore

(b) Satyendranath Tagore

(c) Surendranath Banerjee

(d) Subhas Chandra Bose

Option b – Satyendranath Tagore

Who said about Mahatma Gandhi that he is a ‘half-naked fakir’?

(a) Lord Wavell

(b) Lord Mountbatten

(c) Winston Churchill

(d) Lord Linlithgow

Option c – Winston Churchill

Aurobindo was arrested in connection with

(a) Kakori Case

(b) Kolhapur Bomb Case

(c) Alipore Bomb Case

(d) Lahore Conspiracy Case

Option c – Alipore Bomb Case

The Jallianwala Bagh incident took place at

(a) Surat

(b) Amritsar

(c) Allahabad

(d) Lucknow

Option b – Amritsar

Who founded ‘The Gadar Party’ in San Francisco in the USA?

(a) Ajit Singh

(b) Lala Lajpat Rai

(c) Lala Hardayal

(d) Bipin Chandra Pal

Option c – Lala Hardayal

Who among the following were official Congress negotiators with the Cripps Mission?

(a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad and Rafi Ahmed Kidwai

(b) Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel

(c) Acharya J.B. Kriplani and C. Rajagopalachari

(d) Pandit Nehru and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

Option d – Pandit Nehru and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

In whose Viceroyalty did the White Mutiny (1883) take place?

(a) Lord Minto

(b) Lord Ripon

(c) Lord Curzon

(d) Lord Hardinge

Option b – Lord Ripon

Who is the author of a collection of poems called ‘Golden Threshold’?

(a) Annie Besant

(b) Vijayalakshmi Pandit

(c) Aruna Asaf Ali

(d) Sarojini Naidu

Option d – Sarojini Naidu

Who was regarded by Mahatma Gandhi as his political Guru?

(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

(c) Dadabhai Naoroji

(d) Pherozeshah Mehta

Option b – Gopal Krishna Gokhale

The revolutionary association ‘Abhinav Bharat’ was set up in 1905 in

(a) Uttar Pradesh

(b) West Bengal

(c) Maharashtra

(d) Odisha

Option c – Maharashtra

Who was the leader of the Champaran Indigo Movement?

(a) Birsa Munda

(b) Ram Singh

(c) Mahatma Gandhi

(d) Baba Ramchandra

Option c – Mahatma Gandhi

Who among the following started the newspaper Shome Prakash?

(a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

(b) Dayanand Saraswati

(c) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

(d) Surendranath Banerjee

Option c – Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

Who was the founder of the All India Muslim League?

(a) Aga Khan

(b) Mohammad Iqbal

(c) Syed Ahmad Khan

(d) Nawab Salimullah Khan

Option d – Nawab Salimullah Khan

Which of the following struggles of Mahatma Gandhi was related to industrial workers?

(a) Kheda Struggle

(b) Champaran Satyagraha

(c) Ahmedabad Struggle

(d) None of these

Option c – Ahmedabad Struggle

Who founded the Independence League?

(a) Lala Lajpat Rai

(b) Mahatma Gandhi

(c) Rash Behari Bose

(d) Motilal Nehru

Option d – Motilal Nehru

Who was the commander-in-chief of the INA before Subhas Chandra Bose?

(a) Capt. Mohan Singh

(b) Capt. Suraj Mal

(c) Major Fuzihara

(d) Giani Pritam Singh

Option a – Capt. Mohan Singh

When was the Non-Cooperation Movement suspended?

(a) 1920

(b) 1922

(c) 1932

(d) 1940

Option b – 1922

Who was the first Governor-General of Independent India?

(a) Warren Hastings

(b) Lord Mountbatten

(c) C. Rajagopalachari

(d) Lord Dalhousie

Option b – Lord Mountbatten

At which place in Bihar was the session of Indian National Congress of 1922 held?

(a) Patna

(b) Gaya

(c) Haripura

(d) Ramgarh

Option b – Gaya

Who was the Nationalist leader elected as Speaker of the Central Legislative Assembly in 1925?

(a) C.R. Das

(b) Motilal Nehru

(c) Vitthal Bhai Patel

(d) Vallabhbhai Patel

Option c – Vitthal Bhai Patel

Jammu and Kashmir became an integral part of India on

(a) 26th October 1947

(b) 26th October 1948

(c) 26th November 1984

(d) None of these

Option a – 26th October 1947

The theme of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee’s famous novel Anand Math is based on

(a) Sannyasi’s revolt

(b) Chunar revolt

(c) Vishnupur and Veerbhumi revolt

(d) Rangpur and Dinajpur revolt

Option a – Sannyasi’s revolt

Who was the first editor of Yugantar?

(a) Ullaskar Dutt

(b) Bipin Chandra Pal

(c) Barindra Ghosh

(d) Jatindra Nath Mukherjee

Option c – Barindra Ghosh

Who is known as ‘Lok Nayak’?

(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(b) Subhas Chandra Bose

(c) Jai Prakash Narayan

(d) Mahatma Gandhi

Option c – Jai Prakash Narayan

Who gave the slogan ‘Dilli Chalo’?

(a) G.K. Gokhale

(b) Jawaharlal Nehru

(c) Lal Bahadur Shastri

(d) Subhas Chandra Bose

Option d – Subhas Chandra Bose

The Indian National Congress was formed during the Governor-Generalship of

(a) Lord Curzon

(b) Lord Dufferin

(c) Lord Ripon

(d) Lord William Bentinck

Option b – Lord Dufferin

Who was the founder of the Indian Association?

(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(b) Surendranath Banerjee

(c) A.O. Hume

(d) Dadabhai Naoroji

Option b – Surendranath Banerjee

Who among the following called Mohammad Ali Jinnah the ‘Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim Unity’?

(a) Sarojini Naidu

(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(c) Annie Besant

(d) None of these

Option a – Sarojini Naidu

Where and when was the Ghadar Party founded?

(a) America, 1913

(b) England, 1917

(c) Denmark, 1921

(d) Scotland, 1925

Option a – America, 1913

Jai Prakash Narayan belonged to which party?

(a) Socialist

(b) Kisan Sabha

(c) Congress

(d) Raivadi

Option a – Socialist

In which of the following did Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel play a leading role?

(a) Bardoli Satyagraha

(b) Bijolia Movement

(c) Dandi March

(d) Textile Mill Workers’ Strike at Ahmedabad

Option a – Bardoli Satyagraha

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