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South Indian History MCQ for Students
Who is said to have started what is known as the Saka era in 78 AD?
1. Nahapana
2. Rudraman I
3. Vikramaditya
4. Kanishka
Option 4 – Kanishka
The earliest stratum of the history of the Tamils is known as the :
1. Chola Age
2. Pallava Age
3. Pandyan Age
4. Sangam Age
Option 4 – Sangam Age
Which of the following is considered a classic of the Sangam literature?
1. Tirrukkural
2. Silappadikaram
3. Tolkappiyam
4. Pattupattu
Option 2 – Silappadikaram
Which Gupta king has been called ‘an Indian Napoleon’ for having brought under his Sway a considerable portion of Indian territory?
1. Chandragupta
2. Samudragupta
3. Chandragupta
4. Skandagupta
Option 2 – Samudragupta
Who of the following was the foremost astronomer and mathematician of the Gupta period?
1. Varahamihira
2. Brahmagupta
3. Vagaghata
4. Aryabhata
Option 4 – Aryabhata
Which Gupta ruler’s court was adorned by numerous scholars including Kalidasa?
1. Chandragupta
2. Chandragupta II
3. Sri Gupta
4. Samudragupta
Option 2 – Chandragupta II
Which among the following is not a work of Kali dasa?
1. Sankhya Karika
2. Ritusamhara
3. Meghduta
4. Malavik agnimitra
Option 1 – Sankhya Karika
Harsha wrote all the following except :
1. Ratnavali
2. Nagananda
3. Kadambari
4. Priyadarshika
Option 3 – Kadambari
Who among the following was a poet at Harsha’s court?
1. Harisena
2. Banabhatta
3. Bhasa
4. Dandin
Option 2 – Banabhatta
The Chinese pilgrim who visited India during Harsha’s reign was :
1. Hiuen
2. I-tsing
3. Fa-hien
4. All three
Option 1 – Hiuen
When did Christianity come to India?
1. First century AD
2. Third century AD
3. Sixth century AD
4. Seventh century AD
Option 1 – First century AD
When was zero discovered by the Indians?
1. Second century BC
2. Sixth century BC
3. Second century BC
4. Fifth century BC
Option 1 – Second century BC
The first Muslim person to conquer Indian was
1. Ghori
2. Balban
3. Md.bin Kasim
4. Babar
Option 3 – Md.bin Kasim
Which is one of the earliest examples of a residential-cum-teaching Institution?
1. Kanchi
2. Taxila
3. Vikramsil
4. Nalanda
Option 4 – Nalanda
Which book is known as the encyclopedia of Indian medicine”?
1. Charakasamhita
2. Abhidarma Hridaya
3. Sushrutasamhita
4. Ashtangahridaya samhita
Option 1 – Charakasamhita
Which king founded the Vikramasila University?
1. Dhruva
2. Devapala
3. Dharmapala
4. Bhoja
Option 3 – Dharmapala
Where was the capital of the Rashtrakutas?
1. Vatapi
2. Malwa
3. Manyakhet
4. Vengi
Option 3 – Manyakhet
Kalhana’s Rajatarangini is a work on the history of :
1. Malwa
2. Gujarat
3. Kashmir
4. Vijayanagar
Option 3 – Kashmir
What was the main feature of Dravida style of temple architecture?
1. Mandapa
2. Gopuram
3. Vimana
4. Shikhara
Option 3 – Vimana
Kautilya’s Arthasastra has been compared to :
1. Karl Marx’s Das Kapital
2. Machiavelli’s Prince
3. Plato’s Dialogues
4. Hitler’s Mein Kampf
Option 2 – Machiavelli’s Prince
In his inscriptions Ashoka calls himself :
1. Priyadarshini
2. Dhammasoka
3. Daivaputra
4. Devanampriya Priyadarsin
Option 4 – Devanampriya Priyadarsin
Kautilya’s Arthasastra deals with :
1. Principles and practice of statecraft
2. Economic relations
3. Functions of the king
4. Foreign policy
Option 1 – Principles and practice of statecraft
Megasthenes visited India during the reign of :
1. Ashoka
2. Bindusara
3. Chandragupta II
4. Chandragupta Maurya
Option 4 – Chandragupta Maurya
Milinda-panho is the Pali work in the form of a dialogue between Menander and the Buddhist monk :
1. Nagabhushan
2. Nagasena
3. Asvaghosha
4. Ananda
Option 2 – Nagasena
Which implication was taken in the Lucknow Session of Congress in 1916?
(a) Separate electorate demand of the Muslim League was accepted.
(b) A temporary merger of the Muslim League and Congress occurred.
(c) A Muslim person was elected as President of Congress.
(d) None of the above
Option a – Separate electorate demand of the Muslim League was accepted
Who launched the first Home Rule League Movement?
(a) Annie Besant
(b) Sarojini Naidu
(c) Surendranath Banerjee
(d) Tilak
Option a – Annie Besant
Annie Besant formed the Home Rule League in India based on the pattern of the Home Rule Movement in
(a) Ireland
(b) Scotland
(c) England
(d) Eastern Europe
Option a – Ireland
Annie Besant is mostly associated with
(a) Civil Disobedience Movement
(b) Home Rule Movement
(c) Khilafat Movement
(d) Non-Co-operation Movement
Option b – Home Rule Movement
Who amongst the following continuously emphasized giving self-rule to India in 1904, 1905, and 1906?
(a) Surendranath Banerjee
(b) Pherozeshah Mehta
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji
Option c – Bal Gangadhar Tilak
The Home Rule Leagues were started in 1915-16 under the leadership of
(a) Tilak and Annie Besant
(b) Tilak and Aurobindo Ghosh
(c) Tilak and Lajpat Rai
(d) Tilak and Vipin Chandra Pal
Option a – Tilak and Annie Besant
(a) Odisha
(b) Bengal
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Maharashtra
Option d – Maharashtra
Who among the following started the ‘Mitra Mela’ union?
(a) Shyamji Krishna Verma
(b) VD Savarkar
(c) Lala Hardayal
(d) Sohan Singh Bhakana
Option b – VD Savarkar
The Anushilan Samiti was
(a) dedicated to the upliftment of women.
(b) promoting widow remarriage.
(c) interested in labor welfare.
(d) a revolutionary organization.
Option d – a revolutionary organization
The first indication of the revolutionary movement in India was seen in
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Bengal
(c) Punjab
(d) Rajasthan
Option b – Bengal
(a) Bhagat Singh
(b) Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
(c) Barindar Kumar Ghosh
(d) Pulin Bihari
Option b – Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Who founded Anushilan Samiti of Dacca?
(a) Prafulla Chaki
(b) Pulin Das
(c) SN Sanyal
(d) Jatindra Nath Mukherjee
Option b – Pulin Das
Who established a branch of Anushilan Samiti at Patna in 1913?
(a) Rewati Nag
(b) Yadunath Sarkar
(c) Sachindra Nath Sanyal
(d) Mazharul Haque
Option c – Sachindra Nath Sanyal
The Barrah dacoity was the first major venture of the revolutionary terrorists of the freedom movement in
(a) Bombay-Karnataka
(b) Punjab
(c) East Bengal
(d) The Madras Presidency
Option c – East Bengal
When did the attempt of Murder of Kingsford was made at Muzaffarpur?
(a) 1908
(b) 1909
(c) 1907
(d) 1911
Option a – 1908
Which two revolutionaries were involved in the Muzaffarpur Murder (1908)?
(a) Binoy Bose, Badal Gupta
(b) Surya Sen, Loknath Bal
(c) Damodar and Balkrishna Chapekar
(d) Prafulla Chaki, Khudiram Bose
Option d – Prafulla Chaki, Khudiram Bose
Muzaffarpur Bomb Case (1908) is associated with
(a) Savarkar
(b) Ajit Singh
(c) Prafulla Chaki
(d) Bipin Chandra Pal
Option c – Prafulla Chaki
Who had founded the Anushilan Samiti?
(a) Pramath Nath Mitra
(b) Varindra Ghosh
(c) V D Savarkar
(d) Narendra Gosain
Option a – Pramath Nath Mitra
Activities of Barindra Kumar Ghosh had given birth to a secret revolutionary organization named as
(a) Anushilan Samiti
(b) Swadeshi Bandhawa Samiti
(c) Brati Samiti
(d) Sadhawa Samaj
Option a – Anushilan Samiti
Barindra Ghosh was associated with
(a) Anushilan Samiti
(b) Sadhawa Samiti
(c) Abhinav Bharat
(d) Swadesh Bandhawa Samiti
Option a – Anushilan Samiti
Who defended Aurobindo Ghosh in the ‘Alipore Bomb Case’?
(a) WC Bonerjee
(b) Surendranath Banerjee
(c) Bipin Chandra Pal
(d) Chittaranjan Das
Option d – Chittaranjan Das
Who led the attack on the European Club at Pahartali in Chittagong?
(a) Pritilata Waddedar
(b) Surya Sen
(c) Anant Singh
(d) Loknath Bal
Option a – Pritilata Waddedar
The most important external event that greatly influenced the course of the Indian National Movement during the early twentieth century was
(a) the Russian Revolution, in 1917.
(b) the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-05.
(c) the outbreak of the First World War, in 1914.
(d) Boer War, 1899.
Option b – the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-05
Who founded Swadesh Bandhaw Samiti?
(a) Pulin Das
(b) Surya Sen
(c) Barindra Ghosh
(d) Ashwin Kumar Dutt
Option d – Ashwin Kumar Dutt
Where and when was the Ghadar Party founded?
(a) America, 1913
(b) England, 1917
(c) Denmark, 1921
(d) Scotland, 1925
Option a – America, 1913
Who among the following founded the ‘Ghadar Party’?
(a) VD Savarkar
(b) Rash Behari Ghosh
(c) Madan Lal Dhingra
(d) Lala Hardayal
Option d – Lala Hardayal
Shyamji Krishna Verma established the Indian Home Rule Society in
(a) London
(b) Paris
(c) Berlin
(d) San Francisco
Option a – London
The ‘Indian Home Rule Society’ was founded in
(a) 1900 AD
(b) 1901 AD
(c) 1902 AD
(d) 1905 AD
Option d – 1905 AD
Who was the founder of the ‘Indian House’ in London?
(a) Shyamji Krishna Verma
(b) Rash Behari Bose
(c) Ramchandra
(d) Taraknath Das
Option a – Shyamji Krishna Verma
What was the cause of the outbreak of the Ghadar Revolution?
(a) Arresting of Lala Hardayal.
(b) Kamagata Maru incident.
(c) Beginning of the First World War.
(d) Hanging of Kartar Singh Sarabha.
Option b – Kamagata Maru incident
What was Kamagata Maru?
(a) A political party based in Taiwan.
(b) Peasant Communist leader of China.
(c) A naval ship on a voyage to Canada.
(d) A Chinese village where Mao Tse Tung began his long march.
Option c – A naval ship on a voyage to Canada
Who among the following established a Republican Government abroad?
(a) Raja Mahendra Pratap
(b) Subhash Chandra Bose
(c) Ras Behari Bose
(d) None of the above
Option a – Raja Mahendra Pratap
A provisional Government of India with Raja Mahendra Pratap as its President was established during the First World War in?
(a) Afghanistan
(b) Germany
(c) Singapore
(d) Turkey
Option a – Afghanistan
The Silk Letter Conspiracy (1916) was organized by
(a) Obaidullah Sindhi and Maulana Barakatulla.
(b) Maulana Abdul Ban and Maulana Muhammad Ali.
(c) Obaidullah Sindhi and Maulana Mahmud Hasan.
(d) Raja Mahendra Pratap and John Henting.
Option c – Obaidullah Sindhi and Maulana Mahmud Hasan
What is the meaning of ‘Ghadar’?
(a) Revolt
(b) Independence
(c) Swaraj
(d) Liberation
Option a – Revolt
The Ghadar was a
(a) revolutionary association of Indians with Headquarters in San Francisco.
(b) Nationalist organization operating from Singapore.
(c) Militant organization with Headquarters in Berlin
(d) Communist Movement for India’s Freedom with Headquarters at Tashkent.
Option a – revolutionary association of Indians with Headquarters in San Francisco
Who amongst the following was the first Chairman of the Ghadar party?
(a) Lala Hardayal
(b) Sohan Singh Bhakna
(c) Pandit Kashi Ram
(d) Kesar Singh
Option b – Sohan Singh Bhakna
Who is regarded as the Mother of the Indian Revolution?
(a) Annie Besant
(b) Snehlata Wadekar
(c) Sarojini Naidu
(d) Madam Bhikhaiji Rustam Cama
Option d – Madam Bhikhaiji Rustam Cama
Among the following women who were the first to unfurl the Indian tricolor?
(a) Aruna Asaf Ali
(b) Bhikaiji Cama
(c) Durga Bhabhi
(d) Kamla Devi Chattopadhyay
Option b – Bhikaiji Cama
Where did Madam Cama hoist the first tricolor in 1907?
(a) London
(b) Paris
(c) Moscow
(d) Stuttgart
Option d – Stuttgart
Which of the following pairs got sentenced to be hanged for the assassination of the British officers in England?
(a) Rajguru and Sukhdev
(b) Khudiram Bose and Surya Sen
(c) Madan Lal Dhingra and Udham Singh
(d) Kartar Singh Sarabha and Ashfaqulla Khan
Option c – Madan Lal Dhingra and Udham Singh
What was common among Bhikaiji Cama, M Barkatulla, VVS Lyer, and MN Roy?
(a) All of them were leading members of the International Communist Movement.
(b) M Barkatulla was the Prime Minister and the rest were Ministers in the Provisional Government of free India established by a group of revolutionaries at Kabul.
(c) All of them were among the prominent revolutionaries outside India operating in different countries during the freedom movement.
(d) All of them were accused in the case relating to the throwing of the bomb on Lord Hardinge.
Option c – All of them were among the prominent revolutionaries outside India operating in different countries during the freedom movement
Who had established the ‘Indian Independence League’?
(a) Motilal Nehru
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Rash Behari Bose
(d) Lala Lajpat Rai
Option c – Rash Behari Bose
Who was the first Indian to be elected to the British Parliament?
(a) Ras Behari Bose
(b) Surendranath Banarjee
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji
(d) Vithalbhai Patel
Option c – Dadabhai Naoroji
Which one of the following statements is not correct about Dadabhai Naoroji?
(a) He wrote a book ‘Poverty and Un-British Rule in India.
(b) He worked as a Professor of Gujarati at the University College, London.
(c) He laid the foundation of Women’s Education in Bombay.
(d) He was elected as a Member of the British Parliament on the ticket of the conservative party.
Option d – He was elected as a Member of British Parliament on the ticket of the conservative party
The first leader to use the word ‘Swaraj’ was
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Lala Lajpat Rai
(c) SC Bose
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
Option a – Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Congress passed the ‘Swaraj’ resolution in the year 1905. The purpose of the resolution was
(a) the right to make a constitution for themselves but it was not done.
(b) to secure self-rule.
(c) responsible government.
(d) self-government
Option b – to secure self-rule
Swaraj as a national demand was first made by
(a) BG Tilak
(b) CR Das
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
Option c – Dadabhai Naoroji
In which of the following sessions of the Indian National Congress, the word ‘Swaraj’ was uttered for the first time?
(a) Banaras Session, 1905
(b) Calcutta Session, 1906
(c) Surat Session, 1907
(d) None of the above
Option b – Calcutta Session, 1906
Dadabhai Naoroji was formally known as
(a) Punjab Kesari
(b) Gujarat Ratna
(c) Guru Dev
(d) Grand old man of India
Option d – Grand old man of India
Gopal Krishna Gokhale presided over the session of Congress in
(a) 1902
(b) 1905
(c) 1906
(d) 1909
Option b – 1905
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