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MCQ on Indian History


Who among the Mughal Emperors/ Courtiers made arrangement for translation of Upanisadas into Farsi?

  • Babur
  • Akbar
  • Shah Jahan
  • Dara Sukoh
  • Correct Option: D  [ Dara Sukoh ]

    Explanation: Dara Shikoh, Shah Jahan's eldest son and brother of Aurangzeb, Under his patronage, the Upanishads were translated into Persian and collectively named Sirr-i-Akbar.

The Gupta King who destroyed Sakas was:

  • Samudra Gupta
  • Chandra Gupta-I
  • Kumara Gupta
  • Chandra Gupta-II
  • Correct Option: D  [ Chandra Gupta-II ]

    Explanation: Chandragupta II Son of Samudragupta, We know about him from inscriptions and coins. He led an expedition to western India, where he overcame the last of the Shakas. His court was full of learned people, including Kalidasa the poet, and Aryabhata the astronomer.

Which Chola king was known as "Arumolivarman" before his coronation?

  • Vira Rajendra
  • Rajaraja I
  • Kulottunga I
  • Rajaraja II
  • Correct Option: B  [ Rajaraja I ]

    Explanation: The climax in Chola power was achieved under the successor of Parantaka II, Arumolivarman, who crowned himself as "Rajaraja I" in 985 A D the next thirty years of his rule formed the formative periodof Chola imperialism.

Who enunciated his famous formula that "Swaraj" must be for the "masses" and not for the "classes" alone?

  • Motilal Nehru
  • Gandhiji
  • Subhas Chandra Bose
  • C.R. Das
  • Correct Option: D  [ C.R. Das ]

    Explanation: At the Dehradun U.P. Provincial Conference two months before Gaya, C.R. Das enunciated his famous formula that "Swaraj" must be for the "masses" and not for the "classes".

The Non-Cooperation programme was adopted in the:

  • Lahore session
  • Congress session at Nagpur
  • Gujarat Congress
  • Second Round Table Conference
  • Correct Option: B  [ Congress session at Nagpur ]

    Explanation: In The Nagpur Session of 1920 resolutions of non-cooperation were adopted.

Who ridiculed Gandhi as "seditious fakir"?

  • Winston Churchill
  • Ramsay MacDonald
  • Lord Irwin
  • Cripps
  • Correct Option: A  [ Winston Churchill ]

    Explanation:

In which of the following inscriptions we find earliest reference to "Sati"?

  • Asokan inscription of Girnar
  • Aihole inscription
  • Eran inscription
  • Damodarpur inscription
  • Correct Option: C  [ Eran inscription ]

    Explanation: The first epigraphical evidence of sati (immolation of widow) is found in an inscription at Eran, the Inscription of Bhanugupta. Eran is located on the south bank of Bina River in Madhya Pradesh.

Who was the first president of the All India Kisan Sabha?

  • Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
  • N.G. Ranga
  • Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Jaya Prakash Narayan
  • Correct Option: A  [ Swami Sahajanand Saraswati ]

    Explanation: The All-India Kisan Sabha was established at the Lucknow session of the Indian National Congress in April 1936, with Swami Sahajanand Saraswati chosen as its first President.

"Navjivan" was edited by

  • Rasbehari Basu
  • Gandhiji
  • Lala Hardayal
  • Aurobindo Ghosh
  • Correct Option: B  [ Gandhiji ]

    Explanation: M K Gandhi was the first edition of his first Gujarati newspaper "Navajivan" which was published on September 7, 1919.

Who used "Tulghumah"as a military tactic for the first time in India?

  • Alauddin Khilji
  • Muhammad bin Tughluq
  • Babur
  • Akbar
  • Correct Option: C  [ Babur ]

    Explanation: The new war tactics introduced by Babur were the tulughma and the araba. Tulughma meant dividing the whole army into various units, viz. the Left, the Right and the Centre. The Left and Right divisions were further subdivided into Forward and Rear divisions.