India Multiple Choice Question Answers

Question: In which year was India's capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi?1) 19352) 19003) 19114) 1929

Question: Where was India's first civilization settled?1) Deccan2) Indus Valley3) Ganges Plain4) Kashmir

Question: Who defeated the Marathas in the third battle of Panipat?1) The British2) The Afghans3) The Mughals4) The Rajputs

Question: Who completed the construction of Qutb Minar at Delhi?1) Babur2) Qutb-ud-din Aibak3) Iltutmish4) Humayun

Question: Who was the first Mughal emperor of India?1) Ibrahim Lodhi2) Sher Shah3) Akbar4) Babar

Question: Who built the Taj Mahal in India?1) Akbar2) Jahangir3) Shah Jahan4) Aurangzeb

Question: When did India achieve Independence?1) September15,19402) January 26, 19503) August 15,19474) August 20,1949

Question: Who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913?1) Debendranath Tagore2) Rabindranath Tagore3) Mohammad Iqbal4) Mirza Galib

Question: Who was the first royal convert to Buddhism?1) Chandragupta Maurya2) Ashoka

3) Ajatashatru4) Akbar

Question: During the reign of which emperor is the poet Kalidasa accepted to have lived?1) Bimbisara2) Akbar3) Chandragupta Vikramaditya4) Ashoka

Question: During the 1857 mutiny who was the queen of Jhansi's trusted general?1) Hyder Ali2) Tantia Tope3) Bhagat Singh4) Chandrasekhar Azad

Question: Who, in collaboration with the Japanese, started the 'Indian National Army', in the hope of expelling the British from India?1) Gandhi2) Tantia Tope3) Bhagat Singh4) Subhash Chandra Bose

Question: The daughter of what general of Alexander's army married Chandragupta Maurya?1) Seleukos Nikator2) Diomedes3) Ptolemaius4) Clitus

Question: What king was the first to use rockets in warfare?1) Hyder Ali2) Shah Jahan3) Jehangir4) Tipu Sultan

Question: The Brihadeeswara temple at Tanjore was built by an emperor of what dynasty?1) Chola2) Mughal3) Chera4) Pandya

Question: What ruler is referred to as the 'Mad Monarch'?1) Mohammad bin Tughlaq2) Ashoka3) Akbar4) Hyder Ali

Question: What theory of ancient Indian history has recently been disproved?1) Gypsy migration theory2) Aryan invasion theory3) Theory of origin of Vedas4) None of the above

Question: What age in Indian History is referred to as the 'Golden Age'?

1) Ancient2) Maurya3) Gupta4) Mughal

Question: Everyone knows 'The Taj Mahal'. It was built by the Emperor Shah Jahan, but for whom?1) Jahani Mahal2) Farida Mahal3) Mumtaz Mahal4) Toba Begum

Question: In which Indian state is the Sun Temple of Konark located?1) Tamil Nadu2) Orissa3) West Bengal4) Assam