INDIAN HISTORY

            INDIAN HISTORY QUESTIONS

This article provides some important questions about Indian History.All these questions are important for preparing any competitive examination.

1. Who was the first Mughal Emperor of India?

Ans: Babur.

2. Who built Taj Mahal?

Ans: Shahjahan.

3. Who was Shivaji's mother?

Ans: Jeejabai.

4. Who was Gandhiji 's mother?

Ans: Puthli Bai.

5. Who was the political teacher of Shivaji?

Ans: Dadoji Konddev.

6. Who founded Din - i - Illahi?

Ans: Akbar.

7. Who completed the construction of Qutub Minar in Delhi?

Ans: Ala - ud- din.

8. In which year Rabindranath Tagore was born?

Ans: In 1861 AD.

9. In which year the city of Calcutta founded?

Ans: In 1690 AD.

10. Who was the first Tamil hero who fought against the British?

Ans: Veerapandya Kattabomman.

11. Name the famous horse of Rana Pratap.

Ans: Chetak .

12. Who wrote " Harsha Charit"?

Ans: Banabhatta 

13. What was the earlier name of Agra.

Ans: Akbarabad.

14. What was the earlier name of Bihar?

Ans: Magadha.

15. Who established the city of Ahmedabad?

Ans: Ahmed Shah I .

16. In which year Akbar died?

Ans: In 1605 AD.

17. What was the original name of Nurjahan?

Ans: Mehrunisa.

18. In which year Babar died?

Ans: In 1530 AD.

19. During whose reign Fahien visited to India?

Ans: Chandragupta II.

20. In which year the Rowlatt Act passed?

Ans: In 1919 AD.

21. Who succeeded Bimbisara to the throne of Magadha?

Ans: Ajatshatru.

22. Which dynasty succeeded the dynasty of Bimbisara?

Ans: The Shishunagas.

23. Which city in ancient India was famous for its textile industry?

Ans: Mathura.

24. What was the Buddhist temple known as?

Ans: Chaitya.

25. What was the Buddhist monastery known as?

Ans: Vihara.

26.Name the two Buddhist centres located in present day Andhra Pradesh.

Ans: Nagarjunakonda and Amaravati.

27. What was the image on the royal seal of the Guptas?

Ans: Garuda.

28. Who was the author of the play ' Mrichchhakatikam '?

Ans: Shudraka .

29. Which Empire rose on the ruins of the empire of the Pallavas of Kanchi?

Ans: The Chola Empire.

30. In which book would we find the famous Gayatri mantra?

Ans: Rigveda.

31. Who invented the decimal place value system?

Ans: Aryabhatta.

32. Where is Ghazni?

Ans: Modern day Afghanistan.

33. What was the name of the famous tract of land that lay between the Saraswati and the Drishadvati?

Ans: Kurukshetra.

34. Who installed a chain of bells outside his palace gate?

Ans: Jahangir.

35. Where did the English set up their first factory?

Ans: Surat 

36. Who fought the second battle of Panipat?

Ans: Akbar and Hemu.

37. Who wrote Lilavati?

Ans: Bhaskaracharya.

38. At what age did Akbar ascend the throne?

Ans: At the age of thirteen.

39. From whom did the Portuguese capture Goa?

Ans: Sultan of Bijapur.

40. Which Mughal port city did Shivaji attack in 1664 ?

Ans: Surat.

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