Free MCQs & Online Quiz Practice for Exams

Q: Syed Ahmad Shaheed was martyred in the battle of:

A) Balakot

B) Panipat

C) Plassey

D) Sirhind

Q: Dar-ul-Uloom Deoband was founded in:

A) 1857

B) 1880

C) 1901

D) 1866

Q: Aligarh Movement was launched by:

A) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

B) Iqbal

C) Jinnah

D) Maulana Shibli

Q: The ancient university of Taxila was famous for:

A) Medicine

B) Philosophy

C) Military training

D) All of these

Q: Takshashila (Taxila) was a center of learning during the:

A) Mauryan period

B) Delhi Sultanate

C) Mughal period

D) British Raj

Q: Ashoka embraced Buddhism after the Battle of:

A) Plassey

B) Panipat

C) Kalinga

D) Hydaspes

Q: Chandragupta Maurya was the founder of:

A) Gupta Empire

B) Mauryan Empire

C) Mughal Empire

D) Delhi Sultanate

Q: The Indus Valley Civilization flourished mainly in:

A) Punjab & Sindh

B) Bengal

C) Deccan

D) Kashmir

Q: Mohenjo-Daro is located in present-day:

A) India

B) Bangladesh

C) Afghanistan

D) Pakistan

Q: The script of the Indus Valley Civilization is:

A) Fully deciphered

B) Partially deciphered

C) Not deciphered

D) Written in Sanskrit

Q: The Aryans originally came from:

A) Central Asia

B) Iran

C) Arabia

D) Africa

Q: The oldest sacred texts of the Aryans are the:

A) Upanishads

B) Arthashastra

C) Ramayana

D) Vedas

Q: The founder of the Gupta Empire was:

A) Ashoka

B) Chandragupta I

C) Samudragupta

D) Harsha

Q: The Gupta period is known as the:

A) Golden Age of India

B) Bronze Age

C) Iron Age

D) Age of Reform

Q: The famous university of Nalanda was destroyed by:

A) Lodhis

B) Mughals

C) Ghaznavids

D) Bakhtiyar Khilji

Q: The first Muslim to enter Sindh was:

A) Mahmud Ghaznavi

B) Muhammad bin Qasim

C) Ghauri

D) Tamerlane

Q: The last ruler of the Mauryan dynasty was:

A) Chandragupta

B) Bindusara

C) Ashoka

D) Brihadratha

Q: The original capital of Chandragupta Maurya was:

A) Pataliputra

B) Taxila

C) Kannauj

D) Delhi

Q: Which river was the center of the Indus Valley Civilization?

A) Ganges

B) Yamuna

C) Indus

D) Krishna

Q: The term ‘Arya’ means:

A) Enemy

B) Noble

C) Warrior

D) Priest