Free MCQs & Online Quiz Practice for Exams

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

Q: The Rigveda was composed in:

A) Sanskrit

B) Prakrit

C) Pali

D) Persian

Q: The Grand Trunk Road originally linked Bengal with:

A) Multan

B) Lahore

C) Kabul

D) Peshawar

Q: The Delhi Sultanate was founded by:

A) Qutbuddin Aibak

B) Iltutmish

C) Balban

D) Alauddin

Q: Which Sultan completed the Qutub Minar?

A) Alauddin Khilji

B) Iltutmish

C) Balban

D) Tughlaq

Q: Who introduced the market control reforms?

A) Iltutmish

B) Balban

C) Qutbuddin

D) Alauddin Khilji

Q: The famous traveler Ibn Battuta visited India during the reign of:

A) Akbar

B) Tughlaq

C) Alauddin

D) Sher Shah

Q: The Bahmani Kingdom was established in:

A) Deccan

B) Delhi

C) Punjab

D) Bengal

Q: The Red Fort of Delhi was built by:

A) Akbar

B) Humayun

C) Shah Jahan

D) Aurangzeb

Q: The Mughal emperor who compiled the ‘Ain-e-Akbari’ was:

A) Bairam Khan

B) Abu'l Fazl

C) Akbar

D) Jahangir

Q: The first Sikh Guru was:

A) Guru Gobind Singh

B) Guru Arjan

C) Guru Amar Das

D) Guru Nanak

Q: The Sikh Khalsa was created by:

A) Guru Nanak

B) Guru Arjan

C) Guru Gobind Singh

D) Guru Teg Bahadur