Indian History Quiz

 

1. Rail transport was first introduced in India by which empire?

A) British Empire
B) Mauryan Empire
C) Gupta Empire
D) Mughal Empire

ANSWER (A) Mughal Empire

 

2. Who was the first Mughal Emperor of India?

A) Shahjahan
B) Akbar
C) Humayun
D) Babur

ANSWER (D) Babur

 

3. Which of these countries did NOT invade India?

A) South Africa
B) France
C) Portugal
D) England

ANSWER (A) South Africa

 

4. The Chola Dynasty was primarily the ruler of which part of India?

A) North
B) East
C) South
D) West

ANSWER (C) South

 

5. Bahadur Shah Zafar's rule was limited to which city?

A) Calcutta
B) Delhi
C) Mysore
D) Hyderabad

ANSWER (B) Delhi

 

6. Which king had completed the construction of the qutb Minar?

A) Chandra Gupta Maurya
B) Ibrahim Lodhi
C) Alauddin Khalji
D) Iltutmish

ANSWER (D) Iltutmish

 

7. Who was the founder of the Slave (Ghulam) dynasty?

A) Iltutmish
B) Qutb ud-Din Aibak
C) Pulakeshin II
D) Razia Sultana

ANSWER (B) Qutb ud-Din Aibak

 

8. Chanakya was the chief advisor of which Mauryan ruler?

A) Samudragupta
B) Kanishka
C) Ashoka
D) Chandragupta

ANSWER (D) Chandragupta

 

9. What was the historic name for Delhi?

A) Indraprastha
B) Indra Nagri
C) Patliputra
D) Lakhanpur

ANSWER (A) Indraprastha

 

10. Who wrote 'Akbarnama', the book about Akbar?

A) Varahamihira
B) Shahjanah
C) Abul Fazl
D) Megasthenes

ANSWER (C) Abul Fazal