10 Important History MCQs for most of the competitive exams
Que 1: Who among the follwing presided over the fourth Buddhist Council?
(A) Ashoka
(B) Kanishka
(C) Ashvaghosha
(D) Vasumitra
Correct Ans: D
Que 2: Which of the following was not an aspect of Later Vedic Age?
(A) Importance of Kingship in political life
(B) Discovery of iron
(C) Polygamy
(D) Simple, non-ritualistic worship
Correct Ans: B
Que 3: In Indian architecture 'Surkhi' was introduced by
(A) Mughals
(B) Kushans
(C) Guptas
(D) Sultanate Sultans
Correct Ans: D
Que 4: How many times did Babur invade India before 1526 A.D.?
(A) None of these
(B) Four times
(C) Five times
(D) Two times
Correct Ans: C
Que 5: Which of the following pair is NOT correctly matched?
(A) Ibn Batuta - Morocco
(B) Nikitin - Samarkand
(C) Marco Polo - Italy
(D) Alberuni - Uzbekistan
Correct Ans: B
Que 6: Sir Eyre Coote was associated with which of the following?
(A) Battle of Ambur
(B) Battle of Arcot
(C) Battle of Wandiwash
(D) Battle of Adyar
Correct Ans: C
Que 7: Who among the following was the Prime Minister of England when India was given independence?
(A) Mountbatten
(B) Churchill
(C) Attlee
(D) Wavell
Correct Ans: C
Que 8: The Gandhara art nourished under:
(A) the Kushanas
(B) the Satavahanas
(C) the Guptas
(D) the Mauryas
Correct Ans: A
Que 9: The permanent Land Settlement in Bengal was introduced by
(A) Warren Hestings
(B) Thomas Munro
(C) Thomas Reid
(D) Lord Cornwallis
Correct Ans: D
Que 10: Who among the following Mughal rulers banned music and dancing ?
(A) Jahangir
(B) Babar
(C) Aurangzeb
(D) Humayun
Correct Ans: C
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