Indian History Questions and Answers

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General Knowledge History India MCQ Questions with Answers cover ancient, medieval, and modern Indian history. Common in SSC, IAS, and CDS exams, these questions build strong historical awareness

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101. Poet Kalidasa lived in the court of

  • Chandragupta Maurya
  • Samudragupta
  • Chandragupta Vikramaditya
  • Harsha
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102. Who is called the Second Ashoka?

  • Samudra Gupta
  • Chandra Gupta Maurya
  • Kanishka
  • Harshavardhana
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103. The famous Kailasnath Temple at Kanchi was built by

  • Mahendra Varman
  • Narasimha Varman
  • Nandi Varman
  • Danti Varman
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104. Where was tancho brocade developed?

  • Varanasi
  • Dhaka
  • Surat
  • Tanjavur
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105. Who was the town planner of Chandigarh?

  • Edward Lutyens
  • Charles Correa
  • Le Corbusier
  • Christopher Wren
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106. The film Mangal Pandey released in August 2005 deals with

  • Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
  • Netaji Subash Bose’s fight against British occupation of India
  • The first war of Indian Independence in 1857
  • The partition of India and Pakistan
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107. The first Defence Minister of India was

  • K. M. Cariappa
  • Gopalaswami Iyer
  • Baldev Singh
  • Sardar Patel
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108. The first woman to become a Chief Minister of any State in India was

  • Nandini Satpathy
  • Dr. J. Jayalalitha
  • Sucheta Kripalani
  • Ms. Mayawati
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109. First Indian Commander in Chief was

  • Gen. K. S. Thimayya
  • Gen. K. M. Kariappa
  • S. H. F. J. Manekshaw
  • None of the above
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110. Who gave the concept of Total Revolution?

  • Jayaprakash Narayan
  • Mahatma Gandhi
  • Karl Marx
  • Lenin
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