PREVIOUS NOTES

MCQs on History

CUET 2025: expected MCQs on History | Download PDF for free!

•

previousnotes.com

MCQs on Hisotry

Preparing for CUET 2025? History can be a scoring subject if you’re well-versed with the key events, timelines, and personalities. To make your preparation easier, we’ve compiled a set of expected multiple-choice questions (MCQs) based on the latest CUET exam pattern and past year trends. These questions cover major historical periods including Ancient, Medieval, and Modern India, along with World History highlights. You can download the PDF for free and start practicing right away!

100 MCQs on History: Youtube Vedio:

Important 100 MCQs on History:

  • Who is known as the “Indian Bismarck”?
    A) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel B) Jawaharlal Nehru C) Subhas Chandra Bose D) Lala Lajpat Rai
    Answer: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

  • Who introduced the Doctrine of Lapse?
    A) Lord Wellesley B) Lord Curzon C) Lord Dalhousie D) Lord Canning
    Answer: Lord Dalhousie

  • Who is considered the founder of Muslim rule in India?
    A) Mahmud of Ghazni B) Muhammad bin Qasim C) Qutb-ud-Din Aibak D) Muhammad Ghori
    Answer: Muhammad Ghori

  • Hiuen Tsang visited India during the reign of which ruler?
    A) Ashoka B) Chandragupta Maurya C) Harshavardhana D) Samudragupta
    Answer: Harshavardhana

  • When did Delhi become the capital of India?
    A) 1911 B) 1858 C) 1947 D) 1931
    Answer: 1911

  • Who is known as “Quaid-i-Azam”?
    A) Allama Iqbal B) Zulfikar Ali Bhutto C) Muhammad Ali Jinnah D) Liaquat Ali Khan
    Answer: Muhammad Ali Jinnah

  • When did Mahatma Gandhi launch the Satyagraha against the Asiatic Ordinance?
    A) 1915 B) 1906 C) 1919 D) 1920
    Answer: 1906

  • Who is known as “Mahamana”?
    A) Madan Mohan Malaviya B) Lala Lajpat Rai C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak D) Subhas Chandra Bose
    Answer: Madan Mohan Malaviya

  • Who abolished the Sati Pratha in India?
    A) Lord Wellesley B) William Bentinck C) Warren Hastings D) Lord Dalhousie
    Answer: William Bentinck

  • Who built Humayun’s Tomb?
    A) Akbar B) Sher Shah Suri C) Haji Begum D) Jahangir
    Answer: Haji Begum

  • Who founded the Tolstoy Farm?
    A) Mahatma Gandhi B) Jawaharlal Nehru C) Subhas Chandra Bose D) Lala Lajpat Rai
    Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

  • Who built the Adhai Din Ka Jhopra?
    A) Qutb-ud-Din Aibak B) Muhammad Ghori C) Alauddin Khilji D) Iltutmish
    Answer: Qutb-ud-Din Aibak

  • Who built Salim Chisti’s tomb?
    A) Akbar B) Jahangir C) Shah Jahan D) Humayun
    Answer: Akbar

  • Who said “Kingship knows no kinship”?
    A) Alauddin Khilji B) Balban C) Iltutmish D) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
    Answer: Alauddin Khilji

  • Who is considered the real founder of the Delhi Sultanate?
    A) Muhammad Ghori B) Qutb-ud-Din Aibak C) Iltutmish D) Alauddin Khilji
    Answer: Iltutmish

  • Who led the first Muslim invasion of India?
    A) Mahmud of Ghazni B) Muhammad bin Qasim C) Babur D) Alauddin Khilji
    Answer: Muhammad bin Qasim

  • Who founded the All India Muslim League?
    A) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan B) Muhammad Ali Jinnah C) Nawab Salimullah Khan D) Maulana Azad
    Answer: Nawab Salimullah Khan

  • Banabhatta was the court poet of which emperor?
    A) Ashoka B) Harshavardhana C) Chandragupta Maurya D) Samudragupta
    Answer: Harshavardhana

  • The rebel leaders issued Proclamations and few _________ to propagate their ideas during the 1857 revolt.
    A) Cartridges B) Ishtahars C) Sepoys D) Taluqdars
    Answer: Ishtahars

  • In 1857 “the life has gone out of the body” was said in reference to which state?
    A) Jhansi B) Awadh C) Kanpur D) Delhi
    Answer: Awadh

  • Amir Khusrau was a poet in the court of which ruler?
    A) Iltutmish B) Alauddin Khilji C) Balban D) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
    Answer: Alauddin Khilji

  • Who is known as the “Frontier Gandhi”?
    A) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan B) Maulana Azad C) Subhas Chandra Bose D) Sarojini Naidu
    Answer: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

  • Who was the leader of the Santhal Revolt of 1855-56?
    A) Birsa Munda B) Gonoo C) Sidhu Manjhi D) Shah Mal
    Answer: Sidhu Manjhi

  • Who constructed the Qutb Minar (Quwat-ul-Islam)?
    A) Muhammad Ghori B) Qutb-ud-Din Aibak C) Iltutmish D) Alauddin Khilji
    Answer: Qutb-ud-Din Aibak

  • The Partition of Bengal in 1905 was carried out by which British Governor?
    A) Lord Curzon B) Lord Ripon C) Lord Minto D) Lord Wellesley
    Answer: Lord Curzon

  1. Who fought in the famous Battle of Chinhat in which the British forces under Henry Lawrence were defeated?
    A) Shah Mal B) Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah C) Birjis Qadr D) Kunwar Singh
    Answer: Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah

  2. Who was the Governor-General of India during the Revolt of 1857?
    A) Lord Dalhousie B) Lord Wellesley C) Lord Canning D) Lord Curzon
    Answer: Lord Canning

  3. Ibn Battuta visited India during the reign of which ruler?
    A) Alauddin Khilji B) Muhammad bin Tughlaq C) Firoz Shah Tughlaq D) Balban
    Answer: Muhammad bin Tughlaq

  4. During his ‘Salt March’ Gandhiji began walking towards the ocean from his ashram, located at ___________.
    A) Ahmedabad B) Sabarmati C) Wardha D) Kochrab
    Answer: Sabarmati

  5. Mahatma Gandhi’s Salt March was notable as the first nationalist activity focused on __________.
    A) Women B) Lord Irwin C) Subhas Chandra Bose D) 15 March, 1930
    Answer: Women

  6. “Purna Swaraj” as the goal of nationalism in India was aimed to achieve __________.
    A) Partial freedom B) Complete independence C) Indian identity D) Partition
    Answer: Complete independence

  7. Who was the Judge who presided over Gandhiji’s trial after the withdrawal of the Non-Cooperation Movement?
    A) Justice C.N. Broomfield B) Justice William Hodges C) Justice Joseph Noel D) Justice Thomas Barker
    Answer: Justice C.N. Broomfield

  8. When were separate electorates first created by the British Colonial Government?
    A) 1919 B) 1923 C) 1909 D) 1907
    Answer: 1909

  9. The Ashokan inscriptions found in the north-western part of the Indian subcontinent were primarily written in which language?
    A) Sanskrit B) Prakrit C) Greek D) Aramaic
    Answer: Aramaic

  10. Who is known as the “Father of Indian Unrest”?
    A) Lala Lajpat Rai B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak C) Bipin Chandra Pal D) Bhagat Singh
    Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak

  11. Who is known as the “Napoleon of India”?
    A) Ashoka B) Chandragupta Maurya C) Samudragupta D) Harshavardhana
    Answer: Samudragupta

  12. The Kailash rock-cut temple is located at:
    A) Ajanta B) Ellora C) Elephanta D) Badami
    Answer: Ellora

  13. Who is the author of Akbar Nama?
    A) Chandrabhan Barahman B) Muhammad Kazim C) Lahori D) Abu’l Fazl
    Answer: Abu’l Fazl

  14. Most of the Chola temples were dedicated to which deity?
    A) Vishnu B) Shiva C) Brahma D) Ganesha
    Answer: Shiva

  15. The ancient university of Taxila is currently located in which country?
    A) India B) Nepal C) Pakistan D) Afghanistan
    Answer: Pakistan

  16. Who built the Sun Temple of Konark?
    A) Narasimhadeva I B) Ashoka C) Rajendra Chola D) Harshavardhana
    Answer: Narasimhadeva I

  17. The Kalinga War was fought in which year?
    A) 326 BCE B) 261 BCE C) 185 BCE D) 78 CE
    Answer: 261 BCE

  18. Who built the Mahabodhi Temple?
    A) Ashoka B) Chandragupta Maurya C) Harshavardhana D) Kumaragupta
    Answer: Ashoka

  19. Who was the first grammarian of the Sanskrit language?
    A) Kalidasa B) Panini C) Patanjali D) Vyasa
    Answer: Panini

  20. Kalidasa, the renowned poet, lived in the court of which ruler?
    A) Chandragupta Maurya B) Samudragupta C) Harshavardhana D) Vikramaditya (Chandra Gupta II)
    Answer: Vikramaditya (Chandra Gupta II)

  21. The Ajanta Caves were built during the period of which dynasty?
    A) Maurya B) Gupta C) Chola D) Kushana
    Answer: Gupta

  22. Who built Shantiniketan?
    A) Rabindranath Tagore B) Debendranath Tagore C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy D) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
    Answer: Debendranath Tagore

  23. Who introduced the Permanent Settlement in Bengal?
    A) Lord Wellesley B) Warren Hastings C) Lord Cornwallis D) Robert Clive
    Answer: Lord Cornwallis

  24. Who is known as the ‘Father of Muslim Renaissance’ in Bengal?
    A) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan B) Mirza Ghalib C) Nawab Abdul Latif D) Ameer Ali
    Answer: Nawab Abdul Latif

  25. The Third Battle of Panipat was fought between which two powers?
    A) Mughals and British B) Marathas and Afghans C) Rajputs and Mughals D) Sikhs and Mughals
    Answer: Marathas and Afghans

  1. Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, and Sukhdev were executed on which date?
    A) 15 August 1947 B) 23 March 1931 C) 26 January 1930 D) 10 May 1857
    Answer: 23 March 1931

  2. Who was awarded the title ‘Kesar-e-Hind’ in 1915?
    A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak B) Mahatma Gandhi C) Rabindranath Tagore D) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
    Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

  3. Who is known as the ‘Grand Old Man of India’?
    A) Dadabhai Naoroji B) Lala Lajpat Rai C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale D) Bipin Chandra Pal
    Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji

  4. Who was the first Health Minister of independent India?
    A) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur B) Jawaharlal Nehru C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel D) Dr. B.C. Roy
    Answer: Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

  5. The Treaty of Mangalore was signed between which two parties?
    A) Marathas and British B) Tipu Sultan and British C) Mughals and Rajputs D) Sikhs and British
    Answer: Tipu Sultan and British

  6. In which year did Vasco da Gama land in Calicut (Kozhikode)?
    A) 1492 B) 1498 C) 1500 D) 1510
    Answer: 1498

  7. The Sepoy Mutiny (1857) started in which city?
    A) Delhi B) Meerut C) Kanpur D) Lucknow
    Answer: Meerut

  8. The Hawa Mahal was built by which ruler?
    A) Akbar B) Shah Jahan C) Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh D) Maharaja Jai Singh
    Answer: Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh

  9. The Cripps Mission came to India in which year?
    A) 1940 B) 1942 C) 1944 D) 1945
    Answer: 1942

  10. Who is known as the Father of Civil Services in India?
    A) Lord Curzon B) Lord Dalhousie C) Lord Cornwallis D) William Bentinck
    Answer: Lord Cornwallis

  11. The All India Kisan Sabha was founded in which year?
    A) 1920 B) 1925 C) 1936 D) 1942
    Answer: 1936

  12. Who abolished the Dual Government in Bengal?
    A) Lord Clive B) Warren Hastings C) Lord Cornwallis D) Robert Clive
    Answer: Warren Hastings

  13. The Partition of Bengal took place under which Governor-General?
    A) Lord Curzon B) Lord Ripon C) Lord Minto D) Lord Wellesley
    Answer: Lord Curzon

  14. Who was the first President of the Indian National Congress?
    A) A.O. Hume B) Dadabhai Naoroji C) Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee D) Lala Lajpat Rai
    Answer: Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee

  15. Who was the first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress?
    A) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad B) Aga Khan C) Badruddin Tyabji D) Jinnah
    Answer: Badruddin Tyabji

  16. Who was the first woman President of the Indian National Congress?
    A) Sarojini Naidu B) Annie Besant C) Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay D) Indira Gandhi
    Answer: Annie Besant

  17. When did Gandhi Ji become the President of the Indian National Congress?
    A) 1917 B) 1916 C) 1920 D) 1924
    Answer: 1924

  18. Who was the first Indian woman President of the Indian National Congress?
    A) Sarojini Naidu B) Annie Besant C) Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay D) Aruna Asaf Ali
    Answer: Sarojini Naidu

  19. In which session of the Indian National Congress was the resolution of Purna Swaraj passed?
    A) Lahore Session, 1929 B) Lucknow Session, 1916 C) Calcutta Session, 1906 D) Bombay Session, 1915
    Answer: Lahore Session, 1929

  20. The Battle of Chausa was fought between which two rulers?
    A) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi B) Akbar and Hemu C) Sher Shah Suri and Humayun D) Babur and Rana Sanga
    Answer: Sher Shah Suri and Humayun

  21. Who is known as the “Strong Man of India”?
    A) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel B) Subhas Chandra Bose C) Lala Lajpat Rai D) Bhagat Singh
    Answer: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

  22. Who is known as the “Nightingale of India”?
    A) Sarojini Naidu B) Lata Mangeshkar C) Subhadra Kumari Chauhan D) Rani Lakshmibai
    Answer: Sarojini Naidu

  23. Who wrote the book Indica?
    A) Megasthenes B) Fa-Hien C) Hiuen Tsang D) Al-Biruni
    Answer: Megasthenes

  24. Megasthenes visited India during the reign of which ruler?
    A) Ashoka B) Chandragupta Maurya C) Harshavardhana D) Samudragupta
    Answer: Chandragupta Maurya

  25. The first railway line in India was opened between which two places and when?
    A) Mumbai to Thane, 1853 B) Kolkata to Howrah, 1854 C) Chennai to Arakkonam, 1856 D) Delhi to Agra, 1864
    Answer: Mumbai to Thane, 1853

Most Important 100 MCQs on History! Download PDF:

 

Important 100 MCQs on Hisotry

 

 

You May Also Like:

CUET:

CUET 2024 GK Questions and Answers, Attempt Quiz now!

Important Topics For CUET GK 2025 -01/50

CUET GK 2025-Most Important Days! Download PDF!

CUET GK 2025-Most important Books & Authors. Download pdf!

CUET GK Mock Test-1 For Free! Watch Youtube Video!

CUET GK Mock Test-2 For Free! Watch Youtube Video!

World Heritage Sites in India! State wise! Download PDF!

CUET 2025: Top MCQs on Indus Civilization! Download PDF!

Important Amendments in Indian Constitution: CUET 2025 Download pdf!

•

, ,

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recent Posts

Social Media

Exit mobile version