indian history

🟥 Indian History – 100 Quizlet Flashcards

1. When did the Indus Valley Civilization exist?

2500–1700 BCE


2. Major cities of Indus Valley Civilization?

Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro


3. What was the script used in Indus Valley?

Undeciphered script


4. What river is associated with Harappan civilization?

Indus River


5. Who excavated Mohenjo-Daro?

R.D. Banerjee


6. What is the Great Bath?

A water tank in Mohenjo-Daro


7. Main occupation of Indus Valley people?

Agriculture


8. Aryans entered India through?

Khyber Pass


9. Oldest text in Indian history?

Rigveda


10. What is Sabha and Samiti?

Vedic period assemblies


11. Varna system originated in which period?

Vedic period


12. Who was the founder of Maurya Empire?

Chandragupta Maurya


13. Who was Chandragupta’s advisor?

Chanakya/Kautilya


14. Book written by Chanakya?

Arthashastra


15. Ashoka fought which major war?

Kalinga War


16. After which war did Ashoka become Buddhist?

Kalinga War


17. What is Dhamma?

Ashoka's moral law


18. Which Mauryan king sent emissaries to foreign countries?

Ashoka


19. Who founded Gupta Dynasty?

Chandragupta I


20. Who was the greatest ruler of Gupta Dynasty?

Samudragupta


21. Who is called ‘Napoleon of India’?

Samudragupta


22. Golden Age of India was under?

Gupta Dynasty


23. Who wrote Meghaduta?

Kalidasa


24. Who founded the Mughal Empire?

Babur


25. Babur defeated whom in the First Battle of Panipat?

Ibrahim Lodi


26. Who built the Taj Mahal?

Shah Jahan


27. Who was the last powerful Mughal ruler?

Aurangzeb


28. Who was known as Zinda Pir?

Aurangzeb


29. Who founded the Sikh religion?

Guru Nanak


30. Founder of the Delhi Sultanate?

Qutb-ud-din Aibak


31. What was the capital of Akbar’s empire?

Fatehpur Sikri


32. Who built Red Fort?

Shah Jahan


33. Who was the founder of Vijayanagara Empire?

Harihara and Bukka


34. Battle of Talikota was fought in?

1565


35. Who wrote Akbarnama?

Abul Fazl


36. What was Din-i-Ilahi?

Akbar’s religious policy


37. Who was the first woman ruler of Delhi?

Razia Sultana


38. Who built Qutub Minar?

Qutb-ud-din Aibak (completed by Iltutmish)


39. Which European came first to India?

Portuguese


40. Who discovered sea route to India?

Vasco da Gama


41. Year Vasco da Gama landed in India?

1498


42. First English factory in India?

Surat


43. Battle of Plassey was in?

1757


44. Who defeated Siraj-ud-daulah?

Robert Clive


45. Battle of Buxar was in?

1764


46. First Governor-General of India?

Warren Hastings


47. Who introduced Permanent Settlement?

Lord Cornwallis


48. Subsidiary Alliance was introduced by?

Lord Wellesley


49. Doctrine of Lapse was introduced by?

Lord Dalhousie


50. Which state was first annexed by Doctrine of Lapse?

Satara


51. Revolt of 1857 started at?

Meerut


52. Who led the revolt in Kanpur?

Nana Sahib


53. Rani Lakshmibai led the revolt in?

Jhansi


54. Who was the last Mughal Emperor?

Bahadur Shah II


55. Who called the Revolt of 1857 the First War of Independence?

V.D. Savarkar


56. Indian National Congress was founded in?

1885


57. Founder of INC?

A.O. Hume


58. First session of INC was held in?

Bombay


59. First President of INC?

W.C. Banerjee


60. Partition of Bengal was in?

1905


61. Who annulled Bengal Partition?

Lord Hardinge


62. Home Rule Movement was started by?

Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak


63. Who gave the slogan “Swaraj is my birthright”?

Bal Gangadhar Tilak


64. Jallianwala Bagh massacre year?

1919


65. Who was the British officer responsible for it?

General Dyer


66. Non-Cooperation Movement year?

1920


67. Civil Disobedience Movement year?

1930


68. Salt March was led by?

Mahatma Gandhi


69. Salt March started from?

Sabarmati Ashram


70. Salt March ended at?

Dandi


71. Round Table Conferences were held in?

London


72. Quit India Movement was in?

1942


73. Slogan of Quit India?

Do or Die


74. Who launched Quit India Movement?

Mahatma Gandhi


75. Who led INA?

Subhas Chandra Bose


76. What was the slogan of INA?

Jai Hind


77. Who gave the slogan "Give me blood, I’ll give you freedom"?

Subhas Chandra Bose


78. Cabinet Mission arrived in India in?

1946


79. Who was the last Viceroy of India?

Lord Mountbatten


80. India got independence on?

15 August 1947


81. First Prime Minister of India?

Jawaharlal Nehru


82. First Governor-General of independent India?

Lord Mountbatten


83. Who became the first Indian Governor-General?

C. Rajagopalachari


84. Who wrote Discovery of India?

Jawaharlal Nehru


85. Father of Indian Constitution?

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar


86. First President of India?

Dr. Rajendra Prasad


87. Who started Bhoodan Movement?

Vinoba Bhave


88. Who was called Frontier Gandhi?

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan


89. Who established the Arya Samaj?

Swami Dayananda Saraswati


90. Who started Brahmo Samaj?

Raja Ram Mohan Roy


91. Who fought for widow remarriage?

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar


92. Who started Aligarh Movement?

Sir Syed Ahmed Khan


93. Who was the founder of Ramakrishna Mission?

Swami Vivekananda


94. Theosophical Society leader in India?

Annie Besant


95. Who was the founder of Servants of India Society?

Gopal Krishna Gokhale


96. Who started Indian Home Rule League?