Top 25 History MCQs for ssc exams



1. Who was the founder of the Maurya Empire?
A. Ashoka
B. Chandragupta Maurya
C. Bindusara
D. Bimbisara
Answer: B

2. The Indus Valley Civilization belonged to which age?
A. Paleolithic
B. Mesolithic
C. Neolithic
D. Bronze Age
Answer: D

3. Which Veda is mainly concerned with rituals and sacrifices?
A. Rigveda
B. Samaveda
C. Yajurveda
D. Atharvaveda
Answer: C

4. Who wrote Arthashastra?
A. Kalidasa
B. Banabhatta
C. Chanakya
D. Vishakhadatta
Answer: C

5. Which Mughal emperor built the Taj Mahal?
A. Akbar
B. Jahangir
C. Shah Jahan
D. Aurangzeb
Answer: C

6. The Battle of Plassey was fought in which year?
A. 1757
B. 1764
C. 1857
D. 1707
Answer: A

7. Who introduced the policy of Subsidiary Alliance?
A. Lord Wellesley
B. Lord Dalhousie
C. Lord Curzon
D. Warren Hastings
Answer: A

8. Who was the first Governor-General of India?
A. Lord Dalhousie
B. Lord Canning
C. Warren Hastings
D. Lord Mountbatten
Answer: C

9. Which movement was started by Mahatma Gandhi in 1942?
A. Non-Cooperation Movement
B. Civil Disobedience Movement
C. Quit India Movement
D. Khilafat Movement
Answer: C

10. Who was known as the ‘Iron Man of India’?
A. Jawaharlal Nehru
B. Subhas Chandra Bose
C. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
D. Bhagat Singh
Answer: C


11. The capital of the Gupta Empire was
A. Pataliputra
B. Kannauj
C. Ujjain
D. Ayodhya
Answer: A

12. Who was the last Mughal emperor of India?
A. Bahadur Shah Zafar
B. Shah Alam II
C. Aurangzeb
D. Akbar II
Answer: A

13. Which book is considered the oldest Veda?
A. Samaveda
B. Yajurveda
C. Rigveda
D. Atharvaveda
Answer: C

14. Who founded the Sikh religion?
A. Guru Gobind Singh
B. Guru Nanak Dev
C. Guru Arjan Dev
D. Guru Tegh Bahadur
Answer: B

15. The Revolt of 1857 started from
A. Delhi
B. Kanpur
C. Meerut
D. Lucknow
Answer: C

16. Who composed Prayag Prashasti?
A. Harisena
B. Kalidasa
C. Banabhatta
D. Megasthenes
Answer: A

17. Which Harappan site is located in Gujarat?
A. Harappa
B. Mohenjo-Daro
C. Lothal
D. Kalibangan
Answer: C

18. Who was the founder of the Delhi Sultanate?
A. Qutbuddin Aibak
B. Iltutmish
C. Balban
D. Alauddin Khilji
Answer: A

19. The Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place in
A. 1917
B. 1918
C. 1919
D. 1920
Answer: C

20. Who gave the slogan “Give me blood, and I will give you freedom”?
A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Subhas Chandra Bose
D. Bhagat Singh
Answer: C


21. The Ajanta Caves belong to which religion?
A. Hinduism
B. Jainism
C. Buddhism
D. Zoroastrianism
Answer: C

22. Who was the first President of the Indian National Congress?
A. Dadabhai Naoroji
B. W.C. Bonnerjee
C. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D. Lala Lajpat Rai
Answer: B

23. Which dynasty built the Khajuraho temples?
A. Maurya
B. Gupta
C. Chola
D. Chandela
Answer: D

24. The Chola dynasty was famous for
A. Cave temples
B. Rock-cut architecture
C. Temple architecture & navy
D. Fort architecture
Answer: C

25. Who wrote Rajatarangini?
A. Kalhana
B. Bana
C. Tulsidas
D. Amir Khusrau
Answer: A


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