RRB NTPC History Practice Questions
- Who was the first Emperor of the Maurya Dynasty?
- (a) Ashoka
- (b) Bindusara
- (c) Chandragupta Maurya
- (d) Bimbisara
Answer: (c) Chandragupta Maurya
- The famous battle of Panipat in 1526 was fought between which two rulers?
- (a) Akbar and Hemu
- (b) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi
- (c) Rana Sanga and Babur
- (d) Muhammad Ghori and Prithviraj Chauhan
Answer: (b) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi
- The Indus Valley Civilization is also known as the Harappan Civilization because the first site was discovered in Harappa. Where is Harappa located?
- (a) Sindh, Pakistan
- (b) Gujarat, India
- (c) Haryana, India
- (d) Punjab, Pakistan
Answer: (d) Punjab, Pakistan
- Who was the founder of the Gupta Empire?
- (a) Chandragupta Maurya
- (b) Samudragupta
- (c) Chandragupta I
- (d) Skandagupta
Answer: (c) Chandragupta I
- Who wrote the book ‘Indica’, which describes the Indian subcontinent?
- (a) Aryabhata
- (b) Kalidasa
- (c) Megasthenes
- (d) Hiuen Tsang
Answer: (c) Megasthenes
- The Battle of Plassey was fought in which year?
- (a) 1757
- (b) 1761
- (c) 1776
- (d) 1803
Answer: (a) 1757
- The East India Company was established in the year:
- (a) 1600
- (b) 1615
- (c) 1650
- (d) 1670
Answer: (a) 1600
- The Indian National Congress was formed in:
- (a) 1885
- (b) 1857
- (c) 1900
- (d) 1919
Answer: (a) 1885
- Who was the first woman ruler of India?
- (a) Rani Durgavati
- (b) Rani Lakshmi Bai
- (c) Razia Sultana
- (d) Begum Hazrat Mahal
Answer: (c) Razia Sultana
- The Treaty of Allahabad (1765) was signed between which two parties?
- (a) East India Company and the Marathas
- (b) East India Company and the Mughal Emperor
- (c) East India Company and the Rajputs
- (d) East India Company and the Nawab of Bengal
Answer: (b) East India Company and the Mughal Emperor
- Which of the following was the first capital of the British Raj in India?
- (a) Delhi
- (b) Kolkata
- (c) Bombay
- (d) Madras
Answer: (b) Kolkata
- Who was the last Governor-General of independent India?
- (a) Lord Mountbatten
- (b) C. Rajagopalachari
- (c) Lord Curzon
- (d) Lord Wavell
Answer: (b) C. Rajagopalachari
- Who gave the slogan ‘Do or Die’ during the Quit India Movement?
- (a) Jawaharlal Nehru
- (b) Mahatma Gandhi
- (c) Subhas Chandra Bose
- (d) Lala Lajpat Rai
Answer: (b) Mahatma Gandhi
- The Jallianwala Bagh massacre occurred in the year:
- (a) 1915
- (b) 1919
- (c) 1930
- (d) 1942
Answer: (b) 1919
- The first battle of Panipat was fought between Babur and:
- (a) Sher Shah Suri
- (b) Ibrahim Lodi
- (c) Akbar
- (d) Rana Sanga
Answer: (b) Ibrahim Lodi
- The Indian freedom struggle was first organized as a mass movement by:
- (a) Lokmanya Tilak
- (b) Mahatma Gandhi
- (c) Subhas Chandra Bose
- (d) Lala Lajpat Rai
Answer: (b) Mahatma Gandhi
- The ‘Veda’ means:
- (a) Book of Knowledge
- (b) Book of Songs
- (c) Book of History
- (d) Book of Philosophy
Answer: (a) Book of Knowledge
- Who was the founder of the Mughal Empire in India?
- (a) Humayun
- (b) Akbar
- (c) Babur
- (d) Jahangir
Answer: (c) Babur
- Who was the first Governor-General of independent India?
- (a) Lord Mountbatten
- (b) C. Rajagopalachari
- (c) Jawaharlal Nehru
- (d) Rajendra Prasad
Answer: (a) Lord Mountbatten
- The first session of the Indian National Congress (INC) was held in:
- (a) 1885
- (b) 1901
- (c) 1857
- (d) 1919
Answer: (a) 1885
- Who was the first to establish the Mughal Empire in India?
- (a) Akbar
- (b) Babur
- (c) Humayun
- (d) Jahangir
Answer: (b) Babur
- Who among the following was the first woman to become the Prime Minister of India?
- (a) Indira Gandhi
- (b) Sarojini Naidu
- (c) Pratibha Patil
- (d) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
Answer: (a) Indira Gandhi
- The famous ‘Salt March’ was led by:
- (a) Jawaharlal Nehru
- (b) Mahatma Gandhi
- (c) Subhas Chandra Bose
- (d) Lala Lajpat Rai
Answer: (b) Mahatma Gandhi
- Which king is known for his administration and spread of Buddhism?
- (a) Akbar
- (b) Chandragupta Maurya
- (c) Ashoka
- (d) Samudragupta
Answer: (c) Ashoka
- Which of the following was a prominent leader in the struggle for Indian independence, who was imprisoned at the Cellular Jail, Andaman?
- (a) Bhagat Singh
- (b) Subhas Chandra Bose
- (c) Lala Lajpat Rai
- (d) Veer Savarkar
Answer: (d) Veer Savarkar