Q1. The First Battle of Panipat (1526) was fought between:

• A) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi
• B) Akbar and Hemu
• C) Humayun and Sher Shah
• D) Babur and Rana Sanga

Answer: A — Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodi to establish the Mughal Empire in India.

Q2. The Quit India Movement was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in:

• A) 1940
• B) 1942
• C) 1944
• D) 1945

Answer: B — The Quit India Movement (August Kranti) was launched on 8 August 1942.

Q3. Who was the first Governor-General of independent India?

• A) Rajagopalachari
• B) Lord Mountbatten
• C) Lord Wavell
• D) Sardar Patel

Answer: B — Lord Mountbatten served as the first Governor-General of independent India (June 1947 – June 1948).

Q4. The Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place in:

• A) 1917
• B) 1918
• C) 1919
• D) 1920

Answer: C — The Jallianwala Bagh massacre occurred on 13 April 1919 in Amritsar.

Q5. Who founded the Indian National Congress in 1885?

• A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
• B) A.O. Hume
• C) Dadabhai Naoroji
• D) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Answer: B — Allan Octavian Hume, a retired British civil servant, founded the Indian National Congress in 1885.

Q6. The Battle of Plassey (1757) established British supremacy in India. Who led the British forces?

• A) Warren Hastings
• B) Robert Clive
• C) Lord Wellesley
• D) Lord Cornwallis

Answer: B — Robert Clive led the British East India Company forces against Siraj ud-Daulah.

Q7. Mahatma Gandhi launched the Non-Cooperation Movement in:

• A) 1919
• B) 1920
• C) 1921
• D) 1922

Answer: B — The Non-Cooperation Movement was launched in September 1920.

Q8. Who gave the slogan 'Do or Die' during the Quit India Movement?

• A) Subhas Chandra Bose
• B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
• C) Mahatma Gandhi
• D) Jawaharlal Nehru

Answer: C — Mahatma Gandhi gave the 'Do or Die' (Karo ya Maro) slogan on 8 August 1942.

Q9. The Dandi March (Salt March) was conducted by Gandhi in:

• A) 1928
• B) 1929
• C) 1930
• D) 1931

Answer: C — Mahatma Gandhi led the Salt March from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi (12 March – 6 April 1930).

Q10. The Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 is also known as:

• A) The Great Revolt
• B) India's First War of Independence
• C) Both A and B
• D) The Partition War

Answer: C — 1857 uprising is called both 'The Great Revolt' and 'India's First War of Independence'.

Q11. Who was the last Viceroy of British India?

• A) Lord Irwin
• B) Lord Linlithgow
• C) Lord Wavell
• D) Lord Mountbatten

Answer: D — Lord Mountbatten was the last Viceroy of India (February – August 1947).

Q12. Chandragupta Maurya founded the Maurya Empire around:

• A) 600 BCE
• B) 400 BCE
• C) 322 BCE
• D) 200 BCE

Answer: C — Chandragupta Maurya established the Maurya Empire around 322 BCE.

Q13. The Partition of Bengal in 1905 was done by:

• A) Lord Dalhousie
• B) Lord Curzon
• C) Lord Ripon
• D) Lord Hastings

Answer: B — Lord Curzon partitioned Bengal in 1905, which sparked widespread nationalist protests.

Q14. The famous 'Poona Pact' of 1932 was signed between:

• A) Gandhi and Jinnah
• B) Gandhi and Ambedkar
• C) Nehru and Ambedkar
• D) Tilak and Gandhi

Answer: B — The Poona Pact was signed between Mahatma Gandhi and B.R. Ambedkar on September 24, 1932.

Q15. India's National Song 'Vande Mataram' was composed by:

• A) Rabindranath Tagore
• B) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
• C) Subramania Bharati
• D) Sarojini Naidu

Answer: B — Vande Mataram was composed by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay and first appeared in his novel Anandamath (1882).

Q16. The Rowlatt Act (1919) was opposed because:

• A) It imposed heavy taxes
• B) It allowed detention without trial
• C) It banned the INC
• D) It abolished the zamindari system

Answer: B — The Rowlatt Act allowed the British government to detain political prisoners without trial.

Q17. Ashoka the Great belonged to the:

• A) Gupta dynasty
• B) Maurya dynasty
• C) Kushana dynasty
• D) Nanda dynasty

Answer: B — Ashoka was the third emperor of the Maurya dynasty.

Q18. The Indian National Army (INA) was led by:

• A) Bhagat Singh
• B) Subhas Chandra Bose
• C) Lala Lajpat Rai
• D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Answer: B — Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose led the Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj).

Q19. The slogan 'Swaraj is my birthright' was given by:

• A) Mahatma Gandhi
• B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
• C) Jawaharlal Nehru
• D) Gokhale

Answer: B — Bal Gangadhar Tilak gave the famous slogan 'Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it.'

Q20. India gained independence on:

• A) 15 August 1945
• B) 15 August 1946
• C) 15 August 1947
• D) 26 January 1950

Answer: C — India became independent on 15 August 1947 at midnight.