Indian History

Ladakh Prison Department · General Awareness & Science · 18 practice questions with answers and explanations: 10 Easy, 8 Medium, 0 Hard.

Sample questions

Sample Easy question 1

Who founded the Arya Samaj?

  1. Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
  2. Swami Dayanand Saraswati
  3. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
  4. Swami Vivekananda
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Answer: B. The Arya Samaj was founded in 1875 at Bombay.

Sample Easy question 2

Which Mughal emperor introduced the Din-i-Ilahi?

  1. Shah Jahan
  2. Jahangir
  3. Akbar
  4. Humayun
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Answer: C. Akbar founded it as an ethical system in 1582.

Sample Easy question 3

Who founded the Maurya Empire?

  1. Bindusara
  2. Chandragupta Maurya
  3. Ashoka
  4. Harsha
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Answer: B. He founded it around 321 BCE with the help of Chanakya.

Sample Medium question 4

Who was the Governor-General of India during the Revolt of 1857?

  1. Lord Canning
  2. Lord Curzon
  3. Lord Dalhousie
  4. Lord Ripon
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Answer: A. Canning was the last Governor-General and the first Viceroy.

Sample Medium question 5

The Battle of Buxar (1764) was fought between the British and the combined forces including:

  1. Siraj-ud-Daulah
  2. Tipu Sultan
  3. Mir Qasim and the Nawab of Awadh
  4. The Marathas
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Answer: C. The British victory gave them the diwani of Bengal in 1765.

Sample Medium question 6

The first battle of Panipat (1526) was fought between Ibrahim Lodi and:

  1. Sher Shah Suri
  2. Humayun
  3. Babur
  4. Akbar
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Answer: C. It started the Mughal rule in India.

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