Revise History of India for CAPF AC 2025 with this quick guide. Includes solved Practice Set 3 with answer key for last-minute preparation.
Answer Key- Practice Set -3
Polity (1–30):
- B 2. B 3. D 4. B 5. C 6. C 7. B 8. B 9. B 10. C
- B 12. C 13. B 14. C 15. B 16. B 17. D 18. B 19. A 20. A
- B 22. B 23. B 24. B 25. C 26. C 27. B 28. C 29. D 30. B
Economy (31–50):
31. C 32. C 33. C 34. B 35. B 36. C 37. B 38. C 39. B 40. B
41. B 42. C 43. B 44. C 45. C 46. A 47. C 48. C 49. C 50. B
Practice Set – 4
Here are 50 multiple-choice Choice Questions (MCQs) on the History of India designed to suit the level of the UPSC CAPF (Assistant Commandant) Paper I. These questions cover Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Indian History.
Practice Set – 4 : History of India (MCQs)
Ancient India (1–15)
- The Indus Valley Civilization was discovered in:
A. 1901
B. 1920
C. 1935
D. 1942 - Mohenjo-Daro is located on the bank of which river?
A. Indus
B. Ravi
C. Ganga
D. Yamuna - The Rigveda was composed in:
A. Sanskrit
B. Pali
C. Prakrit
D. Tamil - Who was the founder of the Maurya Empire?
A. Ashoka
B. Bimbisara
C. Chandragupta Maurya
D. Bindusara - Ashoka embraced Buddhism after:
A. Battle of Hydaspes
B. Battle of Plassey
C. Battle of Kalinga
D. Second Buddhist Council - The capital of the Mauryan Empire under Ashoka was:
A. Pataliputra
B. Taxila
C. Ujjain
D. Kannauj - Who wrote the Arthashastra?
A. Kalidasa
B. Megasthenes
C. Kautilya
D. Patanjali - The term ‘Varnas’ in Vedic society refers to:
A. Tribes
B. Castes
C. Kingdoms
D. Languages - The Upanishads are books on:
A. Law
B. Medicine
C. Philosophy
D. Grammar - Megasthenes visited the court of:
A. Ashoka
B. Chandragupta Maurya
C. Samudragupta
D. Harshavardhana - Nalanda University was famous for the study of:
A. Law
B. Mathematics
C. Medicine
D. Buddhism - The Gupta period is known as the:
A. Dark Age
B. Silver Age
C. Golden Age
D. Iron Age - Who was the Chinese traveler to visit India during Harshavardhana’s reign?
A. Megasthenes
B. Fa-Hien
C. Hiuen Tsang
D. Ibn Battuta - Sangam literature was composed in:
A. Sanskrit
B. Pali
C. Tamil
D. Prakrit - Who was the founder of the Satavahana dynasty?
A. Simuka
B. Vasudeva
C. Pushyamitra
D. Gautamiputra Satakarni
Medieval India (16–30)
- Who was the first Muslim invader of India?
A. Muhammad bin Qasim
B. Mahmud of Ghazni
C. Babur
D. Timur - The Delhi Sultanate was established in:
A. 1192
B. 1206
C. 1210
D. 1290 - Who was the founder of the Slave Dynasty?
A. Iltutmish
B. Qutb-ud-din Aibak
C. Razia Sultana
D. Balban - Who built the Qutub Minar?
A. Akbar
B. Alauddin Khilji
C. Qutb-ud-din Aibak
D. Shah Jahan - The Vijayanagara Empire was founded in:
A. 1200
B. 1336
C. 1420
D. 1500 - Who was the greatest ruler of the Vijayanagara Empire?
A. Harihara I
B. Krishna Deva Raya
C. Bukka Raya I
D. Tirumaladeva - Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodi in:
A. 1498
B. 1526
C. 1556
D. 1600 - The Battle of Khanwa (1527) was fought between:
A. Babur and Rana Sanga
B. Babur and Ibrahim Lodi
C. Akbar and Hemu
D. Akbar and Rana Pratap - Akbar’s land revenue system was called:
A. Zabti
B. Iqta
C. Jagir
D. Zamindari - Who built the Taj Mahal?
A. Akbar
B. Shah Jahan
C. Aurangzeb
D. Jahangir - The Mughal Empire reached its greatest territorial extent under:
A. Akbar
B. Jahangir
C. Shah Jahan
D. Aurangzeb - Guru Nanak was born during the reign of:
A. Babur
B. Humayun
C. Ibrahim Lodi
D. Akbar - Shivaji was crowned at Raigad in:
A. 1674
B. 1680
C. 1658
D. 1666 - Who was the founder of the Bahmani Kingdom?
A. Alauddin Bahman Shah
B. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
C. Ibrahim Adil Shah
D. Mahmud Gawan - The Bhakti movement was primarily aimed at:
A. Religious orthodoxy
B. Social reforms
C. Personal devotion to God
D. Caste unity
Modern India (31–50)
- Who led the Revolt of 1857 in Kanpur?
A. Rani Lakshmibai
B. Bahadur Shah Zafar
C. Tantia Tope
D. Nana Sahib - The Indian National Congress was founded in:
A. 1881
B. 1885
C. 1890
D. 1895 - Who was the first President of the Indian National Congress?
A. Dadabhai Naoroji
B. W. C. Bonnerjee
C. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
D. Badruddin Tyabji - The Partition of Bengal was carried out in:
A. 1903
B. 1905
C. 1911
D. 1919 - Who started the Home Rule Movement?
A. Lala Lajpat Rai
B. Annie Besant and Tilak
C. Mahatma Gandhi
D. Subhas Bose - The Jallianwala Bagh massacre occurred in:
A. 1917
B. 1918
C. 1919
D. 1920 - The Non-Cooperation Movement began in:
A. 1919
B. 1920
C. 1921
D. 1922 - Simon Commission came to India in:
A. 1927
B. 1928
C. 1929
D. 1930 - Who gave the slogan “Inquilab Zindabad”?
A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Bhagat Singh
C. Subhas Chandra Bose
D. Sardar Patel - Dandi March was undertaken to protest:
A. Land revenue
B. Jallianwala Bagh
C. Salt Law
D. Police brutality - The Quit India Movement was launched in:
A. 1940
B. 1942
C. 1945
D. 1947 - Subhas Chandra Bose founded the INA in:
A. Singapore
B. Burma
C. Japan
D. Germany - Who was known as “Iron Man of India”?
A. Jawaharlal Nehru
B. B. R. Ambedkar
C. Vallabhbhai Patel
D. Lala Lajpat Rai - The Cabinet Mission Plan came to India in:
A. 1945
B. 1946
C. 1947
D. 1948 - India got independence on:
A. 26 January 1947
B. 15 August 1947
C. 2 October 1947
D. 14 August 1947 - Who was the last Governor-General of independent India?
A. Lord Mountbatten
B. C. Rajagopalachari
C. Jawaharlal Nehru
D. Sardar Patel - Who wrote “Discovery of India”?
A. Gandhi
B. Nehru
C. Ambedkar
D. Bose - Rowlatt Act was passed in:
A. 1917
B. 1918
C. 1919
D. 1920 - The Indian National Army was formed in:
A. 1941
B. 1942
C. 1943
D. 1944 - Who gave the slogan “Jai Hind”?
A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Bhagat Singh
C. Subhas Chandra Bose
D. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
