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Indian History One Liner Questions with Answers

Practice exam-ready one liner questions for Indian History with quick answers for SSC, Railway, Banking and competitive exams.

Total Questions: 552

Important Battles in Indian History

Important Battles question: Which statement correctly describes the relief and evacuation of Lucknow Residency in 1857?

Havelock and Outram reinforced it in September; Campbell evacuated it in November

Indian Cultural History

The Code of Hammurabi belongs to which ancient civilization?

Babylonian

Prehistoric Period

The earliest evidence of agriculture in the Indian subcontinent comes from —

Mehrgarh (Balochistan)

Mughal Empire

The battle of Haldighati was fought on 18 June 1576 between Maharana Pratap and —

The Mughal army

Vedic Period

The prayer ‘Asato ma sadgamaya’ occurs in which Upanishad?

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad

Mahajanapada Period

Sixteen Mahajanapadas developed in which century?

6th century BCE

Mauryan Empire

Chandragupta Maurya died in 298 BCE at Shravanabelagola by —

Sallekhana (fasting unto death)

Gupta and Post-Gupta Period

Which sacrifice did Samudragupta perform to celebrate his victories, and which deity did he primarily worship?

Ashvamedha; Vishnu

Vijayanagara-Bahmani and Sufi-Bhakti Movement

The Bahmani kingdom was founded by Hasan Gangu

बहमनी राज्य की स्थापना हसनगंगू ने की

National Movement (1927–1947)

In which year did the Indian National Army occur?

1943