51. The Ryotwari System was introduced by:
A) Lord Cornwallis
B) Thomas Munro
C) John Shore
D) Warren Hastings
Answer: B

52. The Sabha and Samiti were:
A) Tribes during Rig Vedic period
B) Women assemblies
C) Local judicial assemblies
D) Popular assemblies in Vedic period
Answer: D

53. The Quit India Movement was launched in the backdrop of:
A) Failure of Cripps Mission
B) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
C) Lahore Resolution
D) Simon Commission Report
Answer: A

54. The term “Brahmadeya” refers to:
A) Land gifted to Brahmins
B) Land under royal control
C) Tax-free trade
D) Temple-owned land
Answer: A

55. The ancient Buddhist university at Nalanda was destroyed by:
A) Mahmud of Ghazni
B) Bakhtiyar Khilji
C) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
D) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
Answer: B

56. Who among the following founded the Banaras Hindu University?
A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
C) Madan Mohan Malaviya
D) Lala Lajpat Rai
Answer: C

57. “Tughlaqabad” was founded by:
A) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
B) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
C) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
D) Alauddin Khalji
Answer: A

58. The earliest coins in India were made of:
A) Gold
B) Silver
C) Copper
D) Punch-marked silver
Answer: D

59. The Battle of Plassey was fought in:
A) 1757
B) 1761
C) 1764
D) 1782
Answer: A

60. The Neel Darpan, a play portraying the plight of indigo farmers, was written by:
A) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
B) Dinabandhu Mitra
C) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
D) Rabindranath Tagore
Answer: B

61. Who was the first ruler of the Chola dynasty to invade Sri Lanka?
A) Rajendra Chola I
B) Rajaraja Chola I
C) Sundara Chola
D) Aditya Chola
Answer: A

62. The book “Discovery of India” was written by:
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Subhas Chandra Bose
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer: A

63. The Dual Government in Bengal was introduced by:
A) Robert Clive
B) Warren Hastings
C) Lord Cornwallis
D) Lord Wellesley
Answer: A

64. Which of the following was NOT a major feature of the Gupta Empire?
A) Strong central government
B) Excellent administration
C) Extensive trade relations with China
D) Significant advancements in art and science
Answer: C

65. The First Battle of Panipat was fought between:
A) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi
B) Akbar and Hemu
C) Muhammad Ghori and Prithviraj Chauhan
D) Rana Sanga and Babur
Answer: A

66. The Doctrine of Lapse was introduced by which British Governor-General?
A) Lord Curzon
B) Lord Dalhousie
C) Lord Wellesley
D) Lord Hastings
Answer: B

67. The first Indian National Congress session was held in:
A) 1885
B) 1905
C) 1900
D) 1910
Answer: A

68. The Battle of Haldighati was fought between Akbar’s forces and:
A) Maharana Pratap
B) Hemu
C) Dara Shikoh
D) Shambhu Singh
Answer: A

69. Who was the founder of the Maratha Confederacy?
A) Chhatrapati Shivaji
B) Shahu Maharaj
C) Balaji Vishwanath
D) Baji Rao I
Answer: D

70. Who wrote the famous book “The History of the First War of Indian Independence 1857”?
A) Lala Lajpat Rai
B) V. D. Savarkar
C) Subhas Chandra Bose
D) R. C. Dutt
Answer: B

71. Who was the last ruler of the Maurya dynasty?
A) Ashoka
B) Brihadratha
C) Bindusara
D) Chandragupta Maurya
Answer: B

72. The Quit India Movement was launched in which year?
A) 1940
B) 1941
C) 1942
D) 1944
Answer: C

73. The Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed in the year:
A) 1931
B) 1929
C) 1930
D) 1932
Answer: A

74. The Khilafat Movement was launched in India to support:
A) British rule in India
B) The Turkish Sultan
C) The end of the Ottoman Empire
D) The establishment of a Muslim state
Answer: B

75. The first known use of the term Hindustan was in the context of:
A) The Vedic texts
B) The Persian accounts of the Mughal Empire
C) The accounts of Alexander’s invasion
D) The Sultanate period
Answer: B

76. Which of the following rulers is associated with the establishment of the Delhi Sultanate?
A) Iltutmish
B) Alauddin Khalji
C) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
D) Babur
Answer: C

77. Who was the first woman ruler of India in the medieval period?
A) Razia Sultan
B) Nur Jahan
C) Begum Hazrat Mahal
D) Maharani Durgavati
Answer: A

78. The Moplah Rebellion took place in which region of India?
A) Malabar
B) Bengal
C) Bihar
D) Punjab
Answer: A

79. Who was the first European to establish a factory in India?
A) Vasco da Gama
B) Christopher Columbus
C) John Cabot
D) Portuguese traders
Answer: D

80. The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre occurred in the year:
A) 1915
B) 1917
C) 1919
D) 1920
Answer: C

81. The Swadeshi Movement started in response to the partition of:
A) Bengal
B) Punjab
C) Bihar
D) Assam
Answer: A

82. The first woman to take part in the Civil Disobedience Movement was:
A) Sarojini Naidu
B) Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
C) Kasturba Gandhi
D) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
Answer: C

83. Who was the first Indian to lead the Indian National Congress?
A) Dadabhai Naoroji
B) Lala Lajpat Rai
C) Allan Octavian Hume
D) Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee
Answer: D

84. The term Nadapratinidhi in the Maratha administration referred to:
A) Revenue collectors
B) Military commanders
C) Subordinate rulers representing the king
D) Officers in charge of justice
Answer: C

85. Who was the founder of the Ahom dynasty in Assam?
A) Rudra Singha
B) Sukapha
C) Lachit Borphukan
D) Naranarayan
Answer: B

86. The ‘First Battle of Panipat’ (1526) was fought between Babur and:
A) Rana Sanga
B) Ibrahim Lodi
C) Hemu
D) Sher Shah Suri
Answer: B

87. The Viceroy’s Executive Council was introduced in India by:
A) Lord Mountbatten
B) Lord Curzon
C) Lord Canning
D) Lord Wellesley
Answer: C

88. Who was the author of the book “The History of the Indian National Congress”?
A) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
B) Subhas Chandra Bose
C) Bipin Chandra Pal
D) Lala Lajpat Rai
Answer: B

89. The Bengal Renaissance is most closely associated with which of the following?
A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
B) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
C) Vivekananda
D) All of the above
Answer: D

90. Who was the first Governor-General of independent India?
A) C. Rajagopalachari
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Lord Mountbatten
D) Rajendra Prasad
Answer: A

91. The famous Salt March to Dandi was started in the year:
A) 1930
B) 1927
C) 1929
D) 1932
Answer: A

92. The Young Bengal Movement was led by:
A) Henry Derozio
B) Surendranath Banerjee
C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D) Keshab Chandra Sen
Answer: A

93. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) traces its origins to which organization?
A) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
B) Hindu Mahasabha
C) Indian National Congress
D) All India Muslim League
Answer: A

94. Which of the following leaders was associated with the Ghadar Party?
A) Lala Lajpat Rai
B) Bhagat Singh
C) Kartar Singh Sarabha
D) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: C

95. Who was the founder of the Indian National Army (INA)?
A) Subhas Chandra Bose
B) Bhagat Singh
C) Lala Lajpat Rai
D) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: A

96. The Charter Act of 1833 is significant because it:
A) Abolished the trade monopoly of the East India Company
B) Introduced an Indian Civil Services exam
C) Granted sovereignty to the British Crown in India
D) Established the Indian National Congress
Answer: A

97. The Battle of Plassey (1757) resulted in the victory of the British over the forces of:
A) Nawab Mir Qasim
B) Siraj-ud-Daula
C) Tipu Sultan
D) Shuja-ud-Daula
Answer: B

98. The Swadeshi Movement was formally initiated after the partition of Bengal in:
A) 1905
B) 1911
C) 1895
D) 1907
Answer: A

99. The Chauri Chaura incident of 1922 led to the suspension of the:
A) Salt March
B) Civil Disobedience Movement
C) Non-Cooperation Movement
D) Quit India Movement
Answer: C

100. The first leader to introduce the policy of ‘Divide and Rule’ in India was:
A) Lord Curzon
B) Lord Wellesley
C) Lord Dalhousie
D) Lord Mountbatten
Answer: B