Top 100 Most Expected History Questions for Competitive Exams
Here are 100 most important and most repeated one-liner questions for all types of competitive Exams along with their answers:
- Which Vidushi challenged Yajnavalkya in a debate?
Answer: Gargi
- Who founded the Aligarh Movement?
Answer: Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
- In which year was the Quit India Movement started?
Answer: 1942
- Which European country was the first to establish trade in India?
Answer: Portugal
- Where was the first Buddhist council held?
Answer: Rajgriha
- In which session of the Indian National Congress was Purna Swaraj declared?
Answer: Lahore Session
- Who introduced the Permanent Settlement in Bengal?
Answer: Lord Cornwallis
- Who was the founder of Arya Samaj?
Answer: Swami Dayanand Saraswati
- What was the name of the fort built by the British in Kolkata?
Answer: Fort William
- Who laid the foundation of Portuguese power in India?
Answer: Alfonso de Albuquerque
- Who compiled the stories of Panchatantra?
Answer: Vishnu Sharma
- Who welcomed Vasco da Gama at Calicut?
Answer: Zamorin
- What treaty concluded the First Anglo-Maratha War?
Answer: Treaty of Salabai
- Which battle marked the end of French ambitions in India?
Answer: Battle of Wandiwash
- Who discovered the stories of Panchatantra?
Answer: Vishnu Sharma
- Which three Vedas are jointly called ‘Vedatrayi’?
Answer: Rigveda, Samaveda, Yajurveda
- Who defeated the Marathas in the Third Battle of Panipat?
Answer: Ahmad Shah Abdali
- Which British ruler received Bombay as a dowry?
Answer: Charles II
- Where did the Salt Satyagraha end?
Answer: Dandi
- Who was the Nawab of Bengal during the Second Anglo-Mysore War?
Answer: Siraj-ud-Daula
- Who said, “Where there is no law, there is no freedom”?
Answer: John Locke
- Who founded the Ramakrishna Mission?
Answer: Swami Vivekananda
- Who founded the Ramakrishna Mission?
Answer: Swami Vivekananda
- Who started the Civil Disobedience Movement by breaking the Salt Law?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
- Who was the first Governor-General of India?
Answer: Lord William Bentinck
- Which king of the Chola dynasty built the Brihadeeswarar Temple?
Answer: Raja Raja Chola
- Where was the huge bath found?
Answer: Mohenjo-Daro
- Who built the Akal Takht?
Answer: Guru Hargobind
- Where was Guru Nanak Dev born?
Answer: Talwandi
- Who compiled the Gayatri Mantra?
Answer: Derived from the Rigveda
- What was the primary reason for the failure of the Non-Cooperation Movement?
Answer: Chauri Chaura incident
- What was the political capital of Ranjit Singh’s kingdom?
Answer: Lahore
- Who discovered the Cape of Good Hope route to India?
Answer: Vasco da Gama
- Who gave the title of King to Ranjit Singh?
Answer: Zaman Shah
- Which European power was the first to establish trade settlements in India?
Answer: Portugal
- Who built the Kailashnath Temple at Ellora?
Answer: Krishna
- What is the meaning of the word ‘Buddha’?
Answer: Enlightened
- Who is known as the ‘Father of Indian Renaissance’?
Answer: Raja Rammohan Roy
- What was the main reason for starting the Quit India Movement in 1942?
Answer: Failure of Cripps Mission
- Who built the huge bath in Mohenjo-Daro?
Answer: Indus Valley Civilization
- Where did the Salt March start?
Answer: Sabarmati Ashram
- Who was the last Mughal emperor of India?
Answer: Bahadur Shah Zafar
- Which ruler welcomed Vasco da Gama with a grand reception at Calicut?
Answer: Zamorin
- Which Chola temples are mainly dedicated to Lord Shiva?
Answer: Most Chola temples
- What metal was first used by Vedic people?
Answer: Copper
- Which Chola ruler built Gangaikonda Cholapuram?
Answer: Rajendra I
- Who defeated the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah in the Battle of Karnal?
Answer: Nadir Shah
- Who betrayed Tipu Sultan during his battles with the British?
Answer: Mir Sadiq
- Who discovered the sea route to India?
Answer: Vasco da Gama
- Who created the concept of Sarvodaya?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
- Which city was considered the religious capital of Ranjit Singh’s kingdom?
Answer: Amritsar
- Which treaty ended the First Anglo-Maratha War?
Answer: Treaty of Salabai
- Who was the architect of Humayun’s Tomb?
Answer: Mirak Mirza Ghiyath
- What was the local name of Mohenjo-Daro?
Answer: Mound of the Dead
- Who built the famous city of Fatehpur Sikri?
Answer: Akbar
- Who was the Indian king who welcomed Vasco da Gama at Calicut?
Answer: Zamorin
- What was the main food of the Vedic Aryans?
Answer: Milk and its products
- Which Governor-General welcomed Ranjit Singh with great respect at Ropar?
Answer: Lord William Bentinck
- What was the main objective of the Cabinet Mission?
Answer: To create a constitutional framework for the transfer of power
- Who betrayed Siraj-ud-Daula in the Battle of Plassey?
Answer: Mir Jafar
- Who compiled the Aitareya Brahmana?
Answer: Vedic Aryans
- Who founded Banaras Hindu University?
Answer: Madan Mohan Malaviya
- Who started the Khilafat Movement?
Answer: Ali Brothers
- Who was the first ruler of the Delhi Sultanate to issue coins?
Answer: Iltutmish
- Who gave the slogan “Inquilab Zindabad”?
Answer: Bhagat Singh
- Who is known as the ‘Prophet of New India’?
Answer: Raja Rammohan Roy
- Which Vedic text is a collection of hymns and is the oldest?
Answer: Rigveda
- Who was the savior of the Delhi Sultanate?
Answer: Iltutmish
- Who founded the Peshwa dynasty?
Answer: Balaji Vishwanath
- Which dynasty built most of the Ellora caves?
Answer: Rashtrakuta
- Who was the founder of the Brahmo Samaj?
Answer: Raja Rammohan Roy
- Who was the ruler of Delhi during Nadir Shah’s invasion?
Answer: Muhammad Shah
- Who was the first President of independent India?
Answer: Dr. Rajendra Prasad
- Who discovered the Rummindei Pillar inscription about Gautama Buddha’s birthplace?
Answer: Ashoka
- Who was the President of Congress when the Quit India Resolution was passed?
Answer: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
- Which civilization is famous for its city planning?
Answer: Indus Valley Civilization
- Which Mughal emperor fought the Battle of Haldighati?
Answer: Akbar (against Maharana Pratap)
- Who fought in the Second Battle of Panipat?
Answer: Akbar and Hemu
- Who translated the Ramayana into Persian?
Answer: Badauni
- Who was the first ruler of the autonomous state of Awadh?
Answer: Saadat Khan
- Who designed the city of New Delhi?
Answer: Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker
- Who gave the title ‘Mahatma’ to Gandhi?
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore
- Where was the state capital of Shivaji’s kingdom?
Answer: Raigad
- Who was the founder of the Arya Samaj in Bombay?
Answer: Swami Dayanand Saraswati
- Who used the first artillery in India?
Answer: Babur
- Who was the Chola king who took the Ganges from north to south?
Answer: Rajendra Chola
- Which Indian reformer is known as the ‘Father of Modern India’?
Answer: Raja Rammohan Roy
- Which treaty marked the end of the First Anglo-Maratha War?
Answer: Treaty of Salabai
- In which year was the Khalsa Panth founded by Guru Gobind Singh?
Answer: 1699
- Which war decided the fate of the French in India?
Answer: Battle of Wandiwash
- Who established the Prarthana Samaj?
Answer: Atmaram Pandurang
- What does Buddhism believe as the cause of human suffering?
Answer: Desires
- Who was the founder of the Prarthana Samaj?
Answer: Atmaram Pandurang
- Who was the first woman ruler of India?
Answer: Razia Sultana
- Which Mughal emperor built the Taj Mahal?
Answer: Shah Jahan
- Which Portuguese governor laid the real foundation of Portuguese power in India?
Answer: Alfonso de Albuquerque
- Where was the earliest Dutch colony in India located?
Answer: Masulipatnam
- Who was the first woman ruler of India?
Answer: Razia Sultana
- Which Mughal emperor built the Taj Mahal?
Answer: Shah Jahan
- Which Portuguese governor laid the real foundation of Portuguese power in India?
Answer: Alfonso de Albuquerque
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