🇮🇳 Top 100 Indian History Questions
🏺 Ancient History (1–30)
- Which is the oldest civilization in India?
👉 Indus Valley Civilization - Which river was central to Indus Valley Civilization?
👉 Indus River - Famous cities of Indus Valley?
👉 Harappa, Mohenjo-Daro - Who discovered Harappa?
👉 Daya Ram Sahni - What was the script of Indus Valley?
👉 Undeciphered - Main occupation of Indus people?
👉 Trade and agriculture - What is the Vedic Age known for?
👉 Composition of Vedas - Which is the oldest Veda?
👉 Rigveda - Who were Aryans?
👉 Indo-European people - What is Sabha and Samiti?
👉 Political assemblies - Who founded Buddhism?
👉 Gautama Buddha - Who founded Jainism?
👉 Mahavira - What is Nirvana?
👉 Freedom from cycle of birth - Capital of Magadha?
👉 Pataliputra - Who founded Maurya Empire?
👉 Chandragupta Maurya - Who was Ashoka?
👉 Mauryan emperor - Which war changed Ashoka’s life?
👉 Kalinga War - Who wrote Arthashastra?
👉 Chanakya - Gupta period is known as?
👉 Golden Age of India - Who was Samudragupta?
👉 Gupta ruler - Who wrote Meghaduta?
👉 Kalidasa - Who invented zero?
👉 Aryabhata - Nalanda University was located in?
👉 Bihar - What is Sangam Age?
👉 Tamil literature period - Who were Cholas?
👉 South Indian dynasty - Who built Brihadeshwara Temple?
👉 Rajaraja Chola I - What is Ashvamedha Yajna?
👉 Horse sacrifice ritual - What is Varna system?
👉 Social division - What are Upanishads?
👉 Philosophical texts - What is Tripitaka?
👉 Buddhist scriptures
🏰 Medieval History (31–65)
- Who founded Delhi Sultanate?
👉 Qutb-ud-din Aibak - Which dynasty built Qutub Minar?
👉 Slave Dynasty - Who was Iltutmish?
👉 Sultan of Delhi - Who was Razia Sultan?
👉 First female ruler of Delhi - Who was Alauddin Khilji?
👉 Powerful Sultan - Who introduced market control policy?
👉 Alauddin Khilji - Who founded Mughal Empire?
👉 Babur - First Battle of Panipat was fought between?
👉 Babur & Ibrahim Lodi - Who was Akbar?
👉 Great Mughal ruler - Who introduced Din-i-Ilahi?
👉 Akbar - Who wrote Akbarnama?
👉 Abul Fazl - Who built Taj Mahal?
👉 Shah Jahan - Who was Aurangzeb?
👉 Mughal ruler - Who founded Sikhism?
👉 Guru Nanak - What is Bhakti Movement?
👉 Religious reform movement - Who were Sufi saints?
👉 Islamic mystics - Who was Kabir?
👉 Saint-poet - Who was Tulsidas?
👉 Author of Ramcharitmanas - Who founded Vijayanagara Empire?
👉 Harihara & Bukka - Battle of Talikota year?
👉 1565 - Who was Krishnadevaraya?
👉 Vijayanagara king - Who founded Maratha Empire?
👉 Shivaji Maharaj - What is Ashta Pradhan?
👉 Council of ministers - Who was Guru Gobind Singh?
👉 10th Sikh Guru - What is Khalsa?
👉 Sikh military group - Who introduced Persian language?
👉 Turks - What is Mansabdari system?
👉 Mughal administration - Who wrote Ain-i-Akbari?
👉 Abul Fazl - What is Jagirdari system?
👉 Land revenue system - Who built Red Fort?
👉 Shah Jahan - What is Zakat?
👉 Tax in Islam - What is Jizya?
👉 Tax on non-Muslims - Who abolished Jizya?
👉 Akbar - Who reimposed Jizya?
👉 Aurangzeb - What is Indo-Islamic architecture?
👉 Blend of styles
🇮🇳 Modern History (66–100)
- Who came to India first among Europeans?
👉 Portuguese - Who discovered sea route to India?
👉 Vasco da Gama - Battle of Plassey year?
👉 1757 - Who founded British East India Company?
👉 East India Company - Who was first Governor-General of India?
👉 Warren Hastings - Who was last Governor-General?
👉 C. Rajagopalachari - Who was first Viceroy?
👉 Lord Canning - Revolt of 1857 is also known as?
👉 First War of Independence - Who was Rani Lakshmi Bai?
👉 Queen of Jhansi - Who was Mangal Pandey?
👉 Freedom fighter - Who founded INC?
👉 A. O. Hume - INC founded in which year?
👉 1885 - Who was first President of INC?
👉 W. C. Bonnerjee - Who gave slogan “Swaraj is my birthright”?
👉 Bal Gangadhar Tilak - Who was Mahatma Gandhi?
👉 Father of Nation - When did Gandhi return to India?
👉 1915 - What is Non-Cooperation Movement?
👉 1920 movement - What is Civil Disobedience Movement?
👉 1930 movement - What is Quit India Movement?
👉 1942 movement - Who gave “Do or Die”?
👉 Mahatma Gandhi - Who was Subhash Chandra Bose?
👉 Nationalist leader - What is INA?
👉 Indian National Army - Who formed INA?
👉 Subhash Chandra Bose - Who gave slogan “Jai Hind”?
👉 Subhash Chandra Bose - Who was Bhagat Singh?
👉 Revolutionary - Who was Chandrashekhar Azad?
👉 Revolutionary - Who was Sardar Patel?
👉 Iron Man of India - Who was Jawaharlal Nehru?
👉 First PM - Who was first President of India?
👉 Dr. Rajendra Prasad - When did India get independence?
👉 15 August 1947 - When was Constitution adopted?
👉 26 January 1950 - What is Partition of India?
👉 Division into India & Pakistan - Who was Mountbatten?
👉 Last Viceroy - What is Cabinet Mission?
👉 1946 plan - Who wrote “Discovery of India”?
👉 Jawaharlal Nehru