Picture Quiz - Historical Monuments of India 2

Indian Historical Monuments Picture Quiz 2

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	1. This is a tomb which is famous for its resemblance to Taj Mahal. Do you know this monument? Mahabat Maqbara Bibi Ka Maqbara Shahzadi Ka Maqbara Hazira Maqbara
	2. This is one of the most recognised structures of India. Where is it located? New Delhi Mumbai Agra Hyderabad
	3. Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh is known for its large number of imambaras. Can you identify the imambara (holy shrine) in this picture? Bara Imambara Imambara Shah Najaf Chota Imambara Imambara Jannat Nasheen
	4. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and was the capital of Vijayanagar Empire. Golkonda Fort Champaner Kumbhalgarh Hampi
	5. Which Mughal Emperor's tomb is seen this picture? Humayun Akbar Babur Jahangir
	6. Can you identify this masjid? Makkah Masjid, Hyderabad Jama Masjid, Delhi Moti Masjid, Delhi Sir Syed Masjid, Aligarh
	7. Do you know where the Dimasa Kachari Ruins, seen in the picture, located? Dimapur, Nagaland Guwahati, Assam Kohima, Nagaland Khaspur, Assam
	8. What you are seeing in the picture is the Kashmiri Gate built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. Where is it? Kashmir Srinagar Delhi Gulmarg
	9. Red Fort named for its massive enclosing walls of red sandstone is an easily identifiable and famous monumnet in Delhi. Do you know who constructed it? Aurangazeb Jahangir Akbar Shah Jahan
	10. Identify this popular tourist monument in South India Bekal Fort Vivekananda Rock Memorial Shore Temple Thiruvalluvar Statue

Picture Quiz - Historical Monuments of India

Indian Monuments Picture Quiz

India is so vast and rich in culture and heritage. The excellent monuments of India are excellent sources of our culture and heritage. Try this quiz to know more about our monuments.

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	1. This grand and historical palace was built by Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh. Can you identify it? Khetri Mahal Hawa Mahal Lake Palace Mysuru Palace
	2. Amar Jawan Jyoti located in New Delhi is a memorial for the soldiers of Indian Armed Forces who died during the Indo-Pakistani War. When was it constructed? 1971 1972 1973 1974
	3. Situated in Mumbai it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Do you know what this historic place is? Heritage Hotel Railway Station Royal Palace Museum
	4. This is the mausoleum of king Mohammed Adil Shah. In which state it is located? Uttar Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Tamil Nadu Karnataka
	5. Where can you find the India Gate, originally called the All India War Memorial? Mumbai Kolkatta New Delhi Hyderabad
	6. Identify this monument, which is one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India? Konark Khajuraho Ajanta Sanchi
	7. The historical Lake Palace is a luxury hotel now. Where is it located? Udaipur Jaipur Bikaner Jodhpur
	8. The city where this palace is situated is often called as the "City of Palaces" and is one of the most famous tourist attractions in India. Name the palace Raj Mahal Palace Falaknuma Palace Jai Vilas Palace Mysore Palace
	9. The Great Stupa at Sanchi is one of the oldest stone structures in India. In which state it is located? Uttar Pradesh Rajastan Madhya Pradesh Karnataka
	10. On the banks of which river this famous marble monument situated? Yamuan Hooghly Ganges Narmada

India Quiz 32: History Quiz

Indian History Quiz

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1. Who was the last Mughal Emperor?

Muhammad Azam Shah
Aurangazeb
Jahangir
Bahadur Shah II

2. Who is the founder of Lodi dynasty in India?

Ibrahim Lodi
Sikander Lodi
Bahlul Lodi
Mahmud Lodi

3. Who founded the Madhyamaka school of Mahayana Buddhism?

Santaraksita
Vasubandhu
Nagarjuna
Bhadrabahu

4. The Kalpa Sutra is an ancient text containing the biographies of

Jain Tirthankaras
Lord Budha and his disciples
Ancient Indian Sages
Sikh Gurus

5. Name the Sikh guru who inaugurated the Khalsa, the Sikhs who have undergone the sacred Amrit Ceremony

Guru Arjunn
Guru Nanak
Guru Gobind Singh
Guru Tegh Bahadur

6. Which one of the following was used to make houses during Indus Valley Civilisation?

Bricks
Bamboos
Stone
Reeds

7. The "Hathimgumpha Inscription" on Udayagiri Hills, Bhubaneswar is the main source of information about which one of the following rulers?

Ashoka
Chandragupta Maurya
Kharvela
Harsha

8. Which one of the following is the mausoleum of Mohammed Adil Shah, Sultan of Bijapur?

Gol Gumbaz
Bahauddin Makbara
Barakhamba
Hazira Makbara

9. In which Indian city was the famous Black Hole, the small dungeon where British prisoners of war were held?

Delhi
Agra
Calcutta
Ahmedabad

10. Tripiṭaka is the traditional term used to refer to the scriptures of which religion?

Jainism
Sikhism
Budhism
Hinduism

India Quiz 16 - Famous Places of Indian Freedom Struggle

India Quiz

This quiz is on famous places associated with Indian Independence Movement. These are model questions useful for CBSE Heritage India quiz and other General Knowledge Quizzes

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1. Popularly known as Tatya Tope, he was an Indian Maratha leader in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 who was executed by the British Government on 18 April 1859. Where was he executed?

Gwalior
Kanupur
Shivpuri
Jhansi

2. Name the place in Uttar Pradesh, near Gorakhpur where a police station was set on fire by a mob of angry citizens, killing 22 policemen inside that led Gandhiji to call off the non-cooperation movement.

Kakori
Chittagong
Chauri Chaura
Champaran

3. The Place in Lucknow District in UP where revolutionaries led by Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqulla Khan and Chandrasekhar Azad stopped and looted a train carrying British Government money.

Chittagong
Kakori
Chauri Chaura
Champaran

4. The taluka in Gujarat which suffered from floods and famine in 1925. A Satyagraha movement was started under Sardar Vallabhai Patel in January 1926 after the land revenue in the taluka was increased by 30 per cent.

Bardoli
Kheda
Vedaranyam
Moirang

5. Located in Germany, this place is well know in India's freedom struggle for unfurling of the Naitonal Flag by Madame Bhikaji Cama during the meeting of International Socialist Congress on August 22, 1907.

Heidelberg
Berlin
Gutenberg
Stuttgart

6. It is from this ground in Mumbai, which was known as the Gowalia Tank Maidan, that Mahatma Gandhi issued the call for British to Quit India on 8 August 1942. What is it now called?

Gateway of India
August Kranti Maidan
Mani Bhavan
Bombay Harbour

7. In 1930, C Rajagopalachari led a Salt Satyagraha in response to the Dandi March which began at Trichinopoly and ended at this place.

Tuticorin
Puduchery
Kumbakonam
Vedaranyam

8. The town in Kerala famous for the satyagraha led by T.K. Madhavan in the year 1924 against untouchability among the Hindus.

Trivandrum
Kodungallur
Vaikom
Guruvayoor

9. This was the scene of a decisive battle in the 18th-century (1760) war between the British force led by Eyre Coote and a French force led by General Thomas Lally. British won the war and it cemented the British supremacy in India.

Wandiwash
Buxar
Plassey
Panipat

10. This jail, built by the British in 1871, housed many freedom fighters especially between 1930–42, including Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Netaji Subhas Bose and Bal Gangadhar Tilak. In 1924, Veer Savarkar was also kept in the jail.

Cellular Jail
Yerwada Jail
Alipore Jail
Lahore Central Jail



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India Quiz 15 - Freedom Fighters Quiz 4

India Quiz 15

Freedom Fighters Quiz - Indian Independence Movement Quiz

The set of questions on our great revolutionaries and activists who fought against the British towards India's freedom. 

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1. "One individual may die for an idea, but that idea will, after his death, incarnate itself in a thousand lives." Whose words are this?

Chandrasekhar Azad
Bhagat Singh
Ram Prasad Bismil
Subash Chandra Bose

2. Which freedom fighter advocated dismantling the system of caste in Hindu culture and coined the term Hindutva (Hinduness)?

Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Veer Savarkar
Lala Lajpat Rai
Dadabhai Naoroji

3. Who was NOT one among the three convicted of the charges and hanged on 23 March 1931 for the assassination of a British police officer, J. P. Saunders, at Lahore in 1928?

Bhagat Singh
Shivaram Rajguru
Chandrasekhar Azad
Sukhdev Thapar

4. Who was the author of 'the philosophy of the bomb' published in january 1930 in response to Mahatma Gandhi's article condemning the revolutionary act 1929 bomb blast under the train of Viceroy Lord Irwin on the Delhi-Agra railway line?

Chandrasekhar Azad
Bhagat Singh
Bhagwati Charan Vohra
Batukeshwar Dutt

5. Who led the group of revolutionaries on 18 April 1930 to raid the armoury of police and auxiliary forces from the Chittagong armoury?

Surya Sen
Chandrasekhar Azad
Bhagat Singh
Har Dayal

6. Who is known as the 'Mother of Indian Revolution'?

Sarojini Naidu
Annie Besant
Bhikaiji Cama
Rani of Jhansi

7. Name the freedom fighter who served as the first ambassador of India to the USA?

Vijayalakshmi Pandit
Asaf Ali
S Radhakrishnan
K. P. S. Menon

8. Whose birthday is celebrated as "National Education Day" across India?

Abul Kalam Azad
S Radahakrishnan
Rajendra Prasad
Mohammad Ali Jouhar

9. He was the co-founder of Jamia Milia Islamia, serving as its Vice Chancellor from 1928, under whom Jamia became associated with the freedom movement. He later became the President of India. Who is he?

Rajendra Prasad
S Radahakrishnan
Zakir Husain
VV Giri

10. Rashtriya Ekta Diwas (National Unity Day), was introduced by the Government of India in 2014 in honour of this great freedom fighter and one of the founding fathers of the Republic of India on his birthday, 31 October.

S Radhakrishnan
Sardar Vallabhai Patel
Jawaharlal Nehru
Rajendra Prasad

India Quiz 14 - Special on Freedom Fighters 3

India Quiz 14

Freedom Fighters Quiz - Indian Independence Movement Quiz

The second set of questions on our great revolutionaries and activists who fought against the British towards India's freedom.

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1. Lal Bal Pal" was a triumvirate of assertive nationalists duirng the British Raj. Which one of the following is NOT one among the triumvirate?

Lala Lajpat Rai
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Bipin Chandra Pal
Jawahar Lal Nehru

2. Who started Kesari, a Marathi newspaper,in 1881?

Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Mahatma Gandhi
Subash Chandra Bose
Gopalakrishna Gokhale

3. Who is known as "The Father of the Indian Renaissance"?

Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Rabindranath Tagore
Mahatma Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehur

4. This foreign national, actively involved in India's freedom struggle for independence, is best remembered today for having introduced apple cultivation to the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Who is he?

AO Hume
Satyananda Stokes
CF Andrews
George Yule

5. This social reformer who is known as "Maker of Modern India" helped Lord William Bentick to suppress the cruel social custom Sati?

Dayananda Saraswati
Sardar Patel
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Gopalakrishna Gokhale

6. The national anthem of Bangladesh, "Amar sonar bangla", was written by

Rabindranath Tagore
Ram Prasad Bismil
Muhammad Iqbal
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

7. "I am proud to have the honour of laying down my humble life". Who told this to the judge when his death sentence was pronounced?

Bhagat Singh
Madan Lal Dhingra
Khudiram Bose
Ram Prasad Bismil

8. "Every blow aimed at me would prove to be a nail in the coffin of the British imperialism in India" was the famous words of the man who played an important role in India's freedom struggle. Who is he?

Mahatma Gandhi
Lala Lajpat Rai
Subash Chandra Bose
Bal Gangadhar Tilak

9. "As pure as crystal as brave as a lion and the most perfect man in the political field" This was Gandhi's words to describe this personality who was the founder of the 'Servants of India Society". Identify this great personality.

Lala Lajpat Rai
Motilal Nehru
Gopalakrishna Gokhale
Bipin Chandra Pal

10. "If the deaf are to hear, the sound has to be very loud". Can you identify the revolutionary who said this?

Subash Chandra Bose
Chandrasekhar Azad
Khudiram Bose
Bhagat Singh

India Quiz 13 - Special Freedom Fighters Quiz 2

India Quiz 13

Freedom Fighters Quiz - Indian Independence Movement Quiz

The second set of questions on our great revolutionaries and activists who fought against the British towards India's freedom. 

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1.He was President of the Indian National Congress in 1897 held at Amravati. Until present he is the only Keralite to hold the post. Who is he?

Sir Chettur Sankaran Nair
K.P. Kesava Menon
K Kelappan
K. Madhavan Nair

2.During the election for the post of the future Prime Minister of India held by the Congress party, he had the second highest number of votes after Sardar Patel. Who was he?

Jawaharlal Nehru
JB Kripalani
Lal Bahadur Sasthri
S Radhakrishnan

3.In 1902, he became the first Indian to hold the post of Chief Justice in Mumbai. He was the First Muslim President of INC. Identify

Syed Hasan Imam
Badruddin Tyabji
Hakim Ajmal Khan
Abul Kalam Azad

4.Who is known as Rastraguru?

Gopalakrishna Gokhale
Subash Chandra Bose
Balgangadar Tilak
Surendranath Banerjee

5.Whom did Mahatma Gandhi call as Christ's Faithful Apostle?

Chittaranjan Das
CF Andrews
Mother Teresa
Ernest Forrester-Paton

6.On August 1, 2015, the Chhapra-Delhi-Chhapra Weekly Express was renamed as "Loknayak Express" in honour of Indian independence activist. Who is he?

Subash Chandra Bose
Lala Lajpat Rai
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Jayaprakash Narayan

7.Whom did Mahatma Gandhi describe as the "keeper of my conscience"?

Jawaharlal Nehru
C Rajagopalachari
Gopalakrishna Gokhale
Lala Lajpat Rai

8.Who is popularly called Deshbandhu or "Friend of the country"?

CF Andrews
Rajaram Mohan Roy
Chittaranjan Das
Jayaprakash Narayan

9.He was the first non-Indian to hold the post of INC President in 1888. Name this fourth President of the Indian National Congress.

George Yule
CF Andrews
William Wedderburn
Alfred Webb

10.Popularly known as the Grand Old Man of India, he was the first Asian to be a British MP. Name him

Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Lala Lajpat Rai
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Dadabhai Naoroji

India Quiz 12 - Special on Freedom Fighters

India Quiz 12

Freedom Fighters Quiz - Indian Independence Movement Quiz

This set of questions are on our great revolutionaries and activists who fought against the British towards India's freedom. 

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1.Who among the following founded Indian National Association, one of the earliest Indian political organizations in 1876?

Surendranath Banerjee
Lala Lajpat Rai
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Veer Savarkar

2.Popularly known as Aryan Peshwa, he established the first Provisional Government of India at Kabul in Afghanistan. Who is he?

Nana Sahib
Balaji Bajirao
Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh
Rashbehari Bose

3.Sir Curzon Wyllie, a British official, was assassinated on 1 July 1909 in London by the Indian revolutionary which is said to be the first acts of revolution in the Indian independence movement in the 20th century. Name the revolutionary.

Udham Singh
Madan Lal Dhingra
Lala Hardayal
Khudiram Bose

4.Who is popularly known as Dinabandhu?

CF Andrews
Rajaram Mohan Roy
Chittaranjan Das
Jayaprakash Narayan

5.Name the Indian independence activits who is known as Lok Nayak (The People's Hero)

Subash Chandra Bose
Lala Lajpat Rai
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Jayaprakash Narayan

6.In 1992, the Bharat Ratna was awarded posthumously and was later cancelled due to opposition. Who was the awardee?

Subash Chandra Bose
Aruna Asaf Ali
Jayaprakash Narayan
Vallabhbhai Patel

7.He was one of the first recipients of India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna and founder of the Swatantra Party. Can you identify this great leader?

Jayaprakash Narayan
Vallabhbai Patel
C Rajagopalachari
Jawaharlal Nehur

8.Who is known as "Father of the Indian unrest"?

Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Mahatma Gandhi
Subash Chandra Bose
Gopalakrishna Gokhale

9.Who is known as Kappalottiya Tamilan - "The Tamil Helmsman"?

Veera Mangai Velunachiyar
Chinnaswami Subramanya Bharathiyar.
Veerapandiya Kattabomman
V. O. Chidambaram Pillai

10.The founding member and president of Nair Service Society. He was chosen as the first Satyagrahi from Kerala in the individual satyagraha movement launched by Gandhiji. Who is he?

K.P. Kesava Menon
K Kelappan
C. Kesavan
K. Madhavan Nair