Online History Practice Test 1

Q1. The Simon Commission visited India in the year
1926
1927
1929
1930

Q2. Who among the following was not a member of Cabinet Mission
Lord Pethick-Lawrence
A. V. Alexander
Stafford Cripps
Anthony Eden

Q3. Who among the following kings was credited with establishing the equivalent of a modern postal delivery system in India
Humayun
Ashoka
Quli Qutub Shah
Sher Shah Suri

Q4. The first Indian national Congress consisted of
72 delegates
76 delegates
89 delegates
90 delegates

Q5. Which of the following granted "separate electorate" to Indian Muslims
Charter Act of 1933
Muslim League in 1906
Government of India Act, 1935
Morley-Minto Reforms, 1909

Q6. The Saka era began from
78 B.C.
78 A.D.
712 A.D.
100 A.D.

Q7. Who among the following introduced the market control policy during the Sultanate rule of India
Iltutmish
Ala-ud-din Khiliji
Ibrahim Lodi
Firoz Shah Tughluq

Q8. The word Sikh means
disciple
devotee
fighter
single

Q9. Who is known as the father of Indian Archaeology
Dayaram Sahani
S. R. Rao
Sir Alexander Cunningham
Sir John Marshall

Q10. Who was the first scholar to decipher the Ashokan inscriptions
Sir Alexander Cunningham
R. K. Mukherji
James Prinsep
R. S. Sarma