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Quiz about Indian History1
Quiz about Indian History1

Indian History-1 Trivia Quiz


Welcome to 6000+ years of Indian history. I've tried to cover all the important periods and regions of India in 15 questions. See how many you get right.

A multiple-choice quiz by spb. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
spb
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
6,170
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
10 / 15
Plays
7331
Last 3 plays: Guest 106 (8/15), Guest 103 (10/15), ZWOZZE (13/15).
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Question 1 of 15
1. What age in Indian History is referred to as the 'Golden Age'? Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. What theory of ancient Indian history has recently been disproved? Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. What dynasty did the emperor Iltutmish belong to?

Answer: (One Word (do not type the word 'dynasty' after it))
Question 4 of 15
4. What ruler is referred to as the 'Mad Monarch'? Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. The Brihadeeswara temple at Tanjore was built by an emperor of what dynasty? Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. Which of these kings was among the first to use rockets in warfare? Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. The daughter of what general of Alexander's army married Chandragupta Maurya? Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. Who is generally regarded as the founder, in collaboration with the Japanese, of the 'Indian National Army', in the hope of expelling the British from India? Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. Who was the queen of Jhansi's trusted general during the 1857 mutiny? Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. During the reign of which emperor is the poet Kalidasa accepted to have lived? Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. Who was the first royal convert to Buddhism? Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. What empire did the emperor Krishnadeva Raya rule over? Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. What monk who lived around 800 AD proposed the philosophy of 'Advaita' (Non-duality)? Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. Who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913? Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. Who founded Sikhism? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What age in Indian History is referred to as the 'Golden Age'?

Answer: Gupta

The Gupta age around 1500 years ago was truly a golden age as far as achievements in literature, architecture etc. were concerned. The poet Kalidasa lived in this age, and the iron pillar which still stands in the open today as it has for hundreds of years without rusting was built then.

It is said that people could leave their houses wide open for months while they went elsewhere and come back to find their possessions intact.
2. What theory of ancient Indian history has recently been disproved?

Answer: Aryan invasion theory

The theory that Aryans invaded India around 1500 B.C. and displaced the previous Dravidian civilisation has been laid to rest. There never was any real proof in support of the theory - it was a theory based almost entirely on conjecture. Recent satellite, archaeological and genetic evidence (gene tests have shown that all Indians of all social classes all over India are basically the same race) has finally been disproved. (Refer to Subhash Kak's 'Is the Aryan-Dravidian Binary Valid?', Navaratna Rajaram's 'The Aryan Invasion of India: the Myth and the Truth' and David Frawley's 'The Myth of the Aryan Invasion of India').
3. What dynasty did the emperor Iltutmish belong to?

Answer: Mamluk

Iltutmish is accepted as the emperor under whose reign the Qutb Minar, started by his predecessor Qutb ud din Aibak (whose slave he was before he became emperor), was completed.
4. What ruler is referred to as the 'Mad Monarch'?

Answer: Mohammad bin Tughlaq

Mohammad bin Tughlaq belonged to the Tughlaq dynasty. He is best known for mad schemes like moving the capital from Delhi to Daulatabad (not such a bad idea, except that he tried to move the whole population of Delhi to the newly built city) and trying to introduce new currency (again not such a bad idea- only he tried confiscating all the old currency first!).
5. The Brihadeeswara temple at Tanjore was built by an emperor of what dynasty?

Answer: Chola

Located in Tanjore in Tamil Nadu (my home state) in S. India. Built by Rajendra Chola.
6. Which of these kings was among the first to use rockets in warfare?

Answer: Tipu Sultan

Tipu Sultan ruled in Mysore, in present day Karnataka. He used rockets in warfare against the British. The rockets were not perfected, and killed as many of his own soldiers as of British soldiers. So he abandoned the idea of using them. This was in the 1790s - a little after the French Revolution, way before rockets were used in war by Europeans.
7. The daughter of what general of Alexander's army married Chandragupta Maurya?

Answer: Seleukos Nikator

Chandragupta Maurya was the first emperor of the Maurya dynasty. Alexander invaded the Punjab in 324 BC. He died shortly after in Mesopotamia. After Alexander's death Seleukos took control of the eastern part of his empire and tried invading India again but was repelled by Chandragupta.

He ceded parts of his empire (including Gandhara- present day Afghanistan) to the Mauryan empire. The marriage between the Maurya emperor and the general's daughter (Helen?) was a political move, to ensure an alliance with the Greeks.
8. Who is generally regarded as the founder, in collaboration with the Japanese, of the 'Indian National Army', in the hope of expelling the British from India?

Answer: Subhash Chandra Bose

He died in a plane crash. The vast majority of Indians, however, knew that there was no point in swapping British for Japanese rule and fought alongside the British to defend India.
9. Who was the queen of Jhansi's trusted general during the 1857 mutiny?

Answer: Tantia Tope

The 1857 Mutiny (Sepoy Mutiny or First Indian War of Independence) which started in Meerut in present day Uttar Pradesh was the first concerted attempt to throw the British out of India. It failed because of poor coordination and because it did not involve large parts of S.

India. Jhansi Rani Lakshmibhai was one of the bravest fighters in the mutiny. The mutiny was the starting point of the struggle which culminated in India's independence in 1947.
10. During the reign of which emperor is the poet Kalidasa accepted to have lived?

Answer: Chandragupta Vikramaditya

Chandragupta Vikramaditya was a Gupta emperor. Kalidasa was one of the Navaratnas ('nine gems') of his court. The literary works 'Shakuntala', 'Meghadoota' etc. were by Kalidasa.
11. Who was the first royal convert to Buddhism?

Answer: Bimbisara

No, it is not Ashoka. Legend has it Bimbisara disguised himself as a soldier of an enemy nation (Vaishali) to find their means of defence against his empire Magadha. He was wounded by a soldier of his own army because of his disguise and taken care of by a courtesan in Vaishali (Amrapali) with whom he fell in love.

He managed to find Vaishali's means of defence and escaped to his own country to lead a campaign against Vaishali, which he won. However, Amrapali would have nothing to do with him after that, and converted to Buddhism, and he followed her in converting too.

This was before the Mauryan empire was even founded. Ashoka, the third Mauryan emperor, is the most famous royal convert to Buddhism though, and it is because of him (Ashoka) that Buddhism spread to Ceylon, Burma, Afghanistan and China (and thence to Japan and Korea).
12. What empire did the emperor Krishnadeva Raya rule over?

Answer: Vijayanagar

Located in S. India in present day Karnatka. His court jester was Tenali Raman, stories of whose wit still abound in S. India. The ruins of the emperor's capital can be seen at Hampi, which is a UNESCO world heritage site.
13. What monk who lived around 800 AD proposed the philosophy of 'Advaita' (Non-duality)?

Answer: Adi Shankara

'Advaita' postulates that the supreme soul (God) and individual souls (animals, plants, humans ...) are the same. The individual souls do not realise their true nature because they are lost in material illusion. Adi Shankara was born in present day Kerala. He travelled all over India on foot. He also wrote the 'Viveka Chudamani'.
14. Who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913?

Answer: Rabindranath Tagore

He got the nobel prize for his work 'Gitanjali' in Bengali. He also wrote the National Anthem of India (and of Bangladesh too).
15. Who founded Sikhism?

Answer: Guru Nanak Dev

Sikhism emerged in the fifteenth century AD. The Sikhs had 10 gurus, the last of whom was Guru Gobind Singh, who lived in the time of the Mughal emperor Aurangazeb. Aurangazeb was a tyrant, and the two main centres of resistance to his power were the Marathas in the West of India and the Sikhs in the North.
Source: Author spb

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