The NDA and CDS examination includes various question from History that tests a candidate’s knowledge of events and developments that have shaped the world. To assist aspirants in preparing for the NDA and CDS examinations in 2023, we have compiled a list of the top 100 most likely history questions. These questions cover a wide range of topics and periods in history, including ancient, medieval, and modern history, and are intended to assess the candidate’s knowledge, analytical skills, and ability to draw connections between historical events. So, whether you’re a seasoned history buff or just getting started, this list will give you valuable insight into the types of questions you can expect in the exam.
Below is the list of 100 plus History Questions that will finitely benefit you in the upcoming NDA 1 and CDS 1 2023 exams.
- What is the name of the form of government which ruled Magadha?
- Dictatorship
- Democratic
- Monarchical
- Both ‘b’ and ‘c’
- Which was the most important festival celebrated at Hampi?
- Shivratri
- Diwali
- Mahanavami
- Holi
- What was the capital of the Maratha kingdom?
- Poona
- Nagpur
- Bombay
- Nasik
- Dual Administration was established in Bengal by
- Clive
- Warren Hastings
- Wellesley
- Dalhousie
- Which of the following statements was not a feature of the Permanent Settlement Act?
- Zamindars were made the legal proprietor of the land
- Most of the landlords did not take interest in the improvement of land
- The state was assured of a fixed income
- One-sixth of the produce was given to the Govt
- The modern location of some old states is given below. Which is/are correctly matched?
- Anga – Bhagalpur and Monghyr
- Magadha – Patna and Gaya
- Kasala – Avadh
- Panchala – Badawn, Bareilly
- Matsya – Allahabad
- All A, B, C, D, and E
- A, B, C, and D
- B, C, D, and E
- A, C, and D
- Copper and bronze were used to make
- Tools
- Weapons
- Ornaments
- All of them
- The first metal to be used by man was
- Bronze
- Iron
- Copper
- Stone
- The people of the Indus Valley civilization worshipped the female form of
- Mother goddess
- Laxmi
- Saraswati
- Durga
- The biggest building at Mohnejodaro was the
- great granary
- rectangular building
- great bath
- Assembly hall
- The polity of the Indus Valley people was
- Oligarchy (Merchants)
- Secular federalism
- Theocratic federalism
- Theocratic unitary
- Iron was brought to many civilizations by the
- Turks
- Greeks
- Hittites
- Huns
- The first home of the Aryans was the
- Punjab
- Gujarat
- Rajasthan
- Madhya Pradesh
- Agriculture was the main occupation of the
- Aryans
- Kushans
- Guptas
- Kushanas
- Which of the following contains the Gayatri Mantra?
- Yajurveda
- Rigveda
- Samaveda
- Upanishad
- Where is Harappa situated, according to the present map?
- India
- Pakistan
- Afghanistan
- China
- Which one of the following gives the correct chronological order of the Vedas?
- Rigveda, Samaveda, Atharvaveda, Yajurveda
- Rigveda, Samaveda, Yajurveda, Atharvaveda
- Atharvaveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda, Rigveda
- Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda, Atharvaveda
- Ashoka was inspired by the teachings of.
- Mahavira
- Satyakama
- Buddha
- Pannini
- After the Kalinga war, Ashoka
- restored all the kingdoms he had conquered
- abandoned the policy of physical conquests in favor of cultural conquests.
- renounced his kingdom and became a sadhu
- followed the policy of physical occupation more rigorously
- What is meant by Janapadas?
- The land where the Jana set its foot and settled down.
- The land of shudras
- The land of historical monuments
- Museums
- How are empires different from kingdoms?
- Empires are larger than kingdoms
- Empires need more resources than kingdoms
- Empires need more officials who collect more taxes than Kingdoms
- All of them
- Where did Ashoka send his messengers to spread ideas about ‘Dhamma’? Choose the correct answer from the code given below :
- Syria
- Egypt
- Greece
- Sri Lanka
- Only (I)
- Only (ii) and (iii)
- Only (iv)
- All of them
- Who wrote the biography of Harshavardhana?
- Aryabhatta
- Kalidasa
- Shaka
- Banabhatta
- What was the name of Harshavardhana’s biography?
- Harshacharita
- Harshamanglam
- Harshamanas
- None of them
- Ellora was built by
- Pallavas
- Chanakyas
- Rastrakutas
- None of these
- Who built the town of Thanjavur?
- Vijayalaya
- Rajput
- Rajendra Chola
- None of these
- Which changes did take place in the early medieval period?
- Extension of agriculture
- Migration of forest dwellers
- Emergence of peasants
- All of the above
- When did Delhi first become the capital of a kingdom?
- At the time of the Tomar dynasty
- Tuglaq dynasty
- Lodhi dynasty
- None of these
- What was Iqta in the sultanate period?
- Territories of land
- A tax
- A form of the military
- None of these
- Muhammad Tuglaq Transferred his capital from Delhi to
- Daulatabad
- Sahibabad
- Firozabad
- None of these
- Which sultan’s first campaign in South India?
- Alauddin Khalji
- Raziyya
- Qutabdin Aibak
- None of these
- Under whose rule, was Ajmer the capital?
- Mauryas
- Chauhans
- Guptas
- Pallavas
- Who introduced ‘Permanent Settlement’ in Bengal?
- Lord Bentinck
- Lord Cornwallis
- Lord Wellesley
- Lord Hastings
- The English East India Company’s first presidency in India was at
- Hooghly
- Surat
- Madras
- Masulipatnam
- The battle of Plassey(1757) was fought between
- Tipu Sultan and East India Company
- Haider Ali and East India Company
- Siraj-ud-Daulah and East India Company
- Mir Qasim, Shiraj-ud-Daulah and East India Company
- Which of the following was twice made the Nawab of Bengal by the East India Company?
- Siraj-ud-Daula
- Shah Alam II
- Mir Qasim
- Mir Jafar
- The Supreme Court in British India was established under:
- The Charter Act of 1813
- The Charter Act of 1833
- Regulating Act of 1773
- Pitt’s India Act of 1784
- The founder of the kingdom of Awadh was
- Safdarjang
- Saddat Khan
- Shuja-ud-doula
- Asaf-ud-doula
- The real founder of the British Empire in India was
- Clive
- Warren Hastings
- Wellesley
- Dalhousie
- With whom was the Ryotwari Settlement made?
- The Zamindars
- The Cultivators
- The Village communities
- The Muqaddars
- Bengal was divided during the Governor-Generalship of
- Lord Warren Hastings
- Lord Canning
- Lord Curzon
- Lord Hardings
- The Government of India Act, of 1919 was based on
- Simon Commission
- Nehru’s report
- Montagu Chelmsford Report
- Minto-Morley Reforms
- The Indian National Congress was founded by
- Sir A.O. Hume
- Lokmanya Tilak
- Gopal Krishna Gokhale
- Mahatma Gandhi
- The Conference in which the congress was divided into two camps-Extremist and Liberal was held in
- Mumbai
- Surat
- Kolkata
- Lahore
- The way Gandhi adopted for Non-co-operation movement was
- to inspire the army to revolt against British Government
- to provoke the public into violence
- to make people agree to surrender their titles and resign from Government jobs with peaceful means
- to instruct the leaders to oppose the Government in Parliament
- The Sati Pratha was declared illegal during the Governer Generalship of
- William Bentinck
- Dalhousie
- Canning
- Cornwallis
- The Civil Disobedience Movement was started with the action that
- the people offered themselves to be sent to jail
- the Government was compelled to call Round Table Conference
- the meeting was held against the Government
- Gandhiji acted against Salt Act
- The Forward Block was formed by
- Subhash Chandra Bose
- C.R. Dass
- Bal Ganga Dhar Tilak
- Gopal Krishan Gokhale
- The Revolutionary who threw a bomb in the Assembly was
- Chandra Shekhar Azad
- Bhagat Singh
- Ram Prasad Bismil
- Sukh Dev
- The Swaraja Party was organized by
- Lala Lajpat Rai and Feroz Shah Mehta
- Sarojini Naidu and Annie Besant
- C. R. Das and Motilal Nehru
- C. Rajagopalachari and C.Y. Chintamani
- The Khilafat Movement was organized to protest against the injustice done to
- Egypt
- Arabia
- Persia
- Turkey
- Which one of the following is incorrectly matched?
- Bhagat Singh : Meerut Conspiracy Case
- Ram Prasad Bismil : Kakori Conspiracy Case
- Chandra Shekhar Azad : New Delhi Conspiracy Case
- Surya Sen : Chittagong Armoury Raid
- Who among the following did not attend the First Round Table Conference?
- M.K. Gandhi
- Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru
- Dr. Ambedkar
- C.Y. Chintamani
- Railway and telegraph systems were introduced in India by
- Lord Cornwallis
- Lord Dalhousie
- Lord Wellesley
- Lord Bentinck
- Who led the Bardoli Satyagraha in 1928?
- Morarji Desai
- M.K. Gandhi
- Mahadev Desai
- Vallabhbhai Patel
- The interim Government formed in India in 1946 was headed by
- C. Rajagopalachari
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- Dr. Rajendra Prasad
- “Do or Die” was the slogan that Mahatma Gandhi gave during the
- Quit India Movement
- Non-Cooperation Movement
- Khilafat agitation
- Civil Disobedience Movement
- Hunter Commission was appointed by the British Government to probe into
- Chauri Chaura incident
- Demolition of Kanpur Mosque
- Jalianwalla Bagh massacre
- Kakori train dacoity incident
- The moderate congress leaders demanded
- no separation but representation
- the immediate end of British rule in India
- end of racial discrimination
- introduction of English education
- The Lahore session of the Congress in 1929 decided to
- launch civil disobedience movement
- to struggle for freedom
- attainment of complete independence
- None of these
- The Quit India Movement was organized on
- June 1941
- 8 August 1942
- July 1943
- July 1946
- The first split in Congress took place in 1907 in
- Calcutta
- Allahabad
- Madras
- Surat
- The Muslim League demanded partition in
- 1906
- 1936
- 1940
- 1942
- Who among the following belonged to the moderate group of the Indian National Congress?
- Lala Lajpat Rai
- Bipan Chandra Pal
- Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- Gopal Krishna Gokhale
- The Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place in the city of?
- Agra
- Meerut
- Amritsar
- Lahore
- The slogan ‘Inquilab Zindabad’ was raised by
- Subhash Chandra Bose
- Bhagat Singh
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- What amongst the following were the main problems of India just after independence?
- Refugees
- Education
- Princely states
- Poverty
- I and III are correct
- II, III and I are correct
- Only II is correct
- All are correct
- In the context of the Indian freedom struggle, 16 October 1905 is well known for which one of the following reasons?
- The formal proclamation of the Swadeshi Movement was made in the Calcutta town hall
- Partition of Bengal took effect
- Dadabhai Naoroji declared that the goal of the Indian National Congress was Swaraj
- Lokmanya Tilak started Swadeshi Movement in Poon
- When was the first atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima?
- August 6, 1945
- August 8, 1942
- August 9, 1945
- August 9, 1944
- Sultan Muhammad Quli Qutub Shah was the contemporary of
- Akbar
- Aurangzeb
- Shahjahan
- Muhammad Shah
- The Indus Valley Civilization was famous for
- Well-planned cities
- Efficient civil organization
- Development of Art and Architecture
- All of these
- Which one of the following began with the Dandi March?
- Home Rule Movement
- Non-Cooperation Movement
- Civil Disobedience Movement
- Quit India Movement
- Which one of the following settlements comprised Zamindar as a middleman to collect the land revenue?
- Mahalwari Settlement
- Ryotwari Settlement
- Permanent Settlement
- None of these
- Consider the following statements :
- The discussions in the Third Round Table Conference eventually led to the passing of the Government of India Act of 1935.
- The Government of India Act of 1935 provided for the establishment of an All India Federation to be based on a Union of the provinces of British India and the Princely States.
- Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- 1 only
- 2 only
- Both 1 and 2
- Neither 1 nor 2
- The Sun Temple of Konark was built by Narasimhadeva I. To which dynasty did he belong?
- Somavamsi dynasty
- Imperial Ganga dynasty
- Suryavamsi Gajapati dynasty
- Bhoi dynasty
- What was the main difference between the Indus Valley Civilization and Vedic Civilization?
- Indus Valley Civilization was urban, while the Vedic Civilization was rural.
- The “Pipal” tree was worshiped in Indus Valley Civilization, while the “Burgad” tree was worshiped in Vedic Civilization.
- The main emphasis in Indus Valley Civilization was on trade while in the Vedic Age was on religion.
- Indus Valley Civilization believed in non-violence while Vedic Civilization had no hard and fast rules about violence.
- Which one of the following is correctly matched?
- Second Battle of Panipat – Akbar and Ibrahim Lodi
- Battle of Khanwa – Akbar and Rana Sanga
- Battle of Chausa – Humayun and Sher Shah
- First battle of Tarian – Mahmud Ghaznavi and Prithviraj Chauhan
- Who had demarcated the borderline between India and Pakistan?
- McMohan
- Lord Durand
- Radcliffe
- None of these
- In Indian history, who was Abdul Hamid Lahori?
- An important military commander during Akbar’s reign
- An official historian of the reign of Shah Jahan
- An important noble and confident of Aurangzeb
- A chronicler and poet during the reign of Muhammad Shah
- The parleys between Prime Ministers Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Indira Gandhi, so much referred to in world politics, were held at
- Manali
- Rawalpindi
- Shimla
- Islamabad
- Which one of the following is not related to the continuing turmoil in Bosnia?
- Serbs
- Muslims
- Jews
- Croats
- The Gulf war of 1991 was precipitated by the Iraqi annexation of
- Bahrain
- Kuwait
- Saudi Arabia
- South Yemen
- Who wrote ‘The Indian War of Independence, in 1857?
- R.C Majumdar
- V.D. Savarkar
- S.B. Chaudhary
- S.N. Sen
- Dalhousie’s worst political blunder was?
- Annexation of Punjab
- Occupation of lower Burma
- Abolition of the ‘Doctrine of Lapse’
- Annexation of Oudh
- The Congress is in reality a civil war without arms. The above statement was made by?
- W. Wedderburn
- Sir Saiyid Ahmad Khan
- D.W. Bethune
- Lord Dufferin
- The Governor General of India at the time of the foundation of the Indian National Congress was?
- Lord Chelmsford
- Lord Dalhousie
- Lord Dufferin
- None of these
- Which was the only session of the Indian National Congress, presided by Mahatma Gandhi?
- Allahabad
- Guwahati
- Belgaum
- Kakinada
- The President of the Indian National Congress at the time of independence was?
- J. B. Kripalani
- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
- Dr. Rajendra Prasad
- Jawahar Lal Nehru
- The Grand Old Man of Indian politics was?
- Bipin Chandra Pal
- Dadabhai Naoroji
- Surendra Nath Bannerjee
- Rasbehari Bose
- Gandhi’s Dandi March is associated with which among the following movements?
- Partition of Bengal
- Khilafat Movement
- Non-cooperation Movement
- Civil Disobedience Movement
- Raja Ram Mohan Roy favored the banning of
- Child marriages
- Caste system
- Sati
- Widow exploitation
- The Home Rule League was organized by
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Dr. Annie Besant
- Lala Lajpat Rai
- Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
- William Jones founded the following society in 1789
- The Asiatic Society
- The Bombay Society
- The Indian Society
- Calcutta Society
- The founder of Ramakrishna’s mission was
- Vivekanand
- Ramakrishna Paramhansa
- Raja Ram Mohan Roy
- Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
- The first Indian newspaper to be printed was
- The Times of India
- Kesari
- Bengal Gazette
- None of these
- The founder of the Ahmadiyya movement was
- Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
- Malviya Chirag Ali
- Mirza Ghulam Ahmed
- Shaukat Ali
- The War of Independence of 1857 failed because
- The revolution was not well organized
- It was not supported by public
- There were differences in opinions
- All of these
- The revolt of 1857 broke out for an immediate cause
- a British interfered by introducing new social reforms like the widow remarriage act of 1856
- banning sati and child marriage
- greasing of the cartridges in the new Enfield rifle with the fats of cows and pigs.
- banning polygamy
- Who was the Governor General when the 1857 revolt broke out?
- Canning
- Hastings
- Dalhousie
- Curzon
- Which of the following was one of the major political causes of the revolt of 1857?
- The withdrawal of the pension of Nana Sahib
- Lord Dalhousie’s policy of discriminate annexation and Doctrine of Lapse
- The absence of sovereigns of British rule in India
- After the defeat of the Sikhs and annexation of Punjab, the properties of the Lahore, Durbar was auctioned and the Kohinoor was sent to England
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