PSC HISTORY QUESTIONS

PSC HISTORY QUESTIONS
Question: Which dynasty was ruling in Delhi and was defeated by Babur when he invaded India?

1) Slave dynasty
2) Tughlaq dynasty
3) Khilji dynasty
4) Lodhi dynasty

Question: Samudragupta, one of India's greatest empire builders, of the Gupta period, his son and father both had the same name. What was it?

1) Chandragupta
2) Maurya
3) Asoka
4) Skandagupta

Question: Which Pallava ruler founded the city of Mahabalipuram and built several temples there?

1) Narasimhavarman
2) Simhavishnu Avanisimha
3) Siva-Skandavaram
4) Mahendra Vaarman I

Question: In 1857 there was a major rebellion against the British. It began in which city?

1) Bangalore
2) Calcutta
3) Meerut
4) Bombay

Question: In what year did Queen Victoria become Empress of India (in addition to being Queen of England)?

1) 1877
2) 1857
3) 1867
4) 1887

Question: Which city was captured from the British by local ruler Siraj-ud-Daula in 1756?

1) Bombay
2) Madras
3) Calcutta
4) Delhi

Question: Why was the Mughal empire weakened, and less able to prevent the British from expanding their power base in India?

1) The local rulers had gained individual power
2) The emperors were running short of money
3) The empire had been attacked from Persia and Afghanistan
4) All of these reasons

Question: Which Indian cities were the first trading posts for this company?

1) Delhi and Bombay
2) Calcutta and Delhi
3) Madras and Calcutta
4) Madras and Bangalore

Question: What was the name of the company founded in 1600 as a joint stock company, with the intention of trading in India?

1) British India Company
2) East India Company
3) East Indian Trading Company
4) British-Indian Trading Company

Question: Name the person who built Fort Necessity.

1) Edward Braddock
2) James Wolfe
3) Jeffrey Amherst
4) George Washington

Question: The fourth and final phase of the French and Indian Wars lasted from 1756-1763. What is the name of the fourth phase?

1) King George's War
2) The French and Indian War (aka The Seven Years War)
3) King William's War
4) Queen Anne's War

Question: The third phase of the French and Indian Wars lasted from 1744 to 1748. What is the name of the third phase?

1) Queen Anne's War
2) King William's War
3) King George's War
4) The French and Indian War (aka The Seven Years' War)

Question: The second phase of the French and Indian Wars lasted from 1702 to 1713. What is the name of the second phase?

1) King George's War
2) The French and Indian War (aka The Seven Years War)
3) King William's War
4) Queen Anne's War

Question: The first phase of the French and Indian Wars lasted from 1690 until 1697. What is the name of the phase?

1) Queen Anne's War
2) King William's War
3) King George's War
4) The French and Indian War (aka The Seven Years' War)

Question: The French and Indian Wars were triggered when French and Algonquian Indians massacred the inhabitants of this city in 1690. Which?

1) Rochester
2) Albany
3) Schenectady
4) Salam

Question: During his time of life in the Gupta empire, which of these is a famous play that the Gupta poet Kalidasa wrote?

1) Mohenjo-Daro
2) Shakuntala
3) Kshatriya
4) Ramayana

Question: Which of these remains of the Gupta empire is the western Indian city of Ajanta most notable for?

1) Buddhist Monastery
2) Stone Carvings
3) Cave Painting
4) Large Temple

Question: Which of these important inventions that is used all around the world was created by the Gupta civilization?

1) Leather Belts
2) 'Arabic' Numeral System
3) Farm Tractor
4) Newspaper

Question: After the fall of the Maurya empire in India, what was the next major empire to unite many kingdoms in India?

1) Gupta
2) Dravidians
3) Tamil
4) Pandava

Question: Which of these was not one of the things Asoka did for his people during his rule?

1) Make stone pillars across India
2) Send missionaries to Sri Lanka
3) Plant banyan trees by the roads
4) Set up food banks in poor towns