Indian History MCQ (Part -3)

 1. Who was the first Indian to be elected as President of the Indian National Congress?

a) Mahatma Gandhi

b) Sardar Patel

c) Dadabhai Naoroji

d) Jawaharlal Nehru

Answer: c) Dadabhai Naoroji

 

2. Who was the founder of the Maurya Empire?

a) Chandragupta Maurya

b) Ashoka

c) Bindusara

d) Harsha

Answer: a) Chandragupta Maurya

 

3. Who was the first Mughal Emperor of India?

a) Babur

b) Akbar

c) Jahangir

d) Aurangzeb

Answer: a) Babur

 

4. Who was the last Mughal Emperor of India?

a) Aurangzeb

b) Shah Jahan

c) Bahadur Shah Zafar

d) Humayun

Answer: c) Bahadur Shah Zafar

 

5. Who was the first Governor-General of India?

a) Lord Canning

b) Lord Cornwallis

c) Lord William Bentinck

d) Warren Hastings

Answer: d) Warren Hastings

 

6. Who led the Quit India Movement in 1942?

a) Mahatma Gandhi

b) Jawaharlal Nehru

c) Sardar Patel

d) Subhash Chandra Bose

Answer: a) Mahatma Gandhi

 

7. Which Indian king is known for his patronage of Buddhism?

a) Ashoka

b) Kanishka

c) Harsha

d) Samudragupta

Answer: b) Kanishka

 

8. Who was the first Indian to receive the Nobel Prize?

a) Rabindranath Tagore

b) C.V. Raman

c) Mother Teresa

d) Amartya Sen

Answer: a) Rabindranath Tagore

 

9. Who was the first Indian woman to become the President of the Indian National Congress?

a) Annie Besant

b) Sarojini Naidu

c) Indira Gandhi

d) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

Answer: b) Sarojini Naidu

 

10. Who was the first Indian to climb Mount Everest?

a) Tenzing Norgay

b) Sir Edmund Hillary

c) Nawang Gombu

d) Bachendri Pal

Answer: a) Tenzing Norgay

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