Start learning →

State PSC Indian History — practice questions

Explore 1,699 free Indian History questions in State PSC History. Open each question or exercise to read its content, reference answers and available explanation.

Practise Indian History with Quill →

Indian History questions and exercises with answers

Showing questions 1–30 of 1,699.

The irrigation device called ‘Araghatta’ wasRead the answer and worked solution →Who among the following rulers in ancient India had assumed the titles ‘Mattavilasa’, ‘Vichitrachitta’ and ‘Gunabhara’?Read the answer and worked solution →Fa-hien (Faxian), the Chinese pilgrim, travelled to India during the reign ofRead the answer and worked solution →The famous female figurine known as 'Dancing Girl', found at Mohenjo-daro, is made ofRead the answer and worked solution →Who of the following rulers of medieval India gave permission to the Portuguese to build a fort at Bhatkal?Read the answer and worked solution →Which one of the following is a work attributed to playwright Bhasa?Read the answer and worked solution →Sanghabhuti, an Indian Buddhist monk, who travelled to China at the end of the fourth century AD, was the author of a commentary on:Read the answer and worked solution →Order the opening events of the revoltRead the answer and worked solution →Dates and placesRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: how the revolt beganRead the answer and worked solution →Tap every target the rebels struck at MeerutRead the answer and worked solution →Meerut or Delhi?Read the answer and worked solution →Complete the opening of the revoltRead the answer and worked solution →Assertion and reasonRead the answer and worked solution →Two are true, one is notRead the answer and worked solution →Three of these are wrong. Find the one that holds.Read the answer and worked solution →Flip and pair: detail with its place in the storyRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the one that does not belongRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: the spread of the revoltRead the answer and worked solution →Who took part?Read the answer and worked solution →Reading the chapterRead the answer and worked solution →Order the spread within MeerutRead the answer and worked solution →The Muslim League argued that India was made of two peoples, Hindus and Muslims. What was this called?Read the answer and worked solution →Why did Pakistan emerge as two separate territories in 1947?Read the answer and worked solution →Which leader of the North Western Frontier Province, called Frontier Gandhi, opposed the two-nation theory?Read the answer and worked solution →Which two provinces were split at district level because both had large non-Muslim areas?Read the answer and worked solution →About how many people were forced to migrate across the new border in 1947?Read the answer and worked solution →What share of India's population was Muslim in 1951, after Partition migration?Read the answer and worked solution →Gandhi's last fast, which calmed communal violence in Delhi, was in which month and year?Read the answer and worked solution →Who shot Mahatma Gandhi at his evening prayer on 30 January 1948?Read the answer and worked solution →

Worked practice questions

The irrigation device called ‘Araghatta’ was

  1. a water bag made of leather pulled over a pulley
  2. a large wheel with earthen pots tied to the outer ends of its spokes
  3. a larger earthen pot driven by bullocks
  4. a large water bucket pulled up by rope directly by hand
Show answer and solution

Correct answer: B. a large wheel with earthen pots tied to the outer ends of its spokes

UPSC CSE Prelims 2025 (GS-I, Set A), Q.13. Official answer key: B.

Open this question →

Who among the following rulers in ancient India had assumed the titles ‘Mattavilasa’, ‘Vichitrachitta’ and ‘Gunabhara’?

  1. Mahendravarman I
  2. Simhavishnu
  3. Narasimhavarman I
  4. Simhavarman
Show answer and solution

Correct answer: A. Mahendravarman I

UPSC CSE Prelims 2025 (GS-I, Set A), Q.14. Official answer key: A.

Open this question →

Fa-hien (Faxian), the Chinese pilgrim, travelled to India during the reign of

  1. Samudragupta
  2. Chandragupta II
  3. Kumaragupta I
  4. Skandagupta
Show answer and solution

Correct answer: B. Chandragupta II

UPSC CSE Prelims 2025 (GS-I, Set A), Q.15. Official answer key: B.

Open this question →

How to practise

  1. Choose a Indian History question and try to work out your answer.
  2. Open the question to check the correct answer and read its worked solution.
  3. Continue in the app for bite-sized lessons, explanations and review with Quill. You can start without creating an account.

More History topics

Art & CultureIndian History TimelineModern Indian HistoryAncient Indian HistoryWorld HistoryMedieval Indian HistoryPolitical TheoryOrganisations