Search Post on this Blog

MCQs on Important Battles and War in Indian History | QUIZ and Multiple choice of question and answer

 1. During which one of the following battles, did Babar declare 'Jihad'? (UPPSC 2010 )

a) Battle of Panipat    

b) Battle of Khanwa

c) Battle of Chanderi  

d) None of the above


Answer. b) Battle of Khanwa ( 1527)


2. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? ( UPPSC 2015)

a) First Battle of Panipat: 1526

b) Battle of Khanva: 1527

c) Battle of Ghagra: 1529

d) Battle of Chanderi: 1530


Answer. d.

Battle of Chanderi; 1528; Between Babur and Rajput.

First Battle of Panipat: Timurid under Babur vs Afghans under Ibrahim Lodi

Second Battle of Panipat: 1556: Hemu vs Akbar

The third battle of Panipat: 1761: Maratha Empire vs Ahmad Shah Abdali

Battle of Ghagra: 1529; Babur vs Mahmud Lodi; Bihar annexed

Battle of Khanva(1527): Babur vs Rana Sanga; Rajpur ruler.

Battle of Chandri( 1528): Babur vs Rajput



3. In which year, did Babar defeat Sultan Ibrahim Lodi at the battle of Panipat? ( UPPSC 2016)

a) 1527 A.D.

b) 1526 A.D.

c) 1525 A.D.

d) 1524 A.D.


Answer. b. 1526 A.D'; First battle of Panipat.


4. Arrange the following battles in chronological order and select the correct answer from the codes given below: ( UPPSC 2019)

I. Battle of Sarnal

II. Battle of Bilgram

III. Battle of  Dharmat

IV. Battle of Jajau

Codes:

a) II, I, III, IV

b) II, III, IV, I

c) III, II, I, IV

d) III, I, II, IV


Answer. a; 

Battle of Bilgram; 1540; Shershasri defeated the Humayun.

Battle of Sarnal. 1572; between Mughals and Hussain Mirza.

Battle of Dharmat; 1658; Between Aurangzeb and DShikohakoha over Shahjahan's throne.

Battle of Jajau: Succession battle after Aurangzeb.


5. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched? ( UPPSC 2017)

a) Hector Munro: Battle of Buxar

b) Lord Hastings: Anglo-Nepal War

c) Lord Wellesley: Fourth Anglo Mysore

d) Lord Cornwallis: Third Anglo-Maratha War


Answer. d) Lord Cornwallis: Third Anglo-Maratha War

Third Anglo-Maratha War: Lord Hasting


6. Consider the following events and arrange them in Chronological order: ( UPPSC 2022)

1. Battle of Mudki

2. Battle of Porto Novo

3. Batlle of Shakarkheda 

4. Battle of Bedara

Select the correct answer from the code given below:

Codes:

        A    B    C    D

a)    1    2    3    4

b)    3    4    2    1

c)    4    3    2    1

d)    2    3    4    1


Answer.  b)    3    4    2    1

1. Battle of Mudki: Punjab; 1841

2. Battle of Porto Novo: 1781 Hyder Ali

3. Batlle of Shakarkheda : 1724: Nizam Ul Malik

4. Battle of Bedara: 1759 Dutch elimination from India


7. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: ( UPPSC 2016)

List I

A. First Carnatic War

B. Third Carnatic War

C. Second Carnatic War

D. First Mysore War

List II

1. Ended by Treaty of Paris

2. Britishers Lost

3. Inconclusive War

4. Ended by Treaty of Aix La Chapelle

Codes:

        A    B    C    D

a)     1    3    4    2

b)    2    4    1    3

c)    4    1    3    2

d)    3    1    4    2


Answer. c)    4    1    3    2


8. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from below: ( UPPSC 2019)

        List I

A. Treaty of Allahabad

B. Treaty of Mangalore

C. Treaty of Salbai

D. Treaty of Madras

    List II

1. 1782

2. 1784

3. 1769

4. 1765

Codes:

        A    B    C    D

a)    4    2    3    1

b)    2    4    3    1

c)    4    2    1    3

d)    2    4    1    4


Answer. c)    4    2    1    3


9. With reference to the Treaty of "Aix-la-Chapelle 1748" which of the following statements is correct? ( UPPSC 2020)

1. The first Carnatic War was ended

2. English got back to Madras

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Codes:

a) 1 only

b) Both 1 and 2

c) 2 only

d) Neither 1 nor 2


Answer. b) Both 1 and 2


10. Match the following:

     List I ( Battle)           List II ( Year)

A. Battle of Panipat    1. 1576

B. Battle of Tarrain     2. 1764

C. Battle of Buxar        3. 1191

D. Battle of Haldighati      4. 1526

Codes:

        A    B    C    D

a)   1    2    3    4

b)    2    1    4    3

c)    4    3    2    1

d)    4    3    1    2


Answer. c)    4    3    2    1


11. In which year did the second battle of Tarrain take place?

a) 1191

b) 1192

c) 1291

c) 1292


Answer. b) 1192


12. Match the following

     List I ( Battle)           List II ( Year)

A. Battle of Chandavar    1. 1529

B. First battle of Panipat     2. 1527

C. Battle of Khanwa        3. 1526

D. Battle of Ghaghra      4. 1194

Codes:

        A    B    C    D

a)   1    2    3    4

b)    2    1    4    3

c)    4    3    2    1

d)    4    3    1    2


Answer. c)    4    3    2    1


Chandavar Battle: 1194: Between Mohammad Ghori and Jaichand ( King of Kannau): Ghori won.

The first battle of Panipat was held between Babur in 1526 and Ibrahim Lodi. Babur won;

Battle of Khanwa: 1527: between Babur and Rana Sanga: Babur won.

Battle of Ghaghra: 1529: between Babur and Afghan ( Muhammad Lodi)


13.  Match the following

     List I ( Battle)           List II ( Year)

A. Battle of Chausa    1. 1565

B. Battle of Kannauj ( Bilgram)    2. 1556

C. Second battle of Panipat        3. 1540

D. Battle of Talikota     4. 1539

Codes:

        A    B    C    D

a)   1    2    3    4

b)    2    1    4    3

c)    4    3    2    1

d)    4    3    1    2


Answer. c)    4    3    2    1

Battle of Chausa: 1539; Between Sher Khan ( Sher Shah Suri) and Humayun; Sher Khan won.

Battle of Kannauj: 1540; Between Sher Khan ( Sher Shah Suri) and Humayun; Sher Khan won.

Second battle of Panipat: 1556: Between Akbar and Hemu; 

Battle of Talikota: 1565; between the Bahmani empire and Vijayanagara empire; Vijaynagar empire ended.



14.  Match the following

     List I ( Battle)           List II ( Year)

A. Battle of Haldighati    1. 1576

B. Battle of Plassey    2. 1757

C. Third battle of Panipat        3. 1761

D. Battle of Buxer   4. 1764

Codes:

        A    B    C    D

a)   1    2    3    4

b)    2    1    4    3

c)    4    3    2    1

d)    4    3    1    2


Answer. c)    4    3    2    1

Battle of Haldighati: 1576; Between Akbar and Maharana Pratap

Battle of PlasseyL 1757; British and Nawab of Bengal

Third battle of Panipat: Marathas and Ahmad Shah Abdali( Afghan); Maratha defeated.



15. When did the third battle of Tarrain took place?

a) 1191

b) 1192

c) 1193

d) 1216


Answer. d) 1216

The third battle of Terrain ( 1216): Between Iltumis and 



16. Which of the following is not correctly matched?

a) The first battle of Panipat: Babur and Ibrahim Lodi

b) Battle of Khanwa: Babur and Rana Sanga

c) Battle of Chanderi: Babur and Sher Shah Suri

d) Battle of Ghaghra: Babur and Afghani rule


Answer. c) Battle of Chanderi: Babur and Sher Shah Suri;

The Battle of Chanderi was fought in 1528 between Rajput forces and Mughal forces under Babur. Medini Rai declined the fort offer,


17. 

Previous
Next Post »