SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Timeline Of Indian History
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
trivia
,
history
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Dilawar Khan establishes the Malwa Sultanate in present-day northernIndia
1401
1909
265 BC
1856
2. Iron age
1451
1200
505
1974
3. Second Anglo-Maratha War begins
1803
1932 - 24 September
1446
475
4. Mahatma Gandhi is born (to 1948)
1869
350 BC
1906
185
5. Early Harappan Culture
1200 BC
1469
1807
3300
6. India deploys troops for peacekeeping operation in Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict.
1424
1931 - March
1987
475
7. Kuninda Kingdom established. Tholkappiyam describes the grammar and morphology of Tamil; it is the oldest existing Tamil grammar (dates vary between 200 BCE and 100 CE). (to 100 BC)
1272
1859 - 18 April
1779
200 BC
8. A high-powered rocket is launched - addingIndia to the club of countries able to fire big satellites deep into space.
2800 BC
2001
1446
1555
9. Black and Red ware culture
1300
184 BC
1424
527 BC
10. Kingdoms of Sri Lanka
1944
1867
35
543 BC
11. Pallava Empire
543
450
250 BC
1867
12. Falling public support leads to Congress defeat in general election.
280
1989
1798
60
13. Forces led by Shivaji defeat Aurangzeb's troops - and establishes Maratha Empire.
December 2001
1539
1157
1674
14. British Expedition to Tibet
1903
1414
1453
1759
15. Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh state kill more than 50 policemen in a dawn attack.
180 BC
March 2007
1966
1540
16. Western Satraps formed.
October 2001
377 BC
1974
35
17. Deva Raya II succeeded his father Veera Vijaya Bukka Raya as monarch of the Vijayanagara Empire
1424
800
1814
1805
18. Babur bribes Mewar general Silhadi promising Silhadi a kingdom - if Silhadi betrays Mewar King Rana Sanga in Battle of Khanwa - thus leading to the annexation of Mewar.
1522
1527
260 BC
814
19. Indira Gandhi's Congress Party loses general elections. Janata Party comes to power.Communist party ofIndia comes into power in West Bengal.
1977
3400 BCE
1971
7000
20. Solanki Kingdom
505
304 BC
2003 August
942
21. Vedic period
250s BC
1818
2000
September 2001
22. Beginning of Vikram Era
1823
1779
57 BC
78
23. Maratha Empire
1826
753
1674
1707
24. Harsha Empire
590
1414
1696
21
25. Gandhi
1935 - August
424
1931 - March
273 BC
26. India fires on Pakistani military posts in the heaviest firing along the dividing line of control in Kashmir for almost a year.(NO reference)
836
1747
550s
October 2001
27. The Maratha Peshwa (prime minister) usurps the Maratha kingdom - starting a new dynastic rule based in Pune.
7000
1434
1556
1749
28. Marathas comprehensively defeat the Nizam - Maratha Empire reaches its zenith.
300 BC
1996
475
1760
29. Kamarupa Kingdom
1984
57 BC
350
1530
30. DutchIndia
1451
1777
1370
1605
31. Simon Commission
1510
1965
1927 - November
1944
32. Portuguese land on the Coromandel Coast
1522
1991
60
1434
33. Guru Har Rai becomes seventh guru of Sikhs - Shivaji takes oath ofIndependence at Raireshwar.
1644
1130
200 BC
1500 BC
34. Kingdom of Sitawaka
1102
1453
1909
1521
35. Dutch Ceylon
1780
1811
1300
1656
36. 'Atmiya Sabha' Established Later on known as 'Prarthana Samaj' By Raja Ram Mohan Roy
1699
1814
1946 - February
1539
37. Ror Kingdom
1021
538 BC
600 BC
450 BC
38. Established first three University of Mumbai - University of Madras and University of Calcutta inIndia
1857
1759
1021
1796
39. Indo-Greek Kingdom
1200 BC
1469
1628
180 BC
40. Mauryan Empire is founded by Chandragupta Maurya in Magadha after he defeats the Nanda dynasty and Macedonian Seleucid Empire. Mauryan capital city is Patliputra (Modern Patna in Bihar)
1040
321 BC
1343
1950 - 26 January
41. All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose
1939
326 BC
265 BC
321
42. Kingdom of Dambadeniya
1220
1527
1996
from 2000 BC
43. Forces led by Shivaji defeat Aurangzeb's troops - and establishes Maratha Empire.
1708
1805
1674
1749
44. District collectors in Bengal were made responsible for settling the revenue and collecting it.
450 BC
1863
1774
1786
45. Ram Mohan Roy Born (to 1833)
1992
1772
1500 BC
538 BC
46. Akbar the Great annexes Gujarat - also shifts the Mughal capital to Fatehpur Sikri where a new township and citadel containing buildings of a unique all-India character
1572
265 BC
3300 BC
1799
47. Early Vedic period (to 1000 BC)
1980
1500 BC
836
16 August
48. Iron age
1200
1855 - 30 June
420
684
49. Kuninda Kingdom established. Tholkappiyam describes the grammar and morphology of Tamil; it is the oldest existing Tamil grammar (dates vary between 200 BCE and 100 CE). (to 100 BC)
1200
December 2001
1839
200 BC
50. Haryanka Kingdom
1401
1540
684
1964