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. Governor Hasan Gangu revolts against Muhammad bin Tughluq founding the Bahmani Sultanate
1347
October 2001
1003-1320 AD
1759
2. Late medieval age
1206
1975
57 BC
200 AD
3. Western Satraps formed.
1290
1823
1490
35
4. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association formed.
1924
753
1675
788
5. Sena Empire
1992
1070
1521
7000
6. Khudiram Bose is born (to 1908)
1889 - 3 December
600 BC
321 BC
1865 - 28 January
7. Polonnaruwa Kingdom
300
1930
57 BC
753
8. Janata Party Splits. Chaudhary Charan Singh becomes Prime Minister.
1336
1600
1966
1979
9. Ashoka the Great regarded as the greatest ancientIndian emperor - grandson of Chandragupta Maurya - ascends as emperor of the Mauryan Empire.
280
1980
273 BC
July 2001
10. Garhwal Kingdom
1358
942
1605
1853 - 16 April
11. Vijayanagara Empire established by Harihara I and his brother Bukka Raya I
1530
1789
1771
1336
12. 'Victory of Prithviraj Chauhan'.First battle of Tarain between Mohammed Ghori and Prithviraj III. Ghauri is defeated by Prithivi Raj Chauhan III.
1644
1000 BC
1191
1552
13. Vasco de Gama's first voyage from Europe toIndia and back (to 1499)
1980
305 BC
1341
1497
14. Western Chalukya Empire
1521
1370
973
1191
15. Gadar Party formed.
1157
1859 - 18 April
1605
1913
16. Akbar annexes Kashmir.
304 BC
1586
1811
1906
17. US lifts sanctions which it imposed againstIndia and Pakistan after they staged nuclear tests in 1998. The move is seen as a reward for their support for the US-led anti-terror campaign.
September 2001
1824 - 12 February
1916
1759
18. Battle of Buxar
1764
250s BC
1795
1347
19. Dilawar Khan establishes the Malwa Sultanate in present-day northernIndia
1747
1515
1401
1503
20. Durrani Empire
1747
424
1971
1991
21. Humayun regained the throne of Delhi from the hands of weak successors of Sher Shah.
1877 - January
543
1490
1555
22. DutchIndia
850
1700
1820 -
1605
23. Gurjara Pratihara Empire
1796
650
1499
1818
24. Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha
1600
1917
1948 - 30 January
350 BC
25. Portuguese land on the Coromandel Coast
200 BC
1358
1522
1540
26. Kingdom of Kotte
1708
1857 - 10 May
304 BC
1412
27. Kingdom of Ruhuna
200 AD
1928
1200
1003-1320 AD
28. Garhwal Kingdom
1358
1757
1612
1857 - 10 May
29. Central Assembly Bombed by Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt. Purna Swaraj resolution.
1839
1929
1630
700
30. Massive earthquakes hit the western state of Gujarat - leaving at least 30000 dead.
January 2001
232 BC
1962
712
31. Nehru's daughterIndira Gandhi becomes prime minister.
1966
1931 - March
2005 July
1798
32. Bronze age
3300
3000
1300
1469
33. First Anglo-Maratha War
1515
1206
1775
1200s
34. Guru Tegh Bahadur - the ninth Guru of Sikhs is executed in Delhi by the order of Aurangzeb for his support for the Kashmiri Hindus to practice their religion.Guru Gobind Singh becomes tenth Guru of Sikhs.
1675
1446
1853 - 16 April
1771
35. Harsha Empire
1940
700
590
1515
36. Shivaji dies of fever at Raigad.
1911
1600
300 BC
1680
37. Kingdom of Kandy
1469
1644
1070
321 BC
38. 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)
1300
October 2001
200 BC
1586
39. Maharaja Ranjit Singh establishes Khalsa rule of Punjab from Lahore. Khalsa army liberates Kashmiri Pundits and invades Afghanistan through Khyber Pass.
420
1801
304 BC
1780
40. Early Vedic period (to 1000 BC)
1500 BC
1856
475
1078
41. Lodi Sultanate
1859 - 18 April
1451
1950 - 26 January
1805
42. Babur completes his Baburnama - reflecting on society - politics - economics - history - geography - nature - flora and fauna - which to this day is a standard textbook in 25 countries. Babur dies - and is succeeded by his son Humayun.
753
1530
7000
1000
43. 'Atmiya Sabha' Established Later on known as 'Prarthana Samaj' By Raja Ram Mohan Roy
1814
1875
300 BC
1490
44. Guru Ram Das becomes fourth Guru of Sikhs. Akbar annexes Bengal.
265 BC
1574
200s BC
1070
45. Kingdom of Anuradhapura
1990
377 BC
1341
1913
46. Gurjara-Pratihara (to 910)
1674
1962
2005 July
836
47. Kingdom of Tambapanni
750
543
606
1990
48. The Mauryan Empire - which shrunk considerably - collapsed after its emperor Brihadrata was assassinated by his general Pusyamitra Sunga who then established the Sunga dynasty.
483 BC
1572
184 BC
1500 BC
49. Poona Pact - (4 August) Communal Award - (November
1920
February 2002
1932 - 24 September
1469
50. Lohara Kingdom
3300 BC
1003-1320 AD
1194
1565