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. Rajiv Gandhi assassinated by suicide bomber sympathetic to Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers. Economic reform programme begun by Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao.
1559
1991
250
1490
2. Paramara Kingdom
800
1412
1030
1606
3. Polonnaruwa Kingdom
300
1515
1801
1979
4. Partition of Bengal
1612
2001
250 BC
1905
5. Third Anglo-Mysore War begins.
60
1931 - March
1539
1789
6. Third Anglo-Mysore War ends.
1946 - February
1700
200 BC
1792
7. Suicide squad attacks parliament in New Delhi - killing several police. The five gunmen die in the assault. India imposes sanctions against Pakistan - to force it to take action against two Kashmir militant groups blamed for the suicide attack on par
1845
1965
December 2001
250
8. DutchIndia
2003 August
1605
10
1962
9. Last invasion of Mahmud Ghazni - sacked and destroyed temple of Somnath
333 BC
1775
1024
413
10. Ghadar conspiracy - Provisional Government of India formed in Kabul. Gandhiji Return toIndia.
250s
1905
230
1915
11. Alberuni arrivies inIndia; death of Mahmud of Ghazni
1030
1818
1839
1811
12. 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
1991
350
1453
13. Second Anglo-Maratha War ends
1805
590
1021
240
14. Mature Harappan Culture
2600
1699
1600
1775
15. Veera Ballala III killed at the Battle of Madurai.
1343
1486
1483
250s
16. Earliest evidence for indus valley civilization
1510
3400 BCE
1206
1030
17. 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
1401
1293
1572
1370
18. Kingdom of Kotte
1490
1856
1000
1412
19. Shishunaga Kingdom
March 2007
413
1947 AD
321 BC
20. Battle of Buxar
304 BC
606
1764
1984
21. Shahi Empire
1221
1003-1320 AD
500s
1424
22. Second Anglo-Mysore War begins.
1780
July 2001
450
2600 BC
23. Started Post Service
1889 - 3 December
1853 - 16 April
1940
1853
24. Haryanka Kingdom
1545
1469
1370
684
25. Mahatma Gandhi assassinated by a right wing Hindu nationalist Nathuram Godse. War with Pakistan over disputed territory of Kashmir. Telangana and other princely states integrated inIndian union
1948 - 30 January
1897 - 23 January
1644
1839
26. Sunga Empire
185
16 August
1347
321
27. Death of Islam Shah.
1554
1903
3000
1799
28. Gajapati Kingdom
3300 BC
1401
538 BC
1434
29. Narayanrao Peshwa is murdered by his uncle Raghunathrao's wife in front of Raghunathrao. Regulating Act of 1773 - Warren Hastings appointed as first Governor-General ofIndia
1659
350
1773
1206
30. Mughal Empire
1707
1058
1526
500s
31. Battle of Plassey - Company rule inIndia (to 1857)
1757
1443
942
753
32. Gautamiputra Satkarni becomes Satavahana emperor and starts Shalivahana era calendar after defeating Scythian king Maues.
1759
78
1991
1559
33. Rashtrakuta Empire
35
753
700
1885 - 28 December
34. Ram Mohan Roy Born (to 1833)
1505
1772
500s
1984
35. Beginning of Vikram Era
57 BC
February 2002
973
1515
36. Mahatma Gandhi assassinated by a right wing Hindu nationalist Nathuram Godse. War with Pakistan over disputed territory of Kashmir. Telangana and other princely states integrated inIndian union
280
250s BC
78
1948 - 30 January
37. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins. The civilization used an early form of theIndus signs - the so-calledIndus script.
1272
2800 BC
300 BC
July 2001
38. Maratha Empire
1771
2800 BC
1674
1
39. Chief Justice of the Maratha Empire - Ram Shastri passes death sentence against the ruling Peshwa Raghunathrao for murdering his nephew.
230
1875
1924
1774
40. Shivaji dies of fever at Raigad.
1680
2600 BC
1917
75
41. Vasco de Gama's first voyage from Europe toIndia and back (to 1499)
1497
1134
1900 BC
1875
42. Gautam Buddha - founder of Buddhism is born.
599 BC
350
563 BC
1928
43. Delhi DurbarFirst time
1505
1877 - January
1764
1777
44. Deccan Sultanates
424
1221
240
1490
45. Bronze age
1980
2001
3000
1980
46. Chandra Vidyasagar is born (to 1891)
1858
1747
1820 -
350
47. Marathas re-captures Delhi and parts of NorthIndia.
1749
2001
538 BC
1771
48. Indus Valley Civilization
273 BC
1799
3300
1814
49. British Raj
1760
1858
1761
1530
50. Shah Jahan completes Taj Mahal - Jama Masjid[disambiguation needed] - and RedFort. Imperial treasuries drained by architectural and military overexpenditures. Shah Jahan dies - and is succeeded by his son Aurangzeb.
from 2000 BC
1658
1757
78