Test your basic knowledge |

Timeline Of Indian History

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. Shishunaga Kingdom






2. Gupta Empire






3. Simon Commission






4. Gurjara Pratihara Empire






5. Swat culture






6. India deploys troops for peacekeeping operation in Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict.






7. Painted Grey Ware culture






8. Middle and Late Vedic period (to 500 BC)






9. Death of Sher Shah Suri and succeeded by Islam Shah.






10. Third Anglo-Mysore War begins.






11. Alberuni arrivies inIndia; death of Mahmud of Ghazni






12. 'Victory of Prithviraj Chauhan'.First battle of Tarain between Mohammed Ghori and Prithviraj III. Ghauri is defeated by Prithivi Raj Chauhan III.






13. Maratha Empire






14. Chera Kingdom






15. First Anglo-Maratha War






16. Vishnukundina Empire






17. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association formed.






18. (February) Vajpayee makes historic bus trip to Pakistan to meet Premier Nawaz Sharif and to sign bilateral Lahore peace declaration. (May) Tension in Kashmir leads to brief war with Pakistan-backed forces in the icy heights around Kargil inIndian-hel






19. The Kalachuris under Bijjala II capture Kalyani






20. Mysore Kingdom






21. Maha Janapadas






22. Mehrgarh Culture






23. Chitradurga Kingdom






24. 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.






25. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge.






26. Dilawar Khan establishes the Malwa Sultanate in present-day northernIndia






27. Guru Ram Das becomes fourth Guru of Sikhs. Akbar annexes Bengal.






28. Congress suffers worst ever electoral defeat as Hindu nationalist BJP emerges as largest single party.






29. Genghis Khan invades Punjab






30. Establishment of theIndo-Scythian kingdom.






31. FrenchIndia (to 1954)






32. Death of Aurangzeb the mughal emperor.






33. Northern Black Polished Ware






34. Classical period






35. 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.






36. 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






37. Chandragupta II - Samudragupta's son becomes the Gupta Emperor.






38. 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.






39. Akbar dies - and is succeeded by his son Jehangir.






40. Chandragupta I ascends to the Gupta throne.






41. EastIndia Company signs treaty of Amritsar with Maharaja Ranjit Singh






42. Reddy Kingdom






43. Tughlaq Sultanate






44. Battle of Diu marks the beginning of the dominance of the Europeans in the Asian naval theater.






45. Rajaram Chhatrapati died






46. Indo-Greek Kingdom






47. Pala Empire






48. Establishment of the Kushan empire by Kujula Kadphises.






49. Bukka - the Vijayanagara ruler and his son Kumara Kamapna capture the entire Tamil speaking parts.






50. Paramara Kingdom







Sorry!:) No result found.

Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?


Let me suggest you:

Browse all subjects

Browse all tests

Most popular tests



Major Subjects

Tests & Exams


AP
CLEP
DSST
GRE
SAT
GMAT

Browse all subjects

Browse all tests

Most popular tests