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. Early modern period
1555
1120
1407
1526
2. Humayun converts from Sunni Islam to Shia Islam - to gain the alliance of the Shah of Persia. Humayun dies - and is succeeded by his son Akbar. Hindu king Hemu establishes 'Hindu Raj' in NorthIndia and bestowed with title of 'Samrat Hem Chandra Vikra
1556
2000
1526
1658
3. First Muslim - Md. Bin Qasim defeats Raja Dahir
1021
712
335
814
4. First Anglo-Maratha War begins - in which Haidar Ali of Mysore defeats the combined armies of the EastIndia Company - the Marathas and the Nizam of Hyderabad.
1777
1510
16 August
1443
5. The Pandyan king sends ambassadors to the Greek and Roman lands.
1929
1446
65 BC
712
6. Chief Justice of the Maratha Empire - Ram Shastri passes death sentence against the ruling Peshwa Raghunathrao for murdering his nephew.
1774
1505
1200 BC
1839
7. Chola Empire
300 BC
335
1453
1545
8. Kakori conspiracy
2600 BC
326 BC
1600
1925
9. Last invasion of Mahmud Ghazni - sacked and destroyed temple of Somnath
1857
1845
1024
1469
10. Sultan Ibrahim Lodi - of the Delhi Sultanate - angers local nobles - who respond by inviting Babur - the Mughal ruler of Kabul - to invade Delhi and Agra. The local population - plus the possession of artillery - assists Babur in killing the Sultan (
1102
1915
3400 BCE
1526
11. Jallianwala Bagh massacre - Montagu
1943
1434
1951
1919
12. 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)
1674
304 BC
321 BC
1530
13. India explodes first nuclear device in underground test.
1024
1974
1946 - February
1779
14. Simuka declares independence from Mauryan rule and establishes the Satavahana Empire.
753
1341
230 BC
March 2007
15. Guru Granth Sahib becomes Guru of Sikhs.
1708
1665
1505
1310
16. US President Bill Clinton makes a groundbreaking visit to improve ties. (May) India marks the birth of its billionth citizen.
2600
1674
2000
305 BC
17. Kanva Empire
505
75
1925
1951
18. Hoysala Empire
1300
836
1040
1869
19. Established first three University of Mumbai - University of Madras and University of Calcutta inIndia
1792
1857
200s BC
321
20. Partition of Bengal
712
1581
1863
1905
21. Ashoka the Great regarded as the greatest ancientIndian emperor - grandson of Chandragupta Maurya - ascends as emperor of the Mauryan Empire.
1991
538 BC
200 AD
273 BC
22. Shahi Empire
500s
57 BC
1658
1818
23. Panini - a resident of Gandhara - describes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit.
1799
350 BC
1700
475
24. Gupta Empire
280
1612
1446
1661
25. Colonial period
1943
1070
1505
1775
26. Black and Red ware culture
1300
1857 - 10 May
1932 - 24 September
1707
27. Chandragupta II - Samudragupta's son becomes the Gupta Emperor.
1102
1665
1351
380
28. Maratha sardar Mahadji Shinde routs the EastIndia Company army at the Battle of Wadgaon War ends with the restoration of status quo as per Treaty of Salbai.
333 BC
1120
1779
1574
29. Western Satrap Empire
35
1699
7000
1856
30. Government of India Act 1935
1935 - August
1650
1451
475
31. Solanki Kingdom
942
1700
January 2002
1200
32. Indira Gandhi's Congress Party loses general elections. Janata Party comes to power.Communist party ofIndia comes into power in West Bengal.
1977
1341
1900 - 22 October
1915
33. Massive earthquakes hit the western state of Gujarat - leaving at least 30000 dead.
1805
January 2001
1749
1003-1320 AD
34. Battle of Kannauj fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri and Humayun was completely defeated. Humayun lost the Mughal empire to Afghans (Suri Dynasty) - and passed 12 years in exile.
1540
1877 - January
3300 BC
1911
35. Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya drives out Praudha Raya ending the Sangama Dynasty
1200s
1485
January 2002
1554
36. Nearly 200 people are killed and hundreds injured in a series of co-ordinated attacks by gunmen on the main tourist and business area ofIndia's financial capital Mumbai.India blames militants from Pakistan for the attacks and demands that Islamabad t
1200
November 2008
1984
400 BC
37. FrenchIndia
1962
1759
1803
280
38. Lohara Kingdom
1777
1341
1003-1320 AD
1858
39. Thondaiman Kingdom
265 BC
1490
1650
1078
40. Kakatiya Kingdom
1552
200 BC
1083
1485
41. Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind - the Provisional Government of FreeIndia formed by Netaji.
230 BC
1943
230
1000 BC
42. Poona Pact - (4 August) Communal Award - (November
1932 - 24 September
1931 - March
1975
3300 BC
43. Troops storm Golden Temple - Sikhs' most holy shrine - to flush out Sikh militants pressing for self-rule. Indira Gandhi assassinated by Sikh bodyguards - following which her son - Rajiv - takes over.
1984
1526
1555
563 BC
44. Princely states (to 1947)
1206
684
1510
1765
45. Guru Hargobind becomes sixth guru of Sikhs.
1545
1606
1530
1194
46. Late Harappan Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins - including Cemetery H culture and other cultures.
300 BC
1989
1900 BC
2000
47. Cyrus the Great - founder of the Persian Achaemenid Empire conquers northwestern parts of theIndian subcontinent.
1708
538 BC
1325
350 BC
48. Second Anglo-Mysore War ends with the Treaty of Mangalore.
1343
1784
1946 - February
788
49. Sri-Gupta starts the Gupta Empire in Magadha - with its capital in Patliputra
1928
1796
1796
240
50. Timur plunders Lahore
1206
1757
1200
1398