Social Science carries 50 marks in the AISSEE Class 9 paper (25 questions × 2 marks). These 10 MCQs on Indian History are based on the NCERT Class 8 topics listed in the official syllabus.
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Practice Questions
Q1. The Gupta period is often called the ________ of ancient India.
(A) Golden Age
(B) Iron Age
(C) Dark Age
(D) Stone Age
Q2. Which Gupta ruler is called the "Napoleon of India"?
(A) Kumaragupta
(B) Samudragupta
(C) Chandragupta I
(D) Skandagupta
Q3. The great mathematician Aryabhata lived during the ________ period.
(A) Gupta
(B) British
(C) Mughal
(D) Maurya
Q4. Who founded the Mughal Empire in India?
(A) Babur
(B) Shah Jahan
(C) Humayun
(D) Akbar
Q5. Who founded the Maratha kingdom?
(A) Peshwa Baji Rao I
(B) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
(C) Shahu
(D) Sambhaji
Q6. The Battle of Plassey (1757) was fought between the British and ________.
(A) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(B) Haider Ali
(C) Siraj-ud-Daulah
(D) Tipu Sultan
Q7. The Revolt of 1857 began at ________.
(A) Jhansi
(B) Kanpur
(C) Delhi
(D) Meerut
Q8. The Indian National Congress was founded in ________.
(A) 1920
(B) 1857
(C) 1885
(D) 1905
Q9. The Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place in ________.
(A) Lahore, 1920
(B) Delhi, 1930
(C) Meerut, 1857
(D) Amritsar, 1919
Q10. The Dandi March (1930) was started by Gandhiji to protest against the tax on ________.
(A) cloth
(B) land
(C) tea
(D) salt
Answer Key with Explanations
(A) Golden Age — Art, science and literature flourished under the Guptas.
(B) Samudragupta — Samudragupta won many military victories.
(A) Gupta — Aryabhata wrote the Aryabhatiya in the Gupta age.
(A) Babur — Babur won the First Battle of Panipat in 1526.
(B) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj — Shivaji was crowned Chhatrapati at Raigad in 1674.
(C) Siraj-ud-Daulah — Robert Clive's victory began British rule in Bengal.
(D) Meerut — Sepoys at Meerut revolted on 10 May 1857.
(C) 1885 — It was founded in Bombay in 1885.
(D) Amritsar, 1919 — General Dyer ordered firing on a peaceful crowd on 13 April 1919.
(D) salt — Gandhiji walked from Sabarmati to Dandi to make salt.
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