Hourly Challenge · History
🕐 31 Oct 2026 · 2 PM IST
5 questions · 20 seconds each · instant explanations. For PSC, UPSC, SSC, Banking & Railway aspirants. No login needed.
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Who founded the Maurya Empire?
Explanation: Chandragupta Maurya founded the Maurya Empire around 321 BCE by overthrowing the Nanda dynasty, with the guidance of his adviser Chanakya (Kautilya).
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In which year did the Jallianwala Bagh massacre take place in Amritsar?
Explanation: On 13 April 1919, troops under General Reginald Dyer fired on an unarmed crowd at Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar. Rabindranath Tagore renounced his knighthood in protest.
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Who founded the Arya Samaj in 1875?
Explanation: Swami Dayananda Saraswati founded the Arya Samaj in Bombay in 1875. He gave the call 'Go back to the Vedas' and wrote Satyarth Prakash.
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Babur defeated which ruler in the First Battle of Panipat (1526)?
Explanation: In the First Battle of Panipat (1526), Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodi, the last Sultan of the Lodi dynasty, laying the foundation of the Mughal Empire in India.
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Mahatma Gandhi's Dandi March of 1930 launched which movement?
Explanation: Gandhi began the Dandi (Salt) March on 12 March 1930 and broke the salt law at Dandi on 6 April 1930, starting the Civil Disobedience Movement.
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