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RRB NTPC History and Indian National Movement Flashcards
50 question-and-answer cards covering History and Indian National Movement as it is examined in RRB NTPC. 24 of them are printed below, taken from across the deck — no signup, no paywall on the preview.
24 sample cards from the History and Indian National Movement deck
Sampled from the end of the deck, so these are different cards from the ones shown on the syllabus page.
List the five dynasties of the Delhi Sultanate in order.
Slave (Mamluk), Khilji, Tughlaq, Sayyid, and Lodi dynasties (1206–1526).
Which Delhi Sultanate ruler introduced market price control and a standing army, and was the first of the Khilji dynasty's peak?
Alauddin Khilji introduced market (price) regulations and maintained a large standing army.
Who was the only woman to rule the Delhi Sultanate?
Razia Sultana (Razia-ud-din), daughter of Iltutmish.
Which Tughlaq ruler shifted the capital from Delhi to Daulatabad and introduced token currency?
Muhammad bin Tughlaq.
Who founded the Mughal Empire and by winning which battle?
Babur founded it by defeating Ibrahim Lodi at the First Battle of Panipat in 1526.
List the first six 'Great Mughals' in order.
Babur, Humayun, Akbar, Jahangir, Shah Jahan, and Aurangzeb.
What religious policy and institution did Akbar create to promote tolerance?
He abolished the jizya tax and founded Din-i-Ilahi (a syncretic faith) and the Ibadat Khana for religious debate.
What was Akbar's land revenue system and who designed it?
The Zabti / Dahsala (Mansabdari-linked) revenue system, designed by Raja Todar Mal.
Which Mughal emperor built the Taj Mahal and in whose memory?
Shah Jahan, in memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal.
Who founded the Bhakti movement's southern devotional tradition, and name two of its sects?
The Alvars (devotees of Vishnu) and Nayanars (devotees of Shiva) of South India began the early Bhakti tradition.
Who founded Sikhism and what is the core message of the Nirguna Bhakti saints like Kabir?
Guru Nanak founded Sikhism; Nirguna saints like Kabir preached devotion to a formless God and rejected caste and ritual.
What is Sufism and name its most important order in India?
Sufism is the mystical, devotional dimension of Islam; the Chishti order (founded in India by Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti at Ajmer) was the most influential.
Distinguish between Saguna and Nirguna schools of Bhakti.
Saguna Bhakti worships God with form/attributes (e.g., Tulsidas, Surdas, Mirabai); Nirguna Bhakti worships a formless God (e.g., Kabir, Nanak).
Who founded the Vijayanagara Empire and in which year?
Harihara and Bukka (the Sangama brothers) founded it in 1336.
Who founded the Maratha Empire and in which year was he crowned Chhatrapati?
Chhatrapati Shivaji, crowned at Raigad in 1674.
What was the Maratha system of taxation collected from neighbouring territories?
Chauth (one-fourth of revenue) and Sardeshmukhi (an additional one-tenth).
In which battle of 1761 were the Marathas defeated by Ahmad Shah Abdali?
The Third Battle of Panipat.
Which European trading company arrived in India first, and which one eventually dominated?
The Portuguese arrived first (Vasco da Gama, 1498); the British East India Company eventually dominated.
Which 1757 battle laid the foundation of British political power in India?
The Battle of Plassey, in which Robert Clive defeated Siraj-ud-Daulah of Bengal.
Which 1764 battle gave the British the Diwani (revenue rights) of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa?
The Battle of Buxar (1764), after which the Treaty of Allahabad granted Diwani rights in 1765.
What were the immediate and the political causes of the Revolt of 1857?
The immediate cause was the greased (cow/pig fat) Enfield rifle cartridges; political causes included the Doctrine of Lapse and annexations.
Who founded the Brahmo Samaj and the Arya Samaj, and what reform is Raja Ram Mohan Roy famous for?
Raja Ram Mohan Roy founded the Brahmo Samaj (and helped abolish Sati in 1829); Swami Dayananda Saraswati founded the Arya Samaj (1875).
Who founded the Indian National Congress and in which year was its first session held?
A. O. Hume founded the INC; its first session was held in Bombay in 1885, presided over by W. C. Bonnerjee.
Name the three Round Table Conferences era leader of mass movements and his first all-India agitation.
Mahatma Gandhi; his first all-India movement was the Non-Cooperation Movement (1920–22), launched after the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and the Rowlatt Act.
What this deck covers
The History and Indian National Movement deck follows the RRB NTPC History and Indian National Movement syllabus — 3 chapters and 13 topics — so questions land on material that is genuinely examinable rather than trivia around it. That works out to roughly 16.7 cards per chapter.
Answers are written to be recallable, not just readable — averaging about 91 characters, which is long enough to carry the reasoning and short enough to say out loud.
A deck like this earns its keep on the second and third pass. Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then use the cards to find the specific facts that have not stuck.
History and Indian National Movement flashcards FAQ
How many History and Indian National Movement flashcards are in this RRB NTPC deck?
50 cards. This page previews 24 of them, sampled evenly across the deck so you can judge the difficulty before installing anything.
Are these RRB NTPC flashcards free?
Yes. The preview here is free to read with no signup, and the full 50-card deck is free inside the Examius app.
What do the History and Indian National Movement cards cover?
They follow the RRB NTPC History and Indian National Movement syllabus — 3 chapters and 13 topics — so the questions track what is actually examinable.
How should I use these flashcards?
Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then drill the deck. Examius schedules each card with spaced repetition, so cards you keep missing come back sooner and ones you know drift further apart.