Q: The Iron Pillar at Mehrauli was built during the ruling period of which dynasty?

1. Gupta Dynasty
2. Kushan Dynasty
3. Satvahanas Dynasty
4. Maurya Dynasty

Q: There were four dynasties flourising in Tamil Nadu. Three of them were Cheras, Cholas, Pandyas. Which was the fourth?

1. Rashtrakutas
2. Kakatiyas
3. Pallavas
4. Hoysalas

Q: Complete the trilogy, famous during the Indian Independence stuggle. Two were called Lal and Bal. Who was the third?

1. Gandhi
2. Mal
3. Bose
4. Pal

Q: Who were the first European settlers in India?

1. English
2. Dutch
3. Portuguese
4. French

Q: Which Chinese traveller's description about the Indian society are recorded in the book 'Fo-Kero-Ki'?

1. Fa-hien
2. Pan-Ku
3. Hiuen Tsang
4. I-tsing

Q: One of the famous and controversial person during the freedom struggle who opposed Gandhiji's ideologies of non-violence and non-cooperation was one of these men. Which?

1. Subhas Chandra Bose
2. Vallabhai Patel
3. Nehru
4. Gopalakrishna Ghokale

Q: Who was the last ruler of the Mauryan Kingdom?

1. Brihadratha
2. Asoka
3. Kunal
4. Tivara

Q: Which king adopted titles such as Param Bhagaveta and Maharajadhiraja Sri Bhattaraka?

1. Samudragupta
2. Chandragupta Maurya
3. Chandragupta II
4. Asoka

Q: During the reign of which emperor is the poet Kalidasa accepted to have lived?

1. Ashoka
2. Akbar
3. Bimbisara
4. Chandragupta Vikramaditya

Q: Who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913?

1. Rabindranath Tagore
2. Mirza Galib
3. Debendranath Tagore
4. Mohammad Iqbal

Q: What theory of ancient Indian history has recently been disproved?

1. Theory of origin of Vedas
2. Gypsy migration theory
3. Aryan invasion theory
4. None of the above

Q: Who defeated the Marathas in the third battle of Panipat?

1. The British
2. The Rajputs
3. The Afghans
4. The Mughals

Q: In which year was India's capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi?

1. 1929
2. 1911
3. 1935
4. 1900

Q: Who completed the construction of Qutb Minar at Delhi?

1. Qutb-ud-din Aibak
2. Babur
3. Humayun
4. Iltutmish