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

1. Satvahanas Dynasty
2. Kushan Dynasty
3. Gupta 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. Hoysalas
4. Pallavas

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

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

Q: Who were the first European settlers in India?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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