Q: The Brihadeeswara temple at Tanjore was built by an emperor of what dynasty?

1. Pandya
2. Mughal
3. Chola
4. Chera

Q: Who was the first Mughal emperor of India?

1. Babar
2. Akbar
3. Ibrahim Lodhi
4. Sher Shah

Q: Who was the first royal convert to Buddhism?

1. Ajatashatru
2. Akbar
3. Ashoka
4. Chandragupta Maurya

Q: What king was the first to use rockets in warfare?

1. Jehangir
2. Shah Jahan
3. Hyder Ali
4. Tipu Sultan

Q: What ruler is referred to as the 'Mad Monarch'?

1. Ashoka
2. Mohammad bin Tughlaq
3. Hyder Ali
4. Akbar

Q: Who, in collaboration with the Japanese, started the 'Indian National Army', in the hope of expelling the British from India?

1. Gandhi
2. Subhash Chandra Bose
3. Bhagat Singh
4. Tantia Tope

Q: What age in Indian History is referred to as the 'Golden Age'?

1. Mughal
2. Maurya
3. Ancient
4. Gupta

Q: Everyone knows 'The Taj Mahal'. It was built by the Emperor Shah Jahan, but for whom?

1. Farida Mahal
2. Toba Begum
3. Mumtaz Mahal
4. Jahani Mahal

Q: The daughter of what general of Alexander's army married Chandragupta Maurya?

1. Seleukos Nikator
2. Clitus
3. Diomedes
4. Ptolemaius

Q: When did India achieve Independence?

1. August 15,1947
2. August 20,1949
3. September15,1940
4. January 26, 1950

Q: Where was India's first civilization settled?

1. Ganges Plain
2. Deccan
3. Indus Valley
4. Kashmir

Q: During the 1857 mutiny who was the queen of Jhansi's trusted general?

1. Hyder Ali
2. Tantia Tope
3. Bhagat Singh
4. Chandrasekhar Azad

Q: In which Indian state is the Sun Temple of Konark located?

1. Tamil Nadu
2. Assam
3. Orissa
4. West Bengal

Q: Who built the Taj Mahal in India?

1. Jahangir
2. Aurangzeb
3. Shah Jahan
4. Akbar