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

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

Q: Who was the first Mughal emperor of India?

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

Q: Who was the first royal convert to Buddhism?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Q: When did India achieve Independence?

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

Q: Where was India's first civilization settled?

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

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

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

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

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

Q: Who built the Taj Mahal in India?

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