Q: Who were the first European settlers in India?

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

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

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

Q: Who is known as the "Napoleon of India"?

1. Chandragupta
2. Samudragupta
3. Ashoka
4. Akbar

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

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

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

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

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

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

Q: Where was India's first civilization settled?

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

Q: Who was the first royal convert to Buddhism?

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

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

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

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

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

Q: Ellora in Aurangabad (Maharashtra) is famous for ancient caves representing Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism. Of these, the largest number pertains to

1. Zorastrianism
2. Hinduism
3. Buddhism
4. Jainism

Q: Which was the largest and richest among the princely states of pre-Independence period?

1. Mysore
2. Hyderabad
3. Jaipur
4. Gwalior

Q: Who among the following is said to have witnessed the reigns of eight Delhi Sultans?

1. Shams-i-Siraj Afif
2. Ziauddin Barani
3. Amir Khusro
4. Minhaj-us-Siraj

Q: Name the Rajput princess whom Akbar married.

1. Mumtaz Mahal
2. Jodha Bai
3. Noor Jehan
4. Jija Bai