Q: Who were the first European settlers in India?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Q: Where was India's first civilization settled?

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

Q: Who was the first royal convert to Buddhism?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Q: Name the Rajput princess whom Akbar married.

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