Q: Who were the first European settlers in India?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Q: Where was India's first civilization settled?

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

Q: Who was the first royal convert to Buddhism?

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

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

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

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

1. Bhagat Singh
2. Chandrasekhar Azad
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. Jainism
2. Buddhism
3. Hinduism
4. Zorastrianism

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

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

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

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

Q: Name the Rajput princess whom Akbar married.

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