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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Q: Where was India's first civilization settled?

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

Q: Who was the first royal convert to Buddhism?

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

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

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

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

1. Bhagat Singh
2. Tantia Tope
3. Hyder Ali
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. Buddhism
2. Zorastrianism
3. Hinduism
4. Jainism

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

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

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

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

Q: Name the Rajput princess whom Akbar married.

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