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

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. Hyder Ali
3. Jehangir
4. Tipu Sultan

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

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

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

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

Q: Where was India's first civilization settled?

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

Q: Who was the first royal convert to Buddhism?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Q: Name the Rajput princess whom Akbar married.

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