Q: Who were the first European settlers in India?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Q: Where was India's first civilization settled?

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

Q: Who was the first royal convert to Buddhism?

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

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

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

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

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

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. Hinduism
3. Buddhism
4. Zorastrianism

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

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

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