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1. Who was the founder of the Maurya Empire?
A) Chandragupta Maurya2. The Battle of Plassey was fought in which year?
A) 17573. The Great Bath has been found at?
A) lothal4. Which metal was NOT used by Harappans?
A) Gold5. Who was the last Mughal emperor?
A) Akbar6. Harappan script is?
A) Undeciphered7.Dholavira is located in?
A) Punjab8.The earliest Tamil texts are known as?
A) Vedas9.The ruling dynasty of Magadha during Mauryan period?
A) Nanda Dynasty10.Ashoka’s inscriptions were written in?
A) Sanskrit11.Mahabharata was originally composed in>
A) Pali12.The founder of Buddhism is/
A) Mahavira13.‘Kitab-ul-Hind’ was written by?
A) Al-Biruni14.Kabir was associated with?
A) Bhakti Movement15.Vijayanagara Empire was founded in?
A) 1336 CE16.The revolt of 1857 started from?
A) Delhi17.Non-Cooperation Movement was launched in?
A) 191518.Dandi March was part of?
A) Quit India Movement19.The Mountbatten Plan was announced in?
A) 194520.The chairman of the Drafting Committee was?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru21. Who wrote the book ‘Arthashastra’?
A) Megasthenes22. The capital of the Mauryan Empire under Ashoka was?
A) Pataliputra23. Which site provides evidence of a dockyard?
A) Harappa24. Who was the first Gupta ruler to issue silver coins?
A) Chandragupta I25. The ‘Tripitaka’ is the holy book of?
A) Buddhism26. Ibn Battuta visited India during whose reign?
A) Akbar27. The author of ‘Ain-i-Akbari’ was?
A) Abul Fazl28. The Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place in?
A) 191729. Harappans worshipped?
A) Pashupati seal30. The Father of Indian Renaissance is?
A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy31. The system of Subsidiary Alliance was introduced by?
A) Lord Wellesley32. Gandhiji’s first Satyagraha in India was in?
A) Ahmedabad33. Who built the Red Fort in Delhi?
A) Humayun34. The Permanent Settlement was introduced in?
A) 175735. The Indus Valley Civilization was discovered in?
A) 185036. The Razmnama is a Persian translation of?
A) Ramayana37. Chola inscriptions were mostly written in?
A) Sanskrit38. The leader of the Khilafat Movement was?
A) Maulana Azad39. Who founded the Arya Samaj?
A) Swami Vivekananda40. The Rowlatt Act was passed in?
A) 191741. The capital of the Chola Empire was?
A) Thanjavur42. Who composed the Allahabad Pillar inscription?
A) Harisena43. Bhimbetka caves are located in?
A) Madhya Pradesh44. Who introduced the Mansabdari system?
A) Akbar45. ‘Indica’ was written by?
A) Herodotus46. Shivaji belonged to which clan?
A) Solanki47. Which movement is associated with “Do or Die”?
A) Non-Cooperation Movement48. The Ghadar Movement was launched by?
A) Lala Hardayal49. Who was the first woman ruler of Delhi?
A) Razia Sultan50. The Partition of Bengal took place in?
A) 190551. The Father of the Indian Constitution is?
A) Mahatma Gandhi52. The Hampi ruins belong to which empire?
A) Gupta Empire53. Fa-Hien visited India during whose reign?
A) Ashoka54. The term ‘Mahayana’ is associated with?
A) Hinduism55. Which monument is called the “Symbol of Love”?
A) Qutub Minar56. The Treaty of Allahabad (1765) was signed between?
A) British and Aurangzeb57. The Swadeshi Movement began after which event?
A) Jallianwala Bagh58. Who discovered the sea route to India?
A) Christopher Columbus59. Who was the first Governor-General of India?
A) Warren Hastings60. Who led the Revolt of 1857 in Kanpur?
A) Rani Lakshmibai