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1. Who was the first President of India? Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
Jawaharlal Nehru
Dr. Rajendra Prasad M. K. Gandhi
Answer: Dr. Rajendra Prasad 2. Who built the Grand Trunk Road? Humayun
Sher Shah Suri Shah Jahan
Chandragupta Maurya
Answer: Sher Shah Suri 3. Who built the Agra Fort? Shah Jahan
Akbar Jehangir
Humayun
Answer: Akbar
4. Who built the Red Fort in Delhi? Akbar
Shah Jahan Qutb-ud-din Aibak
Sher Shah Suri
Answer: Shah Jahan 5. Who built the Qutub Minar? Shah Jahan
Sher Shah Suri
Bahadur Shah Zafar
Qutb-ud-din Aibak
Answer: Qutb-ud-din Aibak 6. In whose memory was the Taj Mahal built? Shah Jahan
Mumtaz Mahal Noor Jehan
Anarkali
Answer: Mumtaz Mahal 7. Name the Rajput princess whom Akbar married. Mumtaz Mahal
Jija Bai
Noor Jehan
Jodha Bai
Answer: Jodha Bai 8. Who was the last ruler of the Mughal dynasty? Aurangzeb
Shah Jahan
Jehangir
Bahadur Shah Zafar
Answer: Bahadur Shah Zafar 9. Who defeated Sultan Ibrahim Lodi in the First Battle of Panipat in 1526? Humayun
Akbar
Jehangir
Babur
Answer: Babur 10. Name the famous battle that Rana Pratap fought against Akbar's forces. Panipat
Plassey
Haldighat Kalinga
Answer: Haldighat 11. Who was the founder of Sikhism? Guru Gobind Singh
Guru Nanak Guru Granth Sahib
Vardhamana Mahavir
Answer: Guru Nanak 12. Who was the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism? Guru Nanak
Gautama Buddha
Guru Gobind Singh
Vardhamana Mahavir
Answer: Vardhamana Mahavir 13. Name the holy book of the Parsis. Guru Granth Sahib
Koran
Zend Avesta Bible
Answer: Zend Avesta 14. Which religion has 24 great teachers called Tirthankaras? Jainism Buddhism
Sikhism
Hinduism
Answer: Jainism 15. Who built the famous Sanchi stupa? Buddha
Vikramaditya
Harsha
Ashoka
Answer: Ashoka 16. Where is the Deer Park where Buddha first preached his religion? Benaras
Mathura
Lumbini
Sarnath
Answer: Sarnath 17. Name the place where Buddha was born. Lumbini Sarnath
Mathura
Bodh Gaya
Answer: Lumbini 18. Name the capital of King Vikramaditya. Raigadh
Ujjain Agra
Kanauj
Answer: Ujjain 19. What was Patna known as in ancient times? Ujjain
Kanauj
Panipat
Pataliputra
Answer: Pataliputra 20. Which king had Chanakya as his minister? Akbar
Ashoka
Babur
Chandragupta Maurya
Answer: Chandragupta Maurya 21. Name Maharana Pratap's famous horse. Bucephalus
Rana
Chetak Asvamedha
Answer: Chetak 22. Who was the first Viceroy of India? Lord Mountbatten
Lord Dalhousie
Lord Canning Lord Nelson
Answer: Lord Canning 23. Who was the last Viceroy of India? Lord Canning
Lord Dalhousie
Lord Mountbatten Lord Clive
Answer: Lord Mountbatten 24. Which of Akbar's uncles served as his guardian and won the Delhi throne for Akbar? Afzal Khan
Bairam Khan Timur Khan
Chengis Khan
Answer: Bairam Khan 25. In which century was Lord Buddha born? 6th century B.C. 14th century B.C.
25th century B.C.
36th century B.C.
Answer: 6th century B.C. 26. When did Gandhiji launch the Quit India movement? 9th August 1940
9th August 1944
9th August 1942 9th August 1938
Answer: 9th August 1942 27. When did Jawaharlal Nehru die? 27th June 1954
27th May 1974
27th June 1959
27th May 1964
Answer: 27th May 1964 28. How many days did the battle of Mahabharata last? 18 100
5
8
Answer: 18 29. How many times did Mahmud of Gazni invade India? 17 7
27
12
Answer: 17
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