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Hide all answers View all answers Print Try the Quiz Given the QUESTION, identify the ANSWER1. 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 • Jehangir • Akbar • Humayun Answer: Akbar
4. Who built the Red Fort in Delhi? • Shah Jahan • Akbar • Qutb-ud-din Aibak • Sher Shah Suri Answer: Shah Jahan 5. Who built the Qutub Minar? • Shah Jahan • Sher Shah Suri • Qutb-ud-din Aibak • Bahadur Shah Zafar 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? • Babur • Humayun • Akbar • Jehangir Answer: Babur 10. Name the famous battle that Rana Pratap fought against Akbar's forces. • Haldighat • Panipat • Plassey • Kalinga Answer: Haldighat 11. Who was the founder of Sikhism? • Guru Nanak • Guru Gobind Singh • 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? • Buddhism • Sikhism • Hinduism • Jainism Answer: Jainism 15. Who built the famous Sanchi stupa? • Buddha • Vikramaditya • Ashoka • Harsha Answer: Ashoka 16. Where is the Deer Park where Buddha first preached his religion? • Sarnath • Benaras • Mathura • Lumbini Answer: Sarnath 17. Name the place where Buddha was born. • Lumbini • Sarnath • Mathura • Bodh Gaya Answer: Lumbini 18. Name the capital of King Vikramaditya. • Ujjain • Raigadh • Agra • Kanauj Answer: Ujjain 19. What was Patna known as in ancient times? • Pataliputra • Ujjain • Kanauj • Panipat Answer: Pataliputra 20. Which king had Chanakya as his minister? • Akbar • Chandragupta Maurya • Ashoka • Babur 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 Nelson • Lord Canning 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 • Timur Khan • Chengis Khan • Bairam Khan Answer: Bairam Khan 25. In which century was Lord Buddha born? • 14th century B.C. • 25th century B.C. • 6th 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 1942 • 9th August 1944 • 9th August 1938 Answer: 9th August 1942 27. When did Jawaharlal Nehru die? • 27th June 1954 • 27th May 1964 • 27th May 1974 • 27th June 1959 Answer: 27th May 1964 28. How many days did the battle of Mahabharata last? • 100 • 18 • 5 • 8 Answer: 18 29. How many times did Mahmud of Gazni invade India? • 17 • 7 • 27 • 12 Answer: 17
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