INDIAN HISTORY
1. Where is Muslim Mosque situated where a hair of Prophet Muhammad Sahib has been preserved?
Ans: Srinagar
2. The Mughal painting reached its Zenith during the reign of?
Ans: Jahangir
3. The capital of the Yadava rulers was?
Ans: Devagiri
4. The bahmani Kingdom was founded by?
Ans: Alauddin Hasan Bahmansha
5. The Dilwara Temple at Mount Abu in Rajasthan where built by the followers of?
Ans: Jainism
6. Alberuni came to India with?
Ans: Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni
7. Where did the traveller Ibn Batuta come from?
Ans: Morocco
8. Who built the Khajuraho temples?
Ans: Chandellas
9. The 'Kirti Stambha' (Tower of Victory) at Chittor was built by?
Ans: Rana Kumbha
10. Where was Saint Kabir born?
Ans: Varanasi
11. Which of the following languages was in vogue during Mughal period in the courts of India?
Ans: Persian
12. The writer of 'Ramcharit Manas', Tulsidas was related to which ruler?
Ans: Akbar
13. Which Sufi's Dargah is at Ajmer?
Ans: Moinuddin Chishti
14. Who was the architect who designed Taj Mahal?
Ans: Ustad Isa
15. Shah Jahan built the Moti Masjid at?
Ans: Agra
16. Which among the following fort was known as 'the key of Deccan'?
Ans: Asirgarh
17. In Shivaji's Council of Ministers, the Prime Minister was called?
Ans: Peshwa
18. Mohammed Bin Tuglak was proficient in?
Ans: Philosophy
19. The battle that led to the foundation of Muslim power in India was?
Ans: the Second Battle of Tarain (1192)
20. The most important Sufi Shrine in India is at?
Ans: Ajmer
21. Ranthambhore was?
Ans: a Rajput fort
22. Lakh Baksh was a title given to the ruler?
Ans: Qutub Ud Din Aibak
23. Who is considered as the greatest of all the Vijayanagar rulers?
Ans: Krishnadevaraya
24. Pune was once known as the capital of?
Ans: Peshwas
25. Chand Bibi was the ruler of?
Ans: Ahmednagar
26. The Delhi General who successfully advanced up to Madurai was?
Ans: Malik Kafur
27. Who was the greatest Bhakti poet of Maharashtra?
Ans: Tukaram
28. The dead body of Babur by his own choice lies buried in?
Ans: Kabul
29. Goa was captured by the Portuguese in the year?
Ans: AD 1510
30. A new coin called the 'Rupia' was issued for the first time by?
Ans: Sher Shah Suri
31. Which was the birth place of Guru Nanak?
Ans: Talwandi
32. The famous Kohinoor Diamond was produced from one of the mines in?
Ans: Golkonda
33. The Khilji Sultans of Delhi were?
Ans: Turks
34. The original name of Tansen, the most famous musician at the court of Akbar was?
Ans: RamaTanu Pande
35. The Qutub Minar was completed by the famous ruler?
Ans: Iltutmish
36. Ibn Batuta visited India during the reign of?
Ans: Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
37. Where did Babar die?
Ans: Agra
38. Who wrote Akbarnama?
Ans: Abul Fazal
39. The Lodhi Dynasty was founded by?
Ans: Bahlol Lodhi
40. Who among the Mughal rulers was an illiterate?
Ans: Akbar
41. Which Sikh guru called himself the 'Sachcha Badshah'?
Ans: Guru Tej Bahadur
42. Coronation of Shivaji took place in?
Ans: AD 1674
43. The Muslim adventurer who destroyed the Nalanda University was?
Ans: Mohammed Bin Bhaktiyar
44. Who translated Ramayana into Persian?
Ans: Badauni
45. The Battle of Haldighati was fought between?
Ans: Akbar X Rana Pratap Singh
46. The famous Peacock Throne of Shah Jahan was taken away in 1739 by?
Ans: Nadir Shah (Persian invader)
47. The famous Bhakthi Saint who belonged to the royal family of Mewar was?
Ans: Meerabai
48. What does Jahangir mean?
Ans: Conqueror of the world
49. Humayun Nama was written by?
Ans: Gulbadan Begum
50. The French East India company was founded in?
Ans: AD 1664
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