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Q: The Noor Jahan influence peaked during the reign of:

A) Akbar

B) Humayun

C) Jahangir

D) Shah Jahan

Q: The Mughal Emperor known as Zinda Pir was:

A) Babur

B) Akbar

C) Jahangir

D) Aurangzeb

Q: The British East India Company gained Bengal after:

A) Battle of Plassey

B) Battle of Buxar

C) Anglo-Sikh War

D) Anglo-Maratha War

Q: The First War of Indian Independence began in:

A) 1855

B) 1856

C) 1857

D) 1858

Q: The immediate cause of the 1857 War was:

A) Taxation

B) Religious issues

C) Greased cartridges

D) Land reforms

Q: Bahadur Shah Zafar was exiled to:

A) Karachi

B) Dhaka

C) Tehran

D) Rangoon

Q: The British transferred power from Company to Crown through:

A) Indian Council Act 1861

B) Government of India Act 1858

C) Act of 1909

D) Regulating Act 1773

Q: The official language of the Mughal court was:

A) Arabic

B) Urdu

C) Hindi

D) Persian

Q: The first Mughal capital was:

A) Delhi

B) Agra

C) Kabul

D) Fatehpur Sikri

Q: The famous scholar Alberuni came to India with:

A) Mahmud Ghaznavi

B) Iltutmish

C) Akbar

D) Babur

Q: The Maratha Empire rose after the decline of:

A) Gupta Empire

B) Mughal Empire

C) Delhi Sultanate

D) Kushan Empire

Q: The Sikh Empire was founded by:

A) Ranjit Singh

B) Gobind Singh

C) Tegh Bahadur

D) Nanak

Q: Sindh was ruled by:

A) Lodi dynasty

B) Amirs of Sindh

C) Tughlaqs

D) Rajputs

Q: The British annexed Punjab in:

A) 1845

B) 1846

C) 1848

D) 1849

Q: The Maratha capital was at:

A) Pune

B) Gwalior

C) Kolhapur

D) Bombay

Q: The Mysore Kingdom was ruled by:

A) Ranjit Singh

B) Shivaji

C) Porus

D) Tipu Sultan

Q: Tipu Sultan was killed in the:

A) Second Mysore War

B) Third Mysore War

C) Fourth Mysore War

D) Fifth Mysore War

Q: The last independent Nawab of Bengal was:

A) Siraj ud-Daulah

B) Mir Qasim

C) Murshid Quli Khan

D) Mir Jafar

Q: The capital of Mauryan Empire was:

A) Taxila

B) Pataliputra

C) Kashi

D) Ajmer

Q: The Grand Trunk Road originally connected:

A) Kabul to Bengal

B) Lahore to Delhi

C) Delhi to Agra

D) Multan to Peshawar