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Q: The architect of the Taj Mahal was:

A) Ustad Isa

B) Mirza Ghiyas Beg

C) Abdul Wahid

D) Ustad Ahmad Lahori

Q: The Battle of Plassey was fought in:

A) 1761

B) 1857

C) 1799

D) 1757

Q: Tipu Sultan was the ruler of:

A) Mysore

B) Hyderabad

C) Awadh

D) Bengal

Q: The Treaty of Amritsar (1809) was signed between Ranjit Singh and:

A) French

B) British

C) Afghans

D) Mughals

Q: Who built the Shalimar Gardens in Lahore?

A) Babar

B) Akbar

C) Shah Jahan

D) Jahangir

Q: Who introduced the Mansabdari system?

A) Humayun

B) Akbar

C) Shah Jahan

D) Aurangzeb

Q: The Sikh holy book Guru Granth Sahib was compiled by:

A) Guru Nanak

B) Guru Gobind Singh

C) Guru Ramdas

D) Guru Arjan Dev

Q: The British policy of 'Doctrine of Lapse' was introduced by:

A) Lord Clive

B) Lord Dalhousie

C) Lord Cornwallis

D) Lord Canning

Q: Who abolished Sati?

A) Lord Wellesley

B) Lord Canning

C) Lord William Bentinck

D) Lord Ripon

Q: The first Governor-General of India was:

A) Lord Clive

B) Warren Hastings

C) Cornwallis

D) Curzon

Q: Who introduced Permanent Settlement in Bengal?

A) Lord Dalhousie

B) Lord Wellesley

C) Lord Cornwallis

D) Lord Curzon

Q: Who founded the city of Agra?

A) Babar

B) Akbar

C) Sher Shah

D) Sikandar Lodi

Q: The Buland Darwaza was built in memory of the conquest of:

A) Bengal

B) Gujarat

C) Sindh

D) Deccan

Q: The Lahore Fort was expanded by:

A) Babar

B) Akbar

C) Shah Jahan

D) Aurangzeb

Q: The first Muslim invader of India was:

A) Mahmud Ghaznavi

B) Muhammad bin Qasim

C) Ghauri

D) Tamerlane

Q: The British replaced Persian with English as court language in:

A) 1835

B) 1857

C) 1885

D) 1900

Q: The Mughal emperor who built the Peacock Throne was:

A) Akbar

B) Aurangzeb

C) Humayun

D) Shah Jahan

Q: The capital of the Ghaznavid Empire was:

A) Delhi

B) Ghazni

C) Lahore

D) Kabul

Q: The Delhi Sultan known for his strict justice was:

A) Alauddin Khilji

B) Balban

C) Iltutmish

D) Qutbuddin

Q: The tomb of Jahangir is located in:

A) Multan

B) Delhi

C) Agra

D) Lahore