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Q: The Battle of Plassey (1757) was fought between the British and:

A) Tipu Sultan

B) Siraj ud-Daulah

C) Hyder Ali

D) Marathas

Q: The Battle of Buxar (1764) established British control over:

A) Bengal

B) Punjab

C) Sindh

D) Kashmir

Q: The British East India Company was established in:

A) 1599

B) 1600

C) 1601

D) 1602

Q: The first British Governor-General of India was:

A) Cornwallis

B) Dalhousie

C) Clive

D) Warren Hastings

Q: The Doctrine of Lapse was introduced by:

A) Dalhousie

B) Cornwallis

C) Wellesley

D) Ripon

Q: The First Anglo-Sikh War ended in:

A) 1845

B) 1846

C) 1847

D) 1848

Q: The Second Anglo-Sikh War resulted in annexation of:

A) Bengal

B) Sindh

C) Kashmir

D) Punjab

Q: Sindh was annexed by the British in:

A) 1843

B) 1845

C) 1849

D) 1852

Q: The British defeated Tipu Sultan in the:

A) Third Mysore War

B) Second Mysore War

C) Fourth Mysore War

D) First Mysore War

Q: The Mughal Emperor who built the Taj Mahal was:

A) Humayun

B) Akbar

C) Shah Jahan

D) Aurangzeb

Q: The Taj Mahal is located in:

A) Delhi

B) Agra

C) Fatehpur Sikri

D) Jaipur

Q: Red Fort in Delhi was built by:

A) Akbar

B) Humayun

C) Shah Jahan

D) Aurangzeb

Q: The famous peacock throne belonged to:

A) Akbar

B) Shah Jahan

C) Aurangzeb

D) Humayun

Q: Aurangzeb imposed the tax known as:

A) Jizya

B) Zakat

C) Ushr

D) Khums

Q: The Mughal Empire started declining after the death of:

A) Akbar

B) Shah Jahan

C) Aurangzeb

D) Babur

Q: The first Muslim ruler of India was:

A) Qutbuddin Aibak

B) Mahmud Ghaznavi

C) Babar

D) Muhammad bin Qasim

Q: Muhammad bin Qasim conquered Sindh in:

A) 710 AD

B) 712 AD

C) 715 AD

D) 720 AD

Q: The last ruler of the Ghaznavid dynasty was:

A) Mahmud Ghaznavi

B) Masud Ghaznavi

C) Khushal Shah

D) Bahram Shah

Q: The founder of the Ghaznavid Dynasty was:

A) Alptigin

B) Subuktigin

C) Mahmud Ghaznavi

D) Masud Ghaznavi

Q: Mahmud Ghaznavi invaded India:

A) 10 times

B) 12 times

C) 15 times

D) 17 times