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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

Q: Syed Ahmad Shaheed was martyred in the battle of:

A) Balakot

B) Panipat

C) Plassey

D) Sirhind

Q: Dar-ul-Uloom Deoband was founded in:

A) 1857

B) 1880

C) 1901

D) 1866

Q: Aligarh Movement was launched by:

A) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

B) Iqbal

C) Jinnah

D) Maulana Shibli

Q: The ancient university of Taxila was famous for:

A) Medicine

B) Philosophy

C) Military training

D) All of these

Q: Takshashila (Taxila) was a center of learning during the:

A) Mauryan period

B) Delhi Sultanate

C) Mughal period

D) British Raj

Q: Ashoka embraced Buddhism after the Battle of:

A) Plassey

B) Panipat

C) Kalinga

D) Hydaspes

Q: Chandragupta Maurya was the founder of:

A) Gupta Empire

B) Mauryan Empire

C) Mughal Empire

D) Delhi Sultanate

Q: The Indus Valley Civilization flourished mainly in:

A) Punjab & Sindh

B) Bengal

C) Deccan

D) Kashmir

Q: Mohenjo-Daro is located in present-day:

A) India

B) Bangladesh

C) Afghanistan

D) Pakistan

Q: The script of the Indus Valley Civilization is:

A) Fully deciphered

B) Partially deciphered

C) Not deciphered

D) Written in Sanskrit

Q: The Aryans originally came from:

A) Central Asia

B) Iran

C) Arabia

D) Africa