101. Who was the first Mughal Emperor?
A) Akbar
B) Humayun
C) Babur
D) Jahangir
Answer: C

102. The Battle of Plassey was fought in:
A) 1757
B) 1764
C) 1857
D) 1748
Answer: A

103. Who wrote ‘Ain-i-Akbari’?
A) Amir Khusrau
B) Abul Fazl
C) Badauni
D) Ibn Battuta
Answer: B

104. Who founded the Maurya Dynasty?
A) Bindusara
B) Ashoka
C) Chandragupta Maurya
D) Brihadratha
Answer: C

105. The capital of Mauryan Empire was:
A) Ujjain
B) Taxila
C) Pataliputra
D) Kalinga
Answer: C

106. The Indus Valley Civilization was discovered in the year:
A) 1901
B) 1921
C) 1935
D) 1942
Answer: B

107. The famous ruler Kanishka belonged to:
A) Maurya Dynasty
B) Gupta Dynasty
C) Kushan Dynasty
D) Nanda Dynasty
Answer: C

108. The Rigveda is written in:
A) Sanskrit
B) Prakrit
C) Pali
D) Hindi
Answer: A

109. Ashoka embraced Buddhism after:
A) First Buddhist Council
B) Kalinga War
C) His coronation
D) A natural disaster
Answer: B

110. The Gupta Age is known as the:
A) Iron Age
B) Golden Age
C) Silver Age
D) Medieval Period
Answer: B

111. The founder of the Gupta Dynasty was:
A) Samudragupta
B) Chandragupta I
C) Chandragupta II
D) Skandagupta
Answer: B

112. Megasthenes was the ambassador of:
A) Seleucus
B) Alexander
C) Darius
D) Augustus
Answer: A

113. The Harappan civilization was based on:
A) Pastoral economy
B) Trade and agriculture
C) Fishing and hunting
D) Iron tools
Answer: B

114. The language of the Buddhist scriptures is:
A) Sanskrit
B) Prakrit
C) Pali
D) Tamil
Answer: C

115. The famous astronomer and mathematician Aryabhatta belonged to:
A) Maurya period
B) Gupta period
C) Mughal period
D) Vedic period
Answer: B

116. The Upanishads are books on:
A) Law
B) Medicine
C) Philosophy
D) Rituals
Answer: C

117. The first Muslim invader of India was:
A) Ghori
B) Mahmud of Ghazni
C) Timur
D) Babur
Answer: B

118. Who was the founder of the Slave Dynasty in India?
A) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
B) Iltutmish
C) Balban
D) Razia Sultan
Answer: A

119. The Qutub Minar was built by:
A) Akbar
B) Shah Jahan
C) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
D) Aurangzeb
Answer: C

120. The founder of the Vijayanagar Empire was:
A) Harihara and Bukka
B) Krishnadevaraya
C) Rama Raya
D) Achyuta Raya
Answer: A

121. The Bhakti movement was started by:
A) Kabir
B) Ramananda
C) Chaitanya
D) Ramanuja
Answer: D

122. The battle of Panipat in 1526 was fought between:
A) Babur and Lodi
B) Akbar and Hemu
C) Jahangir and Khusrau
D) Shah Jahan and Dara
Answer: A

123. Akbar’s land revenue system was known as:
A) Ryotwari
B) Zamindari
C) Ain-i-Dahsala
D) Iqta
Answer: C

124. The first battle of Tarain was fought in:
A) 1191
B) 1192
C) 1193
D) 1194
Answer: A

125. The Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti was associated with:
A) Ajmer
B) Delhi
C) Agra
D) Lucknow
Answer: A

126. The Bhakti saint who preached in Maharashtra was:
A) Kabir
B) Chaitanya
C) Namdev
D) Tukaram
Answer: D

127. The king who built the Red Fort was:
A) Akbar
B) Jahangir
C) Shah Jahan
D) Aurangzeb
Answer: C

128. Who was the last Mughal Emperor?
A) Bahadur Shah Zafar
B) Aurangzeb
C) Shah Alam II
D) Akbar II
Answer: A

129. The capital of the Mughal Empire under Akbar was:
A) Agra
B) Delhi
C) Fatehpur Sikri
D) Lahore
Answer: C

130. Shivaji was crowned at:
A) Pune
B) Raigarh
C) Kolhapur
D) Satara
Answer: B

131. Who founded the Sikh religion?
A) Guru Angad
B) Guru Nanak
C) Guru Gobind Singh
D) Guru Arjan
Answer: B

132. The Khilji Dynasty was founded by:
A) Alauddin Khilji
B) Jalaluddin Khilji
C) Mubarak Shah
D) Khusrau Khan
Answer: B

133. Who was the author of ‘Humayun Nama’?
A) Gulbadan Begum
B) Abul Fazl
C) Faizi
D) Badauni
Answer: A

134. The Treaty of Purandar was signed between Shivaji and:
A) Akbar
B) Aurangzeb
C) Jai Singh
D) Shah Jahan
Answer: C

135. The Sikh Guru executed by Aurangzeb was:
A) Guru Arjan Dev
B) Guru Tegh Bahadur
C) Guru Gobind Singh
D) Guru Nanak
Answer: B

136. The Rajput ruler who built Lake Pichola in Udaipur was:
A) Rana Sanga
B) Rana Pratap
C) Udai Singh
D) Amar Singh
Answer: C

137. The founder of the Chola dynasty was:
A) Rajendra Chola
B) Vijayalaya Chola
C) Rajaraja Chola
D) Aditya Chola
Answer: B

138. The city of Hampi was the capital of:
A) Bahmani Kingdom
B) Vijayanagar Empire
C) Chalukyas
D) Hoysalas
Answer: B

139. Who was the last ruler of the Maurya Dynasty?
A) Ashoka
B) Bindusara
C) Brihadratha
D) Dasharatha
Answer: C

140. The system of local self-government in Chola dynasty was known as:
A) Sabha
B) Samiti
C) Panchayat
D) Sangha
Answer: A

141. The Lodi Dynasty was founded by:
A) Ibrahim Lodi
B) Bahlul Lodi
C) Sikandar Lodi
D) Daulat Khan
Answer: B

142. The capital of Sher Shah Suri was:
A) Agra
B) Delhi
C) Sasaram
D) Purana Qila
Answer: D

143. The main source of revenue during Mughal rule was:
A) Land revenue
B) Trade tax
C) Religious tax
D) Military tax
Answer: A

144. The famous traveler who visited India during the reign of Harsha was:
A) Fa-Hien
B) Hiuen Tsang
C) Ibn Battuta
D) Marco Polo
Answer: B

145. Which Chola ruler invaded Bengal?
A) Rajaraja I
B) Rajendra I
C) Kulottunga I
D) Aditya I
Answer: B

146. Who built the Grand Trunk Road?
A) Akbar
B) Ashoka
C) Sher Shah Suri
D) Jahangir
Answer: C

147. The greatest ruler of the Satavahana dynasty was:
A) Simuka
B) Gautamiputra Satakarni
C) Pulumavi
D) Hala
Answer: B

148. The early capital of the Rashtrakutas was:
A) Manyakheta
B) Kanchi
C) Badami
D) Ujjain
Answer: A

149. Al-Beruni visited India during the rule of:
A) Mahmud of Ghazni
B) Muhammad Ghori
C) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
D) Babur
Answer: A

150. Who was the first woman ruler of India?
A) Razia Sultana
B) Chand Bibi
C) Rani Durgavati
D) Rani Lakshmibai
Answer: A