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Q1. Indus Valley Civilization – Early Historical
Q2. Main crops of Sindhuvasi – barley and wheat
Q3. Major deities of the later Vedic period – Prajapati
Q4. Founder of Ajeevika sect – Makkhali Goshal
Q5. Jain literature is called – Aagam
Q6. Two sects of Jainism – Shvetambara and Digambara
Q7. Capital of Kosala/Malla – Sravasti/Kushinara
Q8. Founder of the oldest dynasty of Magadha – Brihadratha (actual founder- Bimbisara)
Q9. Pataliputra was founded by – Udayin
Q10. The first Greek to invade India The ruler was – Alexander (326 BC)
Q11. Bindusara was famous as – Amitraghaat
Q12. Megasthenes was the ambassador of – Seleucus Nicator
Q13. Brihadrath was the last ruler of – the Maurya dynasty
Q14. In the inscriptions Ashoka was called – Devanampriya
Q15. Pushyamitra Shunga defeated – Menander
Q16. The first capital of Kanishka was – Purushpur
Q17. The national calendar is based on – Shak Samvat
Q18. The real founder of the Gupta dynasty – Chandragupta-
Q19. The gold coins of the Gupta period were called – Dinar
Q20. Chinese traveller Hiuen Tsang came to India – Harshvardhan
Q21. The last Hindu emperor of India was – Harshvardhan
Q22. Ellora and Elephanta were built by – Rashtrakutas
Q23. Ajanta and Ellora caves are in – Maharashtra
Q24. Founder of Solanki dynasty – Mulraj I
Q25. ‘Prithvirajraso’ is the creation of – Chand Bardai
Q26. Jaichand was defeated in the ‘Battle of Chandawar’ in 1194 A.D. He was killed by – Mohammad Ghori
Q27. The Shiva temple of Brihadeshwara (Rajarajeswara) in Thanjavur was built by – Rajaraja
Q28. Bronze statues of Nataraja are from – the Chola period
Q29. Founder of the Pala dynasty – Gopal
Q30. Ashoka’s name is ‘Ashok’ – in Moskvi (Andhra Pradesh) and Gujra (MP) inscriptions
Q31. Srinagar was founded by – Ashoka
Q32. The last ruler of the Shunga dynasty was – Devabhuti
Q33. The tradition of donating land to Brahmins was started by – Satavahanas
Q34. In Mughal period, government land and coin were called – Khalsa and Shansab respectively
Q35. ‘Jazia tax’ was re-imposed by – Aurangzeb
Q36. The last ruler of the Mughal Empire was – Bahadur Shah Zafar/II
Q37. Nadir Shah was called – ‘Napoleon of Iran’
Q38. Shivaji’s mentor/guru was – Dada Konddev
Q39. Shivaji’s mother’s name was – Jijabai
Q40. Shivaji the founder of – the Maratha Empire
Q41. The name of Shivaji’s infantry and land tax system were – Paik and Raiyatbari respectively.
Q42. First person to come to Mughal/Jahangir’s court Englishman – William Hawkins (in 1608)
Q43. Ustad Mansoor and Abul Hasan were painters During the time of – Jahangir (Golden age of painting)
Q44. Shah Jahan’s mother’s name was – Jagat Gosai
Q45. Mumtaz Mahal (actual name-Arjumand Bano Begum) was – wife of Shah Jahan
Q46. ‘Akbarnama’ was written by – Abul Fazal
Q47. Tansen’s tomb is located in – Gwalior
Q48. End of ‘Slavery’ (1562 A.D.), ‘Tirth Tax’ Akbar abolished it (1563 A.D.)
Q49. Baz Bahadur was the last Sultan of – Malwa
Q50. In the Battle of Haldighati (18 June, 1576) Akbar defeated – Maharana Pratap
Q51. Ibadat Khana was established by – Akbar
Q52. Sher Shah’s childhood/original name was – Farid Khan
Q53. In the First Battle of Panipat (April 21, 1526) Babur defeated- Ibrahim Lodi (Reason for victory – Artillery/military skill)
Q54. Babur wrote his autobiography ‘Baburnama’ in – Turkish language
Q55. The city of Agra was founded by – Sikandar Lodi in 1504 AD
Q56. The official language of the Delhi Sultanate was – Persian
Q57. The last ruler of the Delhi Sultanate was – Ibrahim Lodi (son of Sikandar Lodi)
Q58. The first capital of Vijayanagara was – Hampi
Q59. Hampi is located on the banks of – the Tungabhadra River in Bellary district of Karnataka
Q60. The first Sultan to start collecting revenue by measuring the land – Alauddin Khilji
Q61. Market control system (Diwan-e-Riyasat) was implemented by – Alauddin Khilji
Q62. Rani Padmini (Padmavati) was the queen of Chittorgarh and wife of King Ratnasingh
Q63. The first ruler to construct canals for irrigation was – Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
Q64. ‘Siraj of India’ is called – Jaunpur
Q65. Establishment of Lodhi dynasty – Bahlol Lodhi
Q66. ‘Ikta’ system was started by – Iltutmish
Q67. First Muslim female ruler of India – Razia Sultan (daughter of Iltutmish)
Q68. The capital of Tipu Sultan was – Srirangapatna
Q69. Ryotwari system introduced in Madras and Bombay Presidency by – Thomas Munro in 1820
Q70. Bengal partition was cancelled in – 1911 (by Lord Hardinge)
Q71. The capital of India was shifted from Kolkata to Delhi in – 1912 (during the reign of Lord Harding II)
Q72. The partition of Bengal was announced on – 19 July 1905
Q73. Subsidiary Alliance System started by – Lord Wellesley
Q74. Wajid Ali Shah, the last Nawab of – Awadh
Q75. ‘Widow Remarriage Act was implemented in – 1856 during the rule of Lord Canning
Q76. The first newspaper published in English by an Indian was – Bengal Gazette (1779 AD)
Q77. Mangal Pandey (Soldier of 34th Infantry) Incident happened on – 29th March 1857 in Barrackpore
Q78. The first commander appointed to suppress the revolt of 1857 was – Campbell
Q79. Nana Saheb’s original name was – Dhondu Pant
Q80. Leadership of 1857 revolt in Bihar – Kunwar Singh (Jagdishpur)
Q81. Congress was founded on 28 December 1885 by – A.O. Hume (during the reign of Lord Dufferin)
Q82. First session of Congress (Mumbai, 1885) was attended by – 72 delegates
Q83. The history of ‘Indian National Congress’ was written by – Pattabhi Sitaramaiya
Q84. Guru Nanak Dev ji was born in 1469 in – Talwandi in (present-day Nankana Sahib, Pakistan)
Q85. Akbar had given 500 bighas of land to – Ramdas, the fourth Guru of the Sikhs
Q86. Sri Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple, Amritsar) was built by – Sri Guru Arjun Dev Ji
Q87. Guru Arjan Dev was sentenced to death by – Jahangir
Q88. Battle of Plassey – On 23 June, 1757 the British Between Commander Robert Clive and Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah of Bengal (was defeated)
Q89. The commander of Siraj-ud-Daulah was – Mir Jafar
Q90. The last king of the Sikh kingdom – Dilip Singh
Q91. Vasco da Gama came to India again in – 1502
Q92. Capture of Goa by the Portuguese – in 1510
Q93. The first Portuguese governor in India was – Francisco de Almeida (appointed in 1505)
Q94. August proposal was introduced on – 8 August 1940
Q95. Quit India Movement was launched by – Gandhiji on 9th August, 1942 from Bombay (‘Do or Die’ slogan was given at this time)
Q96. The Prime Minister of England at the time of Quit India Movement was – Winston Churchill
Q97. During the Quit India Movement, Gandhiji was imprisoned in – Aga Khan Palace in Poona
Q98. The Communist Party of India was founded in 1920 by – M. N. Roy
Q99. Gandhiji was honoured with the title of ‘Kaiser-e-Hind’ by – the British government in 1915
Q100. Rabindranath Tagore gave the title of ‘Mahatma’ to Gandhiji during the Champaran Satyagraha
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