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No.1	Where is the tomb of Emperor Akbar located?	Show/hide Emperor Akbar's tomb is located in Sikandra.
No.2	Who designed the Victoria Memorial at Calcutta?	Show/hide The Victoria Memorial at Calcutta was designed by William Emerson.
No.3	Which port city was the first Portuguese colony in India?	Show/hide Goa was the first Portuguese colony in India.
No.4	Where did Vasco da Gama land in India?	Show/hide Vasco da Gama landed in India at Calicut.
No.5	What is Lothal, near the Gulf of Khambat, believed to have been long ago?	Show/hide Lothal is believed to have been a Port.
No.6	Where did Alexander of Macedon first enter in India?	Show/hide Alexander of Macedon first entered the Gandhara province of India.
No.7	When did the first partition of Bengal take place?	Show/hide The first partition of Bengal took place in 1905.
No.8	Which Indian president declared a state of emergency in 1975?	Show/hide The Indian president who declared a state of emergency in 1975 was Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed.
No.9	Who was the founder of the Brahmo Samaj?	Show/hide Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the founder of the Brahmo Samaj.
No.10	Who was the founder of the Slave dynasty?	Show/hide Qutb-ud-din-Aybak was the founder of the Slave dynasty.
No.11	Which Lodi king was killed in the First Battle of Panipat?	Show/hide Ibrahim Lodi was killed in the First Battle of Panipat.
No.12	What was the kingdom of Krishna Deva Raya Called?	Show/hide The kingdom of Krishna Deva Raya was called Vijaynagar.
No.13	Who was the last Mughal emperor of India?	Show/hide Bahadur Shah II was the last Mughal emperor of India.
No.14	Who started the Prarthana Samaj?	Show/hide M.G. Ranade started the Prarthana Samaj.
No.15	Where was Gautama Buddha born?	Show/hide Gautama Buddha was born in Lumbini.
No.16	To which dynasty did Ashoka belong ?	Show/hide Ashoka belonged to the Maurya dynasty.
No.17	What is Bodh Gaya famous for in relation with the Buddha?	Show/hide The Buddha attained Enlightenment in both Gaya.
No.18	Who built the Taj mahal and the Lal Qila by Shah Jahan?	Show/hide The Taj Mahal and the Lal Qila was built by Shah Jahan.
No.19	Who was the only early Mughal emperor to be ousted from the throne?	Show/hide Humayun was the only early Mughal emperor to be ousted from the throne.
No.20	In which language were the early Buddhist canonical/sacred texts written?	Show/hide Pali was the language in which the early Buddhist canonical/sacred texts were written.
No.21	Who founded the kingdom of Vijayanagar?	Show/hide Harihara and Bukka founded the kingdom of Vijayanagar.
No.22	Which governor-general of British India was responsible for abolishing sati?	Show/hide Lord William Bentinck was the governor-general of British India responsible for abolishing sati.
No.23	Who was the first Indian woman president of the Indian National Congress?	Show/hide Sarojini Naidu was the first Indian woman president of the Indian National Congress.
No.24	Where is Fort Saint George located?	Show/hide Fort Saint George is located in Chennai. The Secretariate and offices of the armed forces are locted inside this complex.
No.25	Who founded the Indian National Army?	Show/hide Subhas Chandra Bose founded the Indian National Army.
No.26	What was the court language of the Vijayanagar empire?	Show/hide Telugu was the court language of the Vijayanagar empire.
No.27	In which modern State of India was the ancient university of Nalanda located?	Show/hide The ancient university of Nalanda is located in the modern day state of Bihar.
No.28	Which of the following tombs is an imitation of the Taj Mahal?	Show/hide Bibi ka Maqbara is an imitation of the Taj Mahal.
No.29	When was the Indian National Congress founded?	Show/hide The Indian National Congress was founded in 1885.
No.30	Who came to be popularly called as Lokmanya?	Show/hide Bal Gangadhar Tilak came to be popularly called as Lokmanya.
No.31	What are the stories that describe the earlier lives of the Buddha known as?	Show/hide Jataka are the stories that describe the earlier lives of the Buddha.
No.32	What was the most widely used script in India in the third century?	Show/hide Brahmi was the most widely used script in India in the third century.
No.33	Which ancient Buddhist study centre did Hsuan-tsang and I-ching describe?	Show/hide Hsuan-tsang and I-ching described Nalanda as the ancient Buddhist study centre.
No.34	Who was the successor of Iltutmish?	Show/hide Raziyya was the successor of Iltutmish.
No.35	Who passed the India Act of 1784?	Show/hide William Pitt passed the India Act of 1784.
No.36	What was the popular name of Vishnugupta, the author of Arthashastra?	Show/hide The popular name of Vishnugupta, the author of Arthashastra is Chanakya.
No.37	Who introduced the philosophy of satyagraha in India’s struggle against British imperialism?	Show/hide Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi introduced the philosophy of satyagraha in India's struggle against British imperialism.
No.38	Who among the following was the founder of the Pala Dynasty?	Show/hide Gopala was the founder of the Pala Dynasty.
No.39	Where is the Harappan site of Kalibangan located?	Show/hide The Harappan site of Kalibangan is locatedat Rajasthan.
No.40	Who was known as “the Frontier Gandhi”?	Show/hide Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was known as "the Frontier Gandhi".
No.41	Who was the first high Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom?	Show/hide V.K. Krishna Menon was the first high Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom.
No.42	Which ancient city was founded by Ajatashatru?	Show/hide Pataliputra was founded by Ajatashatru.
No.43	To which emperor did the peacock throne originally belong?	Show/hide The peacock throne originally belonged to Shah Jahan.
No.44	Who created the military brotherhood of Sikhs called “Khalsa”?	Show/hide Guru Gobind Singh created the military brotherhood of Sikhs called "Khalsa".