Indian History Quiz

1. The Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar died in the___.

1. Rangoon Jail
2. Rome Jail
3. Kathmandu Jail
4. Moscow Jail

2. What were the kingdoms of ancient India called?

1. Janpad Kshetra
2. Ati-janpadas
3. Maha-janpadas
4. Bharat rajya

3. King Ashoka's set of rules to follow in life was called _____.

1. Niyam
2. Dhamma
3. Qayda
4. Anushasan

4. The group of languages spoken in ancient India are called ____.

1. Prakrit
2. Anukrit
3. Sanskrit
4. Bhashakrit

5. Who was the founder of the Mauryan empire ?

1. Bindusara
2. Ashoka
3. Samudragupta
4. Chandragupta Maurya

6. The Greek ambassador Megasthenes was in the court of ___.

1. Akbar
2. Kanishka
3. Chandragupta Maurya
4. Ashoka

7. Which of these rulers was called the' wise fool'?

1. Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
2. Alauddin Khalji
3. Aurangzeb
4. Qutb al-Din Aibak

8. Which Mughal Emperor's court poet was Mirza Ghalib?

1. Akbar
2. Babur
3. Shah Jahan
4. Bahadur Shah Zafar

9. Which of these rulers plundered the Somnath temple?

1. Nader Shah
2. Mahmud Ghaznavi
3. Iltutmish
4. Qutb al-Din Aibak

10. Who was the last Hindu ruler of India?

1. Ashoka
2. Kanishka
3. Hemu
4. Pulakeshin II