1 What ruler is referred to as the ‘Mad Monarch’?

A) Ashoka

B) Akbar

C) Mohammad bin Tughlaq

D) Hyder Ali

2 The name by which Ashoka is generally referred to in his inscriptions is

A) Priyadarsi

B) Dharmadeva

C) Chakravarti

D) Dharmakirti

3 The Arab conquest of Sind took place in 712A.D. under the leadership of

A) Muhammad bin Kasim

B) Subuktagin

C) Mahmud Ghaznavi

D) Qutub-ud-din

4 whose court is known as ‘Bhuvana Vijaya’?

A) Ganapathi

B) Ramachandra

C) Krishnadevaraya

D) Achyutaraya

5 Silver tanka of the Delhi Sultanata was first issued by

A) Qutubuddin Aibak

B) Iitutmish

C) Jalaluddin Razia

D) Ghiyasuddin Balban

6 Who was the author of Humayunnama?

A) Humayun

B) Gulbadan Begam

C) Inayat Khan

D) Ahmad Yadgar

7 Of the following newspapers published during the struggle for Indias independence, which one was published in a vernacular language ?

A) Kesari

B) Mahratta

C) Bengalee

D) Anand Bazar Patrika

8 The earliest Europeans to land on Indian soil were the

A) French

B) Dutch

C) Portuguese

D) English