Rajatarangini was written by
(1) Kalhana                              (2) Alberuni
(3) Harsha Vardhana
(4) Kautilya

Who is regarded as the second Alexander?
(1) Jalal-ud-din Khilji
(2) Mubarak Khilji
(3) Khusru Khan
(4) Ala-ud-din Khilji

Who discovered the sea route to India?
(1) Vasco da Gama
(2) Columbus
(3) Magellan
(4) Henry the Navigator

Which one of the following monuments in Delhi is not included as a World Heritage Site?
(1) Red Fort
(2) Humayun’s Tomb
(3) Qutab Minar
(4) Jantar Mantar

Who got the Gita translated into Persian?
(1) Shah Jahan                  (2) Akbar
(3) Murad                           (4) Dara Shikoh

Rana Pratap Singh of Mewar was defeated by the Mughal army in the battle of
(1) Mewar                                (2) Chittor
(3) Haldighati                         (4) Udaipur

Who among the following attacked the Somnath temple?
(1) Mahmud of Ghazni
(2) Muhammad Ghori
(3) Iltutmish
(4) Qutbuddin Aibak

The ‘Sun Temple’ of Konark is in the State of
(1) Odisha
(2) Jharkhand
(3) Andhra Pradesh
(4) Madhya Pradesh

Prithviraj Chauhan was defeated by Mohd. Ghori in the battle of
(1) Tarain in 1191 A.D.
(2) Tarain in 1192 A.D.
(3) Chandawar in 1193 A.D.
(4) Ranthambhor in 1195 A.D.

The famous Battle of Talikota was fought in
(1) 1565 A.D.                        (2) 1575 A.D.
(3) 1585 A.D.                        (4) 1570 A.D.

Who amongst the following succeeded Aurangzeb?

(1) Azam                         (2) Kam Baksh
(3) Akbar \(\mathrm{II}\)                     (4) Mauzzam