Which among the following foreign countries was the first one

to trade with India?
(1) England
(2) Netherlands
(3) France
(4) Portugal

Which monument is known as the “Dream in Stones’?
(1) Char Minar
(2) Ajanta Caves
(3) Sanchi Stupa
(4) Panch Mahal

The foreign traveler who visited India during the reign of Shahjahan was

(1) Thomas Roe
(2) William Hawkins
(3) Ibn Batuta
(4) Manucci

Abdul Fazal was the son of which Sufi saint?
(1) Sheikh Mubarak
(2) Hazarat Khwaja
(3) Nasiruddin Chirag
(4) Baba Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki

Which dynasty was ruling in the Vijaynagar empire at the time of the Battle of Talikota?
(1) Sangam                      (2) Aniridu
(3) Tuluva                         (4) Saluva

Which of the following Sultans died while playing Polo or Chaugan?
(1) Qutbuddin Aibak
(2) Balban
(3) Iltutmish
(4) Nasiruddin Muhammad

Who among the following Sikh Gurus had laid the foundation of Amritsar?
(1) Guru Amar Das
(2) Guru Ram Das
(3) Guru Arjan Dev
(4) Guru Har Govind

Which of the following writers has called Akbar’s Din-i-Ilahi as a monument of his folly, not of wisdom?
(1) Badayuni
(2) Vincent Smith
(3) Barni
(4) W. Haig

The city of Vijayanagar is also known as
(1) Halebidu                             (2) Chandragiri
(3) Hampi                                 (4) Kondavidu

Which of the following Sultans of the Tughlaq dynasty issued copper coins instead of silver ones?
(1) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
(2) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
(3) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(4) Mahmud Tughlaq

Akbar’s tomb is located at which of the following places?
(1) Sikandara
(2) Agra
(3) Fatehpur Sikri
(4) Allahabad