2. What was the script used in the earliest Tamil inscriptions? – Brahmi
3. Which Tomar ruler is credited to have established Delhi? – Anangpal
4. Krishnadeva Raya wrote a famous work, namely Amuktamalyada, in which language? – Telugu
5. Which school of paintings developed independently during the Mughal Period?– The Bijapur School
6. Which was the first newspaper to be published in India? – Bengal Gazette
7. Who said “I therefore want freedom immediately, this very night, before dawn if it can be had”? – Mahatma Gandhi
8. At which one place did Mahatma Gandhi first start his Satyagraha in India? – Champaran
9. Bhakt Tukaram was a contemporary of which Mughal emperor? – Jahangir
10. The first railway line in India was opened in which year? – 1853
11. Rigveda is divided into 10 books. Which books are the oldest – Second and seventh
12. Which site, where Ashokan pillars exist, has the bull capital? – Rampurva
13. Which Rashtrakuta ruler established a victory pillar in Rameshwaram ? – Krishna III
14. The ruler which was not invited to join the confederacy to fight against Vijaynagar in the battle of Talikota? – Berar
15. Whose tomb is ‘Biwi Ka Maqbara’? – Aurangzeb’s wife
16. By whom was Shuddhi movement (conversion of non-Hindus to Hinduism) started? – Swami Dayanand Saraswati
17. Who was the first Indian woman President of the Indian National Congress? – Sarojini Naidu
18. In ancient India, at where was the earliest capital of Magadha kingdom? – Rajgir
19. Which Rajputa king defeated Muhammad Ghori for the first time? – Prithviraj III
20. Sirajuddaulah was defeated by Lord Clive in which battle? – Plassey
21. The term nishka, which meant an ornament in the Vedic period, was used in latertirnes, what did it denote? – A coin
22. Which language was used in the literature of Sangam period? – Tamil
23. Which was the Chola king who conquered the northern part of Sri Lanka and made it a province of his empire? – Rajaraja
24. The Portuguese traveller, Nuniz visited Vijayanagar during the reign of which rular? – Achyuta Raya
25. Under the leadership of which Guru did the Sikh become a political and military force? – Guru Gobind Singh
