India Quiz 95

India Quiz 95

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1. Who founded the Chola dynasty of Thanjore?

Virarajendra
Rajendra I
Gandaraditya
Vijayalaya

2. Which one of the following is described as the "epic poem in red sandstone"?

Fatehpur Sikri
Red Fort
Charminar
India Gate

3. Who established "Chain of Justice" at Agra Fort for ordinary people to go to the palace and rattle the chain to get the emperor's attention?

Akbar
Aurangazeb
Jahangir
Shahjahan

4. Guru Arjan, the fifth Sikh Guru, was executed by

Jahangi
Akbar
Aurangazeb
Shahjahan

5. Name the Mughal emperor who used the pen name Sada Rangila?

Akbar
Muhammad Shah
Ahmad Shah Bahadur
Alamgir II

6. Who is associated with the Black Hole of Calcutta?

Siraj ud-Daulah
Lord Curzon
Dara Shukoh
Mahmud Gazni

7. Name the Rani of Kittur, Karnataka, who led an armed rebellion against the British East India Company in 1824

Chellamma
Velu Nachiyar
Chennamma
Uda Devi

8. Who was the leader of the Paika Rebellion against the British East India Company in 1817?

Birsa Munda
Baji Rout
Ghansyam Panigraphi
Bakshi Jaganbandhu

9. Who established the Fort William College in Calcutta?

Warren Hastings
Lord Wellesley
Lord Cornwallis
William Bentick

10. Who appointed the Hunter Commission on elementary education?

William Bentick
Lord Dufferine
Lord Ripon
Lord Lytton

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