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A)
Noorjahan Begum
B)
Gulbadan Begum
C)
Zebun-nissah Begum
D)
Jahanara Begum

Correct Answer :   Gulbadan Begum

Gulbadan Begum (1523-1603) was a Perso-Turkic Princess, the daughter of Emperor Babur. She is most known as the author of Humayun Nama, the account of the life of her brother, Humayun.

A)
Ahmad Shah
B)
Akbar-II
C)
Shah Alam-II
D)
Bahadur Shah Zafar II

Correct Answer :   Bahadur Shah Zafar II

Only a handful of relatives were present when Bahadur Shah Zafar II breathed his last in a shabby wooden house in Rangoon (now Yangon) in 1862. That very day, his British captors buried him in an unmarked grave in a compound near the famous Shwedagon Pagoda.

A)
Dara Shikoh
B)
Jahangir
C)
Mir Jumla
D)
Aurangzeb

Correct Answer :   Aurangzeb

Aurangzeb said the given statement - "I came alone and I am going alone. I have not done well to the country and the people, and of the future there is no hope".

A)
Pune
B)
Nagpur
C)
Bombay
D)
Calcutta

Correct Answer :   Bombay

Satyagraha Sabha was formed by Gandhi in the capital (Bombay) city of Maharashtra. -It is a western coastal city in the state of Maharashtra. -It is the place where the first INC session was held in 1885.

A)
Chelmsford
B)
Hardinge-II
C)
Irwin
D)
Reading

Correct Answer :   Chelmsford

Lord Chelmsford was the Viceroy of India when Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place on April 13, 1919.

A)
Kakori train dacoity incident
B)
Jalianwalla Bagh massacre
C)
Chauri Chaura incident
D)
Demolition of Kanpur mosque

Correct Answer :   Jalianwalla Bagh massacre

The Jallianwala Bagh massacre, also known as the Amritsar massacre, took place on 13 April 1919 when troops of the British Indian Army under the command of Colonel Reginald Dyer fired rifles into a crowd of Punjabis, who had gathered in Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar, Punjab.

A)
Zulfikar khan
B)
Kafi Khan
C)
Nur Jahan
D)
Kam Baksh

Correct Answer :   Kafi Khan

Khafi khan called Bahadur Shah I popularly Shahi-i- Bekhabar. He was also known as as Shah Alam I. This is due to his appeasement parties by grants of title and rewards. He was ascended himself on the throne in 1707 after killing his brothers.

A)
1725 AD
B)
1816 AD
C)
1826 AD
D)
1846 AD

Correct Answer :   1846 AD

After the death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, his successors proved to be weak and incapable administrator. Due to their weak administration, factionalism broke out in the Lahore state. The Britishers took advantage of it and fought two anglo-sikh wars. The first Anglo-Sikh war took place in 1845-46 A.D.

A)
Jan. 1824
B)
October 1787
C)
October 1764
D)
Sept. 1564

Correct Answer :   October 1764

Battle of Buxar, Buxur also spelled Baksar, (22 October 1764), conflict at Buxar in northeastern India between the forces of the British East India Company, commanded by Major Hector Munro, and the combined army of an alliance of Indian states including Bengal, Awadh, and the Mughal Empire.

A)
Portuguese
B)
German
C)
American
D)
South American

Correct Answer :   Portuguese

Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea. He was born in 1460 in the town of Sines in Portugal.