Correct Answer : Option (A) - Firoz Shah Tughlaq

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Firoz was persuaded to accept the duty by the camp followers after much persuasion. He was the first Sultan in India who started the work of translation of Hindu Religious texts into the Persian Language. Firoz Shah Tughlaq is remembered in part through his 32-page autobiography, Futuhat-e-firozshahi.

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Razia Sultana

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Razia Sultana was the first woman Sultanate of India, and ruled the court of Delhi from the end of 1236 to 1240. The only ever woman to do so, she defied all odds to occupy the throne, including overcoming conflicts over her gender and her slave ancestry.

Correct Answer : Option (B) - A history of Kashmir

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Rajatarangini, (Sanskrit: “River of Kings”) historical chronicle of early India, written in Sanskrit verse by the Kashmiri Brahman Kalhana in 1148, that is justifiably considered to be the best and most authentic work of its kind.

Correct Answer : Option (A) - a 'Rummindei Pillar' of Ashok Maurya

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Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, is marked by a commemorative pillar erected by Mauryan Emperor Ashoka of India during his pilgrimage to the holy site in 249 BC. The inscription on the Ashoka Pillar indentifies the Sacred Garden – spread over 9 sq. km – as the spot where the Enlightened One was born. Lumbini was known as Rummindei in Asoka’s time.

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Champaran

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In 1917 the first satyagraha campaign in India was mounted in the indigo-growing district of Champaran. During the following years, fasting and economic boycotts were employed as methods of satyagraha in India, until the British left the country in 1947.

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Qutub-ud-din-Aibak

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Qutub-ud-din Aibak was the founder of Muslim rule in Indiaand an able general of Muhammad Ghori. In 1193, after conquering Delhi, Muhammad Ghori returned to Khorāsān and left the consolidation of the Ghūrid conquests in northwest India to Quṭb. Qutb-ud-din Aibak gave large sums of money in charity, thus earning the name LAKH BAKSH or giver of lakhs.

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Chagatai Turks

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Babur was the founder of the Mughal Empire and father of the Mughal ruler Humayun. Mughals belonged to a branch of the Turks named Chagatai, given the name after the famous Mongol Leader, the second son of Genghis Khan. Babur, who was a Chagatai Turk, had laid the foundation of the Mughal Empire in India.

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Siddhartha

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Siddhartha was the father of Mahavira, the 24th and last Jain Tirthankara. He was a Kshatriya King from the Ikshvaku dynasty and the ruler of the Nata, or Jnatri clan in Kshatriya Kundagrama, a suburb of Vaishali.He was married to Licchavi princess Trishala sister of King Chetaka of Vaishali.

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Kumaragupta I

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King Kumaragupta I : The University of Nalanda was founded around 427 by Kumargupta-1 (415-455), son of Chandragupta-II. Skandgupta (455-467) continued his father's royal patronage of the university by enlarging the physical facilities.

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Vishwa Bharti

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