71 Bihar was earlier known as Magadha 72 Agra was earlier known as Akbarabad 73 "Harsha Charit" was written by Banabatta 74 Chandragupta Maurya spent the last days of his life at Sravanabelagola 75 Jalianwala Bagh Massacre took place at Amritsar 76 Vijayanagar kingdom was situated on the banks of river Tungabhadra 77 In 1498,the sea route to india was discovered by Vasco-da-gama 78 King Bhoja was from the which dynasty Pratihara 79 The period 1206 Ad to 1526 AD is known as The Delhi Sultanate 80 Agra city was founded by Sikandar Lodhi 81 Vijaynagar Empire was founded by Harihara and Bukka 82 The Vijayanagar kings fought frequent wars with the Bahamani Sultans 83 The last king of the Vijayanagar empire was Rama Raya 84 Shankaracharya was associated with which movement Bhakti 85 Ramanuja preached the philosophy of Vishishtadvaita 86 The followers of Ramanuja are known as Vaishnavas 87 Kabir was the disciple of Ramanand 88 The founder of Sikh religion was Guru Nanak 89 Babar defeated Ibrahim Lodhi in the year 1526 AD 90 Babar died in the year 1530 AD 91 Humayun was defeated by Sher Shah Suri 92 Humayun died at the age of 48 years 93 Akbar was crowned in the year 1556 AD 94 In the second battle of Panipat, Akbar defeated Himu 95 Akbar died in the year 1605 Ad 96 The original name of Nurjahan was Mehrunisa 97 Jehangir was known for his Justice 98 Jehangir died in the year 1627 AD 99 Aurangzeb was the son of Shahjehan 100 Aurangzeb died in the year 1707 AD 101 The first Guru of the sikhs was Guru Nanak Dev 102 The tenth Guru of the sikhs was Guru Gobind Singh 103 Amritsar was founded by Guru Ram Das 104 The Golden Temple was built by Guru Arjan Dev 105 The Akal Takht was built by Guru Hargobind 106 Guru Gobind Singh was born in 1666 AD 107 The `Khalsa' at Anandpur Sahib was founded by Guru Gobind Singh 108 Maharaja Ranjit Singh was born in 1780 AD 109 Bahadur Shah Zafar died in the year 1862 AD 110 Shivaji died at age of 50 years 111 In tne year 1798,who was appointed as the Governor-General Wellesley 112 Wellesley started the policy of Subsidiary Alliance 113 Dalhousie became the Governor-General in 1848 AD 114 The first war of Indian Independence fought in 1857 is also known as The Sepoy Mutiny 115 The Lady ruler who participated in the 1857 Revolt was Rani Laxmi Bai of Jhansi 116 The Indian Association was formed in 1876 at Calcutta 117 The Indian National Congress was formed in 1885 AD 118 The Rowlatt Act was passed in the year 1919 AD 119 The Jalianwala Bagh Massacre took place in the year 1919 AD 120 The movement launched in 1920 is known as The Non-Co-operation Movement 121 The Simon Commission came to India in the year 1928 AD 122 Chandragupta Maurya was succeeded by Bindusara 123 Ashoka invaded Kalinga in the year 261 BC 124 Ashoka died in the year 232 BC 125 Ashoka ruled for a period of 40 years 126 The last king of Maurya dynasty was Brihadratha 127 Chandragupta was succeeded by Samudragupta 128 The Iron Pillar near Qutb Minar was erected by Chandragupta II 129 Fahien, a Chinese traveller visited india during the reign of Chandragupta II 130 Harshavardhana ascended the throne at the age of 16 years 131 Harshavardhana was defeated by Pulakeshin II 132 The Chinese traveller who visited India during the reign of Harshavardhana was Hieun Tsang 133 Akbar was succeeded by Jehangir 134 Jehangir was succeeded by Shahjehan 135 In ancient times this river was called Shatadru. How do we know it now? Sutlej. 136 In the Rigveda there is a reference to the "Dasharajna Yuddha". What does this refer to? It was a battle of 10 kings fought between Sudasa, a king of the Tritsu family on one side, and a confederacy of 10 tribes on the other. It was fought on the banks of the Parushni (Ravi). Sudasa defeated his enemies in this battle. 137 Who was the ruler of the territory between the Jhelum and the Ravi when Alexander invaded India? Paurava or Porus as the Greeks called him. 138 When Porus surrendered to Alexander, Alexander asked him how he wished to be treated. What was Porus' reply? "As one King would treat another". This was his famous reply that has become a classic. Hearing this Alexander not only reinstated Porus on the throne, but he also added territories towards the east and domains of many republican states to the existing kingdom of Porus (according to Plutarch) 139 Who was Megasthenes? Megasthenes was the Greek ambassador to the Mauryan Court. 140 Who sent Megasthenes as his ambassador to the Mauryan Court? Seleucus Nikator




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