Ancient History
Which Indian emperor converted to Buddhism after the Kalinga war in 262 BCE
Ashoka
When did Cholas rise to power?
850 AD
What is the name of the Portuguese explorer who discovered India in 1498?
Vasco Da Gama
Who won the Battle of Plassey?
The British East India Company
Who is the Indian nationalist leader who allied with Imperial Japan in the Second World War?
Subhas Chandra Bose
How old is the Ramayana?
3000 years old
Who was the first ruler of the Rashtrakuta Dynasty?
Amoghavarsha I
When was Goa captured by the Portuguese?
Who won the Seven Years War in India: Britain or France?
Britain
Why did Gandhi lead the Dandi Salt March?
To start a peaceful protest demanding that Indians have the rights to make their own salt
What is the animal that was used by kingdoms in Ancient India to strike fear in the enemy?
Indian War Elephant
Why did the Pallavas pioneer Dravidian architecture?
They wanted to show how advanced South Indian civilization is
True or False: Did the Dutch colonise India?
False
What do you call an Indian soldier hired by the British?
Sepoy
Which battle of the Indian theatre of the Second World War involved Gurkhas?
Battle of Imphal
Where was Siddhartha Gautama born?
Lumbini, Nepal
What South Indian kingdom was a rival of the Chola Dynasty?
Pandya Dynasty
Who was the greatest Mughal emperor?
Akbar the Great
Which Indian kingdom developed innovative rocketry against the British East India Company?
Kingdom of Mysore
Who partitioned Bengal?
Lord Curzon
What is the name of the kingdom that ruled the Deccan?
Satavahana Dynasty
What is the name of the Central Asian prince who invaded India in 1526?
Babur
Who was the first Englishman to visit India in the 1600s?
Sir James Lancaster
Why did the Sepoy Rebellion of 1857 start?
Because cartridges used by the British were greased with pig fat and cow fat. To Hindus, cows were sacred and to Muslims, the pig is banned. Most of the sepoys were Hindu and Muslim, so they turned against the British officers and their families
What is the name of the massacre that took place in Amritsar in 1917?
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre