Alberuni came to India with:

(A) Mahmud of Ghazni

(B) Alexander

(C) Babur

(D) Timur

Where did Aurangzeb died?

A. Ahmed Nagar

B. Aurangabad

C. Allahabad

D. Lahore

What inspired the paintings of Ajanta?

A. Compassionate Buddha

B. Radha Krishna Leela

C. Jain Tirthankaras

D. Mahabharat encounters

The rulers of which dynasty started the practice of granting tax-free villages to Brahmanas and Buddhist monks?

A. Satavahana

B. Mauryan

C. Gupta

D. Chola

 Consider the following statements:

1. The Islamic calendar is twelve days shorter than the Gregorian calendar.

2. The Islamic calendar began in AD 632.

3. The Gregorian calendar is a solar calendar.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct ? 
(A) 1 only
(B) 1 and 2
(C) 1 and 3
(D) 3 only

Who started the Saka Era still used by the Government of India?

(A) Kanishka

(B) Vikramaditya

(C) Samundragupta

(D) Ashoka

Zafarnama was a letter written to a Mughal emperor by which of the following Sikh Gurus?

A. Hari Rai

B. Arjun Dev

C. Tegh Bahadur

D. Govind Singh

Buddha's preachings were concerned most with:

A. Devotionalism

B. Ritualism

C. Belief in the same God

D. Purity of thought and conduct