Legal Coal india Here are 50 history-related questions and answers for the Coal India

Here are 50 history-related questions and answers for the Coal India Limited (CIL) Legal Exam 2025:

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Ancient Indian History

1. Who was the founder of the Maurya Empire?

Answer: Chandragupta Maurya

2. Which book did Kautilya write on governance?

Answer: Arthashastra

3. Which emperor converted to Buddhism after the Kalinga War?

Answer: Ashoka

4. What was the capital of the Gupta Empire?

Answer: Pataliputra

5. Which ancient university was destroyed by Bakhtiyar Khilji?

Answer: Nalanda University

6. Who was the last ruler of the Maurya Dynasty?

Answer: Brihadratha Maurya

7. Who is known as the "Napoleon of India"?

Answer: Samudragupta

8. Who was the first Indian ruler to issue gold coins?

Answer: Indo-Greek King Menander

9. Which Indian king defeated Alexander's general Seleucus Nicator?

Answer: Chandragupta Maurya

10. What was the main occupation of people during the Vedic Age?

Answer: Agriculture

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Medieval Indian History

11. Who was the founder of the Delhi Sultanate?

Answer: Qutb-ud-din Aibak

12. Which battle established Mughal rule in India?

Answer: First Battle of Panipat (1526)

13. Who built the Qutub Minar?

Answer: Qutb-ud-din Aibak (completed by Iltutmish)

14. Which ruler introduced the "Din-i-Ilahi" religion?

Answer: Akbar

15. Who was the first woman ruler of India?

Answer: Razia Sultana

16. Which Mughal emperor built the Taj Mahal?

Answer: Shah Jahan

17. Who was the last Mughal emperor of India?

Answer: Bahadur Shah II (Bahadur Shah Zafar)

18. Which battle marked the beginning of British rule in India?

Answer: Battle of Plassey (1757)

19. Who was the first Vijayanagara ruler?

Answer: Harihara I

20. Which medieval Indian traveler wrote about the Delhi Sultanate?

Answer: Ibn Battuta

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Modern Indian History

21. Who founded the Indian National Congress (INC)?

Answer: Allan Octavian Hume

22. Who was the first President of the Indian National Congress?

Answer: Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee

23. Which act introduced the system of diarchy in British India?

Answer: Government of India Act, 1919

24. Who led the Salt March (Dandi March)?

Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

25. Who wrote ‘Discovery of India’?

Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru

26. When did India gain independence from British rule?

Answer: August 15, 1947

27. Who was the first Governor-General of independent India?

Answer: Lord Mountbatten

28. Which movement was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in 1942?

Answer: Quit India Movement

29. Which revolutionary founded the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA)?

Answer: Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad, and others

30. Who was the first Prime Minister of India?

Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru

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World History

31. Which event marked the start of World War I?

Answer: Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1914)

32. Who was the President of the United States during World War II?

Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt (until 1945), then Harry S. Truman

33. Which treaty ended World War I?

Answer: Treaty of Versailles (1919)

34. Who was the dictator of Germany during World War II?

Answer: Adolf Hitler

35. Which revolution led to the end of monarchy in France?

Answer: French Revolution (1789)

36. Who was the first President of the United States?

Answer: George Washington

37. Which country dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

Answer: United States

38. Who discovered America in 1492?

Answer: Christopher Columbus

39. Which empire was ruled by Julius Caesar?

Answer: Roman Empire

40. What was the Cold War?

Answer: A geopolitical tension between the USA and USSR after World War II

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Indian Freedom Struggle

41. Which Indian leader gave the slogan "Do or Die"?

Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

42. Who was known as "Netaji"?

Answer: Subhas Chandra Bose

43. Which event led to the partition of Bengal in 1905?

Answer: Decision by Lord Curzon to divide Bengal for administrative purposes

44. Which movement was launched after the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?

Answer: Non-Cooperation Movement (1920)

45. Who was the leader of the 1857 Revolt in Kanpur?

Answer: Nana Saheb

46. Who was the first Indian to demand Purna Swaraj (Complete Independence)?

Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak

47. Who was the founder of the Indian National Army (INA)?

Answer: Subhas Chandra Bose

48. Which freedom fighter is known as the "Lion of Punjab"?

Answer: Lala Lajpat Rai

49. Which British officer was assassinated by Udham Singh?

Answer: Michael O’Dwyer

50. When was the Indian Constitution adopted?

Answer: November 26, 1949

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