Legal CIL Here are 50 more history-related questions

Here are 50 more history-related questions and answers to further strengthen your preparation for the Coal India Limited (CIL) Legal Exam 2025.

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Ancient Indian History

1. Who was the first known ruler of the Gupta Dynasty?

Answer: Sri Gupta

2. Which Mauryan ruler is known for spreading Buddhism outside India?

Answer: Ashoka

3. What was the language of administration in the Maurya Empire?

Answer: Prakrit

4. Which Indus Valley site is known for its dockyard?

Answer: Lothal

5. Who was the famous grammarian of ancient India?

Answer: Panini

6. What was the primary religious text of the Vedic period?

Answer: Rigveda

7. Which ancient Indian king performed the Ashvamedha Yajna?

Answer: Samudragupta

8. Who was the last ruler of the Gupta Empire?

Answer: Vishnugupta

9. Which Indian king defeated the Huns?

Answer: Skandagupta

10. What was the main feature of Harappan cities?

Answer: Grid-pattern town planning

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Medieval Indian History

11. Who introduced the Iqta system in India?

Answer: Iltutmish

12. Who was the founder of the Sayyid Dynasty?

Answer: Khizr Khan

13. Which battle ended the Delhi Sultanate?

Answer: Battle of Panipat (1526)

14. Who was the most famous ruler of the Vijayanagara Empire?

Answer: Krishnadevaraya

15. Who built the Gol Gumbaz?

Answer: Mohammed Adil Shah

16. What was the official language of the Mughal Empire?

Answer: Persian

17. Which Mughal ruler introduced the Mansabdari system?

Answer: Akbar

18. Who was the founder of the Sikh Empire?

Answer: Maharaja Ranjit Singh

19. Who was the first Mughal emperor to grant trade rights to the British?

Answer: Jahangir

20. Who constructed the Red Fort in Delhi?

Answer: Shah Jahan

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Modern Indian History

21. Which governor-general introduced the Doctrine of Lapse?

Answer: Lord Dalhousie

22. Who wrote ‘Anandamath’?

Answer: Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

23. Which viceroy was assassinated in India?

Answer: Lord Mayo

24. Who founded the Arya Samaj?

Answer: Swami Dayanand Saraswati

25. Who started the Young Bengal Movement?

Answer: Henry Vivian Derozio

26. Which movement did Mahatma Gandhi launch in response to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?

Answer: Non-Cooperation Movement

27. Who coined the term ‘Swaraj is my birthright’?

Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak

28. Which act divided Bengal in 1905?

Answer: Indian Councils Act, 1909

29. Which leader founded the Forward Bloc?

Answer: Subhas Chandra Bose

30. Who was the first woman to become the President of the Indian National Congress?

Answer: Annie Besant

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World History

31. Who wrote the Communist Manifesto?

Answer: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

32. Which country was first to industrialize?

Answer: Britain

33. Who was the architect of the League of Nations?

Answer: Woodrow Wilson

34. Who led the Russian Revolution in 1917?

Answer: Vladimir Lenin

35. Which treaty ended the American Revolutionary War?

Answer: Treaty of Paris (1783)

36. Who was the founder of Fascism?

Answer: Benito Mussolini

37. Which US President abolished slavery?

Answer: Abraham Lincoln

38. Who was the longest-serving British Prime Minister of the 20th century?

Answer: Margaret Thatcher

39. Who was the first emperor of China?

Answer: Qin Shi Huang

40. Which year did the Berlin Wall fall?

Answer: 1989

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Indian Freedom Struggle

41. Which freedom fighter was given the title of Lokmanya?

Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak

42. Who founded the Servants of India Society?

Answer: Gopal Krishna Gokhale

43. Who was the Viceroy of India during the partition in 1947?

Answer: Lord Mountbatten

44. Who founded the Home Rule Movement in India?

Answer: Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak

45. Which movement was launched to boycott foreign goods?

Answer: Swadeshi Movement

46. Who was the commander-in-chief of Azad Hind Fauj?

Answer: Subhas Chandra Bose

47. Which act gave Indians the first taste of constitutional government?

Answer: Government of India Act, 1935

48. Who was the President of the Indian National Congress at the time of independence?

Answer: J.B. Kripalani

49. Which leader formed the ‘Ghadar Party’?

Answer: Lala Hardayal

50. Who was the first Indian to go to jail for a political cause?

Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak

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These 100 history-based questions (including the previous 50) will help in Coal India Limited Legal Exam 2025 preparation. Let me know if you need more specific questions or explanations!