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1.Who wrote Janaganamana ?

Ans:Rabindra nath Tagore

2.Who wrote Vande mataram ?

Ans:Bankim Chandra Chatopadhyay

3.Which Mughal Emperor built Red Fort ?

Ans:Shah jahan

4.Who wrote Janaganamana ?

Ans:Rabindra nath Tagore

5.Who wrote Vande mataram ?

Ans:Bankim Chandra Chatopadhyay

6.Which Mughal Emperor built Red Fort ?

Ans:Shah jahan

7.Who built the Taj Mahal?

Ans:Shah Jahan

8.Who began the construction of the Qutub Minar, and who completed it?

Ans:Begun by Qutb-ud-din Aibak and completed by Iltutmish

9.Who built the Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri?

Ans:Akbar

10.In which state are the Ajanta caves, famous for Buddhist paintings?

Ans:Maharashtra

11.Which king built the Konark Sun Temple in Odisha?

Ans:Narasimhadeva I of the Eastern Ganga dynasty

12.Which dynasty built the Khajuraho temples?

Ans:The Chandela dynasty

13.Who built the Brihadeeswara Temple at Thanjavur?

Ans:Rajaraja Chola I

14.Which Rashtrakuta king built the Kailasa temple at Ellora?

Ans:Krishna I

15.Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam?

Ans:Kalidasa

16.What is the name of the famous astronomical work of Aryabhata?

Ans:Aryabhatiya

17.Who founded Sikhism?

Ans:Guru Nanak

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