1. What four world religions were founded within India?

​Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism.

2. Which empire emerged around the third century BC(E) from the kingdom of Magadha?

​Mauryan Empire.

3. Between 200BC(E) and 200AD(CE) two dynasties grew to mastery in southern India, trading with, amongst others, the Roman Empire; what were these two dynasties?

​The Cholas and the Pandyas.

4. Which empire grew around the greater Ganges Plain around 400AD(CE)?

​Gupta Empire.

5. What was the name given to the Islamic empire in established in northern India from approximately 1200AD(CE) that protected India from the ravishes of the Mongols?

​The Delhi Sultanate.

6. Which Hindu empire became the first to govern much of peninsular India, based around the Shaivite sect?

​Vijayanagara Empire.

7. Which empire governed most of India at the time of European expansion on the subcontinent?

​Mughal Empire.

 

8. What was the name of the administration that grew to control India on behalf of the English government?

​The East India Company.

 

9. What event in 1857 led directly to the formation of a unitary state for India within the British Empire and the formation of the Indian National Congress in 1885?

​The Indian Rebellion.

10. When did India become an independent state, following its partition into India and Pakistan? 

1947.