This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Exam Based > Miscellenous Questions – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Miscellenous Questions Quiz 10 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Tulsi Das composed his Ramacharitamanas during the reign of A) Harsha. B) Krishnadeva Raya. C) Alauddin Khalji. D) Akbar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Akbar. 2. The principle of Panchsheel was declared by India and China in the year A) 1953A.D. B) 1954A.D. C) 1952A.D. D) 1955A.D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1954A.D. 3. Which Turkish general destroyed the universities of Nalanda and Vikramsila? A) Baktiyar Khalji. B) Ali Mardan Khalji. C) Tajuddin Yalduz. D) Qutubuddin Aibek. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Baktiyar Khalji. 4. The Vijayanagara Empire: A) Defended the Deccan against Islamic incursions. B) Was conquered by Sikander Lodi. C) Was a Buddhist state. D) Was a great naval power. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Defended the Deccan against Islamic incursions. 5. The venue of holding this Second Round Table Conference in London was- A) Kingsley Palace. B) 10, Downing Street. C) St. James Palace. D) Buckingham Palace. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) St. James Palace. 6. Who built "Brihadeshwara Temple" A) Ashok. B) Raja Raja I. C) Rajendra Chola. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Raja Raja I. 7. Mangalore, Parambakkam, and Porto Navo were places where Major battles took place during the A) Third Anglo-Mysore war. B) Second Anglo-Mysore war. C) First Anglo-Mysore war. D) Fourth Anglo-Mysore wait. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Second Anglo-Mysore war. 8. Which one of the following contemporary sources depicts Humayun's passion for astronomy and astrology? A) Qanun-i-Humayuni. B) Humayun Namah. C) Tuzuk-i-Babri. D) Tarikh-i-Rashidi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tuzuk-i-Babri. 9. Evidence of more than one dead being buried together is found from. A) Mohenjodaro. B) Harappa. C) Lothal. D) Ropar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lothal. 10. In which district is Dandi associated with the March of Gandhi, is located? A) Dwarka. B) Mehsana. C) Bhuj. D) Nausari. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nausari. 11. The Moplah Rebellion (1912) took place in A) Marathawada. B) Malabar. C) Telengana. D) Vidarbha. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Malabar. 12. Select the correct statement about the Nanaghat Inscription of the Satavahanas A) It refers to one of the mother-queens of the Satavahanas. B) It refers to the place of origin of Satavahanas. C) It speaks about Shaka-Satavahana conflict. D) It speaks about the navy of the Satavahanas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It refers to the place of origin of Satavahanas. 13. Coconut cultivation in India was known from the period of the A) Mauryas. B) Satavahanas and Kshatrapas. C) Guptas. D) Pahallava and Western ranges. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pahallava and Western ranges. 14. Who among the following reformer associated with the passing of the Widow Remarriage Act? A) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. B) Swami Vivekananda. C) Raja Rammohan Roy. D) Ramakrishna Paramahansa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. 15. Which one of the following sites is not associated with Painted Grey Ware? A) Noh. B) Satwali. C) Tripuri. D) Gilaulikhera. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Satwali. 16. In July 1921, the All India Khilafat Committee passed a resolutions declaring that no Muslim should serve in the A) British Indian Army. B) British Indian Administration. C) British Indian Navy. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) British Indian Army. 17. "The interests of Mohammad Ghori were not however confined to India." Who said so? A) Moreland. B) Dr. V.A. Smith. C) Dr. Ishwari Prasad. D) Dr. Tarachand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dr. V.A. Smith. 18. The statement, "on bended knees I asked for bread and received stone instead" is associated with A) Khilafat Movement. B) Quit India Movement. C) Dandi March. D) Non-Cooperation Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dandi March. 19. The language patronised by Guptas was A) Prakrit. B) Hindi. C) Arabic. D) Sanskrit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sanskrit. 20. The Founding Charter of the English East India Company was granted by A) James I. B) Henry VIII. C) Elizabeth I. D) Charles I. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elizabeth I. 21. On whom Emperor Akbar conferred the title of 'Jagat Guru'? A) Devi. B) Hira Vijay Suri. C) Dastur Meherji Rana. D) Purushottam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hira Vijay Suri. 22. Who buld Kirtistambha in Chittor? A) Rana ratan singh. B) Rana kumba. C) Rana sangram singh. D) Rana sanga. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rana kumba. 23. Where was the 'Jatiya Sarkar' formed during the Quit India Movement? A) Ballia. B) Nagpur. C) Satara. D) Tamluk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tamluk. 24. Towards health care, the most important measures taken by Ashoka was/were: A) He opened dispensaries for the treatment of both human beings and animals. B) He got the herbs and plants, needed for medical purposes, cultivated. C) Both A and B above. D) He made arrangements for safe drinking water in the whole of his empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both A and B above. 25. Megasthenes was at the court of? A) Chandragupta Maurya. B) Ashoka. C) Kanishka. D) Harsha. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chandragupta Maurya. 26. Which of the following is the correct chronological order of the establishment of parties during Indian Struggle Movement? A) Indian National Congress, Muslim League, Swaraj Party, Justice Party. B) Swaraj Party, Indian National Congress, Justice Party, Muslim League. C) Indian National Congress, Swaraj party, Justice Party, Muslim League. D) Swaraj Party, Indian National Congress, Muslim League, Justice Party. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indian National Congress, Muslim League, Swaraj Party, Justice Party. 27. "The greater the number of the forts you hold the weaker will be your power. Let our forces be on the sea, because if we should not be powerful at sea, everything will be at once against it" whose words are these? A) Duarte Pacheo. B) Albuquerque. C) Da Almeida. D) Vasco-da-Gama. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Da Almeida. 28. In which of the following areas was the Mahalwari system introduced by the English? A) North-west provinces. B) The Gangetic valley. C) The parts of central India and Punjab. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 29. The only inscribed stone portrait of Emperor Ashoka has been found at A) Sanchi. B) Amaravati. C) Kanaganahalli. D) Ajanta. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kanaganahalli. 30. In 1888, Sir Syed Ahmed founded the A) Patriotic Association. B) Upper Indian Mohammadan Association. C) Muslim League. D) National Conference. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Patriotic Association. 31. The Nagara, the Dravida, and the Vesara are the A) Three main linguistic divisions into which the languages of India can be classified. B) Three main racial groups of the Indian subcontinent. C) Three main musical Gharanas prevalent in India. D) Three main styles of Indian temple architecture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Three main styles of Indian temple architecture. 32. Which one of the following cities was most extensive in area? A) Mohenjodaro. B) Harrappa. C) Kalibanga. D) Dholavira. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mohenjodaro. 33. Which of the following is not correct about Mahavira? A) Performed rigorous penance. B) Left house at 40 and became enlightened 20 years later. C) Believed in non-violence. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Left house at 40 and became enlightened 20 years later. 34. Who was the disciple of Vallabhacharya? A) Surdas. B) Tulsidas. C) Tukaram. D) Ramanuja. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Surdas. 35. The Swaraj Party decided to take part in the Reforms Scheme under the Government of India Act, 1919 because A) It wanted to gain political experience by forming government. B) It wanted to expose the hallow ness of the reforms provided in the Act. C) It wanted to co-operate with the government. D) It wanted to curtail the influence of 'No changers'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It wanted to expose the hallow ness of the reforms provided in the Act. 36. The second international was the 100 years celebration of the A) French Revolution. B) American War of Independence. C) German Unification. D) Italian Unification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) French Revolution. 37. The Jesuits tended to: A) Preach to the Chinese masses. B) Advocate the Westernization of China. C) Work with the Chinese elites. D) Openly preach Christianity throughout China. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Work with the Chinese elites. 38. The 'Bombay Triumvirate' consisted of all the following except A) K.T. Telang. B) Dadabhai Nauroji. C) Pherozeshah Mehta. D) Badruddin Tyabji. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dadabhai Nauroji. 39. The Second International came to an end in A) 1914. B) 1912. C) 1916. D) 1910. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1914. 40. When was Bombay transferred to the East India Company by Charles II? A) 1662 A.D. B) 1666 A.D. C) 1668 A.D. D) 1664 A.D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1668 A.D. 41. Who started the English weekly 'New India'? A) Bipin Chandra Pal. B) Lala Lajpat Rai. C) Madan Mohan Malviya. D) Dada Bhai Naoroji. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Madan Mohan Malviya. 42. Which one of the following divinity of Rigveda? A) Agni. B) Shakti. C) Varuna. D) Marut. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Varuna. 43. The mono-li thic temples of the pallavas are called? A) Gopuras. B) Shilpas. C) Rathas. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rathas. 44. Cuneiform script was shaped A) Pictographic. B) Phonetic. C) Wedged shaped. D) Calligraphic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phonetic. 45. October 16, 1905, the date of partition of Bengal, was celebrated on the suggestion of Rabindra Nath Tagore, as A) Rakhi Bandhan Day. B) Brotherhood Day. C) Black Day. D) Solidarity Day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rakhi Bandhan Day. 46. Which one of following pairs is not correctly matched? Person Institutions founded A) C. R Reddi: Praja Mitra Mandali. B) Jyotiba Phule: Satya Shodak Samaj. C) B.R. Ambedkar: All India Depressed classes Association. D) Dr. Atmaram: Prarthana Samaj. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) C. R Reddi: Praja Mitra Mandali. 47. Which of the following statements about the new landlords is not correct? A) They were mere rent collecting absentee businessmen. B) They were free to harass the cultivators. C) They were town dwelling merchants and moneyed classes with no roots in the village. D) They had converted the peasants to mere cultivators by taking away their traditional rights over their land. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They were mere rent collecting absentee businessmen. 48. During the reign of which ruler use of Halo or Divine Lights were started in paintings? A) Akbar. B) Iltutmish. C) Aurangazeb. D) Jahangir. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jahangir. 49. The following are the lessons taught to masses i.e. Muslim women in particular A) Urged the Muslims to give up medieval customs and ways of thought and behaviour. B) Removal of purdah and spread of education. C) Both A and B. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both A and B. 50. With reference to the tenure of Lord Ripon, the purpose of the Ilbert Bill was to A) Give the Indian magistrates the power to try the Europeans. B) Enable the British to annex the territories of native princes without heirs. C) Introduce the western education in India. D) Enable the Europeans to keep arms freely while the Indians could not do so without licence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Give the Indian magistrates the power to try the Europeans. 51. Nishat Garden was built by A) Jehangir. B) Shabjehan. C) Babar. D) Sher Shah. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jehangir. 52. Fakir-Sannyasi Resistance against the East India Company dominance in . A) Bengal. B) Gujarat,. C) Kerala,. D) Karnataka. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bengal. 53. Where was the stay of Shahista Khan at Poona? A) Lal bagh. B) Vishram Bagh. C) Saras Bagh. D) Natucha Bada. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lal bagh. 54. The admission of which of the following to the Sangha, at the instance of Ananda (the personal attendant of the Master), marked the beginning of an order of nuns i n India? A) Sujata, the merchant's daughter who offered a bowl of milk to the Buddha after he had decided to give up austerities. B) Ghositaramma monastery at Piparhawa. C) Yashodhara, the wife of the Buddha. D) Gautami, the widowed stepmother of the Buddha. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gautami, the widowed stepmother of the Buddha. 55. Who among the following was the reformer and philosopher from Ramanandi Sampradaya in the lineage of Jagadguru Ramanandacharya renowned for his devotion to the Lord Shri Rama? A) Ramananda. B) Tukaram. C) Tulsidas. D) Valmiki. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tulsidas. 56. 29. Pottery having six fabrics from kot-diji are A) Wheel Made. B) Bronze Metal. C) Hand Made. D) Copper Metal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wheel Made. 57. Who of the following was responsible for the murder of his father? A) Mohammad Bin Tughlaq. B) Alauddin Khilji. C) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq. D) Balban. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mohammad Bin Tughlaq. 58. Who attended the imperial durbar of 1877 dressed in hand-spun khadi? A) Ganesh Vasudev Joshi. B) M.G. Ranade. C) Rabindra Nath Tagore. D) Hakim Ajmal Khan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ganesh Vasudev Joshi. 59. The name of the committee to enquire Jallianwala Bagh Massacre was? A) Hunter Commission. B) Raymond Commission. C) Linlithgo Commission. D) Simon Commission. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hunter Commission. 60. Who among the following Bhakti Saint emphasised the essential oneness of all religion by describing Hindus and Muslims 'as pots of the same clay'? A) Kabir. B) Tulsidas. C) Ramananda. D) Raidasa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kabir. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIndian History QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesMiscellenous Questions Quiz 1Miscellenous Questions Quiz 2Miscellenous Questions Quiz 3Miscellenous Questions Quiz 4Miscellenous Questions Quiz 5Miscellenous Questions Quiz 6Miscellenous Questions Quiz 7Miscellenous Questions Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books