This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Exam Based > Miscellenous Questions – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Miscellenous Questions Quiz 11 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. During the Mauryan period Lakshanadhyaksha was A) An officer possessing knowledge of the characteristics of animals. B) An official in charge of road marks. C) An official in charge of mint. D) A professional astrologer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An official in charge of mint. 2. After his return to Britain, Robert Clive died in 1774 due to A) A dreadful disease. B) Committed suicide. C) Was assassinated. D) Died under mysterious circumstances. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Committed suicide. 3. The Jaunpuri or the Sharqi style of architecture developed during the reign of A) Mahmud Shah Sharqi. B) Hussain Shah Sharqi. C) Shamsuddin Ibrahim Shah Sharqi. D) Mubarak Shah Sharqi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shamsuddin Ibrahim Shah Sharqi. 4. Humayun restored the Indian Kingdom with the help of the rular of? A) Arabia. B) Persia. C) Turkey. D) Kabul. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Persia. 5. Rulers of Pre- Islamic Iran were called: A) Qaiser. B) Kisra. C) Shahan- shah. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kisra. 6. Which one among the following prompted Rabindranath Tagore to surrender his title of 'Sir'? A) The passing of the Rowlatt Act. B) The passing of the Act of 1919. C) To support Mahatma Gandhi's Satyagraha Movement. D) To protest against the massacre at Jallianwala Bagh and the imposition of martial law in Punjab. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To protest against the massacre at Jallianwala Bagh and the imposition of martial law in Punjab. 7. Who is known as the father of Indian prehistory? A) Robert Bruce Foote. B) Miles Burkitt. C) Subba Rao. D) Le Mesurier. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Robert Bruce Foote. 8. Who was the founder of 'Satya Shodhak Samaj'? A) Atmaram Pandurang. B) Gopal Hari Deshmukh. C) Jyotiba Phule. D) M. G. Ranade. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jyotiba Phule. 9. Who is the archelogist of Kalibagan A) T.K Tapper. B) Y.D Sharma. C) A. Ghosh. D) S.R Roa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A. Ghosh. 10. 'August Offer' was issued by ..... A) Secretary of State. B) Parliament. C) Viceroy. D) Crown. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Viceroy. 11. Fatehpur Sikri symbolises? A) Muslim, Christian architecture. B) Moghul architecture. C) Hindu, Mulslim architecture. D) Hindu, Muslim and Christian architecture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hindu, Mulslim architecture. 12. The driving force behind Portuguese expansion and exploration was: A) Sebastian the Bold. B) Henry the Navigator. C) Philip the Fair. D) Alphonso the Wise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Henry the Navigator. 13. The most important source of information for the municipal administrative system of the city of Pataliputra in the Mauryan empire is A) Indika. B) Ashokan inscriptions. C) Arthasastra. D) Mudrarakshasa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indika. 14. English naval power won acceptance in India by defeating the Portuguese near: A) Goa. B) Surat. C) Madras. D) Bombay. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Surat. 15. Who among the following initiated reforms among Muslims? A) Altaf Husain Hali. B) Muhammad Iqbal. C) Naoriji Furdonji. D) Sayyid Ahmad Khan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Muhammad Iqbal. 16. Which of the following is not a feature of Neolithic cultures? A) Cultivation of Plants. B) Domestication of animals. C) Sedentary farming. D) Use of Iron for agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Use of Iron for agriculture. 17. What was considered as Varna Samkara? A) Championing the Varnasrama dharma. B) Revolt against the Varna system. C) Transgression of Varna boundaries for marriage. D) Illegitimate birth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Illegitimate birth. 18. Ali Bhutto was deposed as president of Pakistan and put to death by A) Zia-ul-Huq. B) Ali Jinnah. C) Yahya Khan. D) Sheik Mujbur Rahman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Zia-ul-Huq. 19. The Rigvedic god of thunder was A) Varuna. B) Dyaus. C) Indra. D) Marut. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indra. 20. Taj Mahal is on the banksof A) Ganges. B) Tapti. C) Jamuna. D) Cauvery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jamuna. 21. According to ..... the Mutiny was a popular rebellion. A) Chabbra. B) L Mukherjee. C) V D Sarkar. D) V A Smith. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) V A Smith. 22. Badruddin Taiyabji was an active member of A) Muslim League. B) Indian National Congress. C) Jansangh. D) Communist Party of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indian National Congress. 23. When did Kasturba Gandhi die in prison? A) 1919. B) 1905. C) 1944. D) 1934. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1944. 24. Who among the following founded the Hindustan Republican Army (or Association) in 1924? A) V. D. Savarkar. B) Batukeshwar Dutta. C) Surya Sen. D) Sachindra Nath Sanyal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sachindra Nath Sanyal. 25. The Kojiki and the Nihongi are: A) Ancient texts of Japan. B) Early Chinese histories. C) Histories of Korea. D) Jomon pottery styles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ancient texts of Japan. 26. Under whom did Tulsidas write Ramcharitmanasa A) Akbar. B) Jahangir. C) Shah-Jahana. D) Aurangazb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Akbar. 27. Where was Mohanjedaro situated A) Panjab. B) Hariyana. C) Lothal. D) Larkhana. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Larkhana. 28. Which of the following is concerned with origin of Indian medicine? A) Yajurveda. B) Rigveda. C) Atharveda. D) Samveda. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Atharveda. 29. Which of the following newspaper was started by Annie Besant? A) New India. B) Indian Express. C) The Hindu. D) The Times of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) New India. 30. The Aitchison Commission was set up in 1886 under the chairmanship of Sir Charles Aitchison for: A) To suggest feasibility of constitutional reforms. B) To suggest reforms in public services under British Raj. C) To improve the standard of elementary education in India. D) To recommend revocation of press act. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To suggest reforms in public services under British Raj. 31. Umar khayyam is known for his work A) Shah nama. B) Siyasat nama. C) Ruba'iyyat. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Siyasat nama. 32. Bibi ka Makbara is built by? A) Akbar. B) Aurangzeb. C) Jahangir. D) Shahjahan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aurangzeb. 33. Egyptian empire came to an end in the A) 900 BC. B) 2000 BC. C) 1000 BC. D) 3000 BC. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2000 BC. 34. 6. Which one of the following works deals with the history of Kashmir? A) Gaudavaha. B) Vikramankadevacharita. C) Harshacharita. D) Rajatarangini. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rajatarangini. 35. With reference to the Revolt of 1857, who of the following laid siege to Jhansi in March 1858? A) Sir Hugh Rose. B) Major-General Havelock. C) Sir Colin Campbell. D) Major General Wyndham. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sir Hugh Rose. 36. What is the most significant difference in the message of the pillar Edicts as compared to the Rock Edicts? A) Rock Edicts are addressed to common people and Pillar Edicts to the Buddhist order. B) There is a hint of fanaticism about dhamma and of megalomania in the Pillar Edicts. C) The Pillar Edicts are mainly devoted to the moral aspects of dhamma and Ashoka's attachment to Buddhism. D) The main stress in the Pillar Edicts is on social welfare measure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There is a hint of fanaticism about dhamma and of megalomania in the Pillar Edicts. 37. Which one of the following is the earliest school of Indian philosophy? A) Vaisesika. B) Karma mimamsa. C) Yoga. D) Samkhya. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vaisesika. 38. Which of the following statements is/are correct about the Neolithic culture? A) The Neolithic age marks the concluding phase of the stone tools culture. B) The evidence of productive economy or food producing culture is an essential prerequisite for the attestation of this age. C) The presence of pottery is taken to be more conclusive diagnostic speciality of this age. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 39. When was the Hindu College, Calcutta established? A) 1817. B) 1829. C) 1853. D) 1858. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1817. 40. The Post-Gupta social structure in North India was marked by the A) Growing importance of women. B) Proliferation of castes. C) Lessening of untouchability. D) Revival of slavery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Proliferation of castes. 41. How was the control of the company in Bengal legitimized? A) The treaty with Mir Zafar after the battle of Buxar in 1764. B) The imperial grant of the 'Diwani' of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa by Shah Alam II. C) The treaty with Mir Zafar after the battle of Plassey in 1757. D) The treaty of February 1765 with Nizam-ud-daula. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The treaty of February 1765 with Nizam-ud-daula. 42. Gandhi had given out the stirring call of 'Do or Die' during the ..... Movement. A) Civil Disobedience. B) Khilafat. C) Quit India. D) Non-cooperation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quit India. 43. Which one of the following languages was known as "REKHTA"? A) Brij Bhasha. B) Hindi. C) Prakrit. D) Urdu. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Urdu. 44. How many tirthas (Officials) are referred in Arthashastra? A) 18. B) 17. C) 16. D) 19. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 18. 45. Which of the following statements about the agrahara land grant is not correct? A) It underlined the privileges of the Brahmanas. B) The king could confiscate it on being displeased by the grantee. C) It was a village granted taxfree to Brahmanas. D) The king could offer it to any one. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The king could offer it to any one. 46. Gandhiji was arrested before he could offer Satyagraha and Make salt at the Government Depot at A) Khera. B) Dharasana. C) Bardoli. D) Dandi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dharasana. 47. The word Mesopotamia means the land A) Between two mountains. B) Between two islands. C) Between two oceans. D) Between two rivers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Between two rivers. 48. Jonaraja in his Rajatarangini, continued the narration of Kalhana upto A) Sultan Sikandar. B) Muhammad Shah. C) Sultan Zainul Abidin. D) Jaya Singh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sultan Zainul Abidin. 49. The Arab conquest of Sindh took place in A) 712 A.D. B) 1009 A.D. C) 1001 A.D. D) 740 A.D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 712 A.D. 50. Who said over the radio on 30th January 1948 "The Father of Nation is no more" ? A) Sardar Patel. B) Rajendra Prasad. C) Rajgopalachari. D) Jawaharlal Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jawaharlal Nehru. 51. The custom 'Santhara' is related to which of the following sects? A) Sakta. B) Vaishnava. C) Saiva. D) Jain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jain. 52. The chief opponents of the Aryans were the indigenous people of non-Aryan origin known as Panis and Dasas or Dasyus. The factor which enabled the Aryans to emerge victorious in the struggle against the indigenous tribes was A) Better organization among the Aryans. B) Superior military equipment of the Aryans. C) Lack of unity among the indigenous tribes. D) Cultural superiority. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Superior military equipment of the Aryans. 53. The Britishers did export inainly from India to Britain A) Cotton and Iron. B) Cotton and wool. C) Cotton, Spin and wool. D) Cotton and food grains. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cotton and wool. 54. Which is called the 'Magna Carta' of western education system in India? A) Despatch of Sir Charles Wood, Secretary of State, 1854. B) The report of the Committee of Public Instruction, 1823. C) Report of the Hunter Commission, 1862. D) The Charter Act of 1833. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Despatch of Sir Charles Wood, Secretary of State, 1854. 55. The images in the temple of Ankorvat are those of A) Buddha. B) Tirthankaras. C) Hindu deities. D) Cambodian Kings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hindu deities. 56. The Cabinet Mission Plan for India envisaged a A) Federation. B) Confederation. C) Unitary form of Government. D) Union of States. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Union of States. 57. The feudal system was based on control of A) Land. B) Crops. C) Cattle. D) The Church. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Church. 58. Is the earliest of four Vedas. A) Yajur Veda. B) Athervana Veda. C) Sam Veda. D) Rig Veda. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rig Veda. 59. Which empire introduced the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Cyrillic alphabet to Russia? A) Mongol. B) British. C) Byzantine. D) Gupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) British. 60. "A bard am I, my father is a leech & my mother grinds corn." this passage occurs in the A) Rigveda. B) Yajurveda. C) Dhammapada. D) Mrichchhakatilcam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rigveda. ← 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