This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Exam Based > Miscellenous Questions – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Miscellenous Questions Quiz 14 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of these features of Indian art was adopted in the construction of Mosques in India? A) Turned Lotus. B) Kalash on the domes. C) Ornamentation. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 2. Seleucus, the general of Alexander, was defeated by A) Ashoka the great. B) Chandra Gupta Maurya. C) Chandra Gupta. D) Samudra Gupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chandra Gupta. 3. Gandhiji started Satyagraha in 1919 to protest against the A) Rowlatt Act. B) Salt Law. C) Act of 1909. D) Jallianwala Bagh Messacre. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rowlatt Act. 4. A concrete outcome of the Wavell Plan was the A) Holding of a referendum in the Northwest Frontier Province. B) Summoning of the Simla Conference. C) The Constitution of the Constituent Assembly. D) Absorption of the State of Hyderabad with the Indian Union. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Summoning of the Simla Conference. 5. After the Mauryas the most important kingdom in the Deccan and Central India was that of the: A) Vakatakas. B) Cholas. C) Satavahanas. D) Pallavas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Satavahanas. 6. Who were the Major Participants in the revolt from Orissa & Chhota Nagpur? A) Land owners. B) Aboriginal tribes. C) Former rulers. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 7. During the reign of Ashoka Kumaras were stationed at A) Takshashila, Tosali and Sopara. B) Takshashila, Ujjayani and Junagarh. C) Takshashila, Tosali and Ujjayani. D) Ujjayani, Mathura, and Yerragudi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Takshashila, Tosali and Ujjayani. 8. Under the emperors after Justinian, the chief concern of the Byzantine state was A) Religious heresy and controversy. B) The defense against Slavs, Russians, and The Arabs. C) The over taxation of the peasants and frequent peasant rebellions. D) The conversion of the Slavs to Christianity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Religious heresy and controversy. 9. Which of the following Samhitas of Yajurveda contains only hymns and no prose? A) Vajasaneyi. B) Katha. C) Taittriya. D) Maitrayaviya. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vajasaneyi. 10. Maiiabalipuram was built by? A) Narasimha Varma-I. B) Narasimha Varma-II. C) Rajasimha. D) Mahendra Varma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Narasimha Varma-I. 11. The moon god, Narnnar was the patron god of the city of A) Agashe. B) Akkad. C) Ur. D) Lagash. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Akkad. 12. The immediate cause of Siraj-uddaula's campaign against the English in 1757 was A) Additional fortification of Kolkata (Calcutta) without the permission or even the knowledge of the nawab. B) The English taking up the cause of Shaukat Jang, a rival of Siraj-ud-daula. C) The levying of heavy duties by the English on Indian goods entering Kolkata (Calcutta). D) The refusal of the English to pay taxes on their goods. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The refusal of the English to pay taxes on their goods. 13. What was the greatest contribution of Ishwar Chand Vidyasagar in the social reforms in India? A) He ensured the widow's marriage and girl's education. B) Help in the abolition of Sati Pratha. C) He adopted 100 villages to relocate them from Andhra Pradesh to Bengal for a better life. D) Established the Brahma Samaj. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He ensured the widow's marriage and girl's education. 14. The Diwani right of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa was obtained by the English East India Company under the treaty of A) Alinagar. B) Faizabad. C) Allahabad. D) Benaras. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allahabad. 15. The manuscript of Dastan-e-Amir Hamza was illustrated by A) Mir Sayyad Ali of Tabrez. B) Abdus-Samad of Shiraz. C) Miskin. D) Faruq Qalmaq. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abdus-Samad of Shiraz. 16. The cavalry of Shivaji was known as A) Bergir. B) Sir-i-Naubat. C) Paga. D) Risala. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paga. 17. The Bhakti literature by the Nayanmars and Alva A) Stressed the rigidities of traditional rituals. B) Opposed the practice of image worship. C) Advocated the austerities preached by the Buddhists and Jams. D) Preached personal devotion of God as a means of salvation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Preached personal devotion of God as a means of salvation. 18. Where was the meeting held within Sambhaji and Dilerkhan? A) Bahadurgad. B) Vita. C) Satara. D) Miraj. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bahadurgad. 19. Find out the wrongly stated after effects of the Swadeshi movement. A) Indian industries were given a fillip. B) A market for Indian goods in abroad was built up. C) Nationalist poetry, prose and journalism flourished. D) Indian educational institutions were set-up to impart literary, technical or physical education. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A market for Indian goods in abroad was built up. 20. Which of the following reformer was associated with Prarthana Samaj? A) Chandavarkar. B) M. G. Ranade. C) Atmaram Pandurang. D) Bhandarkar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Atmaram Pandurang. 21. Who is credited with the following statement regarding the outbreak of the Revolt of 1857 "The Meerut outbreak was sudden and short-lived like a summer gale" ? A) V. D. Savarkar. B) S. N. Sen. C) S. B. Chaudhari. D) R. C. Majumdar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) S. N. Sen. 22. Agriculture was the main occupation of the A) Kushans. B) Kushanas. C) Aryans. D) Guptas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aryans. 23. Prussia was the strongest state of Germany before the unification was dominated by the A) Monarchs. B) Landlords (Junkers). C) Lords. D) Industrialists. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Landlords (Junkers). 24. When was Constantinople captured by Ottomans? A) 1378. B) 1453. C) 1414. D) 1305. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1305. 25. Stone and copper were used in A) Paleolithic age. B) Mesolithic age. C) Neolithic age. D) Chalcolithic age. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chalcolithic age. 26. Which agricultural product did not attract the British people? A) Cotton. B) Tea. C) Indigo. D) Coffee. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cotton. 27. When was Brahmo Samaj split? A) 1826. B) 1866. C) 1857. D) 1843. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1866. 28. Jahandar ascended the throne after the death of A) Azam Shah. B) Farrukh Siyar. C) Bahadur Shah I. D) Muhammad Shah. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Muhammad Shah. 29. Which of the following statements on Gandhian movements is not correct? A) Mahatma Gandhi was in favour of mass movement. B) In Gandhian movements, leadership had no role. C) Mahatma Gandhi was in favour of passive resistance. D) Gandhian movements were non-violent in nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In Gandhian movements, leadership had no role. 30. Which Queen of Jahangir had committed suicide by consuming poison? A) Harkhabai. B) Zeb-un-nisa. C) Manmati. D) Jodhpuri Begam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Manmati. 31. What was the grievest cause of discontent among soldiers before the revolt of 1857? A) Absence of a proper and equitable procedure for discipline and control. B) Question of promotion and pay. C) Non-observance of caste distinctions. D) Frequent campaigns in distant lands. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Question of promotion and pay. 32. The Palas of Bengal patronised A) Hinduism. B) Hinayana Buddhism. C) Jainism. D) Tantrika Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tantrika Buddhism. 33. Gandhara School of art came into existence A) Jainism. B) Hinayana sect. C) Mahayana sect. D) Independence Ajivikas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mahayana sect. 34. The greatest royal patron of the University of Nalanda was/ were: A) King Harsha of Kannauj. B) Pala kings Dharmapala and Devapala. C) King Balaputradeva of Sumatra. D) The Gupta king Chandragupta II, Vikramaditya. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) King Balaputradeva of Sumatra. 35. Which of the following was the prime objective of M.K Gandhi's Salt Satyagraha? A) Economic relief to the common people. B) Complete Independence for India. C) Curtailment of the Government's powers. D) Repeal of salt laws. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repeal of salt laws. 36. Ashoka's invasion of Kalinga resulted in A) Peaceful relations with Kalinga. B) The development of peace and non-violence as policy. C) Wealth and prosperity Of Mauryan empire. D) Victory to the policy of war and territorial conquests. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peaceful relations with Kalinga. 37. Who of the following propounded the theory of the Arctic region as the home land of the Aryan speaking people? A) Edward Meyer. B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak. C) Max Muller. D) Herzefeld. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak. 38. By which of the following treaties did the Peshwa accept the Subsidiary Alliance with the British? A) Treaty of Purandhar. B) Treaty of Salbai. C) Treaty of Surji Arjungaon. D) Treaty of Bassein. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Treaty of Bassein. 39. Who is the author of the book "Satyarth Prakash" ? A) Rajaram Mohan Ray. B) Ramakrishna Bhandarkar. C) Mahadev Govind Ranade. D) Dayanand Saraswati. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dayanand Saraswati. 40. Where did Gandhiji form the Satyagarh Sabha? A) Nagpur. B) Calcutta. C) Bombay. D) Poona. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bombay. 41. Who is the most important God in Rigveda? A) Vishnu. B) Varun. C) Agni. D) Indra. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indra. 42. Dots on Arabic letter was introduced by A) Hajjaj. B) Yahya Barmaki. C) Hassan Basri. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hassan Basri. 43. Who is called the "Lokhitwadi" ? A) Mahadev Govind Ranade. B) Dayanand Saraswati. C) Mul Sankara. D) Gopal Hari Deshmukh. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gopal Hari Deshmukh. 44. The founder of the Mauryan Dynasty was: A) Arjuna. B) Chandragupta. C) Hannan. D) Porus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chandragupta. 45. Which of the following valleys is known for having a continuous succession of palaeolithic paintings of different periods? A) Buharbulang valley. B) Bhimbetka. C) Sohan valley. D) Bhader valley. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bhimbetka. 46. Which of the following organizations did Raja Ram Mohan Roy conceive of ahead of his times? A) World Court of Justice. B) League of Nations. C) Common Market. D) Economic Community. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) League of Nations. 47. The Government invention of man in Palaeolithic Age was A) Fire. B) Potter's Wheel. C) Metal implements. D) Spinning of cloth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fire. 48. Who among the following foreign travellers did not visit Vijayanagar during the time of Krishnadeo Raya? A) Duarte Barbosa. B) Nicolo Conti. C) Domingo Paes. D) Fernao Nuniz. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nicolo Conti. 49. Which of the following Act, ensured the establishment of the supreme court in India? A) Pitt's India Act, AD 1784. B) Charter Act, 1793 AD. C) The Regulating Act, AD 1773. D) Charter Act, 1813 AD. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Regulating Act, AD 1773. 50. As per government of India Act-1858, how many members were appointed to assist the Secretary of State for India? A) 15. B) 13. C) 14. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 15. 51. The most important feature of the Dravida style of temple architecture is A) Shikhara. B) Mandapa. C) Gopuram. D) Vimana. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vimana. 52. Sea route to India was discoveredby A) Columbus. B) Amundsen. C) Vasco-da-gama. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vasco-da-gama. 53. Who estimated the Indian National Income and criticized the constant drain of wealth from India to England? A) Tilak. B) Dada bhai Naoroji. C) Gokhale. D) Ghandi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dada bhai Naoroji. 54. Male Spartans lived in military barracks from the age of A) 7 to 60. B) 9 to 50. C) 8 to 70. D) 10 to 80. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 9 to 50. 55. On what evidence is South Russia/Central Asia regarded as the original home of the Aryans? A) Anthropological. B) Archaeological. C) Racial. D) Philological. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Philological. 56. How did medieval cathedrals help to educate an illiterate public? A) They held religious education classes. B) They required Church members to learn and to read the Bible. C) They supported tax-based public education. D) They featured sculptures and stained glass that portrayed biblical stories. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They held religious education classes. 57. Rock Edict XIII (also known as Separate Rock Edict, because it is not found elsewhere) is regarded as one of the most important documents of Ashokan history, because: A) It expresses his regret and remorse at the suffering caused by the Kalinga War. B) It expresses a new idea of conquest that of dhammavijaya instead of victory by war and violence. C) It is the longest of the fourteen major Rock Edicts and is recorded in a tone of recapitulation. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 58. Who led the Bardoli Satyagraha in 1928? A) Morarji Desai. B) M. K. Gandhi. C) Mahadev Desai. D) Vallabhbhai Patel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vallabhbhai Patel. 59. What is the name of the collection of hymns of Alvar Saints? A) Divya Prabandha. B) Kabir Wani. C) Tamil Veda. D) Granthawali. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Divya Prabandha. 60. Rabindra Nath Tagore renounced his knighthood for which reason? A) Jallianwalla Bagh Tragedy. B) Cruel suppression of Civil Disobedience Movement. C) Bhagat Singh was hanged. D) Chauri-Chaura incident. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jallianwalla Bagh Tragedy. ← 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