This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Exam Based > Miscellenous Questions – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Miscellenous Questions Quiz 15 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who of the following officers were charged with superintendence of women? A) Dhamma-mahamattas. B) Ithijhakha-mahamattas. C) Antahpur-adhyakshas. D) Anta-mahamattas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ithijhakha-mahamattas. 2. Who, among the early nationalists, carried on active propaganda in England to persuade the British to yield to their demands? A) Dinshaw E. Wacha. B) M.G. Ranade. C) Gopal Krishan Gokhale. D) Dadabhai Naoroji. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dadabhai Naoroji. 3. The earliest evidence of agriculture in Indian Subcontinent has been obtained from A) Burzahom. B) Mehrgarh. C) Chirand. D) Brahmagiri. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mehrgarh. 4. Who abolished Iqta system? A) Alauddin Khilji. B) Balban. C) Qutubuddin Aibak. D) Iltutmish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alauddin Khilji. 5. Where was Ambar Palace situvated A) Sikim. B) Hariyana. C) Rajastan. D) Thripura. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rajastan. 6. After 1640, Christianity in Japan: A) Flourished. B) Was confined to the trading ports. C) Was suppressed. D) Became the state religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was suppressed. 7. Maurya empire declined after Ashoka mainly because of A) Decentralisation of powers. B) Weak successors of Asoka. C) The policy of ahimsa leading to military weakness. D) Ashoka's excessive patronage to Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weak successors of Asoka. 8. Which of the following is not considered an Indo-Aryan language? A) Arabic. B) English. C) Avesta. D) Persian. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arabic. 9. On what ground was Avadh annexed into British Empire? A) Doctrine of Lapse. B) Alleged misgovernment. C) Failure to pay subsidy. D) Maintenance of relations with foreign powers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alleged misgovernment. 10. During Abbasid times, the Arabs learned from China the technique of making A) Fine silk. B) Gunpowder and cannons. C) Paper. D) All these answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All these answers are correct. 11. "We have how an open conspiracy to free the country from foreign rule and you. Comrades, and all our countrymen and countrywomen are invited to join it. A) M.N.Roy. B) Jawahar La! Nehru. C) Jayaprakash Narayan. D) Subhash Chaudray Bose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jayaprakash Narayan. 12. In which of the following edicts did Ashoka order that "whosoever monk or nun breaks up the Sangha, after being clothed in white garments, shall take up abode in a place other than a monastery" ? A) Sarnath Edict. B) Kausambi Edict. C) The Queen's Edict. D) Sanchi Edict. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Queen's Edict. 13. Which one of the following rulers of Magadha was the contemporary of Alexander, the great? A) Dhanananda. B) Chandragupta Maurya. C) Mahapadmananda. D) Sukalp. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dhanananda. 14. Which one of the following is known as Mother of Indian Revolutionaries? A) Madame Cama. B) Annie Besant. C) Usha Mehta. D) Sarojini Naidu. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Madame Cama. 15. The Forward Bloc was formed by A) Acharya Narendra Dev. B) P. C. Joshi. C) Subhas Chandra Bose. D) B. R. Ambedkar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subhas Chandra Bose. 16. Where did Moplah revolt taken place? A) Bengal. B) Bihar. C) Uttar Pradesh. D) Kerala. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kerala. 17. Name of the Mahajanapada, which was a confederacy of eight republican clans? A) Vatsa. B) Magadha. C) Vajji. D) Malla. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vajji. 18. Who was the founder of 'Drain Theory' which among others, exposed the constant drain of wealth from India to England: A) S.N. Bannerjea. B) Dadabhai Naoroji. C) M.K. Gandhi. D) Gopal Krishna Gokhale. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dadabhai Naoroji. 19. Which of the following sect is emphasised on nirguni Bhakti -- devotion to a divine without Gunas (qualities or form), but it accepts both nirguni and saguni forms of the divine? A) Sikhism. B) Shaivism. C) Vaishanvism. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sikhism. 20. The Dhamma propagated by Ashoka was A) A mixture of the philosophies of Ajivikas and Charvakas. B) A system of morals consistent with the tenets of most of the sects of the time. C) The tenets of Buddhism. D) The religious policy of the state. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The tenets of Buddhism. 21. Baghdad was conquered and sacked by Halaku Khan in: A) 1258 A.D. B) 1260 A.D. C) 1265 A.D. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1258 A.D. 22. Which one of the following parts of India does not have the signs of Palaeolithic age? A) Indo-Gangetic plan. B) The Deccan Plateau. C) North-Western India. D) North-Eastern India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indo-Gangetic plan. 23. What was the motive of Lord Wellesley to introduced the system of Subsidiary Alliance? A) Prevent the French influence in the Indian States. B) Tone up the British Indian administration. C) Improve the administration of the Indian States. D) Prevent disloyalty towards the British. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prevent the French influence in the Indian States. 24. Which of the following is not one of the broad categories into which the edicts issued by Ashoka can be divided? A) Public pronouncements meant for his subjects. B) Edicts issued for the propagation of dhamma. C) Pronouncement explaining the philosophy of Buddhism and its relevance in day-to day life. D) Personal epistles directed to the Sangha. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pronouncement explaining the philosophy of Buddhism and its relevance in day-to day life. 25. Which Saka ruler was responsible for important irrigation works in Saurashtra? A) Nahapana. B) None of these. C) Menander. D) Rudradaman. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rudradaman. 26. 'Uttaramerur' inscription refers to A) Draw by lots. B) Village revenue. C) Sangam. D) Devdasi system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Draw by lots. 27. For the leadership in which one of the following movements was Vallabhbhai Patel bestowed the Title "SARDAR"? A) Quit India Movement. B) Champaran Satyagraha. C) Bardoli satyagraha. D) Khilafat Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bardoli satyagraha. 28. The foreign traveller who visited India during Vijayanagara period was A) Fa-Hien. B) Megasthenes. C) Yuan Chawng. D) Nicolo Conti. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nicolo Conti. 29. Mohammed Ghori was assassinated by? A) Hazras. B) Yurtwals. C) Baluchis. D) Khokkars. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Khokkars. 30. The drain of Wealth from Bengal began in A) 1757. B) 1813. C) 1765. D) 1760. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1757. 31. Who of the following had said that Victory of Plassey was a victory of betrayal? A) Lord Clive. B) H. H. Dodwell. C) P. E. Roberts. D) Orme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) H. H. Dodwell. 32. Which line of rulers succeeded the Maurayas in Magadh? A) Guptas. B) Kushan. C) Sungas. D) Vardhanas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sungas. 33. According to the terms of the treaty of Srirangapattanam, was ceded to the British. A) Mysore. B) Cochi,. C) Travancore,. D) Malabar,. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Malabar,. 34. Mewar accepted the Suzerainty of the Mughals during the reign of A) Akbar. B) Jahangir. C) Shah Jahan. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jahangir. 35. Which of the following statement is not related to the Akbar's reign? A) Religious toleration for Hindus and Sikhs. B) A syncretic religion, called "divine faith, " which stressed loyalty to the emperor. C) A centralized administrative structure with ministers appointed to regional provinces. D) Education and basic rights for Indian women. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Education and basic rights for Indian women. 36. Which of the following inscription was found on an iron pillar? A) Sanchi. B) Saranath. C) Babru. D) Mehrauli. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mehrauli. 37. "Brahmanical reaction was responsible for the downfall of the Mauryan Empire." Who said? A) Romila Thapar. B) Harprasad Shastri. C) U. N. Ghoshal. D) D. D. Koshambi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harprasad Shastri. 38. Firdausi was the Poet laureate at the court of A) Mohd. Ghori. B) Jaipal. C) Mahmud Ghaznavi. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mahmud Ghaznavi. 39. Which of the following Asian countries eventually succumbed to Mongol invasions? A) Japan. B) India. C) Indonesia. D) China. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) China. 40. Which one among the following is the oldest Stupa? A) Stupa of Sanchi. B) Stupa of Amaravati. C) Stupa of Bharahut. D) Stupa of Piprawah. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stupa of Piprawah. 41. Which one of the following Janapadas was the republican state in sixth century BC? A) Mayadha. B) Vajji. C) Anga. D) Kosala. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vajji. 42. The chief achievement of Balban was A) Administrative reforms. B) Suppression of ambitious nobles. C) Establishing rapport with the people. D) The consolidation of Turkish power and putting down rebellions by reorganising his army. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The consolidation of Turkish power and putting down rebellions by reorganising his army. 43. An area which was relatively neglected by the Hindus, but where Muslim writers showed their skill, was A) Musicology. B) History. C) Logic. D) Astronomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) History. 44. The Ryotwari settlement was introduced by the British in the A) Bombay Presidency. B) Bengal Presidency. C) Madras Presidency. D) Madras and Bombay Presidencies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Madras and Bombay Presidencies. 45. Which of the following was one of the in-gredients of 'Middle Path' advocated by Bud-dha? A) Abandonment of killing. B) Right effort. C) Speak no falsehood. D) Giving up hankering for wealth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Right effort. 46. Which of the following figures was NOT Prime Minister of India? A) Jawarlahal Nehru. B) Lal Shastri. C) Rajiv Gandhi. D) Mahatma Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mahatma Gandhi. 47. Which of the following is called 'Yavanpria'? A) Gold. B) Pepper. C) Silk. D) Cotton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pepper. 48. Which among the following pair accused of killing English officers in England was hanged? A) Kartar Singh Sarabhai and Ashfaqullah Khan. B) Raj Guru and Sukhdev. C) Khudi Ram Bose and Suryasen. D) Madan Lal Dhingra and Udham Singh. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Madan Lal Dhingra and Udham Singh. 49. Where is the prehistoric grain producing site of Mehrgarh located? A) On the edge of bolan river. B) In eastern Rann of kutch. C) On the bak of Ghaggar. D) In Western Baluchistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In Western Baluchistan. 50. Which of the following officers held the office of minister under the Mughals? A) Sipahsalar. B) Siqdar. C) Kotwal. D) Vakil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vakil. 51. The term 'dastak' implies? A) Market. B) Duty free trade. C) Post. D) Riot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Duty free trade. 52. Which year of Akbar's reign has been regarded by the historian, Vincent A. Smith as 'the most critical time'? A) 1556 A.D. B) 1571 A.D. C) 1581 A.D. D) 1561 A.D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1581 A.D. 53. The Council of the 'Nine Gems' is associated with A) Ballala Sena. B) Harshavardhana. C) Chandragupta II. D) Devapala. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chandragupta II. 54. The guild organization described in the Mandsore inscription of Kumaragupta was known as A) Kulika. B) Tailika. C) Tantuvaya. D) Dantakara. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tantuvaya. 55. Who composed the Gayatri Mantra A) Vishvamitra. B) Indra. C) Vasishtha. D) Parikshit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vishvamitra. 56. Which Bhakti Saints venerated in Sikhism, as well as Hindu warrior-ascetic traditions such as the Dadupanthis and the Niranjani Sampradaya that emerged in north India during the Islamic rule? A) Ramananda. B) Mirabai. C) Eknath. D) Namdeva. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Namdeva. 57. The treaty of Seringapatnam was be-tween Cornwallis and A) Nizam of Hyderabad. B) Haider Ali. C) Tipu Sultan. D) Chand Bibi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tipu Sultan. 58. Mahakachchayana, traditionally the founder of the Theravada sect, hailed from A) Magadha. B) Simhala. C) Gandhara. D) Avanti. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Avanti. 59. The Telugu version of the Mahabharata was completed in the thirteenth century by A) Pampa. B) Tikkanna. C) Nanniah. D) Kambana. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tikkanna. 60. Who was the author of Allahabad pillar inscription? A) Ravekeerthi. B) Veerasena. C) Harisena. D) Aswaghosha. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harisena. ← 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