This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Exam Based > Miscellenous Questions – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Miscellenous Questions Quiz 17 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The ottoman dynasty fell in: A) 1924. B) 1857. C) 1926. D) 1940. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1924. 2. Who among the following had the title 'Parama-Saugata'? A) Harsha. B) Shashanka. C) Rajya Vardhana. D) Bhaskar Varman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Harsha. 3. Which Bhakti saint opposed cast distinctions and sympathetic towards lower caste in the 6th century AD? A) Ekanatha. B) Chaitanya. C) Gnanadev. D) Namadeva. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ekanatha. 4. During the reign of Alauddin Khilji, who were amils? A) Government agents to collect land revenue. B) Local landlords at village level. C) Khurasani and Multani traders of foodgrains. D) Banjaras who carried the food-grains from villages to towns. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Government agents to collect land revenue. 5. .....was the real founder of the Abbasid dynasty A) Abdullah. B) Al-Safah. C) Muhammad musa. D) Abu jafar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Al-Safah. 6. Hunter commission is associated to? A) Chauri Chaura incident. B) Demolition of Kanpur mosque. C) Jallianwala Bagh tregedy. D) Kakori train dacoity incident. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jallianwala Bagh tregedy. 7. Vijayanagar empire was founded during the reign period of A) Firoz Tughlaq. B) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq. C) Sikandar Lodi. D) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq. 8. The portion of the actual produce fixed as state's share under the Zabti System of Mughals was .....? A) One-fifth. B) One-fourth. C) One-third. D) One-half. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One-third. 9. Ashtapradhan was a Council of Ministers- A) In the Maratha administration. B) In the Vijaynagar administration. C) In the Chola administration. D) In the Gupta administration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the Maratha administration. 10. There was an unprecedented increase in the number of mansabdars during the reign of: A) Jahangir. B) Aurangzeb. C) Akbar. D) Shahjahan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aurangzeb. 11. The resolution of Swadeshi was adopted in which session of Congress? A) Calcutta session of 1906. B) Bombay session of 1904. C) Benaras session of 1905. D) Madras session of 1903. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calcutta session of 1906. 12. Which of the following state was not the victim of "The Subsidiary Alliance System" ? A) Awadh. B) Satara. C) Mysore. D) Hyderabad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Satara. 13. Rudra Sampradaya School was founded by A) Ramananda. B) Vallabhacharya. C) Narasi. D) Chaitanya. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vallabhacharya. 14. Mughal-Mewar peace treaty was concluded during the times of? A) Jahangir. B) Shah Jahan. C) Humayun. D) Akbar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jahangir. 15. Which of the following reasons can be attributed to the success of Ramakrishna mission? A) Focused mainly on teachings of Upanishads and Vedas. B) Popularized the saying" for our own motherland a junction of both Hinduism and Islam is necessary". C) Though a religious body never considered itself as a sect of Hinduism. D) Worked for the upliftment of depressed classes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Though a religious body never considered itself as a sect of Hinduism. 16. The Company lost all its administrative powers . A) By the Government of India Act of 1758,. B) By the Government of India Act of 1958. C) By the Government of India Act of 1858,. D) By the Government of India Act of 1658,. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By the Government of India Act of 1858,. 17. Grand Mosque at Damascus was built by A) Abdul Malik. B) Waleed. C) Umar bin Abdul Aziz. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abdul Malik. 18. Gondophernes belonged to A) The Kushana dynasty. B) The Saka dynasty. C) The Parthian dynasty. D) The Satavahana dynasty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Parthian dynasty. 19. One of the strongest arguments in support of the view that Ashoka's dhamma was not a religious policy but a secular concept is the: A) Appointment of dhamma-mahamattas. B) Emphasis laid by him on respect for the elders. C) Stress laid on the importance of the family. D) Stress on the maintenance of concord with all sects. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appointment of dhamma-mahamattas. 20. Who among the following did not become a prey of Dalhousie's policy of absorption? A) Nagpur. B) Mysore. C) Scindia. D) Satara. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mysore. 21. The Mountbatten plan did not envisage the inclusion of the ..... province in the Indian dominion. A) Madras. B) Sind. C) Bombay. D) Bihar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sind. 22. Which one of the following territories was not affected by the revolt of 1857? A) Chittor. B) Lucknow. C) Jhansi. D) Jagdishpur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chittor. 23. Who was the last Peshuea A) Balaji Wishwanath. B) Baji Roa I. C) Baji Roa II. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Baji Roa II. 24. Shahu defeated Tara Bai at ..... in 1707. A) Khed. B) Malvan. C) Agra. D) Kolhapur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Khed. 25. Who are the four Rajput clans described in Prithviraja-Raso of Chanda Bardai, who are said to have emerged from fire-pit of Mount Abu? A) Paramaras, Chandelas, Chahamanas, Chalukyas. B) Pratiharas, Chahamanas, Gahadavalas, Kalachuris. C) Pratiharas, Chahamanas, Chalukyas, Parmaras. D) Chahamanas, Kalachuris, Chandelas, Pratiharas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pratiharas, Chahamanas, Chalukyas, Parmaras. 26. Which was the original name of the Fort Rohida? A) Rayari. B) Purandar. C) Vishalgad. D) Rohida. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rohida. 27. Who was the author of Mandasore inscription? A) Veersena. B) Harisena. C) Banabhatta. D) Vatsabhatta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Veersena. 28. An intelligent appreciation of the relative values of different trade-routes in India is contained in A) Indica of Megasthenese. B) Pliny's Natural History. C) Arthashastra of Kautilya. D) Ptolemy's Geography. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arthashastra of Kautilya. 29. Under whose patronage was the Kailash temple of Ellora constructed? A) The Chalukyas. B) The Rashtrakutas. C) The Pallavas. D) The Cholas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Rashtrakutas. 30. Al-Khwarzmi was a A) Soldier. B) Astronomer. C) Mathematician. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Soldier. 31. Gold coins attributed to Harsha depict on the reverse A) Shiva-Parvati. B) Avalokitesvara. C) Tara. D) Surya. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shiva-Parvati. 32. At Jallianwaia Bagh meeting ..... ordered the troops to open fire. A) Dyer. B) Montagu. C) Benn. D) Irwin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dyer. 33. For which period did Harihara Raya II of Sangma dynasty ruled the Vijayanagara Empire? A) 1491-1505. B) 1377-1404. C) 1485-1491. D) 1446-1465. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1377-1404. 34. Who was the commander of Alauddin Khilji's forces during his Deccan Campaigns? A) Malik Kafur. B) Nusrat Khan. C) Ulugh Khan. D) Ainul Mulk Multani. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Malik Kafur. 35. The Name of Ram Prasad Bismil is associated with A) Kakori Conspiracy Case. B) Meerut Conspiracy Case. C) Alipore Conspiracy Case. D) Kanpur Conspiracy Case. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kakori Conspiracy Case. 36. Bimbisara was the ruler of A) Magadh. B) Gandhara. C) Avadh. D) Kamboja. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Magadh. 37. Vasco-da-Gama came to India in ..... and landed at ..... A) 1498, Cochin. B) 1498, Calicut. C) 1492, Goa. D) 1496, Goa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1498, Calicut. 38. The official religion during the rule of the Sunga dynasty was A) The Ajivika religion. B) Jainism. C) Brahmanism. D) Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brahmanism. 39. Prior to this century, Asian brides tended to live: A) In their parents' homes. B) In the homes of their in-laws. C) In their own homes. D) Wherever they and their husbands chose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the homes of their in-laws. 40. In 1946 there was a muting of Indian naval ratings in A) Bombay. B) Madras. C) Visakhapatanam. D) Calcutta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bombay. 41. Which one of the following places is known as its monumental temple architecture? A) Uttiramerur. B) Gangaikondacholapuram. C) Amaravati. D) Arikkamedu. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gangaikondacholapuram. 42. Who among the following Governor General created the Covenanted Civil Service of India which later came to be known as the Indian Civil Service? A) Warren Hastings. B) Wellesley. C) Cornwallis. D) William Bentinck. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) William Bentinck. 43. The great bath was excavated in the great city of A) Mohanjodaro. B) Kalibangan. C) Bhrigukaccha. D) Harappa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mohanjodaro. 44. Which of the following are the paths chosen by Ramakrishna Paramahamsa towards salvation A) Renunciation, meditation and devotion. B) Vedas and Upanishads are the only way to salvation. C) Gyana marg. D) Belief in one single god monotheism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Renunciation, meditation and devotion. 45. Which of the following was not one of the important articles of export? A) Sugar. B) Fine textiles. C) Jewels. D) Spice and perfumes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sugar. 46. Who invented the technique of extracting scent from Rose? A) Maham Anga. B) Nurjahan. C) Mumtaz Mahal. D) Roshan Ara. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mumtaz Mahal. 47. Alexander the great defeated Porus in the year A) 324 BC. B) 325 BC. C) 327 BC. D) 326 BC. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 324 BC. 48. Lytton was selected as Viceroy to India to fulfill the ambitious plans of Disraeli in ..... A) Bengal. B) Burma. C) Afghanistan. D) Awadh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Afghanistan. 49. Ardashir ruled over the Sassanid Empire in A) AD 226. B) AD 228. C) AD 224. D) AD 225. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) AD 226. 50. Who among the following has not quoted from the Indica of Megasthenese? A) Pliny. B) Diodorus. C) Arrian. D) Strabo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diodorus. 51. The Mongols defeated A) Salahuddin Ayyubi. B) The Abbasids. C) The Ghaznawids. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Ghaznawids. 52. Which of the following cultures practiced the use of urns and phallus worship? A) Mesolithic age. B) Neolithic age. C) Chalcolithic age. D) Palaeolithic age. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neolithic age. 53. Vidhushaka, a common character in Sanskrit drama is invariably a A) Shudra. B) Kshatriya. C) Brahmana. D) Vaishya. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brahmana. 54. Weapon never used by the Induspeople A) Sword. B) Knife. C) Spade. D) None ofthese. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sword. 55. Al-Beruni was the contemporary of which one of the following emperors? A) Shershah. B) Mahmud Ghaznavi. C) Akbar. D) Humayun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mahmud Ghaznavi. 56. The Aryans invaded India from: A) The Deccan. B) Europe. C) China. D) South Central Asia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) South Central Asia. 57. Archaeological evidence from which Chalcolithic site shows evidence of corporation, harvesting and irrigation? A) Inamgaon. B) Navdatoli. C) Daimabad. D) Rangpur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inamgaon. 58. Who was the representative of Shivaji towards Mirza Raja Jaisingh? A) Raghunath Pandir. B) Anand Pandit. C) Jivandas. D) Krishna Thorat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Raghunath Pandir. 59. What was the purpose with which Sir William Wedderburn and W.S.Caine had set up the Indian Parliamentary Committee in 1893? A) To agitate for the entry of eminent Indians into the British Parliament. in the House of Commons. B) To facilitate a discussion on India's Independence in the British Parliament. C) To agitate for Indian political reforms in the House of Commons. D) To campaign for the entry of Indians into the Imperial Judiciary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To agitate for Indian political reforms in the House of Commons. 60. Which Philosophical system was founded by Vallabhacharya? A) Shuddhadvaita. B) Anekantavada. C) Visistadvaita. D) Maharashtra Dharma. 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