This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Exam Based > Miscellenous Questions – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Miscellenous Questions Quiz 18 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Indian people had faced high rate of inflation during 1918-1939 due to A) Lack of industries. B) Exported food grains a lot. C) Exported the cotton and wool. D) First world war. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) First world war. 2. Where was Sambhaji during the Karnataka campaign of Shivaji? A) Shringarpur. B) Panhala. C) Raigad. D) Sangmeshwar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shringarpur. 3. Who defeated the Spanish Armada? A) Henry VIII,. B) Elizebeth II,. C) Elizebeth I,. D) James I. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elizebeth I,. 4. What was another name of 'Quit India movement'? A) Khilafat Movement. B) Home Rule Movement. C) August Kranti. D) Swadeshi Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) August Kranti. 5. Which one of the following works of Amir Khusror deals with the military expeditions of Alauddin Khilji? A) Miftah-ul-Futuh. B) Khajain-ul-Futuh. C) Nuh Siphar. D) Quairanus Sadain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Khajain-ul-Futuh. 6. Mesopotamians had the best system of A) Transport. B) Ships. C) Boat. D) Canal irrigation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Boat. 7. In Neolithic age, the image of an animal or a plant as a symbol of a clan, or group of families living together was called? A) Jhum. B) Totem. C) Megalithic. D) Microliths. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Totem. 8. The term 'Congress' was derived from A) The name of the American Parliament. B) Irish history. C) The history of North America. D) British Commonwealth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The history of North America. 9. In medieval India, the designations 'Mahattara' and 'Pattakila' were used for [CSAT 2014 - I] A) Specialists in Vedic rituals. B) Village headmen. C) Military officers. D) Chiefs of craft guilds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Village headmen. 10. Pataliputra was: A) The capital of the Mauryan Empire. B) The second Mauryan ruler. C) The great rival of the Mauryan Empire. D) A Greek kingdom in Northern India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The capital of the Mauryan Empire. 11. Which revolutionary said the following, "We shall be born again, shall meet again and shall jointly fight once again for the cause of the motherland as comrades-in-arms" ? A) Chandra Shekhar Azad. B) Ramprasad Bismil. C) Rajendra Lahiri. D) Ashfaquallah Khan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ramprasad Bismil. 12. Which of the following Vedas is a collection of spells and incantations? A) Yajur Veda. B) Atharva Veda. C) Rig Veda. D) Sama Veda. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atharva Veda. 13. Who said that "My ultimate aim is to wipe every tear from every eye" ? A) Mahatma Gandhi. B) Jawahar Lal Nehru. C) Lord Curzon. D) Daya Nand Saraswati. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jawahar Lal Nehru. 14. Which Bhakti Saints known as Sri Gauranga, was a popular Vaishnava saint and reformer from Bengal? A) Sankaracharya. B) Chaitanya. C) Kabir. D) Mirabai. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chaitanya. 15. Who among the following dharmasastra writers was a minister of the Gahadvala King Govindachandra? A) Vijnanesvara. B) Apararka. C) Lakshmidhara. D) Chandesvara. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lakshmidhara. 16. Akbar's mausoleum is situated at A) Delhi. B) Sasaram. C) Sikandra. D) Agra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sikandra. 17. Mohanjedaro was excavted by A) R. D Banarjee. B) D. R Sahni. C) Dr. Sukarno. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) R. D Banarjee. 18. Which one of the following is the language of Baluchistan but linguistically Dravidian? A) Parji. B) Brahui. C) Kui. D) Pengo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brahui. 19. Which one of the following statement about Brihadeswara temple at Tanjavur, is not correct? A) The temple is a splendid example of Chola architecture. B) The temple is constructed of granite. C) The temple is a monument dedicated to Lord Vishnu. D) It was built by emperor Rajaraja. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The temple is a monument dedicated to Lord Vishnu. 20. Which is not related to prehistoric culture? A) Chopper and Chop1ng tools. B) Razor. C) Borer. D) Point. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Razor. 21. Who amongst the following is known as the Light of Asia? A) Jesus Christ. B) Prophet Mohammad. C) Lord Buddha. D) Zarathustra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lord Buddha. 22. The officer of the Central Government, who was in-charge of collection of revenue, was: A) Samaharta or Collector General. B) Adhyaksha or Superintendent of Departments. C) Sannidhata or High Treasurer. D) Karmika or Clerk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Samaharta or Collector General. 23. Who said that there was no Slavery in India? A) Strabo. B) Megasthenese. C) Heiun Tsang. D) Fahien. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Megasthenese. 24. In ancient Indian social structure the term aniravasita related to A) People outside the Varna classification. B) Sudras only. C) BraInnanas and Kshatriyas. D) Vaisyas and Sudras. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sudras only. 25. Upanishads, also known as the Vedanta, are in number. A) 96. B) 112. C) 105. D) 108. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 108. 26. When did Shivaji raid on Shahista Khan in Pune? A) 13 Oct. 1663. B) 10 Jan. 1663. C) 10 June 1663. D) 5 Apr. 1663. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5 Apr. 1663. 27. When did Saladin capture Jerusalem? A) 1187. B) 1118. C) 1193. D) 1203. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1118. 28. What is the correct meaning of Khanqah? A) A form of music. B) A form of veena. C) The place where Sufi Mystics lived. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The place where Sufi Mystics lived. 29. Malik Kafur was whose General? A) Ala-ud-din khilji. B) Firoz Shah Tughluq. C) Muhammad bin Tughluq. D) Balban. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ala-ud-din khilji. 30. The Rajput dynasty that ruled Kannauj was A) Gurjara Pratiharas. B) Gahadvalas. C) A and C. D) Chandelas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A and C. 31. The coins with the figure of Laksmi were issued by A) Mohammad Ghori. B) Iltutmish. C) Mohammad Tughlaq. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mohammad Ghori. 32. Who was the in-charge of a pargana? A) Shiqdar. B) Amin. C) Oanungo. D) Pattidar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shiqdar. 33. 'The Musalman', the handwritten daily newspaper in circulation since 1927, is published from which one of the following places? A) Mysore. B) Lucknow. C) Hyderabad. D) Chennai. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lucknow. 34. From where the Mansabdari system was borrowed? A) Afghanistan. B) Turkey. C) Persia. D) Mongolia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mongolia. 35. Who among the following was a Jahangiri Painter? A) Mir Sayyid Ali. B) Abul Hasan. C) Abdus Samad. D) Daswant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abul Hasan. 36. The Sun Temple of Konark was built by Narasimhadeva I. To which dynasty did he belong to? A) Somavamsi dynasty. B) Suryavansi Gajapti dynasty. C) Imperial Ganga dynasty. D) Bhoi dynasty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imperial Ganga dynasty. 37. Which of the following event was the reason for the withdrawn of non-cooperation movement? A) Chauri Chaura incident. B) Jallianwala massacre. C) Gandhi Imprisonment. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gandhi Imprisonment. 38. Bahmani Kingdom in South India extinguished in the A) Later half of 17th century. B) End of 16th-century. C) Beginning of 16th-century. D) Beginning of 17th-century. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beginning of 16th-century. 39. The name of the poet Kalidas is mentioned in the A) Allahabad pillar inscription. B) Aihole inscription. C) Alapadu grant. D) Hanumakonda inscription. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aihole inscription. 40. The concept of Sagunabrahmana was the outcome of which concept of Bhakti Movement? A) Nirgunabraman. B) Vaishanavism. C) Shaivism. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nirgunabraman. 41. Bhakti Saint who was contemporary of Sivaji? A) Namadev. B) Tukaram. C) Ekanatha. D) Gnanadeva. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tukaram. 42. Which of the following books serves as a source for the Mauryan period? A) Suttapitaka. B) Historica. C) Jain Purvas. D) Indica. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indica. 43. Mahabandula was killed at ..... A) Rangoon. B) Danubyu. C) Prome. D) Tenesserin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Danubyu. 44. There is only one edict, in which Ashoka refers himself as King of Magadha (Laja Magadha.) Identify the edict from the following: A) Minor Rock Edict of Maski. B) Bhabhru Edict. C) The Queens Edict. D) Dhauli Pillar Inscription. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Minor Rock Edict of Maski. 45. Springing Tiger: A Study of a Revolution-ary" is a biographical work on .? A) Chandrashekhar Azad. B) Subhas Chandra Bose. C) Shyamji Krishna Verma. D) Bhagat Singh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subhas Chandra Bose. 46. The most informative source about Mauryan administration is? A) Arthashastra. B) Ashokan Inscriptions. C) Buddhist Chronicles. D) Indica. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arthashastra. 47. Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed on 15th March ..... A) 1928. B) 1935. C) 1931. D) 1930. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1931. 48. In Krishnadevaraya's court, Ashtadiggajas were the A) Eight great poets of his court. B) Eight elephants placed at eight corners of his capital. C) Eight great ministers in his court. D) Eight great scholars of his kingdom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eight great poets of his court. 49. There is evidence of the proto-Australoid, the mediterranean, alpine and Mongoloid in the skeletal remains at A) Harappan site. B) Egypt. C) Baluchistan. D) Mohenjodaro site. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Harappan site. 50. The so-called universities of Nalanda, Vikramshila, etc. were actually: A) Buddhist monasteries. B) Apex bodies of Buddhist monasteries. C) Learning centres of Buddhist monks. D) Secular centres of education and learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Buddhist monasteries. 51. Which one among these is not a work of Kalidasa? A) Kumarashambhava. B) Ritusamhara. C) Meghaduta. D) Dashakumarcharita. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dashakumarcharita. 52. Ajivika sect was founded by A) Raghulabhadra. B) Upali. C) Makkhli Gosala. D) Anand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Makkhli Gosala. 53. Which of the, following Harrapan sites are located in the Kutch region? A) Desalpur & Surkotda. B) Rangpur & Rojadi. C) Allabadino & Balakot. D) Lothal & Surkotda. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Desalpur & Surkotda. 54. Who was the founder of Bambay Native Society? A) Jagannath Shankar Sheth. B) Tilak. C) Feroj Shah. D) Ayyar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jagannath Shankar Sheth. 55. Who among the following was known as the Grand Old Man of Indian politics? A) Dadabhai Nauroji. B) Rasbehari Bose. C) Bipin Chandra Pal. D) Surendra Nath Bannerjee. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dadabhai Nauroji. 56. Megasthenese States ''There was no slavery in India." This statement must have been made because A) He moved only with the king and elites in the capital. B) He work this on hearsay. C) Slavery was not prevalent in India in the extreme from as he be had seen in Greece. D) There was absence of slavery in India. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slavery was not prevalent in India in the extreme from as he be had seen in Greece. 57. Who among the following defined a sovereign or sovereignty as farr-i izdi in contrast to the concept of zil al-Allah? A) Abul Fazl. B) Shaikh Abdul Haq Muhaddis. C) Badauni. D) Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abul Fazl. 58. Which one among the following statements about Ashokan edicts is correct? A) The Pillar edicts were located in all parts of the empire. B) The edicts give details of his personal concerns but are silent on events of the empire. C) The subject of inscribed matter on Rock edicts differs completely with that of the Pillar edicts. D) The Greek or Aramaic edicts are versions or translations of the texts used in other edicts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The edicts give details of his personal concerns but are silent on events of the empire. 59. What was the Period of the rule of Samudra Gupta? A) 330-375 A. D. B) 375-396A. D. C) 370-380 A. D. D) 380-398 A. D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 330-375 A. D. 60. Which of the following Bhakti Reformers influenced by the preaching of Sufi teachers? A) Ramananda. B) Kabir. C) Nanak. D) All of the above. 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