This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Exam Based > Miscellenous Questions – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Miscellenous Questions Quiz 19 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The main focus of the Rigvedic culture was A) The Indo-Gangetic region. B) The Punjab and Delhi region. C) The Indus valley region. D) The region between Swat and Indus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Indo-Gangetic region. 2. According to the Mahasanghikas, a being is composed of A) Seven Dharmas. B) . Five Dharmas. C) Eighteen Dharmas. D) Nine Dharmas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) . Five Dharmas. 3. Who was the founder of Pallava dynasty A) Raja Raja I. B) Karikala. C) Simhavishnu. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simhavishnu. 4. Rath Temples at Mahabalipuram were built during the reign of which Pallava ruler? A) Narasinghvarman I. B) Nandivarman I. C) Parameshwarvarman. D) Mahendravarman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Narasinghvarman I. 5. Who was the assistant of Sambhaji? A) Ranoji Rane. B) Kavi Kalash. C) Anand Shirke. D) Mahadji Yamaji. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mahadji Yamaji. 6. The System of philosophy with which the name of, Kapila is prominently associated is A) Samkhya. B) Uttara Mimamsa. C) Purva Mimamsa. D) Nyaya. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Samkhya. 7. Gandhara art all but one of the following was different from the West. Which was it? A) Iconography. B) Style. C) Foldings of the robe. D) Depicting the physiognomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Iconography. 8. Who of the following was a contemporary of Alexander, the Great? A) Ashoka. B) Chandragupta Maurya. C) Bimbisara. D) Pushyamitra Sunga. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chandragupta Maurya. 9. The aim of education as stated by the Wood's despatch of 1854 was A) The creation of employment opportunity for native Indians. B) The introduction of scientific research and rationalism in the traditional Indian education. C) The spread of western culture in India. D) The promotion of literacy among the people using English medium of language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The spread of western culture in India. 10. The Palas, Pratiharas and the Rashtrakutas fought for control over which citizenship? A) Kannauj. B) Pataliputra. C) Ujjain. D) Kaushambi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kannauj. 11. Under feudalism, lords granted land to vassals in exchange for which of the following? A) Farm labor. B) Military service. C) Housing. D) Food. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Farm labor. 12. Paramaras were residents of? A) Orissa. B) Gujarat. C) Rajasthan. D) Maiwa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Maiwa. 13. When was paper introduced in India? A) 12th century. B) 14th century. C) 16th century. D) 18th century. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 14th century. 14. The 'Sepoy Mutiny' was in the year . A) 1757,. B) 1657,. C) 1857. D) 1765. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1857. 15. Which one among the following statements is not correct about the agrarian policy of Sher Shah? A) Sher Shah insisted upon measurement of the sown land. B) Sher Shah drew up schedule of rates for state's share of the different types of crops. C) The amount each peasant had to pay was to be written down on a paper called 'patta'. D) The measuring part was allowed to fix fee at their will. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The measuring part was allowed to fix fee at their will. 16. Who discovered a direct sea route to India? A) The Dutch. B) Portuguese. C) Germans. D) The French. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Portuguese. 17. General Windham was defeated by the rebel forces in 1857 near A) Agra. B) Bhopal. C) Kanpur. D) Gwalior. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agra. 18. Which one of the following had supported Mahatma Gandhi on the Noncooperation resolution at the Special Calcutta Session, 1920? A) Annie Besant. B) B. C. Pal. C) C.R. Das. D) Motilal Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Motilal Nehru. 19. Which of the following religions got spread in different parts of Asia? A) Buddhism. B) Jainism. C) Hinduism. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Buddhism. 20. In which of the following ancient texts has it been said that the king was the ruler of all except Br-a hamanas? A) Manu-Smriti. B) Yajnavalkya-Smriti. C) Gautama-dharmasutra. D) Vishnu Smriti. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gautama-dharmasutra. 21. Which of the following is associated with Lord Wellesley, the Governor General of India from 1798 to 1805? A) Doctrine of Lapse. B) Subsidiary Alliance. C) First Mysore War. D) Conquest of Rajputana. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subsidiary Alliance. 22. The copper boards are associated with the A) Lustrous red ware. B) Painted grey ware. C) Ochre-coloured ware. D) Black and red ware. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ochre-coloured ware. 23. Which one of the following is a monument constructed by Sher Shah? A) Quiwwat-al-Islam mosque at Delhi. B) Atala Masjid at Jaunpur. C) Kila-i-Kuhna mosque at Delhi. D) Barasona Masjid at Gaur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kila-i-Kuhna mosque at Delhi. 24. The people who migrated from the region of the Caspian sea were called A) Euro Asians. B) Dravidians. C) Africans. D) Aryans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aryans. 25. The Sardeshmukhi of the Marathas was A) A capitation levy r. B) Village lands set aside for the deshmukhs. C) A share in revenue collected by other authorities. D) A tax levied deshmukhs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A share in revenue collected by other authorities. 26. In which court was a Chinese embassy sent by T'ang emperor? A) Rajaraja I. B) Rajendra I. C) Prantaka I. D) Harshavardhana. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Harshavardhana. 27. Identify the wrong statement with regard to Dutch interest and activities in India? A) Several attempts were made by the Dutch to monopolies the channels of trade between India and the West. B) They treated the people of India ruthlessly and also exploited them. C) They became the carriers of trade between India and the islands of the Far East. D) They took no part in politics or cultural contacts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Several attempts were made by the Dutch to monopolies the channels of trade between India and the West. 28. Which of the following was not a method adopted by the Extremists? A) Launching national education schemes and building the national spirit. B) Promoting the use of Swadeshi. C) Burning down shops and godowns storing foreign clothes. D) Boycott of schools, courts and government service. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Burning down shops and godowns storing foreign clothes. 29. The main purpose of Brahmo Samaj for which it was set up are A) Purify Hinduism and to preach monotheism. B) Criticize social evils, oppose idolatry and emphasize human dignity. C) Both A and B. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both A and B. 30. Prior to 1813, which among the following measures, was not adopted by the British to exploit the Indians economically? A) Monopolising the trade of raw goods wherever possible and selling them at high rates. B) Free Trade Policy. C) Elimination of Indian traders from competition by every means. D) Forcing Indian craftsman to produce quality products in fixed quantity and at fixed price. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Free Trade Policy. 31. During the later part of Ashoka's life, he devoted himself largely to: A) Practicing the arts. B) Conquest. C) Spreading Buddhism. D) Putting down rebellions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spreading Buddhism. 32. Which one of the following was not a result of British colonial rule in India? A) Ruin of Indian industries. B) Ruin of Indian feudalism. C) Ruin of Indian trade. D) Ruin of Indian agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ruin of Indian feudalism. 33. Which of t he following places can be r egarded as the largest m onastic establishment in Western India (containing 130 caves)? A) Kanheri. B) Ajanta. C) Karle. D) Junnair. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Junnair. 34. Shivaji sacked ..... and secured a large booty. A) Surat. B) Bijapur. C) Konkan. D) Poona. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Surat. 35. Which one of following objects of roman manufacture has been most abundantly found in India? A) Pot-sherds. B) Lamps. C) Coins. D) Bronze-Icons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coins. 36. Until the late nineteenth century, literacy in Asia was: A) Confined to the upper class. B) Very low. C) About the same as in the West. D) Higher than in the West. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Higher than in the West. 37. Why did Ranjit Singh avoided military encounter with the English? It was because A) Initially he enjoyed cordial relations with the British. B) Ranjit Singh was busy in conquering Multan, 'Kashmir, Peshawar, etc. C) He was assured by Metcalfe of the British alliance. D) He understood that he'd be no match to the military power of the British. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He understood that he'd be no match to the military power of the British. 38. Which of the following events inspired for the formation of the Home Rule Leagues? A) After the First World War. B) Just before the First World War. C) After the passing of the Act of 1909. D) First World War. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) First World War. 39. Which of the following statement is not correct about Simon Commission? A) The activities of Swaraj party had induced the British Government to review the working of the diarchy system introduced by the Montague- Chelmsford reforms. B) The British Government appointed the Simon Commission in Nov. 1927. C) Simon commission was opposed because its all members were the English. D) Lala Lajpat Rai died during the protest of Simon commission. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lala Lajpat Rai died during the protest of Simon commission. 40. The ancient name of Assam is? A) Kammp. B) Ramgram. C) Pippalivan. D) Pawa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kammp. 41. Who was the Turkish commander who conquered Bihar and Bengal? A) Kutub ud-Din Aibak. B) Ikhtiyar ud-Din-Muhammad. C) Mohammad of Ghur. D) Bakhtiyar Khalji. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bakhtiyar Khalji. 42. According to which of the following sources, did Ashoka in his old age abdicate the throne in favour of his grandson Samprati? A) Mahavamsa. B) Gargi-Samhita. C) Ashokavadana. D) Divyavadana. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Divyavadana. 43. Dholavira is situated at the bank of River: A) Ghaggar. B) Ravi. C) Luni. D) Indus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Luni. 44. Who was the social reformer King of Kolhapur? A) Babaji. B) Shahu. C) Baroda. D) Sayajirao. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shahu. 45. Aurangzeb reimposed 'jizya' in the twenty-second year of his reign in order to: A) Put economic pressure for forcing the majority community to convert their religion. B) Meet a diffcult financial situation. C) Re-assert the fundamentally Islamic character of the State. D) Show anger against the Marathas and Rajputs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Re-assert the fundamentally Islamic character of the State. 46. Who gave the motto 'Back to the Vedas'? A) Ramakrishna Paramhansa. B) Swami Vivekananda. C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy. D) Swami Dayanand Saraswati. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Swami Dayanand Saraswati. 47. As per Wavell's Plan the external affairs would be under the charge of ..... A) Secretary of State. B) An Indian Member of the Executive Council. C) Viceroy. D) Parliament. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An Indian Member of the Executive Council. 48. Mathematics was treated as a distinct subject by A) Aryabhatta. B) Vijayanandin. C) Varahmihira. D) Braham Gupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aryabhatta. 49. The Whitely Commission was concerned with A) Education. B) Public health. C) Reorganization of civil service. D) Labour. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Labour. 50. Rabindra Nath Tagore gave up his knighthood because of A) Jalianwalla Bagh tragedy. B) Brutal Suppression of Civil Disobedience Movement. C) Execution of Bhagat Singh. D) Chauri-Chaura incident. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chauri-Chaura incident. 51. Sarnath inscription highlights the achievements of which Kushana ruler? A) Huvushka. B) Kanishka. C) Kadphises II. D) Kajula Kadphises. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kanishka. 52. Haider Ali was originally A) A Hindu chief. B) An adventurer. C) A member of the royal family. D) An invader. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An adventurer. 53. Who hailed Gandhi's call for 'Quit India' as an 'Epic Movement'? A) Ram Manohar Lohia. B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. C) Subhash Chandra Bose. D) Jai Prakash Narayan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. 54. The basic defect of the Lucknow Pact was A) It was an agreement purely based on the bond of common hatred of the foreign rule. B) It was a marriage of convenience without a pontiff. C) It was based on the wrong notion that Hindus and Muslims formed separate communities. D) It was a pact between powerless potentates. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was based on the wrong notion that Hindus and Muslims formed separate communities. 55. Muhammad Ghazni plundered Somnath temple in Kathiawar in A) 1025 A.D. B) 1029 A.D. C) 1030 A.D. D) 1020 A.D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1025 A.D. 56. Gopis (cowherd girls) became an important part of the Krishna legend in art and literature in A) The Sutiga period. B) The Kushana period. C) The early medieval period. D) The Gupta period. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The early medieval period. 57. Ryotwari Settlement was started in? A) Bombay. B) Assam. C) Bengal. D) Madras. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Madras. 58. Salaka-Purusha is a concept associated with the A) Pasupatas. B) Buddha's. C) Bhagavatas. D) Jainas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jainas. 59. Bimbisara was the founder of which one of the following dynasties? A) Maurya. B) Haryanka. C) Nanda. D) Shunga. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Haryanka. 60. What was the worst part of the permanent settlement of Bengal? A) Creation of absentee landlords. B) Subjection of the cultivator to untold misery. C) Disintegration of the village communities. D) Sub-infatuation of estates and holdings. 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