This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Exam Based > Miscellenous Questions – Quiz 22 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Miscellenous Questions Quiz 22 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The member of Shivaji's Ashtapradhan who looked after foreign affairs was: A) Pandit Rao. B) Sumant. C) Sachiv. D) Peshwa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sumant. 2. Which of the following was not one of the conventional checks on a king's power? A) Customs. B) Maxims of the wise. C) Occasional intercessions of the ministers. D) Dictates of the priests. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dictates of the priests. 3. Who among the following was the 'Political Guru' of Mahatma Gandhi? A) BG Tilak. B) Dadabhai Naoroji. C) GK Gokhale. D) SN Banerjee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) GK Gokhale. 4. Hindu colonieswere founded in the south-east Asian countries mostly during the period of A) The Rajputs. B) The Mauryas. C) The Guptas. D) The Cholas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Mauryas. 5. Which among the following did not emerge as a new social class during the British rule in agrarian areas? A) Bourgeoise farm holders. B) Absentee landlords. C) Zamindars. D) Tenants under zamindars and absentee landlords. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Absentee landlords. 6. The Gandhi Mandapam where Gandhiji's ashes were placed before immersion is in A) Ahmedabad. B) Kanyakumari. C) Ganga. D) Gandhinagar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kanyakumari. 7. Amongst the following, who contributed most to the Bhagvata cult? A) Indo- Greeks. B) Parthians. C) Kushanas. D) Guptas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Guptas. 8. Irani System of 'Sajda' was started by? A) Razia. B) Mohammed Tughlaq. C) Balban. D) Iltutmish. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Balban. 9. What was the state language of the Eastern Roman Empire after the 7th century? A) Russian. B) Latin. C) Greek. D) Arabic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Greek. 10. Where is Kalibangan situated? A) Himachal Pradesh. B) Rajasthan. C) Uttar Pradesh. D) West Bengal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rajasthan. 11. Who was Qazi Fazilat during the reign of Sher Shah? A) The Qazi of Bengal. B) The Chief Qazi of the Afghan Empire. C) The Governor of Bengal. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Governor of Bengal. 12. In which century did Ashoka reign? A) Second century B.C. B) Third century AD. C) Second century AD. D) Third century B.C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Third century AD. 13. The Mehrauli pillar inscription belongs to the period of the? A) Mauryas. B) Guptas. C) Kushanas. D) Sungas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Guptas. 14. Who founded Ferguson College at Pune in 1885 A) Bharatiya Sewak Samaj. B) Decan Educational Society. C) Theosophical Society. D) Samaj Sewa Sangh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decan Educational Society. 15. The ..... is NOT a native of Southeast Asia: A) Mango. B) Banana. C) Breadfruit. D) Taro. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mango. 16. Where didi Lala hardayal and Sohan singh Bhakna form the Gadar Party in 1913? A) London. B) Tokyo. C) San francisco. D) Paris. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) San francisco. 17. Which of the following dynasties had a role in the construction and maintenance of the Sanchi Stupa? A) Kanvas. B) Mauryas. C) Satavahanas. D) Sungas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kanvas. 18. Which one of the following place has yielded archaeological evidence regarding pit dwellings? A) Balakot. B) Mehargarh. C) Rakhigarhi. D) Gufkral. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gufkral. 19. Hieroglyphic script meant A) Sumerian script. B) Religious script. C) Sacred script. D) Iraqi script. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sumerian script. 20. The list of sixteen Mahajanapadas is available in A) Chhandogya Upanishad. B) Samyukta Nikaya. C) Mahabharata. D) Anguttara Nikaya. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anguttara Nikaya. 21. The Han dynasty arose in the year A) 203 BC. B) 205 BC. C) 202 BC. D) 204 BC. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 202 BC. 22. Which of the following statement is wrong? A) Chandragupta I started the Gupta Era in 319- 20 AD. B) During the reign of Skandagupta, Gupta Empire was invaded by Huns. C) Samudragupta was the greatest king of Gupta dynasty. D) Chandragupta II was succeeded by his son Skandagupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chandragupta II was succeeded by his son Skandagupta. 23. Socrates, the greatest Greek philosopher, was put to death by A) Hanging. B) Drinking poison. C) Shot dead. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hanging. 24. Which one of the following contains the Gayatri Mantra? A) Rigveda. B) Yajurveda. C) Samaveda. D) Upanishad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rigveda. 25. Which of the following was the inscription of Guptas about sati A) Junagarh Inscription. B) Allahabad Inscription. C) Bhitari Inscription. D) Eran Inscription. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eran Inscription. 26. Wahabis were ..... fanatics. A) Muslim. B) Christian. C) Sikh. D) Hindu. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Muslim. 27. Which of the following cannot be said to be a cardinal principle of the theosophical society? A) It questioned the ancient philosophies that dominated the Indian thinking. B) It believed in the existence of unique connections between god and every being. C) It believed in the possibility of reincarnation and karma. D) Aimed Hindu spiritual wisdom through western enlightenment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It questioned the ancient philosophies that dominated the Indian thinking. 28. Which Technique was known as prepared core technique? A) Clactonian Technique. B) Levalloisean technique. C) Stratigraphy technique. D) Tool types technique. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Levalloisean technique. 29. Ashtaelic Gajangals were present in the courts of A) Sambasivarya. B) Krishnadevraya. C) Vaktaka I. D) Devarya II. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Krishnadevraya. 30. Under which one of the following system of assessment, the British Government collected revenue directly from the farmers? A) Ryotwari. B) Annawari. C) Desaiwari. D) Zamindari. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ryotwari. 31. Which one among the following correctly describes Gandhiji's attitude towards the Swarajist leaders? A) He had full trust in their bona fides and considered them most valued and respected leaders. B) He was neutral to government's offensive against the Swarajists and did not defend them. C) He was not opposed to their entry into council. D) He was not in favour of maintaining warm personal relations with them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He had full trust in their bona fides and considered them most valued and respected leaders. 32. Who among the following directed to throw a bomb on Viceroy Lord Hardinge? A) Chandrashekhar Azad. B) Rasbthari Bose. C) Ramprasad Bismil. D) Khudiram Bose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rasbthari Bose. 33. Which one of the following is oldest Smriti? A) Vishnu Dharmashastra. B) Manu Smriti. C) Yajnavalkya Smriti. D) Narada Smriti. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Manu Smriti. 34. When was Gandhi-Irvin Pact took place? A) March 15, 1933. B) February 10, 1930. C) September 23, 1932. D) March 5, 1931. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) March 5, 1931. 35. Which one among the following statements regarding Bal Gangadhar Tilak is not correct? A) He propounded the theory of the Arctic Home of the Aryans. B) He founded the Anti-Cow Killing Society. C) He supported the Age of Consent Bill. D) He set-up the Home Rule League at Poona. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He supported the Age of Consent Bill. 36. Identify the most important of the early secret societies of terrorist youth set-up A) Brati Samiti. B) Suhrid Samiti. C) Swadesh - Bhandhava Samiti. D) Anushilan Samiti. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anushilan Samiti. 37. Who introduced the system of Local boards or Local Bodies in India? A) Lord Curzon. B) Lord Ripon. C) Lord Lytton. D) Lord Mayo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lord Ripon. 38. Samudragupta ascended the throne in A) 400. B) 380. C) 390. D) 330. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 330. 39. Consider the following statements about Sudarshan Lake. Which of them is correct'? A) It was constructed by Pushyagupta, the Governor of Saurashtra region during Chandragupta Maurya. B) Tushaap constructed a darn on the lake during Ashoka Maurya. C) The First reconstruction was undertaken by Governor Suvishakh during Saka satrap Rudradaman and 2nd by Chakrapalit during the reign of Skandgupta. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 40. "Kheda Satyagraha" was basically initiated by? A) Mahatma Gandhi. B) Mohanlal Pandya. C) Vallabhbhai Patel. D) Vinoba Bhave. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mohanlal Pandya. 41. The Neolithic Age dates bark to A) 3000-1000 B.C. B) 5000-300CIB.C. C) 4000-3000 B.C. D) 6000-3000 B.C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 6000-3000 B.C. 42. The Quit India Resolution (1942) proposed the starting of a Non-violent Mass Struggle on the widest possible scale. The Mantra 'Do or Die' was given by A) Subhash Chandra Bose. B) Mahatma Gandhi. C) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel. D) Jawahar Lal Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mahatma Gandhi. 43. Which one of the following was NOT introduced by Shivaji? A) Chauth. B) Land-tax. C) Pilgrim tax. D) Sardeshmukhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pilgrim tax. 44. China invaded Indian frontiers in the year ..... A) 1965. B) 1956. C) 1962. D) 1960. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1962. 45. Why is Joan of Arc remembered A) She drove the English from Calais. B) She led the French to victories against the English in the Hundred Years War. C) She led a peasant uprising that ended feudalism. D) She led the English troops in the Hundred Years War. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She led the English troops in the Hundred Years War. 46. Ma'rib dam was located in: A) Iraq. B) Yaman. C) Egypt. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Egypt. 47. The expression anyavrata (following other practices) is used in the Rigveda with reference to the A) Dasyus. B) Yadus. C) Mlecchas. D) Dasas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dasyus. 48. Zero was invented by- A) An unknown Indian. B) Aryabhatta. C) Varahamihira. D) Bhaskara I. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An unknown Indian. 49. The Gandhara school of art depicted A) Indo-African art. B) Indo-European art. C) Indo-Greek art. D) Indo-Roman art. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indo-Greek art. 50. Which one of the following statements about untouchability is not correct? A) It was widely practiced in the Indus valley civilization. B) The Rigveda does not show any ac quaintance with it. C) It is cleared referred to in the Buddhist Jatakas. D) It come to be applied to several castes only in the post Gupta period. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was widely practiced in the Indus valley civilization. 51. Which of the following are the innovative means used by Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar to bring Sanskrit education to all? A) Devised new Bengali primer. B) Brought new prose style. C) Both A & B. D) Continued the same method without any new innovation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both A & B. 52. Which one of the following districts was not included in the Zamindari granted to the East India Company by Mir Qasim? A) Midnapore. B) Chittagong. C) Muzaffarpur. D) Burdwan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Muzaffarpur. 53. Kabir was a disciple of A) Ramananda. B) Ramanujana. C) Shakracharya. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ramananda. 54. Who founded the faith on a ritual-free, simple "Sat Shri Akal" or the worship of God and truth? A) Guru Nanak. B) Guru Govind Singh. C) Sri Chaitanya. D) Dadu Dayal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Guru Nanak. 55. Which of the following regions did not form the part of Ashoka's empire? A) Kashmir. B) Madras. C) Kanauj. D) Taxila. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Madras. 56. About the 5th century B. C. the Indian satrapy was paying an annual tribute of 320 talent of gold to A) China. B) Persia. C) Bactria. D) Greece. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Persia. 57. Which of the following event was the reason for suspension of the Non-Cooperation Movement? A) The leaders like Subhas Chandra Bose were against it. B) Chauri Chaura incident. C) The non Co-operators were not enthusiastic. D) Gandhiji bowed to the pressure of the British government. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chauri Chaura incident. 58. 'August Offer' was issued on ..... 1940. A) 8 August. B) 15 August. C) 30 August. D) 20 August. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 8 August. 59. The founder of Gadar Party was? A) Basudev Balwant Phadke. B) Vinay Damodar Savarkar. C) Lala Hardayal. D) Bhagat Singh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lala Hardayal. 60. Hindu-Muslim unity had been particularly reflected in the ..... Movement. A) Swadeshi. B) Quit India. C) Khilafat. D) Civil Disobedience. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Khilafat. ← 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