This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Exam Based > Miscellenous Questions – Quiz 24 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Miscellenous Questions Quiz 24 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following helped unite Charlemagne's empire? A) Viking attacks. B) A strong, efficient government. C) Magyar attacks. D) The Treaty of Verdun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Treaty of Verdun. 2. Under Akbar, Hindus were: A) Heavily taxed. B) Forced to convert to Islam. C) Barred from the army. D) Given major roles in government. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Given major roles in government. 3. Theravada school is associated with A) Jams. B) Buddhist. C) Bhagavata. D) Lingayatas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buddhist. 4. The traces of Janapadas and Mahajanpadas are found in.....? A) Vedic text. B) Buddha text. C) Jaina text. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 5. The play 'Neeldarpan' is associated with the A) Pabna Riots. B) Indigo Revolts. C) Santhal Revolt. D) Champaran Satyagraha. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indigo Revolts. 6. Delhi was seized by the rebels of the revolt of 1857 on A) 13th May. B) 10th May. C) 12th May. D) 11th May. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 12th May. 7. Which one among the following is not correct about the cave paintings at Ajanta? A) Scenes have no dividing frame and blend into each other. B) Scenes are both religious and secular. C) The influence of the Gandhara art is seen. D) Scenes mostly depict tales from Jatakas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scenes have no dividing frame and blend into each other. 8. The author of Anandmath was? A) Ravindra Nath Tagore. B) S. C. Bose. C) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee. D) Sharat Chandra Chatterjee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee. 9. The British Governor General, who formulated the policy of Subsidiary Alliance with regard to Indian powers was A) Warren Hastings. B) Lord Dalhousie. C) Lord Wellesley. D) Lord William Bentick. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lord Wellesley. 10. Which of these books is not a composition of Amir Khusrau? A) Tahqiq-i-Hind. B) Miftah-ul-Futuh. C) Qiran-u-Sadain. D) Nur-i-Sipihar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tahqiq-i-Hind. 11. We have evidence of Roman trade with: A) The Mauryan Dynasty. B) The Kushan Dynasty. C) The Harrapan cities. D) The Vedic Empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Kushan Dynasty. 12. The Iron Pillar near Qutub Minar draws attention of scientists due to its A) Rustlessness. B) Hardness. C) Glitter. D) Antiquity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rustlessness. 13. Head of the military department under the recognised central machinery of administration during Akbar's reign was: A) Bakshi. B) Diwan. C) Mir Saman. D) Mir Bakshi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mir Bakshi. 14. Who was the founder of independent kingdom of Gujarat? A) Tatar Khan. B) Shama Khan. C) Ahmad Shah. D) Zafar Khan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Zafar Khan. 15. Aurangzeb ordered the arrest of all Englishmen and the seizure of all English factories throughout his dominion, because A) The English had refused to pay local duties in Bengal. B) The English had attacked the Mughal ships on the western coast. C) The English were fortifying their trading stations. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 16. The poet who is called as Indian Shakespeare A) Bana. B) Dhandi. C) Kalidas. D) Rajasekhara. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kalidas. 17. The earliest evidence of settled agriculture from the subcontinent comes from A) Inamgarh. B) Amri. C) Mehrgarh. D) Kalibangan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mehrgarh. 18. 'Malfuz' is a class literature dealing with A) Social life. B) King's life. C) Economic life. D) Political life. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) King's life. 19. Patanjali is well known for the compilation of A) Brahma Sutra. B) Ayurveda. C) Yoga Sutra. D) Panchatantra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yoga Sutra. 20. The six district school of Indian philosophy Sankhya, Yoga, Nyaya, Vaishasika, Mimansa, Vedanta became fully articulated during the A) Gupta period. B) Maurya period. C) Vedic period. D) Buddha period. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gupta period. 21. Who among the British Governor-General showed great interest in the preservation of ancient monuments? A) Lord Curzon. B) Lord Ripon. C) Lord Lytton. D) Lord Irwin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lord Irwin. 22. The Mekong Delta is located in present-day: A) Vietnam. B) China. C) Cambodia. D) Laos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vietnam. 23. The Great public bath at Mohenjodaro has dimentions of . A) 39 x 23' x 8'. B) 38' x 23' x 9'. C) 38 x 23' x 8'. D) 39' x 23' x 9'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 39 x 23' x 8'. 24. Who destroyed the Nalanda University in 1202 AD? A) Qutbuddin Aibak. B) Mahmud of Ghazni. C) Bakhtiyar Khilji. D) Moizuddin Muhammad Ghori. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bakhtiyar Khilji. 25. The Egyptian Kings were all called the A) Monarchs. B) Czars. C) Kings. D) Pharaohs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pharaohs. 26. The Nehru-Liaquat Pact between India and Pakistan was signed in 1950 to resolve the issue of A) The accession of princely states. B) The protection of minorities. C) The border disputes. D) The problem of refugees. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The protection of minorities. 27. The do aspa, sih aspa rank in the mansabdari system was introduced by: A) Aurangzeb. B) Akbar. C) Jahangir. D) Shah Jahan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aurangzeb. 28. When Shahu come back to Maharashtra? A) 1704. B) 1708. C) 1707. D) 1705. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1707. 29. When was the August Kranti pulled back? A) 1947. B) 1943. C) 1942. D) 1945. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1942. 30. The Ahoms were of ..... origin. A) Mongol. B) Afghan. C) Nepal. D) Assam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mongol. 31. "No one is allowed to marry outside his caste, or to exchange one profession of trade for another or to follow more than one business." This observation was made by A) Hiuen-Tsang. B) Ai-Biruni. C) Megasthenese. D) Fa-Hien. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Megasthenese. 32. Which part of India was most affected by the Revolution of 1857? A) Punjab. B) Maharashtra. C) Avadh. D) Madras. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Avadh. 33. Which of the following are the four Agnikula classes of Rajputs? A) Pariharas, Chauhans, Pawars, Solankis. B) Chandellas, Tornars, Solankis, Chauhans. C) Tomars, Pariharas, Chauhans, Pawars. D) Chandellas, Pariharas, Chauhans, Pawars. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pariharas, Chauhans, Pawars, Solankis. 34. Who edited 'Basumati', the oldest Bengali Daily paper? A) Anand Mohan Bose. B) Barinder Ghosh. C) V. D. Savarkar. D) Surya Sen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Barinder Ghosh. 35. Who among the following Bhati Saints was responsible for founding many punyakshetras along the length and breadth of India, by taming avatars of Parvati and imprisoning her essence in Sri Chakras? A) Valmiki. B) Tulsidas. C) Shankaracharya. D) Ramananda Saraswati. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shankaracharya. 36. Who put an end to the system of Dual Government in Bengal? A) British Parliament. B) Warren Hastings. C) Clive. D) Regulating Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Warren Hastings. 37. Which among the following is the most important source of information about the agrarian conditions during Mughals? A) Ain-i-Akbari. B) Tarikh-i-Ferishta. C) Akbarnama. D) Muntakhab-ul-Lubab. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Akbarnama. 38. A hoard of copper images generally assigned to the Harrappan culture phase, has been found at A) Brahamgiri. B) Inamgaon. C) Nasik. D) Daimabad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Daimabad. 39. Who among the following was/were in a group known as 'responsivists'? A) Lala Lajpat Rai. B) Madan Mohan Malavia. C) N.C. Kelkar. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 40. Which of the following musical instruments is not composite or Indo-Islamic in origin? A) Sitar. B) Sarangi. C) Shehnai. D) Tabla. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shehnai. 41. Mughal-Maratha treaty of 1719 was concluded in the times of? A) Farukh Siyyar. B) Mohammed Shah. C) Bahadur Shah II. D) Jahandar Shah. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Farukh Siyyar. 42. During the 13th and 14th centuries the Indian peasant did not cultivate A) Maize. B) Barley. C) Wheat. D) Gram. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maize. 43. The head of a district (Ahara), the principal coordinator of the revenue and the officer incharge of general and military functions in his jurisdiction during Mauryan empire was known as A) Foujdar. B) Krori. C) Chirastadar. D) Rajuka. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rajuka. 44. How many incarnations of Vishnu according to Bhagvatism? A) 10. B) 6. C) 8. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 10. 45. Which Sikh Guru began 'Sachcha Padshah'? A) Guru Gobind Singh. B) Guru Hargovind. C) Guru Tegh Bahadur. D) Guru Arjan Dev. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Guru Hargovind. 46. Who called Samudragupta 'Napolean of India'? A) R. S. Sharma. B) R.K.Mukheijee. C) R.C.Dutt. D) V. A. Smith. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) V. A. Smith. 47. The doctrine of the 'manyness of reality' is a characteristic feature of A) Buddhism. B) Jainism. C) Both Buddhism and Jainism. D) Pasupata. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jainism. 48. The increased commercial intercourse between India and Rome led to the writing of large number of books by the western authors on India and on Indian ..... A) Economy. B) Social life. C) Geography. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Geography. 49. Which one of the following regions did not constitute a separate suba (province) under Akbar? A) Bihar. B) Bengal. C) Awadh. D) Orissa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Awadh. 50. How did Europeans use the term 'middle ages'? A) The crisis of Western Europe. B) The medieval era of European history. C) The fact that Europe became mature from 500 to 1500. D) The time between the fall of Rome and the emergence of Christianity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The fact that Europe became mature from 500 to 1500. 51. The oldest Brahmanic literature is. A) Aranyak. B) Veda. C) Upanishad. D) Smriti. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Veda. 52. Who lamented upon the drain of gold from Rome to India? A) Strabo. B) Pliny. C) Ptolemy. D) Nero. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pliny. 53. Who among the following constituted Turkan-e-Chihalgani? A) Qutubuddin Aibak. B) Iltutmish. C) Balban. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Iltutmish. 54. That ginger and Cinnamon were produced in large quantities in the Pandya country is mentioned by A) Ptolemy. B) Ibn Said. C) Megasthenes. D) Marco Polo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Marco Polo. 55. What was the normal form of government during the Rigvedic age? A) Direct Democracy. B) Aristocratic republic. C) Military dictatorship. D) Hereditary monarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hereditary monarchy. 56. Lord Cornwallis had introduced the ..... land tenure system. A) Zamindari. B) Ryotwari. C) Inamdari. D) Mahalwari. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Zamindari. 57. Permanent settlement was made in Bengal in the sphere of revenue administration. A) William Pitt,. B) Hastings,. C) William Bentic. D) Lord Cornwallis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lord Cornwallis. 58. Gandhi's Dandi March is associated with which among the following movements? A) Non-cooperation Movement. B) Partition of Bengal. C) Civil Disobedience Movement. D) Khilafat Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Civil Disobedience Movement. 59. The geographical knowledge of the early Aryans did not extend beyond A) Yamuna. B) Ghaggar. C) Indus. D) Ganga. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yamuna. 60. What was the main reason for the permanent indebtedness of the Peasantry? A) Forged signatures. B) High rate of interest on loans. C) False accounting. D) Making the debtor sign for larger amounts than he had borrowed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) High rate of interest on loans. ← 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