This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Exam Based > Miscellenous Questions – Quiz 27 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Miscellenous Questions Quiz 27 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The English governor in India who was expelled by Aurangzeb was : A) Aungier. B) Sir Jhon Child. C) Sir John Gayer. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sir Jhon Child. 2. Which of the following British official initiated the Doctrine of Lapse? A) Lord Dalhousie. B) Lord Wellesley. C) Warren Hastings. D) Lord Auckland. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lord Dalhousie. 3. Which one of the following had drafted the fundamental rights resolution at the Karachi Session, 1931? A) Jawaharlal Nehru. B) Acharya Narendra Deo. C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. D) Subhash Chandra Bose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jawaharlal Nehru. 4. Forward Block Party was formed by? A) CR Das. B) MN Roy. C) Subhash chandra bose. D) Rasbihari Bose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subhash chandra bose. 5. Aruna Asaf Ali was connected with which one of the following movements as a woman organiser of underground activity? A) Non-cooperation Movement. B) Civil Disobedience Movement. C) Quit India Movement. D) Swadeshi Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quit India Movement. 6. During the Neolithic age in India, the only metal known to the people was A) Silver. B) Iron. C) Copper. D) Gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gold. 7. In which book did, Dadabhai Nauroji presents his 'Drain of wealth theory'? A) Poverty and un-British rule in India. B) Economic problems of India '. C) British Rule and its consequences. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poverty and un-British rule in India. 8. Which of the following statements is correct about Shivaji? A) His movement was supported by all the Maratha Watandars. B) The smaller Watandars formed the back bone of his movement. C) He abolished the Watandari system. D) He did not fight with bigger Maratha Watandars. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The smaller Watandars formed the back bone of his movement. 9. .....is the description of the love story of Kovalan and Kannaki A) Pathittupath. B) Manusmrithi. C) Silapatigaram. D) Akamnannuru. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Silapatigaram. 10. Who among the following British Officials suppressed the Revolt of Jhansi? A) Henry Lawrence. B) Henry Havelock. C) Colin Campbell,. D) Hugh Rose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Henry Lawrence. 11. Which of the following is the correct chronological order of in modern Indian history? A) Morley-Minto Reforms, Gandhi-Irwin Pact, August Offer, Jallianwala Bagh Massacre. B) August Offer, Morley-Minto Reforms, Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, Gandhi-Irwin Pact. C) Morley-Minto Reforms, Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, Gandhi-Irwin Pact, August Offer. D) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, Gandhi-Irwin Pact, August Offer, Morley-Minto Reforms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Morley-Minto Reforms, Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, Gandhi-Irwin Pact, August Offer. 12. Who of the following dedicated the caves in Nagarjuna Hills to the Ajivikas? A) Indrapalit. B) Kunala. C) Dasharatha. D) Samprati. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dasharatha. 13. What was the historical name of Ancient India? A) Aryavritta. B) Bharat. C) India. D) Bharatvarsha. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bharatvarsha. 14. Who among the following is known to have regulated the course of Vitasta in Kashmir by his engineering operations? A) Vajraditya. B) Suyya. C) Damodargupta. D) Sura. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suyya. 15. In Indian history, who was Abdul Hamid Lahori? A) An important noble and confidant of Aurangzeb. B) An official historian of the reign of Shah Jahan. C) An important military commander during Akbar's reign. D) A chronicler and poet during the reign of Muhammad Shah. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An official historian of the reign of Shah Jahan. 16. The national motto of India, 'Satyameva Jayate' inscribed below the Emblem of India is taken from A) Aitareya Upanishad. B) Katha Upanishad. C) Mundaka Upanishad. D) Chandogya Upanishad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mundaka Upanishad. 17. The dhamma mahamattas (dharma mahamatras) appointed by Ashoka were entrusted with the job of: A) Checking the abuses in the administration of justice. B) The moral uplift of the people through propagation of dhamma. C) Management of the welfare activities of the state. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 18. Al-Firdousi was the poet of: A) America. B) Asia. C) Africa. D) Persia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Persia. 19. Who was the founder of Mourya dynasty A) Karikala. B) Raja Raja. C) Chandragupta Mourya. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chandragupta Mourya. 20. Which of the following supposed causes of decline and disintegration of the Mauryan Empire is the least likely? A) Military inactivity on account of Ashoka's pacifist policies. B) Succession of weak kings after Ashoka and the partition of the empire after Ashoka. C) Brahmanical revolt against the pro-Buddhist policy of Ashoka. D) Absence of national consciousness and representative institutions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Absence of national consciousness and representative institutions. 21. Babur was buried after his death in which one of the following cities? A) Patna. B) Kolkata. C) Kabul. D) Peshawar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kabul. 22. The Mazhabi Sikhs were originally A) Artisans. B) Peasants. C) Landed magnates. D) Menials. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Menials. 23. The people of the Chalcolithic phase used different type of pottery, one of which is called black and red seems to have been widely prevalent from nearly A) 3000 BC onwards. B) 1000 BC onwards. C) 2000 BC onwards. D) 500 BC onwards. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2000 BC onwards. 24. What is Chivalry? A) The code by which young men lived. B) The code by which knights lived. C) The code by which a Christian family lived. D) The code Charlemagne implemented. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The code by which knights lived. 25. When did Shivaji made the fort Rajgad? A) Raygad. B) Sinhgad. C) Purandar. D) Rajgad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rajgad. 26. Mesopotamians divide the sky into A) 9parts. B) 10 parts. C) 12 parts. D) 16 parts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 9parts. 27. Vasco-da-Gama arrived at ..... in 1498. A) Surat. B) Madras. C) Calicut. D) Bombay. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Calicut. 28. Which one of the following was not an item of export from India to the west during the early centuries of the Christian era? A) Pearls. B) Silver. C) Five textiles. D) Precious stones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Silver. 29. Pagal Panthis sect was founded by A) Shah Waliullah. B) Karam Shah. C) Syaid Ahamed of Raebareli. D) Haji Shariatullah. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Karam Shah. 30. In which of the following is the Brahman the Central Theme? A) Sutras. B) Upanishads. C) Brahmanas. D) Vedas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Upanishads. 31. Paramahamsa Mandali primarily aimed at breaking caste rules was founded in which of the following places A) Gujarat. B) Tamil Nadu. C) Kerala. D) Maharashtra. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Maharashtra. 32. Which of the following statement is not correct about Poona pact? A) It was signed in yarvada jail in Puna. B) This act increased the number of seats reserved for the depressed class from 71 to 147. C) It was signed on January 23, 1932. D) It was signed between Madan Mohan Malaviya and Dr Ambedkar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was signed on January 23, 1932. 33. Rulers of which of the following dynasties bore the title Devaputra? A) Saka-Kshatrapa. B) Kushana. C) Maurya. D) Sunga. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kushana. 34. Who among the following was born into a Rathore royal family of Kudki district of Pali, Rajasthan and was a 16th-century Hindu mystic poet and devotee of Krishna? A) Kabir. B) Mirabai. C) Ramananda. D) Tukaram. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mirabai. 35. Sher Shah is considered to be the fore-runner of Akbar in administration because A) He supervised Akbar's administration. B) His administrative policies were adopted by Akbar. C) He ruled before Akbar. D) He trained Akbar in administration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His administrative policies were adopted by Akbar. 36. Which of the following was true of Sufis? A) They sought an emotional and mystical union with Allah. B) They used emotional sermons and song and dance to encourage devotion. C) They tolerated observances of some non-Islamic customs. D) All these answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They sought an emotional and mystical union with Allah. 37. Which one of the following inscriptions provides the earliest epigraphical evidence regarding sati? A) Mathura inscription of Huvishka. B) Allahabad pillar inscription of Samudragupta. C) Junagarh inscription of Skanda Gupta. D) Eran Pillar inscription of Bhanu Gupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eran Pillar inscription of Bhanu Gupta. 38. Which of the following is called "Magna Carta of English Education in India" ? A) Wood's Dispatch. B) Macaulay Commission. C) Vernacular Act. D) Both A & B. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wood's Dispatch. 39. The finest specimen of Pallavas architecture are A) Temples of Tanjore. B) Rock-cut Nath temples at Mahabalipuram. C) Kailashnath temple of Ellora. D) Temples at Madura. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rock-cut Nath temples at Mahabalipuram. 40. The economic policy of the British in India was to A) Promote the material prosperity of the Indians. B) Bring India to the level of Western countries. C) Convent India into an agrarian satellite of metropolitan capitalism. D) Industrialise India. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Convent India into an agrarian satellite of metropolitan capitalism. 41. The partition of Bengal made in 1905 A) Was annulled by the king's proclamation at the Delhi Durbar in 1911. B) Was withdrawn in 1908 because of the immense protests it evoked. C) Continued till India got independence. D) Was annulled as a result of the Morley-Minto Reforms in 1919. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was annulled by the king's proclamation at the Delhi Durbar in 1911. 42. The great lawgiver of ancient time was : A) Ashoka. B) Panini. C) Vatsyayana. D) Manu. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Manu. 43. The last opportunity to avoid the partition of India was lost with the rejection of : A) Rajagopalachari Formula. B) Cripps Mission. C) Wavell. D) Cabinet Mission. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cabinet Mission. 44. Akbar defeated Hemu in? A) Battle of Khanawa. B) 2nd battle of panipat. C) 3rd Battle of panipat. D) Battle of haldighati. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2nd battle of panipat. 45. In the late 17th and early 18th centuries, the export of Indian opium to the Indonesian archipelago was dominated by the A) Dutch East India Company. B) English East India Company. C) Portuguese. D) Gujarati and Marwari mercantile groups. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dutch East India Company. 46. Who among the following was elected as the President of All India Khilafat Conference met in Delhi in 1919? A) Mahatma Gandhi. B) Motilal Nehru. C) Shaukat Ali. D) M A Jinnah. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mahatma Gandhi. 47. The concept of Avataravad is associated with? A) Shaivism. B) Hinayana. C) Tantricism. D) Vaishnavism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vaishnavism. 48. Who among the following was a great ruler of Kalinga in ancient times? A) Bindusara. B) Mayurasarman. C) Kharavela. D) Ajatashatru. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bindusara. 49. Pulakesin II was a contemporary of A) Chandragupta Maurya. B) Harsha. C) Ashoka. D) Samudragupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harsha. 50. One major source of conflict between India and Pakistan is A) Control of Kashmir. B) The border of Punjab and India. C) Indian treatment of Muslims. D) Control of the waters of the Indus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Control of Kashmir. 51. Who among the following was the author of Tahqiq-i-Hind? A) Badauni. B) Alberuni. C) Minhaj-us-Siraj. D) Amir Khusro. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alberuni. 52. Melaka was Southeast Asia's foremost trading centre until A) 1511. B) 1504. C) The Spanish conquered it in 1511. D) The Portuguese conquered it in 1504. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1511. 53. Which one of the following assemblies was also called Narishta meaning a resolution that cannot be broken? A) Vidhata. B) Gana. C) Sabha. D) Samiti. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sabha. 54. The Indian port(s) utilized by Dutch for their trade in India was/were A) Pulicat. B) Masulipattam. C) Nagapattam. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 55. Who among the following was the Minister and Chief Advisor of Nana Saheb Peshwa? A) Maulvi Ahmad Shah. B) Wajid Ali Shah. C) Azimullah Khan. D) Amirullah Khan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Azimullah Khan. 56. Perhaps the worst famine in Indian history till 1880 occurred in A) 1865-66. B) 1868-70. C) 1876-78. D) 1860-61. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1876-78. 57. The Sashgani coin was introduced during the reign of A) Alauddin Khalji. B) Balban. C) Feroze Shah Tughlaq. D) Sikandar Lodi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Feroze Shah Tughlaq. 58. Who was the founder of the autonomous kingdom of Awadh or Oudh? A) Asaf-ud-daula. B) Saadat Khan. C) Safdar Jang. D) Shuja-ud-daula. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saadat Khan. 59. Who among the following constituted the local town administration council during the Guptas? A) Purupala, Sarthavaha, Pratham Kulika, Pratham Kayastha. B) Purupala, Sarthavaha, Dvarapala, Karnika. C) Sarthavaha, Pratham Kulika, Pratham Kayastha. D) Purupala, Pratham Kulika, Pratham Kayastha. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sarthavaha, Pratham Kulika, Pratham Kayastha. 60. Which of the following statement is not correct about Raja Ram Mohan Roy? A) He was given the title of Raja by the Mughal Emperor. B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy was born in a well-to-do family in Bengal, probably in 1772. C) He died in Indian in 1833. D) He started the newspaper named "Sambad Kaumudi". 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