This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Exam Based > Miscellenous Questions – Quiz 28 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Miscellenous Questions Quiz 28 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How many World Heritage Sites are there today A) 935. B) 936. C) 934. D) 930. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 936. 2. Which of the following is NOT a central doctrine in Hinduism? A) Priesthood authority. B) Karma. C) Dharma. D) Reincarnation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Priesthood authority. 3. One of the most important facts in the history of India during the 1st century of British rule is the decay of her flourishing A) A and B. B) Industry. C) Trade. D) Agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A and B. 4. Who among the following was not a member of the Cabinet Mission? A) AV Alexander. B) Sir Stafford Cripps. C) Radcliffe. D) Pathick Lawrence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Radcliffe. 5. Which of the following is not correct in describing cultural influences on Islam? A) The caliphs adopted Persian ideas of kingship. B) Indian numerals had a profound influence on the development of mathematical thinking among Muslims. C) Greek rational reasoning had a long-lasting influence on the theological development of Islam. D) Persian literature deeply influenced Islamic literary works. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Greek rational reasoning had a long-lasting influence on the theological development of Islam. 6. Which one of the following statements regarding the Revolt of 1857 is not correct? A) The role of Hindu-Muslim unity in the revolt was acknowledged by many, including British officials. B) The revolt did not spread to South India. C) The revolt was supported whole heartedly by the educated, elite Indian everywhere. D) The diverse elements which took part in the revolt were united by their hatred of British rule. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The revolt was supported whole heartedly by the educated, elite Indian everywhere. 7. In the systems of philosophy created by Indians, we find elements of materialistic philosophy in which of the following systems? A) Yoga. B) Samkhya. C) Karm Mimamsa. D) Vaisesika. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Samkhya. 8. Which one of the following regions is known for painting that is manuscript illustrations in miniature executed palm-leaf during the period A.D. 1100-1300? A) Deccan. B) The Chola kingdom. C) Kerala. D) Western India. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Western India. 9. Which one of the following pairs of ancient ports & places of their location is correctly matched? A) Masalia - Konkan. B) Colchi (Korkai) - Pandya country. C) Arikamedu - Coromandel. D) Nelcynda - Malabar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arikamedu - Coromandel. 10. Which of the following Governor-General introduced the services of Railway and telegraph systems? A) Lord Cornwallis. B) Lord Dalhousie. C) Lord Wellesley. D) Lord Bentinck. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lord Dalhousie. 11. The land rival that caused the Chinese the most concern was: A) Russia. B) India. C) England. D) Vietnam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Russia. 12. Which of the following incarnations of Vishnu is represented in art as raising the Earth from the Ocean? A) Nrisingha. B) Matsya. C) Varaha. D) Kurma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Varaha. 13. How many students were studying in the Nalanda University as mentioned by Hiuen Tsang? A) 12, 000. B) 10, 000. C) 8, 000. D) 15, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 10, 000. 14. Who was the tutor of Shivaji A) Dadaji kondadev. B) Shershah. C) Birbal. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dadaji kondadev. 15. Which one of the following is not true regarding the Rigvedic God Indra? A) The largest number of hymns are addressed to Kim. B) He was the upholder of the cosmic order. C) He was the destroyer of puras. D) He was fond of feasting & drinking soma juice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was the upholder of the cosmic order. 16. Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque was built by which ruler? A) Aurangzeb. B) Iltutmish. C) Muhammad bin Tughluq. D) Qutubuddin Aibak. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Qutubuddin Aibak. 17. The book entitled 'Springing tiger' is a biography of- A) Bhagat Singh. B) Subhas Chandra Bose. C) Shyamji Krishna Verma. D) Chandrashekhar Azad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chandrashekhar Azad. 18. Yadu & Turvasu referred to the Rigveda were A) Two tribes. B) Two Brothers. C) Two kings. D) Two Generals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two tribes. 19. In which of the following respects did the Romans not profoundly influenced Indian life and culture? A) Coinage. B) Astronomy. C) Fashions. D) Art. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fashions. 20. Between 1765 and 1800 the Sikhs brought the whole of Punjab and Jammu under their control. At that time they were organised into: A) Ten misls. B) Sixteen misls. C) Six misls. D) Twelve misls. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Twelve misls. 21. After his coronation Shivaji assumed the title of A) Maharaja. B) Peshwa. C) Chhatrapati. D) Samrat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chhatrapati. 22. The large hoard of copper comes from Gungeria in A) Utter Pradesh. B) Madhya Pradesh. C) Arunachal Pradesh. D) Andhra Pradesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Madhya Pradesh. 23. Who out of the following had told " Destruction is the best method of dealing with the foreign clothes" ? A) Ravindranath Tagore. B) Subhas Chandra Bose. C) Chittaranjan Das. D) Mahatma Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mahatma Gandhi. 24. Which Veda is lyrical composition? A) Athervana Veda. B) Yajur Veda. C) Sam Veda. D) Rig Veda. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sam Veda. 25. Who among the following is known as 'the liberator of the press'? A) Sir Charles Metcalfe. B) Lord Minto. C) Wellesley. D) William Jones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sir Charles Metcalfe. 26. Prehistoric axes are found at A) Attirampakkarn. B) Adichanallur. C) Arikamedu. D) Sanur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Attirampakkarn. 27. The Chera king who is said to have gone to North India to get a Himalayan stone to make the image of Goddess Kannagi was: A) Kuttvancheral. B) Imayavaramban. C) Nedumcheral Adan. D) Senaguttuvan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Senaguttuvan. 28. "Middle Ages" in Western Europe includes the period ..... A) Beginning of Early Christian through the 13th or 14th centuries. B) End of the Roman Empire through the Byzantine period. C) AD 300 - AD 1600. D) Beginning of Byzantine through the end of the Roman Empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) AD 300 - AD 1600. 29. Ashoka's Dhamma represented? A) Principles of Buddhism. B) Principles of Brahmanism. C) Principle of all Religion. D) A New religions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Principles of Buddhism. 30. The Mauryandynasty was overthrown by A) Pushyamitra Sunga. B) Harsha. C) Samudragupta. D) Kanishka. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pushyamitra Sunga. 31. The subject matter of "Tolkappiam" is A) Grammar. B) Drama. C) Battle. D) Epic story. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Battle. 32. Which company was authorized by Jahangir to set up a factory in Surat? A) The English East India Company. B) The United East India Company. C) The French East India Company. D) The Portuguese East India Company. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The English East India Company. 33. The Neolithic Revolution began: A) 20, 000 years ago. B) 150, 000 years ago. C) 3000 years ago. D) About 10, 000 years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) About 10, 000 years ago. 34. Which one the following kingdoms was founded by Raja Odeyar? A) Tanjore. B) Jinji. C) Mysore. D) Madura. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mysore. 35. In which of the following sessions of Indian National Congress, Mahatma Gandhi had said, "Gandhi may die but Gandhism will remain forever" ? A) Calcutta Session 1928. B) Lahore Session 1929. C) Karachi Session 1931. D) Ramgarh Session 1940. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Karachi Session 1931. 36. Which State is called the ' Cradle of Bud-dhism '? A) Sikkim. B) Uttar Pradesh. C) Madhya Pradesh. D) Bihar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bihar. 37. Who among the following Mauryan rulers was killed by his Commander-in-Chief? A) Dasaratha. B) Kun-ala. C) Samprati. D) Brihadratha. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brihadratha. 38. Which one of the following is a commentary on the 'Arthashastra'? A) Aparajitaprachchha of Bhuvanadeva. B) Prabandhachintamani of Merutunga. C) Samaranganasutradhara of Bhojadeva. D) Pratipada Panchasika of Bhattasvamin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pratipada Panchasika of Bhattasvamin. 39. Mamun-ur-Rashid following ..... doctrines. A) Ismaili. B) Ashari. C) Mutazilla. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mutazilla. 40. The original name of Banda Bahadur was A) Mahesh Das. B) Lachhman Das. C) Dwarka Das. D) Harnam Singh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lachhman Das. 41. The Poona Sarvajanik Sabha was used by Tilak to popularise A) The demand for social reforms. B) The legal rights of ryots in a famine situation. C) Civil Disobedience Movement. D) The Swadeshi Movement in the Bombay Province. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The legal rights of ryots in a famine situation. 42. A Pala ruler who was raised to the throne by different sections of people A) Mahipala. B) Gopala. C) Dharmapala. D) Devapala. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gopala. 43. With reference to the 'revolt of the year' who of the following was betrayed by 'friend' captured and put to death by the British? A) Khan Bahadur Khan. B) Nana Sahib. C) Tantya Tope. D) Kunwar Singh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tantya Tope. 44. The city of Athens gave the world A) Autocracy. B) Oligarchy. C) Dictatorship. D) Democracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Democracy. 45. Who is commonly known as the 'Navigator'? A) King John II. B) Pope Alexander VI. C) Price Henry. D) King Emmanuel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Price Henry. 46. Which of the following British official associated with the local self-government? A) Lord Dufferin. B) Lord Ripon. C) Lord Mayo. D) Lord Northbrook. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lord Ripon. 47. Which one among the following was part of Gandhilrwin Agreement of 1931? A) Nehru to represent Congress at the Round Table Conference of 1931. B) Release of political prisoners excepting those guilty of arson and violence. C) Deletion of communal question from the agenda of the conference. D) Stern action against policemen guilty of brutal assault on Satyagrahis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Release of political prisoners excepting those guilty of arson and violence. 48. The British East India Company ceased to be a trading Company via which among the following legislation? A) Charter Act of 1833. B) Government of India Act 1858. C) Charter Act of 1813. D) Pitts India Act of 1784. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Charter Act of 1833. 49. Who among the following was the lowest in rank in the Maratha infantry? A) Hawaldar. B) Hazari. C) Nayak. D) Zumladar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hawaldar. 50. Who among the following was not a Saka ruler? A) Menander. B) Nahapana. C) Sodassa. D) Rudradaman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Menander. 51. Who among the following kings formed a confederacy of Hindu kings against Mahmud of Ghazni? A) Jaipala. B) Anandapala. C) Both Jaipala and Anandpala. D) Anangapala. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both Jaipala and Anandpala. 52. Who among the following is remembered for the annulment of the Partition of Bengal? A) Lord Hardinge. B) Lord Minto. C) Lord Curzon. D) Lord Chelmsford. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lord Hardinge. 53. The Polygars were A) Chiefs subordinate to the nayakas the Vijaynagar kingdoms. B) House-traders from Afghanistan during the Mughal period. C) Agents of the European companies for purchase of silk and Muslin in Bengal. D) A famous caste of Bankers of Marwars. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chiefs subordinate to the nayakas the Vijaynagar kingdoms. 54. Nagarjuna is known as the Einstein of India because: A) Like Einstein he had a rare insight into the nature of the universe. B) He was one of the greatest physicists of all time. C) He propounded the theory of shunyavada similar to Einstein's theory of relativity. D) He was a great dialectician. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He propounded the theory of shunyavada similar to Einstein's theory of relativity. 55. Which one was the Port of Cheras? A) Tandai. B) Korkai. C) Kaveripattanam. D) Muzisir. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Muzisir. 56. What is meant by Mughalai? A) Infantry of the Mughals. B) Mughal territories from which Chauth was claimed. C) Very rich food. D) Royal household. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mughal territories from which Chauth was claimed. 57. The paintings of Palaeolithic age have not been found in A) Kaimur range. B) Mirzapur District. C) Maski. D) Sangapur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maski. 58. Why did Shivaji decide to collect 'Chauth' and 'Sardeshmukhi'? A) Because of the opposition of Muslim rulers. B) To expand his territories. C) To increase the source of income. D) To consolidate his political influence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To increase the source of income. 59. Who among the following is known as the 'father of renaissance' of Western India? A) M.G. Ranade. B) B.M. Malabari. C) R. G. Bhandarkar. D) K.T. Telang. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) M.G. Ranade. 60. Who among the following Chinese travelers visited the Kingdoms of Harsrhavardhana and Kumar Bhaskar Varma? A) Hiuen Tsang. B) I-Tsing. C) Fa-Hien. D) Sun Shuyun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hiuen Tsang. ← 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