This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Exam Based > Miscellenous Questions – Quiz 29 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Miscellenous Questions Quiz 29 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which one of the following places was a mint centre of the Yaudheyas? A) Mathura. B) Bareilly. C) Bayana. D) Rohtak. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rohtak. 2. The Black Death was caused by A) A disease spread by rats. B) Malnutrition. C) Wounds suffered during the Hundred Years War. D) Lack of vaccines. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lack of vaccines. 3. Who addressed whom as the spiritual father of Indian Nationalism? A) Bipinchandra Pal - Swami Dayanand Saraswati. B) Lala Hardayal - Tilak. C) Balgangadhar Tilak - Madan Mohan Malviya. D) Subhashchandra Bose - Swami Vivekanand. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subhashchandra Bose - Swami Vivekanand. 4. Which of the following schools of philosophy is NOT considered as belonging to Astika tradition? A) Carvaka. B) Nyaya. C) Mima.sa. D) Samkhya. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carvaka. 5. Which of the following is the oldest mon-ument? A) Khajuraho. B) Ajanta Caves. C) Qutub Minar. D) Taj Mahal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ajanta Caves. 6. Who founded the Sri Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam? A) Narayan Guru. B) Gopal Hari Deshmukh. C) Daya Nand Saraswati. D) Periyar Swami. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Narayan Guru. 7. Why was the Second Round Table Conference failed? A) Suspension of Civil Disobedience Movement. B) Grant of Dominion Status. C) Priority to be given to communal question. D) Date of transfer of power. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Priority to be given to communal question. 8. What group conquered Constantinople in 1453? A) Kievan Rus. B) Ottomans. C) Bulgarians. D) Greco-Romans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kievan Rus. 9. Which was NOT a reform that Akbar introduced to India? A) He made Sanskrit the official language of the empire. B) He welcomed Hindus at court and in the government. C) He lowered taxes. D) He abolished forcible conversions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He made Sanskrit the official language of the empire. 10. The founder of Portuguese power in India was A) Danes. B) Salsette. C) Vasco-da-gama. D) Albuquerque. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Albuquerque. 11. The theory of Agnikula is related to the origin of? A) Shudras. B) Vaishyas. C) Rajput. D) Brahmins. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rajput. 12. Which Maratha saint is most importantly known for social reform, national regeneration and the rise of Maratha power? A) Vaman Pandit. B) Samartha Ramdas. C) Eknath. D) Tukaram. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Samartha Ramdas. 13. Who was the Killedar of Purandar Fort? A) Sambhaji. B) Murar Baji Prabhu. C) Babajij. D) Tnanji. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Murar Baji Prabhu. 14. Which of the following was not the result of the Kalinga War? A) The number of casualties of combatants and noncombatants is stated to have been around four lakhs. B) The strength of the Mauryan army was curtailed. C) The cruel consequences of war revolutionized the personality and public policies of Ashoka. D) He wages no wars after the Kalinga War. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The strength of the Mauryan army was curtailed. 15. The Muslim ruler who conquered the kingdom of Bundelkhand in 1203 A.D? A) Muhammad Ghazni. B) Muhammad Bin Quasim. C) Iltutmish. D) Qutb-ud-din Aibak. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Qutb-ud-din Aibak. 16. Indian influence in Southeast Asia dates from the time of: A) Harsha. B) Porus. C) Ashoka. D) Buddha. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ashoka. 17. Of the four events mentioned below, which one was chronologically the last to take place? A) Election of July 1946. B) The offer of the Cabinet Mission Plan. C) Muslim League joining the Interim Government. D) Simla conference. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Muslim League joining the Interim Government. 18. The Sepoy Mutiny broke out on May 10, 1857 at ..... A) Jhansi. B) Meerut. C) Agra. D) Gwalior. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meerut. 19. Who among the following had read the English version of Presidential address in the Tripuri Session of Indian National Congress, 1939? A) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. B) Acharya Narendra Deo. C) Sarat Chandra Bose. D) Subhash Chandra Bose. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subhash Chandra Bose. 20. What was the original name Vishalgad? A) Rajgad. B) Pratapgad. C) Khelana. D) Rayari. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Khelana. 21. The birthplace of Swami Vivekananda is in which of the following cities? A) Balasore. B) Cuttack. C) Kushinagar. D) Calcutta. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Calcutta. 22. Roshan Akhtar was another name of A) Ahmed Shah. B) Jahandar Shah. C) Shah Alam. D) Muhammad Shah. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Muhammad Shah. 23. Who among the following preached the gospel of love? A) Namadev. B) Kabir. C) Gnandeva. D) Ekanath. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Namadev. 24. Consider the following 'India would be far more reliable as a base for operations. Moreover, the prospect of a settlement will be greatly enhanced by the disappearance of Gandhi, who had for years torpedoed every attempt at a settlement.' The above statement was made by the British in the context of A) Quit India Movement. B) Kheda Satyagraha. C) Civil Disobedience Movement. D) Non-Cooperation Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quit India Movement. 25. When did Akbar abolish the slavery and protected human rights? A) 1585. B) 1583. C) 1582. D) 1584. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1582. 26. The world is God and God is my soul is the philosophy contained in the A) Vedas. B) Upanishads. C) Puranas. D) Brahamanas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Upanishads. 27. Under the dual government in Bengal, the administration was carried on by - A) The East India Company and the British government. B) The British government and the Indian government. C) The East India Company and the Nawab of Bengal. D) The English Company and the Mughal emperor of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The East India Company and the Nawab of Bengal. 28. Name the great Hindu King who combined in himself the qualities of Samudragupta and Ashoka? A) Chandragupta II. B) Kanishka. C) Harshavardhana. D) Chandragupta I. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harshavardhana. 29. The Ramaka Sidhanta and Paulisa Siddhanta, freely alluded to by the great Indian astronomer Varahmihira, indicate: A) Knowledge of Roman geography. B) Adoption of western astronomical terms by the Indian astronomers. C) Close interaction between Roman and Indian astronomers. D) Roman influence on Indian astronomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Roman influence on Indian astronomy. 30. Which one of the following inscriptions refers to the invasion of the Hunas during the reign of Skandagupta? A) Sanchi. B) Bhitari. C) Junagarh. D) Mathura. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Junagarh. 31. Who among the following was the Viceroy of India at the time of the formation of Indian National Congress? A) Lord Dufferin. B) Lord Ripon. C) Lord Lansdowne. D) Lord Mayo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lord Dufferin. 32. Archaeological evidence from Nagal, Katpalon, Dhradheri & Bhagwanpura indicate that the late Harrappans & the Painted Grey- ware using people A) Came into contact, but lived in different settlements in the same area. B) Came into contact & lived in the same settlements. C) Never lived together. D) Came into contact, but never lived together. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Came into contact, but lived in different settlements in the same area. 33. Which one of the following travellers is not associated with the description of the glories of Vijayanagar kingdom? A) Ibn Batuta. B) Nuniz. C) Paes. D) Abdur Razzaq. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ibn Batuta. 34. The prominent ruler of Prathihara dynasty Bhoja I ruled from A) 870-880 A.D. B) 840-890 A.D. C) 850-860 A.D. D) 860-870 A.D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 840-890 A.D. 35. The architect of Taj Mahal belonged to? A) France. B) Italy. C) Egypt. D) Turkey. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Italy. 36. Which one of the following is not correct about the Cabinet Mission Plan? A) Provincial grouping. B) Interim Cabinet of Indians. C) Acceptance of Pakistan. D) Constitution framing right. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acceptance of Pakistan. 37. Panipat is modern A) Kurukshetra. B) Delhi. C) Sonepat. D) Faridabad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kurukshetra. 38. Who among the following Bhakti Saints scored a triumph over the Saivas in public debate at the court of Krishna Deva Raya of Vijayanagar? A) Guru Nanak. B) Chaitanya Maha Prabhu. C) Shankaracharya. D) Vallabhacharya. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vallabhacharya. 39. Who organized the Satyagraha Sabha whose members took a pledge to disobey the Rowlatt Acts? A) Mahatma Gandhi. B) Saifuddin Kitchlew. C) Maulana Shaukat Ali. D) Motilal Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mahatma Gandhi. 40. Which of the following states of India did not form part of the Mauryan empire? A) Kerala. B) Tamil Nadu. C) Both A and B above. D) Kashmir. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both A and B above. 41. The drain theory of Dadabhai Naoroji was formally accepted in which among the ses-sions of the Indian National Congress? A) Benaras session, 1905. B) Calcutta session, 1906. C) Surat session, 1907. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 42. Who among the following had joined Akbar's Din-i-Ilahi? A) Man Singh. B) Surjan Rai. C) Birbal. D) Bhagwan Das. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Birbal. 43. In what way did the early nationalists undermine the moral foundations of the British rule with great success? A) By seeking the support of the Indians living abroad. B) By seeking foreign help against the British. C) By advocating open revolt. D) By their agitation for Constitutional reforms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By their agitation for Constitutional reforms. 44. Which among the following wars Muhammad Ghori did not participate himself in India? A) Battle against Kannauj in 1194. B) Against Khokharas in 1205. C) Against Chalukyas of Anhilawada in 1197-98. D) Battle of Tarain in 1191. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Against Chalukyas of Anhilawada in 1197-98. 45. Ibn Khaldun was an: A) Architect. B) Historian. C) Muhaddith. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Muhaddith. 46. When and by whom were the Portuguese driven out of Hughli in Bengal? A) 1650-Prince Murad. B) 1631-Qasim Khan. C) 1625-Shaista Khan. D) 1666-Prince Shuja. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1631-Qasim Khan. 47. By the enactment of British Parliament when did the East India Company cease to be a trading Company? A) 1773 A.D. B) 1813 A.D. C) 1833 A.D. D) 1784 A.D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1833 A.D. 48. Which of the following became the most important city of northern India under Harsha? A) Ujjain. B) Pataliputra. C) Thaneswar. D) Kanauj. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kanauj. 49. Eran is a Chalcolithic site belonging to which culture? A) Jorwe culture. B) Mahwa culture. C) Ganeshwar culture. D) Ahar culture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mahwa culture. 50. When Ala-ud-din Khilji forbade his nobles the use of wine, intimate relations and abundance of wealth, and confiscated their endowments and inams, he aimed at A) Preventing the treachery of nobles. B) Gathering more wealth for himself. C) Enhancing king's dignity. D) Setting an example for his Hindu subjects. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Preventing the treachery of nobles. 51. The beautiful wooden railings in the sanchi stupa were made during the reign of? A) Satavahanas. B) Harsha. C) Ashoka. D) Guptas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Guptas. 52. Barabar caves are associated with A) Ajivikas. B) A Buddhist. C) Digambaras. D) Svetambaras. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ajivikas. 53. Which one of the following is a commentary on the Digha Nikaya? A) Dipavamsa. B) Sumangala vilisini. C) Lalitvistara. D) Nitiprakaranam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dipavamsa. 54. Which of the following was a great customs port with an artificial harbour? A) Puhar (Kaveripumpattinam). B) Uraiyur. C) Musiri or Muziris. D) Tondi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Puhar (Kaveripumpattinam). 55. Which of the following cannot be considered a cause for the rise of Extremism? A) The reactionary policies of Lord Lytton. B) The failure of the moderates to achieve anything significant through their methods. C) Serious problem of unemployment among the educated Indians. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The reactionary policies of Lord Lytton. 56. Sculptures of the Gandhara School reflect the influence of the A) Greeks. B) Persians. C) Romans. D) Chinese. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Greeks. 57. The Partition of Bengal made by Lord Curzon in 1905 lasted until A) Movement. B) . C) The Partition of India in 1947 when East Bengal became East Pakistan. D) The First World War when Indian troops were needed by the British and the partition was ended. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Movement. 58. Which of the following is not true about the Muslim League? A) It was established by the Nawab Salimullah. B) The league supported the partition of Bengal. C) The league opposed the Swadeshi movement. D) It was established in Calcutta in 1906. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was established in Calcutta in 1906. 59. Which one of the following statements about Rousseau is correct? A) He added nothing to the theories of Hobbes and Locke beyond combining their views. B) He perfected the theory of Social Contract. C) He repudiated the theory of Contract altogether. D) He transformed the theory of Contract into an idealist mode of political discourse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He transformed the theory of Contract into an idealist mode of political discourse. 60. Which one among the following principles was not propagated by the Theosophical Society? A) Belief in Vedantic Philosophy. B) Belief in Universal Brotherhood and Humanity. C) Belief in the Eradication of Untouchability. D) Belief in Karma and Rebirth. 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