This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Exam Based > Miscellenous Questions – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Miscellenous Questions Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which one of the following native states were annexed by the British on the basis of the Doctrine of Lapse? A) Punjab. B) Mysore. C) Jhansi. D) Avadh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jhansi. 2. Swami Dayanand (1) Attacked the spread of western sciences. (2) Organised social services during natural calamities, like floods, droughts, epidemics, etc. (3) Encouraged inter-caste marriages and widow remarriage. (4) Opposed child marriages and polygamy. A) 2 & 3. B) All of the above. C) 1, 2, 4. D) 2, 3, 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2, 3, 4. 3. Which of the following books does not match with its author? A) R. C. Dutt-'Economic History of India'. B) D. R. Gadgil-'Indian Industry, Today and Tomorrow'. C) Dadabhai Naoroji-'Poverty and Un-British Rule in India'. D) Mahatma Gandhi-'Hind Swaraj'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) D. R. Gadgil-'Indian Industry, Today and Tomorrow'. 4. Who among these devotional saints was a cobler? A) Raidas. B) Surdas. C) Tulsidas. D) Malukdas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Raidas. 5. The resolution for non-cooperation was passed by A) By the Congress at the special session held in Calcutta in 1920. B) By the Khilafat Committee. C) By Gandhi immediately after the Jallianwalla Bagh Tragedy. D) Simultaneously by the Congress and Khilafat Committee. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By the Congress at the special session held in Calcutta in 1920. 6. What was the Rigvedic name of river Ravi? A) Kubha. B) Vitasta. C) Parushni. D) Vipas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parushni. 7. Which of the following statement is not correct about The French East India Company? A) The French East India Company was formed in 1764 AD. B) They established their first company in Surat. C) The French East India Company took hold of Yanam in 1723 AD, Mahe on Malabar Coast in 1725 AD and Karaikal in 1739 AD. D) The French East India Company was formed during the reign of King Louis XIV. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The French East India Company was formed in 1764 AD. 8. Chalukya ruler, Pulakesin II defeated A) Samudragupta. B) Dharmpala. C) Harshavardhana. D) Chandragupta II. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harshavardhana. 9. Find out the non-precursor of the 1857 revolt A) Sanyasi Revolt. B) Ulgulan. C) Faraizi Revolt. D) Santhal Rising. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ulgulan. 10. Sawai Raja Jai Singh was the ruler of..... A) Satara. B) Amber. C) Ajmer. D) Kannauj. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amber. 11. The provincial govt. of india were given more powers under the system of Dyarchy in the year? A) 1892. B) 1935. C) 1909. D) 1919. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1919. 12. Which among the following was the venue of the Second Round Table Conference at Lon-don? A) Kingsley Palace. B) Buckingham Palace. C) St. James Palace. D) 10, Downing Street. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) St. James Palace. 13. The unusually excessive proliferation of castes in the early medieval period was mostly due to A) Occupational groups turning into castes. B) Increasing greater absorption of tribes as castes. C) Increasing Varnasamkara. D) Religious sects being converted into castes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Increasing Varnasamkara. 14. In ..... the Tran family founded the Le Dynasty: A) 1155. B) 1700. C) 1075. D) 1225. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1225. 15. Which Pratihara King patronized the well known poet Rajasekhara? A) Mihirabhoja. B) Vatsaraja. C) Nagabhatta II. D) Mahipala. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mahipala. 16. Which of the following is a correct chronological sequence? A) Qutub Minar, Fatehpur Sikri, Taj Mahal. B) Ta Mahal, Fatehpur Sikri, Qutub Miner. C) Fatehpur Sikri, Taj Mahal, Qutub Minar. D) Qutub Minar, Taj Mahal, Fatehpur Sikri. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Qutub Minar, Fatehpur Sikri, Taj Mahal. 17. The Delhi Madarasa known as 'Khairul Manazil' was built by A) Shah Begum. B) Gulbadan Begum. C) Hamida Bano Begum. D) Maham Angah. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Maham Angah. 18. What was the provocation behind the damand of separate electorate etc. under fourteen points of Jinnah? A) Fear of the majority rule. B) Communal politics of Hindu Mahasabha and Sikh League. C) Disagreement with the proposals contained in the Nehru report. D) The challenge of the British government for drawing up an agreed Constitution of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Disagreement with the proposals contained in the Nehru report. 19. The Church had great power over people during the middle Ages because A) It controlled food production. B) It provided them with education. C) It decided who could achieve salvation. D) It protected them in times of warfare. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It decided who could achieve salvation. 20. Who was the most prominent ruler of the Chandela dynasty? A) Bhoja. B) Jayachandra. C) Krishna. D) Dhanga. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dhanga. 21. Akbar's successor was: A) Aurangzeb. B) Shah Jahan. C) Nur Jahan. D) Jahangir. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jahangir. 22. Indian culture was made known to England largely through: A) The writings of Dickens. B) Robert Clive's journals. C) The work of the Orientalists. D) The London Times. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The work of the Orientalists. 23. Why was Bombay handed over to the British by the Portuguese? A) The defeat of the Spanish Armada by the British in 1588. B) The marriage of Charles II with The Portuguese princes Catherine of Braganza. C) Due to Portuguese independence from Spain. D) The Portuguese handed it over to the British after a peace-treaty in Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The marriage of Charles II with The Portuguese princes Catherine of Braganza. 24. The significance of the Bengal Regulation of 1793 lies in the fact that? A) It accommodated the personal laws of Hin-du and Muslims. B) It provided for the appointment of the Indian Law Commission. C) It provided for the establishment of the Su-preme Court. D) It restricted the application of English law to English men only. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It accommodated the personal laws of Hin-du and Muslims. 25. On what basis is it held that on the east the province of Vanga (part of modern Bengal) formed part of the Mauryan empire? A) Buddhist traditions associate Ashoka with propagation of Buddhism in Bengal. B) Discovery of Ashokan edicts in this part of Bengal. C) Megasthenes' Indica mentions Chandragupta's conquest of the region. D) Tamralipti, the principal port of the area, was one of the most important maritime centres during the Mauryan period. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tamralipti, the principal port of the area, was one of the most important maritime centres during the Mauryan period. 26. A Tamil king who is said to have sent the earliest embassy to Augustus at Athens about 20 BC was a ..... king: A) Pandyan. B) Chola. C) Chera. D) Pallava. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pandyan. 27. Who was the author of the book Taj-ul-Maasir? A) Abul Fazl. B) Jahangir. C) Hasan Nizami. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hasan Nizami. 28. Which of the following works taken up even after the decline of the movement? A) Fight for women's rights and education. B) Carry forward Raja Ram Mohan Roy's tradition of public education on social, economic and political questions. C) Took up farmers issues and fought for their better treatment and against oppressive zamindars. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 29. Indo-Pak border is known as A) Line of Control. B) Redcliffe Line. C) Mc Mohan Line. D) Durand Line. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Redcliffe Line. 30. Atala Mosque is associated with? A) Sultans of delhi. B) Rohilla Rural. C) Mughal. D) Sharqi rular. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sharqi rular. 31. The policy of Doctrine of lapse was introduced by . A) Lord William Bentinck,. B) Lord Macaulay. C) Lord Wellesley,. D) Lord Dalhousie. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lord Dalhousie. 32. Which of the following is known as the Turning of the Wheel of Law (Dharma- Chakrapravartana)? A) The extinction of karma leading to the achievement of nirvana. B) The first sermon preached by the Buddha at the Deer Park at Sarnath. C) The practice of setting the wheels in motion everyday in the morning in the sanghas. D) The continuous existence of human beings like the wheel of causes and effects. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The first sermon preached by the Buddha at the Deer Park at Sarnath. 33. Which one of the following statements about Mohenjo-Daro is correct? A) The houses were made of cut and polished stone. B) Axes, chisels, knives and fish-hook were all made of iron. C) The floor of the Great was made of burnt brick. D) Gold ornaments were unknown to the inhabitants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The floor of the Great was made of burnt brick. 34. Which of the following is not associated with growth of cave art? A) Mahabalipuram. B) Amaranth. C) Karle. D) Bagh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amaranth. 35. Which of the following Bhakti sect founded by Birbhan and their religious granth is revered like the Granth of the Sikhs? A) Satnamis. B) Vaishanavism. C) Shaivism. D) Pothi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Satnamis. 36. It is stated that the incidents of Barrack pore were repeated at other places. The place which remained unperturbed was A) Ambala. B) Lahore. C) Lucknow. D) Meerut. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lahore. 37. Who was the king to organize Asht Pradhan? A) Tipu Sultan. B) Akbar. C) Shivaji. D) Krishnadeva Ray. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shivaji. 38. Mahmud Gawan was a Prime Minister of the.....kingdom. A) Sultanate. B) Vijaynagar. C) Mughal. D) Bahmani. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bahmani. 39. The ruins of the Vijayanagara at Hampi were brought to light in 1800 by A) Colonel Colin Mackenzie. B) Sir John Shore. C) Andrew Fraser. D) John Marshall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Colonel Colin Mackenzie. 40. Mahatma Gandhi undertook fast unto death in September 1932 because A) He wanted to expedite the declaration of complete independence for India. B) He disapproved of the provision of separate electorates for the depressed classes in the British Prime Minister's Communal Award. C) There was dissidence in the Congress. D) There was a communal riot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He disapproved of the provision of separate electorates for the depressed classes in the British Prime Minister's Communal Award. 41. Rigvedic people invoked Indra for A) Acquisition of knowledge. B) A life after death. C) Release from the cycle, of births and deaths. D) Material comforts and victory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Material comforts and victory. 42. Meter Scale has been discovered from A) Chandudaro. B) Banawali. C) Harappa. D) Kalibagan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harappa. 43. The other name of Brihadeshwara Temple A) Rajarajeswara temple. B) Madhurai Temple. C) Cholapuram Temple. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rajarajeswara temple. 44. Tuluva Narasa who ruled the Vijayanagara Empire for the period 1491-1503 belonged to which dynasty? A) Saluva Dynasty. B) Aravidu Dynasty. C) Tuluva Dynasty. D) Sangama Dynasty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tuluva Dynasty. 45. The trade which was virtually monopolised by the European merchants in india, was : A) Import trade. B) Textile export. C) Export trade in Agriculture produce. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Textile export. 46. Who said that the religion was highly practical and sternly ethical? A) Guru Nanak. B) Kabir. C) Namadeva. D) Chaitanya. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Guru Nanak. 47. "An address to the working class" was drafted by A) Karl Peters. B) Stalin. C) Babeuf. D) Karl Marx. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Karl Marx. 48. Which dynasty initiated the dravidian style of architecture? A) Pallavas. B) Cholas. C) Vijayanagar. D) Chalukyas of Kalyani. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cholas. 49. Peshwaship was abolished in the year A) 1815. B) 1818. C) 1812. D) 1816. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1818. 50. Who was the biographer of A.O. Hume? A) W. Wederbirn. B) Lord Dufferin. C) J. Charles. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) W. Wederbirn. 51. The foundation of modern education system in India was laid by- A) The Charter Act of 1813. B) The Hunter Commission of 1882. C) Macaulay's Minutes of 1835. D) Wood's Despatch of 1854. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Macaulay's Minutes of 1835. 52. In 1913 - founded the Advaita Ashram at Aluva. A) Narayana Guru,. B) K.Madhavan. C) Mahatma Gandhi,. D) Chattambi Swamikal,. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Narayana Guru,. 53. The educated middle class in India: A) Opposed the revolt of 1857. B) Fought against native rulers. C) Remained neutral to the revolt of 1857. D) Supported the revolt of 1857. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Remained neutral to the revolt of 1857. 54. Which of the following sources provides a vivid description of Sindh? A) Insha-i-mehru. B) Tarikh-i-Firoz-Shahi. C) Khazainul Futuh. D) Chachnamah. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chachnamah. 55. Surat Port developed at the mouths of river A) Tapi. B) Kaveri. C) Godavari. D) Narmada. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tapi. 56. Ibn Batuta was a traveller from- A) China. B) Africa. C) Arab. D) Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Africa. 57. Which of the following statement about the institution of kingship during this period is not correct? A) The form of government was hereditary monarchy. B) The king, whose conquering expedition (march of Digvijaya) was led by a mysterious wheel of gold and gem, was called Chakravartin. C) The crown prince was called Komahan. D) In the Sangam literature we come across numerous instances of women rulers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In the Sangam literature we come across numerous instances of women rulers. 58. Who of the following was not one of the later Mauryas who succeeded Ashoka? A) Shalishuka. B) Dasharatha. C) Samprati. D) Shubhagasena. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shubhagasena. 59. Which one of the following important trade centers of ancient India was on the trade route connecting Kalyana with Vengi? A) Tagara. B) Tripuri. C) Sripura. D) Tamralipti. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sripura. 60. The Kailasha Temple is located in the caves of? A) Ellora. B) Elephanta. 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