This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Exam Based > Miscellenous Questions – Quiz 30 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Miscellenous Questions Quiz 30 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 'Kumarsambhavam' describes the story of birth of A) Kartikeya. B) Pradyumna. C) Sanatkumara. D) Abhimanyu. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kartikeya. 2. Who was the monarch of Britain at the time of commencement of the Government of India Act, 1858? A) William IV. B) Edward VII. C) George V. D) Victoria. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Victoria. 3. Brihadaranyaka is A) An Upnishada. B) ASaxnriti. C) A treatise on Political Science. D) A Mahakavya. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An Upnishada. 4. Who said Ram and Rahim are the two different name of the same God? A) Nanak. B) Ramdas. C) Akbar. D) Kabir. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kabir. 5. Who formed the INDIAN LEAGUE in london? A) Bhikaji cama. B) Annie besant. C) Shyamji krishna verma. D) VK Krishna Menon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shyamji krishna verma. 6. The head of which of the following was supposed to be known as ganapati or jyeshtha? A) Tribe. B) Tribal republic. C) Family. D) Sabha. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tribal republic. 7. The earliest Indian coins are not earlier than A) 5th century B.C. B) 7th century B.C. C) 3rd century B.C. D) 2nd century A.D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5th century B.C. 8. Curzon Wyllie, who was murdered by Modan Lal Dhingra in London, was A) Adviser to the Secretary of State for India. B) Governor of Bengal. C) Secretary of State for India. D) Law Member. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adviser to the Secretary of State for India. 9. Pick out the wrong statement with respect to the Neolithic sites of Burzahom and Gufkral. A) The excavations yield lots of bone tools. B) Bones of animals such as goat, sheep, cattle are seen. C) Pit dwellings were seen in both the sites. D) The sites were predominantly pastoral economics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The sites were predominantly pastoral economics. 10. Official stamping of weights and measures and their periodical inspection are prescribed by A) Narada. B) Manu. C) Brihaspati. D) Parasara. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Manu. 11. Aurbindo Ghosh was defended in the Alipur conspiracy case by A) Chitranjan Das. B) Tej Bahadur Sapru. C) Jawahar Lal Nehru. D) Motilal Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chitranjan Das. 12. Which one of the following statements about the rule of Saadat Khan in Awadh is not correct? A) He suppressed the lawless and rebellious zamindars and thus increased the financial resources of his government. B) He took several steps to improve trade and commerce. C) He carried out a fresh revenue settlement. D) He improved the lot of the peasants by levying equitable land revenue and by protecting them from oppressive zamindars. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He took several steps to improve trade and commerce. 13. Which of the following is/are the compositions of Kabir? A) Bijak & Sakhi Granth. B) Kabir Granthawali & Anurag Sagar. C) Only B. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 14. Who was the architect of Communal Award? A) Lord Reading. B) Lord Linlithgow. C) Ramsay Macdonald. D) Lord Irwin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ramsay Macdonald. 15. The revolt of the Khasis against the British was led by A) Utirat Singh. B) Titu Mir. C) Surendra Sai. D) Birsa Munda. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Utirat Singh. 16. The Sufi concept of Anal Haq was inspired by the following concept of Vedanta A) Tat Twam Asi (that thou art). B) Ekam Advaitam (one without the second). C) Aham Brahmasmi (I am the supreme spirit). D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aham Brahmasmi (I am the supreme spirit). 17. A story of Sunahsesha, in which his father Ajigarta is stated to have sold him to Harishchandra, occurs in: A) Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. B) Svetasvatara Upanishad. C) Aitareya Brahmana. D) Gopatha Brahmana. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aitareya Brahmana. 18. The Ivory scale is found from. A) Harappa. B) Kalibangan. C) Lothal. D) Mohenjodaro. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mohenjodaro. 19. The Presidents of early English Settlements (Madras, Bombay and Calcutta) were responsible to ..... A) The Home Government of the Company. B) The House of Common. C) The House of Lords. D) The Council of Senior Merchants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Home Government of the Company. 20. In many traditional Asian families: A) Girls, but not boys, were given a good education. B) Boys were spoiled and raised to be dependent on others. C) Children were neglected until about the age of seven. D) All children were treated equally. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Boys were spoiled and raised to be dependent on others. 21. Who among the following had given the doctrine of Advaita or Monism? A) Sankara. B) Saivaite Nayanmars. C) Vashnavaite Alwars. D) Tukaram. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sankara. 22. Which one of the following Muslim leaders joined the Home Rule League founded by Annie Besant? A) Mohammed Ali Jinnah. B) Abul Kalam Azad. C) Mohammed Iqbal. D) Syed Ahmad Khan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mohammed Ali Jinnah. 23. Which of the following was NOT a feature in the life of Robert Clive? A) Retiring and becoming a respected member of Parliament. B) Driving the French from India. C) Returning to India in an attempt to reform company practices. D) Defeating the Bengalis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Retiring and becoming a respected member of Parliament. 24. Which colour was commonly used in Ha-rappan pottery? A) Blue-green. B) Red. C) Blue. D) Buff. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red. 25. Russian revolutionary, who founded the Communist Party was A) Lenin. B) Stalin. C) Karl Marx. D) Trotsky. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lenin. 26. Who among the following arrived in the court of Jahangir as an official ambassador of King of England? A) William Hawkins. B) Thomas roe. C) Edward Terry. D) Bernier. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thomas roe. 27. Identify the prominent members of the "Servants of India Society" . (1) N.M. Joshi (2) N.H. Kunzru (3) Shri Ram Bajpai (4) Jyotiba Phule (5) Gopal Ganesh Agarkar A) 1, 2, 3. B) 3, 4, 5. C) 1, 4, 5. D) 2, 3, 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1, 2, 3. 28. Which of the following statements regarding the collections of revenue is not correct? A) Ayakkarar was the revenue accountant who collected trade and transit duties. B) The royal seal was fixed on the packet of imported and exported goods after realizing the custom duties. C) The leading members of the cowherds community paid revenue in the form of milk and milk products. D) Orrar was in charge of the Revenue Department. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Orrar was in charge of the Revenue Department. 29. The treaty of Allahabad took place between..... A) Shuja-ud-daulah. Robert Clive and Shah Alam II. B) Shuja-ud-daulah, Mir Jafar and Shah Alam II. C) Shuja-ud-daulah, Wajid Ali Shah and Shah Alam II. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shuja-ud-daulah. Robert Clive and Shah Alam II. 30. Hughly was used as a base for piracy in the Bay of Bengal by A) The Portuguese. B) The British. C) The French. D) The Danish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Portuguese. 31. Abul Fazal refers in his writings to the A) Methods of distillation. B) Working of telescope. C) Principal of Gravitation. D) Technique of Metal Casting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Technique of Metal Casting. 32. Traditionally, Asians tended to regard nature as: A) A force with which man must establish harmony. B) Something to be conquered. C) An entity of little importance. D) An enemy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A force with which man must establish harmony. 33. Who among the following leaders escaped from the prison and organised underground activities during the Quit Indian Movement? A) Jayaprakash Narayan. B) Ram Manohar Lohia. C) Achyut Patwardhan. D) J.B. Kriplani. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jayaprakash Narayan. 34. Which one of the following is a toll, tax mentioned in early Tamil literature? A) Ulgu. B) Uruporal. C) Paduporul. D) Iduporul. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ulgu. 35. Which of the following was the court language during the reign of Akbar? A) Arabic. B) Urdu. C) Hindi. D) Persian. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Persian. 36. Who exhorted people to give up selfishness, falsehood and hypocrisy and to lead a life of truth, honesty and kindness? A) Vallabhacharya. B) Guru Nanak. C) Kabir. D) Nimbarka. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Guru Nanak. 37. Kaviraja Malavachakravartin was the title of A) Chandradeva. B) Bhoja. C) Vishaladeva. D) Jayachandra. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bhoja. 38. The plot of Ancient Indian play Mudrarakshasa of Visakhadutt is- A) The court intrigues at the time of Chandragupta Maurya. B) A story of the power struggle between Aryans and lower caste people. C) Story of asura king Ravana. D) Fight between demon bhasmasura and lord siva. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The court intrigues at the time of Chandragupta Maurya. 39. The Buland Darwaza was built to mark Akbar's conquest of A) Malwa. B) Gujarat. C) Chittor. D) Awadh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gujarat. 40. Where was the Devdasi System prevailed in India? A) East India. B) Southern India. C) Northern India. D) West India. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Southern India. 41. Which one of the following statements is not correct about Bahadur Shah Zafar? A) He was an emperor without empire. B) He succeeded to the throne in 1845 A.D. C) He was a warrior without any war experience. D) Hassan Askari was his spiritual guide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He succeeded to the throne in 1845 A.D. 42. 'Live well, as long as you live. Live well even by borrowings, for once cremated, there is no return'. The rejection of after life is an aphorism of the- A) Ajivikas. B) Charvakas. C) Kapalika sect. D) Sunyavada of Nagarjuna. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Charvakas. 43. The eulogies or "prashasti" among the following inscriptions: I. Aihole Inscription of Pulakesin II. II. Allahabad Pillar Inscription of Samudra Gupta. III. Junagarh Inscription of Rudradaman. IV. Hathigumpha Inscription of Kharavela. A) II and III are only correct. B) I and II are only correct. C) I, III and IV are correct. D) I, II and III are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I and II are only correct. 44. - the pre- Islamic era is known as: A) Modern age. B) Age of ignorance. C) Golden age. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Age of ignorance. 45. After 1857, which of the following announced, at a Darbar at Allahabad, the assumption of the Government of India by the Sovereign of Great Britain? A) Lord Mayc. B) Lord Canning. C) Sir John Lawrence. D) Lord Northbrook. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lord Canning. 46. Work on the Grand Trunk Road from Calcutta to Delhi was begun by the company in A) 1839. B) 1843. C) 1836. D) 1840. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1839. 47. Dyer was ..... by the Government of Britain. A) Relieved of his service. B) Sentenced for life. C) Rewarded with honour. D) Sentenced to death. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Relieved of his service. 48. Hyder Ali consolidated his position after being, appointed the Faujdar of A) Devanhali. B) Dindigul. C) Arcot. D) Budikota. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dindigul. 49. Who is author of play NIL DARPAN? A) RN Tagore. B) DB Mitra. C) BC Hattopadhyay. D) Aurobindo Ghosh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) DB Mitra. 50. Depth and width of main drain in mohenjodaro is. A) 12'x 10'. B) 10'x 9'. C) 10'x 5'. D) 12'x 9'. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 10'x 5'. 51. Which Bhakti saint preached the concept of Visitadvaita? A) Ramanuja. B) Madhava. C) Sankara. D) Nimbarka. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ramanuja. 52. Which of the following are the basis tenants of Bhakti Movement? A) Ideas was the Bhakti movement--devotion to God. Bhakti to God was accepted as salvation. B) Spiritual sessions in meeting places known as zawiyas, khanqahs, or tekke. C) Ideas was the Bhakti movement--devotion to God with the help of a priest. Bhakti to God was accepted as damnation. D) Described as the interiorization, and intensification of human faith and practice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ideas was the Bhakti movement--devotion to God. Bhakti to God was accepted as salvation. 53. What was the rate of land revenue in the administration of Shivaji? A) 2/5 portion of the yield. B) 1/3 portion of the yield. C) 1/2 portion of the yield. D) 1/4 portion of the yield. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2/5 portion of the yield. 54. Identify the Englishman, who gave all the information about the "Black-Hole Episode" , though in a single-sided way. A) Stephenson. B) John Surman. C) Holwell. D) Minchin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Holwell. 55. Who preaches Visishtadvaita? A) Tulsidas. B) Sankara. C) Ramanuja. D) Saivaite Nayanmars. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ramanuja. 56. Vivian Derozio had been associated with the ..... movement. A) Young India. B) Swadeshi. C) Young Bengal. D) Back to the Vedas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Young Bengal. 57. Which of the following was not one of the reasons for the failure of dhamma? A) It was too vague a solution, because the problems lay at the very roots of the system. B) It failed to provide a solution to the problems which it set out to solve. C) It was too idealistic a concept, which could not break the social and sectarian barriers. D) Ashoka's excessive enthusiasm produced a reaction against it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was too idealistic a concept, which could not break the social and sectarian barriers. 58. The achievements of Samudragupta are described in the: A) Hathigumpha inscription. B) Allahabad pillar inscription. C) Girnar inscription. D) Sarnath inscription. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allahabad pillar inscription. 59. The largest grant of villages to temples and brahmana was given by the ruling dynasty known as A) The Palas. B) Pratiharas. C) The Guptas. D) Rashtrakutas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Guptas. 60. Which one of the following buildings is NOT located in Fatehpur Sikri? A) Panch Mahal. B) Buland Darwaza. C) Qila-i-Kuhna mosque. D) Anup Talao. 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