This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Exam Based > Miscellenous Questions – Quiz 32 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Miscellenous Questions Quiz 32 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who made remarkable contribution to the development of Local government? A) Gladstone,. B) Hastings. C) W.W Hunter,. D) Lord Ripon,. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lord Ripon,. 2. The Egyptian calendar was a A) Lunar. B) Solar lunar. C) Solar. D) Religious calendar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lunar. 3. What was the valid reason for the decline in trade and commerce during the period of later Mughals? A) Poverty of the Mughal nobility. B) Closure of old routes of trade. C) Abuse of trade licence by European companies. D) Deterioration in law and order situation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deterioration in law and order situation. 4. Which among the following names is not associated with the theosophical society? A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak. B) Col. Occolt. C) Madame Blavatsky. D) Annie Besant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak. 5. Debasement of the coins and gradual disappearance of goldcoins during the post-Gupta period indicates A) Non-availability of gold. B) Decline of Trade. C) Decline of money economy. D) Cheapness of commodities, no need of gold-coins. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decline of Trade. 6. Which Rashtrakuta king composed the works 'Kavirajamarga', 'Ratnamalika' and 'Passanotaramalika'? A) Amoghavarsa I. B) Indra III. C) Krishna III. D) Krishna I. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amoghavarsa I. 7. At which place was Akbar born? A) Amarkot. B) Kannauj. C) Delhi. D) Agra. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amarkot. 8. An important reason for social and religious reforms in nineteenth century was A) Western education and awakening. B) Industrial revolution. C) Influence of Newspapers. D) Scientific inventions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Western education and awakening. 9. Which of the following was a common feature to all Bhakti Saints? A) They composed their verses in languages of the local people. B) They attacked caste system. C) They encouraged participation of women. D) They rejected priestly classes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They attacked caste system. 10. The name India was derived from the river name A) Krishna. B) Sindhu. C) Kaveri. D) Ganga. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sindhu. 11. Aurangzeb face toughest opposition from A) Marathas. B) Jats. C) Rajputs. D) Sultanates. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rajputs. 12. The highly polished monolithic Ashokan Pillars were carved out of single pieces of a buff-coloured sandstone, usually mined from the quarries of A) Chunar near Mirzapur. B) Udayagiri near Bhubaneshwar. C) Sarnath near Varanasi. D) Lauriya in Nandangarh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chunar near Mirzapur. 13. Abdul Hamid Lahori is the author of A) Muntakhab-ul-Tawarikh. B) Alamgir Nama. C) Padshah Nama. D) Muntakhab-ul-Lubab. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Padshah Nama. 14. After the end of the Revolt of 1857 the general formula followed for Bombay & Madras Presidencies was that the proportion between the European & Indian troops should be A) 1: 3. B) 1: 2. C) 2 3. D) 3 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1: 3. 15. The followers of which of the following sects worshipped the Ashoka Tree as God and carried in their hands a bunch of peacock feathers? A) Ajivika. B) Pashupata. C) Digambar Jain. D) Shakta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ajivika. 16. In the elections of 1937 the Muslim League's electoral Performance in the Muslim Majority provinces such as Sindh. Punjab and North West Frontier had been A) Very good. B) Very poor. C) Extremely good. D) Good. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Very poor. 17. Nagarjuna's Shunyavada is expounded in A) Yogachara. B) Vaibhashika. C) Sautrantilca. D) Madhyamika. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Madhyamika. 18. In which one of the following regions the earliest evidence of rice cultivation has come? A) Central Ganga Valley. B) Belan Valley. C) Gomal Valley. D) Bolan Valley. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Belan Valley. 19. Who was the Shahi ruler of Punjab defeated by Muhammad Ghazni? A) Nagabhatta. B) Prithviraj. C) Jayapala. D) Mahipala. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jayapala. 20. The Mausoleum of Rabia-ul Dauran was built at A) Aurangabad. B) Delhi. C) Lahore. D) Gulbarga. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aurangabad. 21. The animal picturized on most seals is. A) Buffalo. B) Jebu. C) Humped bull. D) Unicorn. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jebu. 22. Before ascending the Mauraya throne, Ashoka served as a Viceroy of A) Patliputra. B) Tosali. C) Kaushambi. D) Taxila. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Taxila. 23. Who among the following was responsible for making "Sikhism' a militant force? A) Guru Arjun Singh. B) Guru Har Govind Singh. C) Guru Teg Bahadur. D) Guru Govind Singh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Guru Har Govind Singh. 24. Everyone knows 'The Taj Mahal'. It was built by the Emperor Shah Jahan, but for whom? A) Jahani Mahal. B) Farida Mahal. C) Toba Begum. D) Mumtaz Mahal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mumtaz Mahal. 25. Which one among the following was not a demand of the Prarthana Samaj? A) Widow remarriage. B) Women education. C) Abolition of untouchability. D) Raising the age of marriage for boys and girls. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abolition of untouchability. 26. Who was the author of Amarkosha? A) Amar Kanta. B) Amarsingh. C) Chandragomina. D) Kalidasa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amarsingh. 27. At which place the All India Khilafat Conference was held in 1919? A) Delhi. B) Deoband. C) Aligarh. D) Lucknow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Delhi. 28. Ajanta Paintings are related with? A) Jainism. B) Shaktism. C) Buddhism. D) Brahmanism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Buddhism. 29. Kathak, Kapisthak, maitrayani, Taittriya and Vajsaneyi are the branches of . A) Rig Veda. B) Yajur Veda. C) Sama Veda. D) Atharvana Veda. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yajur Veda. 30. The Vikramshila Mahavihara, the renowed educational centre of Pala period at A) Basarh. B) Chandimau. C) Aphasad. D) Antichak. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antichak. 31. When did the Mahmud of Ghazni attack last on India? A) 1027 A.D. B) 1025 A.D. C) 1024 A.D. D) 1021-22 A.D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1027 A.D. 32. During the reign of which ruler Moroccan traveller Ibn Battuta visited India? A) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq. B) Aurangazeb. C) Akbar. D) Alauddin Khilji. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq. 33. The author of 'Poverty and Un- British Rule in India' is? A) R. C. Dutt. B) Surendra Nath Banerjee. C) Dadabhai Naoroji. D) Lala Lajpat Rai. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dadabhai Naoroji. 34. The ancient name of North Bihar was? A) Avanti. B) Surasena. C) Vatsa. D) Vajji. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vajji. 35. Fort William was situated in? A) Madras. B) Orissa. C) Calcutta. D) Machalipattnam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Calcutta. 36. When were Morley-Minto reforms took place? A) 1909. B) 1905. C) 1919. D) 1857. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1909. 37. The author of Historica is? A) Herodotus. B) Deodorus. C) Justin. D) Megasthenes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Herodotus. 38. What was another name of 'Pledge of Indian Independence'? A) Declaration of Independence. B) Declaration of Constitution. C) Declaration of Constituent Assembly. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Declaration of Independence. 39. Who of the following was responsible for the collection of taxes at the intermediate level of administration between the district and the village? A) Gopa. B) Prativedaka. C) Pulisa. D) Sthanika. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gopa. 40. Dilwara Temple is the example of? A) Jain architecture. B) Mughal architecture. C) ) Sultanate architecture. D) Buddhist architecture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jain architecture. 41. Assam was created a separate province when A) Curzon Partitioned Bengal in 1905. B) Partition of Bengal was annulled in 1911. C) Mmto announced Bengal the new reform proposals in 1905-1906. D) Montagu-Chamsford reforms were implemented in 1919. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Partition of Bengal was annulled in 1911. 42. The grant of 'Diwani' in Bengal, Bihar and Orissa was given to the English East India Company by the Treaty in 1765 with? A) Siraj-ud-daula. B) Francis Joseph Dupleix. C) Shah Alam II. D) Mir Qasim. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shah Alam II. 43. Which of the following edicts/inscriptions does not belong to the category directed to the sangha? A) Bhabra Edict. B) Kandahar Inscription. C) Nigalisagar Inscription. D) Schism Edict. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kandahar Inscription. 44. Ptolemy built the best museum in A) Phoenicia. B) Alexandria. C) Palestine. D) Egypt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phoenicia. 45. Which of the following statement is not true about "Doctrine of Lapse" ? A) It was in operations between 1848 and 1856. B) Nagpur was the first state annexed under this rule. C) Satara, Jaipur, Jhansi and Nagpur states were annexed under this rule. D) It was started by Lord Dalhousie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nagpur was the first state annexed under this rule. 46. Which one of the following pairs of persons was hanged on the charges of assassinating English officers in England? A) Rajguru and Sukhdev. B) Khudiram Bose and Surya Sen. C) Madanlal Dhingra and Udham Singh. D) Kartar Singh Sarabha and Ashfaqullah Khan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rajguru and Sukhdev. 47. Who began the Achintayabhedabhedavada School of theology? A) Surdas. B) Mirabai. C) Chaitanya. D) Tulsidas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chaitanya. 48. Which one of the following had bestowed the title of 'Jagat Seth' to Fatehchand? A) Mir Zafar. B) Sirajuddaula. C) Muhammad Shah. D) Alivardi Khan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Muhammad Shah. 49. Tashkent Agreement was signed between India and ..... A) China. B) Tibet. C) Afghanistan. D) Pakistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pakistan. 50. The Iron Pillar at Mehrauli in Delhi is believed to record the achievements of A) Ashoka. B) Chandragupta II. C) Samudragupta. D) Chandragupta Maurya. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chandragupta II. 51. Which of the following event compel the Rabindranath Tagore to renounce his knighthood? A) To protest against the Jallianwalla Bagh incident. B) To protest against lathi charge on Lala Lajpat Rai that caused his death. C) To express solidarity with the leaders of Non-Cooperation Movement. D) To express solidarity with the protestors against the arrival of Simon Commission. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To protest against the Jallianwalla Bagh incident. 52. When did the Marathas capture Salsette and Bassein from the Portuguese? A) 1695 A.D. B) 1713 A.D. C) 1720 A.D. D) 1739 A.D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1739 A.D. 53. Which of the following were not the new industries introduced by the Britishers? A) Jute. B) Iron, steel. C) Ordinance. D) Cotton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ordinance. 54. Which type of work was looked after by the department of Diwan-i-Kohi under Muhammad Tughlaq? A) Army. B) Agriculture. C) Justice. D) Royal correspondence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Agriculture. 55. In the year 1914 the membership of the German socialist party was A) 1 million. B) 3 million. C) 2 million. D) 4 million. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1 million. 56. Which of the following statement is not correct about the provisions of the Government of India Act, 1858? A) The Queen's Principal Secretary of State received the powers and duties of the Company's Court of Directors. B) A council of fifteen members was appointed to assist the Secretary of State for India. C) For all the communications between Britain and India, the Secretary of State became the real channel. D) All the above statements are incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above statements are incorrect. 57. The theory of Sulh-i-Kul was propounded by A) Zainu Abidin. B) Shaikh Nasiruddin chiragh. C) Akbar. D) Nizamuddin Aulia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Akbar. 58. Literal meaning of Jihad is ; A) Struggle. B) Sacrifice. C) Exemption. D) Fight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sacrifice. 59. UNESCO uplifted the Abu Simbel Temple in the year A) 1960. B) 1940. C) 1930. D) 1950. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1940. 60. Robert Clive, the Governor General of the . A) British,. B) French,. C) Dutch,. D) Portuguese. 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