This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Exam Based > Miscellenous Questions – Quiz 33 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Miscellenous Questions Quiz 33 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. During whose reign did Khan-Jahan Lodi revolt? A) Akbar. B) Aurangzeb. C) Shahjahan. D) Jahangir. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jahangir. 2. "Every Indian is corrupt." Who said? A) Lord Conwallis. B) Lord Wellesley. C) Lord Hastings. D) Lord Dalhousie. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lord Hastings. 3. Which veda has 10 mandal 1028 Sakta and 10, 580 Richas? A) Yajur Veda. B) Sam Veda. C) Athervana Veda. D) Rig Veda. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rig Veda. 4. Which of the following Sikh Guru compiled the Adi Granth? A) Guru Har Rai. B) Guru Arjan Dev. C) Guru Nanak. D) Guru Govind Singh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Guru Arjan Dev. 5. The Sikhs were defeated by the English at ..... in 1856. A) Amritsar. B) Sobraon. C) Lahore. D) Kashmir. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sobraon. 6. The Radcliffe Committee was appointed to A) Give effect to the Independence Bill. B) Delimit the boundaries between India and Pakistan. C) Solve the problem of minorities in India. D) Enquire into the riots in East Bengal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Delimit the boundaries between India and Pakistan. 7. Under the supervision of which one of the following European trading companies the town of Qasimbazar produced the largest amount of silk yarn during the seventeenth century? A) French. B) English. C) Danes. D) Dutch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dutch. 8. The ancient Indian play Mudrarakshasa of Visakhadutt has its subject on A) The court intrigues at the time of Chandragupta. B) A romantic story of an Aryan prince and a tribal woman. C) The story of the power struggle between two Aryan. D) A conflict between Gods and Demons of ancient Hindu lore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The court intrigues at the time of Chandragupta. 9. Rani Jhansi Regiment is related with? A) Azad Hind Fauj. B) Nehru Brigade. C) Gandhi Brigade. D) Azad Brigade. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Azad Hind Fauj. 10. Which of the following Acts had the provision of Indian Civil Services recruitment on the basis of competitive examination? A) Charter Act of 1813. B) Government of India Act, 1858. C) Charter Act of 1853. D) Charter Act of 1833. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Charter Act of 1853. 11. By which Act, Rule of East India Company ended in India? A) Morley-Minto Act, 1909. B) Pitt's India Act, 1784. C) Government of India Act, 1858. D) Regulating Act, 1773. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Government of India Act, 1858. 12. Belief in reincarnation probably began with ..... civilization. A) Kushan. B) Mauryan. C) Harappan. D) Aryan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harappan. 13. Which one of the following sequences represents the correct chronological order? A) Shahji, Shivaji, Sambhaji, Rajaram. B) Shahji, Sambhaji, Shivaji, Rajaram. C) Shahji, Shivaji, Rajaram, Sambhaji. D) Sambhaji, Shivaji, Shahji, Rajaram. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shahji, Shivaji, Sambhaji, Rajaram. 14. What was the occasion for the Portuguese to hand over Bombay to the British? A) The Treaty of Madrid concluded in 1630. B) The defeat of Spanish Armada by the British in 1588. C) The marriage of Charles II with the Portuguese princes Catherine of Braganza. D) Growth of peaceful relations between the English and the Portuguese as a result of Portugal's independence from the control of Spain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The marriage of Charles II with the Portuguese princes Catherine of Braganza. 15. Who built Imambara and Rumi Darwaza? A) Asaf-ud-daula. B) Wajid Ali Shah. C) Adbdul Mansur. D) Shuja-ud-daula. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asaf-ud-daula. 16. By 600 BC important towns developed in India A) Vaishali. B) Patliputra. C) Taxila-Vaishali. D) Magadha. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taxila-Vaishali. 17. Where did Lord Budha breathe his last (Ma-haparinirvan)? A) Sarnath. B) Kushinagar. C) Bodh Gaya. D) Rajgir. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kushinagar. 18. Who is the author of "Shah nama"? A) Utbi. B) AI-Beruni. C) Firdausi. D) Hasan Nizami. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Firdausi. 19. The author of "Natural History is. A) Herodotus. B) Aristrobulus. C) Arrion. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 20. In ancient and early medieval India the uncultivated and untaxed land was called A) Khilakshetra. B) Sita. C) Kharvataka. D) Sitadhyakshya. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Khilakshetra. 21. Raushan Akhtar ascended the throne with the title A) Jahandar Shah. B) Shah Jahan II. C) Alamgir II. D) Mohammad Shah. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mohammad Shah. 22. Why Mahatma Gandhi launched individual satyagrahas in 1940: A) As a reaction against the failure of August Offer. B) To prepare masses for quit India movement. C) To affirm the right of speech for Indians. D) To protest against British decision to make India join second world war. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To affirm the right of speech for Indians. 23. Who propounded the theory of 'Drain of wealth'? A) Gandhiji. B) Dadabhai Nauroji. C) Tilak. D) Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dadabhai Nauroji. 24. For what reason the ganasamgha areas have been indicated as 'mlechchhadesha' in the post-Vedic period? A) Rejection of Vedic rituals. B) Absence of ranking based on varna. C) Killing of cows. D) Speaking alien languages. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rejection of Vedic rituals. 25. After the death of which one of the following Roman kings was the trade conducted more by barter than by coins on account of the financial difficulties of the Roman Empire? A) Augustus. B) Claudius. C) Pius. D) Nero. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nero. 26. The Adi Granth was compiled by A) Guru Tegh Bahadur. B) Guru Harkishan. C) Guru Gobind Singh. D) Guru Arjan Dev. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Guru Arjan Dev. 27. During whose tenure, the resolution of total Independence was passed? A) Lord Irwin. B) Lord Willington. C) Lord Wavell. D) Lord Chelmsford. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lord Wavell. 28. Which of the following is one of the social reasons for 1857 revolt? A) The English could not establish any social relationship with the Indians. B) The racial arrogance of the British created a difference between the rulers and the ruled. C) Both A & B. D) The company's trade policy destroyed Indian handicrafts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both A & B. 29. The communist manifesto appeared in the year A) 1852. B) 1848. C) 1849. D) 1850. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1848. 30. The celebrated author Kshemendra lived in A) Bengal. B) Kashmir. C) Gujarat. D) Maharashtra. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kashmir. 31. A statue of bearded man was found at A) Mohenjodaro. B) Dholavira. C) Harappa. D) Chanhudaro. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mohenjodaro. 32. Akbar's attitude toward religion was: A) Devoutly Islamic. B) Atheistic. C) Tolerant of all religions. D) Hindu by preference. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tolerant of all religions. 33. Chinese contributed to the field of science by giving the world A) Seismography. B) Oceanography. C) Calligraphy. D) Astronomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seismography. 34. Who of the following Governor-Generals realised the importance of Rajput alliance and entered into treaties with a number of Rajput states? A) Warren Hastings. B) Lord Cornwallis. C) Lord Wellesley. D) Lord Hastings. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lord Hastings. 35. Which of the following groups dominated the economic and political life of towns during the High Middle Ages? A) Knights. B) Merchant guilds. C) Nobles. D) The clergy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nobles. 36. By 800, the strongest kingdom in Europe was ruled by A) Charlemagne. B) Pepin the Short. C) Gregory. D) Alcuin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pepin the Short. 37. The most revolutionary secret organization of Bengal was A) Mitra Mela. B) Abhinava Bharat. C) Anushilan Samiti. D) Ghadar Party. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abhinava Bharat. 38. Who was the last greatest ruler of Chalukya dynasty A) Pullikeshin I I. B) Pullikeshin I. C) Kirthivarman. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kirthivarman. 39. The Rajputs were: A) Akbar's most serious enemies. B) Hindu warriors from Gujarat. C) First enemies and then Akbar's trusted allies. D) Islamic fundamentalists. 77. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) First enemies and then Akbar's trusted allies. 40. Who amongst the following is credited by a Chinese pilgrim with having built the ancient city of Rajagriha, the modern Rajgir in Patna district? A) Ajatashatru. B) Prasenajit. C) Udayi. D) Bimbisara. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bimbisara. 41. Dahasala system was introduced by Akbar in? A) 1590. B) 1602. C) 1575. D) 1580. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1580. 42. Rohelas were of ..... origin. A) Chinese. B) Turkish. C) Afghan. D) British. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Afghan. 43. Which of the following is not correct about Montegu- Chelmsford's Reform & Government of India Act, 1919? A) It changed the administrative system in India. B) In this Act, the central legislative council was replaced by two houses-the imperial legislative assembly and the council of state. C) Education and public health were placed under the charge of ministers responsible to the legislature. D) All of the above are incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above are incorrect. 44. The family member of Ashoka mentioned in his edicts, is: A) His son Tivara. B) His second wife Karuvaki. C) His wife Asandhamitra. D) His daughter Sanghamitra. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His second wife Karuvaki. 45. An important administrative reform for which the early nationalists agitated concerned A) The separation of judiciary from executive. B) Indianisation of higher grades of the administrative service. C) The discontinuation of the policy of disarming the Indians. D) Dissuading the British policy of aggressiveness against India's neighbours. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indianisation of higher grades of the administrative service. 46. The earliest evidence of Silk in India comes from the archaeological site of A) Nevasa. B) Bhagwanpura. C) Rangpur. D) Ropar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nevasa. 47. Hamza-nama paintings were produced during the reign of? A) Humayun. B) Shahjahan. C) Akbar. D) Jahangir. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Akbar. 48. The ultimate ownership of land during the post-Gupta period lay with A) The joint family. B) The village community. C) The cultivation. D) The king. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The king. 49. The High Commissioner for India in the United Kingdom must be appointed by ..... A) The Government of India. B) Parliament of England. C) Secretary of State for India. D) By Indian National Congress. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Government of India. 50. With some exceptions, Europe between the A.D. 400s and 1100s is characterized by A) The absence of strong monarchs. B) Wars between rival feudal lords. C) Powerful religious authorities. D) Stratified social hierarchies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The absence of strong monarchs. 51. Who was the Governor General of India during the Civil Disobedience Movement? A) Lord Wavell. B) Lord Reading. C) Lord Irwin. D) Lord Chelmsford. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lord Irwin. 52. Adigranth is the religious book of A) Sikhs. B) Buddhists. C) Parsis. D) Hindus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sikhs. 53. The ruler of provinces in Guptas period are called as A) Bhuktis. B) Kotwals. C) Bhandagars. D) Uparikas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Uparikas. 54. The Luck now Pact of 1916 was made between A) The Hindus and the Muslims. B) The moderates and extremists. C) The British and the Indians. D) The Congress and the Muslim League. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Congress and the Muslim League. 55. Who founded the organization "servants of Indian society" ? A) Mahatma Gandhi. B) Gopal Krishna Gokhle. C) Dr B. R. Ambedkar. D) DAYANAND SARASWATI. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gopal Krishna Gokhle. 56. During the later half of the nineteenth century, the Indian intelligentsia started protesting against the policies of the colonial rule by various means. Which one of the following was not a part of that protest? A) Writing books and articles on the subject. B) Resorting to armed resistance. C) Publishing newspapers for articulating their views. D) Forming societies, associations and organisations to voice their grievances. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Resorting to armed resistance. 57. The travel account of Fa-Hien is known as A) Fa-Chien. B) Si-yu-ki. C) Yen-tu. D) Fo-kwo-ki. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fo-kwo-ki. 58. The Indian Independence Act, 1947 came into force on A) August 15, 1947. B) June 3, 1947. C) July 18, 1947. D) February 20, 1947. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) August 15, 1947. 59. Which of the following was great centre of cotton trade? A) Musiri or Muziris. B) Tondi. C) Korkai. D) Uraiyur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Uraiyur. 60. The remittance problems from India was initially tackled by the East India Company government through the A) Development of jute and promotion of its export to Europe. B) Exports of more cotton and silk goods to Europe. C) Development of indigo and export of opium to China. D) Development of more exports of grains from India. 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