This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Exam Based > Miscellenous Questions – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Miscellenous Questions Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which one of the following books is the official History of Revolt of 1857? A) Eighteen Fifty Seven. B) Theories of Indian Mutiny. C) The Sepoy Mutiny and the Revolt of 1857. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eighteen Fifty Seven. 2. Mr. Philip Sprat, an English man was tried under which conspiracy case? A) Meerut conspiracy case. B) Kanpur conspiracy case. C) Lahore conspiracy case. D) Chittagong conspiracy case. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meerut conspiracy case. 3. Under pressure from authorities in Mecca, Muhammad and his followers fled to Medina in 622. Muslims call this move A) The umra. B) Yathrib. C) The hijra. D) The hajj. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yathrib. 4. Who called British Economic policy as 'Colonial Economy'? A) Mahatma Gandhi. B) Jawaharlal Nehru. C) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel. D) Madan Mohan Malaviya. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Madan Mohan Malaviya. 5. The French made their advent through A) Yenam. B) Pondicherry. C) Karaikal. D) Mahe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pondicherry. 6. What was the Major Industry in Chandudaro? A) Bead making. B) Tread Making. C) Craft Work. D) Textiles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bead making. 7. Who founded the Pala Empire? A) Devapala. B) Gopala. C) Dhruva. D) Dharmapala. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gopala. 8. The earliest available work Tamils is A) Maduraikanchi. B) Tirumurugarruppadai. C) Tolkappiyam. D) Pattinappalai. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tolkappiyam. 9. The Ellora caves were built by A) Pratiharas. B) Palas. C) Chalukyas. D) Rashtrakutas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rashtrakutas. 10. William Bentinck's far-reaching social reforms were meant to remove evils of society, which of the following was not included in these reforms A) Thagi. B) Sati System. C) Human Sacrifice. D) Widow remarriage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Widow remarriage. 11. Who of the following leaders is not associated with the Brahma Samaj? A) Debendranath Tagore. B) Raja ram Mohan Rai. C) Atma Ram Pandurang. D) Keshab Chandra Sen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Atma Ram Pandurang. 12. Who was the governor-general during the Revolt of 1857? A) Lord Canning. B) Lord Irwin. C) Lord Willington. D) Lord Lytton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lord Canning. 13. Which Bhakti saint believes that through love and devotion, song and dance, a devotee can feel the presence of God? A) Ekanatha. B) Gnanadev. C) Namadeva. D) Chaitanya. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chaitanya. 14. The Paris Commune fought for A) Workers rights. B) Landlords rights. C) People rights. D) Industrialists rights. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Workers rights. 15. Which among the following combinations is correct? A) Pushyamitra Shunga-Patanjali. B) Menander-Ashvaghosh. C) Chandragupta I-Harishena. D) Kanishka-Thera Nagasena. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Menander-Ashvaghosh. 16. The Rigvedic Bharatas are associated with A) The Indus Valley. B) The Saraswati Valley. C) The Sutlej Valley. D) The Parushni Valley. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Parushni Valley. 17. During the Mughals, change in the architectural style is known as? A) Hindu Islamic style. B) Islamic style. C) Goethic style. D) Persian style. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hindu Islamic style. 18. Nagarjuna Stupa was constructed during the age of? A) Gupta. B) Maurya. C) Post Gupta. D) Buddha. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Buddha. 19. Which one of the following led to the failure of the Cripps Mission? A) Indian demand for the full control of national defense. B) Indian demand for complete control over national finance. C) Demand for the Indianisation of the Civil Services. D) Demand for the release of all political prisoners. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indian demand for the full control of national defense. 20. Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were executed along with their children in A) L793. B) 1799. C) 1794. D) 1795. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) L793. 21. Which one of the following pairs of persons and events is correctly matched? A) Rama Ray: Battle of Raichur. B) Bukka I: Conquest of Madurai. C) Krishnadeva Battle of Rakkas Ray Tangadi. D) Tirumala Ray: Transfer of capital to Vellore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bukka I: Conquest of Madurai. 22. Which Bhakti Saint did not believe in the qualified monism of Ramanuja and emphasised the doctrine of duality, based mainly upon the Bhagavata Purana? A) Madhava. B) Ramananda. C) Vallabhacharya. D) Chaitanya. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Madhava. 23. Which Sikh guru was executed by Aurangzeb? A) Tegh Bahadur. B) Hargobind. C) Gobind Singh. D) Arjun Dev. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tegh Bahadur. 24. Decimal system was introduced by A) Aryabhatta. B) Brahmagupta. C) Bhaskara. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bhaskara. 25. Rajatarangini describes the history of A) Kashmir. B) Gujarat. C) Bengal. D) Maiwa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kashmir. 26. Kalanaur is known as a place of A) Akbar's birthplace. B) Proclamation of Akbar as the emperor. C) Marriage ceremony of Humayun. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marriage ceremony of Humayun. 27. Who was elected as President of the All India Khilafat Conference in 1919? A) Shaukat Ali. B) Mahatma Gandhi. C) M.A. Jinnah. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mahatma Gandhi. 28. Which of the following is related to the concept of Nirgunabrahman? A) Advaita. B) Visisthadvaita. C) Both A & B. D) Neither A nor B. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Advaita. 29. Winston Churchill: A) Supported Indian independence. B) Was indifferent to India. C) Opposed Indian independence. D) Thought India was no longer of value to England. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Opposed Indian independence. 30. Vidisha was on the bank of river A) Yumuna. B) Chambal. C) Ganga. D) Godavari. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chambal. 31. Evidence of Roman trade with South India is available from the excavations at A) Arikamedu and Kanyakumari. B) Alagangulam, Arikamedu and Kodungallur. C) Arikamedu and Alangangulam. D) Kanyakumari and Kodungallur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alagangulam, Arikamedu and Kodungallur. 32. Manusmrithi was translated into English by A) Macauely. B) William Jones. C) Max Muller. D) J.S Mill. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) William Jones. 33. Who is known as 'Mother of Indian Revolution'? A) Annie Besant. B) Rama Bai. C) Sarojini Naidu. D) Bhikaji Rustam Kama. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bhikaji Rustam Kama. 34. The Doctrines of 'Non-Violence' and 'Civil Disobedience' associated with Mahatma Gandhi was influenced by the works of A) Cripps-Tolstov-Howes. B) Thoreau-Humen-Shaw. C) Churchill-Irwin-Tolstoy. D) Ruskin-Tolstoy-Thoreau. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ruskin-Tolstoy-Thoreau. 35. The chief product of the Portuguese Indian trade was: A) Fine gems. B) Silk. C) Spices. D) Silver. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spices. 36. The Indian Association played an important role in arousing national consciousness through the formation of the A) Bengal British Indian Society. B) Indian National Conference. C) British India Association. D) Indian National Congress. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indian National Conference. 37. The religion patronized and propagated by Guptas A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. C) Bhagavata. D) Jainism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinduism. 38. What was the immediate reaction of the government to the Salt Satyagraha and the Dandi March? A) The government resorted to repressive measures. B) It took measures to prevent the mischief from spreading. C) It did not take it seriously. D) The Congress was banned. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It did not take it seriously. 39. Identify the institution which was turned into Benaras Hindu University by Madan Mohan Malaviya. A) Bethane College for women started in 1849 by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. B) Central Hindu school established by Mrs. Annie Besant. C) Hindu college founded in 1817 by David Hare. D) Vedanta college founded in 1825 by Rammohan Roy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Central Hindu school established by Mrs. Annie Besant. 40. Who strongly opposed sectarianism and rites and insisted on the adoption of Hindi in place of Sanskrit? A) Ramananda. B) Ramanuja. C) Sankaracharya. D) Chaitanya. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ramananda. 41. During the colonial period in India, what was the purpose of the Whitley Commission? A) To report on the existing conditions of labour and to make recommendations. B) To review the fitness of India for further political reforms. C) To draw up a plan for financial reforms for India. D) To develop a comprehensive scheme for Civil Services in India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To report on the existing conditions of labour and to make recommendations. 42. After the Kalinga war, Ashoka: A) Restored all the kingdoms he had conquered. B) Abandoned the policy of physical conquests in favor of cultural conquests. C) Renounced his kingdom and became a sadhu. D) Followed the policy of physical occupation more rigorously. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abandoned the policy of physical conquests in favor of cultural conquests. 43. Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the Afghan rulers to the throne of Delhi? A) Bahlol Khan Lodi-Sikandar Shah-Ibrahim Lodi. B) Sikandar Shah-Bahlol Khan Lodi-Ibrahim Lodi. C) Sikandar Shah-Ibrahim Lodi-Bahlol Khan Lodi. D) Bahlol Khan Lodi-Ibrahim Lodi-Sikandar Shah. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bahlol Khan Lodi-Sikandar Shah-Ibrahim Lodi. 44. A new addition to social customs during Rajput age was A) Jauhar. B) Prostitution. C) Child marriage. D) Sati system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jauhar. 45. What was the original name of Shahu Maharaj? A) Yashwantrao. B) Sambhaji. C) Rajaram. D) Shivaji. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yashwantrao. 46. The head of a guild in ancient and early medieval India was called A) Adhipati. B) Adhikari. C) Gahapati. D) Jethaka. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jethaka. 47. Who among the following is said to have hatched the Delhi Conspiracy 1912? A) Rasbehari Bose. B) Sachindranath Sanyal. C) Sohan Lal Pathak. D) Bhai Paramanand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rasbehari Bose. 48. The notion of saptanga that was introduced in Arthashastra includes A) Aristocrats, acharyas, traders, and monks. B) Kings, territory, administration and treasury. C) Ministers, civil servants, subalterns and those involved in espionage. D) Music, dance, ragas and wrestling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kings, territory, administration and treasury. 49. Swami Dayananda had translated the ..... into Hindi. A) Rig Veda ad Yajur Veda. B) Sama Veda and Atharva Veda. C) Sama Veda and Yajur Veda. D) Four Vedas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rig Veda ad Yajur Veda. 50. Which of the following regions was were well-known during the seventeenth century for simultaneous production of saltpetre, indigo and opium? A) Burhanpur and Sindh. B) Bihar. C) Gujarat. D) Bengal and Orissa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bihar. 51. Who among the following was a Satavahana ruler? A) Nahapana. B) Maltendravartnan. C) Rudradaman. D) Vasisthiputra Pulumayi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vasisthiputra Pulumayi. 52. Whose teachings inspired the French Revolution? A) Locke. B) Plato. C) Rousseau. D) Hegel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rousseau. 53. Who was called 'dvija'? A) Shudra, Kshatriya, Brahman. B) Brahman, Vaishya, Shudra. C) Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaishya. D) Kshatriya, Vaishya, Shudra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaishya. 54. 1932-33 was perhaps the last year of British rule in India which the flames of orthodox terrorism leapt high and were then practically extinguished by repression particularly in A) Punjab. B) Maharashtra. C) Bihar. D) Bengal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bengal. 55. The name of Ekanta Ramayya is associated with A) Virashaivism. B) Srivaishanavism. C) Jainism. D) Kalamukha sect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Srivaishanavism. 56. Who among the following propagated Dvaita or dualism of Jivatma and Paramatma in Kannada region? A) Mirabai. B) Nimbarka. C) Vallabhacharya. D) Madhav. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Madhav. 57. What was the original name of Dayananda Saraswati? A) Narendra. B) Mul Shankara. C) Dadu. D) Malku das. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mul Shankara. 58. When did the British pass a law making it an offence to preach nationalism? A) 1904. B) 1898. C) 1900. D) 1892. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1898. 59. Which among the following British men tried to obtain a Firman for trade in Gujarat from Emperor Akbar? A) Ralph Fitch. B) John Mildenhall. C) Sir Thomas Roe. D) Thomas Stephens. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John Mildenhall. 60. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was an ascetic Hindu monk and social reformer in 16th century was from A) Assam. B) Bengal. C) Bihar. D) Orissa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bengal. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIndian History QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesMiscellenous Questions Quiz 1Miscellenous Questions Quiz 2Miscellenous Questions Quiz 3Miscellenous Questions Quiz 5Miscellenous Questions Quiz 6Miscellenous Questions Quiz 7Miscellenous Questions Quiz 8Miscellenous Questions Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books