This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Exam Based > Miscellenous Questions – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Miscellenous Questions Quiz 7 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who is considered as the greatest ruler of the Pratiharas? A) Mahipala. B) Mahendrapala. C) Mihirabhoja. D) Nagbhatta II. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mihirabhoja. 2. "Service was his portion in life" . This was applicable to A) Chandala. B) Sudra Varna. C) Buddhist Bhikshu. D) Vaisya Varna. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sudra Varna. 3. King Harshavardhana lived in A) 2nd century A.D. B) 2nd century B .C. C) 7th century B.C. D) 7th century A.D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 7th century A.D. 4. Which of the following is the correct chronological order? A) Kushans - Guptas - Sungas - Mauryas. B) Guptas - Kushans - Mauryas - Sungas. C) Mauryas - Sungas - Kushans - Guptas. D) Sungas - Mauryas - Guptas - Kushans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mauryas - Sungas - Kushans - Guptas. 5. Dadmani system refers to A) Military system. B) Agreement on loans & repayment. C) Agreements on lands. D) Repayment of irrigation loans. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Agreement on loans & repayment. 6. Which of the following is the oldest dynas- ty? A) Nanda. B) Chola. C) Maurya. D) Chalukya. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nanda. 7. What is the full name of Aurangzeb? A) Nasiruddin Mohammed Aurangzeb. B) Muin-ud-din Mohammed Aurangzeb. C) Nuruddin Mohammed Aurangzeb. D) Jalal-ud-din Mohammed Aurangzeb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Muin-ud-din Mohammed Aurangzeb. 8. The prime advocates of widow remarriage in modern India was A) Raja Rammohun Roy. B) Vinoba Bhave. C) Rabindranath Tagore. D) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. 9. Sir dia Sar na dia is associated with A) Guru Teg Bahadur. B) Guru Arjun dev. C) Guru Govind Singh. D) Guru Harkishan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Guru Teg Bahadur. 10. "India for the Indians." Who said? A) Dayanand. B) Swami Vivekanand. C) Madan Mohan Malaviya. D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dayanand. 11. Who among the following were the pioneers in opening oceanic trade with India? A) Portuguese. B) English. C) Dutch. D) French. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Portuguese. 12. Who of the following was the earliest known greek follower of Bhagavatism? A) Megasthenes. B) Antialkidas. C) Heliodorus. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heliodorus. 13. Gadar-Dal was founded at A) Berlin. B) Washington. C) San Francisco. D) Tokyo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) San Francisco. 14. Why did British resort to the 'Downward Filtration Theory' till 1854 A) To justify their education policy in India. B) To justify their social policy in India. C) To justify their commercial policy in India. D) To justify their industrial policy in India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To justify their education policy in India. 15. Which one of the following species of fauna has been widely appreciated as pre-historic India's gift to the world? A) Domestic fowl. B) Water buffalo. C) Humped bull. D) Peacock. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Domestic fowl. 16. What was the old name of Raigad Fort? A) Rajgad. B) Vijaygad. C) Rayari. D) Torana. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rayari. 17. The fortress of Asirgarh was under the rule of ..... when Akbar besieged it A) Mansingh. B) Bahadur Shah. C) Raja Bhagavan Das. D) Hemu. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bahadur Shah. 18. Which among the following was sentenced to death in the Hardinge Bomb Case? A) Asutosh Choudhary. B) Sohan Singh Bhakna. C) Ras Behari Bose. D) Bhai Bal Mukund. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bhai Bal Mukund. 19. The Persian ruler who besieged Qandhar in Jahangir's reign was: A) Shah Muhammad. B) Shah Abbas. C) Shah Parvez. D) Shah Raza. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shah Abbas. 20. The term 'Rupadarshaka' denotes what? A) The supervisor of the quality of coins. B) The supervisor of prostitutes. C) The supervisor of royal harem. D) The supervisor of the folkdancers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The supervisor of the quality of coins. 21. During whose Peshwaship was the second and third Anglo-Maratha fought resulting in the abolition of the Peshawaship by the English? A) Baji Rao II. B) Narayan Rao. C) Raghunath Rao. D) Madhav Rao I. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Baji Rao II. 22. The flood Legend in which a divine fish has been described as rescuing Manu occurs in detail in: A) Vajasaneyi Samhita. B) Satapatha Brahmana. C) Rigveda Samhita. D) Aitareya Brahmana. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Satapatha Brahmana. 23. Which sikh guru completed the compilatio of Adi Granth? A) Guru Gobind Singh. B) Guru Arjun Das. C) Guru Tegh Bahadur. D) Guru Ramdas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Guru Arjun Das. 24. By 500 B.C.E., the center of Indian civilization had shifted to: A) The Indus Valley. B) The Deccan. C) The Ganges Valley. D) Kashmir. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Ganges Valley. 25. Among the four sites mentioned below, the earliest cultural phase comes from A) Mehargarh. B) Banwali. C) Surkotda. D) Kotdiji. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mehargarh. 26. The Mauryan state had the monopoly over which of the following sectors? A) Mining and Metallurgy. B) Coins and currency. C) Armaments and shipbuilding. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 27. The royal seal of the Guptas bore the emblem of A) Tiger. B) Lion. C) Garuda. D) Nandi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Garuda. 28. Which of the following is/are the main aim/s of Young Bengal Movement? A) Inspire pupil to think freely and rationally. B) Question all authority and oppose decadent customs and traditions. C) Love liberty, equality and freedom. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 29. When Alexander invaded India, who were the rulers of Magadha? A) Haryankas. B) Shishunagas. C) Nandas. D) Mauryas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nandas. 30. Pandyas were centred in? A) Tanjore. B) Kaveripattan. C) Andhra Pradesh. D) Madurai. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Madurai. 31. Of the following Chinese travelers who did not visit india in the 7th Century A.D.? A) Fa-hien. B) Yuan-Chwang. C) Itsing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fa-hien. 32. On what condition Wellesly agreed to help Peshwa Bajirao II? A) His agreeing to the abolition of the office of the Peshwa after his death. B) An underhand transaction of Rs. 15 lakh. C) His consent to the subsidiary alliance. D) His agreeing to dispossess Scindia from his fief. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His consent to the subsidiary alliance. 33. Mahakshapatalika was an official in charge of A) Navy. B) Chariots. C) Infantry. D) Accounts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Accounts. 34. Which saint and reformer of Bengal who popularized the Krishna Cult? A) Vallabhacharya. B) Madhava. C) Chaitanya. D) Nimbarka. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chaitanya. 35. Which one of the following methods of revenue assessment is related to the Vijayanagara Empire? A) Sardeshmukhi. B) Chauth. C) Rae Rekho. D) Ryotwari. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sardeshmukhi. 36. Which one of the following had drafted the 'Quit India Resolution'? A) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. B) Jawahar Lal Nehru. C) Mahatma Gandhi. D) Acharya Narendra Deo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jawahar Lal Nehru. 37. Why Simon commission was established? A) To enquire into the working of the Government of India Act, 1919 and to suggest further reforms in the system of administration. B) To enquire into the working of the Marley-Minto reforms. C) To declare India as republic state. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To enquire into the working of the Government of India Act, 1919 and to suggest further reforms in the system of administration. 38. Which new department was started by Muhammad-bin- Tughlaq for the development of agriculture? A) Diwan-i-Kohi. B) Diwan-i-Risalat. C) Diwan-i-Ashraf. D) Diwan-i-Mustkharaz. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diwan-i-Kohi. 39. Among the pre-dynastic cultures of China was the ..... culture. A) Hoabinhian. B) Jomon. C) Lungshan. D) Yayoi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lungshan. 40. Which one of the following is not correct about Mahatma Gandhi's Dandi March? A) It began with 8 Satyagrahis comprising Hindus, Muslims and Christians. B) Its motive was to violate salt law. C) Reaching the sea-shore Mahatma Gandhi did not manufacture the salt. D) It was a pedestrian March. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reaching the sea-shore Mahatma Gandhi did not manufacture the salt. 41. The gold coins of Muhammad Ghori usually bear A) Zodiac signs on the obverse and his name in Persian characters on the reverse. B) His name on the obverse and name of mint and year of minting on the reverse. C) Goddess Lakshmi on the obverse and his name in Nagari characters on the reverse. D) Kalima on one side and his name on the other in Arabic characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Goddess Lakshmi on the obverse and his name in Nagari characters on the reverse. 42. Jinnah gave his opposition to Wavell's Plan in the Conference held at ..... A) Shimla. B) Madras. C) Delhi. D) Calcutta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shimla. 43. Who drafted the Constitution of Muslim League, 'The Green Book'? A) Muhammad Ali Jinnah. B) Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar. C) Rahamat Ali. D) Muhammad Iqbal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Muhammad Ali Jinnah. 44. Which one among the following is correct about the Doctrine of Lapse? A) It did not allow the Indian rulers to adopt any heir. B) It did not allow an adopted heir to rule a state after the death of the ruler. C) It made the annexation of Indian State compulsory after the death of a ruler. D) It made the annexation of Indian State compulsory if the adoption of heir had not been approved by the British authorities. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It made the annexation of Indian State compulsory if the adoption of heir had not been approved by the British authorities. 45. On which occasion the slogan 'Nagpur Chalo' was raised? A) Dandi March. B) Jhanda Satyagrah. C) Quit India Movement. D) Non-cooperation Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jhanda Satyagrah. 46. Which one of the following does not happen during the reign of Vijayanagar king Ramaraya A) Admission of Muslim in the army. B) Sustained friendly relations with the Portuguese. C) Intervention in the Muslim states of Deccan. D) Invasion into far South. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Invasion into far South. 47. Amir Khusro was a .. A) Poet. B) Emperor. C) Soldier. D) Musician. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poet. 48. During Mauryan age, , Avantipath was? A) Western Province. B) Southern Province. C) Eastern Province. D) Northern Province. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Western Province. 49. In the Pasupata religion Siva is said to be Lord of Pasu. Which one among the following stands for Pasu? A) Bull. B) Jiva. C) Parvati. D) Lion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jiva. 50. What was the economic activity of Western Europe in the early middle ages? A) Commercial and urban. B) Long-distance trade. C) Agriculture. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 51. Who among the following built the Gomateshwara statue at Sravanabelagola? A) Amoghavarsha. B) Chamundaraya. C) Chandragupta Maurya. D) Kharvela. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chamundaraya. 52. Who compared the Dandi March to Napoleon's March to Paris on his return from Elba? A) B.G. Tilak. B) Subhash Chandra Bose. C) Lala Lajpat Rai. D) Dadabhai Naoroji. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subhash Chandra Bose. 53. The word Mohanjedaro in Sindi Language means A) Excavation. B) Knowledge. C) Mount of dead. D) Culture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mount of dead. 54. Which is not a characteristic of the Taj Mahal's architecture? A) White Marble. B) Double Dome. C) Pietra Dura. D) Charbagh Plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Charbagh Plan. 55. Indian civilization is thought to have begun in: A) The Ganges Valley. B) The Deccan. C) Kashmir. D) The Indus Valley. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Indus Valley. 56. Alwars who were Vaishnavaite saints were popular in which part of India? A) Bengal. B) South India. C) Kashmir. D) Gujarat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) South India. 57. The main reason for criticizing the Gandhi-Irwin pact was A) Communal electorate. B) Amnesty to the political prisoners. C) Banning of peaceful processions. D) Lacked the provision of saving the hangings of freedom fighters. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lacked the provision of saving the hangings of freedom fighters. 58. To promote communal harmony Ashoka asked the people: A) To attend to the essential elements of their religions rather than the non-essential ones. B) Not to glorify their own sect and be little another's sect. C) To maintain concord (samvaya) with all creeds. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To maintain concord (samvaya) with all creeds. 59. Which of the following was not one of Hellenic kings to whom diplomatic missions were sent by Ashoka? A) Antigonus Gonatas of Macedonia. B) Antiochus II Theos of Syria. C) Ptolemy II Philadelphos of Egypt. D) Xerxes of Macedonia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Xerxes of Macedonia. 60. The Kailasa temple is one of the largest rock-cut ancient Hindu temple located at Ellora was built by? A) Krishndev Rai. B) Krishna I. C) Rajendra Chola. D) Nadivarman. 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