This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Exam Based > Miscellenous Questions – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Miscellenous Questions Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who defended Aurbindo Ghosh in the Alipur bomb case? A) B.G. Tilak. B) Motilal Nehru. C) Chittaranjan Das. D) Surendra Nath Banerjee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motilal Nehru. 2. What was the original name of Afzal Khan? A) Sabar. B) Muhammad Khan. C) Abdullah Bhatari. D) Samsuddin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abdullah Bhatari. 3. The party which observed the 'Black Day' on July 3, 1947 against Partition of India was A) Indian National Congress. B) Forward Bloc. C) Communist Party of India. D) Hindu Mahasabha. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hindu Mahasabha. 4. In which year was the National Development Council set up? A) 1951 A.D. B) 1949 A.D. C) 1952 A.D. D) 1950 A.D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1952 A.D. 5. Who of the following deciphered the Brahmi script? A) William Jones. B) James Princep. C) John Marshall. D) EJH Mackay. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) James Princep. 6. Who said the following "the British empire is rotten to the core, corrupt in every direction and tyrannical and mean" ? A) Sister Nivedita. B) Mrs. Annie Besant. C) W. Digby. D) William Wedderburn. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sister Nivedita. 7. Which of the following types of burial is not observed at Mohenjodaro? A) Double burial. B) Fractional burial. C) Complete burial. D) Post-cremation burial. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Double burial. 8. Which was the earliest text that tried to explain caste system according to ones abilities & inclinations? A) Yajnavalyakay Smriti. B) Ramayana. C) Manusmriti. D) Bhagavad-Gita. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Manusmriti. 9. Which one among the following Indian emperors founded the Jaunpur city? A) Humayun. B) Jehangir. C) Akbar. D) Firoz Shah Tughlaq. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Firoz Shah Tughlaq. 10. Which one among the following statements about the land-system of post-Mauryan period is not true? A) The person who brought the land under cultivation was the owner. B) The private individuals had limited right to alienation of land. C) The private individuals had absolute right over their land. D) There is no record to transfer of land non-religious purposes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The private individuals had limited right to alienation of land. 11. The Mutiny was brought to an end with the fall of ..... into the hands of the British in India. A) Meerut. B) Awadh. C) Gwalior. D) Rohilkhand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gwalior. 12. Who among the following Sufis advocated the theory of 'Wahdat-ul-Suahud'? A) Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya. B) Shaikh Ahmad Sarhindi. C) Shaikh Salim Chishti. D) Maulana Abdul Hai. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shaikh Ahmad Sarhindi. 13. Tripitakas are sacred books of? A) Buddhists. B) Hindus. C) Jains. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Buddhists. 14. Harsha had assumed the title A) Parama-Mahesvara. B) Parama-Adityabhah. C) Parama-Saugata. D) Parama-Bhagavata. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parama-Mahesvara. 15. 'Shankara' was ..... a saint. A) Buddhist. B) Bhakti. C) Jaina. D) Sufi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bhakti. 16. In which type of marriage, payment of bride-price was a condition? A) Asura. B) Daiva. C) Brahma. D) Gandharva. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asura. 17. In which age Brahmanas were inferior than Kshatriyas? A) Post-Mauryan age. B) Buddha age. C) Maurya age. D) Vedic age. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Post-Mauryan age. 18. The Vijayanagar rulers are remembered for promoting agriculture by A) Reducing tax on cultivated land. B) Purchasing food grains for the army. C) Building dams, tanks, wells, etc. D) Providing market facilities for agricultural products. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Building dams, tanks, wells, etc. 19. Gopal Krishna Gokhale founded A) Servants of India Society. B) Poona Sarvajanik Sabha. C) Landholder's Society. D) Bombay Presidency Association. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Servants of India Society. 20. What was the unit of measurement of land in Maratha dominion? A) Kathi. B) Daftari bigha. C) Tanab. D) Jarib. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kathi. 21. Which of the following statement is not true about the Indian National Congress? A) It was formed in 1885. B) W.C. Bannerjee was the first president of Congress. C) It was formed when 72 delegates from all the presidencies and provinces of India met at Bombay. D) Its founder, Allan Octavian Hume, was a retired British professor in India. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Its founder, Allan Octavian Hume, was a retired British professor in India. 22. Which of the following public health measures was not punishable under the Mauryan public health laws? A) Throwing dirt, mud or dead bodies on public thoroughfares. B) Taking the dead bodies for cremation or burial along paths not meant for the purpose. C) Polluting the water tanks or sources of water. D) Treating patients and selling herbs and drugs without securing registration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Treating patients and selling herbs and drugs without securing registration. 23. Which one of the following Bengali drama was directed against Polygamy? A) Bhanumati Chittavikas. B) Nava Natak. C) Kulin Kulasarvasva. D) Vidhva Vivaha. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kulin Kulasarvasva. 24. Syadvad is a doctrine of A) Buddhism. B) Shaivism. C) Jainism. D) Vaishnavism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jainism. 25. Paramara dynasty ruled A) Bengal. B) Malwa. C) Kannauj. D) Bundelkhand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Malwa. 26. Which one of the following was the most common occupation for slaves? A) Domestic service in Households. B) Agricultural labor. C) Working in guilds. D) Settlement in newly cleared areas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Domestic service in Households. 27. Bead-making workshops are found in. A) Chanhudaro and Harappa. B) Lothal and Chanhudaro. C) Harappa and Kalibangan. D) Lothal and Rangpur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harappa and Kalibangan. 28. Kandariya Mahadeva Temple of the Medieval India is dedicated to which Lord? A) Brahma. B) Shiva. C) Ram. D) Vishnu. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shiva. 29. Which Bhakti Saint propounded Suddhadvaita Vedanta (Pure non-dualism) and philosophy called Pustimarga (the path of grace)? A) Ramanuja. B) Ramananda. C) Vallabhacharya. D) Narasi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vallabhacharya. 30. Who is known as the Hindu Luther of Northern India during 19th century was? A) Dayanand Saraswati. B) Radhakant Dev. C) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. D) Keshav Chandra Sen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. 31. Who among the following was an expert musician? A) SamudraGupta. B) Chandragupta I. C) VishnuGupta. D) SriGupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SamudraGupta. 32. Where was Brihadeshwara Temple situvated A) Madhura. B) Tanjavore. C) Kaveripattanam. D) Jaipur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tanjavore. 33. Who was Alara Kalama? A) Disciple of Buddha. B) Teacher of Buddha. C) Ruler who criticized Buddhism. D) Prominent Buddhist monk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Teacher of Buddha. 34. Who among the following called themselves 'Brahma-Kshatriay'? A) Chahamanas. B) Palas. C) Senas. D) Pratiharas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Senas. 35. The earliest Iron age occupation in India has been associated with A) Painted grey ware. B) Black and red ware. C) Ochre coloured pottery. D) Northern black polished ware. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Painted grey ware. 36. What is the original name of Shershah A) Salim. B) Hameed. C) Farid. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Farid. 37. Which Maratha State was the last to accept the Subsidiary Alliance of the British? A) Holkar. B) Bhonsle. C) Gaikwad. D) Sindhia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sindhia. 38. Confucianism provided the moral and social foundation of: A) Tibet. B) India. C) Burma. D) China. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) China. 39. The Anglo-Afghan relations in the 19th century were determined because of fear of expansion towards India of A) Persia. B) France. C) Russia. D) Afghanistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Russia. 40. The caste system is an outgrowth of: A) Pre-Aryan society. B) Islam. C) Hinduism. D) Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pre-Aryan society. 41. The Mesolithic age is marked by the wide use of small tools known as A) Chalcoliths. B) Microliths. C) Neoliths. D) Megalithic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Microliths. 42. The expounder of Yoga philosophy was: A) Gautam. B) Jaimini. C) Patanjali. D) Shankaracharya. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Patanjali. 43. A highly advanced water management system of Harrapan times has been unearthed at A) Dholavira. B) Alamgirpur. C) Lothal. D) Kalibanga. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lothal. 44. Iron was brought to many civilization by the A) Greeks. B) Turks. C) Hittites. D) Huns. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hittites. 45. The words "Satyameva Jayate" in the state emblem of India have been adopted from which one of the following? A) Katha Upanishad. B) Chhandogya Upanishad. C) Mundaka Upanishad. D) Mandukya Upanishad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mundaka Upanishad. 46. Who is considered to be the greatest Pallava ruler? A) Nandivarmana II. B) Paramesvarvarman I. C) Narasimhavarman I. D) Simhavishnu. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Narasimhavarman I. 47. Which Kushana king adopted the epithet 'dhrama-thida'? A) Kanishka the Great. B) Huvishka. C) Kuzul Kadaphises. D) Vim Kadaphises. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kuzul Kadaphises. 48. Kalidas in his works shows a leaning towards worship of A) Brahma. B) Vishnu. C) Durga. D) Shiva. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Durga. 49. Which of the following dynasties ruled over Magadha in the 6th century B.C.? A) Nandas. B) Mauryas. C) Haryanka. D) Sisunaga. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Haryanka. 50. What was the maximum permissible rate of land revenue collection according to Shariat in early medieval India? A) 33% of the produce. B) 20% of the produce. C) 25% of the produce. D) 50% of the produce. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 50% of the produce. 51. Lord Mountbatten had replaced Lord ..... as the viceroy of India in 1947. A) Wavell. B) Lytton. C) Linlithgow. D) Cornwallis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wavell. 52. The large Shiva Temple at Thanjavur was built by A) Rajendra Chola. B) Rashtrakutas. C) Raja raja Chola. D) Chandeltas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Raja raja Chola. 53. Which of the following was the contemporary Bengal King during the time of Harsha of Kanauj? A) Devagupta. B) Rhaslcaravarman. C) Divakaramitra. D) Sasanka. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sasanka. 54. Who among the following believed in the theory of Bhedabhed? A) Vallabhacharya. B) Nimbarakacharya. C) Madhvacharya. D) Ramanujacharya. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nimbarakacharya. 55. The greatest painter of birds at Jahangir's Court was A) Mansur. B) Basawan. C) Syed Au Tabrizi. D) Khwaja Abdus Samad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mansur. 56. Anekantavada is a core theory and philosophy of which one of the following? A) Sikhism. B) Vaishnavism. C) Jainism. D) Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jainism. 57. The Bharukuccha port lies near A) Ganga. B) Indus. C) Saraswati. D) Narmada river. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Narmada river. 58. Which of the following revolts during Aurangzeb's period had a peasant agrarian background? The revolt of the..... A) Jats and Satnamis. B) Rajputs. C) Marathas. D) Sikhs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jats and Satnamis. 59. Mahatma Gandhi was profoundly influenced by A) Leo Tolstoy. B) Bernard Shaw. C) Lenin. D) Karl Marx. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Leo Tolstoy. 60. Where can the finest examples of medieval architecture are seen? A) Cathedrals. B) Castles. C) Universities. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIndian History QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesMiscellenous Questions Quiz 1Miscellenous Questions Quiz 2Miscellenous Questions Quiz 3Miscellenous Questions Quiz 4Miscellenous Questions Quiz 5Miscellenous Questions Quiz 6Miscellenous Questions Quiz 7Miscellenous Questions Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books