This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Exam Based > Miscellenous Questions – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Miscellenous Questions Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The decimal numeral system, including the concept of zero was invented in India during which one of the following dynasty? A) Gupta. B) Saka. C) Chola. D) Pala. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gupta. 2. Who said, "The Hindus believed that there is no country like theirs, no nation like theirs, no king like theirs, no religion like theirs, no science like theirs." A) Utbi. B) Alberuni. C) Farishta. D) Firdausi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alberuni. 3. Which of the following reasons is not correct with regard to the decline of economy of India during English rule? A) Failure to get overseas market due to lack sea power. B) Lack of qualification and technical skill in the Indians. C) Lack of the class of industrial enterprises in India. D) Unprotected indigenous industry due to weak guild organizations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lack of qualification and technical skill in the Indians. 4. Which of the following Acts was described by Jawaharlal Nehru as 'Charter of Slavery'? A) Regulation Act. B) Government of India Act, 1935. C) Government of India Act, 1919. D) Vernacular Press Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Government of India Act, 1935. 5. The Treaty of Amritsar was concluded between Maharaja Ranjit Singh and who of the following? A) Lord Cornwallis. B) Lord Dalhousie. C) Lord Hastings. D) Lord Minto. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lord Minto. 6. Which is the most accepted date of the composition of the Rigveda? A) 1500 BC to 1000 BC. B) About 4500 BC. C) 1000 BC. D) 1500 BC. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1500 BC to 1000 BC. 7. Which one of the following items was collected only in a case under the Mauryas? A) Kara. B) Bhaga. C) Hiranya. D) Pranaya. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pranaya. 8. Who was the founder of the Ramanandi Sampradaya, the largest monastic Hindu renunciant community in modern times? A) Ramananda. B) Kabir. C) Mirabai. D) Tukaram. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ramananda. 9. Which Iirdu poet was invited to the Second and Third Round Table Conference? A) Mohammad Iqbal. B) Josh Malihabadi. C) Firaq Gorakhpuri. D) FaizAhmadFaiz. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mohammad Iqbal. 10. Madras was restored to the English by the French by A) The treaty of Aix-Ia-Chapelle (1749). B) The Treaty of Mangalore (1784). C) The Treaty of Pondicherry (1754). D) The Treaty of Salbai (1782). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The treaty of Aix-Ia-Chapelle (1749). 11. In which year All India Trade Union Con-gress(AITUC) was formed? A) 31 December 1920. B) 28 August 1921. C) 01 February 1917. D) 14 November 1922. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 31 December 1920. 12. According to Sarojini Naidu who was "the ambassador of Hindu-Muslim Unity" ? A) Mohammad Ali Jinnah. B) Hasrat Mohani. C) Syed Ahmad Khan. D) Maulana Azad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Maulana Azad. 13. Who among the following historians has remarked that the Government of Bengal between the period 1765- 1772 was a robber state? A) G. W. Forrest. B) K. M. Panikkar. C) Nand Lal Chatterji. D) Lord Macaulay. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) K. M. Panikkar. 14. Which one of the following Sufi orders laid great stress on practicing mystic music? A) Naqshbandi. B) Qadiri. C) Suharawardi. D) Chisti. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chisti. 15. Which of the following statement (s) is correct about Alvar Saints? A) The twelve Alvars were Tamil poet-saints, who lived between 6th and 9th centuries AD and espoused 'emotional devotion' or bhakti to VisnuKrishna in their songs. B) The 63 Alvars saints were the Shiva devotional poets, who lived between 5th and 10th centuries. C) Only B. D) Both A & B. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The twelve Alvars were Tamil poet-saints, who lived between 6th and 9th centuries AD and espoused 'emotional devotion' or bhakti to VisnuKrishna in their songs. 16. Gol Gumbad is located at? A) Bijapur. B) Delhi. C) Hyderabad. D) Lucknow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bijapur. 17. The author of Tabqat-i-Nasiri is? A) Ziyauddin Barni. B) Aniir Khusro. C) Mehadi Hussain. D) Minhai-us Siraj. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Minhai-us Siraj. 18. Who among the following was not associated with the activities of the Theosophical Society? A) Col H S Olcott. B) Madame H P Blavatsky. C) Mr. A O Hume. D) Mrs. Annie Besant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mr. A O Hume. 19. The Mesopotamian calendar was A) Gregorian. B) Solar lunar. C) Lunar. D) Solar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Solar. 20. Which of the following statement is the correct definition of Nirguna? A) It is the concept of a formless God. B) It is the concept of a formless Guru. C) It is the concept of spirituality. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is the concept of a formless God. 21. The North Indian Dynasties that confronted the Rashtrakutas were A) The Pratiharas and the Palas. B) The Pratiharas and the Paramaras. C) The Chalukyas and the Chahamanas. D) The Palas and the Chandelas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Pratiharas and the Palas. 22. Which of the following works of Kalidas gives information about history of Sunga dynasty? A) Maghdoot. B) Malvikagnimitram. C) Kumarsambhav. D) Abhigyanshakuntalam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Malvikagnimitram. 23. Gandhi gave the call to reject all foreign goods during the ..... Movement. A) Swadeshi. B) Civil Disobedience. C) Khilafat. D) Non-cooperation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Swadeshi. 24. Which of the following groups did NOT stage a major revolt against the regime of Aurangzeb? A) The Marathas. B) The Sikhs. C) The Mamelukes. D) The Rajputs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Mamelukes. 25. Thus far, the emergence of civilization in China is best documented: A) In Manchuria. B) In Yunnan. C) Along the Yellow River. D) On the coast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Along the Yellow River. 26. The role of women in Southeast Asian society: A) Is slightly more restricted than in Japan. B) Offers more opportunity than in any other part of Asia. C) Is highly restricted. D) Is confined to the home. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Offers more opportunity than in any other part of Asia. 27. Which one among the following is not true with regard to Rig Veda Samhita? A) Purus sided with Bharata in the battle of ten kings. B) It is mentioned in the Rig Veda that the Bharata chief Sudas fought against a confederacy of ten tribes. C) There is a reference to dasarajna (battle of ten kings) in the Rig Veda. D) There are about 300 non-Indo- European words in Rig Veda. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) There are about 300 non-Indo- European words in Rig Veda. 28. The Navaratnas of Sanskrit literature flourished in the Court of A) Samudragupta. B) Krishnadeva Raya. C) Chandragupta Maurya. D) Chandragupta Vikramaditya. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chandragupta Vikramaditya. 29. The king Pulakesin II belonged to which Dynasty? A) Cheras. B) Chedis. C) Chalukyas. D) Cholas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chalukyas. 30. The Mahabharata and the Ramayana are: A) Aryan hymns of creation. B) Aryan histories. C) Aryan epic poems. D) Aryan ritual books. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aryan epic poems. 31. Who guided the establishment of Prarthana Samaj in Maharashtra? A) Lokhitwadi. B) Shibnath Shastri. C) Debendranath Tagore. D) Keshub Chunder Sen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Keshub Chunder Sen. 32. India is in favour of ..... in the economic field. A) Capitalistic Economy. B) Public Sector. C) Private Sector. D) Mixed Economy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mixed Economy. 33. Who was the author of Ishara book? A) Tilak. B) Ghokhale. C) Phadke. D) Mahatma Phule. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mahatma Phule. 34. During the Rigvedic period, 'Niska' was an ornament of A) Wrist. B) Neck. C) Arm. D) Ear. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neck. 35. "Swaraj is my birth right." Who said? A) Dadabhai Naoroji. B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak. C) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. D) BhagatSingh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak. 36. Which of the following languages was used in Ashoka's Edicts? A) Sanskrit. B) Pali. C) Vasudeva. D) Brahmi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sanskrit. 37. Who among the following initiated the Kheda Satyagraha? A) Mahatma Gandhi. B) Vinoba Bhave. C) Sardar Patel. D) Mohanlal Pandya. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mohanlal Pandya. 38. Which one of the following is considered the Magna Carta of the Indian people? A) The Government of India Act, 1858. B) Indian Councils Act of 1892. C) The Ilbert Bill. D) Queen Victoria's Proclamation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Queen Victoria's Proclamation. 39. "Patriotism is religion and religion is love for India" - whose utterance is this? A) Swami Vivekananda. B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak. C) Raj Narain Bose. D) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Swami Vivekananda. 40. Which one of the following statements about ancient Indian Mahajanapadas is correct? A) All Mahajanapadas were oligarchies where power was exercised by a group of people. B) All Mahajanapadas were located in Eastern India. C) No army was maintained by the Mahajanapadas. D) Buddhist and Jaina texts list sixteen Mahajanapadas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Buddhist and Jaina texts list sixteen Mahajanapadas. 41. During the period of which of the following was 'Panchtantra' written? A) Guptas. B) Sungas. C) Mauryas. D) Nandas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Guptas. 42. Who among the following has his disciples as Ashtchap? A) Namdev. B) Mauluk Das. C) Vallabhacharya. D) Chaitanya. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vallabhacharya. 43. When was the Treaty of Alinagar signed? A) February 1756. B) February 1757. C) April 1757. D) September 1756. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) February 1757. 44. Which of the following did not constitute part of the army reforms of Sher Shah? A) Cash payment to soldiers. B) Keeping a large army at the center. C) Introduction of the practice of branding horses. D) Introduction of a swiftly moving artillery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Introduction of a swiftly moving artillery. 45. Which of the following countries does NOT have a significant Islamic population? A) Japan. B) India. C) Malaysia. D) Indonesia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Japan. 46. Satapatha Brahmana is related to A) Rigveda. B) Samaveda. C) Yajurveda. D) Atharvaveda. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yajurveda. 47. Which of the following modern countries was not part of the Byzantine Empire? A) Bulgaria. B) France. C) Egypt. D) Germany. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Egypt. 48. Who set up the dual system of administration in Bengal? A) Dupleix,. B) Robert Clive,. C) Lord Macaulay. D) Lord Wellesley,. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Robert Clive,. 49. The Satnamis who rebelled in the time of Aurangazeb and occupied the town of Narnaul were followers of A) Kabir. B) Dadu. C) Ravidas. D) Guru Nanak. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dadu. 50. India derives its name from A) The Aryans. B) Lord Indra. C) The River Indus. D) The Hindus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The River Indus. 51. The great Indian philospher Sankara advocated A) Advaita. B) Dvaita. C) Vishistadvaita. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vishistadvaita. 52. Oracles foretold the A) Future. B) Past. C) Death. D) Present. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Future. 53. The Kalyana-mandapa was a notable feature of temple architecture in the kingdom of A) Pahallavas. B) Cholas. C) Kadambas. D) Vijaynagar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cholas. 54. The Rajarajeshvar temple was constructed by A) Parantaka Chola. B) Mahendra Vermana Pahallava. C) Rajaraja Chola. D) Aditya Cholas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rajaraja Chola. 55. According to ..... the Mutiny was a purely military outbreak. A) VD Sarkar. B) Sir John Lawrence. C) Roberts. D) VA Smith. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sir John Lawrence. 56. Who among the following was the painter who was given the title Nadir-uz-Zaman by Jahangir? A) Bichitr. B) Bishandas. C) Abul Hasan. D) Mansur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abul Hasan. 57. Which of the following is not the part of Government of India Act, 1935 A) The post of Indian council of the secretary of state for India made permanent. B) The diarchy was introduced at the centre. C) Diarchy in the provinces was replaced by provincial autonomy. D) This act provided for setting up of the Federation of India comprising British Indian provinces. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The post of Indian council of the secretary of state for India made permanent. 58. Which one of the following statements is not correct about the social and cultural conditions in the post-Gupta period? A) The number of land-grants increased. B) The number of castes increased. C) The tantric activities increased. D) The Central control increased. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Central control increased. 59. Who had appointed Parnadatta as the Provincial Governor of Saurashtra? A) Chandragupta Maurya. B) Skandagupta. C) Chandragupta II. D) Rudradaman. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skandagupta. 60. The Moplah Rebellion broke out in? A) Telengana. B) Chauri Chaura. C) Uttrakhand. D) Malabar. 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