This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Exam Based > Miscellenous Questions – Quiz 104 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Miscellenous Questions Quiz 104 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What was the 'privy purse' in the context of the history of modern India? A) A gift given by an erstwhile Prince of India to the Government of India. B) A purse given privately by one organisation to another. C) A grant given by the Government of India to the erstwhile Prince of India. D) A purse given by the Government of India to dignitaries for services rendered. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A grant given by the Government of India to the erstwhile Prince of India. 2. Consider the following passage- In the course of a career on the road spanning almost thirty years, he crossed the breadth of the Eastern hemisphere, visited territories equivalent to about 44 modern countries and put behind him a total distance of approximately 73000 miles. The world's greatest traveller of pre-modern times to whom the above passage refers is A) Megasthenes. B) Fa Hien. C) Marco Polo. D) Ibn Battuta. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marco Polo. 3. During whose regime, did Deimachos, the Greek ambassador, visited India? A) Ashok. B) Bindusar. C) Chandragupta Maurya. D) Brthadrath. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bindusar. 4. The oldest ancestor of modern man to be found in Asia has been located in both: A) India and Burma. B) Vietnam and Java. C) Java and China. D) India and China. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Java and China. 5. Do or Die slogan is associated with A) Nethaji. B) Bala Gangadhara Tilak. C) Jawaharlal Nehru. D) Mahatma Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mahatma Gandhi. 6. The founder of French East India Company for trade in India was A) Francois Martin. B) Francois Caron. C) De La Haye. D) Colbert. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Colbert. 7. In Early Medieval India "Dosi Hatt" was A) Kapaas (Cotton) Market. B) Animal Market. C) Meena Bazar. D) Slave Bazar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kapaas (Cotton) Market. 8. 'Tol Kappiyam' is a book on A) Religion. B) Grammar. C) Logic. D) Politics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grammar. 9. Who said Hanooz Dilli Door Ast? A) Todarmal. B) Firdausi. C) Farid. D) Nizamuddin Aulia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nizamuddin Aulia. 10. In ancient times 'Sectora' was situated in A) The Mouth of Mediterranean Sea. B) The Mouth of Indus valley. C) The Mouth of Narmada River. D) The Mouth of Red sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Mouth of Red sea. 11. What was the real objective of the partition of Bengal? A) Build up separate administrative units for better efficiency of administration. B) Create division among the ranks of Indian nationalists. C) Appease the large majority of Muslims. D) Stop the tide of nationalism in Bengal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stop the tide of nationalism in Bengal. 12. Which of the following dynasties under the Saivaite Nayanmars and Vashnavaite Alwars preached the Bhakti cult? A) Pallavas, Pandyas and Cholas. B) Pallavas, Kaktyas and Cholas. C) Pallavas, Pandyas and Cheras. D) Rashtrakutas, Pandyas and Cholas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pallavas, Pandyas and Cholas. 13. Which of the following was not one of the reasons why the conquest of Kalinga was of strategic and economic importance to the Mauryan empire? A) It stood in the way of the southern routes from the Ganges valley. B) It was also a powerful maritime state and, therefore a convenient source of income. C) Its rich and fertile land could contribute to the economic prosperity of the empire. D) It provided continuity to the Mauryan territories of Andhra and Bengal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Its rich and fertile land could contribute to the economic prosperity of the empire. 14. Who advocated the concept of one caste, one religion and one God' for all? A) Narayan Guru. B) Swami Vivekananda. C) Mahatma Gandhi. D) Periyar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Narayan Guru. 15. 18th century has been correctly called the A) Age of rationalism. B) Age of positive thinking. C) Age of experimentation. D) Age of reason. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Age of reason. 16. Hammurabi was the greatest king of A) Iran. B) Akkad. C) Babylon. D) Agade. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Akkad. 17. The Permanent Settlement was enforced on . A) 1893,. B) 1933. C) 1793,. D) 1693,. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1793,. 18. Chinese made very fine china called A) Porcelain. B) China-bone-glazed. C) Lily china. D) Pottery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) China-bone-glazed. 19. The center of French power in India was: A) Madras. B) Surat. C) Goa. D) Pondicherry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pondicherry. 20. What is the significance of 'Kayavarohan' in the history of Shaivism? A) It is the same as pasupasa simokshana one of the principal characteristics of the Pasupata sect. B) It was the birth place of Lakulisa. C) It was a ritual prescribed for those adhering to the Kalamukha sect. D) It was one of the vratas of the Kapalikas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was a ritual prescribed for those adhering to the Kalamukha sect. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIndian History QuizzesMiscellenous Questions Quiz 1Miscellenous Questions Quiz 2Miscellenous Questions Quiz 3Miscellenous Questions Quiz 4Miscellenous Questions Quiz 5Miscellenous Questions Quiz 6Miscellenous Questions Quiz 7Miscellenous Questions Quiz 8Miscellenous Questions Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books