Miscellenous Questions Quiz 107 (20 MCQs)

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1. Rulers of which of the following dynasties maintained diplomatic relations with distant countries like Syria in the West?

Correct Answer: A) Maurya.

2. The Crusades contributed to the breakdown of feudalism because.

Correct Answer: B) The authority of kings increased while many nobles were financially weakened.

3. Who among the following Bhakti Saint created Vinaya-Patrika and Kavitavali?

Correct Answer: C) Tulsidas.

4. Which of the following statements about the Mauryan kings is not correct?

Correct Answer: B) They laid claim to divinity.

5. The author of Natyashastra was

Correct Answer: C) Asvagbosa.

6. Which of the following crops in Vijayanagar empire was widely exported?

Correct Answer: A) Black Pepper.

7. Statement I: Mahavira initially joined a group of ascetics called Nirgranthas. Statement II: The sect was founded 200 years earlier by Parsva.

Correct Answer: B) Both the statements are true, but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I.

8. Most of the inhabitants of modern Southeast Asia originally came from:

Correct Answer: A) China.

9. The excavation at Chanhu Daro was directed by

Correct Answer: B) J. H. Mackay.

10. Which was the main seaport of Pandyas

Correct Answer: C) Korkai.

11. What was Ziyarat in the language of the Sufis?

Correct Answer: C) Pilgrimage to the tombs of Sufi saints for seeking barkat (spiritual grace).

12. Dahala in the early medieval period was the territory of the

Correct Answer: D) Kalachuris.

13. Which of the following provision was not included in the Nehru Report?

Correct Answer: D) Diarchy should be introduced both at the centre as well as provinces.

14. Which of the following was not a state monopoly during the Mauryan period?

Correct Answer: B) Slaughterhouses and gambling houses.

15. The musical instruments used by the Aryans was

Correct Answer: D) All the above.

16. Whose court was poet Ravikriti associated with?

Correct Answer: C) Pulakeshin II.

17. Which of the following statements about Bukka I of the Vijayanagar empire is not correct?

Correct Answer: D) He adopted measures to uplift the Shudras.

18. How did Akbar get rid of the authority of the Ulemas?

Correct Answer: D) He issued an infallibility decree in 1579.

19. Herodotus has been called the father of

Correct Answer: B) History.

20. During the time of Alauddin's invasion Warangal was ruled by

Correct Answer: C) Kakatiya Dynasty.