This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Exam Based > Miscellenous Questions – Quiz 33 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Miscellenous Questions Quiz 33 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Kojiki and the Nihongi are: A) Jomon pottery styles. B) Histories of Korea. C) Ancient texts of Japan. D) Early Chinese histories. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ancient texts of Japan. 2. Under whom did Tulsidas write Ramcharitmanasa A) Shah-Jahana. B) Akbar. C) Jahangir. D) Aurangazb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Akbar. 3. Where was Mohanjedaro situated A) Hariyana. B) Larkhana. C) Lothal. D) Panjab. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Larkhana. 4. Which of the following is concerned with origin of Indian medicine? A) Yajurveda. B) Rigveda. C) Atharveda. D) Samveda. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Atharveda. 5. Which of the following newspaper was started by Annie Besant? A) Indian Express. B) New India. C) The Hindu. D) The Times of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) New India. 6. The Aitchison Commission was set up in 1886 under the chairmanship of Sir Charles Aitchison for: A) To suggest feasibility of constitutional reforms. B) To suggest reforms in public services under British Raj. C) To improve the standard of elementary education in India. D) To recommend revocation of press act. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To suggest reforms in public services under British Raj. 7. Umar khayyam is known for his work A) Shah nama. B) Siyasat nama. C) Ruba'iyyat. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Siyasat nama. 8. Bibi ka Makbara is built by? A) Jahangir. B) Shahjahan. C) Akbar. D) Aurangzeb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aurangzeb. 9. Which one of the following dynasties was associated with Gandhara School of Art? A) Mauryas. B) Chalukyas. C) Kushanas. D) Guptas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kushanas. 10. The Vijayanagar king who employed skilled archers of the Turkish clan and raised the fighting capacity of his bowmen was A) Devaraya I. B) Krishnadevaraya. C) Ramaraya. D) Bukka I. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Devaraya I. 11. Egyptian empire came to an end in the A) 2000 BC. B) 1000 BC. C) 3000 BC. D) 900 BC. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2000 BC. 12. 6. Which one of the following works deals with the history of Kashmir? A) Harshacharita. B) Rajatarangini. C) Gaudavaha. D) Vikramankadevacharita. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rajatarangini. 13. With reference to the Revolt of 1857, who of the following laid siege to Jhansi in March 1858? A) Major General Wyndham. B) Major-General Havelock. C) Sir Hugh Rose. D) Sir Colin Campbell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sir Hugh Rose. 14. What is the most significant difference in the message of the pillar Edicts as compared to the Rock Edicts? A) Rock Edicts are addressed to common people and Pillar Edicts to the Buddhist order. B) There is a hint of fanaticism about dhamma and of megalomania in the Pillar Edicts. C) The Pillar Edicts are mainly devoted to the moral aspects of dhamma and Ashoka's attachment to Buddhism. D) The main stress in the Pillar Edicts is on social welfare measure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There is a hint of fanaticism about dhamma and of megalomania in the Pillar Edicts. 15. Which one of the following is the earliest school of Indian philosophy? A) Karma mimamsa. B) Yoga. C) Vaisesika. D) Samkhya. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vaisesika. 16. Which of the following statements is/are correct about the Neolithic culture? A) The Neolithic age marks the concluding phase of the stone tools culture. B) The evidence of productive economy or food producing culture is an essential prerequisite for the attestation of this age. C) The presence of pottery is taken to be more conclusive diagnostic speciality of this age. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 17. When was the Hindu College, Calcutta established? A) 1817. B) 1858. C) 1829. D) 1853. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1817. 18. Lingayats are, A) Worshippers of Shiva. B) Opposed to caste system. C) Opposed to social evils as child marriage. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 19. The Post-Gupta social structure in North India was marked by the A) Lessening of untouchability. B) Growing importance of women. C) Revival of slavery. D) Proliferation of castes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Proliferation of castes. 20. How was the control of the company in Bengal legitimized? A) The treaty with Mir Zafar after the battle of Buxar in 1764. B) The imperial grant of the 'Diwani' of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa by Shah Alam II. C) The treaty with Mir Zafar after the battle of Plassey in 1757. D) The treaty of February 1765 with Nizam-ud-daula. 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