This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Exam Based > Miscellenous Questions – Quiz 39 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Miscellenous Questions Quiz 39 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the Pallava rulers founded the city of Mahabalipuram? A) Mahendavarman I. B) Nandivarman II. C) Narasimhavarman I. D) Nripatunga. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Narasimhavarman I. 2. Who founded the Lingayat Movement? A) Basava. B) Lakulisha. C) Kulshekhar. D) Matsyendranath. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Basava. 3. Maratha power reached its peak under: A) Shah Abbas. B) Shivaji. C) Tara Bai. D) Govind Singh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shivaji. 4. Who among the following Maratha chiefs was the last to enter into a subsidiary alliance with the English? A) Holkar. B) Bhonsle. C) The Peshwas. D) Scindia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Holkar. 5. The foundation for the Vijayanagar city and kingdom was laid by A) Krishnadevaraya. B) Rama Raya. C) Sadasiva Raya. D) Harihara andBukka. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Harihara andBukka. 6. The earliest example of a 'Panchayatana' composition in temple is A) Dashavatara temple-Deogarh. B) Shatrughneshwara temple at Bhubaneshwar. C) Lakshmana temple at Sirpur. D) Temple at Pathari. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dashavatara temple-Deogarh. 7. Malatimadhava of Bhavabhuti is an important source for the study of the A) Buddhist Tantriks. B) Digambara Jainas. C) Bhagavata. D) Kapalikas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kapalikas. 8. Marriage between man & woman of same caste in Ancient India was known as A) Ghandharva. B) Pratiloma. C) Niyoga. D) Anuloma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anuloma. 9. Sixteen Mahajanapadas are referred to in. A) Anguttat Nikay. B) Sanyukta Nikay. C) Deegh Nikay. D) Khuddak Nikay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anguttat Nikay. 10. In which year did Alexander invade India? A) 236 BC. B) 362 BC. C) 326 BC. D) 623 BC. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 326 BC. 11. In which year Kalibagab was excavated A) 1924. B) 1923. C) 1953. D) 1930. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1953. 12. Several socio-political organisations were formed in the 19th and 20th centuries in India, Anjuman-e-Khawatin-e- Islam founded in the year 1914 was A) All India Muslim Ladies Conference. B) A radical wing of the All India Muslim League. C) All India Muslim Student's Conference. D) All India Islamic Conference. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All India Muslim Ladies Conference. 13. The main contribution of Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar to education and in particular to women education are: A) Break priestly monopoly of scriptural knowledge(Sanskrit) and opening to non-Brahmins. B) Charles wood dispatch on education, influenced it towards female education. C) Lady Hardinge medical college at Delhi. D) Both A and B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both A and B. 14. Name the English man who tried to obtain from Akbar a Firman for trade in Gujarat? A) Ralph Fitch. B) John Mildenhall. C) Sir Thomas Roe. D) Thomas Stephens. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John Mildenhall. 15. The Alahabad pillar inscription was com-posed by A) Samudragupta. B) Vishnugupta. C) Harisena. D) Vikramaditya. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harisena. 16. The greatest Muslim Art in which they have achieved incomparable success is A) Paintings. B) Architecture. C) Calligraphy. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Calligraphy. 17. Which of the following were epics in early Tamil Literature? A) Padirruppattu and Maduraikkanchi. B) Silappadikaram and Manimekhalai. C) Ahananuru and Purananuru. D) Tolkappiyam and Tirukkural. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Silappadikaram and Manimekhalai. 18. Which of the following was the wonderful discovery made by Hippalus in A.D. 45, leading to increasing of trade with Rome? A) The existence of the monsoon winds, blowing across the Indian Ocean. B) Fitting of sails to the ships. C) A shorter route for Rome to the eastern coast of India. D) Propelling of ship with mechanical aid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The existence of the monsoon winds, blowing across the Indian Ocean. 19. Khuddak Nikay belongs to. A) Jatak. B) Vinay Pitak. C) Abhidharmrna Pitak. D) Sulta Pitak. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abhidharmrna Pitak. 20. Which one of the following commissions/ committees was appointed by the British Government to investigate into the massacre in Jallianwala Bagh? A) Butler Committee. B) Hunter Committee. C) Welby Commission. D) Simon Commission. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hunter Committee. ← 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