This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Exam Based > Miscellenous Questions – Quiz 46 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Miscellenous Questions Quiz 46 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which one among the following is the oldest Stupa? A) Stupa of Amaravati. B) Stupa of Sanchi. C) Stupa of Piprawah. D) Stupa of Bharahut. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stupa of Piprawah. 2. Which one of the following Janapadas was the republican state in sixth century BC? A) Anga. B) Vajji. C) Mayadha. D) Kosala. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vajji. 3. The chief achievement of Balban was A) Administrative reforms. B) Suppression of ambitious nobles. C) Establishing rapport with the people. D) The consolidation of Turkish power and putting down rebellions by reorganising his army. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The consolidation of Turkish power and putting down rebellions by reorganising his army. 4. An area which was relatively neglected by the Hindus, but where Muslim writers showed their skill, was A) Musicology. B) History. C) Logic. D) Astronomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) History. 5. The Ryotwari settlement was introduced by the British in the A) Bombay Presidency. B) Bengal Presidency. C) Madras Presidency. D) Madras and Bombay Presidencies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Madras and Bombay Presidencies. 6. Which of the following was one of the in-gredients of 'Middle Path' advocated by Bud-dha? A) Abandonment of killing. B) Right effort. C) Speak no falsehood. D) Giving up hankering for wealth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Right effort. 7. Which of the following figures was NOT Prime Minister of India? A) Jawarlahal Nehru. B) Lal Shastri. C) Rajiv Gandhi. D) Mahatma Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mahatma Gandhi. 8. Which of the following is called 'Yavanpria'? A) Cotton. B) Silk. C) Gold. D) Pepper. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pepper. 9. Which among the following pair accused of killing English officers in England was hanged? A) Kartar Singh Sarabhai and Ashfaqullah Khan. B) Raj Guru and Sukhdev. C) Khudi Ram Bose and Suryasen. D) Madan Lal Dhingra and Udham Singh. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Madan Lal Dhingra and Udham Singh. 10. Where is the prehistoric grain producing site of Mehrgarh located? A) In Western Baluchistan. B) On the bak of Ghaggar. C) On the edge of bolan river. D) In eastern Rann of kutch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In Western Baluchistan. 11. Which of the following officers held the office of minister under the Mughals? A) Kotwal. B) Vakil. C) Sipahsalar. D) Siqdar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vakil. 12. The term 'dastak' implies? A) Market. B) Post. C) Duty free trade. D) Riot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Duty free trade. 13. Which year of Akbar's reign has been regarded by the historian, Vincent A. Smith as 'the most critical time'? A) 1561 A.D. B) 1581 A.D. C) 1571 A.D. D) 1556 A.D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1581 A.D. 14. The Council of the 'Nine Gems' is associated with A) Ballala Sena. B) Harshavardhana. C) Chandragupta II. D) Devapala. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chandragupta II. 15. The guild organization described in the Mandsore inscription of Kumaragupta was known as A) Tailika. B) Kulika. C) Dantakara. D) Tantuvaya. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tantuvaya. 16. Who composed the Gayatri Mantra A) Vishvamitra. B) Indra. C) Vasishtha. D) Parikshit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vishvamitra. 17. Which Bhakti Saints venerated in Sikhism, as well as Hindu warrior-ascetic traditions such as the Dadupanthis and the Niranjani Sampradaya that emerged in north India during the Islamic rule? A) Ramananda. B) Mirabai. C) Eknath. D) Namdeva. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Namdeva. 18. The treaty of Seringapatnam was be-tween Cornwallis and A) Nizam of Hyderabad. B) Haider Ali. C) Tipu Sultan. D) Chand Bibi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tipu Sultan. 19. Mahakachchayana, traditionally the founder of the Theravada sect, hailed from A) Magadha. B) Simhala. C) Gandhara. D) Avanti. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Avanti. 20. The Telugu version of the Mahabharata was completed in the thirteenth century by A) Kambana. B) Nanniah. C) Pampa. D) Tikkanna. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tikkanna. ← 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