This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Exam Based > Miscellenous Questions – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Miscellenous Questions Quiz 5 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. During the period of sutras, the Brahmanas were allowed to marry A) Brahman & Kshatriya girls. B) Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaisya & Shudra girls. C) Brahman, Kshatriya & Vaisya girls. D) Only Brahman girls. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaisya & Shudra girls. 2. Uplift of the backward classes was the main programme of the- A) Satya Shodhak Samaj. B) Ramakrishna Mission. C) Prarthana Samaj. D) Arya Samaj. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Satya Shodhak Samaj. 3. The city of Mohenjodaro covered an area of . A) 5 sq. km. B) 12 sq. km. C) 7 sq. km. D) 14 sq. km. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 12 sq. km. 4. Dhavanyaloka is A) A work on poetics. B) A work on Buddhist epistemology. C) A play. D) An epic poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A work on poetics. 5. The chief product that China received from the West was: A) Jewels. B) Sugar. C) Silver. D) Guns. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Silver. 6. Ashoka carved out rock-cut caves at Barabar and Nagarjun hills in Bihar for one of the following: A) Hinayana. B) Mahayana. C) Digambara. D) Ajivika. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ajivika. 7. India's earliest contact with Islam came through: A) Arab invasion of Sind in 7th century. B) Sufi saints. C) Arab merchants on Malabar coast. D) Turkish invasions in 11th-century. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arab merchants on Malabar coast. 8. Which of these is not one of the titles adopted by Aurangzeb? A) Padshah. B) Ghazi. C) Alamgir. D) Sultan Sulaiman. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sultan Sulaiman. 9. In course of time, the dadni merchants in India were found to be too independent and Disinclined to comply with their contracts. Who replaced the dadni merchants in 1753? A) Baniary. B) Gomashtas. C) Paikars. D) Dubashes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gomashtas. 10. Which of the following was not one of the contributions of Ashoka to India polity and culture? A) Political and cultural unification of the country. B) Religious toleration and promotion of communal harmony. C) A non-agressive foreign policy based on equality between the big and small states. D) Reform in criminal justice and revolutionary changes in the social system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reform in criminal justice and revolutionary changes in the social system. 11. Who translated Arthasastra into English A) Manu. B) Symasastri. C) Max Muller. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symasastri. 12. Which of the following statements is/are correct about the Chalcolithic settlement? A) They domesticated cattle most probably for food and not milked for drink and dairy products. B) They did practice cultivation but not on large scale. C) The pre-Harappan phase at Kalibangan in Rajasthan and Banawali in Haryana is distinctly chalcolithic. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 13. Who is the author of the autobiography, "The Indian Struggle"? A) Annie Besant. B) Subhash Chandra Bose. C) Chittaranjan Das. D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subhash Chandra Bose. 14. What was the percentage (of the total revenue charged) of the extra tax charged by Sher Shah for the use of general welfare in calamities and emergencies? A) 2.5%. B) 1.5%. C) 7.5%. D) 5.0%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2.5%. 15. The king of Kalinga in the Maurya period was A) Kharavela. B) Kanishka. C) Kuvishka. D) Simuka. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kharavela. 16. The Saivaite Nayanmars and Vashanavaite Alwar preached the Bhakti Cult under which of the following rulers? A) Pallavas, Pandyas and Cholas. B) Pallavas, Cheras and Rashtrakutas. C) Pallavas, Vijaynagar and Bahmani Kingdoms. D) Cheras & Pandavas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pallavas, Pandyas and Cholas. 17. Which among the following excavated sites is related to Malwa culture? A) Navadatoli. B) Azadnagar. C) Nagda. D) Eran. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Navadatoli. 18. Which one of the following statements about Subhaschandra Bose is not correct? A) He appeared in the I.C.S. examination in 1920 and stood 4th in order of Merit. B) He was president of Indian National Congress in the year of 1938 and 1939. C) He had spent his incarcerated life in Mandalay Jail. D) He took part in the Quit India Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He took part in the Quit India Movement. 19. In the sixth and fifth centuries B.C., the most remarkable king of the Haryanka line was A) Ajatashatru. B) Bimbisara. C) Sisunaga. D) Udayi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bimbisara. 20. Dandi March Started from ..... in 1930. A) Surat. B) Sabarmati Ashram. C) Delhi Durbar Hall. D) Vedaranyan. 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