This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Exam Based > Miscellenous Questions – Quiz 56 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Miscellenous Questions Quiz 56 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which one among the following statements about Ashokan edicts is correct? A) The Pillar edicts were located in all parts of the empire. B) The edicts give details of his personal concerns but are silent on events of the empire. C) The subject of inscribed matter on Rock edicts differs completely with that of the Pillar edicts. D) The Greek or Aramaic edicts are versions or translations of the texts used in other edicts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The edicts give details of his personal concerns but are silent on events of the empire. 2. What was the Period of the rule of Samudra Gupta? A) 375-396A. D. B) 330-375 A. D. C) 370-380 A. D. D) 380-398 A. D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 330-375 A. D. 3. Which of the following Bhakti Reformers influenced by the preaching of Sufi teachers? A) Ramananda. B) Kabir. C) Nanak. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 4. The main focus of the Rigvedic culture was A) The Indo-Gangetic region. B) The Punjab and Delhi region. C) The Indus valley region. D) The region between Swat and Indus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Indo-Gangetic region. 5. According to the Mahasanghikas, a being is composed of A) . Five Dharmas. B) Seven Dharmas. C) Nine Dharmas. D) Eighteen Dharmas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . Five Dharmas. 6. Who was the founder of Pallava dynasty A) Raja Raja I. B) Karikala. C) Simhavishnu. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simhavishnu. 7. Rath Temples at Mahabalipuram were built during the reign of which Pallava ruler? A) Narasinghvarman I. B) Nandivarman I. C) Parameshwarvarman. D) Mahendravarman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Narasinghvarman I. 8. Who was the assistant of Sambhaji? A) Ranoji Rane. B) Kavi Kalash. C) Anand Shirke. D) Mahadji Yamaji. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mahadji Yamaji. 9. The System of philosophy with which the name of, Kapila is prominently associated is A) Nyaya. B) Samkhya. C) Uttara Mimamsa. D) Purva Mimamsa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Samkhya. 10. Gandhara art all but one of the following was different from the West. Which was it? A) Foldings of the robe. B) Depicting the physiognomy. C) Style. D) Iconography. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Iconography. 11. Who of the following was a contemporary of Alexander, the Great? A) Ashoka. B) Chandragupta Maurya. C) Bimbisara. D) Pushyamitra Sunga. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chandragupta Maurya. 12. The aim of education as stated by the Wood's despatch of 1854 was A) The creation of employment opportunity for native Indians. B) The introduction of scientific research and rationalism in the traditional Indian education. C) The spread of western culture in India. D) The promotion of literacy among the people using English medium of language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The spread of western culture in India. 13. The Palas, Pratiharas and the Rashtrakutas fought for control over which citizenship? A) Kaushambi. B) Pataliputra. C) Ujjain. D) Kannauj. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kannauj. 14. Under feudalism, lords granted land to vassals in exchange for which of the following? A) Food. B) Housing. C) Military service. D) Farm labor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Farm labor. 15. Paramaras were residents of? A) Gujarat. B) Orissa. C) Maiwa. D) Rajasthan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maiwa. 16. When was paper introduced in India? A) 14th century. B) 18th century. C) 12th century. D) 16th century. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 14th century. 17. The 'Sepoy Mutiny' was in the year . A) 1757,. B) 1657,. C) 1765. D) 1857. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1857. 18. Which one among the following statements is not correct about the agrarian policy of Sher Shah? A) Sher Shah insisted upon measurement of the sown land. B) Sher Shah drew up schedule of rates for state's share of the different types of crops. C) The amount each peasant had to pay was to be written down on a paper called 'patta'. D) The measuring part was allowed to fix fee at their will. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The measuring part was allowed to fix fee at their will. 19. Who discovered a direct sea route to India? A) Portuguese. B) The French. C) Germans. D) The Dutch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Portuguese. 20. General Windham was defeated by the rebel forces in 1857 near A) Kanpur. B) Gwalior. C) Bhopal. D) Agra. 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