This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Exam Based > Miscellenous Questions – Quiz 79 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Miscellenous Questions Quiz 79 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The East India Company began to use the term 'investments in India' for A) The loot from Buxar for purchasing Indian goods. B) Their bullion imports to purchase Indian goods. C) The profits made from duty free inland trade and the surplus from Diwani revenue. D) The borrowed money from Indian money lenders for purchases in India. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The profits made from duty free inland trade and the surplus from Diwani revenue. 2. Identify the social reformers of Maharashtra who adopted the pen name of "Lokahitawadi" ? A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak. B) Gopal Hari Deshmukh. C) Atmaram Panduranga. D) Krishna Shastri Chaplunkar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gopal Hari Deshmukh. 3. Which of the following administrative measures was not undertaken by Ashoka? A) He tried to save people from miscarriage of justice. B) He issued a code of conduct to his officials. C) Release of the convicts on the mercy petition moved by his ministers. D) The monarch started the practice of royal tours and instituted quinquennial circuits of officers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Release of the convicts on the mercy petition moved by his ministers. 4. Why did Mumbai (Bombay) and Chennai (Madras) not join the revolt of 1857 along with northern provinces? A) They had more tolerant and enlightened administrators. B) They had remained comparatively free from annexations and confiscations. C) They were at a great distance from Kolkata (Calcutta), the seat of British administration. D) They failed to find necessary leadership due to ryotwari settlement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They were at a great distance from Kolkata (Calcutta), the seat of British administration. 5. According to the periplus, sea, voyages to India were undertaken in the month of Epiphi or A) October. B) June. C) July. D) December. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) June. 6. Shashgani was a small silver coin equal to A) 10 Jitals. B) 6 Jitals. C) 8 Jitals. D) 4 Jitals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 6 Jitals. 7. The French royal prison the (Bastille) was attacked in A) 12 July 1789. B) 13 July 1789. C) 16 July 1790. D) 14 July 1789. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 14 July 1789. 8. Ashoka himself considered his policy of dhamma as: A) The essence of original Buddhism as preached by the Buddha. B) A way of life which was both practical and convenient as well as highly moral. C) The ideal of virtuous life based on moral teachings of various thinkers. D) The essence of all religions or the common religion of mankind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A way of life which was both practical and convenient as well as highly moral. 9. Vellore Mutiny took place in the year of? A) 1935. B) 1857. C) 1764. D) 1806. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1806. 10. The word Vishti means A) Rights of slaves. B) Property of women. C) Forced labour. D) Irrigation tax. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Forced labour. 11. Which is considered as oldest civilization of the world? A) Chinese Civilization. B) Mesopotamian Civilization. C) Egyptain Civilization. D) Harappan Civilization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mesopotamian Civilization. 12. The ryotwari settlement was primarily introduced by the British government in A) Bengal and Madras. B) The Gangetic valley. C) United provinces. D) Madras and Bombay. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Madras and Bombay. 13. Whichone of the following newspaper was launched by Motilal Nehru? A) Leader. B) National Herald. C) The Independent. D) Hindustan Times. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Independent. 14. The crops cultivated by the Harrapans included A) Wheat, Cotton, Sugarcane. B) Wheat, Rice, Sugarcane. C) Barley, Groundnut, Rice. D) Wheat, Barley, Mustard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wheat, Barley, Mustard. 15. Negrito race is the earliest people of India; this race now survives in the people of A) Andaman Islands. B) Chhota Nagpur Plateau. C) Nagaland region. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Andaman Islands. 16. The use of half-dome portal is the charac-teristic of which one of the following dynas-ties? A) Lodi Dynasty. B) Mughal Dynasty. C) Slave Dynasty. D) Tughlaq Dynasty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mughal Dynasty. 17. Who was Dhanavantri? A) A Physician. B) A Surgeon. C) A Philosopher. D) A Chemist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A Physician. 18. The following are the legislative contributions of Raja Rammohan Roy A) Abolition of Sati. B) Indianisation of superior services. C) Reduction of export duties on Indian goods. D) Abolition of East India company's trading rights. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abolition of Sati. 19. The Vallabhi era is identical with A) The Vikrama era. B) The Gupta era. C) The Harsha era. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Gupta era. 20. Who of the following founded a new city on the south bank of a tributary to river Krishna and undertook to rule his new kingdom as the agent of a deity to whom all the land south of the river Krishna was supposed to belong? [CSAT 2015-I] A) Amoghavarsha I. B) Ballala II. C) Harihara I. D) Prataparudra II. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harihara I. ← 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