This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Exam Based > Miscellenous Questions – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Miscellenous Questions Quiz 8 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What was the provocation behind the damand of separate electorate etc. under fourteen points of Jinnah? A) Fear of the majority rule. B) Communal politics of Hindu Mahasabha and Sikh League. C) Disagreement with the proposals contained in the Nehru report. D) The challenge of the British government for drawing up an agreed Constitution of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Disagreement with the proposals contained in the Nehru report. 2. The Church had great power over people during the middle Ages because A) It provided them with education. B) It decided who could achieve salvation. C) It controlled food production. D) It protected them in times of warfare. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It decided who could achieve salvation. 3. Who was the most prominent ruler of the Chandela dynasty? A) Bhoja. B) Jayachandra. C) Krishna. D) Dhanga. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dhanga. 4. Akbar's successor was: A) Nur Jahan. B) Aurangzeb. C) Shah Jahan. D) Jahangir. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jahangir. 5. Indian culture was made known to England largely through: A) The London Times. B) The work of the Orientalists. C) The writings of Dickens. D) Robert Clive's journals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The work of the Orientalists. 6. Why was Bombay handed over to the British by the Portuguese? A) The defeat of the Spanish Armada by the British in 1588. B) The marriage of Charles II with The Portuguese princes Catherine of Braganza. C) Due to Portuguese independence from Spain. D) The Portuguese handed it over to the British after a peace-treaty in Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The marriage of Charles II with The Portuguese princes Catherine of Braganza. 7. The significance of the Bengal Regulation of 1793 lies in the fact that? A) It accommodated the personal laws of Hin-du and Muslims. B) It provided for the appointment of the Indian Law Commission. C) It provided for the establishment of the Su-preme Court. D) It restricted the application of English law to English men only. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It accommodated the personal laws of Hin-du and Muslims. 8. On what basis is it held that on the east the province of Vanga (part of modern Bengal) formed part of the Mauryan empire? A) Buddhist traditions associate Ashoka with propagation of Buddhism in Bengal. B) Discovery of Ashokan edicts in this part of Bengal. C) Megasthenes' Indica mentions Chandragupta's conquest of the region. D) Tamralipti, the principal port of the area, was one of the most important maritime centres during the Mauryan period. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tamralipti, the principal port of the area, was one of the most important maritime centres during the Mauryan period. 9. A Tamil king who is said to have sent the earliest embassy to Augustus at Athens about 20 BC was a ..... king: A) Pandyan. B) Chola. C) Chera. D) Pallava. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pandyan. 10. Who was the author of the book Taj-ul-Maasir? A) Abul Fazl. B) Jahangir. C) Hasan Nizami. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hasan Nizami. 11. Which of the following works taken up even after the decline of the movement? A) Fight for women's rights and education. B) Carry forward Raja Ram Mohan Roy's tradition of public education on social, economic and political questions. C) Took up farmers issues and fought for their better treatment and against oppressive zamindars. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 12. Indo-Pak border is known as A) Line of Control. B) Redcliffe Line. C) Mc Mohan Line. D) Durand Line. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Redcliffe Line. 13. Atala Mosque is associated with? A) Sharqi rular. B) Sultans of delhi. C) Mughal. D) Rohilla Rural. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sharqi rular. 14. The policy of Doctrine of lapse was introduced by . A) Lord Macaulay. B) Lord William Bentinck,. C) Lord Dalhousie. D) Lord Wellesley,. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lord Dalhousie. 15. Which of the following is known as the Turning of the Wheel of Law (Dharma- Chakrapravartana)? A) The extinction of karma leading to the achievement of nirvana. B) The first sermon preached by the Buddha at the Deer Park at Sarnath. C) The practice of setting the wheels in motion everyday in the morning in the sanghas. D) The continuous existence of human beings like the wheel of causes and effects. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The first sermon preached by the Buddha at the Deer Park at Sarnath. 16. Which one of the following statements about Mohenjo-Daro is correct? A) The houses were made of cut and polished stone. B) Axes, chisels, knives and fish-hook were all made of iron. C) The floor of the Great was made of burnt brick. D) Gold ornaments were unknown to the inhabitants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The floor of the Great was made of burnt brick. 17. Which of the following is not associated with growth of cave art? A) Mahabalipuram. B) Bagh. C) Karle. D) Amaranth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Amaranth. 18. Which of the following Bhakti sect founded by Birbhan and their religious granth is revered like the Granth of the Sikhs? A) Satnamis. B) Vaishanavism. C) Shaivism. D) Pothi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Satnamis. 19. It is stated that the incidents of Barrack pore were repeated at other places. The place which remained unperturbed was A) Ambala. B) Lucknow. C) Lahore. D) Meerut. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lahore. 20. Who was the king to organize Asht Pradhan? A) Akbar. B) Tipu Sultan. C) Krishnadeva Ray. D) Shivaji. 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