This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Exam Based > Miscellenous Questions – Quiz 81 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Miscellenous Questions Quiz 81 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who of the following dedicated the caves in Nagarjuna Hills to the Ajivikas? A) Kunala. B) Indrapalit. C) Dasharatha. D) Samprati. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dasharatha. 2. What was the historical name of Ancient India? A) India. B) Bharatvarsha. C) Aryavritta. D) Bharat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bharatvarsha. 3. Who among the following is known to have regulated the course of Vitasta in Kashmir by his engineering operations? A) Damodargupta. B) Vajraditya. C) Suyya. D) Sura. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Suyya. 4. In Indian history, who was Abdul Hamid Lahori? A) An important noble and confidant of Aurangzeb. B) An official historian of the reign of Shah Jahan. C) An important military commander during Akbar's reign. D) A chronicler and poet during the reign of Muhammad Shah. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An official historian of the reign of Shah Jahan. 5. The national motto of India, 'Satyameva Jayate' inscribed below the Emblem of India is taken from A) Aitareya Upanishad. B) Katha Upanishad. C) Mundaka Upanishad. D) Chandogya Upanishad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mundaka Upanishad. 6. The dhamma mahamattas (dharma mahamatras) appointed by Ashoka were entrusted with the job of: A) Checking the abuses in the administration of justice. B) The moral uplift of the people through propagation of dhamma. C) Management of the welfare activities of the state. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 7. Al-Firdousi was the poet of: A) Africa. B) America. C) Asia. D) Persia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Persia. 8. Who was the founder of Mourya dynasty A) Karikala. B) Raja Raja. C) Chandragupta Mourya. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chandragupta Mourya. 9. Which of the following supposed causes of decline and disintegration of the Mauryan Empire is the least likely? A) Military inactivity on account of Ashoka's pacifist policies. B) Succession of weak kings after Ashoka and the partition of the empire after Ashoka. C) Brahmanical revolt against the pro-Buddhist policy of Ashoka. D) Absence of national consciousness and representative institutions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Absence of national consciousness and representative institutions. 10. Babur was buried after his death in which one of the following cities? A) Kabul. B) Peshawar. C) Kolkata. D) Patna. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kabul. 11. The Mazhabi Sikhs were originally A) Artisans. B) Peasants. C) Landed magnates. D) Menials. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Menials. 12. The people of the Chalcolithic phase used different type of pottery, one of which is called black and red seems to have been widely prevalent from nearly A) 2000 BC onwards. B) 3000 BC onwards. C) 500 BC onwards. D) 1000 BC onwards. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2000 BC onwards. 13. What is Chivalry? A) The code Charlemagne implemented. B) The code by which a Christian family lived. C) The code by which young men lived. D) The code by which knights lived. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The code by which knights lived. 14. When did Shivaji made the fort Rajgad? A) Raygad. B) Sinhgad. C) Purandar. D) Rajgad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rajgad. 15. Mesopotamians divide the sky into A) 10 parts. B) 12 parts. C) 16 parts. D) 9parts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 9parts. 16. Vasco-da-Gama arrived at ..... in 1498. A) Madras. B) Bombay. C) Surat. D) Calicut. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Calicut. 17. Which one of the following was not an item of export from India to the west during the early centuries of the Christian era? A) Precious stones. B) Five textiles. C) Pearls. D) Silver. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Silver. 18. Pagal Panthis sect was founded by A) Shah Waliullah. B) Haji Shariatullah. C) Syaid Ahamed of Raebareli. D) Karam Shah. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Karam Shah. 19. In which of the following is the Brahman the Central Theme? A) Upanishads. B) Vedas. C) Brahmanas. D) Sutras. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Upanishads. 20. Paramahamsa Mandali primarily aimed at breaking caste rules was founded in which of the following places A) Tamil Nadu. B) Maharashtra. C) Kerala. D) Gujarat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maharashtra. ← 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