This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Exam Based > Miscellenous Questions – Quiz 95 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Miscellenous Questions Quiz 95 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "We have now an open Conspiracy to free the country from foreign rule and you, Comrades, and all our countrymen and countrywomen are imated to join it." Who among the following made this declaration? A) Jayaprakash Narayan. B) M.N.Roy. C) Jawahar Lal Nehru. D) Subhash Chandra Bose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jayaprakash Narayan. 2. Which one of the following leaders did not support the 'Khilafat Movement'? A) Swami Shraddhanand. B) Mohammad Ali Jinnah. C) Madan Mohan Malviya. D) Jawahar Lal Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mohammad Ali Jinnah. 3. Whom did Sher Shah appoint to provide bed and food to Hindu travellers staying at 'Sarais' (rest houses)? A) Low caste Hindus. B) Brahmanas. C) Muslims. D) Afghan Muslims. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Low caste Hindus. 4. Which of the following statements about the officers designated as mahamattas in Mauryan administration is correct? A) The term was used for any senior official irrespective of the duties assigned to him. B) These officers were charged with the responsibility of propagating Buddhism. C) They were appointed as viceroys of various provinces. D) It is a Prakrit expression for the Sanskrit word amatya. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The term was used for any senior official irrespective of the duties assigned to him. 5. Sufi Saints and the saints of Hindu Bhakti movements differed on A) Devotion to God. B) Need of a Guru or Pir to attain God. C) Family saint. D) Unity of God. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Need of a Guru or Pir to attain God. 6. October 26, 1947 is an important date in the Indian history, because of A) Maharaja Hari Singh's signing on Instrument of Accession. B) Declaration of war over India by Pakistan. C) Ceasefire with Pakistan. D) Merger of Sind. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maharaja Hari Singh's signing on Instrument of Accession. 7. Who among the following modern writers of Malayalam Literature, has received the Jnanpeeth (Gyan peeth) Award? A) Pallathu Raman. B) Kuttippurath Kesavan. C) G. Sankar Kurupa. D) Krishna Pillai. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) G. Sankar Kurupa. 8. Which of the following statements about the Mauryan Council of Ministers (mantri-Parishad) is not correct? A) The members of the council were personally selected by the king. B) The number of members of the council was fixed and it consisted of three councillors and a Chief Minister. C) It was specially consulted in times of emergency. D) It may have acted as a political check on the king. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The number of members of the council was fixed and it consisted of three councillors and a Chief Minister. 9. In order to penetrate China, the Jesuits: A) Created rebellions throughout China. B) Formed alliance with disaffected Chinese merchants. C) Adopted Chinese language and culture. D) Used military force to compel Chinese acceptance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adopted Chinese language and culture. 10. ..... were the teachers of Sambhaji. A) Umaji Pandit. B) Raghunath Pandit. C) Keshav Bhatt. D) A and B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A and B. 11. Who was the founder president of Harijan Sevak Samgha founded by Mahatma Gandhi? A) Amrit Lal Thakkar. B) G. D. Birla. C) B. R. Ambedkar. D) Mahadev Desai. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amrit Lal Thakkar. 12. Who made remarkable contribution to the development of Local government? A) Hastings. B) W.W Hunter,. C) Lord Ripon,. D) Gladstone,. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lord Ripon,. 13. The Egyptian calendar was a A) Lunar. B) Solar lunar. C) Solar. D) Religious calendar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lunar. 14. What was the valid reason for the decline in trade and commerce during the period of later Mughals? A) Poverty of the Mughal nobility. B) Closure of old routes of trade. C) Abuse of trade licence by European companies. D) Deterioration in law and order situation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deterioration in law and order situation. 15. Which among the following names is not associated with the theosophical society? A) Madame Blavatsky. B) Col. Occolt. C) Annie Besant. D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak. 16. Debasement of the coins and gradual disappearance of goldcoins during the post-Gupta period indicates A) Decline of money economy. B) Cheapness of commodities, no need of gold-coins. C) Decline of Trade. D) Non-availability of gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Decline of Trade. 17. Which Rashtrakuta king composed the works 'Kavirajamarga', 'Ratnamalika' and 'Passanotaramalika'? A) Indra III. B) Amoghavarsa I. C) Krishna III. D) Krishna I. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amoghavarsa I. 18. At which place was Akbar born? A) Amarkot. B) Kannauj. C) Delhi. D) Agra. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amarkot. 19. An important reason for social and religious reforms in nineteenth century was A) Western education and awakening. B) Industrial revolution. C) Influence of Newspapers. D) Scientific inventions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Western education and awakening. 20. Which of the following was a common feature to all Bhakti Saints? A) They attacked caste system. B) They encouraged participation of women. C) They composed their verses in languages of the local people. D) They rejected priestly classes. 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