This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Exam Based > Miscellenous Questions – Quiz 99 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Miscellenous Questions Quiz 99 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following Acts had the provision of Indian Civil Services recruitment on the basis of competitive examination? A) Government of India Act, 1858. B) Charter Act of 1813. C) Charter Act of 1853. D) Charter Act of 1833. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Charter Act of 1853. 2. By which Act, Rule of East India Company ended in India? A) Morley-Minto Act, 1909. B) Regulating Act, 1773. C) Government of India Act, 1858. D) Pitt's India Act, 1784. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Government of India Act, 1858. 3. Belief in reincarnation probably began with ..... civilization. A) Harappan. B) Kushan. C) Aryan. D) Mauryan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Harappan. 4. Which one of the following sequences represents the correct chronological order? A) Shahji, Shivaji, Sambhaji, Rajaram. B) Shahji, Shivaji, Rajaram, Sambhaji. C) Sambhaji, Shivaji, Shahji, Rajaram. D) Shahji, Sambhaji, Shivaji, Rajaram. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shahji, Shivaji, Sambhaji, Rajaram. 5. What was the occasion for the Portuguese to hand over Bombay to the British? A) The Treaty of Madrid concluded in 1630. B) The defeat of Spanish Armada by the British in 1588. C) The marriage of Charles II with the Portuguese princes Catherine of Braganza. D) Growth of peaceful relations between the English and the Portuguese as a result of Portugal's independence from the control of Spain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The marriage of Charles II with the Portuguese princes Catherine of Braganza. 6. Who built Imambara and Rumi Darwaza? A) Wajid Ali Shah. B) Asaf-ud-daula. C) Adbdul Mansur. D) Shuja-ud-daula. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asaf-ud-daula. 7. By 600 BC important towns developed in India A) Magadha. B) Vaishali. C) Patliputra. D) Taxila-Vaishali. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Taxila-Vaishali. 8. Where did Lord Budha breathe his last (Ma-haparinirvan)? A) Rajgir. B) Bodh Gaya. C) Kushinagar. D) Sarnath. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kushinagar. 9. Who is the author of "Shah nama"? A) Firdausi. B) AI-Beruni. C) Hasan Nizami. D) Utbi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Firdausi. 10. The author of "Natural History is. A) Herodotus. B) Aristrobulus. C) Arrion. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 11. In ancient and early medieval India the uncultivated and untaxed land was called A) Kharvataka. B) Khilakshetra. C) Sita. D) Sitadhyakshya. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Khilakshetra. 12. Raushan Akhtar ascended the throne with the title A) Jahandar Shah. B) Shah Jahan II. C) Alamgir II. D) Mohammad Shah. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mohammad Shah. 13. Why Mahatma Gandhi launched individual satyagrahas in 1940: A) To protest against British decision to make India join second world war. B) To prepare masses for quit India movement. C) As a reaction against the failure of August Offer. D) To affirm the right of speech for Indians. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To affirm the right of speech for Indians. 14. Who propounded the theory of 'Drain of wealth'? A) Gandhiji. B) Dadabhai Nauroji. C) Tilak. D) Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dadabhai Nauroji. 15. For what reason the ganasamgha areas have been indicated as 'mlechchhadesha' in the post-Vedic period? A) Absence of ranking based on varna. B) Killing of cows. C) Rejection of Vedic rituals. D) Speaking alien languages. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rejection of Vedic rituals. 16. After the death of which one of the following Roman kings was the trade conducted more by barter than by coins on account of the financial difficulties of the Roman Empire? A) Claudius. B) Pius. C) Nero. D) Augustus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nero. 17. The Adi Granth was compiled by A) Guru Gobind Singh. B) Guru Tegh Bahadur. C) Guru Harkishan. D) Guru Arjan Dev. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Guru Arjan Dev. 18. During whose tenure, the resolution of total Independence was passed? A) Lord Wavell. B) Lord Willington. C) Lord Irwin. D) Lord Chelmsford. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lord Wavell. 19. Which of the following is one of the social reasons for 1857 revolt? A) The English could not establish any social relationship with the Indians. B) The racial arrogance of the British created a difference between the rulers and the ruled. C) Both A & B. D) The company's trade policy destroyed Indian handicrafts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both A & B. 20. The communist manifesto appeared in the year A) 1852. B) 1848. C) 1850. D) 1849. 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