This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Miscellenous Questions – Quiz 106 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Miscellenous Questions Quiz 106 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who among the following Bhakti Saint created Vinaya-Patrika and Kavitavali? A) Chaitanya. B) Narasi. C) Tulsidas. D) Shankar Dev. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tulsidas. 2. Which of the following statements about the Mauryan kings is not correct? A) Appointments to the most important offices were made by the ruler himself. B) They laid claim to divinity. C) They had extensive powers encompassing administrative, judicial, and legislative functions. D) The kings often laid down codes of regulation for the guidance of their officers and the people. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They laid claim to divinity. 3. The author of Natyashastra was A) Vasumitra. B) Bhasa. C) Asvagbosa. D) Nagarjuna. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Asvagbosa. 4. Which of the following crops in Vijayanagar empire was widely exported? A) Black Pepper. B) Tea. C) Tobacco. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Black Pepper. 5. Statement I: Mahavira initially joined a group of ascetics called Nirgranthas. Statement II: The sect was founded 200 years earlier by Parsva. A) Both the statements are true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I. B) Both the statements are true, but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I. C) Statement I is true, but Statement II is false. D) Statement I is false, but Statement II is true. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Both the statements are true, but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I. 6. Most of the inhabitants of modern Southeast Asia originally came from: A) China. B) India. C) Java. D) Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) China. 7. The excavation at Chanhu Daro was directed by A) John Marshall. B) J. H. Mackay. C) R. E. M. Wheeler. D) Aurel Stein. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) J. H. Mackay. 8. Which was the main seaport of Pandyas A) Vanchi. B) Muzaris. C) Korkai. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Korkai. 9. What was Ziyarat in the language of the Sufis? A) Offering free kitchens run on futuh (unasked for charity). B) Reciting divine name. C) Pilgrimage to the tombs of Sufi saints for seeking barkat (spiritual grace). D) Setting up of auqaf (charitable trusts). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pilgrimage to the tombs of Sufi saints for seeking barkat (spiritual grace). 10. Dahala in the early medieval period was the territory of the A) Bhanjas. B) Paramaras. C) Chandelas. D) Kalachuris. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kalachuris. 11. Which of the following provision was not included in the Nehru Report? A) India must be given Dominion status. B) The Governor-General must be only the constitutional head. C) There was to be no separate electorate. D) Diarchy should be introduced both at the centre as well as provinces. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diarchy should be introduced both at the centre as well as provinces. 12. Which of the following was not a state monopoly during the Mauryan period? A) Ferries and bridges. B) Slaughterhouses and gambling houses. C) Pearl and fisheries. D) Mines and forests. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slaughterhouses and gambling houses. 13. The musical instruments used by the Aryans was A) The Drum. B) The Lute. C) The cymbal. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 14. Whose court was poet Ravikriti associated with? A) Kumara Devi. B) Xuan Zang. C) Pulakeshin II. D) Harshavardhana. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pulakeshin II. 15. Which of the following statements about Bukka I of the Vijayanagar empire is not correct? A) He renovated temples. B) He instilled new vigour into Hindu Society. C) Under his fostering care Sayana wrote commentaries on Vedas. D) He adopted measures to uplift the Shudras. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He adopted measures to uplift the Shudras. 16. How did Akbar get rid of the authority of the Ulemas? A) He founded Din-i-Ilahi. B) He appointed Hindus to the highest posts in the empire. C) He invited the representatives of all religions for religious debates at the Ibadat Khana. D) He issued an infallibility decree in 1579. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He issued an infallibility decree in 1579. 17. Herodotus has been called the father of A) Arts. B) History. C) Geography. D) Metallurgy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) History. 18. During the time of Alauddin's invasion Warangal was ruled by A) Yadava Dynasty. B) Chalukya Dynasty. C) Kakatiya Dynasty. D) Chola Dynasty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kakatiya Dynasty. 19. The Ramosi & Gadkari revolts took place in A) Rajasthan. B) Bengal. C) Maharashtra. D) Saurashtra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maharashtra. 20. Kumardevi, the Queen of Govindachandra Gahadavala, constructed Dharmachakra-jina-vihar at A) Kanauj. B) Sarnath. C) Bodhgaya. D) Kusinagar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sarnath. ← PreviousNext →Related 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 9Miscellenous Questions Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books