This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Miscellenous Questions – Quiz 33 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Miscellenous Questions Quiz 33 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Umar khayyam is known for his work A) Shah nama. B) Siyasat nama. C) Ruba'iyyat. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Siyasat nama. 2. Bibi ka Makbara is built by? A) Jahangir. B) Shahjahan. C) Akbar. D) Aurangzeb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aurangzeb. 3. Which one of the following dynasties was associated with Gandhara School of Art? A) Mauryas. B) Chalukyas. C) Kushanas. D) Guptas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kushanas. 4. The Vijayanagar king who employed skilled archers of the Turkish clan and raised the fighting capacity of his bowmen was A) Devaraya I. B) Krishnadevaraya. C) Ramaraya. D) Bukka I. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Devaraya I. 5. Egyptian empire came to an end in the A) 2000 BC. B) 1000 BC. C) 3000 BC. D) 900 BC. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2000 BC. 6. 6. Which one of the following works deals with the history of Kashmir? A) Harshacharita. B) Rajatarangini. C) Gaudavaha. D) Vikramankadevacharita. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rajatarangini. 7. With reference to the Revolt of 1857, who of the following laid siege to Jhansi in March 1858? A) Major General Wyndham. B) Major-General Havelock. C) Sir Hugh Rose. D) Sir Colin Campbell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sir Hugh Rose. 8. What is the most significant difference in the message of the pillar Edicts as compared to the Rock Edicts? A) Rock Edicts are addressed to common people and Pillar Edicts to the Buddhist order. B) There is a hint of fanaticism about dhamma and of megalomania in the Pillar Edicts. C) The Pillar Edicts are mainly devoted to the moral aspects of dhamma and Ashoka's attachment to Buddhism. D) The main stress in the Pillar Edicts is on social welfare measure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There is a hint of fanaticism about dhamma and of megalomania in the Pillar Edicts. 9. Which one of the following is the earliest school of Indian philosophy? A) Karma mimamsa. B) Yoga. C) Vaisesika. D) Samkhya. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vaisesika. 10. Which of the following statements is/are correct about the Neolithic culture? A) The Neolithic age marks the concluding phase of the stone tools culture. B) The evidence of productive economy or food producing culture is an essential prerequisite for the attestation of this age. C) The presence of pottery is taken to be more conclusive diagnostic speciality of this age. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 11. When was the Hindu College, Calcutta established? A) 1817. B) 1858. C) 1829. D) 1853. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1817. 12. Lingayats are, A) Worshippers of Shiva. B) Opposed to caste system. C) Opposed to social evils as child marriage. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 13. The Post-Gupta social structure in North India was marked by the A) Lessening of untouchability. B) Growing importance of women. C) Revival of slavery. D) Proliferation of castes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Proliferation of castes. 14. How was the control of the company in Bengal legitimized? A) The treaty with Mir Zafar after the battle of Buxar in 1764. B) The imperial grant of the 'Diwani' of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa by Shah Alam II. C) The treaty with Mir Zafar after the battle of Plassey in 1757. D) The treaty of February 1765 with Nizam-ud-daula. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The treaty of February 1765 with Nizam-ud-daula. 15. Gandhi had given out the stirring call of 'Do or Die' during the ..... Movement. A) Quit India. B) Civil Disobedience. C) Khilafat. D) Non-cooperation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quit India. 16. Which one of the following languages was known as "REKHTA"? A) Urdu. B) Brij Bhasha. C) Hindi. D) Prakrit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Urdu. 17. How many tirthas (Officials) are referred in Arthashastra? A) 17. B) 18. C) 16. D) 19. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 18. 18. Which of the following statements about the agrahara land grant is not correct? A) The king could offer it to any one. B) It was a village granted taxfree to Brahmanas. C) It underlined the privileges of the Brahmanas. D) The king could confiscate it on being displeased by the grantee. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The king could offer it to any one. 19. Gandhiji was arrested before he could offer Satyagraha and Make salt at the Government Depot at A) Khera. B) Dharasana. C) Bardoli. D) Dandi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dharasana. 20. The word Mesopotamia means the land A) Between two mountains. B) Between two islands. C) Between two oceans. D) Between two rivers. 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