This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Miscellenous Questions – Quiz 41 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Miscellenous Questions Quiz 41 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following Samhitas of Yajurveda contains only hymns and no prose? A) Maitrayaviya. B) Katha. C) Taittriya. D) Vajasaneyi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vajasaneyi. 2. Maiiabalipuram was built by? A) Mahendra Varma. B) Rajasimha. C) Narasimha Varma-II. D) Narasimha Varma-I. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Narasimha Varma-I. 3. The moon god, Narnnar was the patron god of the city of A) Agashe. B) Ur. C) Akkad. D) Lagash. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Akkad. 4. The immediate cause of Siraj-uddaula's campaign against the English in 1757 was A) Additional fortification of Kolkata (Calcutta) without the permission or even the knowledge of the nawab. B) The levying of heavy duties by the English on Indian goods entering Kolkata (Calcutta). C) The English taking up the cause of Shaukat Jang, a rival of Siraj-ud-daula. D) The refusal of the English to pay taxes on their goods. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The refusal of the English to pay taxes on their goods. 5. What was the greatest contribution of Ishwar Chand Vidyasagar in the social reforms in India? A) He ensured the widow's marriage and girl's education. B) Help in the abolition of Sati Pratha. C) He adopted 100 villages to relocate them from Andhra Pradesh to Bengal for a better life. D) Established the Brahma Samaj. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He ensured the widow's marriage and girl's education. 6. The Diwani right of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa was obtained by the English East India Company under the treaty of A) Alinagar. B) Faizabad. C) Allahabad. D) Benaras. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allahabad. 7. The manuscript of Dastan-e-Amir Hamza was illustrated by A) Mir Sayyad Ali of Tabrez. B) Faruq Qalmaq. C) Miskin. D) Abdus-Samad of Shiraz. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abdus-Samad of Shiraz. 8. The cavalry of Shivaji was known as A) Paga. B) Sir-i-Naubat. C) Bergir. D) Risala. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paga. 9. The Bhakti literature by the Nayanmars and Alva A) Stressed the rigidities of traditional rituals. B) Opposed the practice of image worship. C) Advocated the austerities preached by the Buddhists and Jams. D) Preached personal devotion of God as a means of salvation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Preached personal devotion of God as a means of salvation. 10. Where was the meeting held within Sambhaji and Dilerkhan? A) Satara. B) Bahadurgad. C) Vita. D) Miraj. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bahadurgad. 11. Find out the wrongly stated after effects of the Swadeshi movement. A) Indian industries were given a fillip. B) A market for Indian goods in abroad was built up. C) Nationalist poetry, prose and journalism flourished. D) Indian educational institutions were set-up to impart literary, technical or physical education. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A market for Indian goods in abroad was built up. 12. Which of the following reformer was associated with Prarthana Samaj? A) Chandavarkar. B) M. G. Ranade. C) Atmaram Pandurang. D) Bhandarkar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Atmaram Pandurang. 13. Who is credited with the following statement regarding the outbreak of the Revolt of 1857 "The Meerut outbreak was sudden and short-lived like a summer gale" ? A) S. B. Chaudhari. B) S. N. Sen. C) V. D. Savarkar. D) R. C. Majumdar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) S. N. Sen. 14. Agriculture was the main occupation of the A) Guptas. B) Kushans. C) Aryans. D) Kushanas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aryans. 15. Prussia was the strongest state of Germany before the unification was dominated by the A) Monarchs. B) Landlords (Junkers). C) Lords. D) Industrialists. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Landlords (Junkers). 16. When was Constantinople captured by Ottomans? A) 1414. B) 1378. C) 1305. D) 1453. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1305. 17. Stone and copper were used in A) Paleolithic age. B) Neolithic age. C) Mesolithic age. D) Chalcolithic age. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chalcolithic age. 18. Which agricultural product did not attract the British people? A) Coffee. B) Cotton. C) Indigo. D) Tea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cotton. 19. When was Brahmo Samaj split? A) 1826. B) 1857. C) 1843. D) 1866. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1866. 20. Jahandar ascended the throne after the death of A) Muhammad Shah. B) Bahadur Shah I. C) Azam Shah. D) Farrukh Siyar. 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