This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Miscellenous Questions – Quiz 44 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Miscellenous Questions Quiz 44 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. On what ground was Avadh annexed into British Empire? A) Doctrine of Lapse. B) Alleged misgovernment. C) Failure to pay subsidy. D) Maintenance of relations with foreign powers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alleged misgovernment. 2. During Abbasid times, the Arabs learned from China the technique of making A) Fine silk. B) Gunpowder and cannons. C) Paper. D) All these answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All these answers are correct. 3. "We have how an open conspiracy to free the country from foreign rule and you. Comrades, and all our countrymen and countrywomen are invited to join it. A) Subhash Chaudray Bose. B) M.N.Roy. C) Jayaprakash Narayan. D) Jawahar La! Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jayaprakash Narayan. 4. In which of the following edicts did Ashoka order that "whosoever monk or nun breaks up the Sangha, after being clothed in white garments, shall take up abode in a place other than a monastery" ? A) Kausambi Edict. B) Sarnath Edict. C) The Queen's Edict. D) Sanchi Edict. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Queen's Edict. 5. Which one of the following rulers of Magadha was the contemporary of Alexander, the great? A) Dhanananda. B) Chandragupta Maurya. C) Mahapadmananda. D) Sukalp. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dhanananda. 6. Which one of the following is known as Mother of Indian Revolutionaries? A) Usha Mehta. B) Sarojini Naidu. C) Annie Besant. D) Madame Cama. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Madame Cama. 7. The hajj A) Brought Muslims from disparate parts of the world together. B) Contributed to the spread of Islamic beliefs and values. C) Ends at the Ka'ba in Mecca. D) Is one of the Five Pillars of Islam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contributed to the spread of Islamic beliefs and values. 8. The Forward Bloc was formed by A) Acharya Narendra Dev. B) P. C. Joshi. C) Subhas Chandra Bose. D) B. R. Ambedkar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subhas Chandra Bose. 9. Where did Moplah revolt taken place? A) Kerala. B) Uttar Pradesh. C) Bihar. D) Bengal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kerala. 10. Name of the Mahajanapada, which was a confederacy of eight republican clans? A) Vatsa. B) Magadha. C) Vajji. D) Malla. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vajji. 11. Who was the founder of 'Drain Theory' which among others, exposed the constant drain of wealth from India to England: A) S.N. Bannerjea. B) Dadabhai Naoroji. C) M.K. Gandhi. D) Gopal Krishna Gokhale. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dadabhai Naoroji. 12. Which of the following sect is emphasised on nirguni Bhakti -- devotion to a divine without Gunas (qualities or form), but it accepts both nirguni and saguni forms of the divine? A) Sikhism. B) Shaivism. C) Vaishanvism. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sikhism. 13. The Dhamma propagated by Ashoka was A) A mixture of the philosophies of Ajivikas and Charvakas. B) A system of morals consistent with the tenets of most of the sects of the time. C) The tenets of Buddhism. D) The religious policy of the state. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The tenets of Buddhism. 14. Baghdad was conquered and sacked by Halaku Khan in: A) 1258 A.D. B) 1260 A.D. C) 1265 A.D. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1258 A.D. 15. Which one of the following parts of India does not have the signs of Palaeolithic age? A) North-Western India. B) North-Eastern India. C) The Deccan Plateau. D) Indo-Gangetic plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indo-Gangetic plan. 16. What was the motive of Lord Wellesley to introduced the system of Subsidiary Alliance? A) Prevent the French influence in the Indian States. B) Improve the administration of the Indian States. C) Tone up the British Indian administration. D) Prevent disloyalty towards the British. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prevent the French influence in the Indian States. 17. Which of the following is not one of the broad categories into which the edicts issued by Ashoka can be divided? A) Public pronouncements meant for his subjects. B) Edicts issued for the propagation of dhamma. C) Pronouncement explaining the philosophy of Buddhism and its relevance in day-to day life. D) Personal epistles directed to the Sangha. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pronouncement explaining the philosophy of Buddhism and its relevance in day-to day life. 18. Which Saka ruler was responsible for important irrigation works in Saurashtra? A) Nahapana. B) None of these. C) Menander. D) Rudradaman. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rudradaman. 19. 'Uttaramerur' inscription refers to A) Draw by lots. B) Sangam. C) Devdasi system. D) Village revenue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Draw by lots. 20. For the leadership in which one of the following movements was Vallabhbhai Patel bestowed the Title "SARDAR"? A) Quit India Movement. B) Khilafat Movement. C) Bardoli satyagraha. D) Champaran Satyagraha. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bardoli satyagraha. ← 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