This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Miscellenous Questions – Quiz 48 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Miscellenous Questions Quiz 48 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What were the ahdis of Akbar's time? A) Village level money-lenders. B) Foot-soldiers in the army. C) Cashiers working in diwani. D) Village guards. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Village guards. 2. Where did Kutub ud-Din Aibak lay the foundation of 'seven cities' in medieval Delhi? A) Mehrauli. B) Siri. C) Hauz Khas. D) Tughlaqabad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tughlaqabad. 3. Between which of the following was the ancient town of Takshasila located? A) Ravi and Beas. B) Chenab and Ravi. C) Indus and Jhelum. D) Jhelum and Chenab. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indus and Jhelum. 4. Which among the following materials were used for minting coins during the rule of the Mauryas? A) Gold and Silver. B) Silver and Copper. C) Copper and Bronze. D) Gold and Copper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Silver and Copper. 5. Which of the following is NOT one of the sacred texts of Hinduism? A) Upanishads. B) Mahabharata. C) Vedas. D) Bhagavad Gita. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mahabharata. 6. In the medieval period, Indian painting reached a high degree of perfection during the reign of A) Firoz Tughlaq. B) Aurangzeb. C) Jehangir. D) Sher Shah. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jehangir. 7. "Western Europe owed a debt of gratitude to the Empire that for almost a thousand years ensured the survival of Christianity during a time when Europe was too weak to accomplish the task." Which Empire is referred to in this quotation? A) Hellenistic. B) Ottoman. C) Byzantine. D) Mongol. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hellenistic. 8. Harihara and Bukka, the founders of the Vijayanagara kingdom shaped the course of their conduct on the advice of A) Ranidas. B) Vidyaranya. C) Tukarain. D) Tulsidas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vidyaranya. 9. Pushyamitra Sunga, who killed the last Mauryan ruler Brihadratha and founded the Sunga dynasty, was a: A) Prime Minister of the Mauryas. B) General of the Mauryas. C) Both A and B above. D) Feudatory ruler. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) General of the Mauryas. 10. Which among the following remained immune from the impact of the invasion of the Greeks on the North-west of India? A) Polity. B) Economy. C) Sociality. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Economy. 11. In addition to Macaulay's Minutes on Education, another landmark draft is also attributed to him. Identify the draft from the following. A) Draft of Indian Forest Policy. B) Draft of the Maritime Trade Policy. C) Draft of Indian Penal Code. D) Draft of the Zamindari Abolition Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Draft of Indian Penal Code. 12. Which of the following metal (S) was/were not used by the Harrappans? A) Silver & Bronze. B) Gold & Copper. C) Iron & Tin. D) Copper. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Iron & Tin. 13. Which changes did take place in early medieval period? A) Extension of agriculture. B) Migration of forest dwellers. C) Emergence of peasants. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 14. The Source of Swastika symbol A) Indus Valley. B) Silent valley. C) Dravidians. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indus Valley. 15. What was the subject of Rock Edict I issued by Ashoka? A) Prohibition of animal sacrifice and festive meetings (samaja). B) Measures of social welfare undertaken for the benefit of the people. C) Liberality to Brahmins and Sramanas. D) Visit to Bodh-Gaya. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prohibition of animal sacrifice and festive meetings (samaja). 16. The system of Itlaq a sort of draft enabling a royal soldier to collect his salary from the state revenue officials was introduced by A) Balban. B) Alauddin Khalji. C) Iltutmish. D) Feroze Shah Tughlaq. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Feroze Shah Tughlaq. 17. Who among the following was not associated with the foundation of the All India Trade Union Congress? A) VV Giri. B) NM Joshi. C) Lajpat Rai. D) Joseph Baptista. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) VV Giri. 18. When was the All India Women's Confer-ence founded? A) 1925. B) 1927. C) 1926. D) 1924. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1927. 19. The earliest language of the Aryans. was A) Persian. B) Sanskrit. C) Pali. D) Prakrit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sanskrit. 20. Hazrat Mohammad was born in Mecca in Arabia in A) 520 AD. B) 570 A.D. C) 500 A.D. D) 590 A.D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 570 A.D. ← 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