Miscellenous Questions Quiz 69 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of the following metals were mostly used for minting coins during the Mauryan period?

Correct Answer: A) Silver and copper.

2. Who were called barids?

Correct Answer: B) The spy reporters.

3. The distinguishing feature of Upnishadic thought is

Correct Answer: B) Belief in karma and rebirth.

4. Which among the following ruling dynasties, successfully obstructed the efforts of the Pratihars in establishing a strong empire in North India?

Correct Answer: D) The Rashtrakutas.

5. With whom was the Ryotwari settlement a made?

Correct Answer: D) Cultivators.

6. Azad Hind Fauj was founded in 1943 in?

Correct Answer: B) Singapore.

7. Who was considered the lord of Vedas

Correct Answer: B) Varuna.

8. In 1717, the British East India Co. was given:

Correct Answer: C) The right to collect taxes.

9. Name the militant nationalist who had a leading role in propagating the Swadeshi sentiments to the rest of the country.

Correct Answer: C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak.

10. Which is the oldest known civilization in India?

Correct Answer: D) Indus Valley.

11. Which of the following cult was popularised by Chaitanya?

Correct Answer: B) Krishna Cult.

12. In which of the following respect do the Ashokan epigraphs not help us to draw historical inferences?

Correct Answer: B) In deriving conclusions regarding his relations with the members of his family.

13. Which of the following was not the saint of Varkari sect?

Correct Answer: D) Kabir.

14. The chief centre or meeting point of the Indo-Roman trade was:

Correct Answer: C) Alexandria.

15. Export-trade in pre-Gupta age was most extensive with

Correct Answer: C) Roman Empire.

16. The name of the king to whom all the early Aryan dynasties traced their origin was

Correct Answer: C) Manu-Vaivasvat.

17. Sravanabelgola is associated with?

Correct Answer: D) Chandragupta Maurya.

18. Who was the author of the book Kitab-i-Yamini?

Correct Answer: B) Abu Nasr Utbi.

19. Ashoka conqueredKalinga in the year

Correct Answer: B) 261 BC.

20. Who was the father of Newspaper in Maharashtra?

Correct Answer: D) Balshastri Jambhekar.