Miscellenous Questions Quiz 73 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which one of the following regions did not constitute a separate suba (province) under Akbar?

Correct Answer: C) Awadh.

2. How did Europeans use the term 'middle ages'?

Correct Answer: C) The fact that Europe became mature from 500 to 1500.

3. The oldest Brahmanic literature is.

Correct Answer: B) Veda.

4. Who lamented upon the drain of gold from Rome to India?

Correct Answer: B) Pliny.

5. Who among the following constituted Turkan-e-Chihalgani?

Correct Answer: B) Iltutmish.

6. That ginger and Cinnamon were produced in large quantities in the Pandya country is mentioned by

Correct Answer: B) Marco Polo.

7. What was the normal form of government during the Rigvedic age?

Correct Answer: C) Hereditary monarchy.

8. Lord Cornwallis had introduced the ..... land tenure system.

Correct Answer: A) Zamindari.

9. Permanent settlement was made in Bengal in the sphere of revenue administration.

Correct Answer: D) Lord Cornwallis.

10. Gandhi's Dandi March is associated with which among the following movements?

Correct Answer: C) Civil Disobedience Movement.

11. The geographical knowledge of the early Aryans did not extend beyond

Correct Answer: D) Yamuna.

12. What was the main reason for the permanent indebtedness of the Peasantry?

Correct Answer: C) High rate of interest on loans.

13. All the hymns related to one of the following Gods are in one separate mandala or book of the Rigveda. Who is the God?

Correct Answer: A) Soma.

14. Rajashekhara, the author of 'Karpurmanjari', was the teacher of

Correct Answer: C) Mahendrapala I.

15. Marathi Chronicles were known as

Correct Answer: C) Bakhar.

16. What is pietra dura?

Correct Answer: B) Pictorial mosaic work using semi-precious stones.

17. When Narayana Guru attained the age of sixty, his birth day was observed throughout the west-coast from Mangalore to .

Correct Answer: C) Sri Lanka,.

18. Muhammad bin Tughlaq's experiment of introducing token currency could not succeed on account of

Correct Answer: C) Large-scale minting of spurious coins.

19. Harihara Raya I who ruled the Vijayanagara Empire for the period 1336-1356 belonged to which dynasty?

Correct Answer: C) Sangama Dynasty.

20. The word Yava mentioned in Rigveda is used for which agricultural product?

Correct Answer: B) Barley.