This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Miscellenous Questions – Quiz 81 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Miscellenous Questions Quiz 81 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Paramahamsa Mandali primarily aimed at breaking caste rules was founded in which of the following places A) Tamil Nadu. B) Maharashtra. C) Kerala. D) Gujarat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maharashtra. 2. Which of the following statement is not correct about Poona pact? A) It was signed in yarvada jail in Puna. B) This act increased the number of seats reserved for the depressed class from 71 to 147. C) It was signed on January 23, 1932. D) It was signed between Madan Mohan Malaviya and Dr Ambedkar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was signed on January 23, 1932. 3. Rulers of which of the following dynasties bore the title Devaputra? A) Kushana. B) Sunga. C) Maurya. D) Saka-Kshatrapa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kushana. 4. Who among the following was born into a Rathore royal family of Kudki district of Pali, Rajasthan and was a 16th-century Hindu mystic poet and devotee of Krishna? A) Kabir. B) Mirabai. C) Ramananda. D) Tukaram. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mirabai. 5. Sher Shah is considered to be the fore-runner of Akbar in administration because A) He supervised Akbar's administration. B) He trained Akbar in administration. C) His administrative policies were adopted by Akbar. D) He ruled before Akbar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His administrative policies were adopted by Akbar. 6. Which of the following was true of Sufis? A) They sought an emotional and mystical union with Allah. B) They used emotional sermons and song and dance to encourage devotion. C) They tolerated observances of some non-Islamic customs. D) All these answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They sought an emotional and mystical union with Allah. 7. Which one of the following inscriptions provides the earliest epigraphical evidence regarding sati? A) Mathura inscription of Huvishka. B) Allahabad pillar inscription of Samudragupta. C) Junagarh inscription of Skanda Gupta. D) Eran Pillar inscription of Bhanu Gupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eran Pillar inscription of Bhanu Gupta. 8. Which of the following is called "Magna Carta of English Education in India" ? A) Wood's Dispatch. B) Macaulay Commission. C) Vernacular Act. D) Both A & B. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wood's Dispatch. 9. The finest specimen of Pallavas architecture are A) Temples at Madura. B) Kailashnath temple of Ellora. C) Rock-cut Nath temples at Mahabalipuram. D) Temples of Tanjore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rock-cut Nath temples at Mahabalipuram. 10. The economic policy of the British in India was to A) Promote the material prosperity of the Indians. B) Convent India into an agrarian satellite of metropolitan capitalism. C) Bring India to the level of Western countries. D) Industrialise India. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convent India into an agrarian satellite of metropolitan capitalism. 11. The partition of Bengal made in 1905 A) Was annulled as a result of the Morley-Minto Reforms in 1919. B) Continued till India got independence. C) Was annulled by the king's proclamation at the Delhi Durbar in 1911. D) Was withdrawn in 1908 because of the immense protests it evoked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was annulled by the king's proclamation at the Delhi Durbar in 1911. 12. The great lawgiver of ancient time was : A) Vatsyayana. B) Manu. C) Panini. D) Ashoka. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Manu. 13. The last opportunity to avoid the partition of India was lost with the rejection of : A) Rajagopalachari Formula. B) Wavell. C) Cabinet Mission. D) Cripps Mission. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cabinet Mission. 14. Akbar defeated Hemu in? A) 3rd Battle of panipat. B) Battle of Khanawa. C) 2nd battle of panipat. D) Battle of haldighati. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2nd battle of panipat. 15. In the late 17th and early 18th centuries, the export of Indian opium to the Indonesian archipelago was dominated by the A) Dutch East India Company. B) English East India Company. C) Portuguese. D) Gujarati and Marwari mercantile groups. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dutch East India Company. 16. Who among the following was elected as the President of All India Khilafat Conference met in Delhi in 1919? A) Mahatma Gandhi. B) Motilal Nehru. C) Shaukat Ali. D) M A Jinnah. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mahatma Gandhi. 17. The concept of Avataravad is associated with? A) Shaivism. B) Tantricism. C) Vaishnavism. D) Hinayana. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vaishnavism. 18. Who among the following was a great ruler of Kalinga in ancient times? A) Mayurasarman. B) Bindusara. C) Ajatashatru. D) Kharavela. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bindusara. 19. Pulakesin II was a contemporary of A) Chandragupta Maurya. B) Harsha. C) Ashoka. D) Samudragupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harsha. 20. One major source of conflict between India and Pakistan is A) Control of Kashmir. B) The border of Punjab and India. C) Indian treatment of Muslims. D) Control of the waters of the Indus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Control of Kashmir. ← 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