This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Miscellenous Questions – Quiz 83 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Miscellenous Questions Quiz 83 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following Governor-General introduced the services of Railway and telegraph systems? A) Lord Cornwallis. B) Lord Dalhousie. C) Lord Wellesley. D) Lord Bentinck. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lord Dalhousie. 2. The land rival that caused the Chinese the most concern was: A) Russia. B) India. C) England. D) Vietnam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Russia. 3. Which of the following incarnations of Vishnu is represented in art as raising the Earth from the Ocean? A) Kurma. B) Matsya. C) Nrisingha. D) Varaha. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Varaha. 4. How many students were studying in the Nalanda University as mentioned by Hiuen Tsang? A) 12, 000. B) 10, 000. C) 15, 000. D) 8, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 10, 000. 5. Who was the tutor of Shivaji A) Dadaji kondadev. B) Shershah. C) Birbal. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dadaji kondadev. 6. Which one of the following is not true regarding the Rigvedic God Indra? A) He was the destroyer of puras. B) The largest number of hymns are addressed to Kim. C) He was fond of feasting & drinking soma juice. D) He was the upholder of the cosmic order. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He was the upholder of the cosmic order. 7. Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque was built by which ruler? A) Qutubuddin Aibak. B) Muhammad bin Tughluq. C) Iltutmish. D) Aurangzeb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Qutubuddin Aibak. 8. The book entitled 'Springing tiger' is a biography of- A) Bhagat Singh. B) Subhas Chandra Bose. C) Shyamji Krishna Verma. D) Chandrashekhar Azad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chandrashekhar Azad. 9. Yadu & Turvasu referred to the Rigveda were A) Two Brothers. B) Two kings. C) Two tribes. D) Two Generals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two tribes. 10. In which of the following respects did the Romans not profoundly influenced Indian life and culture? A) Coinage. B) Astronomy. C) Art. D) Fashions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fashions. 11. Between 1765 and 1800 the Sikhs brought the whole of Punjab and Jammu under their control. At that time they were organised into: A) Twelve misls. B) Sixteen misls. C) Ten misls. D) Six misls. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Twelve misls. 12. After his coronation Shivaji assumed the title of A) Chhatrapati. B) Maharaja. C) Samrat. D) Peshwa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chhatrapati. 13. The large hoard of copper comes from Gungeria in A) Utter Pradesh. B) Madhya Pradesh. C) Arunachal Pradesh. D) Andhra Pradesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Madhya Pradesh. 14. Who out of the following had told " Destruction is the best method of dealing with the foreign clothes" ? A) Ravindranath Tagore. B) Subhas Chandra Bose. C) Chittaranjan Das. D) Mahatma Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mahatma Gandhi. 15. Which Veda is lyrical composition? A) Rig Veda. B) Sam Veda. C) Athervana Veda. D) Yajur Veda. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sam Veda. 16. Who among the following is known as 'the liberator of the press'? A) Lord Minto. B) William Jones. C) Wellesley. D) Sir Charles Metcalfe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sir Charles Metcalfe. 17. Prehistoric axes are found at A) Attirampakkarn. B) Adichanallur. C) Arikamedu. D) Sanur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Attirampakkarn. 18. The Chera king who is said to have gone to North India to get a Himalayan stone to make the image of Goddess Kannagi was: A) Nedumcheral Adan. B) Kuttvancheral. C) Imayavaramban. D) Senaguttuvan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Senaguttuvan. 19. "Middle Ages" in Western Europe includes the period ..... A) Beginning of Byzantine through the end of the Roman Empire. B) End of the Roman Empire through the Byzantine period. C) AD 300 - AD 1600. D) Beginning of Early Christian through the 13th or 14th centuries. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) AD 300 - AD 1600. 20. Ashoka's Dhamma represented? A) Principles of Buddhism. B) Principles of Brahmanism. C) Principle of all Religion. D) A New religions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Principles of Buddhism. ← 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