History MCQ Test – 76By Vinay Pal Read the questions given below. Select the best from the given 4 options- Please enter your email: 1. Which of the following is not a category into which Ashoka’s monuments may be grouped? Stupas Caves Pillars Viharas 2. When Aurangzeb proceeded against Golcunda it was ruled by Afzal Khan Durga Devi Abul Hasan Sikandar 3. The privileges of free trade granted to the English East India Company were confirmed in 1717 by Emperor Muhammad Shah Farrukh-Siyar Aurangzeb Bahadur Shah 4. During the Viceroyalty of Sir John Lawrence, the bone of contention between India and Bhutan was Cooch Behar Jalpaiguri Goalpara Duars 5. The first Famine Commission was constituted under Chamberlain Sir Richard Strachey Sir John Strachey Roberts 6. The masterpiece of Chola sculpture is the famous Nataraja or the Dancing Shiva image at Kalahasti Thanjavur Chidambaram Sri Sailam 7. The diary of Athanasius (Afanasi) Nikitin, the first Russian traveler to India, is entitled The land of miracles The journey beyond the three seas Travel to the land of honey and gold A passage to India 8. “Manisha Panchakam” was composed by Swami Tejomayananda Adi Sankara Sri Ramanuja Swami Chinmayananda 9. The salient feature of the Rig Vedic religion was the worship of Pasupatbi Nature Trimurti Mother Goddess 10. In Bengal, the East India Company’s headquarters were located at Shantiniketan Fort william Fort St George Fort St David 11. Who were ‘Jagirdars’ during the reign of Akbar? Large estate owners Officials of state who were given jagir’ in place of cash pay Revenue collectors Autonomous rulers under Akbar 12. Most of the Hindu colonies in South East Asia had been found during the reign of the Cholas Rajputas Guptas Mauryas 13. Which of the following does not represent an important source material for the Mauryan period? Epigraphic Sources Literary works Numismatic evidence Foreign accounts 14. Which of the following metals was not known to the Indus valley people? gold silver copper Iron 15. The one most important feature of the Mauryan Administration was the presence of vast, numerous powers of the bureaucracy the presence of a ‘council of ministers’ An Extensive Network Of Spy-System wide powers enjoyed by the provincial governors Loading … Question 1 of 15