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