History MCQ Test – 73By Vinay Pal Read the questions given below. Select the best from the given 4 options- Please enter your email: 1. In India artillery was first used in the battle of Talikot Khanwa Panipat in 1526 Sialkot 2. As per the Act of 1853, the Governor-General’s Council was enlarged for the purpose of Legislation Finance Security Defence 3. In which of the following caves have 28 new caves been further discovered? Elephanta Caves Ajanta Caves Ellora Caves None Of The Above 4. Which of the following is the single most important source of the history of Ashoka? Sri Lankan chronicles Dipavamsa and Mahavamsa Archaeological Sources And The Puranas Buddhist works Divyavadana and Ashokavadana Inscriptions of Ashoka 5. The exclusive right of trading between ______ was granted to the East India Company. Red Sea and Caspian Sea France and Poland The Cape of Good Hope and the Straits of Magellan North America and South America 6. At Jallianwaia Bagh meeting ______ ordered the troops to open fire. Benn Montagu Dyer Irwin 7. Permission to the British to establish their trading center at Surat had been given by the Mughal emperor Jahangir Babar Humayun Akbar 8. Who among the following is referred to as the ‘Sadhu from the west’? St Thomas St Bartholomew Thomas of Cannan None Of The Above 9. Who had been the first to emphasize the instruction in literature and science through the English Language was essential for building a modern India? MM Malaviya GK Gokhale Raj Ram Mohun Roy Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar 10. The Yueh-Chi were driven out from western China by the Bhojakas Rashtrika Hunas Mangols 11. Who is the author of the famous literary work Tahqiq-i-Hind? Alberuni Bhavabhuti Dandin Badauni 12. The song Jan-Gana-Mana composed by Rabindranath Tagore was first published in January 1912 under the title of Morning Song of India Tatva Bodhini Rashtra Jagrati Bharat Vidhata 13. Akbar’s son and successor Salim, on becoming the emperor, assumed the name of Jahangir Alampanah Jahangir Nuruddin Muhammad Jahangir Jahangir Alamgir 14. Who possibly ruled the Indus people? kings an assembly of elders Priests merchants Loading … Question 1 of 14