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