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