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