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