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