Indian History mcqs#4
Q 1.Who among the following Mughal Emperors shifted emphasis from illustrated manuscripts to album and individual portrait?
a.Humayun
b.Akbar
c.Jahangir
d. Shah Jahan
Ans -c
Q 2.Which one of the following is not a Harappan site?
a.Chanhudaro
b. Kot Diji
c.Sohgaura
d.Desalpur
Ans -c
Q 3.With reference to forced labour (Vishti) in India during the Gupta period, which one of the following statements is correct?
a. It was considered a source of income for the State, a sort of tax paid by the people.
b.It was totally absent in the Madhya Pradesh and Kathiawar region of the Gupta Empire.
c. The forced labourer was entitled to weekly wages.
d. The eldest son of the labourer was sent as the forced labourer.
Ans -a
Q 4.With reference to the history of India, consider the following pairs:
1. Aurang – In-charge of Treasury of the State
2. Banian – Indian agent of the East India Company
3. Mirasidar – Designated revenue Payer to the State
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
a.1 and 2 only
b.2 and 3 only
c.3 only
d.1,2 and 3
Ans -b
Q 5.Consider the following events in the history of India:
1. Rise of Pratiharas under king Bhoja
2. Establishment of Pallava power under Mahendravarman-I
3. Establishment of Chola power by Parantaka-I
4. Pala dynasty founded by Gopala
What is the correct chronological order of the above events, starting from the earliest time?
a.2-1-4-3
b.3-1-4-2
c.2-4-1-3
d.3-4-1-2
Ans -c
Q 6.Which of the phrases defines the nature of the ‘Hundi’generally referred to in the sources of the post-Harsha period?
a.An advisory issued by the king to his subordinates
b.A dairy to be maintained for daily accounts
c.A bill of Exchange
d. order from the feudal lord to his subordinates
Ans -c
Q 7.With reference to the history of India, the terms “kulyavapa” and “dronavapa” denote
a. measurement of land
b.Coins of different monetary value
c.Classification of Urban land
d. religious rituals
Ans -a
Q 8.Who among the following rulers advised his subjects through this inscription?
“Whosoever praises his religious sect or blames other sects out of excessive devotion to his own sect, with the view of glorifying his own sect, he rather injures his own sect very severely”.
a.Ashoka
b.Samudragupta
c.Harshavardhana
d.Krishnadeva Raya
Ans -a
Q 9.Which of the phrases defines the nature of the ‘Hundi’generally referred to in the sources of the post-Harsha period?
a.An advisory issued by the king to his subordinates
b. A dairy to be maintained for daily accounts
c. A bill of Exchange
d.An order from the feudal lord to his subordinates
Ans -c
Q 10.With reference to the period of Gupta dynasty in ancient India the towns Ghantasala Kadura and chaul were well known as
a.Ports handling foreign trade
b.Capitals of powerful kingdom
c.Places of exquisite stone art and architecture.
d.Important Buddhist pilgrimage centres.
Ans -a