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MCQ Chapter 12 History Class 11 Maharashtra Board

India, Nations in the northwest of the Indian Subcontinent and China

1. What was a significant characteristic of Indian travelers or migrants to other countries?

Question 1 of 20

2. What was the primary reason for the spread of Indian culture beyond the Hindukush mountains?

Question 2 of 20

3. Which text mentions stories of sea travels and adventures of Indian merchants?

Question 3 of 20

4. What commodity did the Yavanas bring to exchange for black pepper, according to Sangham literature?

Question 4 of 20

5. Which port city mentioned in the Old Testament is believed to refer to Sopara near Mumbai?

Question 5 of 20

6. What was a major Indian export demanded in Babylon?

Question 6 of 20

7. Which ancient sailor’s handbook describes ports like Bharuch and Sopara?

Question 7 of 20

8. Who wrote the text ‘Naturalis Historia’?

Question 8 of 20

9. What was the primary source of information for Arrian’s ‘Indica’?

Question 9 of 20

10. Who accurately traced all the ports on the Erythrean Sea, as per the Periplus?

Question 10 of 20

11. What played a vital role in the growth of Indo-Roman trade in the 1st century C.E.?

Question 11 of 20

12. What did Roman gold coins found in Tamilnadu indicate about their use?

Question 12 of 20

13. What did Pliny the Elder compare India to, regarding Roman gold?

Question 13 of 20

14. Which Roman emperor reportedly paid one million gold coins for an Indian emerald chalice?

Question 14 of 20

15. What Roman import was transported in amphorae found near Bet Dwaraka?

Question 15 of 20

16. Which city in Maharashtra was an important trading center mentioned by Ptolemy as Hippokura?

Question 16 of 20

17. What geographical advantage did Afghanistan have in ancient times?

Question 17 of 20

18. What were ‘Dishakak’ used for by ancient Indian sailors?

Question 18 of 20

19. Which Jataka story testifies to the use of Dishakak by Indian sailors?

Question 19 of 20

20. What is ‘Baveru’ identified with in ancient texts?

Question 20 of 20


 

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