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Maurya Period (322 BC-185 BC) MCQ

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Q1. Who among the following also had the name Devanama Piyadasi?

  1. AMauryan King Ashoka
  2. BGautama Buddha
  3. CBhagwan King Chandrgupta Maurya
  4. DBhagwan Mahavira
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Answer: A) Mauryan King Ashoka

Q2. With which of the following centres of learning, Chanakya the famous teacher of Chandragupta Maurya, was associated?

  1. ATakshasila
  2. BNalanda
  3. CVikramshila
  4. DVaishali
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Answer: A) Takshasila

Q3. Which event brought about a Profound change in Ashoka' s administrative Policy?

  1. AThe Third Buddhist Council
  2. BThe Kalinga War
  3. CHis sending of missionary to Ceylon
  4. DHis embracing of Buddhism
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Answer: B) The Kalinga War

Q4. Great Stupa at Sanchi is in-

  1. AUttar Pradesh
  2. BMadhya Pradesh
  3. CArunachal Pradesh
  4. DAndhra Pradesh
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Answer: B) Madhya Pradesh

Q5. The monk who influenced Ashoka to embrace Buddhism was-

  1. AVishnu Gupta
  2. BUpa Gupta
  3. CBrahma Gupta
  4. DBrihadrath
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Answer: B) Upa Gupta

Q6. Which one of the following does not appear on the abacus of the Sarnath Lion capital of Ashoka?

  1. ABull
  2. BDeer
  3. CElephant
  4. DHorse
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Answer: B) Deer

Q7. Who among the following historical Personalities of lndia is also Known as Vishnugupta?

  1. ABilhana
  2. BKalidasa
  3. CPatanjali
  4. DChanakya
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Answer: D) Chanakya

Q8. Megasthenese was an envoy of which of the following Kings?

  1. ASeleucus
  2. BAlexander
  3. CDarius
  4. DAntiochus
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Answer: A) Seleucus

Q9. Which of the following was the oldest dynasty of lndia?

  1. AMaurya
  2. BGupta
  3. CKushana
  4. DKanva
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Answer: A) Maurya

Q10. The division of Mauryan society into seven classes was Particularly mentioned in-

  1. AKautilya's ' Arthashastra'
  2. BAshokan edicts
  3. CThe Purans
  4. DThe' lndica 'of Megasthenese
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Answer: D) The' lndica 'of Megasthenese

Q11. Kautilya's' Arthashastra' is a book on-

  1. Aeconomic relations
  2. Bprinciple and practices of statecraft
  3. Cforeign policy
  4. Dduties of the king
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Answer: B) principle and practices of statecraft

Q12. The valleys of Sindhu Ganga and Jamuna were brought together for the first time under one Political authority by

  1. AChandragupta Maurya
  2. BAshoka
  3. CChandragupta ll
  4. DPrithviraj Chauhan
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Answer: A) Chandragupta Maurya

Q13. Which one of the following Places has no Ashokan edicts?

  1. AGirnar
  2. BKandhar
  3. CPataliputra
  4. DTopra
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Answer: C) Pataliputra

Q14. Who among the following was appointed by Ashoka to administer justice in his empire?

  1. ASharmana
  2. BKumar Amatya
  3. CRajuka
  4. DUparika
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Answer: C) Rajuka

Q15. Consider the following with reference to the disintegration and decline of the Mauryan Empire- 1. Brahmanical revolt 2. king Ashoka's Pacifist Policies 3. lnvasions from outside 4. Weakness of Ashoka' s successors Which of the above reasons led to the disintegration and decline of the Mauryan Empire ?

  1. A1, 2 and 4
  2. B2 and 4
  3. C1 and 3
  4. D1, 2, 3 and 4
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Answer: D) 1, 2, 3 and 4

Q16. Who of the following was a contemporary of Alexander,the Great?

  1. ABimbisara
  2. BChandragupta Maurya
  3. CAshoka
  4. DPushyamitra Sunga
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Answer: B) Chandragupta Maurya

Q17. The notion of Saptanga that was introduced in Arthashastra' includes:

  1. Aking , territory , administration and treasury
  2. Bmusic, dance , ragas and wrestling
  3. Cministers, civil servants, subalterns and those involved in espionage
  4. Daristocrats, acharyas, traders and monks
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Answer: A) king , territory , administration and treasury

Q18. Assertion (A): Ashoka says in his Rock Edict XIII that he turned to dhamma.nReason (R) : He witnessed much misery at Kalinga war.nCodes :

  1. ABoth A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
  2. BBoth A and R true , but R is not a correct explanation of A
  3. CA is true , but R is false
  4. DA is false , but R is true
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Answer: A) Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A

Q19. To which dynasty did Ashoka belong ?

  1. AVardhana
  2. BMaurya
  3. CKushan
  4. DGupta
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Answer: B) Maurya

Q20. Which Rock Edict of Ashoka provides a description of the horrors of Kalinga war?

  1. A13th Rock Edict
  2. BKalinga Edict at Dhauli
  3. CThe Edict at Jaugadha
  4. D10th Rock Edict
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Answer: A) 13th Rock Edict

Q21. The head of a district (Ahara) the principal co-ordinator of the revenue and the officer in-charge of general and military functions in his jurisdiction during Mauryan Empire was Knows as -

  1. AKrori
  2. BRajuka
  3. CFaujdar
  4. DChirastadar
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Answer: B) Rajuka

Q22. A Buddhist council during the reihn of Ashoka was held at-

  1. AMagadha
  2. BPataliputra
  3. CSamastipur
  4. DRajgriha
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Answer: B) Pataliputra

Q23. Kautilya's' Arthashastra' deals with the aspects of-

  1. AEconomic life
  2. BPolitical policies
  3. CReligious life
  4. DSocial life
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Answer: B) Political policies

Q24. Chandragupta Maurya figures prominently in the book of

  1. ABhasa
  2. BAshvaghosha
  3. CVishakhdatta
  4. DSudraka
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Answer: C) Vishakhdatta

Q25. The description of the administration of Pataliputra is available in-

  1. ADivyavadan
  2. BArthashastra
  3. CIndica
  4. DAshoka's inscriptions
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Answer: C) Indica

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