History of India | Ancient History | Maurya Dynasty

History of India | Ancient History | Maurya Dynasty

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1. Chandragupta Maurya figures prominently in the book of

Bhasa
Sudraka
Vishakhadatta
Ashvaghosha

2. Who recognised Sandrokottos as Chandra Gupta Maurya?

William Jones
V. Smith
R. K. Mukherjee
D. R. Bhandharkar

3. First Indian Empire was established by

Kanishka
Harsh
Chandra Gupta Maurya
Samundragupta

4. Which among the following is India's oldest dynasty?

Gupta
Maurya
Vardhana
Kushana

5. Kautilya was prime minister of

Chandragupta Vikramaditya
Ashoka
Chandragupta Maurya
King Janak

6. By which name was Chanakya known in his childhood?

Ajaya
Chanakya
Vishnugupta
Deogupta

7. Another name of Chanakya was

Bhattswami
Vishnugupta
Rajshekhar
Vishakhdatta

8. The Arthashastra of Kautilya is a

Play about Chandragupta Maurya
Biography
History of Chandragupta Maurya
Book on Principles of Government

9. Which one of the following is the seventh part of the State according to Saptang Theory of State?

Janapada
Durga
Mitra
Kosha

10. Kautilya's Arthashastra deals with the aspects of

Economic life
Political policies
Religious life
Social life

11. Deimachus came to India during the reign of

Chandragupta Maurya
Bindusara
Ashoka
Kanishka

12. Chandragupta's palace situated at Pataliputra is mainly made up of

Bricks
Stones
Woods
Clays

13. Bulandibagh was ancient site of

Kapilavastu
Pataliputra
Vaishali
Varanasi

14. Who amongst the following Mauryan rulers did conquer the Deccan?

Ashoka
Chandragupta
Bindusara
Kunala

15. Who was the first king to conquer Malwa, Gujarat and Maharashtra?

Harsh
Skandgupta
Vikramaditya
Chandragupta Maurya

16. In which year Chandragupta Maurya had defeated Seleucus?

317 B.C.
315 B.C.
305 B.C.
300 B.C.

17. Who established 'Rajdharma' on triplex bases of longanimity, liberty and compassion?

Ashoka
Akbar
Ranjit Singh
Shivaji

18. Which one territory of the following was not a part of Ashoka's empire?

Afghanistan
Bihar
Sri Lanka
Kalinga

19. In which of the following inscriptions of Ashoka, mention has been made of South Indian kingdoms?

Third Major Rock Edict
Second Major Rock Edict
Ninth Major Rock Edict
First Pillar Inscription

20. India's first hospital and herbal gardens were built by

Ashoka
Chandragupta Maurya
Lord Mahavir
Dhanvantari

21. 'Inspite of being Buddhist, Ashoka did not leave belief in Hinduism' validation of this fact is

Pilgrims
Belief in Moksha
Epithet of 'Devanampriya'
Establishment of veterinary hospitals

22. A Buddhist Council during the reign of Ashoka was held at

Magadha
Pataliputra
Samastipur
Rajgriha

23. What were 'Sarthwah'?

Brokers
Convoy of Merchants
Money lender
Pilgrims

24. Which one of the following officials was not a part of the Mauryan administration?

Agraharika
Yukta
Pradeshika
Rajjuka

25. Sarnath Pillar was built by

Harshavardhana
Ashoka
Gautam Buddha
Kanishka

26. Which one of the following is considered the best Stupa?

Amaravati
Bharhut
Sanchi
Sarnath

27. Who constructed the 'Sanchi Stupa'?

Chandragupta
Kautilya
Gautam Buddha
Ashoka

28. Language used in the inscription of Ashoka is

Sanskrit
Prakrit
Pali
Hindi

29. Which one of the following Ashokan inscription is in 'Kharosthi' script?

Khalsi
Girnar
Shahbazgarhi
Meerut

30. The earliest inscription on stone was in which language?

Pali
Sanskrit
Prakrit
Brahmi

31. The first scholar who read Ashokan edicts was

Buhler
Robert Sebel
James Prinsep
Cordriguttan

32. Ashokan inscriptions were first deciphered by

James Prinsep
George Buhler
Vincent Smith
Ahmad Hasan Dani

33. Who first deciphered the Brahmi Script?

A. Cunningham
A. H. Dani
Buhler
James Prinsep

34. Who was the First Britisher to study Ashoka's edicts?

John Tower
Harry Smith
Charles Metcalfe
James Prinsep

35. Who of the following had first decipher the edicts of Emperor Ashoka?

George Buhler
James Prinsep
Max Muller
William Jones

36. Pre-Ashokan Brahmi script was found at

Nagarjunakonda
Anuradhapura
Brahmagiri
Maski

37. Which one of the following scripts of ancient India was written from right to left?

Brahmi
Nandnagari
Sharada
Kharoshti

38. The name by which Ashoka is referred to his inscriptions is

Chakravarti
Dharmadeva
Dharmakirti
Priyadarshi

39. Which of the kings has been mentioned as 'Piyadassi' and 'Devanampriya' in inscriptions?

Chandragupta Maurya
Ashoka
Samudragupta
Harshavardhana

40. Which one of the following edicts mentions the personal name of Ashoka?

Kalsi
Rummindei
Special Kalinga Edict
Maski

41. In which of the following inscriptions the name of 'Ashoka' has been mentioned?

Bhabru Edict
Rock Edict XIII
Rummindei Pillar Inscription
Minor Rock Edict of Maski

42. Which one of the following inscriptions contains the name of Ashoka?

Gujarra
Ahraura
Brahmagiri
Sarnath

43. The Rummindei Pillar of Ashoka was put up to mark

Birth of Buddha
Enlightenment of Buddha
First Sermon of Buddha
Demise of Buddha

44. The Gujarra minor rock edict, in which the name of Ashoka is mentioned, is located in

Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh
Datia district of Madhya Pradesh
Jaipur district of Rajasthan
Champaran district of Bihar

45. The only pillar on which Ashoka declares himself as the emperor of Magadha.

Minor pillar of Maski
Rummindei pillar
Queen pillar
Bhabru pillar

46. Kalsi is famous for

Buddhist Chaityas
Persian Coins
Rock edicts of Ashoka
Temples of Gupta period

47. Where in Uttarakhand, was a copy of Emperor Ashok's Rock Edicts discovered?

Nainital
Pauri
Tehri
Kalsi (Dehradun District)

48. Which of the following South Kingdoms is not mentioned in the Ashokan inscriptions?

Chola
Pandya
Satiyaputta
Satavahana

49. Ptolemy Philadelphus whose had diplomatic relation with Ashoka, was king of

Cyron
Egypt
Macedonia
Syria

50. Turamaya, a contemporary of Ashoka was the ruler of

Egypt
Corinth
Macedonia
Syria

51. Rulers of which of the following dynasties had diplomatic relations with distant countries like Syria and Egypt?

Chola
Gupta
Maurya
Pallavas

52. Which one of the following ancient Indian records is the earliest royal order to preserve food-grains to be utilised during the crisis in the country?

Sohagaura Copper-plate
Rummindei Pillar-edict of Ashoka
Prayaga-Prasasti
Mehrauli Pillar inscription of Chandra

53. In the Mauryan period, tax evasion was punished with

Death
Confiscation of goods
Imprisonment
None of the above

54. Famous Greek ambassador Megas- thenese came to the court of which emperor?

Ashoka
Harsha Vardhana
Chandragupta Maurya
None of the above

55. Which of the following sources states that there was no slavery in ancient India?

Arthashastra
Mudrarakshasha
Megasthenes' Indica
Vayupuran

56. The division of Mauryan 'Society into seven classes' is particularly mentioned in

Kautilya's Arthashastra
Ashokan Edicts
The Puranas
Megasthenes' Indica

57. The description of the administration of Pataliputra is available in

Divyanadan
Arthashastra
Indica
Ashoka's inscription

58. Which of the following sources gives a detailed account of city administration of the Mauryas?

Kautilya's Arthashastra
Megasthenes' Indica
Mudrarakashasa of Vishakha Datta
Inscription of Ashoka

59. What is the name of Megasthenes's book?

Economics
Rig Veda
Purana
Indica

60. 'Indica' was originally written by

Nearchus
Megasthenes
Plutarch
Diodorus

61. Who was the author of 'Indica'?

Vishnugupta
Megasthenes
Diamachus
Pliny

62. 'Bhaga' and 'Bali' were

Military Departments
Sources of Revenue
Religious Ceremonies
Administrative Divisions

63. Land revenue, which was the chief source of income during the Mauryan period, was collected by which officer?

Agronomoi
Shulkadhyaksha
Sitadhyaksha
Akradhayaksha

64. 'Sita' in Maurya period means

A goddess
A religious sect
Revenue from Crown land
Barren land

65. Who of the following was associated with the collection of revenue in Mauryan Mantriparishad?

Samaharta
Vyabharika
Antapala
Pradeshtha

66. Which of the following Mauryan officers was incharge of weights and measures?

Pautavadhyaksha
Panyadhyaksha
Sitadhyaksha
Sunadhyaksha

67. 'Pankodakasannirodhe' was the Penalty in Mauryan administration, charged for

Filthy drinking water
Slushing the road
Throwing garbage
Stenching temples

68. The most famous centre of learning during Maurya period was

Vaishali
Nalanda
Taxila
Ujjain

69. Which aspect of municipal administration of today is continuing since the period of Mauryans?

Inspection of weight measure reamer
Determination of prices of goods
Registration of birth and death certificate
Protection of artisans

70. With reference to the cultural history of India, the memorising Chronicles, dynastic histories, and epic tales was the profession of who of the following?

Shramana
Parivraajaka
Agrahaarika
Magadha

71. The system governing villages through autonomous elected panchayats was evolved by

Kushans
Dravids
Aryans
Mauryans

72. Which one of the following texts of ancient India allows divorce to a wife deserted by her husband?

Kamasutra
Manavadharmashastra
Sukra Nitisara
Arthashastra

73. Which among of the following prohibits remarriage?

Jataka
Manusmiriti
Yagyavalkya
Arthashastra

74. The social status assigned to the foreigners in Indian society by Manu was of the

Kshatriyas
Fallen Kshatriyas
Vaishyas
Sudras

75. The last Mauryan emperor was

Jaloka
Avanti Verma
Nandi Vardhana
Brihadratha

76. Realising the need of water, the first ruler who got a lake constructed in the Girnar area, was

Chandragupta Maurya
Ashoka
Rudradaman
Skanda Gupta

77. In which of the following inscription mentioned Chandragupta and Ashoka both?

Nasik inscription of Gautami putra Shatkarni
Junagarh inscription of Mahakshatrapa Rudradaman
Girnar inscription of Ashoka
Junagarh inscription of Skandgupta

78. In which of the following inscriptions, Ashoka's edicts are also found?

Junagarh inscription of Mahakshatrapa Rudradaman
Nashik Prashasti regarding Gautamiputra Satakarni
Hathigumpha inscription of Kharvavela
None of the above