Practice Quiz set 10 - indian history mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams

Q-1)   Which God is found depicted on Yaudheya coins?

(a) Shiva

(b) Kartikeya

(c) Vasudeva

(d) Indra

Q-2)   Which of the following statements are correct about Mauryan Kings?

1. Culture, Art and Literature
2. Gold coins
3. Provincial Division
4. Kingship to Hindukush

Code

(a) Only 2

(b) 1, 3 and 4

(c) Only 1

(d) 1, 2 and 3

Q-3)   Which of the following Kings was a Patron of Jainism?

(a) Harsha

(b) Kharavela

(c) Ashoka

(d) Pulakeshin II

Q-4)   The officer in charge of 10 villages was called

(a) Amin

(b) Sena

(c) Gopa

(d) Mahanta

Q-5)   Which of the following sources mention the occurrence of the third Buddhist Council during the reign of Ashoka?

1. Inscriptions of Ashoka
2. Dipavamsa
3. Mahavamsa
4. Divyavadana

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

(a) 2 and 3

(b) 1 and 4

(c) 1 and 2

(d) 3 and 4

Q-6)   According to the ‘Arthashastra’ of Kautilya the following courts existed in the judicial system of Mauryan Age

1. Dharmamahamatra
2. Dharmasthiya
3. Rajjuka
4. Kantakshodhana

Code

(a) 2 and 3

(b) 2 and 4

(c) 1 and 2

(d) 1 and 3

Q-7)   Who of the following did not adorn the court of Kanishka-I?

(a) Parshva

(b) Vishakhadatta

(c) Ashvaghosha

(d) Vasumitra

Q-8)   Consider the following name of contemporaries of Kanishka and select the correct answer from code given below.

1. Ashvaghosha
2. Vasumitra
3. Kalidas
4. Kamban

Code

(a) 2 and 3

(b) All of these

(c) 1 and 4

(d) 1 and 2

Q-9)   Pushyamitra Shunga, who was originally a Senapati of the Mauryan empire and assassinated the last Mauryan Emperor Brihadrath in 185 BC was a ____.

(a) Brahaman

(b) Shudra

(c) Kshatriya

(d) Vaishya

Q-10)   Which of the following are important causes for the decline of the Mauryan empire?

1. Weak successors of Ashoka
Ashoka’s pacifist poli y
2. Brahmanical reactions to Ashoka’s pro-Buddhist policies
3. Foreign aggressions

(a) i only

(b) I and ii

(c) i and iv

(d) i and iii