Practice Quiz set 7 - indian history mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams

Q-1)   During the reign of Chandragupta Maurya, Pataliputra was administered by a board consisting of the members numbered.

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Explanation:

Chandragupta, the founder of the Mauryan Empire was not only a great warrior but also an able administrator. He set up a sound and efficient system of administration in his vast empire. There was a municipal committee of 30 members to look after the affairs of the city. They looked after public buildings, water supply, sanitation, roads, gardens, hospitals, schools, temples and other works of public utility.


Q-2)   Which of the following Ashoka inscriptions is in Kharosthi script?

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Explanation:

The inscriptions of Ashoka are written in two scripts known as Brahmi and Kharosthi. Kharosthi script has been used in the inscriptions found at Shahbazgarhi in Mardan District of KhyberPakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan and Manshera also in Pakistan.


Q-3)   Which of the following taxes was paid in cash?

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Explanation:

Hiranya appears as an item of revenue in the land-grants of the period. Hiranya is taken to be the usual taxes paid in cash or in metallic money


Q-4)   Rulers of which of the following dynasties maintained diplomatic relations with distant countries like Syria in the west?

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Explanation:

Mauryan Emperor Bindusara had friendly relations with the Greek King Antiochos-I of Syria. Deimachos was a Syrian Ambassador who came in the court of Bindusara. Mauryan Emperor Ashoka the Great also mentions the names of Hellenic king– Antiochus II of Syria in his 13th rock edict. This shows that Mauryan dynasty maintained the diplomatic relations with distant countries like Syria in the West.


Q-5)   The main officer of town in Mauryan empire was called by Megasthenes as

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Explanation:


Q-6)   Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List-I List-II
A. Chandragupta 1. Amitrochates Maurya
B. Bindusar 2. Sandrocotts
C. Dakshinapatha 3. Devanampriya
D. Dasharatha 4. Buddha shakya
Codes: A B C D

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Explanation:

  • In foreign Greek and Latin accounts, Chandragupta is known as Sandrocottus and Androcottus. He became well known in the Hellenistic world for conquering Alexander the Great's easternmost satrapies, and for defeating the most powerful of Alexander's successors, Seleucus I Nicator, in battle.
  • Bindusara Maurya (c. 320 BC – 272 BC) was emperor of the Maurya Empire from 298 BC – 272 BC. During his reign, the empire expanded southwards. The Greeks called him Amitrochates or Allitrochades – the Greek transliteration for the Sanskrit word 'Amitraghata' (Slayer of enemies).
  • In the third century B.C., King Ashoka of the Maurya dynasty supported and protected Buddhism and erected stupas and stone pillars at sites associated with Shakyamuni Buddha.
  • Dasaratha is known to have dedicated three caves in the Nagarjuni Hills to the Ajivikas. Three inscriptions at the cave refer to him as ‘Devanampiya Dasaratha’


Q-7)   Match the following :
List-I List-II
A. Amatyas 1. Concerned with economic function and some military duties
B. Tirthas 2. Highest category of official and were eighteen in numbers
C. Adhyakshya 3. Functioned in administration and judicial capacity
D. Mahamattas 4. The Arthasastra uses this term in the sense of a minister
Codes: A B C D

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Explanation:

Amatyas, the highest category of officials and were eighteen in numbers. Tirthas, functioned in administration and judicial capacity. Adhyakshya, the Arthasastra uses this term in the sense of a minister. Mahamattas, were concerned with economic function and some military duties.


Q-8)   Match the following :
A. Uttarapatha 1. Suvarnagiri
B. Dakshinapatha 2. Takshashila
C. Prashi 3. Tosali
D. Kalinga 4. Patliputra
E. Central Province V. Taxila
Select the correct answer from the codes given below : Codes: A B C D

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Explanation:

The Mauryan empire was divided into provinces and the provinces divided into districts.

Provinces during the Mauryan age with their capital were:

  • Uttarapatha-Taxila;
  • Dakshinapatha-Suvarnagiri;
  • Prachya-Pataliputra;
  • Kalinga-Tosali;
  • AvantirathaUjjain.

Ashoka appointed a representative in each province. The representatives were chosen for their ability and not on the basis of birth or high connections. They enjoyed considerable freedom in the administration of their provinces.


Q-9)   Arrange the following dynasties in chronological order of their arrival in Post-Maurya period.
  1. Shakas
  2. Indo-Greeks
  3. Parthions
  4. Kushans
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below codes:

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Explanation:

The correct chronological order is :IndoGreeks, Parthions, Sakas, Kushan


Q-10)   Match list ‘A’ with the list ‘B’ and choose the correct answer from the codes given below :
List ‘A’ List ‘B’
1. Ramacharita A. Asvaghosa
2. Katha-Tarangini B. Bhasa
3. Sariputraprakarana C. Palita
4. Urubhangam D. Abhinanda
Codes: 1 2 3 4

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Explanation: