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Questions : Which of the following Mauryan officers was incharge of weights and measures?

(a) Panyadhyaksha

(b) Sunadhyaksha

(c) Pautavadhyaksha

(d) Sitadhyaksha

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (c)

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Question : 1

Which of the following public health measures was not punishable under the Mauryan public health laws?

a) Throwing dirt, mud or dead bodies on public thoroughfares

b) Treating patients and selling herbs and drugs without securing registration

c) Polluting the water tanks or sources of water

d) Taking the dead bodies for cremation or burial along paths not meant for the purpose

Answer: (b)

Question : 2

Which of the following states of India did not form part of the Mauryan empire?

a) Kerala

b) Kashmir

c) Tamil Nadu

d) Both (a) and (b) above

Answer: (d)

Question : 3

According to which of the following sources, did Ashoka in his old age abdicate the throne in favour of his grandson Samprati?

a) Ashokavadana

b) Gargi-Samhita

c) Divyavadana

d) Mahavamsa

Answer: (c)

Question : 4

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

a) Manavadharmashastra

b) Arthashastra

c) Kamasutra

d) Sukra Nitisara

Answer: (b)

Question : 5

Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

  1. Lothal - Ancient Dockyard
  2. Sarnath - First Sermon of Buddha
  3. Rajgir - Lion Capital of Ashoka
  4. Nalanda - Great Seat of Buddhist Learning
Select the correct answer using the code given below. Code

a) 3 and 4

b) 1 and 2

c) 1, 2, 3 and 4

d) 1, 2 and 4

Answer: (d)

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