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The following question based on maurya & post mauryan period topic of indian history mcq
(a) The capital of Patalputra had 570 towers.
(b) The Indians were suffering from poverty and all kinds of miseries.
(c) Indian ants were as big as foxes and could mine gold from the earth.
(d) Large Indian armies used elephants as war animals.
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (b)
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Question : 1
That Gujarat was included in the Kingdom of Chandragupta Maurya is proved by
a) Junagarh Rock Inscription of Rudradaman
b) Pillar Edict II of Ashoka
c) Greek accounts
d) Jain tradition
Answer »Answer: (a)
Question : 2
List-I | List-II |
A. Chandragupta | 1. Amitrochates Maurya |
B. Bindusar | 2. Sandrocotts |
C. Dakshinapatha | 3. Devanampriya |
D. Dasharatha | 4. Buddha shakya |
a) 1 2 3 4
b) 3 4 1 2
c) 2 1 4 3
d) 3 4 2 1
Answer »Answer: (c)
- In foreign Greek and Latin accounts, Chandragupta is known as Sandrocottos 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.E., 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 Nagarjuna Hills to the Ajivikas. Three inscriptions at the cave refer to him as ‘Devanampiya Dasaratha’
Question : 3
In the Mauryan period, tax evasion was punished with
a) Confiscation of goods
b) None of the above
c) Death
d) Imprisonment
Answer »Answer: (c)
Question : 4
Bamiyan of Afghanistan was famous for
a) Work of elephant teeth
b) Buddha statue
c) Hindu temple
d) Gold coin of coinage
Answer »Answer: (b)
Question : 5
Who constructed the ‘Sanchi Stupa’?
a) Kautilya
b) Ashoka
c) Chandragupta
d) Gautam Buddha
Answer »Answer: (b)
Question : 6
The dhamma mahamattas (dharma mahamatras) appointed by Ashoka were entrusted with the job of:
a) Checking the abuses in the administration of justice
b) All the above
c) The moral uplift of the people through propagation of dhamma
d) Management of the welfare activities of the state
Answer »Answer: (b)
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