maurya & post mauryan period MCQ set 15 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?

a) The Kushans - Gandhara School of Art

b) The Marathas - Pahari School of Painting

c) Harappan Civilisation - Painted Grey Ware

d) The Mughals - Ajanta Paintings

Question : 2

Information in respect of which of the following cannot be obtained from the edicts and inscriptions of Ashoka?

a) The sectarian and communal conflict of the period

b) The social, religious and economic life of the people of his time

c) Working of the inner mind of Ashoka

d) Administrative reforms introduced by Ashoka

Question : 3

Ring wells are identified for the first time in?

a) Later Vedic age

b) Post-Mauryan

c) Pre-mauryan age

d) Mauryan period

Question : 4

In the post-Mauryan times, the Hindu law-givers conferred on them the status of ‘fallen kshatriyas’. Who were they?

a) The ousted Mauryan kings

b) Yavanas

c) Non-Buddhist

d) Khastrians who did not take part in the real fightin

Question : 5

What was the subject of Rock Edict I issued by Ashoka?

a) Prohibition of animal sacrifice and festive meetings (samaja)

b) Visit to Bodh-Gaya

c) Measures of social welfare undertaken for the benefit of the people

d) Liberality to Brahmins and Sramanas

Question : 6

Which edict of Ashoka contains the famous pronouncement: “at all times, whether I am eating, or I am in the women’s apartments, or in my inner apartments, or at the cattleshed, or in my carriage, or in my gardens—wherever I may be—my mahamatta should keep me in touch with public business”?

a) Rock Edict II

b) Rock Edict VIII

c) Rock Edict IV

d) Rock Edict VI