maurya & post mauryan period MCQ set 16 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Which of the following Kings is credited to have issued gold coins for the first time?

a) Vima Kadphises

b) Huvishka

c) Kujula Kadphises

d) Kanishka

Question : 2

In which of the following inscriptions, Ashoka’s edicts are also found?

a) Nashik Prashasti regarding Gautamiputra Satakarni

b) None of the above

c) Junagarh inscription of Mahakshatrapa Rudradaman

d) Hathigumpha inscription of Kharvavela

Question : 3

The Dhamma propagated by Ashoka was

a) the tenets of Buddhism

b) the religious policy of the state

c) a mixture of the philosophies of Ajivikas and Charvakas

d) a system of morals consistent with the tenets of most of the sects of the time

Question : 4

Which of the following is known as the Turning of the Wheel of Law (Dharma- Chakrapravartana)?

a) The first sermon preached by the Buddha at the Deer Park at Sarnath

b) The continuous existence of human beings like the wheel of causes and effects

c) The practice of setting the wheell in motion everyday in the morning in the sanghas

d) The extinction of karma leading to the achievement of nirvana

Question : 5

Which Purana consists of the longest list of Andra Satavahana Kings?

a) Vishnu Purana

b) None of the above

c) Vayu Purana

d) Matsya Purana

Question : 6

The only inscribed stone portrait of Emperor Ashoka has been found at

a) Sanchi

b) Ajanta

c) Amaravati

d) Kanaganahalli