maurya & post mauryan period MCQ set 1 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Ashokan inscriptions of Mansehra and Shahbazgadhi are written in

a) Aramaic language, Kharoshthi script

b) Prakrit language, Kharoshthi script

c) Prakrit-Aramaic language, Brahmi script

d) Prakrit language, Brahmi script

Question : 2

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

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

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

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

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

Question : 3

The majority of the Buddhist vases in India are found in Western Maharashtra because:

a) Many of the royal dynasties of Western India were patrons of Buddhism

b) The Sahyadri mountain in western Maharashtra with its hard trap was best suited for rock-cut architecture

c) The caves in this region provided a safe sanctuary away from foreign invaders

d) There was a long-standing tradition in this region of royal patronage to rock-cut architecture

Question : 4

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

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

b) The sectarian and communal conflict of the period

c) Administrative reforms introduced by Ashoka

d) Working of the inner mind of Ashoka

Question : 5

Charaka was the famous court physician of

a) Chandragupta

b) Kanishka

c) Pushyamitra

d) Ashoka

Question : 6

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

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

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

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

d) Polluting the water tanks or sources of water