maurya & post mauryan period MCQ set 2 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Pushyamitra Sunga, who killed the last Mauryan ruler Brihadratha and founded the Sunga dynasty, was a:

a) Feudatory ruler

b) Prime Minister of the Mauryas

c) Both (a) and (b) above

d) General of the Mauryas

Question : 2

At which among the following places, Chandragupta Maurya spent his last days?

a) Kashi

b) Nalanda

c) Shravana Belgola

d) Ujjain

Question : 3

Which of the following was a measure adopted by the later Mauryas to meet the needs of a depleted treasury?

a) Increase of exports

b) Increase in taxes

c) debasement of currency

d) Imposition of new taxes

Question : 4

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 : 5

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