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Questions : Which among the following was the first investigated pillar of Ashkoa?

(a) Sarnath

(b) Delhi Meerut Pillar

(c) Dhauli

(d) Barabar cave

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (b)

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Question : 1

In which royal family, the men usually followed the Brahmanical religion and women were Buddhists?

a) Pallavas

b) Ikshvakus

c) Lichchhavis

d) Yaudheyas

Answer: (b)

Question : 2

The writer of Mahabhasya ‘Patanjali’ was a contemporary of

a) Chandragupta II

b) Chandragupta Maurya

c) Ashoka

d) Pushyamitra Sunga

Answer: (d)

The writer of Mahabhasya, Patanjali was a contemporary of Pushyamitra Sunga. The Sunga Empire played an imperative role in patronizing Indian culture at a time when some of the most important developments in Hindu thought were taking place.

Question : 3

Which of the following is not one of the common points of significance of both Rajagriha and Vaishali?

a) Both places were important centres of Buddhist art

b) Both places are associated with the miracles preformed by the Buddha

c) At both places a stupa was built with the mortal remains of the Buddha enshrined in them

d) At both places one of the Buddhist councils was held

Answer: (a)

Question : 4

Who was the writer of Mudrarakshasa?

a) Vishnugupta

b) Kautilya

c) Pushyagupta

d) Vishakhdatta

Answer: (d)

The Mudrarakshasa is a historical play in Sanskrit by Vishakhadatta that narrates the ascent of the king Chandragupta Maurya to power in India.

Question : 5

Turamaya mentioned in the inscriptions of Ashoka was his contemporary king of

a) Macedonia

b) Afghanisthan

c) Egypt

d) Syria

Answer: (c)

In his thirteenth inscription, Ashoka mentions five Greek contemporary kings. Turamaya has been identified with the contemporary ruler of Egypt up to 247 BC.

Question : 6

The superintendent of weights and measures in the Mauryan administration was

a) Shulkadhyaksha

b) Samsthadhyaksha

c) Lavanadhyaksha

d) Pautuvadhyaksha

Answer: (d)

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