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The following question based on maurya & post mauryan period topic of indian history mcq
(a) Menander
(b) Ashoka
(c) Pushyamitra
(d) Kanishka
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (b)
In 3rd century BCE, the great emperor of Magadha Ashoka started to build thousands of Stupas all over the Indian subcontinent and South Asia. It is said that 84 thousand Stupas were built by Ashoka edicts and guidance.
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Question : 1
In which of the following inscriptions, Ashoka made his famous declaration “All men are my children” ?
a) Lumbini Pillar Edict
b) Minor Rock Edict of Ahrawra
c) Pillar Edict VII
d) Separate Kalinga Rock Edict I
Answer »Answer: (d)
Question : 2
Match list ‘A’ with the list ‘B’ and choose the correct answer from the codes given below :
List ‘A’ | List ‘B’ |
1. Devabhuti | A. The last Kanva king |
2. Susharman | B. The last Kushana king |
3. Vasudeva I | C. The last Shunga king |
4. Pulumavi II | D. The last Satavahana king |
a) C A B D
b) B C D A
c) C B A D
d) A B C D
Answer »Answer: (a)
The Kanva dynasty replaced the Sunga dynasty and ruled in the eastern part of India from 71 BC to 26 BC. The last ruler of the Sunga dynasty Devbhuti was overthrown by Vasudeva of the Kanva dynasty in 73 BC.
Susharman, the son of Narayana inherited the throne after his father. Susharman ruled for 10 years and later the Andhras overthrew him from power.
The Andhras had captured Magadha in the tenth year of Susharman's reign. Susharman was the final ruler of the Kanva kinship.
Vasudeva I was the last of the "Great Kushans." Named inscriptions dating from year 64 to 98 of Kanishka’s era suggest his reign extended from at least 191 to 225 AD. He was the last great Kushan emperor.
Question : 3
Who was the founder of Kanva dynasty?
a) Vasudeva
b) Vasumitra
c) Bhumimitra
d) Devabhuti
Answer »Answer: (a)
Question : 4
The Lumbini was the birth place of Gautama Buddha, is confirmed by an inscription of
a) Harsha
b) Ashoka
c) Kanishka
d) Dharmapal
Answer »Answer: (b)
Question : 5
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 »Answer: (a)
Question : 6
The writer of Mahabhasya ‘Patanjali’ was a contemporary of
a) Chandragupta II
b) Chandragupta Maurya
c) Ashoka
d) Pushyamitra Sunga
Answer »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.
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