maurya & post mauryan period MCQ set 3 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Chanakya, the famous teacher of Chandragupta Maurya, was associated with

a) Takshashila

b) Nalanda

c) Vaishali

d) Vikramshila

Question : 2

The edicts of Ashoka which reveal his inner sorrow on account of war and violence are:

a) Mansehra and Girnar

b) Dhauli and Jaugada

c) Maski and Bhabra

d) Shahbazgarhi and Sopara

Question : 3

Which of the following was not one of the reasons for gradual weakening of the Mauryan finances?

a) The strain on the exchequer of Ashoka’s charitable public works

b) Need for vast revenues to maintain a huge but inactive army

c) Unfavourable balance of trade with foreign countries

d) Need for finances to maintain a very large bureaucracy

Question : 4

From which of the following months did the Mauryan fiscal year use to begin?

a) Pausa-Magha (January-February)

b) Phalgun (March)

c) Jyestha (June)

d) Asadha (July)

Question : 5

The lowest order in the social scale of Mauryan society was not a slave but the outcaste. Which of the following statements about the outcastes is not correct?

a) They were not allowed to perform any rituals

b) Their caste names referred directly to their profession or work

c) They lived together with their families outside the towns

d) They accepted the position of social ostracism

Question : 6

The practice of land grants to brahmins and Buddhist was initiated by

a) Vakatakas

b) Sungas

c) Satavahanas

d) Guptas