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

Question : 1

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 : 2

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 : 3

The Arthashastra of Kautilya is a

a) History of Chandragupta Maurya

b) Play about Chandragupta Maurya

c) Biography

d) Book on principles of Government

Question : 4

Given below are two statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below–

• Assertion (A): The society during Satavahana period was divided into four castes on the basis of profession.
• Reason (R): They wanted a progressive society free from many narrow attitudes.

a) Both A and R are true, but R is not correct explanation of A

b) A is true, but R is false

c) A is false, but R is true

d) Both A and R are true, R is the correct explanation of A

Question : 5

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 : 6

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