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

Question : 1

Gondophernes belonged to

a) The Kushana dynasty

b) The Saka dynasty

c) The Satavahan dynasty

d) The Parthian dynasty

Question : 2

According to which of the following sources is Ashoka said to have built the city of Srinagar?

a) Kalhana’s Rajatarangini

b) Buddhist tradition

c) Tibetan tradition

d) Jain tradition

Question : 3

Towards health care, the most important measures taken by Ashoka was/were:

a) He opened dispensaries for the treatment of both human beings and animals  

b) He got the herbs and plants, needed for medical purposes, cultivated

c) Both (a) and (b)

d) He made arrangements for safe drinking water in the whole of his empire

Question : 4

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 : 5

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 : 6

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