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

Question : 1

Which of the following was not one of Hellenic kings to whom diplomatic missions were sent by Ashoka?

a) Antigonus Gonatas of Macedonia

b) Xerxes of Macedonia

c) Ptolemy II Philadelphos of Egypt

d) Antiochus II Theos of Syria

Question : 2

In which of the following respect do the Ashokan epigraphs not help us to draw historical inferences?

a) In deriving conclusions regarding his relations with the members of his family

b) In delineating the boundary of the Mauryan empire

c) In inferring the impact of Kalinga War on the noncombatants

d) In inferring Ashoka’s relations with his border countries

Question : 3

Which of the following was an administrative centre of the Southern province of Ashoka’s empire?

a) Satiyaputra

b) Isila

c) Samapa

d) Keralputra

Question : 4

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 : 5

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 : 6

Gondophernes belonged to

a) The Kushana dynasty

b) The Saka dynasty

c) The Satavahan dynasty

d) The Parthian dynasty