maurya & post mauryan period MCQ set 4 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

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

• Assertion (A): The traders usually moved in caravans.
• Reason (R): Dangers and uncertainties involved in long-distance travel compelled them to go together.

a) If both A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A.

b) If A is correct but R is wrong.

c) If A is wrong but R is correct.

d) If both A and R are correct, R being the correct explanation of A.

Question : 2

Kumara Gupta I was succeded by

a) Skanda gupta

b) Chandra gupta II

c) Samundra gupta

d) Budha gupta

Question : 3

Which of the following supposed causes of decline and disintegration of the Mauryan Empire is the least likely?

a) Absence of national consciousness and representatitive institutions

b) Succession of weak kings after Ashoka and the partition of the empire after Ashoka

c) Brahmanical revolt against the pro-Buddhist policy of Ashoka

d) Military inactivity on account of Ashoka’s pacifist policies

Question : 4

The last Mauryan emperor was

a) Samprati

b) Kunal

c) Jalok

d) Brihadratha

Question : 5

Which one of the following scripts of ancient India was written from right to left?

a) Pali

b) Kharoshti

c) Brahmi

d) Prakrit

Question : 6

Which was the capital of Kanishka?

a) Purushapura

b) Mathura

c) Pataliputra

d) Gandhar