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Questions : Rupadarsaka in the Mauryan administration was

(a) Examiner of coins

(b) Manager of stage

(c) Examiner of gold, silver and copper

(d) Superintendent of courtesans

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (a)

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Question : 1

Visti signifies

a) Forced labour

b) Religious tax

c) Irrigation tax

d) Trade tax

Answer: (d)

Question : 2

The Mauryan administrative centre Samapa can be identified with

a) Brahmagiri

b) Girnar

c) Dhauli

d) Jaugada

Answer: (d)

Samapa, modern-day Jaugada was administrative centre of the Mauryan empire after the Kalinga conquered by Ashoka.

Question : 3

Who was the founder of Maurya dynasty?

a) Vishnugupta

b) Chandragupta II

c) Chandragupta Maurya

d) Ashoka

Answer: (c)

Question : 4

Which of the following metals were mostly used for minting coins during the Mauryan period?

a) Lead and silver

b) Bronze and gold

c) Silver and copper

d) Gold and lead

Answer: (c)

Question : 5

The Ashoka major rock edicts which tell us about the Chola, Pandya, Satyaputta and Kerelaputta?

a) II and XII

b) I and VII

c) II and III

d) II and XIII

Answer: (d)

Major Rock Edict II mentions Chola, Pandya, Satyaputra and Keralpautra kingdoms in South India. Major Rock Edict XIII speaks of Asoka’s annexation of Kalinga. It mentions Asoka’s victory by dhamma over Greek kings and the Chola, Pandya, and Andhra kingdoms in South India.

Question : 6

The earliest epigraphic reference to Chandragupta Maurya is found in the

a) Junagarh Rock Edict of Ashoka

b) Barabar cave inscription of Ashoka

c) Hathigumpha inscription of Kharvela

d) Junagarh Rock inscription of Rudradaman

Answer: (d)

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