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Questions : The Mauryan state had monopoly over which of the following sectors?

(a) All the above

(b) Mining and Metallurgy

(c) Armaments and ship building

(d) Coins and currency

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (a)

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Question : 1

The most informative source about Mauryan administration is?

a) Buddhist Chronicles

b) Indica

c) Ashokan Inscriptions

d) Arthashastra

Answer: (d)

Question : 2

Which of the following dynasties arose after the decline of the Satavahana empire?

  1. The Abhiras
  2. The Ikshvakus
  3. The Chutus
  4. The Pallavas
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below :

a) 1, 2, 3 and 4

b) 2 and 4

c) only 2

d) 1, 2 and 4

Answer: (a)

Question : 3

The governor under Chandragupta Maurya who constructed the Sudarshana Lake is?

a) Chakrapalita

b) Parnadatta

c) Pushagupta

d) Tusaspa

Answer: (c)

Question : 4

Which one of the following dynasties was associated with Gandhara School of Art ?

a) Mauryas

b) Chalukyas

c) Kushanas

d) Guptas

Answer: (c)

Question : 5

Which of the following Mauryan pillars were surmounted by lion capital?

  1. Koluha pillar
  2. Lauriya Nandangarh pillar
  3. Sanchi pillar
  4. Sarnatha pillar
Select the correct answer from the codes given below codes:

a) 1, 2 and 3

b) 3 and 4

c) 2 and 3

d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

Answer: (d)

The pillars of Ashoka are a series of columns dispersed throughout the northern Indian subcontinent, erected or at least inscribed with edicts by the Mauryan king Ashoka during his reign in the 3rd century BC. The pillars, listed with crowning animal sculptures and the edicts inscribed, are as follows:

  • Sarnath, near Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, four lions, Pillar Inscription, Schism Edict
  • Sanchi, near Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, four lions, Schism Edict
  • KolhuaVaishali, Bihar, single lion, with no inscription
  • Lauriya-Nandangarth, Champaran, Bihar, single lion, Pillar Edicts I, II, III, IV, V, VI

Question : 6

The officer of the Central Government, who was in-charge of collection of revenue, was:

a) Karmika or Clerk

b) Adhyaksha or Superintendent of Departments

c) Samaharta or Collector General

d) Sannidhata or High Treasurer

Answer: (c)

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