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(a) Silk
(b) Pearl
(c) Ivory
(d) Indian pepper
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (d)
Spices exported from India to the Roman empire. Pepper was most important item of export to Greece and Rome. Its export was in such abundant quantity that it was called Yavanapriya in the Indian literature.
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Question : 1
Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
- Assertion (A): Like Buddha, Jain Tirthankar is depicted on some Kushan coins.
- Reason (R): Mathura was a great centre of Jainism during the Kushan period.
a) Both A and R are true, but R is not correct explanation of A
b) A is true, but R is false
c) A is false, but R is true
d) Both A and R are true, R is the correct explanation of A
Answer »Answer: (c)
Question : 2
Which God is depicted on the Yaudheya coins?
a) Vasudeva
b) Indra
c) Shiva
d) Kartikeya
Answer »Answer: (d)
The coins of the Yaudheyas were influenced in design and motif by the coins of the Kushanas. Kumara Kartikeya was depicted on the most of the Yaudheya coins.
Question : 3
The head of a district (Ahara), the principal coordinator of the revenue and the officer incharge of general and military functions in his jurisdiction during Mauryan empire was known as
a) Chirastadar
b) Krori
c) Foujdar
d) Rajuka
Answer »Answer: (d)
Question : 4
The officers related to survey and settlement work under Ashoka were called
a) Dharma Mahamatra
b) Rajukas
c) Prativedaka
d) Sannidhata
Answer »Answer: (b)
Question : 5
Which of the following statements are correct with regard to the Mauryan Administration?
- The Mauryan state had well organised civil services.
- Samharta was in charge of the collection of all revenues of the empire.
- The land revenue was normally fixed as one-sixth of the produce.
- The Mauryan army was well organised the salaries were paid in cash.
a) 1, 3, and 4
b) 2, 3, and 4
c) 1, 2, and 3
d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Answer »Answer: (d)
The revenues came from the land, irrigation, customs, shop tax, ferry tax, forests, mines and pastures, license fee from craftsmen, and fines collected in the law courts. The land revenue was normally fixed as one-sixth of the produce. The main items of expenditure of the state related to the king and his household, army, government servants, public works, poor relief, religion, etc.
Kautilya refers to the salaries of different ranks of military officers. According to Greek author Pliny, the Mauryan army consisted of six lakh infantry, thirty thousand cavalries, nine thousand elephants and eight thousand chariots. In addition to these four wings, there were the Navy and Transport and Supply wings.
Each wing was under the control of Adyakshas or Superintendents. Megasthenes mentions six boards of five members each to control the six wings of the military.
Question : 6
On what basis is it held that on the east the province of Vanga (part of modern Bengal) formed part of the Mauryan empire?
a) Buddhist traditions associate Ashoka with propagation of Buddhism in Bengal
b) Discovery of Ashokan edicts in this part of Bengal
c) Megasthenes’ Indica mentions Chandragupta’s conquest of the region
d) Tamralipti, the principal port of the area, was one of the most important maritime centres during the Mauryan period
Answer »Answer: (d)
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