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Questions : To promote communal harmony Ashoka asked the people:

(a) All the above

(b) To attend to the essential elements of their religions rather than the non-essential ones

(c) To maintain concord (samvaya) with all creeds

(d) Not to glorify their own sect and be little another’s sect

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (c)

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Question : 1

The ratio between gold and silver coins during Saka - Satavahan period was

a) 1 : 20

b) 1 : 10

c) 1 : 14

d) 1 : 35

Answer: (d)

Question : 2

Who was Rudradaman I?

a) Saka ruler of Nasika

b) Saka ruler of Ujjain

c) Saka ruler of Takshashila

d) Saka ruler of Mathura

Answer: (b)

Rudradaman I was a Saka ruler from the Western Kshatrapas dynasty. He was the grandson of the celebrated Sah king Chastana. Rudradaman I was instrumental in the decline of the Satavahana empire.

Question : 3

Match the following :

A. Devaputra I. land measurement unit
B. Gaulmika II. An administrative unit
C. Kulyavapa III. A royal title
D. Ahara IV. An officer
Select the correct answer from the codes given below: Codes: A B C D

a) 3 4 1 2

b) 2 1 4 3

c) 1 3 2 4

d) 4 2 3 1

Answer: (c)

Question : 4

Which of the following languages is used in the inscriptions of Ashoka?

a) Sanskrit

b) Pali

c) Prakrit

d) Apabhramsa

Answer: (c)

Question : 5

Match the five major Mauryan provinces with their capitals:

A. Uttarapatha I. Ujjain (Northern Province)
B. Avantiratha II. Suvarnagiri (Western Province)
C. Dakshinapatha III. Tosali (Southern Province)
D. Prachya IV. Pataliputra (Eastern Province)
E. Central Province V. Taxila
Codes: A B C D E

a) I II I III V

b) II III I IV V

c) III II I IV V

d) V I II III IV

Answer: (d)

The uttarapath was the major trans-regional trade route of northern India.

It stretched from the north-west across the Indo–Gangetic plains up to the port of Tamrlipti on the Bay of Bengal.

Question : 6

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: (d)

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