maurya & post mauryan period Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 16

Which one of the following edicts mentions the personal name of Ashoka?

a) Special Kalinga Edict

b) Kalsi

c) Rummindei

d) Maski

Answer: (d)

Question : 17

Who of the following also had the name Devanama Priyadasi?

a) Bindusara

b) Chandragupta Maurya

c) Ashoka

d) Harsha

Answer: (c)

Question : 18

Who among the following was the Governor of Saurashtra during the reign of Ashoka?

a) Pushyagupta

b) Tusashpha

c) Suvishakha

d) Radhagupta

Answer: (b)

Yavana Tushaspha was the Governor of Saurashtra in Ashoka’s reign, evidently because Pushyagupta’s son had become a Jain monk and left no descendants behind.

Pushyagupta was the Governor of Saurashtra appointed by the Chandragupta Maurya.

Question : 19

Realizing the need of water, the first ruler who got a lake constructed in the Girnar area was

a) Rudradaman

b) Chandragupta Maurya

c) Ashoka

d) Skandagupta

Answer: (b)

It is evident from the note of Megasthenes, the importance of land and water management was realised even during 300 B.C for social welfare.

During this period, famous Sudarshan lake on Girnar hill in Gujarat was built by Chandragupta Maurya.

Question : 20

The most famous educational centre during the period of Mauryan age was

a) Ujjain

b) Nalanda

c) Vaishali

d) Takshila

Answer: (d)

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