maurya & post mauryan period Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 26 [IAS (Pre) 2014]

Chaitra 1 of the national calendar based on the Saka Era corresponds to which one of the following dates of the Gregorian calendar in a normal year of 365 days?

a) 15th March (or 16th May)

b) 21st April (or 20th April)

c) 22nd March (or 21st March)

d) 31st March (or 30th March)

Answer: (c)

Question : 27

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) Discovery of Ashokan edicts in this part of Bengal

b) Buddhist traditions associate Ashoka with propagation of Buddhism in Bengal

c) Tamralipti, the principal port of the area, was one of the most important maritime centres during the Mauryan period

d) Megasthenes’ Indica mentions Chandragupta’s conquest of the region

Answer: (c)

Question : 28

Name the Jain Text which describes that Chandragupta embraced Jainism towards the end of his life.

a) Dravya-Samghra

b) Parisistaparvana

c) Jayadhavala

d) Ratnamalika

Answer: (b)

Question : 29

Who received a Greek Ambassador Daimachos from Antiochus I?

a) Brihadradha

b) Budhagupta

c) Chandragupta Maurya

d) Bindusara

Answer: (d)

Question : 30

The officer in charge of 10 villages was called

a) Amin

b) Sena

c) Gopa

d) Mahanta

Answer: (c)

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