maurya & post mauryan period Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 26 [IAS (Pre) 2006]

With reference to the invaders in ancient India, which one of the following is the correct chronological order?

a) Greeks - Kushanas - Sakas

b) Sakas - Kushanas - Greeks

c) Greeks - Sakas - Kushanas

d) Sakas - Greeks - Kushanas

Answer: (c)

Question : 27 [UPPCS (Mains) 2005]

The capital of the Satavahanas was located at

a) Nanded

b) Durg

c) Amaravati

d) Naldurg

Answer: (c)

Question : 28

Who among the following gods was the most superior god in post-Mauryan times?

a) Brahma

b) Vishnu

c) Siva

d) Both (a) and (b)

Answer: (b)

Question : 29

The highly polished monolithic Ashokan Pillars were carved out of single pieces of a buff-coloured sandstone, usually mined from the quarries of

a) Chunar near Mirzapur

b) Udayagiri near Bhubaneshwar

c) Lauriya in Nandangarh

d) Sarnath near Varanasi

Answer: (a)

The highly polished monolithic Ashoka pillar usually with small black spots were quarried from the Chunar near Mirzapur.

Question : 30 [UPRO/ARO (Mains) 2013]

When was Saka Samvat initiated?

a) 78 A.D.

b) 606 A.D.

c) 58 A.D.

d) 320 A.D.

Answer: (a)

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