Maurya & Post Mauryan Period Practice Questions Answers Test With Solutions

Question : 1 [UPPCS (Spl)(Mains) 2004]

Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

1. Lothal - Ancient Dockyard
2. Sarnath - First Sermon of Buddha
3. Rajgir - Lion Capital of Ashoka
4. Nalanda - Great Seat of Buddhist Learning

a) 3 and 4

b) 1 and 2

c) 1, 2, 3 and 4

d) 1, 2 and 4

Question : 2 [IAS (Pre) 1996]

Which one of the following texts of ancient India allows divorce to a wife deserted by her husband?

a) Manavadharmashastra

b) Arthashastra

c) Kamasutra

d) Sukra Nitisara

Question : 3 [UPPCS (Mains) 2012]

Which of the following Mauryan officers was incharge of weights and measures?

a) Panyadhyaksha

b) Sunadhyaksha

c) Pautavadhyaksha

d) Sitadhyaksha

Question : 4

Which of the following public health measures was not punishable under the Mauryan public health laws?

a) Throwing dirt, mud or dead bodies on public thoroughfares

b) Treating patients and selling herbs and drugs without securing registration

c) Polluting the water tanks or sources of water

d) Taking the dead bodies for cremation or burial along paths not meant for the purpose

Question : 5

Which of the following states of India did not form part of the Mauryan empire?

a) Kerala

b) Kashmir

c) Tamil Nadu

d) Both (a) and (b) above