maurya & post mauryan period Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 21 [UP UDA/LDA (Mains) 2010]

That Gujarat was included in the Kingdom of Chandragupta Maurya is proved by

a) Junagarh Rock Inscription of Rudradaman

b) Pillar Edict II of Ashoka

c) Greek accounts

d) Jain tradition

Answer: (a)

Question : 22

List-I List-II
A. Chandragupta 1. Amitrochates Maurya
B. Bindusar 2. Sandrocotts
C. Dakshinapatha 3. Devanampriya
D. Dasharatha 4. Buddha shakya
Codes: A B C D

a) 1 2 3 4

b) 3 4 1 2

c) 2 1 4 3

d) 3 4 2 1

Answer: (c)

  • In foreign Greek and Latin accounts, Chandragupta is known as Sandrocottos and Androcottus. He became well known in the Hellenistic world for conquering Alexander the Great’s easternmost satrapies, and for defeating the most powerful of Alexander’s successors, Seleucus I Nicator, in battle.
  • Bindusara Maurya (c. 320 BC – 272 BC) was emperor of the Maurya Empire from 298 BC – 272 BC. During his reign, the empire expanded southwards. The Greeks called him Amitrochates or Allitrochades – the Greek transliteration for the Sanskrit word ‘Amitraghata’ (Slayer of enemies).
  • In the third century B.C.E., King Ashoka of the Maurya dynasty supported and protected Buddhism and erected stupas and stone pillars at sites associated with Shakyamuni Buddha.
  • Dasaratha is known to have dedicated three caves in the Nagarjuna Hills to the Ajivikas. Three inscriptions at the cave refer to him as ‘Devanampiya Dasaratha’

Question : 23 [Jharkhand PCS (Pre) 2013]

In the Mauryan period, tax evasion was punished with

a) Confiscation of goods

b) None of the above

c) Death

d) Imprisonment

Answer: (c)

Question : 24

Which of the following dynasties had a role in the construction and maintenance of the Sanchi Stupa?

a) Mauryas

b) Satavahanas

c) Sungas

d) Kanvas

Answer: (d)

Question : 25 [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2013]

Which of the following inscriptions of Ashoka bans animal sacrifice on certain festive gathering, that probably included a ban on animal killing as well?

a) Pillar Edict V

b) Rock Edict XI

c) Rock Edict I

d) Rock Edict IX

Answer: (c)

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