maurya & post mauryan period Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 1

Which of the following statements about the Mauryan Council of Ministers (mantri-parishad) is not correct?

a) The members of the council were personally selected by the king

b) It may have acted as a political check on the king

c) The number of members of the council was fixed and it consisted of three councillors and a Chief Minister

d) It was specially consulted in times of emergency

Answer: (c)

Question : 2 [Punjab PSC (Pre) 2019]

The largest number of copper coins in Northern and North-Western India were issued by

a) Kushans

b) Pratiharas History of India 27

c) Indo-Greeks

d) Sakas

Answer: (a)

Question : 3

Prince Susima was

a) The youngest son of Ashoka

b) The youngest brother of Ashoka

c) The eldest son of Ashoka

d) The eldest son of Bindusara

Answer: (d)

Question : 4

Assertion (A):
During the post-Mauryan period, foreigners were assimilated into Indian society on a large scale.
Reason (R):
The law-giver Manu stated that the Sakas and Parthians were the kshatriyas who had deviated from their duties and fallen in status.

a) (A) is false but (R) is true

b) (A) is true but (R) is false

c) Both (A) and (R) are individually true and R is the correct explanation of (A)

d) Both (A) and (R) are individually true but (R) is not the correct explanation of(A)

Answer: (b)

Question : 5

Pillar Edict IV of Ashoka is entirely addressed to the

a) Dhamma-mahamattas

b) Gopas

c) Nagarkaras

d) Rajukas

Answer: (d)

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