maurya & post mauryan period Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 21

Which of the following was not one of the checks on the powers of the Mauryan kings?

a) Customs of the land

b) Mantri-parishad

c) Guilds

d) Brahmins

Answer: (d)

Question : 22

The lowest order in the social scale of Mauryan society was not a slave but the outcaste. Which of the following statements about the outcastes is not correct?

a) Their caste names referred directly to their profession or work

b) They were not allowed to perform any rituals

c) They accepted the position of social ostracism

d) They lived together with their families outside the towns

Answer: (b)

Question : 23 [UPPSC (RI) 2014]

Ashokan inscriptions were first deciphered by

a) George Buhler

b) Ahmad Hasan Dani

c) James Prinsep

d) Vincent Smith

Answer: (c)

Question : 24

Who among the following kings was a contemporary of both Mahavira and Buddha ?

a) Ajatshatru

b) Ashoka

c) Nandivardhana

d) Bimbisara

Answer: (d)

Question : 25

Arrange the following dynasties in chronological order in terms of their arrival in India

  1. Sakas
  2. Indo-Greeks
  3. Parthians
  4. Kushanas
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below :

a) 1, 2, 3 and 4

b) 2, 3, 1 and 4

c) 1, 3, 4 and 2

d) 2, 1, 3 and 4

Answer: (d)

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