maurya & post mauryan period Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 31

Ashvaghosha, who has written the marvelous work “Buddhacharita” was a court poet of which among the following kings?

a) Ashoka

b) Ajatshatru

c) Kanishka

d) Samudragupta

Answer: (c)

Question : 32 [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1992]

Which aspect of municipal administration of today is continuing since the period of Mauryans?

a) Determination of prices of goods

b) Protection of artisans

c) Inspection of weight measure reamer

d) Registration of birth and death certificate

Answer: (d)

Question : 33

According to which of the following sources is Ashoka said to have built the city of Srinagar?

a) Buddhist tradition

b) Kalhana’s Rajatarangini

c) Jain tradition

d) Tibetan tradition

Answer: (b)

Question : 34

Which edict of Ashoka contains the famous pronouncement: “at all times, whether I am eating, or I am in the women’s apartments, or in my inner apartments, or at the cattleshed, or in my carriage, or in my gardens—wherever I may be—my mahamatta should keep me in touch with public business”?

a) Rock Edict II

b) Rock Edict VIII

c) Rock Edict IV

d) Rock Edict VI

Answer: (d)

Question : 35

What was the subject of Rock Edict I issued by Ashoka?

a) Prohibition of animal sacrifice and festive meetings (samaja)

b) Visit to Bodh-Gaya

c) Measures of social welfare undertaken for the benefit of the people

d) Liberality to Brahmins and Sramanas

Answer: (a)

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