maurya & post mauryan period Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 16

In which royal family, the men usually followed the Brahmanical religion and women were Buddhists?

a) Pallavas

b) Ikshvakus

c) Lichchhavis

d) Yaudheyas

Answer: (b)

Question : 17

The writer of Mahabhasya ‘Patanjali’ was a contemporary of

a) Chandragupta II

b) Chandragupta Maurya

c) Ashoka

d) Pushyamitra Sunga

Answer: (d)

The writer of Mahabhasya, Patanjali was a contemporary of Pushyamitra Sunga. The Sunga Empire played an imperative role in patronizing Indian culture at a time when some of the most important developments in Hindu thought were taking place.

Question : 18

Which of the following is not one of the common points of significance of both Rajagriha and Vaishali?

a) Both places were important centres of Buddhist art

b) Both places are associated with the miracles preformed by the Buddha

c) At both places a stupa was built with the mortal remains of the Buddha enshrined in them

d) At both places one of the Buddhist councils was held

Answer: (a)

Question : 19

The Lumbini was the birth place of Gautama Buddha, is confirmed by an inscription of

a) Harsha

b) Ashoka

c) Kanishka

d) Dharmapal

Answer: (b)

Question : 20

Who constructed the 84 thousands Stupa?

a) Menander

b) Ashoka

c) Pushyamitra

d) Kanishka

Answer: (b)

In 3rd century BCE, the great emperor of Magadha Ashoka started to build thousands of Stupas all over the Indian subcontinent and South Asia. It is said that 84 thousand Stupas were built by Ashoka edicts and guidance.

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