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

Question : 17

The writer of Mahabhasya ‘Patanjali’ was a contemporary of

a) Chandragupta II

b) Chandragupta Maurya

c) Ashoka

d) Pushyamitra Sunga

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

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

Question : 20

Who constructed the 84 thousands Stupa?

a) Menander

b) Ashoka

c) Pushyamitra

d) Kanishka