maurya & post mauryan period Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 1

Which of the following was not the result of the Kalinga War?

a) The strength of the Mauryan army was curtailed

b) The number of casualties of combatants and noncombatants is stated to have been around four lakhs

c) He wages no wars after the Kalinga War

d) The cruel consequences of war revolutionized the personality and public policies of Ashoka

Question : 2

Which of the following statements are correct?

1. The Jain text, Parisistha Parvam, describes that with the help of Chanakya, Chandragupta defeated the Nanda king and captured him.
2. Chandra Gupta defeated the invading army of the Greek Kshatrapa Seleucus who had succeeded Alexander in the eastern part of his empire.
3. The Junagarh rock inscription of Rudradaman says that a dam on the Sudarshana lake for irrigation was constructed by Pushyagupta, ·a provincial governor of Chandragupta Maurya.
4. Seleucus sent Megasthenese as his ambassador to the court of Chandragupta.

a) 1, 3, and 4 only

b) 2, 3, and 4 only

c) 1, 2, and 3 only

d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

Question : 3

The practice of land grants to brahmins and Buddhist was initiated by

a) Vakatakas

b) Sungas

c) Satavahanas

d) Guptas

Question : 4

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) They were not allowed to perform any rituals

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

c) They lived together with their families outside the towns

d) They accepted the position of social ostracism

Question : 5

From which of the following months did the Mauryan fiscal year use to begin?

a) Pausa-Magha (January-February)

b) Phalgun (March)

c) Jyestha (June)

d) Asadha (July)