maurya & post mauryan period Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 16

What is the most significant difference in the message of the pillar Edicts as compared to the Rock Edicts?

a) Rock Edicts are addressed to common people and Pillar Edicts to the Buddhist order

b) The main stress in the Pillar Edicts is on social welfare measure

c) The Pillar Edicts are mainly devoted to the moral aspects of dhamma and Ashoka’s attachment to Buddhism

d) There is a hint of fanaticism about dhamma and of megalomania in the Pillar Edicts

Answer: (d)

Question : 17

For the first time in Indian History, the description of the State Administration was found for which among the following periods?

a) Saatvahana Period

b) Gupta Period

c) Shunga Period

d) Maurya Period

Answer: (d)

Question : 18

Who among the following kings paid enough attention towards water resource management in the Saurashtra region?

  1. Chandragupta Maurya
  2. Ashoka
  3. Rudradaman
  4. Skandagupta
Indicate the correct answer from the codes given below codes:

a) 3 and 4

b) 2, 3 and 4

c) 1, 2, 3 and 4

d) 1 and 2

Answer: (c)

Question : 19

Match list ‘A’ with the list ‘B’ and list ‘C’ and choose the correct answer from the codes given below :

List ‘A’ List ‘B’ List ‘C’
1. Brihatkatha A. Hala E. Ardha-Magadhi
2. Gathasaptasati B. Asvaghosa F. Paisachi
3. Paumchariya C. Gunadhya G.Prakrit
4. Probodhachan D. Vimalasuri H.Sanskrit dodaya
Codes: 1 2 3 4

a) 1-(C, E), 2-(B, F), 3-(A, H), 4-(D, G)

b) 1-(C, F), 2-(A, G), 3-(D, E), 4-(B, H)

c) 1-(D, H), 2-(C, F), 3-(B, E), 4-(A, G)

d) 1-(C, F), 2-(A, E), 3-(D, H), 4-(B, G)

Answer: (b)

Brihatkatha is a mammoth work composed by Gunadhya. Gunadhya is told to record them in Paisachi dialect which is the language of the goblins. The Gaha Sattasai is a collection of poems in Maharashtri Prakrit. The poems mostly have love as a theme.

The collection is attributed to the king Hala, and it is the collection of about forty poems. The Ram epic Pauma-chariya by Vimala Suri may be called a Shvetambara work.

This was composed 530 years after Mahavira's death, that is, in or about AD 4.

Question : 20

Which among the following materials were used for minting coins during the rule of the Mauryas?

a) Gold and Copper

b) Gold and Silver

c) Copper and Bronze

d) Silver and Copper

Answer: (d)

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