maurya & post mauryan period Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 1

Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below :

  • Assertion (A): Bacchanalian scenes are also found in Mathura art.
  • Reason (R): The Mathura artists were aware of the Gandhara art tradition.
Codes:

a) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A

b) A is true, but R is false

c) A is false, but R is true

d) Both A and R are true, R is the correct explanation of A

Answer: (c)

Question : 2

Which of the following was the contribution of the Mauryas to the Tamil culture?

a) The art of stone-cutting and sculpture

b) Brahmi script

c) Prakrit language

d) Art of engraving stone inscriptions

Answer: (b)

Question : 3

One of the following Mauryan provinces, which had a foreign (YavanaGreek) Governor, was:

a) Saurashtra — Junagarh

b) Southern province — Suvarngiri

c) Western province — Ujjain

d) Eastern province — Tosali

Answer: (a)

Question : 4

In which of the following inscriptions, Ashoka declared some concessions in taxes?

a) Lumbini pillar Edict

b) Minor rock Edict, Sasaram

c) Bhabru-Bairat Edict

d) Rock Edict XII

Answer: (a)

Lumbini pillar inscriptions, King Ashoka visited Lumbini and worshipped the Buddha, the sage of the Sakyans was born there. He set up a pillar and the village of Lumbini was exempted from tax and required to pay only one-eighth of the produce because the Lord was born there.

Question : 5

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :

List I List II
(Ashoka’s contemporary rulers) (Countries where they ruled)
A. Antiyoka 1. Cyrena
B. Autkina 2. Egypt
C. Maka 3. Macedoniya
D. Turmaya 4. Syria
Codes: A B C D

a) 2 1 3 4

b) 3 2 4 1

c) 4 3 1 2

d) 1 4 2 3

Answer: (c)

The correct match list is (Rulers - Country)

  1. Antiyoka - Syria
  2. Antikini - Macedonia
  3. Maka - Cyrena
  4. Turmaya - Egypt
  • kings-Antiyoka (Syria 261-246 B. C.)
  • Turamaya (Egypt, upto 247 B.C.),
  • Kairina Kamar (300-250 B.C.) Alika Sundara (Apiran, 272-258 B.C.),
  • Autkina (Macedonia 278—339 B.C.). Historians find that all these rulers were thus before 258 B. C.
  • The ruler of Apiran died in 258 B. C. but it finds mention in Ashoka’s inscription.

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