maurya & post mauryan period Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 11

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

  • Assertion (A): Like Buddha, Jain Tirthankar is depicted on some Kushan coins.
  • Reason (R): Mathura was a great centre of Jainism during the Kushan period.
Codes:

a) Both A and R are true, but R is not 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 : 12

Which God is depicted on the Yaudheya coins?

a) Vasudeva

b) Indra

c) Shiva

d) Kartikeya

Answer: (d)

The coins of the Yaudheyas were influenced in design and motif by the coins of the Kushanas. Kumara Kartikeya was depicted on the most of the Yaudheya coins.

Question : 13

The head of a district (Ahara), the principal coordinator of the revenue and the officer incharge of general and military functions in his jurisdiction during Mauryan empire was known as

a) Chirastadar

b) Krori

c) Foujdar

d) Rajuka

Answer: (d)

Question : 14

Match the five major Mauryan provinces with their capitals:

A. Uttarapatha I. Ujjain (Northern Province)
B. Avantiratha II. Suvarnagiri (Western Province)
C. Dakshinapatha III. Tosali (Southern Province)
D. Prachya IV. Pataliputra (Eastern Province)
E. Central Province V. Taxila
Codes: A B C D E

a) I II I III V

b) II III I IV V

c) III II I IV V

d) V I II III IV

Answer: (d)

The uttarapath was the major trans-regional trade route of northern India.

It stretched from the north-west across the Indo–Gangetic plains up to the port of Tamrlipti on the Bay of Bengal.

Question : 15

Which of the following languages is used in the inscriptions of Ashoka?

a) Sanskrit

b) Pali

c) Prakrit

d) Apabhramsa

Answer: (c)

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