maurya & post mauryan period Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 16

To promote communal harmony Ashoka asked the people:

a) All the above

b) To attend to the essential elements of their religions rather than the non-essential ones

c) To maintain concord (samvaya) with all creeds

d) Not to glorify their own sect and be little another’s sect

Answer: (c)

Question : 17

The ratio between gold and silver coins during Saka - Satavahan period was

a) 1 : 20

b) 1 : 10

c) 1 : 14

d) 1 : 35

Answer: (d)

Question : 18

Who was Rudradaman I?

a) Saka ruler of Nasika

b) Saka ruler of Ujjain

c) Saka ruler of Takshashila

d) Saka ruler of Mathura

Answer: (b)

Rudradaman I was a Saka ruler from the Western Kshatrapas dynasty. He was the grandson of the celebrated Sah king Chastana. Rudradaman I was instrumental in the decline of the Satavahana empire.

Question : 19

Match the following :

A. Devaputra I. land measurement unit
B. Gaulmika II. An administrative unit
C. Kulyavapa III. A royal title
D. Ahara IV. An officer
Select the correct answer from the codes given below: Codes: A B C D

a) 3 4 1 2

b) 2 1 4 3

c) 1 3 2 4

d) 4 2 3 1

Answer: (c)

Question : 20

Consider the following statements:

  1. The founder of the Saka rule was Maues who is considered to be the founder of the Vikrama era.
  2. Kushana king Wima Kadphises or Kadphises II issued gold coins with high-sounding titles like the ‘Lord of the Whole World’
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

a) 1 and 2 both

b) 2 only

c) 1 only

d) None

Answer: (b)

The founder of the Saka rule in India in the first century B.C. was Maues. His son and successor were Azes I, who is considered to be the founder of the Vikrama era.

The founder of the Kushana dynasty was Kujula Kadphises or Kadphises I. He occupied the Kabul valley and issued coins in his name. His son Wima Kadphises or Kadphises II conquered the whole of northwestern India as far as Mathura. He issued gold coins with high-sounding titles like the ‘Lord of the Whole World’. He was a devotee of Lord Siva.

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