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Question : 26

Where did Ashoka send his son Mahendra as a Buddhist missionary to

a) Tibet

b) Ceylon

c) Nepal

d) Khotan

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Answer: (b)

Ashoka sent missionaries to neighbouring states and even to foreign lands. According to tradition, the Ceylonese mission was sent under Ashoka’s son Mahendra and daughter Sanghamitra.

Question : 27

The only ruler of India who ruled over territories in central Asia beyond the Pamirs was

a) Ashoka

b) Kanishka

c) Harsha

d) Chandragupta Maurya

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Answer: (b)

Question : 28

The name by which Ashoka is generally referred to in his inscription is

a) Dharmakirti

b) Chakravarti

c) Devraja

d) Priyadarsi

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Answer: (d)

The rock inscriptions of Devanampriya Priyadarshi were being discovered all over India for centuries. But for a long time, the identity of this ‘Devanampriya Priyadarshi’ remained a puzzle. In the year 1915 near a village called Maski in Raichur District of Karnataka, a rock inscription was discovered on a hill. In this inscription, for the first time, the name of Ashoka was found with titles like Devanampriya and Priyadarshi. It was then certain that Devanampriya Priyadarshi was no other than Ashoka.

Question : 29

Of all the kingdoms of north India, Magadha emerged as most powerful and prosperous because,

  1. The strategic position of Magadh between the upper and lower part of the Gangetic valley was a great advantage.
  2. It had fertile soil.
  3. The iron ores in the hills near Rajgir and copper and iron deposits near Gaya added to its natural assets.
  4. It was located at the centre of the highways of trade of those days which contributed to its wealth.
Select the answer from the codes given below:

a) 1, 3, and 4 only

b) 2, 3, and 4 only

c) 1, 2, and 3 only

d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

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Answer: (d)

Magadha emerged as the nerve centre of political activity in north India. It was endowed by nature with certain geographical and strategic advantages. These made it to rise to imperial greatness. Its strategic position between the upper and lower part of the Gangetic valley was a great advantage. It had fertile soil.

The iron ores in the hills near Rajgir and copper and iron deposits near Gaya added to its natural assets. Its location at the centre of the highways of trade of those days contributed to its wealth. Rajagriha was the capital of Magadha. During the reign of Bimbisara and Ajatshatru, the prosperity of Magadha reached its zenith.

Question : 30

The Mauryan king who issued the Nagarjuni Hill Cave Inscriptions and assumed the royal title of Devanampriya was:

a) Brihadratha

b) Ashoka

c) Bindusara

d) Dasharatha

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Answer: (b)

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