maurya & post mauryan period Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 21

Which of the following statements about the Mauryan Council of Ministers (mantri-parishad) is not correct?

a) It may have acted as a political check on the king

b) The members of the council were personally selected by the king

c) It was specially consulted in times of emergency

d) The number of members of the council was fixed and it consisted of three councillors and a Chief Minister

Answer: (d)

Question : 22

Who was the Prime Minister of Chandragupta Maurya?

a) Khallataka

b) Kautilya

c) Megasthenese

d) Radhagupta

Answer: (b)

Question : 23

The reign of the Kushana monarch Kanishka was a turning point in the history of Buddhism, because:

a) It witnessed the rise of Mahayanism

b) Buddhism was introduced in China and Central Asia in his time

c) Both (a) and (b)

d) The images of Buddha and Bodhisattvas began to be carved out during this period

Answer: (c)

Question : 24

A Buddhist council during the reign of Kanishka was held at

a) Pataliputra

b) Mathura

c) Rajgriha

d) Kashmir

Answer: (d)

The Kushana period saw a great resurgence of Buddhism in Kashmir, especially during the reign of Kanishka. The fourth Buddhist Council was held in Kashmir, under the presidency of Katyayaniputra, in Kanishka’s time. The south Indian Buddhist philosopher Nagarjuna lived in Kashmir during the Kushana period.

Question : 25

Rulers of which of the following dynasties maintained diplomatic relations with distant countries like Syria in the west?

a) Pallava

b) Maurya

c) Gupta

d) Chola

Answer: (b)

Mauryan Emperor Bindusara had friendly relations with the Greek King Antiochos-I of Syria. Deimachos was a Syrian Ambassador who came in the court of Bindusara. Mauryan Emperor Ashoka the Great also mentions the names of Hellenic king– Antiochus II of Syria in his 13th rock edict. This shows that Mauryan dynasty maintained the diplomatic relations with distant countries like Syria in the West.

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