maurya & post mauryan period Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 31 [UPPCS (Pre) 1991]

Who of the following ruler constructed the ‘Sanchi Stupa’?

a) Ashoka

b) Pusyamitra

c) Bimbisara

d) Harshavardhana

Answer: (a)

Question : 32 [MPPCS (Pre) 2008]

Which Indian King defeated Seleucus, the administrator of Sindh and Afghanistan appointed by Alexander?

a) Ashok

b) Chandragupta

c) Samudragupta

d) Bindusar

Answer: (b)

Question : 33

Which of the following books serves as a source for the Mauryan period?

a) Historica

b) Jain Purvas

c) Indica

d) Suttapitaka

Answer: (c)

Question : 34

Which of the following was not one of the contributions of Ashoka to India polity and culture?

a) Political and cultural unification of the country

b) Reform in criminal justice and revolutionary changes in the social system

c) Religious toleration and promotion of communal harmony

d) A non-agressive foreign policy based on equality between the big and small states

Answer: (b)

Question : 35

Which of the following statements about the Mauryan relations with Sri Lanka is not correct?

a) The coming of Mahendra and Sanghmitra to Sri Lanka was the First official contact between the two countries

b) Tisas, the Sinhalese king, accepted Buddhism and appears to have made it the state religion

c) The king of Sri Lanka, Tissa, adopted the title of Devanampirya and appears to have modelled himself on Ashoka

d) There were frequent exchanges of gifts and envoys

Answer: (a)

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