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Created by: Mira Shah
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Delineate the factors that made Magadha, the most powerful mahajanapada.

Agriculture was very productive.
Iron mines provided resources for tools and weaponry.
Ganga and its tributaries provided means of cheap transport and communication.
All of these

Which of the following sources has not been used by historians to reconstruct the Maurya empire?

Account of Megasthenes
Arthashastra by Chanakya and other literatures
Sculpture
None of these

Identify the following statements as True (T) or False (F). (a) Arthashastra was written by Kautilya. (b) Suvarnagiri literally means the golden mountain. (c) Varuna is the god of rains. (d) Panchatantra is a treatise on Clairvoyance. (e) Manusmriti is a legal text written in Prakrit.

TFTFF
FFTTF
TTFFF
FFTFT

Which message is not conveyed by Ashoka’s inscriptions?

Generosity towards Brahmans
Respect towards elders
Treating slaves and servants unkindly
Respecting others religions and traditions

Which of the following would you relate to Megasthenes?

A Roman emperor
A Greek ambassador
An Italian pilgrim
None of these

Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?

Pataliputra – Capital of Magadha
Asoka – Kalinga
Cholas – Deccan Kingdom
Devaputra – Son of Heaven

Who among the following poets wrote Harsha Charita, the biography of Harshavardhan?

Banabhatta
Aryabhatta
Manu
None of these

Which of the following are related to Epigraphists?

Sculptures
Inscriptions
Statues
Structures

According to Prayaga Prashasti, Samudragupta was the most powerful of the Gupta rulers. He has been linked to the following gods. Which one do you find wrong?

Kubera (the god of wealth)
Varuna (the god of ocean)
Indra (the god of rains)
Brahma (the god of birth)

Numismaties means

the study of currency
the study of numbers
the study of coins
none of these

Which of the following is/are the limitation(s) of inscriptional evidence?

Letters may be missing.
Letters are faintly engraved.
Exact meaning is not certain.
All of the above

Which of the following features of inscriptions during Mauryans is incorrect?

These are writings engraved on hard surfaces, stones pottery and pillars.
They are virtually permanent records.
They don’t carry any date.
They usually record achievements and exploits of kings.

Identify the incorrect statement.

The first gold coins were issued by Mauryas.
Piyadassi is pleasant to behold.
Devanampiya is beloved of gods.
James Prinsep could decipher ‘Asokan Brahmi’.

Which of the following artefacts were discovered as a result of extensive excavations conducted at Mauryan sites?

Fine pottery bowls
Figurines
Weapons
All of the above

Match the following:


(a) Kubera	1. The god of ocean
(b) Yama	2. The god of death
(c) Varun	3. The god of rains
(d) Indra	4. The god of wealth

(a) - 1, (b) - 2, (c) - 3, (d) - 4
(a) - 4, (b) - 2, (c) - 1, (d) - 3
(a) - 3, (b) - 2, (c) - 1, (d) - 4
none of these

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