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The Mauryan Empire - 1

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According to Kalhan, which Mauryan ruler built the city of Srinagar?

  1. Bindusara

  2. Asoka

  3. Chandragupta Maurya

  4. Kunala


Correct Option: B

Which Indian historian has conducted extensive research work on Mauryan Period?

  1. Sir Jadunath Sarkar

  2. Romila Thapar

  3. Daya Ram Sahni

  4. Dr. Ishwari Prasad


Correct Option: B

Which edict of Asoka says -Savve munisse paja mama(All men are my children)?

  1. Major Rock Edict VI

  2. Minor Rock Edict III

  3. Pillar Edict VI

  4. Pillar Edict VII


Correct Option: A

The type of pottery associated with Mauryan period is?

  1. B&R Ware

  2. OCP

  3. PGW

  4. NBPW


Correct Option: C

The official whose duty was to present different guests at the Mauryan court was?

  1. Sarvadhyaksha

  2. Mahapratihara

  3. Vinaypura

  4. Yuktapurusha


Correct Option: C

Which of the following are the integral elements of a state as mentioned by Kautilya in Arthasastra?

  1. Amatya(Bureaucracy), Janapada(Territory)

  2. Durga(Fortified capital),Kosha(Treasury)

  3. Danda(coercive machinery),Mitra (Allied powers)

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D

What was the capital of the northern province of the Mauryan Empire called Uttarapatha?

  1. Suvarnagiri

  2. Taxila

  3. Ujjain

  4. Toshali


Correct Option: B

The Arthasastra of Kautilya was discovered by :

  1. James Princep in 1837

  2. Alexander Cunningham in 1879

  3. R.Samasastry in 1905

  4. Romila Thapar in 1954


Correct Option: C

What is the correct sequence of the kings of the Mauryan dynasty?

  1. Chandragupta Maurya,Asoka,Salisuka,Samprati

  2. Asoka,Samprati,Salisuka,Brihadratha

  3. Bindusara,Asoka,Brihadratha,Kunala

  4. Samprati,Devavarman,Salisuka,Bindusara


Correct Option: B

Chandragupta Maurya embraced Jainism, abdicated the throne in favour of his son Bindusara and migrated to South under the influence of which Jain saint?

  1. Bhadrabahu

  2. Hemachandra

  3. Sthulabahu

  4. Jinasena Suri


Correct Option: A

Which Mauryan king was known to the Greeks as Amitrochates?

  1. Chandragupta Maurya

  2. Bindusara

  3. Asoka

  4. Kunala


Correct Option: B

Who was the officer of the custom department in the Mauryan period?

  1. Sitadhyaksha

  2. Suradhyaksha

  3. Swarnadhyaksha

  4. Mudradhyaksha


Correct Option: B

Who was Karmantika of the Mauryan period?

  1. Prime Minister

  2. Commander-in-Chief of the army

  3. Head of the city security

  4. Head of industries and factories


Correct Option: D

Who was the officer-in-charge of the Gambling department in the Mauryan period?

  1. Kundyadhyaksha

  2. Sulkadhyaksha

  3. Dyutadhyaksha

  4. Akaradhyaksha


Correct Option: C

Which officials of the Mauryan period are equilvalent to the present day District Magistrates?

  1. Vyovaharika

  2. Dhamma Mahamatras

  3. Antapalas

  4. Rajjukas


Correct Option: D

Sannidhata of the Mauryan times was the:

  1. Treasurer

  2. Mining Officer

  3. Royal ambassador to foreign lands

  4. Chariot-Maker


Correct Option: A

Which inscriptions refer to the famine relief work of the Mauryan rulers?

  1. Mahasthan Inscription of Bogra District

  2. Sohagaura Copper Plate Inscription of Gorakhpur District

  3. Rummindei Pillar Inscription

  4. Both 1 and 2


Correct Option: D

Chandragupta Maurya overthrew the tryannical and oppressive rule of which dynasty with the help of Chanakya?

  1. Haryanka

  2. Sisunaga

  3. Nanda

  4. Sunga


Correct Option: C

The villages that were exempted from taxation in the Mauryan period were called _____________.

  1. Samapa

  2. Pariharaka

  3. Ayudhiya

  4. Kulya


Correct Option: B

The words Satyameva Jayate are derived from:

  1. MRE XIII of Asoka

  2. Jabala Upanishad

  3. Mundaka Upanishad

  4. Vamasathapaksini


Correct Option: C

According to which religious text the Mauryas belonged to the Sudra varna?

  1. Jain work Parisistaparvan

  2. the Puranas

  3. Arya Manjusri Mulakalpa

  4. Megasthenes' Indica


Correct Option: B

Toshali was the capital of which Mauryan province?

  1. Uttarapatha

  2. Avantiratha

  3. Dakshinapatha

  4. Prachyapatha(Kalinga)


Correct Option: D

The ancient city of Isila has been referred to in which inscription of Asoka?

  1. Queen's Edict

  2. Bhabru Edict

  3. Sannathi

  4. Brahmagiri


Correct Option: D

Nagalaviyohalaka (Nagara vyoharika) Mahamattas of the Asokan period were the:

  1. Officials for collecting revenue

  2. Provincial governors

  3. Heads of the Municipal Departments

  4. Officials for dispensing Justice


Correct Option: D

When during the Mauryan period was the office of the Dhamma-Mahamatras created?

  1. 1 year after the Kalinga war

  2. 13 years after the coronation of Asoka

  3. After the convention of the 3rd Buddhist Council

  4. In the 6th Regnal year of Asoka


Correct Option: B
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