Maurya Period - MCQ

Maurya Period - MCQ

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Maurya Empire MCQ

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1. Chandragupta Maurya with the help of Chanakya decided to overthrow the Nandas because

A) Chanakya had been humiliated by the Nandas
B) the Nandas were low-born
C) the Nandas had accumulated a great deal of wealth by extortion and oppression of the people
D) Chanakya wanted to restore the ideal of Kshatriya rule

... Answer is C)
Chandragupta Maurya with the help of Chanakya decided to overthrow the Nandas because he Nandas had accumulated a great deal of wealth by extortion and oppression of the people

2. . The decline of the Nandas at the hands of Kautilya and Chandragupta Maurya has been vividly portrayed in the Sanakrit play written by Kalidasa

A) Mudrarakshas
B) Devichandragupta
C) Malavikagnimitram
D) Mrichhakatika

... Answer is C)
Malavikagnimitram.

3. Kautilya (also known as Vishnugupta and Chanakya) is the author of Arthasastra which has been compared with ?

A) Plato's State
B) Machiavelli's Prince
C) Karl Marx's Das Kapital
D) Hitler's Mein Kampf

... Answer is B)
Kautilya (also known as Vishnugupta and Chanakya) is the author of Arthasastra which has been compared with Machiavelli's Prince.

4. Which relics are presereved in the second stupa at Sanchi?

A) Missionaries 0f Ashokan age
B) Lord Buddha
C) Sariputra
D) Mahamodglyeyan

... Answer is A)
Missionaries 0f Ashokan age.

5. Megasthanes, the ambassador of Selucus at the Mauryan court in Pataliputra, wrote an account of the period in his book

A) Travels of Megasthanes
B) Indika
C) Indicoplecusts
D) Both (b) and (c)

... Answer is B)
Indika .

6. The moat important official post with vast responsibilities created by Asoka was

A) Rajuka
B) Yukta
C) Dharamamahamatya
D) Prativedaka

... Answer is C)
The moat important official post with vast responsibilities created by Asoka was Dharamamahamatya.

7. The Mauryan sculptors had attained the highest perfection in the carving of

A) floral designs
B) pillars
C) animal figures
D) yaksha figures

... Answer is C)
The Mauryan sculptors had attained the highest perfection in the carving of animal figures.

8. Which of the following is the single most important source of the history of Ashoka?

A) Sri Lankan chronicles Dipavamsa and Mahavamsa
B) Buddhist works Divyavadana and Ashokavadana
C) Inscriptions of Ashoka
D) Archaeological Sources and the Puranas

... Answer is C)
Inscriptions of Ashoka.

9. 'Sita' in Maurya age means ?

A) a Goddes
B) a religios sect
C) revenue from crown land
D) barren land

... Answer is C)
'Sita' in Maurya age means revenue from crown land.

10. Chandragupta Maurya spent his last days at ?

A) Kashi
B) Pataliputra
C) Ujjain
D) Sravanabelagola

... Answer is D)
Chandragupta Maurya spent his last days at Sravanabelagola.

11. In his inscriptions Ashoka called himself

A) Devanampriya Priyadarshi King
B) Ashoka Priyadarshi
C) Dhammasoka (Dharmasoka)
D) Daivaputra

... Answer is A)
In his inscriptions Ashoka called himself - Devanampriya Priyadarshi King.

12. Who of the following was a contemporaryof of Alexander, the great ?

A) Bimbisara
B) Ashoka
C) Chandragupta Maurya
D) Pushyamitra Sunga

... Answer is C)
Pushyamitra Sunga.

13. Ashoka’s claim to be one of the greatest rulers in world history life in the fact that

A) his aims covered both the religious and secular aspects of life
B) he worked for the material moral and spiritual uplift of the people
C) after a single conquest he dedicated himself completely to the cause of peace
D) he attempted to unify the people of different castes and communities into a bound of common moral ideal

... Answer is C)
Ashoka’s claim to be one of the greatest rulers in world history life in the fact that after a single conquest he dedicated himself completely to the cause of peace .

14. In how many categories did Megasthenes divide the Indian Society? ?

A) Four
B) Five
C) Six
D) Seven

... Answer is D)
Seven .

15. Which Rock Edict of Ashoka provides a description of the horror of Kalinga war ?

A) 13th Rock Edict
B) Kalinga Edict at Dhauli
C) The Edict at Jaugadha
D) 10th Rock Edict

... Answer is A)
13th Rock Edict.

16. The monk who influenced Ashoka to embrace Buddhism was ?

A) Vishnugupta
B) Upa Gupta
C) Brahma Gupta
D) Brihadrath

... Answer is B)
Upa Gupta.

17. After the Kalinga War, Ashoka decided never to wage any war because?

A) After the conquest of Kalinga the political unity of Mauryan India had been achieved.
B) Ashoka felt apologetic about the destruction of men and material on both sides in the war.
C) He was moved by the violence, slaughter and sufferings to the combatants and noncombatants in the war.
D) Shortly after the war he adopted Buddhism which was opposed to violence.

... Answer is C)
After the Kalinga War, Ashoka decided never to wage any war because He was moved by the violence, slaughter and sufferings to the combatants and noncombatants in the war.

18. who among the following was appointed by Ashoka to administer justice in his empire?

A) Sharmana
B) Kumar Amatya
C) Rajuka
D) Uparika

... Answer is C)
Rajuka.

19. Who in ancient India assumed the title Amitraghata ?

A) Ajatashatru
B) Chandragupta Maurya
C) Bindusara
D) Ashoka

... Answer is C)
Bindusara.

20. The most famous Indo-Greek ruler of India, famous for his sense of Justice and dialogues with a Buddhist monk Nagasena (as described in the Buddhist work Milinda Panchaho) was

A) Demetrius
B) Menander
C) Eukratises
D) Heliocles

... Answer is B)
The most famous Indo-Greek ruler of India, famous for his sense of Justice and dialogues with a Buddhist monk Nagasena (as described in the Buddhist work Milinda Panho) was Menander.

21. The most famous educational center during the period of Mauryan age was?

A) Vaishali
B) Nalanda
C) Taxila
D) Ujjain

... Answer is C)
The most famous educational center during the period of Mauryan age was Taxila.

22. The most striking feature of the Ashokan pillars is their

A) monolithic structure
B) carving
C) polish
D) uniformity of workmanship

... Answer is C)
The most striking feature of the Ashokan pillars is their polish.

23. Chandragupta Maurya defeated?

A) Porus
B) Alexander
C) Ambhi
D) Seleucus

... Answer is D)
Seleucus.

24. Who deciphered the Brahmi inscription of Ashoka first time ?

A) James Princep
B) H.D. Sankaliya
C) S.R Goyal
D) V.N Mishra

... Answer is A)
James Princep deciphered the Brahmi inscription of Ashoka first time.

25. Who was the writer of Mudrarakshasa?

A) Vishakhdatta
B) Kautilya
C) Bana
D) Kalhana

... Answer is A)
Vishakhdatta was the writer of Mudrarakshasa.

26. Which of the following was not one of the actual cause for the decline of the Mauryan empire?

A) Ashoka's pacifist policies
B) Division of the empire after Ashoka
C) Foreign aggressions particularly Greek
D) Economic and financial crisis

... Answer is A)
Ashoka's pacifist policies.

27. Who constructed Sanchi Stupa ?

A) Chandragupta
B) Kautilya
C) Gautam Buddha
D) Ashoka

... Answer is D)
Ashoka constructed Sanchi Stupa.

28. Kautilya's Arthashastra mainly deals with ?

A) Pilitical statecraft
B) Economic doctrines
C) Social aspects
D) Military aspects

... Answer is A)
Kautilya's Arthashastra mainly deals with Pilitical statecraft.

29. Who identified the name Sandrocottus as Chandragupta Maurya ?

A) William Jones
B) V.A. Smith
C) R.K. Mukherjee
D) D.R. Bhanderkar

... Answer is A)
William Jones identified the name Sandrocottus as Chandragupta Maurya.

30. Who usurped power from the Mauryas after killing the last Mauryan ruler Brihadratha?

A) Pushyamitra Sunga
B) Agnimitra
C) Vasumitra
D) Jyesthamitra

... Answer is A)
Pushyamitra Sunga usurped power from the Mauryas after killing the last Mauryan ruler Brihadratha.

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