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Mauryan period - Test Set 2

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  1. Question 1

    UPPSC Pre 2009
    The earliest inscription on stone was in which language ?
    1. Pali
    2. Sanskrit
    3. Prakrit
    4. Brahmi
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  2. Question 2

    WBCS Pre 2008
    Chandragupta Maurya defeated of
    1. Poros
    2. Alexander
    3. Selukas
    4. Ambhi
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  3. Question 3

    WBCS Pre 2010
    Who was Megasthenes?
    1. Ambassador of Seleucus
    2. Prime Minister of Chandragupta Maurya
    3. A Greek pilgrim
    4. A Chinese traveler
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  4. Question 4

    WBCS Pre 2016
    The decline of Nandas at the hands of Kautilya and Chandragupta Maurya has been vividly portrayed in the Sanskrit Play
    1. Mrichhakatika
    2. Devi Chandragupta
    3. Mattavilasa
    4. Mudrarakshasa
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  5. Question 5

    JH PCS Pre 2013
    In the Mauryan period, tax evasion was punished with
    1. Death
    2. Confiscation of goods
    3. Imprisonment
    4. None of the above
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  6. Question 6

    UPPCS Pre 1996
    'Bhaga' and 'Bali' were
    1. Military departments
    2. Sources of revenue
    3. Religious ceremonies
    4. Administrative divisions
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  7. Question 7

    UK PCS Pre 2010
    The most famous centre of learnings during Maurya period was?
    1. Vaishali
    2. Nalanda
    3. Taxila
    4. Ujjain
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  8. Question 8

    IAS Pre 1996/ Kerala PSC 2020
    Which one of the following texts of ancient India allows divorce to a wife deserted by her husband?
    1. Kamasutra
    2. Manavadharmashastra
    3. Sukra Nitisara
    4. Arthashastra
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  9. Question 9

    SSC CHSL 2023
    Kalinga is the ancient name of coastal ______.
    1. Tamilnadu
    2. Orissa
    3. Kerala
    4. Andhra Pradesh
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  10. Question 10

    SSC GD 2023/ BPSC Pre 2008
    Who among the the following was the last king of Mauryan empire?
    1. Ashoka
    2. Bindusara
    3. Chandragupta
    4. Brihadratha
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  11. Question 11

    SSC MTS 2022
    WhichofthefollowingrulersdidNOTbelongtoMaurya dynasty?
    1. Bindusara
    2. Ashoka
    3. Chandragupta
    4. Bimbisara
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  12. Question 12

    WBCS Mains 2018
    The Kandahar Edit of Ashoka was written in
    1. Aramaic
    2. Greek
    3. Brahmi
    4. Both Aramaic and Greek
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  13. Question 13

    WBCS Mains 2017
    Rummindei pillar of Ashoka is put up to mark Buddha's
    1. Birth
    2. Enlightenment
    3. First Sermon
    4. Death
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  14. Question 14

    WBCS Mains 2016
    Who was the ruler of Taxila when Alexander's army crossed the Indus in 326 BC?
    1. Porus (Puru)
    2. Ambhi
    3. Anhisara
    4. None of the above
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  15. Question 15

    WBCS Mains 2016
    Name of which Indian ruler is inseparably associated with the first known International treaty made in Indian History?
    1. Mahapadmananda
    2. Chandragupta Maurya
    3. Bindusara
    4. Ashoka
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  16. Question 16

    WBCS Mains 2016
    Name of the Historians who have rejected the idea of a marriage alliance between Chandragupta Maurya and Seleucus
    1. Vincent Smith
    2. H C Raychoudhury
    3. H P Shastri
    4. B N Mukherjee and Romila Thappar
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  17. Question 17

    WBCS Mains 2015
    According to Rajatarangini Ashoka's favourite deity was
    1. Siva
    2. Vishnu
    3. Vasudeva
    4. Buddha
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  18. Question 18

    WBCS Mains 2015
    The hereditary soldiers of the Mauryan period were known as
    1. Bhritakas
    2. Maula
    3. Vardhaki
    4. Atavivala
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  19. Question 19

    WBCS Mains 2015
    Which one of the following sources states that Srinagar was built by Ashoka?
    1. Kalahana's Rajtarangini
    2. Divyavandana
    3. Taranatha's History of Tibet
    4. Mahavamsa
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  20. Question 20

    Who was the spatial (Sthaanik ) during Mauryan's period?
    1. District Administrator
    2. Provincial Administrator
    3. Village Administrator
    4. City Administrator
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