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Mauryan period - Test Set 3

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  1. Question 1

    Which among the following mentioned division of Mauryan Society into seven classes?
    1. Ashoka's Edicts
    2. Indica
    3. Kautilya's Arthshastra
    4. Vishnu Purans
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  2. Question 2

    Chandragupta Maurya was an ardent follower of ?
    1. Sikhism
    2. Jainism
    3. Buddhism
    4. Jewism
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  3. Question 3

    The monk who influenced Ashoka to embrace Buddhism was?
    1. Vishnu gupta
    2. Upagupta
    3. Brahma gupta
    4. Brihadratha
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  4. Question 4

    Who usurped power from the Mauryas after killing the last Mauryan ruler Brihadratha ?
    1. Pushyamitra Sunga
    2. Agnimitra
    3. Vasumitra
    4. Jyesthamitra
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  5. Question 5

    Chandragupta Maurya married to 'Helena', who was the daughter of ?
    1. Megasthenes
    2. Kautilya
    3. Rudradaman I
    4. Seleucus
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  6. Question 6

    Chandragupta Maurya abdicated the throne to his son and became___.
    1. Jain Monk
    2. Buddhist Monk
    3. Sikh Monk
    4. None of the above
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  7. Question 7

    Sudarshan Lake (Girnar hill, Gujrat) was constructed during the reign of ?
    1. Bindusara
    2. Ashoka
    3. Chandragupta Maurya
    4. Bimbishara
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  8. Question 8

    LDA 2006
    Ptolemy Philadelphus who had diplomatic relation with Ashoka, was a king of?
    1. Cyron
    2. Egypt
    3. Macedonia
    4. Syria
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  9. Question 9

    UPPSC Mains 2005
    Which of the following South Indian Kingdoms is not mentioned in the Ashokan inscriptions?
    1. Chola
    2. Pandya
    3. Satiyaputta
    4. Satavahana
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  10. Question 10

    SSC CGL 2020
    In which state the Jaugada Rock Edict of Ashoka is located?
    1. Odisha
    2. Uttrakhand
    3. Andhra Pradesh
    4. Gujarat
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  11. Question 11

    SSC Steno 2020
    Which of the following places is NOT a find-spot of major Rock edicts of Ashoka?
    1. Sopara
    2. Bhabru
    3. Jaugada
    4. Mansehra
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  12. Question 12

    SSC Steno 2020
    Emperor Ashoka was the son of which of the following Mauryan rulers?
    1. Kanishka
    2. Chandragupta
    3. Bindusara
    4. Samudragupta
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  13. Question 13

    SSC MTS 2023
    According to the Ashokan inscriptions which of the following was NOT a provincial centre in Magadhan Empire?
    1. Tosali
    2. Ujjayani
    3. Taxila
    4. Indraprastha
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  14. Question 14

    UPSC IAS 2019
    In which of the following relief sculpture inscriptions is 'Ranyo Ashoka' (King Ashoka) mentioned along with the stone portrait of Ashoka?
    1. Kanganahali
    2. Sanchi
    3. Shahbazgarhi
    4. Sohgaura
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  15. Question 15

    The cotton cloth worn by Indians had a brighter white colour than any cotton found elsewhere. This view was recorded by___?
    1. Alexander
    2. Megasthenes
    3. Nearchus
    4. Pliny
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  16. Question 16

    As per Asoka’s inscriptions, which among the following place was declared tax free and proclaimed only 1/8th part as taxable?
    1. Kushinagar
    2. Lumbini
    3. Kathmandu
    4. Sarnath
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  17. Question 17

    BPSC 2004 & BPSC Pre 2008
    Who recognised Sandrokottos as Chandra Gupta Maurya?
    1. Willim Jones
    2. V. Smith
    3. R.K. Mukherjee
    4. D. R. Bhandharkar
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  18. Question 18

    Ashoka and the decline of Maurya is written by
    1. R C Dutta
    2. B N Mukherjee
    3. Romila Thapar
    4. James Princep
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  19. Question 19

    Currency in circulation during Mauryan period is called
    1. Pana
    2. Dam
    3. Diner
    4. Swarn
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  20. Question 20

    WBCS Pre 2022
    Who among the following was the Greek king of Syria mentioned in Ashokan edict?
    1. Antiochus II Theos
    2. Ptolemy II
    3. Antigonus
    4. Alexander
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