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Mauryan period - Test Set 4

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  1. Question 1

    BPSC Pre 2004
    Chandragupta Maurya figures prominently in the book of
    1. Bhasa
    2. Sudraka
    3. Vishakhadatta
    4. Ashvaghosha
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  2. Question 2

    UP lower Sub. Pre 2002
    First Indian Empire was established by
    1. Kanishka
    2. Harsh
    3. Chandra Gupta Maurya
    4. Samundragupta
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  3. Question 3

    Uttarakhand Lower Sub Pre 2010
    Which among the following is India's oldest dynasty?
    1. Gupta
    2. Maurya
    3. Vardhana
    4. Kushana
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  4. Question 4

    IAS pre 1993
    Another name of Chanakya was
    1. Bhattswami
    2. Vishnugupta
    3. Rajshekhar
    4. Vishakhdatta
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  5. Question 5

    KPSC Pre 2020/ UPPCS Mains 2012
    The Arthashastra of Kautilya is a
    1. Play about Chandragupta Maurya
    2. Biography
    3. History of Chandragupta Maurya
    4. Book on Principals of Government
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  6. Question 6

    SSC Steno 2023
    Megasthenes, a Greek historian and diplomat came to India as an ambassador of Seleucus I Nicator. In which of the following Mauryan emperor's court did he come?
    1. Chandragupta Maurya
    2. Brihadratha
    3. Ashoka
    4. Samprati
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  7. Question 7

    WBCS Pre 2022
    In which of the following inscriptions we find earliest reference to 'Sati'
    1. Ashokan inscription of Girnar
    2. Aihole inscription
    3. Eran inscription
    4. Damodarpur inscription
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  8. Question 8

    Which one of the following Ashokan inscription is in 'Kharosthi' script?
    1. Khalsi
    2. Girnar
    3. Shahbazgarhi
    4. Meerut
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  9. Question 9

    The Great Royal Road mentioned by Megasthenes ran from Indus to ______.
    1. Vaishali
    2. Pataliputra
    3. Rajagriha
    4. Taxila
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  10. Question 10

    UPRO/ ARO Mains 2014
    In which year Chandragupta Maurya has defended Seleucus?
    1. 317 BC
    2. 315 BC
    3. 305 BC
    4. 300 BC
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  11. Question 11

    RAS/RTS Pre 1999
    'Inspite of being Buddhist, Ashoka did not leave belief in Hinduism' validation of this fact is
    1. Pligrims
    2. Belief in Moksha
    3. Epithet of 'Devanampriya'
    4. Establishment of veterinary hospitals
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  12. Question 12

    MPSC Pre 2020/ UPPCS Mains 2008
    Which one of the following is considered the best Stupa?
    1. Amaravati
    2. Bharhut
    3. Sanchi
    4. Sarnath
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  13. Question 13

    MPPSC Pre 1995, 2006, 2012
    Who constructed the Sanchi 'Sanchi Stupta' ?
    1. Bimbisara
    2. Ashoka
    3. Harshavardhana
    4. Pusyamitra
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  14. Question 14

    BPSC Pre 2000
    Language used in the inscription of Ashoka is ?
    1. Sanskrit
    2. Prakrit
    3. Pali
    4. Hindi
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  15. Question 15

    UPPSC RI 2014
    Ashokan inscriptions were first deciphered by
    1. James Prinsep
    2. George Buhler
    3. Vincent Smith
    4. Ahmad Hasan Dani
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  16. Question 16

    IAS Pre 1995
    The name by which Ashoka is referred to his inscriptions is ?
    1. Chakravarti
    2. Dharmadeva
    3. Dharmakirti
    4. Priyasarshika
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  17. Question 17

    WBCS Pre 2022
    Who among the following stated that there was no slavery in India?
    1. Strabo
    2. Ptolemy
    3. Meghasthenes
    4. Xuanzang (Huien Tsang)
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  18. Question 18

    SSC MTS 2024
    Which of the following was the first Sub-continental empire?
    1. Kushan Empire
    2. Maruyan Empire
    3. Satavahana Empire
    4. Gupta Empire
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  19. Question 19

    SSC MTS 2024
    Who was the founder of Mauryan dynasty?
    1. Ashoka
    2. Vikramaditya
    3. Bindushara
    4. Chandra Gupta Maurya
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  20. Question 20

    SSC Steno 2024
    Chandra Gupta Maurya's Capital was?
    1. Nalanda
    2. Magadha
    3. Patailiputra
    4. Vaishali
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